This lesser-known background sounds feature in macOS Ventura can help you relax and focus, so you can increase your productivity while at your desk. Here's how to set it up.
Continuity Camera allows you to use your iPhone's camera to insert photos or documents in your Mac and use it as a FaceTime camera as well. Here is how to use Continuity Camera in macOS Ventura.
If your Mac is having problems, macOS has multiple keyboard combinations that you can hold to recover your system, start in safe mode, run diagnostics, and more. Here's how to use them.
Quick Actions first appeared for Apple's macOS Mojave back in 2018, and got a big update in Ventura. Here's how to add and customize this handy workflow automation to streamline your life.
It's about the time of year when people start reorganizing their lives, including calendars. As part of that effort, you may have a bunch of iCloud calendars you need to merge. Here's how to do it.
While the main focus in 2022 is on streaming, the Music app on your Mac still allows you to import music files and CDs into your music library. Here's how to do it.
Apple's iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max are the top models in Apple's iPhone lineup, but there's more than just a size difference between the two. Here's what's different when you compare the pair.
Most iPhone owners don't upgrade every year. If history is any indication, there will be a lot of iPhone 12 Pro Max owners looking to upgrade to the iPhone 15 Pro Max. Here's what has changed to the top model in three years.
The second-generation Apple Watch Ultra offers more performance in a wearable that looks like the original. Here's how the upgraded wearable stands against its predecessor.
The iPhone 15 Pro is here, with a titanium body and a brand-new button on the side. Here's how it stacks up on paper against its predecessor, the iPhone 14 Pro.
Apple's iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max are the top models in Apple's iPhone lineup, but there's more than just a size difference between the two. Here's what's different when you compare the pair.
Starting in iOS 17, Apple allows users to create a Personal Voice that when used in conjunction with Live Speech can help users communicate with others by reading text and phrases. Here's how to set it up and how it worked for us.
A feature in iPadOS 17 enables iPads to work with USB-C capture cards. Here's how to use the feature to make your large-screen iPad work as an external monitor for your Nintendo Switch.
While gaming on the Mac is improving day by day, cloud gaming is a way to get AAA games on macOS today. Here's how to get started with the three biggest services in cloud gaming.
The Finder is probably the most fundamental app in macOS. Each person has their own way of using the Finder, but what you may not be aware of are the many ways it can help you work faster.
The macOS Finder provides a variety of easy server connection options. Here's how to use the Connect to Server window in Finder to easily mount and use remote network volumes as if they were local drives.
Apple has finally migrated the Clock app to the Mac with the arrival of macOS Ventura. Here is how to use the Clock app on your Mac, and what you can do with it.
Apple's macOS can perform actions without needing to press a button, by moving your cursor to a corner. Here's how to get started with Hot Corners in macOS.
It's so common to be overloaded with windows and documents in macOS that Apple gives us two separate ways to cope — but there's nothing to stop you from combining the new Stage Manager with the old Spaces to great effect. Here's how.
Sometimes the Photos app separates the same person or pet into two different collections, but you can merge them without having to individually drag each photo over. Here's how to do so in iOS 17.
There is a vast array of ways to optimize your Metal graphics code to get top performance. Here's how to get started getting your code into better shape for the Metal framework.
Even though Double Tap was highlighted as a flagship feature of the Apple Watch Series 9, here's how you can use it on your existing Apple Watch — with no hardware upgrade necessary.
Titanium, 5x zoom, and A17 Pro make the iPhone 15 Pro Max a well-rounded upgrade for the Apple devout, and people looking at a Pro iPhone for the first time.
During Apple's iPhone 15 event, the new FineWoven cases were held up as an example as an environmentally-friendly alternative to leather — but they fall short in actual use in many ways, and we can't recommend them.
The Swytch Bike electric conversion kit is a great and relatively simple way to turn your bicycle into an e-bike, even if you're not used to bike maintenance.
