Mail Can Now Automatically Categorize Emails into Buckets
A noticeable change in iOS 18.2 is Mail Categories, which divides your incoming email into Primary, Transactions, Updates, and Promotions. It can be helpful, but you may want to adjust its settings, and if you still don’t like it, it’s easy to turn off.
Turn Text Replacements On to Simplifying Typing
Apple’s built-in text replacement feature expands a short abbreviation you type into something longer, but a simple menu option can prevent it from working in a Mac app. Here’s how to fix it.
It’s Now Easier than Ever to Create Widgets on Your iPhone and iPad
A new shortcut in iOS 18 and iPadOS 18 makes it easy to convert an app’s icon on the Home Screen into a widget of any size supported by that app.
Find Incredible New Browsing Experience in Safari 18
Safari 18 debuts some notable new features, including Highlights, Distraction Control, a redesigned Reader, and—on the Mac—a new Video Viewer that supports Picture in Picture.
Apple’s Guided Access Feature Limits Use of Particular Apps on your iPhone or iPad
If you’d like to allow a child, friend, or colleague to enjoy a specific app on your iPhone or iPad while keeping them focused and preventing access to everything else on the device, check out Apple’s Guided Access feature.
Check out Apple’s Built-in Tips App For Useful Info and Helpful How-tos
If you haven’t explored Apple’s Tips app on the iPhone, iPad, or Mac recently, check it out. Apple has added a lot more content, including device and app user guides, highlights of new features, and interactive practice guides.
Protect Yourself Against Third-Party Location Tracking
If you don’t like the idea of private companies being able to track your every move in the physical world, follow our advice to block iPhone and iPad apps from surreptitiously sharing this information.
Apple Intelligence Debuts in macOS 15.1 Sequoia, iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1
Apple Intelligence is here! These initial features won’t upend your Apple experience, but welcome additions include notification summaries in Messages, message list summaries in Mail, Clean Up in Photos, and audio transcripts and summaries in Notes.
Check out Apple’s New iPhone 16 Lineup
Despite the improvements in the base models, the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max stand apart with larger screens and advanced pro features.
Know These Important Things Before Upgrading to a New iPhone
It’s exciting to get a new iPhone, but take a few minutes to read our advice on what you need to do before—and after—transferring your data from your old iPhone.
