Delve in with Thomas Domville as he puts on his headphone and his detective hat. In this podcast you will get a small sampling of the game. Pitch Black: A Detective’s Demise, a harrowing yet comedic story of a washed up and AWOL Lambton Detective, presented in this new and innovative binaural audio game. A Detective’s Demise is a dark, tech-noir inspired 3D audio adventure experience. Take on the role of the “Detective,” a Lambton enforcer with a few tales to tell; as you delve deep in the grime and mystery of a future District 5.
iOS
Earlier this year Apple came under some criticism after a report by the Guardian on how Apple hired contractors to listen to a small percentage of anonymized Siri recordings to evaluate the responses with the purpose of improving accuracy and reliability.
In response, Apple promised that it would introduce options in a forthcoming update that would allow users to opt out of sharing their audio recordings.
In this quick tip podcast, Tyler demonstrates how to create and use text replacements, short snippets of text which are substituted with frequently used words or phrases when typed, and which synchronise across all your Apple devices.
For more information, see:
Replace text and punctuation in documents on Mac
Save keystrokes with text replacements on iPhone
In this podcast, Thomas Domville shows us how to customize the email signature that appears automatically at the bottom of every email you send from your iPhone.
In this podcast, Marco shows us how to delete podcast episodes in the native Podcasts app, which had it's user interface overhauled in iOS11. The option to delete is not immediately obvious, so Marco shows us where to find it using the rotor actions menu or 3D touch.
In this podcast, Scott Davert walks us through the process of updating to a newer version of iOS directly on your iOS device.
In this podcast, Jonathan Simeone shows us how to access and use the diverse emoji icon set on iOS and iPadOS
With the upcoming releases of iOS 16.2, iPadOS 16.2, and tvOS 16.2, Apple is introducing a new feature called Apple Music Sing that allows Apple Music subscribers to sing along to their favorite songs. In this podcast, Thomas Domville shows us how to access this on an iPhone.
Key features of Apple Music Sing:
In this episode, Tunmi13 walks us through how to activate iOS and iPadOS beta updates.
In this podcast, Thomas Domville shows us how to add a website bookmark to the Home screen of your iPhone or iPad. This enables you to access the website with a double tap on a Home Screen icon , instead of having to open a browser and then select a bookmark or type in a website's URL.
Apple in iOS 14.5 and iPadOS 14.5 added a new option to help Siri learn to select your preferred audio apps for listening to music, podcasts, and audiobooks.
In this podcast, Graham Langford gives us a quick tip of how to customize contact labels in iOS.
In this episode, Tyler demonstrates how to disable contact suggestions in the iOS Share Sheet, which can help declutter the view.
To do this, go to Settings > Apple Intelligence & Siri, and toggle the "Show when sharing" switch under the "suggestions from Apple" heading off.
In this podcast from his series looking at some of what's new and notable in iOS 15, Thomas Domville Shows us how haptic feedback is now given to VoiceOver users when “No Item Discovered,” and tells us how it can be disabled.
In this podcast, Gabriel Oria takes us through a quick work-around which allows you to download your full Apple Music library to your iOs device, all in one go.
Apple has made many improvements to its Weather app with the release of iOS 16. One of these is an option to receive alerts for severe weather for a particular location.
In this podcast, Thomas Domville walks us through the steps to enable this option.
On iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max, Apple has replaced the ‘notch’ that's been a feature of Face ID-equipped iPhones since the iPhone X with what it calls the Dynamic Island. The Dynamic Island is a small area of display pixels surrounding the pill-shaped cutout. It appears whenever your iPhone is unlocked, and changes size and shape to accommodate various types of alerts, notifications, and interactions such as music that’s playing, your timer, an AirDrop connection, and directions from Maps.
In this podcast, Thomas Domville walks us through a new accessibility enhancement in iOS 16 that allows you to increase Siri's pause time, which causes the voice assistant to wait a longer period for you to finish speaking.
In this podcast, Thomas Domville walks us through where to find and enable the iOS setting that prevents the side or lock button from ending calls.
Note that some in our community have recently reported issues with the side button not behaving as expected in regard to ending calls.