by Terry McAdams | Feb 15, 2024 | FaceTime, iPad, iPhone, Tip, troubleshooting
If you listen to a FaceTime Audio call using AirPods and hear the other person’s voice moving annoyingly from side to side as you turn your head, the problem is likely head-tracked spatial audio. In general, spatial audio attempts to make sounds seem to come from all...
by Terry McAdams | Dec 16, 2021 | FaceTime, How-To, productivity, Video
It’s no exaggeration to say that videoconferencing went mainstream during the pandemic. However, Apple’s FaceTime didn’t stack up well against Zoom and others due to its emulation of the telephone call experience, questionable interface decisions, and lack of...
by Terry McAdams | Jun 8, 2021 | FaceTime, iPad, iPhone, Mac, privacy, productivity, Siri
At its Worldwide Developer Conference keynote on June 7th, Apple shared details about what we can expect to see later this year in macOS 12 Monterey, iOS 15, iPadOS 15, watchOS 8, tvOS 15, and HomePod Software 15. It was a firehose of announcements, but one thing...
by Terry McAdams | Jun 26, 2020 | FaceTime, iOS, Mac, Tip
Since iOS 12 and macOS 10.14 Mojave, Apple has supported Group FaceTime, which lets you have a video call with up to 32 people. However, as has become painfully obvious in today’s era of non-stop videoconferencing, Group FaceTime has a feature that some find...
by Terry McAdams | Apr 1, 2020 | FaceTime
With many people under stay-at-home orders, videoconferencing is going mainstream. If you work in a sufficiently large organization, you probably have already been indoctrinated into a recommended solution, whether it’s the built-in videoconferencing features of Slack...
