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Mark and Navigate to Arbitrary Locations in Maps
Need iPhone directions to a spot that doesn’t have a name or address? Maps can help—learn how now.
Pin Frequently Used Web Sites in Safari Tabs
If you’re checking Facebook throughout the day, try making a pinned tab for it in Safari so the latest status updates are just a click away. Pinned tabs are also great for Web-based email apps, news sites, favorite comics, and more. Learn the easy steps for setting them up on our blog.
Put a Web Site on Your iOS Home Screen
If you have a Web site or Web app that you use all the time on your iPhone or iPad, you can make accessing it as easy as any iOS app by making it an icon on your Home screen. Open the site in Safari, tap the Share icon, and tap Add to Home Screen. (You may have to...
Use Your MagSafe Power Adapter’s “Wings”
For many years, Apple has shipped MagSafe power adapters with Mac laptops (although the 12-inch MacBook and 2016 MacBook Pro laptops have different adapters with USB-C ports). Many people have never realized that the MagSafe adapter has two “wings” on the corners on...
Peek Inside a Message in Mail with 3D Touch
On an iPhone 6s or 7, you can use 3D Touch on an item in Mail’s message list to peek inside without loading the entire message. Just press hard on a message summary to bring up a more complete preview of the message. Either let up to close the preview or press harder...
Remove Unused Apps from Your Mac’s Dock
Apple puts all sorts of apps into your Mac’s Dock by default, but if you find that you never use some of those items, like Siri, Launchpad, or Maps, don’t be shy about removing them. It’s your Dock! To remove an app’s icon from the Dock, simply click it and drag it...
Have Siri Alert You to Disable Do Not Disturb
It’s easy to turn on Do Not Disturb on your iPhone manually, such as when you’re going into the movies or a doctor appointment, and you should do that to avoid unwanted interruptions. Just swipe up from the bottom of the screen and tap the moon-shaped Do Not Disturb...
Change How Icons Look on Your Desktop
Out of the box, icons on your Desktop are 64 pixels square. That’s a fine middle-of-the-road choice, but if your eyes aren’t what they used to be, you might prefer larger icons. Or, if you store a lot of files and folders on your Desktop, smaller icons may let you...
How to Clear Space on a Nearly Full iPhone or iPad
Has iOS been nagging you with the dread Storage Almost Full message on your iPhone or iPad? You’ll need to clear some space before you can take many photos or download new music or videos, so click over to our blog to learn how you can free up some room.
Copy Phone Numbers from Incoming Calls
Have you ever needed to copy the phone number from an incoming call that’s not associated with one of your contacts? In the Phone app’s Recents screen, you can’t select the number to copy it, but there’s a hidden workaround. Tap the button next to the call, and then...
Paste Phone Numbers into the Phone App
Although many iOS apps identify phone numbers so you can just tap them to call, that doesn’t always work for a phone number sent to you in a text or email message, or posted on a Web page. Here’s the workaround so you don’t have to memorize the number temporarily or...
Make Text Bigger in Safari on the Mac
Some Web sites have, shall we say, unfortunate choices in fonts. If you run across a site where the font is too small to read, you can choose View > Zoom In or press Command-+ (the Shift key isn’t necessary to get the + symbol; Command-= is the same). But that...