by Marilyn | Sep 30, 2019 | Article, backup, iOS, Mac, Solution, Troubleshooting
Confession time. If there’s one topic we can’t stop talking about, it’s backups. Backups are essential, since no one can guarantee that your Mac or iPhone won’t be lost or stolen, be caught in a flood from a broken pipe, or just fail silently. It happens. You should...
by Marilyn | Sep 16, 2019 | customization, iOS, Mail, notifications, Tip
Few people get so little email that they want an iPhone notification for every message that rolls in. But many of us have just a couple of people—our personal VIPs—whose messages are important enough to warrant an alert. If that’s true for you, and you want to know...
by Marilyn | Sep 5, 2019 | Contacts, customization, iOS, Mail, Messages, Tip
If you have a friend whom you refer to only by his nickname, it can be annoying to feel like you should use his proper first name when adding him to Contacts. Worse, then he shows up in Messages with a name you don’t recognize as easily. Here’s how to convince iOS to...
by Marilyn | Aug 19, 2019 | AirPods, Control Center, customization, iOS, Tip
An ever-increasing number of people have hearing loss due to exposure to loud noise and age. If you’re in that group, but don’t yet need hearing aids, try using your AirPods to help you hear better in certain situations. iOS’s Live Listen feature uses your iPhone’s...
by Marilyn | Aug 14, 2019 | iCloud, iOS, iOS 12, iPhone, Tip
Most people are probably waiting until September to buy a new iPhone, but Apple is laying the groundwork for making the migration from an old phone to a new one even easier this time around. In iOS 12.4, Apple introduced a new way to migrate your data directly from...
by Marilyn | Jul 18, 2019 | How-To, iOS, productivity, screen recording
You know how to use the Camera app on your iPhone or iPad to take a video, but did you know that you can also record a video of what happens on the screen of your device? That’s useful if you’re trying to explain the steps of some technical process to a friend or show...
