(All of the features below presume that the AirPods are in your ears and connected to your iPhone) Use your Shortcuts App to automatically connect to iPhone and set noise cancel at 50% Open Shortcuts app Tap Plus icon and then add action Search for “Set Noise Control Mode on” and select it Tap grey […]
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More and more of us are using our Mac/iPad/iPhone to capture and create documents and file them in a digital environment so we can easily retrieve them and not have to deal with so many paper files that can get lost or damaged. Ultimately, we want to find our documents when we need them. The
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Ever use Hot Corners on your Mac? If not, you should try it to make life a little easier. Go to Apple Settings>Desktop and Dock and then scroll to the bottom of the page and click on Hot Corners. Here you will be able to select up to four actions/shortcuts on the corners of your
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This is overview of Raycast, a free alternative with many more features, than the standard Spotlight that is included with all Macs. Raycast is only available on a Mac and not on IOS or Windows at this time. While Spotlight can do many things, Raycast can do much more. It relieves you from using the
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MacMail has been updated with a new Categories feature, which will likely elicit mixed reactions among users. Users can opt to disable this feature to revert to the familiar layout. ( I suggest you give it a go and try it for a week or two as it has good potential.) Prioritizing Emails Access the
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These are definitely worth the money PBS Passport – shows, news, documentaries, NOVA, and even some foreign TV https://www.pbs.org/passport/learn-more/ AARP – actually you only have to be 18! The most used, for me, are the restaurant discounts. Usually 10%, sometimes 15%. Just depends. But also discounts on lodging, vehicle rentals, all kinds of stuff.” https://www.aarp.org/
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W ITH HACKERS AND Data brokers desperately coveting your email address, it’s important to keep your private data safe. With Apple’s Hide My Email feature, you can create unlimited unique email addresses wherever you log in. Anything sent to these addresses is automatically forwarded to your personal inbox, and any replies you send will instead
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Seems like this just keeps getting worse as we deal with hackers and others who steal our information. Here are a few ways to protect yourself. We read, it seems, of daily thefts of credit card information. Big companies get hacked like Capital One, Target, Home Depot and so on. You can minimize your risk
The Health app on iPhone is a powerful yet often overlooked tool that compiles health data in a user-friendly format. Many users find it overwhelming or worry about privacy, but the app is highly customizable and secure. With iOS 18, the app has undergone mostly cosmetic changes, such as renaming “Favorites” to “Pinned Content” and
Free Apps. (In no particular order) Mac apps: Handbrake – for processing videos to reduce size and other features Amphetamine – stop your Mac from going to sleep Thunderbird – mail, calendar, contacts and tasks. Has third party extensions and add-ons Paparazzi – captures and saves entire webpages. Save in format you choose. Bean –
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