by Terry McAdams | May 20, 2020 | How-To, Mac, Messages, troubleshooting
Are you the person your friends and family members turn to for questions about the Mac? In normal times, those questions might come over dinner or at another in-person gathering, such that you could look directly at their Mac to see what was going on. Now, however,...
by Terry McAdams | May 13, 2020 | Messages, Tip
In your list of conversations in Messages, you probably have lots of people who have generic icons next to their names or numbers. You likely look like that to other people as well, but a new feature in iOS 13 lets you share your preferred name and avatar picture with...
by Lucy McAdams | Nov 30, 2018 | Messages, Photos, Tip
Before iOS 12, you’d tap the camera button in a Messages chat in order to share either a brand-new photo or a photo that had already been taken. In iOS 12, Apple changed things so tapping the camera button only lets you take a fresh photo. To find and send a photo...
by Lucy McAdams | Jun 21, 2018 | Find My Friends, iOS, Messages
As iPhones have become ever more prevalent, one of Apple’s bundled apps—Find My Friends—has become significantly more useful. Although there are legitimate concerns about sharing your location willy-nilly, Find My Friends gives everyone full control over what they...
by Lucy McAdams | Apr 18, 2018 | Battery, Health, Messages, privacy, Safari, troubleshooting
At the end of March, Apple released updates to all four of its operating systems, but iOS 11.3 was the most notable. It boasts a variety of new features and other changes—you can think of it as the midpoint update between iOS 11’s first release and iOS 12, probably...
by Lucy McAdams | Sep 20, 2017 | Camera, Control Center, Do Not Disturb, Dock, Emergency SOS, iOS, iPad, iPhone, Messages, Photos
Even if you’re not buying a new iPhone this year, you can still enjoy a hefty dose of “New and Improved!” with Apple’s iOS 11, which provides a host of new capabilities. Hold on tight, there’s a lot to cover, and we have another article coming about the iPad-specific...
