by Marilyn | Aug 18, 2020 | iOS, iPadOS, keyboard, productivity, Tip, typing
Sure, you know that the Space bar in the iOS virtual keyboard types a space character. But did you realize that if you tap it twice, it inserts a period? (Probably, but if not, now you do.) That’s to make it easier to provide proper punctuation, which will have the... 
by Marilyn | Jul 13, 2020 | customization, Dock, Home screen, iOS, Tip
If you have lots of apps on your iPhone or iPad, rearranging their icons on your Home screens by dragging from page to page is tedious. Although the new App Library promised for iOS 14 later this year will help you find apps, rearranging them will still be a manual... 
by Marilyn | Jul 8, 2020 | iOS, maintenance, Safari, tabs, Tip
Whenever you tap a link to open a Web page on your iPhone or iPad, it automatically opens a new tab. Having hundreds of tabs open won’t cause any problems but can make working with tabs clumsy. You can close all tabs—touch and hold the tab button and then tap Close... 
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... 