Category: operating systems

  • 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 Preemptively Block Ad-Tracking on Your Android

    How to Preemptively Block Ad-Tracking on Your Android

    Read full article: at LifeHacker Later this year, Google will begin blocking advertisers and developers from accessing a device’s advertising ID if users opt-out of personalized ads, mirroring the controversial changes (controversial to advertisers, anyway) that Apple introduced in iOS 14.5. While you’re waiting, though, you can opt-out of… Read more… Read full article: at…

  • 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 Stop Apple Music CarPlay From Crashing Until There's a Real Fix

    How to Stop Apple Music CarPlay From Crashing Until There's a Real Fix

    Read full article: at LifeHacker Over the last few days, we’ve seen lots of reports across Reddit and social media that Apple Music on CarPlay has been crashing unexpectedly. While we don’t know the specific cause, and there’s no confirmed fix yet, there are a few workarounds you can try while you wait. Read more……

  • How to Finally Go Paperless at Home, Because It's Past Time

    How to Finally Go Paperless at Home, Because It's Past Time

    Read full article: at LifeHacker Going paperless doesn’t need to be limited to office work. Between online bill pay and services like Apple Pay, Google Pay, Zelle, CashApp, and Venmo, you can get rid of nearly all your finance-related clutter. But why stop there? Going paperless can apply to virtually every area of your life,…

  • 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