Want to forward an iMessage to a friend, or find out the exact time you received a specific text message? No problem. Also: how to silence a group conversation that just won’t stop. Forward an iMessage or text message So, you just got a text message or iMessage...
At first, it was funny. A PR rep had accidentally sent out a press release with the entire mailing list—and we’re talking hundreds of recipients, including me—CC’d rather than BCC’d, meaning that the email addresses of everyone on the list were there...
No matter how carefully you’ve checked your Facebook privacy settings, it can still be an eye-opener to see how your Timeline (a.k.a. your Facebook public profile) looks to everyone else—to friends and strangers alike. Facebook’s “View As” feature not only lets you...
[Updated February 20, 2018] Got an oversharing Facebook buddy who can’t stop with the food photos, a sullen friend who’s bringing you down with all his depressing updates, or a frenemy who you don’t want peeking at your Facebook photo albums? Well, you could always...
Tap the address bar in Safari for iPhone or iPad, you’ll reveal a panel of your Favorites—that is, web pages that you’ve bookmarked in the Safari Favorites folder. That much you may already know. What you may not know, however, is how to quickly add new...
Whether you want to refresh a page, switch tabs, close a tab or open a new one, there’s now a Chrome gesture just for you. You can grab the latest version of Google’s Chrome browser from the App Store—and no, there’s still no way to make Chrome the...
Jacqui writes: Thanks for your post from Nadine on keeping cellular usage under control. Under Settings, Cellular, I see “Cellular Data” and “Enable LTE.” I thought both of those terms meant the same thing. Am I missing something? Hi Jacqui!...
Nadine writes: I have an iPhone 6 Plus. My plan allows me unlimited texts and messages but only two gigs of data. Should I have cellular data on or off while at home? Should I turn it on and off manually or will the phone know to go to Wi-Fi when in a Wi-Fi zone? Some...
The all-new Apple Music app, which comes (like it or not) in the just-released iOS 8.4 update for iPhone and iPad, is many things, but customizable is not one of them. Sure, you can still create your own playlists and spin up streaming “radio” stations...
Rather than a traditional trackpad-plus-button setup, the newer MacBook trackpad is essentially one big button. Press it hard enough, and you’ll eventually feel a “click.” Clever? Sure. Personally, though, I find clicking the newfangled MacBook trackpad feels...
