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How to Perform a Clean Installation of macOS 10.15 Catalina

Thursday October 10, 2019 8:02 pm PDT by
This article guides you through the process of performing a clean installation of macOS 10.15 Catalina using the bootable USB drive method, rather than upgrading your Mac using Apple's standard installation package, which retains existing user data and any user-installed apps. Creating a bootable USB drive provides you with a convenient way to install a fresh copy of macOS Catalina on...
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How to Use App Exposé in iPadOS

Thursday October 10, 2019 8:00 pm PDT by
With the launch of iPadOS, Apple enhanced the iPad multitasking experience by introducing interface features that help you keep track of all the apps you have open, including multiple instances of each app. One of those features is called App Exposé, and it lets you see all of the windows that are open for a particular app. Depending on what you're viewing, there are two ways to invoke App...
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How to Share Folders in the iOS Notes App

Thursday October 10, 2019 7:58 pm PDT by
In iOS 13, Apple fleshed out the feature set of the stock Notes app while enhancing the viewing and search functions in such a way that it's now easier than ever to generate, find, and organize your notes. In particular, there are new options to share entire folders of notes with friends or colleagues, including the ability to share your notes in a read-only capacity. Keep reading to learn...
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Is Your macOS Catalina Install Stuck? Here's How to Fix It

Wednesday October 9, 2019 1:31 pm PDT by
Apple on Monday released macOS Catalina to the public, allowing everyone to install the newest version of the operating system for the Mac. Based on reports on the MacRumors forums, Twitter, and other social networks, some people are running into a specific problem - an installation that hangs. Image via MacRumors reader xodbox After downloading macOS Catalina and installing from the Mac...
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How to Share Your Estimated Time of Arrival in Apple Maps

Friday September 27, 2019 10:25 am PDT by
In the latest version of Apple Maps that comes with iOS 13, Apple has added a Share ETA feature that lets you share your estimated time of arrival at a location with a friend or family member, allowing them to follow your progress in real-time for the duration of the trip. The following steps explain how to use the Share ETA feature in ‌Apple Maps‌ on iPhone and iPad. Note that Apple nixed the...
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Quickly Shoot Video Using QuickTake on iPhone

Wednesday August 7, 2024 5:49 am PDT by
When Apple released the iPhone 11 and ‌‌iPhone‌‌ 11 Pro in 2019, it redesigned the stock Camera app on these devices to make the most of their hardware and also to add new exclusive features. One of those features was QuickTake, which allows users to shoot video without switching out of the default photo mode. On ‌iPhone‌ 11 and later models, you can record videos without even switching out...
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How to Access the Camera Timer on iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro

Friday September 27, 2019 10:20 am PDT by
Apple has redesigned the native Camera app for the iPhone 11 and ‌iPhone‌ 11 Pro to make the most of the enhanced photography capabilities of its new flagship phones and to make space for the various additional shooting options available. As a result, some of the functions that you may be used to seeing in the camera interface on older iPhones have moved around. The shutter timer is an example. ...
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How to Use the Find My App on a Friend's iPhone or iPad to Locate Your Missing Device

Friday September 27, 2019 10:18 am PDT by
Following the release of iOS 13.1 and iPadOS 13.1, Apple now allows anyone with an Apple ID to use the Find My app on another person's iPhone or iPad to locate their own device if it's gone missing. For those unfamiliar with the app, ‌Find My‌ replaces the ‌Find My‌ Friends and the ‌Find My‌ ‌iPhone‌ apps of old and brings their features together in a unified interface that allows you to find whatever ...
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How to Refresh Locations in the Find My App

Friday September 27, 2019 10:12 am PDT by
In iOS 13 and iPadOS, the Find My app replaces the ‌Find My‌ Friends and the ‌Find My‌ iPhone apps of old and brings their features together in a unified interface that allows you to find whatever it is you need. Like ‌Find My‌ Friends, the ‌Find My‌ app lets friends share their real-time location with you and vice versa. If your friend allows it, the app also lets you receive notifications whenever...
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How to Disable Auto-Playing Video Previews on Apple TV

Friday September 27, 2019 10:08 am PDT by
With the release of tvOS 13, Apple brought new features like Apple Arcade to Apple TV as well as a number of changes to the set-top box's interface. One of those changes includes autoplaying trailers on the Home screen. The new content previews on the Home screen make interacting with your ‌Apple TV‌ a little different. For example, in previous tvOS versions, using the Siri Remote to highlight ...
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How to Flag Emails Using Different Colors on iPhone and iPad

