How to use Check In to share location in Messages in iOS 17

Check In is a new safety feature introduced in iOS 17 that automatically informs your selected contacts about your location when you arrive at a specified place. Here's how to use it in the Messages app.

Andrew Orr 2 years ago 0

How to switch users on the lock screen in macOS Sonoma

If you have to share a Mac, then macOS Sonoma has the potential to confuse because of an elegant yet easily missable design choice on the lock screen. Here's how to use the new user switch feature in the fall.

William Gallagher 2 years ago 0

How and when you can just say 'Siri' to a Mac on macOS Sonoma

We're more used to saying "Hey, Siri" and now just "Siri" to our iPhones — but it's also true on macOS Sonoma, if you set it up first. Here's how to do it.

William Gallagher 2 years ago 0

How to use Safari Profiles in macOS Sonoma

Apple has added a new Profiles feature to Safari in macOS Sonoma, which is meant to be a quick way to separate work and home browsing, and to help with concentration and privacy. Here's how to use it.

William Gallagher 2 years ago 0

How to use improved dictation features in macOS Sonoma

Apple has not made giant changes to dictation in macOS Sonoma, but yet again the small improvements it has introduced will significantly help users. Here's what's new in Dictation and how to make the most of it.

William Gallagher 2 years ago 0

How to fix a blank Weather complication on Apple Watch

If you've been seeing two dashes instead of today's temperature on your Apple Watch Weather complication, Apple has two solutions to try.

William Gallagher 2 years ago 0

How to use spring-loaded folders in macOS Sonoma

You may love spring-loaded folders on the Mac, you may loathe them — or you may never have noticed the feature. Here's how to use or disable them as you need in macOS Sonoma.

William Gallagher 2 years ago 0

How to use or disable inline predictive text in macOS Sonoma

Apple has added in-line predictive text to typing on macOS Sonoma as well as iOS 17. Here's how it works on the Mac — and how to stop it, too.

William Gallagher 2 years ago 0

How to use the new Kanban feature in Reminders on macOS Sonoma

Apple has added a view to Reminders which shows you tasks in the Kanban column style. Here's how to use it on the Mac, and also the iPad, plus why not to bother on the iPhone.

William Gallagher 2 years ago 0

How to set up Center Stage in macOS Sonoma

Right alongside new video conferencing features like reactions, macOS Sonoma gives you Center Stage options to control how you present yourself to the world — if you have the right camera.

William Gallagher 2 years ago 0

How Apple's Game Mode in macOS Sonoma works

If you're a gamer, then the new macOS Sonoma Game Mode might just be transformative — but Apple gives only the barest ways to control it, and none to configure it. Here's how it works.

William Gallagher 2 years ago 0

How to use the new Reminders features in macOS Sonoma

Apple has only added a couple of quite minor updates to Reminders for macOS Sonoma, but they're thoughtful ones that will make a difference. Here's what's new and how to use it all.

William Gallagher 2 years ago 0

How to make AppleInsider into a macOS Sonoma webapp

You've long been able to turn any website into an app on your Mac, but with macOS Sonoma, Apple has made it so easy that you're going to do it. Here's how.

William Gallagher 2 years ago 0

How to use desktop widgets in macOS Sonoma

Apple's updated widgets in macOS Sonoma are not only now available on the Mac's desktop, they're also interactive instead of solely displaying information. Here's how to use them.

William Gallagher 2 years ago 0

How to use Catch Up in Messages on iOS 17

Group chats are now easier in iOS 17 courtesy of a new button that keeps track of conversations. It doesn't have a clear settings pane, though, so here's how to use it.

Andrew Orr 2 years ago 0

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