Category: mobile operating systems

  • How to Hide Nudes, Personal Data, and Pictures of Your Ex on an iPhone or iPad

    How to Hide Nudes, Personal Data, and Pictures of Your Ex on an iPhone or iPad

    Read full article: at LifeHacker It’s possible you have a few photos on your iPhone or iPad that you’d rather not stumble upon—or have anyone else stumble upon, such as a picture of your ex, a troubling memory, or other, uh, unmentionables. If you’re not ready to delete or offload them, but you don’t want…

  • How to Install the macOS Monterey Public Beta

    How to Install the macOS Monterey Public Beta

    Read full article: at LifeHacker Somewhere in the fall of 2021, Apple will release the macOS Monterey update—and this is a big one. Shortcuts automation finally comes to the Mac, Universal Control lets you share a cursor with your iPad, not to mention the new FaceTime features for shared media playback. Read more… Read full…

  • How to Install the iOS 15 and iPadOS 15 Public Betas

    How to Install the iOS 15 and iPadOS 15 Public Betas

    Read full article: at LifeHacker Every fall without fail, Apple releases a major new version of their operating systems for the iPhone and iPad. And as always, if you’re curious about the new features in iOS 15 and iPadOS 15, there’s a way to skip the line and try them out right now using the…

  • How to Enroll in the iOS 15 Developer Beta Right Now

    How to Enroll in the iOS 15 Developer Beta Right Now

    Read full article: at LifeHacker The public beta for iOS 15 and iPadOS 15 starts sometime in July, but users can get their hands on Apple’s new mobile operating systems even earlier by installing the developer builds. These versions are less stable than the eventual public beta, and there are several requirements you’ll need to…

  • How to Make Sense of What Apple Has Done to the Podcasts App

    How to Make Sense of What Apple Has Done to the Podcasts App

    Read full article: at LifeHacker In April, Apple made some long-overdue changes to its Podcasts app, part of an overhaul of the company’s general approach to the podcasting market that will allow podcasts makers to charge subscription fees for their content via Apple’s homegrown app. Unfortunately, the changes have proved frustrating to many longtime… Read…

  • How to Use Every New Feature in iOS 14.6

    How to Use Every New Feature in iOS 14.6

    Read full article: at LifeHacker Apple’s iOS 14.6 and iPadOS 14.6 launched this week, adding several new features to iPhones and iPad devices including new voice controls, expanded tracking functions for AirTags, Family Sharing options for Apple card payments, and, of course, tons of bug fixes. Read more… Read full article: at LifeHacker

  • How to Set Up Every iOS 14.5 Feature Worth Knowing About

    How to Set Up Every iOS 14.5 Feature Worth Knowing About

    Read full article: at LifeHacker It’s been just over a week since iOS 14.5 debuted, and we’ve spent a chunk of time going over the most interesting features the operating system has to offer. This is one update I wouldn’t wait to install, if for nothing else than it’s the only way your iPhone will…

  • How to Automatically Set Your iPhone Screen Orientation for Every App in iOS 14.5

    How to Automatically Set Your iPhone Screen Orientation for Every App in iOS 14.5

    Read full article: at LifeHacker Apple has added a few helpful new Shortcut actions to iOS 14.5. We’ve previously talked about one, which lets you drop a new “Take Screenshots” action into any of your programmed Shortcuts. Joining it is a a new action for your device’s Orientation Lock, which allows you fine-tune when you…

  • How to Fix Your iPhone's 'App Tracking Transparency' If It's Grayed Out in iOS 14.5

    How to Fix Your iPhone's 'App Tracking Transparency' If It's Grayed Out in iOS 14.5

    Read full article: at LifeHacker Apple finally released its much-anticipated App Tracking Transparency feature with the launch of iOS 14.5, and it’s incredibly helpful if you want some fine-grain control over which apps can track other aspects of your digital activity. That’s assuming, of course, the feature isn’t grayed out for you. Read more… Read…

  • How to Get Early Access to iOS 14.5 Before Next Week's Launch

    How to Get Early Access to iOS 14.5 Before Next Week's Launch

    Read full article: at LifeHacker iOS 14.5 and iPadOS 14.5 are officially hitting iPhones and iPads next week, but you don’t have to wait until then to get your hands on the final release candidates of the new operating systems. Read more… Read full article: at LifeHacker