How to Tint Your App Icons in IOS 18 | Home Screen Customization Tutorial

Apple’s latest iOS update is out today and with it comes some new customization options for the Home Screen on your iOS device. For the first time ever, Apple is allowing its users to change the icon size, as well as tint them. Here’s how to use the new features: Activate Jiggle Mode On your […]

How to Install iOS 18 Today

At their recent Glowtime event, Apple announced that iOS 18 would be hitting devices on September 16th, 2024…but maybe you’re the tech support of your family and friends. Maybe you’re itching to start tinting your Home Screen icons. Heck, maybe you’re just really impatient and you want the fun new features now! Whatever your reason, […]

Quickly Get a Room’s Temperature and Humidity Using HomePod and Shortcuts

Yesterday was a wonderful day: Apple pushed out an update to audioOS that finally activated the temperature and humidity sensor that’s laid dormant in HomePod mini since launch. This sensor will also be in the full-sized HomePod (2nd Generation) the releases on February 3rd. I’ve been really excited about this software update, as I have […]

🔗 Elon Musk Silent on Twitter API Changes…

Tweetbot, Twitteriffic, and other popular third-party clients for Twitter are still completely broken due to issues with Twitter’s API. Despite growing complaints from Twitter users and developers alike, Elon Musk has remained silent. This is leading some people to speculate that this change is intentional and that Twitter is shutting down third-party clients altogether. Source: […]

Closing Your Stand Ring On Apple Watch

One thing I’ve never understood about the stand ring on your Apple Watch is why you can’t close it without your Apple Watch. I get that that’s the device that Apple wants you to wear to close your rings, but this one has always been questionable to me. I can’t tell you how many times […]

🔗Some first responders are asking iPhone users to disable Emergency SOS and crash detection due to influx of false positives

Both Cook and Stearns County have encouraged residents in the past couple weeks to check the settings on their devices, and turn off the automatic emergency call features when taking part in activities such as snowmobiling or skiing, or when it isn’t needed. Source: 9to5Mac Crash Detection or Emergency SOS triggering a false positive is […]

How to Use Message Effects in iMessage

Have you ever been sent an iMessage that says “Happy New Year” and upon opening it you find your phone showing a fireworks display? Or “Happy Birthday” triggering balloons? While these automated triggers are great, you can actually use those effects with any text you want. In Messages, once you put your message in the […]

Driving Focus Needs Home Screens

Focus modes are one of the features added to iOS that I got really excited when I first saw. I spent the time leading up to the release of iOS 15 thinking of all the ways I would use. Despite actually setting up a few that I should be using, there’s only three that I […]

‘Wallpapers’ Version 2 is Here | Shortcuts Workflow

I’m someone who loves to change the wallpapers on my device. The truth of smartphones and tablets is that only so many physical designs exists, so you have to take the opportunities you can to make yours really feel like its yours. Over the course of the last year or so, we saw a huge […]

‘PopCase Clear’ Review

When it comes to expressing ourselves with our phones, the cases we choose are our biggest way to say “This is who I am!” PopSockets, the maker of what is arguably the most popular phone grip in the world, has a long history with phone cases. While they haven’t always made them themselves, they’ve had […]

Everyday Carry — The Bare Necessities | September 2021

Last year — and again earlier this year, I fell down a bit of a hole watching everyday carry videos on YouTube. Over time, this led me to think about the things I carry on me on a daily basis. Presented for your enjoyment is my September 2021 everyday carry. iPhone 12 Pro (128 GB/Space […]

Here’s What’s On My Home Screens (iOS 14) | September 2021

On Tuesday, Apple is holding their California Streaming event, where they’re expected to announce new products, including the annual iPhone and Apple Watch releases, as well as rumored AirPods 3 and/or a new iPad mini. The other big announcement that will come during the event is the release date for their new software releases for […]

How I Handle iOS Betas

If there’s one thing I’ve learned over the last decade, it’s that I am the go-to guy for friends, family, and coworkers when something goes wrong with their Apple devices. The biggest influx of these requests tend to come the week of a major iOS software update, when Apple tends to roll out the biggest […]

When Will Apple Music Get Handoff

Yesterday I noticed something while on the “Browse” tab of Apple Music on my iPhone: a graphic with the words “Get ready—music is about to change forever.” Update: Apple started today off strong by announcing Spacial Audio with Dolby Atmos and lossless audio to Apple Music at no additional cost in June. Now I’m not […]

I Wish Apple Was Consistent With Widgets

One of my favorite things about Apple’s current generation of operating systems is that widgets have been given an overhaul. While it’s a fair criticism to say that widgets lost a bit of functionality from years past, I think it’s a fair tradeoff given the design benefits. Up until this point, every app developer more […]

Thoughts on the PopGrip Slide Stretch

Hey All! Present-day Dan here. If you want to pick up this PopGrip Slide Stretch after you read my take on it, here’s a link to it on the official PopSockets website! I don’t get any commission from this, but I know that when I read about a cool product, I like it if there’s […]

More Information Is Here on the Anker PowerCore Magnetic 5000

There’s two accessories for my iPhone 12 Pro that leverage the MagSafe magnets in the phone that I’m excited for. The first is the MagSafe compatible line of products coming soon from PopSockets while the other is Anker’s line of magnetic battery banks. Earlier today I was poking around on reddit to see if there […]

iOS 14’s Best Features NEED to Come to iPad OS

When Apple released iOS 14 out into the wild, it brought two fantastic features with it. Widgets The first was the update to the way widgets were are handled by the OS. Instead of locking widgets to the Today View (where I often forgot I had set them up), users can now drag widgets right […]

iOS 14.5 Helps to Solve the Face ID Mask Issue

I returned to iOS last year right before all hell broke loose with the pandemic. One of my favorite features upon getting an iPhone 11 was Face ID — while I’ve never had an issue using a fingerprint scanner on any phone, being able to look at a device and have it unlock is pretty […]

What I HOPE Apple’s MagSafe MacBook Rumor Actually Means

So it looks like MagSafe is rumored to be returning to MacBook Pros this year. While the rumor mill does say that this grand return is going to be in the form of the classic power connector, I’m really hoping for something different. While I don’t inherently think that there’s anything wrong with choice — […]