In this podcast, Steve Sawczyn discusses the Direct Touch Typing input mode first introduced in iOS 8 and shows how it works with VoiceOver.
New Users
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Tired of apps interrupting you with requests to rate and review? This episode with Thomas Domville will show you how to take control.
This iOS feature lets app developers ask you to rate and review their apps directly within the app. While helpful for developers, these pop-ups can be a nuisance , especially if they appear frequently.
How to Disable In-App Ratings & Reviews:
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In this podcast, Thomas Domville reviews and demonstrates the Voices feature, which allows you to customize multiple VoiceOver voices to suit your needs. You can quickly access these voices using the Rotor Actions or the VoiceOver Quick Settings.
How to Add VoiceOver Voices to the Voices Feature on iOS
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In this episode, Thomas Domville demonstrates the new Stolen Device Protection feature introduced in iOS 17.3. This feature is designed to protect against the rare instance when someone has stolen your iPhone and knows your passcode.
Thomas begins by explaining the purpose of the Stolen Device Protection feature. It prevents unauthorized individuals from performing critical device and Apple ID account operations, like changing your device passcode or Apple ID password. This is achieved by requiring biometric authentication with Face ID or Touch ID, with no passcode fallback.
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In this episode, Levi Gobin demonstrates how to prepare your Mac for beta testing by creating a second volume on your Mac's internal disk to install and run beta versions of the operating system. This way, you can run the beta when you want, but continue to use your Mac with the current shipping version of macOS. To create a volume to install macOS betas on:
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In this podcast, Thomas Domville gives us short looks at some of what's new and notable in iOS 15.
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In this episode, Thomas Domville introduces a new feature that enables Siri to interact with and record data from the Health app for health and fitness inquiries.
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In this episode, Dave Nason explores the changed gestures and button functions on the iPhone X, the first iPhone to ship without a Home button. Although these changes are demonstrated on the iPhone X, they apply to all subsequent iPhone and iPad models that lack this button.
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Lisa Salinger walks you through enabling and disabling this feature on the Series 2 Apple Watch.
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Ever misplaced your Apple Watch and spent minutes frantically searching under couch cushions? Worry no more! In this episode Thomas Domville dives into the handy "Ping My Watch" feature on iOS, turning your iPhone into a personal Apple Watch locator.
Here are the steps to activate Ping My Watch on your iPhone:
Open the Settings app on your iPhone.
Double Tap Control Center.
Under More Controls, Double tap the "insert Ping My Watch".
Now, open Control Center.
Double Tap the Ping My Watch button to make your watch audibly beep.
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In this episode, Thomas Domville introduces us to the new “per voice settings” introduced with iOS 17.
These can be found by navigating to Settings > Accessibility > VoiceOver > Speech, and then selecting the language and desired TTS voice. After selecting the voice, flick up or down with one finger, or press space with dot 3 or dot 6 on a Braille display, to access the per voice settings.
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In this episode, Thomas Domville demonstrates how to use Writing Tools in iOS 18.1. Writing Tools, released as part of the first set of Apple Intelligence features in iOS 18.1 is an impressive feature that allows users to rewrite text in different tones, such as friendly, professional, and concise, with an added proofread option.
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In this episode, Thomas Domville takes us through a comprehensive tutorial on how to use the effects and react features in the iOS Messages app. Whether you're a long-time user of the app or just getting started, you'll learn how to add some fun and creativity to your messages by using the various effects and reactions available. Thomas will walk you through step-by-step instructions on how to use these features, including the different types of effects and how to customize them, as well as how to use reactions to respond to messages in a fun and engaging way.
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In this episode, Thomas Domville demonstrates the call recording and transcription feature in iOS 18.1. This update brings an exciting built-in call recording capability to iPhones. Recording a call is straightforward: just double-tap the Record button in the top left corner during a call (note that you might need to hide the keypad to see the button). A voice message will notify all participants that the call is being recorded. These recordings are saved directly in the Notes app, which uses end-to-end encryption to keep your conversations private.
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In this edition of his series on the HomePod mini, Thomas Domville walks us through the process of resetting the speaker to its factory settings.
More on how to reset a HomePod can be found on this Apple support page.
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In this edition of his series on the HomePod mini, Thomas Domville walks us through the initial setup of the speaker.
More on the set up and use of HomePod can be found on this Apple support page.
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In this next segment of the HomePod miniseries, Thomas Domville shows us using handoff and remote media controls with HomePod mini.
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In this next segment of the HomePod mini Series, Thomas Domville shows us using Siri on the HomePod mini.
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In this next segment of the HomePod mini Series, Thomas Domville shows us using the Intercom on the HomePod mini.
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In this next segment of the HomePod mini Series, Thomas Domville shows us using the Touch Display and Gestures on the HomePod mini.