by Terry McAdams | May 2, 2025 | iPhone, privacy, Tip
In iOS 18.2, Apple enhanced the Find My app, enabling you to create a temporary Web page that shares the location of a lost AirTag or other Find My-tracked item. You don’t need to know the person’s email address or share any other information, and the link...
by Terry McAdams | Apr 11, 2025 | Siri, Tip
As we’ve been covering Apple’s staged rollout of Apple Intelligence, one announced feature that has remained tantalizingly in the future is the enhanced version of Siri that would have onscreen awareness, understand your personal context, and be able to interact with...
by Terry McAdams | Apr 8, 2025 | privacy, Security, Tip
We hate to encourage paranoia, but all is not well with Google Search. Recently, we’ve heard of multiple instances where people were nearly taken advantage of due to relying on the top result in a Google search. In one case, a user called a purported HP support phone...
by Terry McAdams | Apr 3, 2025 | Firefox, Mac, productivity, Tip
If you have Control- or right-clicked on text in a Web browser in the last year or two, you may have seen an oddly named command: Copy Link to Highlight. When you choose it, it puts a URL on your clipboard, not just to that page, as Copy Link Address would, but also...
by Terry McAdams | Apr 3, 2025 | iPad, iPhone, Mac, passwords, Tip, Wi-Fi
A neat feature built into iOS, iPadOS, and macOS is that when you are connected to a Wi-Fi network, your devices will offer to share the Wi-Fi password if others near you try to connect to the same network. However, for this feature to work, they must be in your...
by Terry McAdams | Apr 2, 2025 | HomePod, Tip
Although we think about HomePods as being useful for playing audio and responding to Siri commands for HomeKit devices, they can do more. HomePods can send a notification to your iPhone if their built-in microphones recognize the piercing squeals from smoke and carbon...
