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In iOS, it's possible to return missed calls directly from the iPhone Lock Screen. This article explains why you might want to disable access to this feature, and how to go about it. In early versions of Apple's mobile operating system, all a user could access on their ‌‌iPhone‌‌'s Lock Screen was the time, date, any notifications, and the camera and flashlight functions. To do anything...

Apart from the default startup disk, Mac computers can be set to start up from a different disk like an external drive, network volume, or a USB flash drive. This article explains the process for configuring a new start up disk on Macs with Apple silicon and older Intel-based Macs. When it comes to changing your Mac's startup disk, you can do so for the next startup only or for every startup ...

In iOS, your Notification Center can be accessed by anyone when your iPhone is locked. If this default setting sounds a little less private than you'd like, keep reading to learn how to disable it. In Apple's iOS, Notification Center shows your notification history and allows you to scroll back and see what you've missed. If your ‌iPhone‌ is unlocked, you can swipe down from the center of the...

In iOS, Apple includes an option to reply to messages from the Lock Screen. This article explains why you might want to disable this function, and how to go about doing so. In early versions of Apple's mobile operating system, all that a user could access on an ‌iPhone‌'s Lock Screen was the time, date, any notifications, and the camera and flashlight functions. To gain access to...

In iOS, Apple's Today View and Spotlight Search functions can be accessed via the iPhone Lock Screen. This article explains why you might want to disable access to them from the Lock Screen, and how to go about doing so. In early versions of Apple's mobile operating system, all an ‌iPhone‌'s Lock Screen provided users with access to was the time, date, any notifications, and the camera and...

In previous versions of macOS, relying on your Mac to automatically track down duplicate photos in your Photo Library wasn't an option, and if you wanted to purge your library of duplicates you had to download a third-party app. In macOS Ventura, however, that's no longer the case, because the Photos app will now automatically detect any duplicates in your library and collate them together...

In macOS Ventura, Apple has expanded the reach of its Live Text feature, which can recognize text in not just photos, but also videos now, too. Keep reading to learn how to use it. In macOS Monterey, Apple introduced a feature called Live Text that can automatically recognize text when it appears in an image in Safari, Photos, Preview, Quick Look, and elsewhere, allowing you to easily copy...

In macOS Ventura, Apple can deliver security updates to Macs without having to update the entire operating system. Keep reading to learn how it works and how you can disable it if you prefer. In the past, some of Apple's most important point releases of macOS have been linked to critical security updates that are designed to keep you and your private data safe and secure online....

If you have macOS 13.0 or later installed on your Mac, you can use your nearby iPhone as your computer's webcam. Keep reading to learn how it works. With macOS Ventura, Apple introduced a completely new take on its Continuity Camera feature, which now lets you use your ‌‌iPhone‌‌'s camera as a webcam for your Mac. Continuity Camera works wirelessly or wired in FaceTime, Zoom, and other...

If you find your iPhone regularly running out of battery later in the day, Low Power Mode is a handy option to have available. This article shows how to make Low Power Mode automatically turn on when your ‌iPhone‌'s battery reaches a certain level. Most ‌iPhone‌ users will be familiar with the way iOS throws up a prompt to turn on Low Power Mode when the battery reaches 20%. Low Power Mode can...

Apple's digital assistant Siri is pretty good at pronouncing names correctly, but occasionally one will confound it. Fortunately, you can help ‌Siri‌ say the names of your contacts properly. This article explains how. Some names can be hard for ‌Siri‌ to say correctly on first try, but you can teach the digitial assistant thanks to a type of field that can be added to the person's contact on...

In iOS 16.2, Apple allows iPhone 14 owners to customize certain elements of the always on display mode. Keep reading to learn how it's done. The ‌iPhone‌ 14 Pro and ‌‌iPhone‌ 14 Pro‌ Max come with some advanced features not included in the rest of the ‌iPhone‌ 14 series. One of these features is the always on display, which is made possible by a more power-efficient OLED panel that can drop...

In iOS 16.2, Apple allows iPhone 14 Pro owners to hide their Lock Screen wallpaper when in the always on display mode. Keep reading to learn how it's done. The ‌iPhone‌ 14 Pro and ‌‌iPhone‌ 14 Pro‌ Max come with some advanced features not included in the rest of the ‌iPhone‌ 14 series. One of these features is the always on display, which is made possible by a more power-efficient OLED panel...

In iOS 16.2, Apple allows iPhone 14 Pro owners to hide incoming notifications when in the always on display mode. Keep reading to learn how it's done. The ‌iPhone‌ 14 Pro and ‌‌iPhone‌ 14 Pro‌ Max come with some advanced features not included in the rest of the ‌iPhone‌ 14 series. One of these features is the always on display, which is made possible by a more power-efficient OLED panel that...

On iPhone and iPad, Apple's screen recording feature records a video of what you're doing on your screen, which is great if you want to capture gameplay, walk someone through a tutorial in an app, demonstrate a bug, or anything else. You can also include a voiceover in screen recordings. Keep reading to learn how. If you're making a screen recording to demonstrate something in iOS, chances...

In iOS 16 and iPadOS 16, the Contacts app on lets you create multiple lists in which to organize your contacts. Keep reading to learn how it works. The release of iOS 16 introduced many new standout features for iPhones, like Lock Screen widgets and customization, but it also included plenty of other changes that are a little bit more hidden away in Apple's mobile OS. One such feature is the ...

If you've ever wanted to end a call on your iPhone without seeming rude, this handy little trick is for you. Keep reading to learn how to fake a dropped call. Whenever you hang up a call on ‌iPhone‌, the person on the other end sees a message on their phone saying "Call Ended." This is usually treated as a clear indication that you ended the call on purpose, since if the call had dropped due...

Apple has launched its Emergency SOS via satellite service in the US and Canada. Keep reading to learn how the feature works, and how you can try Apple's demo to gain familiarity with it. Apple has officially launched its Emergency SOS via satellite service for iPhone 14 users in the US and Canada, with the feature coming to France, Germany, Ireland, and the UK in December 2022. All four...

Like previous versions of Apple's Mac software, macOS Ventura is able to automatically generate strong passwords for app and website logins, but now you can also edit them, and even generate passwords with no special characters. Here's how. Automatic strong passwords ensure that if you're prompted by a website or app to make up a password on the spot, Apple will automatically offer to...

This article explains how to prevent iOS from grouping app notifications on the Lock Screen. Keep reading to learn how it's done. Since iOS 12, iPhone Lock Screens have defaulted to notification grouping, a feature that stacks app notifications to allow more of them to fit onscreen. While Apple's aim is honorable, if you like to treat certain notifications as visual reminders on your Lock...