By Olena Kagui
Have you ever wondered, "Can you FaceTime on an Apple Watch?" The surprising answer is yes! FaceTime audio calls are perfect for Apple devices that don’t have a camera. Unfortunately, there is no Apple Watch camera in the works just yet, at least as far as we know. But the good news is, you can make free FaceTime audio calls with your Apple Watch.
By August Garry
Are you having trouble with contacts not showing up on iPhone or Mac? If you're struggling with how to sync contacts from to iPhone to Mac or iPad, or vice versa, we've put together a list of troubleshooting tips to help you get your contacts back.
By Conner Carey
iOS 10 introduced a lot of smaller tweaks and features that make a big difference. One of my favorites is the one-step email list unsubscribe. This is especially useful if you signed up for something only to receive loads of spam emails with no obvious unsubscribe button at the bottom. This happened to me recently when signing up for a contest. I realized after the fact that I had also signed up to receive loads of emails from all different kinds of websites promoting something. Inbox overwhelm set in. But then I saw that beautiful unsubscribe box at the top of the page. Thank you, iOS 10. Here’s how to easily unsubscribe from email lists in Mail with iOS 10 or later.
By Devala Rees
Using your iPhone as a mobile hotspot can be a convenient way to access the internet on your other devices. However, various issues can slow down the speed of your hotspot. The good news is that there are simple troubleshooting steps you can try to strengthen your mobile hotspot performance. Below, we've compiled a list of common solutions for how to make a hotspot faster on your iPhone.
By Rachel Needell
Sometimes while using an app or program it may stop responding. In this case, you will need to force the Mac program to quit. Read on to learn how to force quit a Mac app, how to force quit multiple applications, and what to do if force quit isn’t working.
By August Garry
Did you damage or lose your AirPods or AirPods Pro Charging Case? It's easy to do: AirPods are small, and they go a lot of places with you. Losing or damaging them is almost inevitable. When this happens to you, don't despair—you can repair or replace your AirPods Charging Case, and in this article, we'll show you how.
By Amy Spitzfaden Both
This article goes over how to connect Apple Music to Alexa. Alexa works as an external speaker, but if you have Apple Music instead of Amazon Music, you'll want to know how to get your home assistant to connect to Apple Music. If you want to play Apple Music on Alexa, you'll need to set it up through the Alexa app. Here's how.
By Leanne Hays
Editing a slow-motion video is incredibly simple with your iPhone slow-mo video editor. After you’ve taken your video, you can edit it in the Photos app; choose when you want the slow motion to start, when the video clip begins and ends, what filters to use, what rotation or cropping you want, and even exposure and saturation settings. Let’s get started learning how to edit slow-motion videos on the iPhone.
By Leanne Hays
Have you joined a Zoom meeting and noticed other participants with cool zoom backgrounds and wondered how to set your own virtual background? Here's how to put a background on Zoom and change your Zoom background. Whether you want a funny Zoom background or a more professional look to make it appear you're in the office, there are tons of wallpaper options to choose from.
By Leanne Hays
If your Zoom audio is not working and you can't hear others, they can't hear you, or both, we'll show you how to fix the problem. Let's go over how to troubleshoot microphone and Zoom issues on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac.
By Ashleigh Page
Are you wondering how to create a group chat? You can start a group text to stay in contact with multiple people simultaneously, even if they are Android users. We'll cover how to create a group text on your iPhone and add a fun group name so you can easily find any text thread.
By Devala Rees
Curious about how to combine iPhone videos? If you want to combine video clips into a single file on your iPhone, there are several apps that allow you to do this. Below, we'll cover how to combine videos on your iPhone using the Apple iMovie app, plus some third-party video editing apps.
Few people know that the passwords you’ve saved in Safari are available to view on your iPhone. Don’t worry about security, your fingerprint (Touch ID) or Face ID is needed to access the passwords. But if you’ve forgotten your login name or password, this tip makes it easy to find and view them. Here’s how to view your Safari login names and passwords.
By Erin MacPherson
These days we have so many logins to different apps and websites that it’s impossible to keep track of them all. Thanks to iCloud Keychain, you can view saved passwords within your iPhone Settings instead of having to remember them. The Keychain feature securely stores your login information for you and allows you to access the passwords from your other devices. We’ll show you two different methods to access your iPhone's password manager so you can always find your login credentials when you need them.
By Conner Carey
The TV app on iPhone is designed to bring all of your entertainment content together in one app. Instead of having to individually search through your favorite apps like Netflix, Hulu, etc, you can use the TV app to quickly see what’s up next and look at watching options for the streaming services you’re signed up with, as well as movies and tv shows available in the iTunes Store, of course. The TV app can be used across all of your devices, allowing you to pick up where you left off watching your favorite show, whether on iPhone, iPad, or Apple TV. Likewise, you can connect Apple Music to your TV app on iPhone, which will allow you to access your music in the TV app as well.
When you first sign up for Apple Music, it tries to get an understanding of what music you’re interested in. But if you want to tweak those selections and expand what music Apple Music selects for you, you can go back and choose more music that you like. Of course, there are other factors as to why Apple Music has selected the song for you that it has, but playing around with this setting in Apple Music will let the service know where your music-listening priorities stand. Here’s how to choose more music you like in Apple Music on iPhone.
By Hannah Nichols
Apple's Photos App has some great features including Effect Suggestions, and it uses intelligent suggestions to improve the quality of the photos you took with the iPhone camera. This new iOS feature will help you edit your photos to be the best possible. Effect Suggestions selects photos that could be improved by adding a filter, adjusting the light, creating a loop, or by utilizing other effects available on your iPhone.
By Jivan Hall
Your computer comes with some pretty cool Mac backgrounds, but these can get old after a while. If you're ready to switch it up, swapping in a new desktop wallpaper of your family, pet, or beautiful landscape can be just the thing to inspire you. Here's how to change the desktop background on a Mac.
By Rachel Needell
Whether you're interested in buying a new iMac, checking on your iMac’s compatibility with certain software, or chatting with Apple Support knowing how to find your Mac processor, serial number, and model is extremely useful. We’ll walk you through several quick ways to find out which iMac model you have. If you have a MacBook, you may want to read our article explaining how to identify your MacBook model and year instead.
By Olena Kagui
Apple announced Universal Control, a feature that lets you control other Macs or iPad with your Mac, back in June 2021. Users had expected to start using it once macOS Monterey was released later that year, but the feature was delayed. However, Apple finally just released the official software updates for your iPad and Mac that let you use Universal Control. I will tell you how to enable it, explain how it works, and cover practical ways to use it!
