by Terry McAdams | Jul 3, 2026 | Calendar, iPad, iPhone, Mac, productivity, Reminders, Tip
If you are often late to or miss meetings because Apple’s notifications are too easy to ignore, we recommend trying the In Your Face app. Available for the Mac, Windows, iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch, In Your Face displays unmissable full-screen alerts and plays...
by Terry McAdams | Jun 5, 2026 | AirPods, Apple TV, Apple Watch, HomePod, iPad, iPhone, Mac, Upgrade
The simple answer to “When should you upgrade?” is when your device no longer does what you need, or when you want something new. But that’s not helpful if you’re trying to make an informed decision—is there a sweet spot when it makes more sense to upgrade rather than...
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 | May 1, 2026 | How-To, iPad, iPhone, Mac, productivity
Silicon Valley thinks everyone wants to delegate writing to AI, which is why Apple Intelligence constantly suggests replies for you in Messages and Mail. But there’s an excellent way to supercharge your typing speed without sounding like a chirpy chatbot or resorting...
by Terry McAdams | May 1, 2026 | iPad, Mac, productivity, Safari, Tip
Safari’s compact tab bar option, which saves vertical space by placing the address bar in the current tab, went missing in the initial releases of macOS 26 Tahoe and iPadOS 26. Only Apple knows why this helpful option disappeared (Liquid Glass?), but as of macOS 26.4...
by Terry McAdams | May 1, 2026 | Finder, iPad, iPhone, productivity, Tip
On the Mac, every file type opens in a particular app by default, but it’s easy to open a PDF, image, or text file in a different app. In the Finder’s Get Info window, you can also reset the default app so that, for example, JPEGs open in Photoshop or Affinity instead...
