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Smart Outdoor Living in 2025

By Sarah Kingsbury

Smart Outdoor Living in 2024

One of my favorite things since I moved to Las Vegas is starting my day by sipping coffee on my patio as the sun rises, surrounded by thriving flowers and herbs, while a small fountain burbles in the background, and hummingbirds whizz to and from the feeder so quickly they’re gone before I can even catch a good look. My second favorite thing is sitting on the patio enjoying the evening breeze sipping wine with my husband or friends with the perfect lighting and background music to set the mood. The only thing that could make it better is if it all happened with little to no effort from me. That’s why this spring, I decided to extend my smart home to the outdoors and turn my patio into a tech-powered haven for pollinators and people alike.

On June 10 at Apple's annual developer conference keynote, we learned what Apple has in store for the latest Mac operating system, Sequoia, and it's a big year for new features. Many of the updates are shared by iOS and iPadOS 18, but several are Mac specific. Let's get into some of the most exciting updates we'll see this year. They include iPhone Mirroring, desktop organization, more immersive gaming, and new video conference features; Presenter preview and background replacements.

Words and names in many languages often use accented letters, which are letters with small markings appearing above or below them (such as the tilde and umlaut). Accented letters are important, as they can change the meaning and pronunciation of a particular word or phrase. There are several easy methods to insert or type accented letters on your Mac. We'll cover how to type letters with accents using keyboard shortcuts, as well as how to insert them using the Mac Accent menu.

How to Turn Off Auto-Caps on Mac (iOS 17)

By default, your Mac will automatically capitalize certain words (such as at the beginning of a sentence, a technical term, or a city's name). While this is usually helpful, there are times when automatic capitalization is inaccurate and becomes annoying to fix. Below, we'll cover how to turn off automatic capitalization on your Mac.

WWDC 2022

Apple has announced its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) Keynote will be held this year on June 6. We're expecting Apple to reveal details on its new iOS, iPadOS, and MacOS, and will likely see a beta launch of these four to six weeks after the conference. For the third year in a row, this will be a digital-only event that is free for developers to attend. Let's take a look at everything we can expect from this year's WWDC.

How to Turn Off Low Power Mode on Apple Watch

 Low Power mode, a new feature released for the Apple Watch in watchOS 9, reduces the amount of power that your Apple Watch uses so that you can save battery life. Apple released Low Power Mode as a long-awaited replacement for the Apple Watch's previous battery-saving mode, Power Reserve. Power Reserve would lock your Apple Watch after a certain battery percentage, allowing you to only see the time unless you restarted the watch. Low Power mode preserves your Apple Watch battery while still allowing you to use many of the watch's features. Low Power mode works well, but it does disable some of your Apple Watch's advanced features in order to save your battery. Turning the feature on and off is actually pretty simple. We'll walk you through it below.

How to Delete Text Messages on Mac

If you want to free up storage space, reduce clutter, or protect your private information, you might want to delete texts from the Messages app on your Mac. The good news is that as long as your Messages app is synced to iCloud, deleting texts on your Mac will also remove them from any of your Apple devices with the same Apple ID. Read on to learn how to delete messages on your Mac.

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