by Lucy McAdams | Mar 16, 2018 | iOS, Siri, Tip
If you’re reading this, chances are good that you’re not in elementary school, but it’s still easy to end up with a bunch of numbers you need to calculate. Perhaps you’re trying to total receipts for an expense report, average your kid’s report card grades, or split a...
by Lucy McAdams | Feb 15, 2018 | iOS, Reminders, Siri, Tip
Do you create reminders with Siri on the iPhone? Those reminders are automatically added to your default list, which you set in Settings > Reminders > Default List. That’s great generally—“Hey Siri, remind me to update watchOS tonight at 11 PM”—but less good...
by Lucy McAdams | Jun 7, 2017 | Apple Watch, High Sierra, HomePod, iMac, iMac Pro, iOS, iPad Pro, MacBook, MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, macOS, Siri, watchOS
Apple used the keynote address at its annual Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) in early June to unveil new versions of macOS, iOS, and watchOS, new iMacs and faster notebooks, and new iPad Pros. In a “one last thing” announcement that hearkened back to the days of...
by Lucy McAdams | Apr 21, 2017 | iOS, Siri, Spotlight, Tip
It’s easy to find the apps you use regularly on your iPhone or iPad, but there’s little more frustrating than needing an app you seldom launch and not being able to find it. You could scroll through all the home screens on your device and hope you recognize the icon,...
by Terry McAdams | Sep 20, 2016 | iOS, Mac, Reminders, Siri
We’re all juggling a bazillion things to remember, so much so that Apple has removed reminders from its Calendar app, providing a Reminders app for both the Mac and iOS. Reminders is a relatively simple app, and while there are many other task managers available in...
by Terry McAdams | Sep 13, 2016 | Apple Pay, Control Center, iOS, Messages, Photos, Safari, Siri
iOS 10, the latest version of Apple’s operating system for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch, is due this fall. The majority of its changes should improve your overall experience (and the rest you can hopefully ignore or reverse). Most evident among iOS 10’s...
