Thinking about picking up one of Apple’s new iPhone 18 models? Before you dive in, a little prep goes a long way. Transferring your data to a new iPhone is usually smooth, but skipping steps can lead to headaches later. Follow these instructions to make the process as painless as possible. Apple also has a
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Hardware, How To
Generative AI has changed software development in a real way. Large language models are good at human languages, but they’re even better at programming languages, which have smaller vocabularies and fewer ways to combine words. And because code actually does something, running it tells you pretty quickly whether it works. The result has been a
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AI, How To, Security
Reading articles online has gotten increasingly frustrating. Ads are bad enough, but most websites pile on with pop-ups, newsletter prompts, recommended article sidebars, and multi-page pagination that makes you click through just to finish a story. You just want to read. If you’re on an Apple device, there’s a built-in fix: Safari Reader on iPhone,
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How To, Productivity
Control Center has been on the iPhone since iOS 7 and came to the Mac in 2020 with macOS 11 Big Sur. For years, Mac users could only turn individual controls on or off. With macOS 26 Tahoe, Apple completely overhauled Control Center, letting you remove, rearrange, resize, and add controls, including ones from third-party
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How To, Productivity
Most of our communication shifted from analog to digital a long time ago. Letters became emails, phone calls became texts and video calls. With analog, privacy was mostly a given. Few people were going to steam open a letter or wiretap a phone line. The internet changed that. Digital communications can be intercepted at scale
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How To, Security
Have you ever wanted to trigger your iPhone’s camera shutter without actually holding the phone? Whether you’re setting up a group shot, shooting from an unusual angle, or trying to get a cleaner selfie, it’s one of those things that seems simple but hasn’t always had a great solution. Selfie sticks with Bluetooth buttons have
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How To, Tips + Tricks
Stop Retyping the Same Things Over and Over If you find yourself typing the same email address, phone number, or awkward phrase multiple times a day, text expansion is worth knowing about. It’s a simple feature built right into macOS, iOS, and iPadOS that lets you type a short shortcut and have it automatically expand
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How To, Productivity
The Camera Control on iPhone 16 and later models is more than just a shutter button. It’s a touch-sensitive surface that lets you adjust camera settings without ever tapping the screen, which is pretty handy once you get it dialed in. Here’s how it works: lightly press or swipe the Camera Control to access settings,
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How To, Productivity