by Garret Cleversley | Jul 5, 2019 | Apple Pros, APros Archive, ASMC, ASMC Archive, customization, iOS, Mac, Restricted Content, Safari, Tip
Do you sometimes find it difficult to read articles on your iPhone because of ads, banners, extraneous layout, social media icons, and too-small fonts? We certainly do, and there’s often a quick fix for the myriad ills of modern Web pages: Safari Reader. Whenever you...
by Garret Cleversley | Jul 2, 2019 | Apple Pros, APros Archive, ASMC, ASMC Archive, customization, Dock, Mac, productivity, Tip
By default, Apple locates the Dock at the bottom of the Mac’s screen. If that location interferes with you seeing as much of your document windows as you’d like, you can set it to appear only when you move the pointer to the bottom edge of the screen. But there’s a...
by Garret Cleversley | Jun 30, 2019 | Apple Pros, APros Archive, ASMC, ASMC Archive, customization, iPhone, Mac, productivity, Restricted Content, Tip
Unless you can palm a basketball, you may not be able to use an iPhone single-handed. But sometimes one hand is all you can spare. If you find yourself in such a situation, give Reachability a try. On a Touch ID–based iPhone, tap (don’t press) the Home button twice to...
by Garret Cleversley | Jun 27, 2019 | App Limits, Apple Pros, APros Archive, Article, ASMC, ASMC Archive, battery, customization, Do Not Disturb, Downtime, iBooks, iOS 12, Mac, Measure, News, notifications, performance, productivity, Restricted Content, Screen Time, Siri Shortcuts, Stocks, Voice Memos
Feeling left behind because you don’t have the latest iPhone or iPad? Don’t, because Apple has a present for you in the form of iOS 12. The new operating system promises to increase performance, particularly for older devices as far back as the iPhone 5s and iPad Air....
by Garret Cleversley | Jun 27, 2019 | Apple Pros, APros Archive, ASMC, ASMC Archive, customization, Finder, Mac, productivity, Restricted Content, Tip
When you double-click a document, macOS uses the document’s file extension to figure out which app should open the file. So, by default, a PDF file called laser-squid.pdf opens in Preview because the Finder knows that everything with a .pdf extension should open in...
by Garret Cleversley | May 28, 2019 | Apple Pros, APros Archive, ASMC, ASMC Archive, customization, iMessage, iOS, Mac, phone, Restricted Content, SMS, Tip
There’s little worse than missing an important call or text because your iPhone was in Do Not Disturb mode or because the Mute switch was engaged. If there are certain people—a spouse, parent, or child—whose calls and texts you always want to break through the cone of...