Friday September 27, 2019 4:28 am PDT by
In iOS 13 and iPadOS 13, Apple's Mail app retains the swipe gestures of previous iOS versions that help you reduce the amount of time you spend managing messages in your inbox. The basic inbox gestures still involve swiping right or left on an email to reveal tappable actions that you can perform instantly, without having to call up additional menus. One of the default options that appear...
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How to Use the New Camera Lenses on iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro

Monday September 23, 2019 10:21 am PDT by
The headline feature of Apple's 2019 iPhones is undoubtedly the new camera system, with the more affordable iPhone 11 boasting the same high-quality lenses as the ‌iPhone‌ 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max, with the exception of the third telephoto lens that's exclusive to the Pro models. The standard wide camera on the ‌iPhone‌ 11 series offers the same 12 megapixels and f/1.8 aperture as on last...
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How to Use Night Mode on iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro

Monday September 23, 2019 4:37 am PDT by
Last year, Google introduced its impressive Night Sight camera mode, a software-based feature that allows users to take detailed pictures in dark environments using Google Pixel smartphones. This year it's Apple's turn, and with the launch of the iPhone 11, ‌iPhone‌ 11 Pro, and iPhone 11 Pro Max, the company unveiled a dramatic new Night Mode photo feature exclusive to its flagship smartphone...
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How to Switch Focal Lengths in Portrait Mode on iPhone 11 Pro

Tuesday October 29, 2019 9:01 pm PDT by
Apple's Portrait Mode has become a popular way of taking impressive shots using a depth-of-field effect known as bokeh, allowing iPhone users to shoot a photo that keeps the subject sharp with a blurred background. And now, exclusive to the ‌iPhone‌ 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max thanks to the triple-lens camera, you can switch between focal lengths in Portrait mode to get the best shot for your...
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How to Select Camera Aspect Ratio on iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro

Tuesday October 29, 2019 9:02 pm PDT by
Apple has redesigned the native Camera app on the iPhone 11 and ‌iPhone‌ 11 Pro to make space for the various additional shooting options available in its new flagship phones, and one particularly welcome change is the introduction of different aspect ratio shooting modes. As it exists on earlier iPhones, the Camera app offers only a single 1:1 aspect ratio shooting mode called Square, for...
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How to Improve Photo and Video Composition Without Cropping on iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro

Saturday September 21, 2019 5:21 am PDT by
With the arrival of the iPhone 11, ‌iPhone‌ 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max, Apple has introduced an optional new camera feature in iOS 13 that's designed to allow you to correct the alignment of photos and videos without having to resort to cropping. Basically, when you take pictures or video using either the wide lens or (on the 11 Pro series) the telephoto lens, the camera will simultaneously...
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How to Upgrade From an iPhone Running iOS 13.1 Beta to iPhone 11 or 11 Pro Without Losing Any Data

Friday September 20, 2019 11:49 am PDT by
Due to Apple seeding the iOS 13.1 beta prior to the public release of iOS 13, upgrading to a new iPhone may be a bit trickier this year. In a support document, Apple has provided instructions for migrating data from an older iPhone running the iOS 13.1 beta to an iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, or iPhone 11 Pro Max, which run iOS 13.0 out of the box. The instant option is to set up the iPhone...
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How to Use the Virtual Trackpad on iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, and iPhone 11 Pro Max

Friday September 20, 2019 6:54 am PDT by
One of the more useful actions that 3D Touch makes possible is pressing an iPhone's onscreen keyboard to turn it into a virtual trackpad. If you ‌3D Touch‌, the keyboard turns blank and morphs into a trackpad that allows you to quickly move the cursor on the screen through the text you've written. This popular gesture is useful because it allows you to make quick edits without having to reach ...
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How to Bring Color Back to Infograph Apple Watch Faces After Updating to watchOS 6

Friday September 20, 2019 4:36 am PDT by
If you use one of the Infograph watch faces on your Apple Watch, you may be surprised to find that the colors have drained from your chosen complications since you updated to watchOS 6. Despite how it may first seem, the sudden grayscale look is not a bug, but an intentional watch face change that Apple describes as "new monochrome complications in Infograph and Infograph Modular" in the wat...
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iPhone 11 and 11 Pro: How to Hard Reset, Enter DFU, Recovery Mode

Monday May 4, 2020 6:44 pm PDT by
Apple's newest range of smartphones, the iPhone 11, ‌iPhone‌ 11 Pro and ‌iPhone‌ Pro Max, share the same overall design of last year's ‌iPhone‌ XR, XS, and XS Max. As such, the physical buttons have inherited the same range of functions, including powering on and off, forcing a restart, entering DFU mode, entering recovery mode, activating Emergency SOS, and temporarily disabling Face ID. Subscribe ...