by Terry McAdams | Jun 5, 2026 | Contacts, Dictation, iPad, iPhone, Mac, productivity, Tip, troubleshooting
Apple’s Dictation feature is a great way to avoid slow typing on the iPhone and iPad, and it can be welcome on the Mac as well. But it struggles with proper nouns—it guesses wildly at unfamiliar names and often fails to capitalize common words that are part of a name...
by Terry McAdams | Sep 5, 2025 | Contacts, Tip
Most people prefer Apple’s default of sorting contacts by last name, so “Andy Anderson” appears near the start of the list and “Liliana Velasco” toward the end. But some would also prefer to display contacts with their last name first, such as “Anderson, Andy,” and...
by Terry McAdams | Jan 23, 2024 | Contacts, Mac, productivity, Siri, Tip
Remembering to update your contacts with new email addresses, phone numbers, and postal addresses can sometimes be difficult. But if you’ve received that information in Mail or Messages, Siri’s data detection capabilities can help. Open Contacts on the Mac and press...
by Terry McAdams | Feb 7, 2023 | Contacts, iPad, iPhone, privacy, Tip
Apple makes it easy to share contact cards on the iPhone or iPad—just scroll down in a contact and tap Share Contact. But what if you don’t want to share every piece of data on that card? To avoid oversharing in iOS 16 or iPadOS 16, tap Filter Fields at the top of the...
by Terry McAdams | Jan 19, 2023 | Contacts, Mac, Safari, Tip, troubleshooting
We heard from a client that AutoFill in Safari suddenly stopped entering her name and address in Web forms when she chose Edit > AutoFill Form or pressed Command-Shift-A, forcing her to enter her contact information manually, like an animal. (And yes, the “Using...
by Terry McAdams | Dec 29, 2022 | Contacts, iPad, iPhone, productivity, Tip
Deleting contacts on the iPhone and iPad used to be a pain, especially if you wanted to trash multiple contacts. You had to open the contact, tap Edit, scroll to the bottom, and tap Delete Contact. Although you still can’t swipe left on a contact in a list, as you do...
