The next big version of iOS, the software that powers the iPhone and iPad, is set for release this week—and indeed, if you’re reading this after Wednesday at 10 a.m. Pacific time, it’s probably already available for download. Most new version of iOS come...
Robin writes: I really appreciate your tips and add them, along with many other useful professional sites, to the Reading List on my iPad, Mac air, and iMac. Can I create folders for my Reading List to facilitate accessibility, like I do with my Bookmarks? Hi Robin!...
Remember last week’s Mac tip about using the Option key to type letters with accent marks? That was clever, I thought, but a helpful reader has chimed in with a much better idea. Here’s the message I got from Carole R.: You have just answered a query re...
Angela writes: Saw your tip on how to type letters with accents on an iPhone, but how do I do it on a Mac? I’ve just been copying and pasting, which isn’t very efficient. Can you help? Hi Angela! Great question—and to be perfectly honest, I’ve just...
Do your tired fingertips need a break from all that typing on your Android phone or iPhone? Here’s an easy-to-forget trick that’s worth a try: voice typing. Think of voice typing as a way of letting your Android phone, iPhone or iPad take dictation via the...
Ansley writes: When I went to my hard drive, there was always an option to open a folder only with items from today or this week. Now it’s gone! I used this a ton to find documents that accidentally saved to the wrong place on my computer. How can I get this folder...
Carolyn writes: I have noticed Groups in the contacts on my iPhone. It is populated with a couple of lists based on email contacts. I don’t even have one of the addresses any more. Is there a way to make Groups more functional? Among other things, I’d like...
Lee writes: We have a new-to-us Mac Pro that has us puzzled. Many of the keyboard keys don’t match the characters on the keys, so we have to do sleuthing by trial and error when we need to insert a hyphen or a slash or colon, etc. How can we reset the keyboard...
It happens to me all the time: I’ll be looking for a song in my iPhone’s music library and I end up fruitlessly poking around the menu for a Search button—when all the while, the search box is hiding almost in plain sight. In many of the iPhone’s and iPad’s core...
Nancy writes: I recently purchased a MacBook Air and realized it did not come with Java, which I need to play games on POGO.com. I downloaded the most recent Java for Mac and there were icons for these downloads placed on my desktop. Presumably, these applications...
