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Hack Aging & Stay Healthy with Apple

When one gets to a particular age, one might start to pine for the proverbial fountain of youth. At 71, I seem to have arrived at that juncture. I have been pursuing longevity by studying the latest scientific research and by using technology to track my health parameters, so I can be aware and improve them. There is a revolution in healthcare with respect to longevity. A plethora of scientific research is being conducted, shifting the paradigm to treating aging as a disease, not as an inevitability. That research is leading to many excellent technologies to test and track our health metrics so we can directly see where to put our resources toward achieving longevity.

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.

Taking selfies has become an essential function of modern smartphones. There are many tips and tricks to achieving the perfect selfie, including getting the framing just right. When navigating the front camera by hand, it can be useful to learn to zoom in and zoom out in selfie mode. Zooming in is not only possible using the back camera, but also the front.

How to Use Your iPhone as a Webcam

By Amy Spitzfaden Both

As more work goes virtual, you want to make sure you have a good webcam for all of your meetings. Webcams can be expensive, so it's natural to wonder if you could just use your iPhone as one, in addition to everything else it does. Turns out, the answer is yes! Using an iPhone as a webcam for your Mac can be a little complicated, but it is doable. Here's how.

How to Share Purchases but Not Payment Methods in Family Sharing

Wondering how to use Family Sharing without a shared payment method? If you don't want to have to ask the Family Organizer or be asked every time someone wants to buy something on the Apple Family Sharing account, there's a way to make funds available so that the Family Organizer's primary payment method doesn't have to be charged for each individual's purchases.

If you want to make an image square on your iPhone or how to change the aspect ratio of a photo, it's easy to do! Don't wait until it's already taken to crop it to the right dimensions for Instagram; change the aspect ratio right there in your Camera app. Learn how to change your camera settings on your iPhone to take photos with the right dimensions so you don't have to crop it later.

How to Use Stacks on a Mac

By Erin MacPherson

Stacks help keep your Mac desktop organized and tidy. So what does stacked mean when it comes to desktop items? How do you use stacks on your Mac? We'll go over the answers to these and other questions about using stacks on your MacBook, iMac, or other Mac computer.

Are you mid-way through updating your iPhone software but can't complete the process because of a grayed-out Install Now or Download and Install button? In this instance, there are a few quick ways to fix the issue and proceed with your device update. We’ll walk you through the step-by-step ways to fix it if Install Now is grayed out on an iPhone, iPad, or other mobile Apple device.

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