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How to Organize Your Calendar in 2025

(Sponsored Post) By Amy Spitzfaden Both on Thu, 10/31/2024

Apple is pretty good about updating its products, but it seems to have forgotten about the Calendar app and its many downsides. The makers of Informant 5, on the other hand, do not forget to regularly improve their app based on user experience. The latest updates to this calendar and task-management app are a productivity game-changer.

If you haven’t upgraded your Mac software to macOS Monterey yet, the Live Text feature is a compelling reason to do so. The Live Text feature allows you to select, copy, and paste text from a photo into another needed location. Not only that, once you have selected the text, you can use Visual Look Up to quickly get directions, call a phone number, visit a website, or translate a foreign language.

Have you ever tried to capture the perfect picture of lightning during a summer storm? Or have you attempted to take a photo right as your nephew shot the game-winning goal? If so, then you know how difficult it is to get the right shot at the right time. That's where Burst mode comes in. We'll walk you through questions like what is burst mode on an iPhone, and how to take burst photos. 

Best Smart Gear for Pets

Our pets give us so much: affection, comfort, entertainment, and, if you’re a dog owner, plenty of exercise. But as every animal lover knows, being a pet parent isn’t all fun and games! Pets require food, water, veterinary care, supervision, and, of course, someone to clean up after them. Here are the smart devices that help the iPhone Life crew spend less time on pet chores and cleaning, and more time enjoying our furry, scaly, and feathery friends.

How to Clean Beats Headphones

By Gressa Cedergren

How to Clean Beats Headphones

Cleaning your Beats headphones may sound like the last way you want to spend your free time. But a quick ten minutes starts to sound pretty rational if you consider that the build-up of sweat, earwax, dirt, and bacteria can lead to an ear infection, lower sound quality, and perhaps worse of all, a horrible smell that lingers. Below, we'll cover how to clean your Beats headphones and earphones safely and properly.

Apple Watch Wont Turn On

Troubleshooting an Apple Watch can be a bit trickier than troubleshooting an iPhone. When something is wrong with your iPhone, you always have the option of plugging it into your computer and restoring it from a backup or wiping the phone entirely. However, an Apple Watch has no ports to plug into, so diagnosing any issues you are experiencing can be challenging. That’s why we’ve put together this article on what to do when your Apple Watch won’t turn on.

How to Sign a Document in Google Docs

With the growing number of online documents and transactions, learning how to create an electronic signature makes signing documents more convenient than ever. While it might not be your prettiest signature, the efficiency and the added security beat out the hard-copy alternative (not to mention it helps to save paper!). Below, we'll cover how to add a signature to a Google Doc.

How to Clean a Mac Screen

By Gressa Cedergren

how to clean computer screen Mac

Our laptops are among some of the most valuable possessions we carry around with us on a day-to-day basis. We lug them to work, parade them to hip coffee shops, and haul them through airports. So inevitably, our Mac screens will smudge and collect debris. Below, we'll cover how to clean your Mac screen so it looks brand-new. 

How to Turn iPad Off & On

By Kenya Smith

How to Turn iPad Off & On

One of the basics of using an iPad is knowing how to turn an iPad off and on. If you aren't able to turn on and off your iPad, you will have a hard time enjoying all of the features that your iPad offers. Also, turning your iPad on and off can help with troubleshooting since it's the first step in troubleshooting most iPad issues. Here are the basic steps to turning an iPad on and off.

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