by Garret Cleversley | Jun 27, 2022 | Apple Pros, APros Archive, Article, ASMC, ASMC Archive, CarPlay, How-To, iPhone, Mac, Maps, productivity, Restricted Content
Renting a car has become more interesting in recent years due to changes automakers have been making to car electronics. For example, Apple’s CarPlay is becoming a common feature on rental cars. That lets you run Apple Maps or Google Maps on your iPhone while...
by Garret Cleversley | Jun 22, 2022 | Apple Pros, APros Archive, Article, ASMC, ASMC Archive, clipboard, How-To, iPad, iPhone, Mac, productivity, Restricted Content, Universal Clipboard
Everyone is accustomed to using the Copy and Paste commands on the Mac, but fewer people know that you can also copy and paste between your Mac and your iPhone and iPad. Apple calls this feature Universal Clipboard, and it’s so deeply integrated into macOS, iOS, and...
by Garret Cleversley | Jun 14, 2022 | Apple Pros, APros Archive, ASMC, ASMC Archive, camera, iPhone, Mac, photo, Restricted Content, Tip, troubleshooting, zoom
We increasingly need to take photos of documents—vaccination cards, driver licenses, passports, etc.—to submit for online verification. That’s often easier said than done, especially when taking a photo at night under lights that obscure the text with glare and...
by Garret Cleversley | May 16, 2022 | Apple Pros, APros Archive, Article, ASMC, ASMC Archive, Explainer, hardware, iPad, iPhone, iPod touch, Mac, repair, Restricted Content
Macs—and Apple products in general—tend to last a long time. It’s not unusual to see someone happily using an 8-year-old MacBook Pro. As much as it’s environmentally responsible to use electronics as long as possible, doing so may reduce your productivity or leave...
by Garret Cleversley | May 14, 2022 | Apple Pros, APros Archive, ASMC, ASMC Archive, Calendar, iPhone, Mac, productivity, Restricted Content, Tip
The iPhone’s Calendar app defaults to graphical views for Day, Week (rotate to landscape), Month, and Year, but only the Day view shows information about your actual events, and even then, it’s easy to miss events that are outside the times that fit onscreen. If you...
by Garret Cleversley | May 8, 2022 | Apple Pros, APros Archive, ASMC, ASMC Archive, iOS 15, iPadOS 15, iPhone, Mac, productivity, Restricted Content, text, Tip
Prior to iOS 13, when you were editing text on an iPhone or iPad, Apple provided a magnifying glass that showed the position of the insertion point. It worked, but was clumsier than just moving the insertion point directly, which is what Apple enabled in iOS 13 and...
