iOS

A friend, who was far more musically mature than I was at the time, loaned me a Ronnie Laws album, Friends and Stranger. I was hooked. The title track was something that I could easily understand and even dance to. It was like a switch flipped in my musical mind. I begun to appreciate the…

So to clear out a password from your Mac, open Safari and pick Safari> Preferences. Choose the Passwords tab, and then select the item you want from the list and click “Remove.”  From this pane, you can also show what the password is for a particular site if you click the “Show passwords for selected…

The latter allows users the freedom to restore and upgrade while preserving their purchased features, but Apple doesn't make it obvious how to accomplish this. Our friends at DigiDNA found that employing free in-app purchases solves this problem. Their strategy, in short, is: Simultaneously release the new app alongside an update to the legacy version. Have…

To make the Wish List view useful, you need to add something to the list if you haven't already. Just go to the iTunes Store in iTunes, select a song or album, and choose Add to Wish List from the price drop-down menu. Your Wish List has been available in the iTunes Store for some…

Think about how many phone numbers and addresses you remember, how often you pull out your phone for directions even if you've been to your destination more than once, and let's not even talk about birthdays or other scheduled events. Our brains, and more to the point, our memory requires exercise in order to stay…

Unlike the skill of cursive writing, reading appears to be an ability we must have even as the technology that supports and present the text we read is changing. In fact, it is because of rapidly evolving technology that being able to read and read quickly has become almost as essential to our social lives…

So as you may be aware, when you pinch and zoom within Apple Maps, you’ll see a graphic scale of distance in the upper-left corner. Unfortunately, though, that scale disappears as soon as you stop zooming in and out, right? Yes, but there’s a way to make it stay there. If you touch the screen…

So, what will you do with your yearly do-over? Travel more? Quit a bad habit? Start some good habits? How about getting that idea or project you've been toying with off the ground finally? Wouldn't it be great to collaborate with friends and get feedback from them about why your idea is so cool, or…

The VIP List Let’s take a look at how to start your own VIP list, add important people to it, and have their messages all appear in the VIP mailbox for easy retrieval. When a mail message arrives, and you wish to add the sender to the VIP list, tap the sender’s name in the…

The problem with art is that, again like love, it's hard to define. What makes a portrait of a woman with a hint of a smile a work of art and the portrait of Aunt Sophie you produced when you were a kid…um, cute? The artist's skill? There is that, but it's more than just…

The app shares your location with people you authorize, and it lets you see where they are on a map, too. It’s obviously an awesome way to track where everyone is for hanging out, and it’s also convenient to know when your friends will be arriving if you’re waiting for them somewhere. (Of course, this…

The new Instagram Direct service, according to the company, is designed for those moments you may want to share with a smaller, select group of people. From the news release: Now you'll see a new icon in the top right corner of your home feed. Tap it to see photos and videos that people have…

Those banners are handy, as you can use them as a way to skip songs you don’t wanna hear (just hover your cursor over one to reveal the “Skip” button). Please don't ever skip this particular song. I will judge you for it. I like this feature a lot—a lot a lot a lot, especially since…

I knew one answer to the first part of her question—how to retrieve a history of purchases—but I was neither positive on the best way to do this, nor on how to print a listing. I did some digging, and am ready to share my findings, just in case you also want to do this.…

Dropbox 3 gets an iOS 7 facelift and AirDrop file sharing support The version 3.0 update also improved PDF support, made it easier to save videos to user's Library, improved file sharing and export support, improved overall performance, and more. Dropbox 3.0 for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch is free and requires a Dropbox…

iOS 7 comes with a bunch of fancy animations and effects that add some depth and overall make the OS feel alive and cool. Apps zoom in and out of the Home Screen and backgrounds even exhibit a neat parallax effect. But Apple figured back when the OS was released that some people may not…

But of course, there’s a neat trick to quickly dismiss them. To dismiss a notification banner when it slides down, simply tap and hold on the little gray bar at the bottom center of the notification and flick it upward to see it go away. No more waiting for them to go away on their own!…

This being the Halloween time of year it's only fitting that I talk about spooky stuff. I was sitting in a local coffee shop earlier this week and jumped in a conversation with the bartender (Stardust Coffee also serves beer and wine) and a fellow patron. The subject du jour, spooky houses. The guy next…

One of the most radically changed apps in iOS 7 is Safari. Obviously it looks quite a bit different from its predecessor, and much of the functionality found in the previous version has been re-worked for the new look. For example, the way tabs are viewed in the app has been updated to accommodate an…

Along with the extremely noticeable UI changes in iOS 7 came a zillion (yes, a zillion) little changes that have been mostly well received. These are the changes I love most because they tend to affect the way we use our devices every day. However, one change that I didn’t particularly enjoy was the switch…

Within iOS 7, there's a neat new feature to tell you which apps are chewing up your cellular data. If you visit Settings> Cellular and then scroll down, you'll see the awesomeness. Here you have the ability to see how much total data you've used since the stats were reset, along with which apps are…

Apple's busy Tuesday morning included the release of iOS 7.0.3 for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. The update for the month-old operating system added iCloud Keychain sync support, and fixed a problem where iMessages were failing to send. iOS 7.0.3 fixes iMessages bug and adds iCloud Keychain support The 7.0.3 update also added a…

It's great that the iPhone 5 gives you anywhere access to the Internet, but unfortunately most people have limited cellular data caps. That means apps that love to hog your data connection can push you dangerously close too, or even over, your monthly limit. Good thing iOS 7 lets you block apps from using your…

Just because the display on your iPhone is sharp doesn't mean your eyes are, too.Sure, you can enable bold text to help make words easier to read, but if that isn't cutting if for you, iOS 7 lets you increase text size, too. It's easy and we'll show you how. To increase the size of…