Category: apple

  • How to Tell If the FAA Has Banned Your MacBook Pro From Flying

    How to Tell If the FAA Has Banned Your MacBook Pro From Flying

    Photo: Shutterstock On Tuesday, the Federal Aviation Administration officially banned select MacBook Pros from U.S. flights. This news comes months after Apple voluntarily recalled some laptops for overheated batteries that posed fire risks. On August 1, the European Union Aviation Safety Agency also warned airlines of the risks of flying with recalled laptops; this week,…

  • How to Spot iOS Apps That Are Scams

    How to Spot iOS Apps That Are Scams

    We tend to call out shady apps found on the Google Play Store pretty regularly, but there are also some iOS apps looking to pull one over on unsuspecting Apple customers. In this case, these apps are trying to scam users into costly—and in some cases, undisclosed—in-app transactions. One such app is a notorious iOS…

  • How to Delete Voice Recordings From Alexa, Google Assistant, Facebook Portal, and Siri

    How to Delete Voice Recordings From Alexa, Google Assistant, Facebook Portal, and Siri

    We can control so many devices through voice interactions with digital assistants like Alexa, Siri, and Google Assistant. This can be incredibly convenient, but it can also be nerve-wracking, knowing that technology companies now possess recordings of your voice and interactions. That’s not to say digital assistants are unsafe to use, but users should know…

  • How to Set a Sleep Timer in Your Podcast App

    How to Set a Sleep Timer in Your Podcast App

    Falling asleep to podcasts has become the geeky equivalent of a glass of warm milk before bed. It’s so popular, in fact, that there’s an entire podcasting genre dedicated to dry topics and gentle conversations to help lull you to sleep. It’s also a terrible catch-22: put on your favorite podcast before bed, and you…

  • How to Change the Size of Your App Icons in iPadOS 13

    Screenshot: David Murphy One of the more jarring experiences you’ll encounter when updating your iPad to Apple’s iPadOS 13 this fall—including having to call it that from now on—are the slightly smaller icons now gracing your iPad’s Home screen and pages. Like a juice cleanse, this icon diet is only a temporary fad. It appears…

  • How to Set Up Wireless Audio Sharing in iOS 13

    How to Set Up Wireless Audio Sharing in iOS 13

    iOS 13 and iPadOS 13 come with a new feature that makes it much easier to share audio with your friends. Sure, you can go the “two of you use one half of a pair of earbuds” route, but that isn’t the best way to experience music or watch videos—both listeners miss out on one…

  • How to Use Faster Context Menus in the Latest iOS 13 and iPadOS 13 Beta

    How to Use Faster Context Menus in the Latest iOS 13 and iPadOS 13 Beta

    Image: Apple The fourth iOS 13 and iPadOS beta has rolled out for developers, and while there are the usual list of changes and bug-fixes in Beta 4, one of the more interesting tweaks is a much more responsive Context Menu that you’ll be able to pull up on any device running iOS or iPadOS…

  • How to Back up Your Personal Data on iOS and Android

    How to Back up Your Personal Data on iOS and Android

    Phones break or get lost all the time, but that doesn’t mean you have to lose your personal data when and if that happens. In the video above, I go over the basics of backing up your Apple and Android devices. Quick Fix is a new video series where I tackle your most commonly asked…

  • How to Shut Down an Unresponsive iPhone

    How to Shut Down an Unresponsive iPhone

    If your iPhone is giving you grief, a simple reboot is one quick way to troubleshoot whatever is ailing it. But what if your device is freezing up and you can’t summon the standard “slide to power off” screen? There are a few different ways to turn off and/or reset your iPhone, and we have step-by-step…

  • How to Tell If Your iPhone is Refurbished By Looking at Its Model Number

    How to Tell If Your iPhone is Refurbished By Looking at Its Model Number

    There’s always a bit of mystery involved when you’re buying an iPhone second hand. Was the phone purchased new by the person selling it to you? Is it refurbished? Turns out, you can actually find that information out by looking at the serial number of the device. It’s a trick that’s been around for a…