by Anthony Fiandaca | Feb 19, 2024 | Apple Tips, Blog, iOS, iPhone
A series of articles by Wall Street Journal reporters Joanna Stern and Nicole Nguyen highlighted a troubling form of crime targeting iPhone users. A thief would discover the victim’s iPhone passcode, swipe the iPhone, and run. With just the passcode, the thief could...
by Anthony Fiandaca | Feb 16, 2024 | Apple Tips, Blog, iPad, iPhone, Mac
Disable Predictive Text In a world of generative AI: Apple added inline text prediction capabilities to the iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Predictive text can be helpful, particularly on the iPhone and iPad, where it is easier to tap the Space bar than to finish typing a word...
by Anthony Fiandaca | Feb 14, 2024 | Apple Tips, Blog, Mac
Here is a great ‘Mac tip and tricks’ to remember for future use. Have you ever selected a bunch of files and accidentally opened them all by double-clicking one? Or perhaps inadvertently pressed Command-I to get info, ending up with oodles of open Info...
by MacEdge | Jan 10, 2024 | Apple Tips, Blog, Mac
Time Machine Frequencies Since its inception, Time Machine frequency was on an hourly schedule. Time Machine keeps hourly backups for previous 24 hours, daily backups for a month, and weekly backups from the beginning. Time Machine deletes older backups to make room...
by MacEdge | Jan 3, 2023 | Apple Tips, Blog
Deleting contacts on the iPhone and iPad used to be a pain, especially if you wanted to trash multiple contacts. You had to open the contact, tap Edit, scroll to the bottom, and tap Delete Contact. Although you still can’t swipe left on a contact in a list, as you do...
by MacEdge | Dec 16, 2022 | Apple Tips, Blog, iPhone
It’s common for one person in a family to handle booking airline tickets and thus to be in charge of checking in for the flight online and downloading boarding passes. If that’s you, what’s the best way to send each iPhone-wielding person in your family their own...