When Apple introduced the iPhone in 2007, it was hard to imagine how important it would become for keeping us connected, informed, and entertained. In fact, many people are now concerned that they use their iPhones too much. But with Screen Time, a major new feature in iOS 12, Apple has provided tools that help…
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You may already use Apple’s Reminders app to track your personal to-dos, but it works well for lists of all sorts. Reminders is particularly helpful when you use it to share a list, such as a shopping list that anyone in your family can use when in the right part of town. The steps for…
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Do your New Year’s resolutions involve fitness? With watchOS 5’s Activity Competition, you and an Apple Watch–using friend can compete to help reach your fitness goals. In an Activity Competition, you and your friend each try to score the most points over the course of a week. Points are based on filling your stand, move,…
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Logging in to Web sites keeps on getting more complicated, but iOS 12 makes it easier to handle those extra six-digit SMS sign-in codes. Next time you sign in to a site where you’ve set up a two-factor SMS login, pay attention. When you receive the message that shows your code, don’t bother memorizing or…
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Notifications on the iPhone and iPad are wonderful tools for staying in touch and keeping organized, but they can also be overwhelming. Recognizing that notifications can be more of a hindrance than a help, Apple has enhanced them in iOS 12. With these easy-to-follow New Year’s resolutions, you can take control of your notifications. I…
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If you own an Apple Watch, you’ve probably felt it tapping your wrist while the Maps app guides you to a location. Those turn-alert taps can be very useful, for example, if you want to appear as though you know your route while on foot in a strange city. When you’re using Maps to navigate…
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If you find airline travel stressful, storing your boarding pass in your iPhone’s Wallet app can ease your journey—no more paper boarding passes to worry about losing! While using the airline’s Web site or app to check in, look for and tap an “Add to Apple Wallet” button. You’ll find your boarding pass in the…
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In an ideal world, you would never need to restore your Mac’s entire boot drive. That’s because it’s necessary only when something has gone terribly wrong with your Mac. Perhaps your boot drive died—it happens—and a new one has been installed. Or maybe you upgraded to a new version of macOS and now your Mac…
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The HomePod smart speaker gained a few features recently, thanks to Apple’s rollout of new operating systems for all its devices. Once you’ve installed iOS 12 on your iPhone, you can install iOS 12 for HomePod manually, or it will install automatically shortly after the iOS 12 installation is complete. Make and Take Phone Calls…
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You probably use Apple’s Siri voice assistant at least occasionally, asking it to “call my brother,” or “play music that I’ll like.” Apple has enhanced Siri in iOS 12 with Siri Shortcuts. At a basic level, Siri Shortcuts are useful because they let you assign your own Siri voice command to a wide range of…
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