by Terry McAdams | Feb 18, 2021 | iPhone, MagSafe, Tip
Remember when we had to keep magnets away from floppy disks to avoid scrambling them? Modern storage is no longer vulnerable, but magnets and electromagnetic fields from consumer electronics can interfere with medical devices, like implanted pacemakers and...
by Terry McAdams | Feb 11, 2021 | Camera, iPad, iPhone, Security, Tip
In iOS 14 and iPadOS 14, Apple added two new status indicators to the right side of the status bar at the top of the screen. They’re designed to give you feedback about what an app is doing. An orange dot indicates that an app is using the microphone, and a green dot...
by Terry McAdams | Feb 2, 2021 | iPhone
With vaccinations underway, there’s light at the end of the COVID-19 pandemic tunnel. But given the enormity of the task and the unknowns surrounding coronavirus variants, we’ll likely still be in this tunnel for a while. Happily, there’s a new app called NOVID that,...
by Terry McAdams | Jan 28, 2021 | iPhone, productivity
It’s difficult for most of us to imagine that a camera—something that still feels like it’s a standalone object—could be improved significantly with a software update. But now that cameras are part of our phones, code is king. With iOS 14, the camera in your iPhone...
by Terry McAdams | Jan 26, 2021 | iPad, iPhone, Tip, Wi-Fi
Even as we get 5G cellular connectivity and high-speed Wi-Fi networks, there are plenty of times when you might want to reduce your data usage. Perhaps you’re trying to avoid running over a data cap while traveling, or maybe you’re sharing a Wi-Fi network with a very...
by Terry McAdams | Jan 5, 2021 | iOS, iPad, iPhone, Tip, troubleshooting
Suppose you have an older iPhone or iPad, especially one with only 16 GB of storage. In that case, it’s possible that you won’t have enough space to upgrade to iOS 14 or iPadOS 14 through Settings > General > Software Update. That’s often true due to an...
