by Terry McAdams | Jun 9, 2026 | News, passwords, Photos, Siri, WWDC
Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference keynote—the final public appearance for outgoing CEO Tim Cook—was different this year. Although it was still a tour of the changes we’ll see in version 27 of Apple’s operating systems, the company broke it into three parts. The...
by Terry McAdams | Jun 5, 2026 | AirPods, iPhone, productivity, Tip
Have you ever wanted to activate the shutter button for your iPhone’s camera—for either a still photo or a video—when you’re not holding it? Selfie sticks often come with Bluetooth buttons that can do that, and starting in iOS 26, you also can use your AirPods 4 or...
by Terry McAdams | Jun 5, 2026 | Contacts, Dictation, iPad, iPhone, Mac, productivity, Tip, troubleshooting
Apple’s Dictation feature is a great way to avoid slow typing on the iPhone and iPad, and it can be welcome on the Mac as well. But it struggles with proper nouns—it guesses wildly at unfamiliar names and often fails to capitalize common words that are part of a name...
by Terry McAdams | May 1, 2026 | How-To, productivity
The Camera Control on iPhone 16 and later models lets you open the Camera app and take a photo with the press of a button. But it’s more than just a simple button—it features a touch-sensitive surface that lets you adjust a variety of settings without having to tap...
by Terry McAdams | May 1, 2026 | iPad, Mac, productivity, Safari, Tip
Safari’s compact tab bar option, which saves vertical space by placing the address bar in the current tab, went missing in the initial releases of macOS 26 Tahoe and iPadOS 26. Only Apple knows why this helpful option disappeared (Liquid Glass?), but as of macOS 26.4...
