by Terry McAdams | Oct 28, 2024 | Mac, productivity, Tip
We’re big fans of the Mac’s window proxy icons, those little icons that appear in window title bars next to the filename. They’re not just cosmetic—you can use them just like the Finder icon for the open document. You can drag one to Mail to attach the document to a...
by Terry McAdams | Oct 16, 2024 | Control Center, How-To, productivity
Control Center has been a part of our iPhone and iPad experience for over a decade, first appearing in iOS 7 in 2013. It provides direct access to important controls so we don’t have to hunt through Settings or apps. On the whole, it has been a welcome addition....
by Terry McAdams | Oct 14, 2024 | How-To, iCloud, iCloud Drive, productivity
Apple’s online iCloud storage underpins many of the company’s services, including iCloud Photos, iCloud Drive, iCloud Backup (for iPhones and iPads), iCloud Mail, and Messages in iCloud. Numerous independent apps also rely on iCloud storage to sync data between...
by Terry McAdams | Sep 23, 2024 | iPad, iPhone, productivity, Tip
A friend recently expressed astonishment when she saw us using trackpad mode while editing text on an iPhone. (It works on the iPad, too!) So, even if you already know these tips, do your friends a favor and show them: Tap once to position the insertion point at the...
by Terry McAdams | Aug 16, 2024 | Camera, How-To, iPhone, Mac, productivity
A side effect of the pandemic is that online videoconferencing improved drastically. Video calls happened before 2020, but videoconferencing wasn’t an everyday activity for most people. Now, with many people working remotely or in a hybrid model, it’s a fact of...
by Terry McAdams | Jul 26, 2024 | iOS, keyboard shortcut, macOS, productivity, Tip
For many of us, emoji are fun, but we don’t want to choose Edit > Emoji & Symbols whenever we want to insert one. A faster, better technique is to set up text replacements for emoji you insert often. Open System Settings > Keyboard > Text Replacements,...
