Now You Can Decide: How-To Choose Your Preferred Default Web Browser and Email App in iOS 14 and iPadOS 14
Since the earliest days of the iPhone, Apple’s Safari and Mail have been the default Web and email apps for iOS and, later, iPadOS. Those days are gone!
How-to: Use Home Sharing to Access Media on Your Mac from Other Local Apple Devices
Home Sharing is a classic Apple feature for sharing local music and video across your home network. It works much as it always did, but this article explains how to use it on current Macs, iPhones, iPads, and Apple TVs.
Free Up Disk Space by Removing iCloud Drive Downloads
Free Up Disk Space by Removing iCloud Drive Downloads
With iCloud Drive, Apple provides an Optimize Mac Storage checkbox that, when checked, stores the full contents of iCloud Drive on the Mac only if there’s enough space. However, you may wish to recover local storage space without selecting that option—luckily, that’s easy to do. Open iCloud Drive in the Finder, Control-click a file, and choose Remove Download. The file remains in iCloud Drive, and if you need it locally, you can click the cloud icon next to its name to download it. If you’re not sure which files in the iCloud Drive window occupy the most space, choose View > As List, and then click the Size column so the largest files sort to the top (click again if they’re sorting to the bottom).
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Security Tip! What Are Those Orange and Green Dots in Your iPhone’s Status Bar?
<img src="https://www.creativetechs.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/what-are-those-orange-and-green-dots-in-your-iphones-status-bar.jpg">In iOS 14 and iPadOS 14, Apple added two new status indicators to the right side of the status bar at the top of the screen. They’re designed to give you feedback about what an app is doing. An orange dot indicates that an app is using the microphone, and a green dot means that […]
Stop Thinking About it and Get Started with 1Password!
Are you ready to let a password manager help you create, remember, and enter login info? Our tutorial on getting started with the popular 1Password will soon have you entering secure passwords with ease on all your Apple devices.
AirPods Lineup Gets Bigger with AirPods Max Headphones
If you think of AirPods as earbuds, you’re not alone. But just as Apple has given us larger iPhone Max models, the company has now introduced the AirPods Max, which expand the traditional earbuds to full-sized headphones.
Be Sure to Read the Latest Advice from Apple on Sensible Device and Data Access Safety
Trusted relationships sometimes disintegrate, occasionally in ugly ways that could endanger your safety. If that happens, you want to make sure to disable whatever sharing you had with such a person. Even if you aren’t worried about your safety in this regard, it’s worth reading the guide and revisiting your settings to make sure you’re sharing only with intended people.
Need to Save Bandwidth on Your iPhone? Try Low Data Mode
Even as we get 5G cellular connectivity and high-speed Wi-Fi networks, there are plenty of times when you might want to reduce your data usage.
Features You May Have Missed in Apples iOS 14.1, 14.2, and 14.3 Updates
iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 came out a few months ago, but Apple has been busy since with feature-laden updates. Here’s what you may have missed in the 14.1, 14.2, and 14.3 updates.
Not Enough Space to Install iOS 14 or iPadOS 14? Try This
We get this question all the time. Suppose you have an older iPhone or iPad, especially one with only 16 GB of storage. It’s possible that you won’t have enough space to upgrade to iOS 14. We've got a tip that should fix the problem.
