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How to Use Compass Waypoints on Apple Watch

Wednesday September 14, 2022 3:22 am PDT by
On Apple Watch Ultra, Apple Watch SE, and Apple Watch Series 6 and later, the redesigned Compass app can be used to create Compass Waypoints and then find the distance and direction between them. Here's how it works. In watchOS 9, the Compass app has been redesigned and now has an adaptive watch face showing your bearing at the center. If you scroll the Digital Crown, you can also view your...
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iOS 16: How to Enable or Disable Deletion Notifications for an iCloud Shared Photo Library

Friday September 9, 2022 5:52 pm PDT by
In iOS 16, it's possible to create a shared iCloud Photo Library and then invite up to five other friends with Apple products to view photos, contribute photos, and edit photos. If you've already created an iCloud Shared Photo Library that other friends have access to, you can get notified by iOS 16 whenever a photo you contributed to the library is deleted by someone else. Alternatively, ...
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iOS 16: How to Create an iCloud Shared Photo Library

Friday September 9, 2022 5:51 pm PDT by
In iOS 16, Apple has introduced an iCloud Shared Photo Library that aims to make it easer to share photos with your friends and family. Keep reading to learn how it works and how you can use it. With the new ‌iCloud‌ Shared Photo Library in iOS 16, a new option in the Photos app lets you create a shared library and then invite anyone with an Apple device to view the photos, contribute photos...
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iOS 16: How to Invite Someone to Your iCloud Shared Photo Library

Friday September 9, 2022 5:48 pm PDT by
In iOS 16, it's possible to create a shared iCloud Photo Library and then invite up to five other friends with Apple products to view photos, contribute photos, and edit photos. If you've already created an iCloud Shared Photo Library and still have space for more friends and family to join, you can do so by following the steps below. Just be aware that as the creator of the shared...
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iOS 16: How to Control When iPhone Camera Shots Are Saved to Your iCloud Shared Photo Library

Friday September 9, 2022 5:47 pm PDT by
In iOS 16, it's possible to create a shared iCloud Photo Library that allows up to five other friends with Apple products to contribute photos to. This means if you are all at the same event, you can have your iPhone camera automatically upload new shots to the same shared library for you to enjoy and look back on together. In the Camera app, you can tap a new icon that looks like two...
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iOS 16: How to Get Severe Weather Notifications

Friday September 9, 2022 5:45 pm PDT by
In iOS 16, Apple has made some significant improvements to the the Weather app, such as making each panel tappable to view more granular details about the current forecast information. Apple has also added an option to get alerts for severe weather. Here's how to set it up. The Weather app in ‌iOS 16‌ is able to send a notification if there is a severe weather alert issued near you, so...
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iOS 16: How to Undo and Redo Individual Edits to Photos

Friday September 9, 2022 5:41 pm PDT by
In iOS 16, Apple has brought some notable improvements to the Photos app, one of which is the ability to undo and redo individual adjustments that you make to your pictures. Keep reading to learn how it's done. In previous versions of iOS, whenever you made edits to a picture in Apple's stock ‌Photos‌ app, if you weren't happy with the results then you had to manually change the edited...
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iOS 16: How to Copy and Paste Edits to Photos

Friday September 9, 2022 5:38 pm PDT by
In iOS 16, Apple has brought some notable improvements to the Photos app, one of which is the ability to copy edits you make to an image and then paste them to other pictures. Keep reading to learn how it's done. If you have multiple photos that you want to edit in the same way, or if you've made changes to one photo that you want to replicate in another photo, you can use the new copy and...
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iOS 16: How to Find, Merge, and Delete Duplicates in Your Photo Library

Friday September 9, 2022 5:16 pm PDT by
In previous versions of iOS, relying on your iPhone to automatically track down duplicate photos in your Photo Library wasn't an option, and if you wanted to purge your device's storage of duplicates you had to download a third-party app to do it for you. In iOS 16, however, that's no longer the case, because the Photos app will now automatically detect any duplicates in your library and...
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iOS 16: How to Lock Hidden and Recently Deleted Photo Albums

Friday September 9, 2022 5:12 pm PDT by
Sometimes you might not want certain pictures shot on your iPhone or iPad to take pride of place in your Photo Library, but for whatever reason, you don't want to just outright delete them. That's why Apple has always included a Hidden album in the Photos app. In previous versions of iOS, the problem was that the Hidden album remained in full view in the Albums section of the ‌Photos‌ app, or...
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iOS 16: How to Translate Text in the Camera App

