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How to Use Passkeys on Your iPhone or Mac
Read full article: at LifeHacker A seamless login future is coming for all Apple users. Starting with iOS 16 and macOS Ventura, Apple offers built-in support for passkeys. You can add these new cryptographically generated keys directly to your iCloud Keychain and they’ll sync across all your devices using end-to-end encryption. As long as a…
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9 Things That Suck About Setting Up a New iPhone (and How to Fix Them)
Read full article: at LifeHacker Getting a new iPhone is an exciting thing, especially if you haven’t upgraded in a while. From the initial unboxing, to peeling the stickers off the device, everything about the experience is fun. That is, until you start setting it up, and hit some snags along the way. While many…
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How to Extend Your Apple Watch’s Battery Life While Exercising
Read full article: at LifeHacker If you’re a heavy Apple Watch user, you’re likely often looking for ways to extend its battery life. Apple has made your life slightly easier with the addition of one more feature to get the job done. Read more… Read full article: at LifeHacker
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How to Install Unsupported Apps on Older iPhones
Read full article: at LifeHacker As much as Apple will want you to buy the iPhone 14, your old phone is probably serving you just fine, even if the company doesn’t officially support it anymore. But the bigger problem with aging tech isn’t necessarily the lack of official software support, it’s when third-party developers stop…
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How to Know When Apple Arcade Is Dropping Games
Read full article: at LifeHacker Apple Arcade is Apple’s solution to mobile gaming’s biggest stumbling block: Nobody wants to pay for individual games, but constant micro-transactions are equally painful. Five dollars per month for a large library of ad-free games that aren’t pay-to-win feels much more palatable. That is, until your favorite Apple… Read more……
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How to Instantly Customize Lock Screen Notifications in iOS 16
Read full article: at LifeHacker Every year, and with every iOS update, it seems Apple tries to do something new when it comes to iPhone notifications. We’re not talking about reinventing the wheel or going the Android route—just incremental changes that improve your quality of life, at least as it pertains to your device. Read…
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How to Use Translation Apps and Extensions Without Sacrificing Your Privacy
Read full article: at LifeHacker When you want to translate something, the easiest option is often a free translation service like Google Translate. But you should avoid pasting sensitive information into free translation services, as your data could end up in the public domain or used for advertising. (Generally, if you have highly sensitive… Read…
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How to Stop Someone From Editing the iMessages They Send You
Read full article: at LifeHacker Apple’s iOS 16 introduces some awesome new Messaging features: With the new update, you can recover deleted messages for up to 30 days, mark messages as unread to return to later, and you have more options for SharePlay than ever before. The two Messages features that made headlines, however, were…
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How to Bring Back the iTunes MiniPlayer
Read full article: at LifeHacker iTunes. A Obi-Wan would say, that’s a name I’ve not heard in a long time. Apple killed the game-changing Mac application in 2019, splitting its combined services into three simplified apps: Music, TV, and Podcasts. While this decision was in many ways a good one, those of us who have…
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How to Help Convince Tech Companies to Make a Smaller Smartphone
Read full article: at LifeHacker A long time ago, smartphones were small. Like, really small. It used to be a given that such a device should fit snugly in the hand, so you could do everything you need to with it using only your thumb. They certainly don’t make ‘em like they used to. In…