By Erin MacPherson
If your App Store icon disappeared from your Home screen and you’re wondering how to restore it, we’ve got great news for you: A missing App Store icon on the iPhone doesn’t mean you deleted the app. While there are other native apps that you can delete, the App Store is not one of them. Our guide will show you several ways to find and bring back your missing App Store icon, so you can download and update your apps once again.
By Erin MacPherson
The Blood Oxygen app for the Apple Watch Series 6 is a timely and important update in our COVID-affected world, but it's not obvious how to set up the Blood Oxygen app the first time you use it. We'll show you how to set up your Apple Watch oxygen monitor, plus we'll help you understand the basics of how to read your results so that you can monitor your oxygen saturation levels.
By Amy Spitzfaden Both
Your HomeKit enabled cameras can now help you keep your home safe by telling you who is coming and going. Any camera with HomeKit Secure Video support will be able to pull faces from your camera roll and let you know when people it recognizes pop up. Let's take a look at how to turn this feature on and manage the faces it recognizes so you can get the most out of your Apple HomeKit security.
By Leanne Hays
Have you ever wished that your iPhone could map a bike ride for you? The Apple Maps app got a great update with iOS 14. Now, Apple Maps users can get biking directions that include turn-by-turn directions, elevations, options to avoid hills, and even information about how busy roads are. Cycling directions are currently limited to urban areas, but, over time, more and more areas will be included. Let's go over how to get the Maps app to map your bike ride.
Enjoying your Mac, but wishing you had more ports? It's difficult to multitask efficiently without access to several ports at a time. The OWC Thunderbolt Hub solves this issue, delivering four Thunderbolt (USB-C) ports and one USB-A port to give you more ways to connect 4k displays and other devices, plus 60 watts of charging power.
Scosche's charging products are renowned for quality and ease of customization. The Qi-enabled BaseLynx Kit Pro takes this to another level.
Apple's over-ear headphones have been rumored for over two years, and now, they're here. Apple announced the AirPods Max on December 8; they're currently available for pre-order and ship on December 15, just in time for Christmas. Apple calls these headphones "the ultimate personal listening experience... radically original, completely reimagined, and elaborately simple". The high-fidelity, wireless AirPods Max and offer Active Noise Cancellation with Transparency mode, Adaptive EQ, spatial audio with dynamic head tracking, and more. The catch is... the price is $549! If you're an audiophile, that price point won't make you blink but, for everyone else, it seems a bit outrageous. So, what makes the AirPods Max so expensive and, how do they compare to similar high-quality headphones from Bose, Sony, and Beats?
By Erin MacPherson
With iOS 14, your iPhone incoming call notifications now appear as banners at the top of your screen. The benefit of this compact notification is that it notifies you of incoming calls without interrupting anything else you’re doing on your phone. The full-screen version, on the other hand, offers a couple of menu options that are not readily available on the banner. Some people love the brief banner-style alerts, others miss the functionality of the full-screen notification. With this guide, you can permanently switch back to full-screen notifications or learn how to access those menu options while keeping the banner as your default.
By Erin MacPherson
Are Apple Watch Calories accurate? Yes, the Apple Watch is quite accurate at calculating calories burned as long as you have two important settings correct. We'll teach you how to improve your Apple Watch calorie accuracy by updating your height and weight in the Health app, recalibrating your watch, and making sure you are wearing it correctly.
By Olena Kagui
Losing an iPhone or having it stolen can be an incredibly stressful experience. Not only is an iPhone expensive, but it also contains a lot of sensitive data. Plus, it is likely linked to your other Apple devices, which could put those devices at risk. We’ll teach you the steps to take once a phone is stolen and cannot be retrieved using the Find My app.
