iOS

Want to automate actions on your iPhone or iPad? Workflow has you covered. Workflow includes more than 100 actions for working with your contacts and schedule, playing music, Maps, taking photos, sharing files via AirDrop, Dropbox and iCloud, and more. It also lets you share via social networks like Twitter, Instagram and Facebook, plus you…

On the subsequent screen, drag down anywhere below the “Details” header to reveal the “Group Name” field. Type anything you’d like in there, and that’s all there is to it! Under Yosemite, it’s just as simple. Open the Messages program, click on a group conversation, and then again click on the “Details” option (it’s in…

So far, most of the discussion surrounds users having an issue that is now fixed. Right here at TMO we haven't had any comments on the stories (linked above) about the releases, and so far our forums don't show any negative comments about the updates. In MacRumors Forums, at Reddit, and an iOS thread in…

So as I’ve done above, if you say something like “hide from my friends,” then Siri will conceal where you are. This is equivalent to going into the settings for the Find My Friends app and toggling off “Share My Location.” Of course, this has all sorts of practical applications, from buying birthday presents in…

Before you can let Health track data from other apps, you need to have some compatible apps installed. I happen to have a Withings Pulse fitness tracker and Smart Body Analyzer scale, so I installed the companion Withings iPhone app. I also installed the Nike+ Running app so I can collect data from multiple sources.…

Here's how to force your iPhone to use your Bluetooth headset when answering incoming calls: Tap Settings Tap Accessibility Tap Call Audio Routing Choose Headset Change Call Audio Routing to Headset to cut down on lost headset connections The default setting for Call Audio Routing lets your iPhone automatically choose where to send your calls,…

This is no way to experience iTunes The default album view Apple pushes in iTunes doesn't do much for me, so the first thing I did to make the app bend to my will was click the Albums drop down menu and choose Songs. That ditches the album view in favor of the old-school song…

I was recently given iPhoto: The Missing Manual (by David Pogue and Lesa Snider) to review, and I found it to be more handy than I could’ve guessed. To be honest, I thought that I wouldn’t learn much—after all, I’ve been through iPhoto backward and forward! A hundred billion times! But the book quickly taught me a…

Episode #94   This has been a big week for Apple operating system upgrades: Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite arrived last Thursday and iOS 8.1 came out yesterday. But as eager as you may be to sample their improvements, don’t install either until you read what I have to say. First things first: Apple hates…

I…um…I think I may have a problem.  If you’re a constant texter as I apparently am, you can visit Settings> Messages to adjust how long yours are kept.  With text-based messages, your choices are to keep them for 30 days, a year, or forever; for audio and video, you can only pick between having them…

____________________ The short and simple answer is that screen shots are often of web content, and that content often has text. The Portable Network Graphics (PNG) format does better with images like that, and the resulting file size is often correspondingly larger than a Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPG) file. You probably don't want much…

Another choice would be to employ a site-specific search, which you can use by typing something akin to “[search term] site:[URL]” within Safari’s search field, as below. Believe it or not, though, I think iOS 8’s new Quick Website Search is better than both of those methods. Let’s all check it out and be impressed,…

What that’ll do is place the saved message at the bottom of Mail’s interface, where you’ll tap to bring it back up when you’re ready to continue. Of note also is the fact that you can save multiple drafts this way. If you’ve got more than one down at the bottom of your screen, you’ll…

_________________ All three of these apps have some very nice features when used as a stand alone app: They're full-featured weather apps in themselves Their widgets vary in extent and design, so you will want to check each widget to see which one gives you the data you prefer. (For a refresher on how to…

First, you'll need to enable sharing for apps that support the feature. Kelly Guimont explains how to do that for Safari and other apps, and I show you how to do it for Photos extensions. Use the list handles to rearrange app order in the Sharing activate view You can rearrange app icons from the…

Touch one of the suggestions to accept it, or if you type a space or some punctuation instead, your device will automatically choose whatever word was highlighted at the time. To continue on with what you originally typed instead of replacing it with a suggestion, tap the option on the left (the one in quotations):…

First off, here's what it is: This is a flag that allows you to set a notification on a particular email thread. It's pretty common to turn off notifications for every single email, so this way you can make sure you don't miss an important one. It only appears as an option if you have…

To set yours up, first visit the Health app. When that’s open, touch the “Medical ID” tab at the bottom-right of your screen, and then tap “Create Medical ID.” On the subsequent screen, you can add in any data that you think would be relevant for emergency care—allergies, say, or medications you take. Be sure…

___________________ In iOS 7, the part of the Settings hierarchy that controls what can be done on the iOS device Lock Screen looked like this: – Passcode (& Touch ID if applicable) – Allow Access When Locked – Siri - Notification Center – Access on Lock Screen – Notifications View – Today View - Control Center -…

From your Favorites view, drag down on the screen to reveal two additional choices—“Add to Favorites” and “Request Desktop Site.” Choose the latter option, and voilà! Safari will ask whatever page you’re on to serve you piping-hot, full-featured website goodness. This hasn’t worked on every single webpage I’ve tried, but it’s been successful often enough…

iCloud Drive is Apple's newest could storage service. It officially launched with iOS 8, though it's not available to Mac users until the release of OS X Yosemite in October. It is designed to store documents and makes them available on all of your devices. Users began reporting problems with the Reset All Settings features…

Before you can take advantage of third-party filters in Photos, you'll need at least one app installed that supports Photos extensions. I have Camera+, Paper Camera, and Readdle's Scanner Pro installed now, and I'm impatiently waiting for Waterlogue to get updated. Ironically, Waterlogue was the app Apple used to demonstrate iOS 8 photo filter extensions…

1. Sky Guide. This is an astronomy and sky chart program that won an Apple 2014 Design Award. The app itself is similar to Star Walk and SkySafari, and in the Notification Center it displays a useful subset of information: sunrise, sunset, moonrise and moonset by default. The graphic shows the time of daylight and…

Just like on the Mac, Spotlight under iOS is used to find stuff on your device—contacts, apps, or songs, for example—without you having to hunt around. As with iOS 7, you invoke Spotlight by swiping down on your screen. (Be careful not to swipe from the very tippy-top, as that’ll bring down Notification Center.) Under…