In this podcast, Scott Davert walks us through the process of updating to a newer version of iOS directly on your iOS device.
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In this podcast, Jonathan Simeone shows us how to access and use the diverse emoji icon set on iOS and iPadOS
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In this podcast, Jonathan Simeone shows us how to access and use the diverse emoji icon set on the Mac.
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In this podcast, Graham Langford gives us a quick tip of how to customize contact labels in iOS.
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In this episode, Tyler Stephen shows us how to disable contact suggestions in the iOS Share Sheet, which can help declutter the view.
To do this, go to Settings > Siri & Search, and disable the "Show when sharing" toggle under the "suggestions from Apple" heading.
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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.
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In this podcast, Thomas Domville demonstrates how to force quit an app on Apple Watch.
Reasons you might want to do this include the app becoming unresponsive, frequently crashing, or you simply having a suspicion that the app might be the cause of a more general and system-wide issue.
As Thomas demonstrates, the process is simple - with the app open, press and hold the side button to show the power options. Then press and hold the Digital Crown to quit the app. 2 of 3
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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.
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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.
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New with iOS 16 is the ability to unsend sent iMessages. In this podcast, Thomas Domville shows us how it works.
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In this podcast, Thomas Domville discusses and demonstrates a new feature in iOS 16 that provides a customisable time window during which you have the opportunity to change your mind after you send an email.
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In this podcast, Carlos Taylor gives a walk-through of how to restore a single file from a Time Machine backup using VoiceOver.
Note: In macOS Ventura, rather than locating a backup by interacting with a slider, each backup is represented by a button in the timeline controls window; clicking this button selects the backup. Aside from that minor change, the process is still largely the same as it was at the time this podcast was recorded.
Written steps for how to do this are as follows:
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In this podcast, AnonyMouse walks us through the process of setting up your iPhone for use with Apple Pay, the recently launched mobile payment and digital wallet service by Apple that lets you make payments using your iPhone 6 or 6 Plus.
Note: at the time of posting, this service is only available to US users.
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In this podcast, David Woodbridge shows us how to update to a newer version of tvOS when an update has been released.
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In this podcast, Thomas Domville shows us how to enabled Low Power Mode on your Apple Watch.
Introduced with watchOS 9, Low Power Mode reduces the amount of power that your Apple Watch uses so that you can save battery life.
Low Power Mode turns off these features
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In this podcast, David Woodbridge demonstrates how to use the Caps Lock key as the VoiceOver modifier key on macOS … either on its own or in conjunction with the Control and Option keys.
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In this podcast, Scott Davert walks us through the process of updating to a newer version of iOS using iTunes on a Windows PC. In this demonstration, he is using Jaws on a computer running Windows 7.
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In this podcast, Scott Davert walks us through how to use the system-wide spellcheck facility on macOS.
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In this episode, Tyler demonstrates how to use the Text Selection Rotor to select text on iOS and iPadOS.
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In this podcast, Scott Davert shares some tips on how to use the native iOS Mail app more effectively. These include selectively enabling Smart Mailboxes; which can be particularly useful when you have multiple email accounts.