Why Apple maxes out at two active SIM/eSIMs on its hardware
Why can’t you have three cellular network IDs on your iPhone or iPad active at once–two eSIMs and one SIM or three eSIMs? Or even more? You might think Apple is trying to frustrate you.…
Glenn Fleishman
How to easily redact text in a PDF on your Mac
Widely used PDF files capture text and images nearly exactly as they display in the application that created them. The format is designed to store text and both bitmapped and vector images, with the text…
How to check your Mac’s temperature and keep it cool
While people are at the greatest risk from high temperatures during the summer season, your Mac may be even more fragile. (People can be water-cooled and no current Mac offers that option—though some have tried.) An iPhone or…
How to disable the camera shutter sound on an iPhone or iPad
Apple tries to simulate the experience of a snapshot camera when you take a picture in the Photos app on an iPhone or iPad by issuing a little click sound. Many of us prefer to…
What to do when a browser page loaded from a Mac app won’t work
Many websites that offer financial services (such as banks and investing companies) let you connect your accounts to other software, such as Quicken. However, it’s often unwise to let any third party see your login…
How to block annoying texts with a few taps on your iPhone
Apple hasn’t yet provided a simple way to mark unwanted incoming text messages and block and delete them. Nor do they identify texts for patterns–as the Mail app and iCloud.com does to mark commercial and…
How to get ready for Messages by satellite and go off the grid
Expanding its use of low-flying satellites for models of iPhone starting with the iPhone 14, Apple added Messages to the set of available features with the release of iOS 18. But there are a lot…
How to keep an iCloud Drive file on your Mac while optimizing storage
iCloud Drive lets you have the best of both worlds: deep storage that provides a form of backup and syncs across all your devices. If you enable optimized storage in macOS in System Settings > Account…
How to use two iPhones with one iCloud account
Years ago, a tech executive mentioned having a “day” iPhone and a “night” iPhone. The poor fellow was ribbed for months about it when he was more accurately describing an iPhone paid by work that…
How to use Find My without an Apple device
The Find My system for tracking devices (like Macs) and items (like AirTags) lets you keep peace of mind, avoid leaving valuable stuff behind, and potentially even recover stolen goods–or hope that the police will.…