iOS

Episode #137 I have what I think of as a real first-world problem: I have too many photos — nearly 100,000 — to synchronize among my Macs and iDevices. What I want is to be able to look at any picture I’ve ever taken, on any device (or on the Web) at any time. That’s a tall…

When that page loads, scroll to the bottom of the screen and look for the “Advanced” section. There you’ll see options for restoring different types of data. After you choose the type of info you need to recover, you’ll be taken to a screen where you can pick what date to restore, say, or which…

Last year, Lynktec improved on its original battery powered electronic stylus by including a rechargeable battery. TMO gave it a 5 out of 5 rating (in the old review rating system), and you should check out that review for all the technical details. On Aug 13, Lynktec relased an improved version that's lighter, has a…

So first of all, check out this tip I wrote on a similar feature in iOS 8 a while back. With that, you can see the percentage of battery each app has used, and it’s fairly simple to then nix any energy hogs if you need to. In iOS 9’s beta, though, this feature is…

AT&T Wi-Fi calling support finally shows up in iOS 9 beta Wi-Fi calling is a feature that lets smartphone users send and receive calls over wireless networks instead of relying only on cell towers. The benefit is that you aren't limited to potentially weak cell signals, and calls that happen on Wi-Fi networks don't count…

Here’s a neat and fairly unknown trick you can use, then, with this awesome service: You can ask it to search for purchasable media (like books, music, and apps). When you do so, your device will open the appropriate store and show you the results of the search. So for example, you could invoke Siri…

Note: On your Mac you can create as many signatures as you wish and choose which one(s) go with each email address. Note: You can only have one signature on your iOS device. Be sure you are running the latest version of the iOS, and it works on all recent versions of OS X. On…

See how the horizon line there is off-kilter? Believe it or not, this is pretty simple to fix; in iPhoto, there’s a big ol’ “Straighten” button within Edit mode that’ll let you do just that. In Photos, that option is still there, but the tool is less “here’s a straightforward button” and more “look, a…

Episode #132   Not so long ago, Apple required beta testers to sign a draconian non-disclosure agreement. Then, if you spoke publicly about a beta you’d not only be banished from the Apple Developer program, but possibly subject to legal action. That was then. These days anyone can join the beta testing fun by downloading…

Turns out iCloud Music Library's DRM is confusing, not draconian iCloud Music Library is Apple's online music storage and streaming service included with Apple Music. It'a like iTunes Match, but not exactly the same. iTunes Match pulls songs from the iTunes Store when it can instead of uploading from your library, while iCloud Music Library…

Making the problem worse is that the researchers were able to upload apps to the App Store and the Mac App Store that contained this malware. The software bypassed Apple's vaunted vetting process, and this was after the researchers alerted Apple to the problem going back to October of 2014. Apple asked the team to…

After a nine year journey, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft will arrive at Pluto on July 14. The Pluto Safari iOS app from Simulation Curriculum has all the details: news, the spacecraft's timeline, current location, various views from different locations and a countdown timer. Here's a quick look at this terrific free app. ______________________ This iOS…

iOS 9 includes an app to view what's on your iCloud Drive The iCloud Drive app lets you view the contents of the folders on your iCloud Drive account, plus you can tap documents to open them in the apps that created them. You can't, however, create new folders in the iCloud Drive app. For…

iOS lets you answer calls from your iPad or Mac when you forget your iPhone at home Freeing devices from being on the same WiFi network adds a new flexibility to the devices we take out of the office or our homes. Currently, our iPhones are a sort of communication nexus or hub, but only…

______________________ Apple's Swift programming language is designed to be fast, less syntactically complex, less ambiguous and thereby more secure. However, to date, it has been restricted to iOS and OS X development. Of course, that's not a bad thing, and Swift has walked the fiery coals of any language used for mass mobile app deployment.…

iOS 9 makes it easier to move from Android smartphones to iPhone Apple describes Android Migration like this: Just download the Move to iOS app to wirelessly switch from your Android device to your new iOS device. It securely transfers your contacts, message history, camera photos and videos, web bookmarks, mail accounts, calendars, wallpaper, and…

Create a reminder like Call Jeff Gamet at 8am. Make sure it starts with “call” and you have the person in your Contacts already. Here's my reminder. Good thing there's only one Jeff in my phone! When you have it set up, it'll pop up at the right time to remind you. Hey look! I…

First off, wait until you get an error. You think it'll be immediate, but iOS tries really really hard to do everything it can think of before it gives up, so sit tight and see if you can get a screenshot so you can look up that message later. A good way to tell if…

If you want to filter friend requests or iCloud messages, here's an example. When you set up the device, make sure it's using a sub-address of your main email. This is even more convenient if you set it up on the same address used for your own Apple ID. Now all the iTunes receipts and…

Oh that's not alarming at all. But I can totally fix it. No wait, I can't! Well now I'm stuck. I can't continue syncing, but there's not really a graceful backing out option either. I'm an optimist, so I clicked “more information.” Now, Apple has a nice page about deauthorizing extraneous Macs. It's all nicely…

For those wishing to keep close tabs on their credit score, credit reports, and credit monitoring alerts, Experian has released (in March) a Universal iOS app that's beautifully designed, very easy to use, full of features, and looks great. _____________________ This app is designed for current Experian customers. An account must already have been established…

As the description under that will inform you, this will move all of the iMessages you get from senders not in your contacts into a different list.  You also won’t receive notifications when an unknown person sends you an iMessage—but you will see the red number badge appear on the Messages app icon, so you’ll…

Apple blocked access of the entire sandbox directory of every installed App since iOS 8.3…Before there is a solution, iFunBox will fail to open data directory of any App if the device is not jailbroken. iFunBox also reported over the weekend they have found a partial work around for those interested. Sandbox access will work…

First, if you have Touch ID enabled, none of the settings will show up at all, so first you have to go to Settings > Touch ID & Passcode to disable Touch ID. Don’t worry though, it’s only temporary. Once Touch ID is off, go to Settings > iTunes & App Store > Password Settings…