If you have an extensive movie collection, you may want to share it with other devices on your home network. Here's how you can use Plex to create your own mini Netflix.
We're all on video calls more now, and few of us are in places where we can escape interruptions. But an iPad can be turned into an On Air light — and positioned anywhere you want.
Apple is bringing Quick Notes to the iPhone with iOS 16 — sort of. Here's what you get, what you don't, and how to use it all.
Apple News uses its own algorithm powered by the user's likes or dislikes to show the most appropriate headlines. Here's how you can use these buttons to make the feed more relevant to you.
You have all the tools to create books on a Mac, and get them on sale on both Amazon Kindle and Apple Books. Here's what you need to do.
There are many reasons you'd want to grant or deny an app access to the camera or microphone on your iPhone or iPad, but it may not be readily apparent how to do so. Here's how you can get it done.
Take control of your data by identifying which apps are tracking your location and learning how to restrict or revoke their access to your location data.
The forthcoming Stage Manager in macOS Ventura promises to streamline your working in multiple windows, but the current Spaces tries to do that too. Here are the benefits of each.
You're not stuck with the color that a calendar was originally assigned by you, or by whoever shared it with you. Here's how to change colors for iCloud calendars.
If your iPhone's ringtone is hard to make out in public, or you're simply tired of what's available, here's how to personalize your mobile device with a custom ringtone.
Attempts to run old software on a Mac could fail because they haven't been notarized by Apple. Here's how to run downloaded apps without being blocked by macOS Gatekeeper.
There may be situations where you want to turn off Face ID functionality in a hurry. Here's how to quickly and safely turn it off.
Apple should not have taken eight years to reintroduce mail merge to Pages, but now it's back. Here's how to make the most of the new feature.
If you're frustrated by slow downloads of Xcode updates, here's a way to get them from Apple directly to your Mac as quickly as possible.
Apple says the iPad can replace a traditional desktop or laptop for productivity, but that can be a big leap. These apps and tips will help make your iPad into a productivity machine.
Apple's ecosystem is famous for enabling work to move from Mac to iPad and vice versa, but you can still incorporate other platforms into your computing setup. Here's how to work as smoothly as possible when everything is spread across Windows, macOS, and iPadOS.
If you have to work on both a Windows PC and a Mac, you probably have to transfer files between the two. Here's how to set up file sharing so you can view select folders on the other desktop over your network.
Whether you're handing down an older iPad or buying a new one for a younger person or elderly family member, there are some things that you should do first.
Apple's Contacts app doesn't sound like the most vital part of iOS, but behind the scenes it powers a huge amount of what makes iPhones useful.
Stage Manager is going to transform how you handle multiple app windows on macOS Ventura, but there are third-party apps that do a lot right now.
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