by Marilyn | Feb 7, 2019 | Apple Pros, iPhone, Mail, productivity, Tip
Need to check something in another email message while composing a message in Mail on an iPhone? Many people don’t realize that you can swipe down on the top of the draft to dock it at the bottom of the screen, look something up in another message, and then expand the...
by Marilyn | Feb 6, 2019 | Article, collaboration, Explainer, Google Docs, iWork, Microsoft Office 365, productivity
Have you ever emailed a document to several colleagues for feedback, and then had to go through each of their changes in turn, merging everything into your master document? What if one of them needs to see the changes that another suggested? Plus, what if you need to...
by Marilyn | Jan 21, 2019 | iOS 12, LastPass, password manager, productivity
For security reasons, we always recommend that you use a password manager like 1Password or LastPass to generate, store, and enter strong passwords in your Web browser. We hope you’ve been doing that because iOS 12 has a fabulous new feature that lets you enter...
by Marilyn | Jan 13, 2019 | Find My iPhone, HomeKit, Mac, Mojave, productivity, Siri, Tip
Siri on the Mac hasn’t been as useful as on iOS devices, but with macOS 10.14 Mojave, Apple enhanced the Mac version of Siri in a variety of ways. Apple says that Siri now knows about food, celebrities, and motorsports, but more interesting is how you can ask Siri to...
by Marilyn | Jan 11, 2019 | iOS, iPad, iPhone, keyboard shortcut, productivity, Tip
The Caps Lock key on Mac keyboards often feels extraneous, since it’s easy enough to hold the Shift key while typing multiple capital letters for acronyms like HIPPA or when you want to shout GET OFF MY LAWN! But if you need to do that on an iPhone or iPad, it’s...
by Marilyn | Jan 2, 2019 | App Switcher, Control Center, gesture, Home screen, iOS 12, iPad, productivity, Solution
When Apple released iOS 12 in September 2018, the main change for iPad users was a revamped collection of gestures similar to those used by the iPhone X. As it turned out, these new gestures were in preparation for the release of the new 11-inch and 12.9-inch iPad Pro...
