Category: operating systems

  • How to Make Your iPhone's Voice Memos Sound Better

    How to Make Your iPhone's Voice Memos Sound Better

    Read full article: at LifeHacker The iPhone’s Voice Memos app is easy to use to record anything from a college lecture to a podcast—but not all recordings turn out to have the quality you’d like. You might end up with wind noise in the background, or a speaker’s voice that is barely audible. With patience…

  • How to Use Those Full-Screen iMessage Effects on Your Mac

    How to Use Those Full-Screen iMessage Effects on Your Mac

    Read full article: at LifeHacker You may not have realized that the full gamut of iMessage effects is available on the Mac too—even if Apple’s desktop Messages app doesn’t make it apparent. If you want to send an iMessage with a dose of fireworks, for example, you can do so on the Mac just as…

  • How to Stop Email Trackers on Your iPhone, iPad, and Mac

    How to Stop Email Trackers on Your iPhone, iPad, and Mac

    Read full article: at LifeHacker You might already know that websites and apps track you. It’s so common now we don’t even bat an eye. But did you know the same thing applies to emails as well? Read more… Read full article: at LifeHacker

  • How to Tell Which Apps Can See Your Private iPhone Data

    How to Tell Which Apps Can See Your Private iPhone Data

    Read full article: at LifeHacker Every year, Apple releases new features that both improve data privacy on the iPhone, and set a new benchmark for the industry as a whole. With iOS 15, it’s all about transparency. iOS 15.2 brings a new feature called App Privacy Report that provides a visual, easy-to-read report of all…

  • How to Reset and Erase a Locked iPhone Without Connecting to a Mac or PC

    How to Reset and Erase a Locked iPhone Without Connecting to a Mac or PC

    Read full article: at LifeHacker iOS 15.2 is filled with features big and small. Along with features like Digital Legacy and App Privacy Report, comes a feature we’ve been waiting years for; the ability to completely erase and reset a locked iPhone without needing to connect it to a Mac or PC first. Read more……

  • How to Pass on Your iPhone Data After You Die

    How to Pass on Your iPhone Data After You Die

    Read full article: at LifeHacker Our digital lives are heavily intertwined with our “real” lives, and Apple is finally starting to acknowledge that. The data that lives in our iCloud accounts is not only important to us, but also to our family members. Now, there’s a way for our loved ones to access our digital…

  • How to Finally Disable Auto Macro Mode on iPhone 13 Pro

    How to Finally Disable Auto Macro Mode on iPhone 13 Pro

    Read full article: at LifeHacker Apple pulled off a neat trick on the iPhone 13 Pro and 13 Pro Max; it added a surprisingly good Macro mode to the Camera app, without even adding a separate Macro camera (like Android phones do). The Camera app automatically switches to a cropped version of the Ultra-Wide camera…

  • How to Lock Your Secrets in the Notes App (and Why You Should)

    How to Lock Your Secrets in the Notes App (and Why You Should)

    Read full article: at LifeHacker Searching for data or photo lockers will lead you to many apps. Some of them are genuinely secure—others, less so—but given that you’re dealing with secure data (documents, photos, security codes, or bank details), you maybe don’t want to trust a third-party iPhone app that happens to have a thousand…

  • How to Set Up Rain and Snow Alerts on Your iPhone

    How to Set Up Rain and Snow Alerts on Your iPhone

    Read full article: at LifeHacker Weather forecasts can be helpful for planning in advance, but knowing it’s about to rain right before it actually starts can save you the headache of getting literally caught in a storm. If you’ve updated to the latest version of iOS 15, you can now set up real-time precipitation notifications…

  • How to Wipe Your Mac Without Reinstalling the OS

    How to Wipe Your Mac Without Reinstalling the OS

    Read full article: at LifeHacker Resetting a Mac has always been a headache: The only way to do it securely was to format the entire Mac and reinstall the OS. You had to do it every time you sold your Mac or when you encountered a grave issue with the software. Read more… Read full…