by Garret Cleversley | Dec 28, 2021 | Apple Pros, Apple Watch, APros Archive, ASMC, ASMC Archive, customization, Mac, Restricted Content, Tip
The Apple Watch has a lot to offer older people, including heart rate monitoring, atrial fibrillation detection, fall detection, and electrocardiogram recording. But if you are—or are helping someone who is—of the generation where watches once did nothing beyond...
by Garret Cleversley | Dec 26, 2021 | Apple Pros, APros Archive, ASMC, ASMC Archive, iOS 15, iPadOS 15, Mac, Photos, productivity, Restricted Content, Tip
Have you ever wanted to identify a plant, flower, or pet breed, or find out what that famous painting is called? Us too. In iOS 15 and iPadOS 15, Apple added a new AI-driven feature called Visual Look Up that provides more information about photos of plants, flowers,...
by Garret Cleversley | Dec 16, 2021 | Apple Pros, APros Archive, ASMC, ASMC Archive, customization, Mac, Monterey, Restricted Content, Tip
Do you like using full-screen mode on your new M1-based MacBook Pro but hate having the menu bar disappear unless you move the pointer to the top of the screen? Happily, in macOS 12 Monterey, Apple has at long last added a setting to keep the menu bar visible at all...
by Garret Cleversley | Dec 14, 2021 | Apple Pros, APros Archive, ASMC, ASMC Archive, Emergency SOS, iPhone, Mac, Restricted Content, Tip, troubleshooting
Did you know that pressing and holding the side button and one of the volume buttons on an iPhone 8 or later brings up a screen that lets you power your iPhone off, show your medical ID, and invoke Emergency SOS? (On earlier iPhones, press the side or top button five...
by Garret Cleversley | Dec 12, 2021 | Apple Pros, APros Archive, ASMC, ASMC Archive, Mac, MacBook Pro, Restricted Content, screen, Tip, troubleshooting
The new 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models feature a camera housing built into the screen, resulting in a notch like that on the iPhone. Most developers are updating their apps to ensure that no controls or menu bar items appear blocked or hidden by the notch, but...
by Garret Cleversley | Dec 10, 2021 | Apple Pros, APros Archive, ASMC, ASMC Archive, iOS 15, iPhone, Mac, productivity, Restricted Content, Tip, Weather
Thanks to Apple’s 2020 acquisition of weather company Dark Sky, the iPhone’s Weather app has learned some new tricks in iOS 15. (It still isn’t available on the iPad, oddly.) Most obvious is its addition of weather maps that can show precipitation, temperature, and...
