Category: apple

  • How to Stop Apple From Scanning Your iPhone Photos Before iOS 15 Arrives

    How to Stop Apple From Scanning Your iPhone Photos Before iOS 15 Arrives

    Read full article: at LifeHacker Starting with iOS 15 and iPadOS 15, Apple is going to apply a new child-protection policy when it comes to scanning photos that you upload to iCloud. This policy will help Apple report illegal child pornography images to the authorities, and on the surface, it sounds like a good thing…

  • How to Find and Delete All Your Old, Unused Accounts

    How to Find and Delete All Your Old, Unused Accounts

    Read full article: at LifeHacker We all have accounts we no longer use, but some apps and websites make deleting your profile a pain. In those cases, simply ignoring them is an easier option. However, unused accounts are a major security threat—all it takes is one successful data break or credential-stuffing attack to potentially compromise…

  • How to Keep Your iPhone's Camera Settings From Resetting When You Close the App

    How to Keep Your iPhone's Camera Settings From Resetting When You Close the App

    Read full article: at LifeHacker Your iPhone’s camera is chock-full of different modes and settings: Live Photos, slo-mo video, panoramic landscape shots, the list goes on and on. More often than not, you use the camera the same way, with the settings you like most, every time you snap a pic. Unfortunately, your iPhone seems…

  • How to Tell If Your iPhone or iPad Is Infected With Pegasus Spyware

    How to Tell If Your iPhone or iPad Is Infected With Pegasus Spyware

    Read full article: at LifeHacker Usually, it’s not easy to install spyware on smartphones and tablets, and especially on the iPhone or iPad. But Pegasus spyware is an exception. In July 2021, researchers found that Pegasus had infected the smartphones of some journalists, activists, and politicians. Read more… Read full article: at LifeHacker

  • How to Finally FaceTime Your Non-Apple Friends

    How to Finally FaceTime Your Non-Apple Friends

    Read full article: at LifeHacker If you’re an Apple devotee, there’s a good chance the company’s Messages and FaceTime services are two of the key features that keep you locked into the Cupertino ecosystem. But now, Apple has opened the floodgates just a crack, allowing us to invite anyone to a FaceTime call—even those on…

  • How to Fix Sticky Keys and Double Presses on Your MacBook Keyboard

    How to Fix Sticky Keys and Double Presses on Your MacBook Keyboard

    Read full article: at LifeHacker You press a key on your MacBook and nothing happens. You press another key and it enters that letter twice. A third key feel like it’s sticking. You’re not alone, as this is a common problem with a particular kind of Apple keyboard. If you have friends who bought a…

  • How to Turn Off AirTag Alerts When Someone Borrows Your Stuff

    How to Turn Off AirTag Alerts When Someone Borrows Your Stuff

    Read full article: at LifeHacker You need to borrow your partner’s car for a drive. Lucky for you, they have an AirTag on their car keys, so you don’t need to worry about losing them. Instead, you can worry about your iPhone going nuts, warning you that a strange AirTag is in your vicinity. Sure,…

  • How to Turn On the New 'Announce Notifications' on Your iPhone

    How to Turn On the New 'Announce Notifications' on Your iPhone

    Read full article: at LifeHacker One of the convenient new features that’s coming in iOS 15 (already available in public beta) is the ability to have Siri read out notifications from both Apple and third-party apps. Users have had the option to have Siri announce calls and texts for a while, but Announce Notifications lets…

  • How to Tell If a New Battery Will Fix Your Lagging iPhone

    How to Tell If a New Battery Will Fix Your Lagging iPhone

    Read full article: at LifeHacker Your old iPhone is feeling its age; apps crawl to open, animations couldn’t be choppier, keyboards lag like no one’s business. Before you throw in the towel and upgrade to the latest and greatest Apple device, consider simply upgrading the battery instead. Read more… Read full article: at LifeHacker

  • How to Block Spam Calls With the Nuclear Option (and as Little Fallout as Possible)

    How to Block Spam Calls With the Nuclear Option (and as Little Fallout as Possible)

    Read full article: at LifeHacker We’re all in a battle against robocalls. Chances are you’ve tried out various apps, settings, and carrier services to stop—or at least mitigate—the endless train of scams and spam, and some of them even work pretty well, at least for a while. Unfortunately, new spam techniques crop up all the…