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How to Use Your iPhone As an Official ID
Read full article: at LifeHacker In this digital age, why do we still have physical IDs? I don’t need my credit card when I can use Apple Pay; I don’t need my MetroCard anymore with Express Transit; but still, I need to bring the whole wallet with me anywhere that requires a driver’s license. Luckily,…
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How to Test Drive Universal Control on macOS Monterey Beta
Read full article: at LifeHacker One of the most exciting features that Apple announced at WWDC 2021 was Universal Control. This feature lets you seamlessly switch the cursor and keyboard between multiple Macs and iPads. In fact, it’s so seamless, there’s no setup necessary. You can glide your cursor from one device to another, simply…
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How to Stop Your iPhone and Its Apps From Tracking Your Location
Read full article: at LifeHacker While privacy as we used to know it might be dead and gone, there are still plenty of ways to protect yourself against the default tech standards on your iPhone. Apple might be a privacy champion, but there are plenty of settings you can tinker with and change to hide…
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How to Check All Your Apple Devices' Battery Levels With One Widget
Read full article: at LifeHacker Those of us fully entrenched in the Apple ecosystem have a lot of batteries to think about; you might have a MacBook, iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and AirPods to boot, all of which are consuming precious portable power by just sitting there. Instead of constantly jumping among products to know…
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How to Hide Your Browsing History From Ad Trackers With iCloud 'Private Relay'
Read full article: at LifeHacker With the iOS 15, iPadOS 15, and macOS Monterey update, Apple is automatically upgrading all iCloud paid plans to iCloud+. If you’re paying for iCloud storage, you now get access to the Private Relay feature, and the ability to hide your email address online. Read more… Read full article: at…
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How to Finally Translate (Almost) Any Text in iOS 15
Read full article: at LifeHacker As we near ever closer to iOS 15’s fall 2021 release, more and more features are being added to the beta builds. One of the latest additions is a new, system-level translation feature that can translate just about any text on your iPhone’s screen. Read more… Read full article: at…
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How to Move Safari's Search Bar Back Where It Belongs in iOS 15
Read full article: at LifeHacker With iOS 15, Apple tried to revamp Safari’s traditional user interface. In some ways, it was an ambitious effort, like how the UI changes colors to match the website you’re browsing. The company’s decision to move the search bar to the bottom of the display, however, was not so well-received.…
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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…
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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…
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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…