With an iPhone and a pair of AirPods, you can use iOS 16's Live Listen feature to help when you're hard of hearing, standing in a loud place - or even eavesdrop on conversations from afar.
Your iPhone's Calendar app can be an great way to keep your busy schedule in sync with your family, friends, or co-workers. Here's how to manage your Calendar and get everyone on the same page.
Apple's introduction of Passkeys means you can authenticate with some apps and services using Face ID or Touch ID instead of remembering a password. This is how you get started.
Built into macOS, iOS, and iPadOS is a handy way to take multiple images and make them into one image, without having to use an image editor. Here's how to use Shortcuts to get it done.
In the wake of Elon Musk acquiring Twitter, users have started migrating to other platforms. Here's how to get started with Mastodon, one of the social media alternatives.
Being able to map out your entire drive beforehand, with estimated travel times and future course changes, is a powerful addition to an already handy app. Here's how to create a multi-stop route in the latest version of Apple Maps.
Apple's 2022 update to the iPad Pro lineup introduces its newest Apple Silicon chip to its tablet range. Here's how the latest iPad Pro models compete against Apple's 2021 generation.
Microsoft's Surface Pro 9 updates the Windows tablet with both Intel and ARM options, in a form that competes directly with Apple's iPad Pro lineup. Here's how the rival tablets square up.
The Bose QuietComfort Earbuds II offer all of the comforts of noise-cancellation in a wireless package similar to the new AirPods Pro 2. Here's how the two flagship earbuds stack up.
If you're looking for Thunderbolt 4-compatible hubs and docks so that you can add more connectivity to your Mac, we've curated some of the best docking and port-expanding accessories currently on the market.
After being announced on stage alongside the Apple Watch Ultra, the Oceanic+ app is now available on the App Store to download. Let's go hands-on to test it out.
The iPhone 15 Ultra is nearly a year away, but reports are already pouring in about what to expect. Here's what the rumor mill thinks is coming, and a first glance at what it may look like.
When you use Apple's iOS iCloud Backup, your iPhone or iPad backs up your iMessages data, but it's not a very useful backup because it's hard to search. Here's how to turn it off and save years of messages taking up space.
Spammers are already filling up Twitter with fake accounts since Elon Musk scuttled the service's verification process, and they are very, very good at fooling people. Here's what you can do to see what's real.
Apple News is a decent news aggregator, but it's very limited. To fully customize your news with even the most obscure sources, you need an RSS newsreader app.
When something goes wrong with your Mac, it's a boon to have a separate, external drive that you can work from — but Apple no longer makes that easy. Here's how to do it.
Taptic Chimes allow you to know when a new hour has started with sound and haptic motions on your Apple Watch. Here is how to enable and customize the feature.
As part of the security improvements in Apple Silicon Macs running macOS Ventura, Apple has made it so that new USB or Thunderbolt devices have to be approved. Here's how to manage how often you see the requests.
Apple's iCloud can be handy for syncing your data across devices, but sometimes you want to turn iCloud syncing off for particular apps. On iOS or iPadOS this is relatively easy.
The redesigned 10.9-inch iPad has a USB-C port that will not charge the Apple Pencil without an adapter. Yet there are other ways to charge the Apple Pencil that might be more convenient.
It's as if you are physically picking up an image from your iPhone and dropping it down onto your iPad — Universal Clipboard is copy and paste that can look magical, but also has exceptional practical use.
Although it's very rarely needed, flushing the DNS cache might help clear up mysterious internet connection issues. Here's why, when, and how you do it.
The new Hover Mode is either a gimmick you'll never use, or part of making Apple Pencil feel ever more like a natural part of your workflow. Here's how to use it.
Apple's macOS Ventura's Dictation feature is a little bit different that it was when it originally debuted. Here's how to turn it on, and how to get started with what it can do.
With Apple raising the price of most of its subscription services, the new cost of the Apple One bundle can still make it a bargain, in the right circumstances.
Apple builds products that last, and many users have iPads that still work but no longer can handle the resource-heavy iPadOS 16. Although it isn't obvious, there's a way to download old versions of apps that function on your iPad.
Pluto TV is a streaming service that allows you to watch live television and stream on-demand content all for free. Here is how to watch it on your Mac.
Apple's latest iOS 16 update makes it possible to stop the power and wake button on the side of an iPhone from hanging up on a phone call. Here's how to set it up.
You're never, ever getting back together with your ex. Here's how to cut off your ex or anyone else from your Netflix account with a brand new feature.