Friday September 9, 2022 5:09 pm PDT by
In iOS 16, Apple has expanded system-wide translation to the Camera app, which means you can use your iPhone's camera to translate signs, menus, packaging, and more in real-time. Keep reading to learn how it's done. Apple entered the translation game when it released iOS 14 with native Safari browser translation and a dedicated translation app. iOS 15 then extended machine translation to...
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How to Quickly Set a Timer on Your iPhone

Friday September 9, 2022 5:04 pm PDT by
Apple's iOS software includes a Clock app that also has a handy timer feature, but you don't even need to open the Clock app to use it. Keep reading to learn how to set a timer on your iPhone in a jiffy. Whether you're busy cooking or just want to limit the amount of time you spend on a certain task, timers come in handy for all sorts of things. And the quicker you can set a timer, the more...
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How to Watch the 'Far Out' Apple Event on Wednesday, September 7

Tuesday September 6, 2022 10:01 am PDT by
Apple is hosting an online streaming media event for the public and press on September 7, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time. The company is expected to announce its new iPhone 14 lineup alongside an Apple Watch Series 8, a larger fitness-focused Apple Watch "Pro", new AirPods Pro earphones, and potentially other products during the event, dubbed "Far Out." Here's how you can watch it and when,...
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iOS 16: How to Remove an Item From Your Medication Log in the Health App

Tuesday August 23, 2022 2:57 pm PDT by
Apple in iOS 16 introduced the ability to add vitamins and prescription medications to the Health app, which can remind you to take them. Keep reading to learn how to remove entries from your medications log. In iOS 16, Apple added a new medication management feature to the Health app that helps you keep track of your medications and reminds you to take the right dosages at the correct...
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iOS 16: How to Share Your Medications List in the Health App

Tuesday August 23, 2022 2:57 pm PDT by
Apple in iOS 16 introduced the ability to keep a log of vitamins and prescription medications you take to the Health app, which can remind you when doses are due. This article shows how you can export your medications list as a PDF document for sharing. In iOS 16, Apple added a new medication management feature to the Health app that helps you keep track of your medications and reminds you...
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iOS 16: How to Add a Medication or Vitamin to the Health App

Monday August 22, 2022 2:36 pm PDT by
In iOS 16, Apple lets you add vitamins and prescription medications to the Health app, allowing you to get reminders to take them. Keep reading to learn how it works. Do you find it a challenge keeping track of your medications and making sure that you take the right doses at the correct time? Your iPhone can help you with that, because Apple in iOS 16 added a new medication management...
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iOS 16: How to Make Siri Announce Notifications Through Your iPhone's Speaker

Friday August 19, 2022 11:15 am PDT by
In iOS 16, Apple has made iterative improvements to its built-in Siri voice assistant, including expanded offline support, the ability to hang up calls using ‌Siri‌, and new accessibility features. One of these new accessibility enhancements is an option to have ‌Siri‌ announce notifications and incoming calls through your iPhone's speaker. Previously in iOS 15, ‌Siri‌'s announce notifications ...
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iOS 16: How to Make Siri Wait Longer for You to Finish Speaking

Friday August 19, 2022 11:09 am PDT by
In iOS 16, Apple has made iterative improvements to its built-in Siri voice assistant, including expanded offline support, the ability to hang up calls using ‌Siri‌, and new accessibility features. One of these new accessibility enhancements is an option to increase ‌Siri‌'s pause time, which causes the voice assistant to wait a longer period for you to finish speaking. There are now three...
iOS 16 Siri Guide Feature

iOS 16: How to Automate Messages Sent With Siri

Friday August 19, 2022 11:04 am PDT by
iOS 16 lets you send messages with Siri without you having to confirm each message with the voice assistant before it's sent. Keep reading to learn how it's done. If you've ever sent a message to someone using ‌Siri‌, you'll know that ‌Siri‌ will ask you to confirm each message by reading it back to you. Confirming each message before it is sent can be a nuisance if you're having a long...
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iOS 16: How to Use Multi-Stop Routing in Maps

Friday August 19, 2022 11:02 am PDT by
In iOS 16, Apple Maps has received an update that brings multi-stop routing to the navigation app. Keep reading to learn how to use it. With iOS 16, the Maps app allows you to plan a route that has multiple stops instead of just a single destination. While Google Maps has had this feature for some time, this is the first version of Apple's Maps app to include support for it. When entering ...