How to pay even more safely with Apple Cash
Most credit-card and debit-card numbers are a sequence of 16 digits, with the final number in the sequence being a “checksum,” or a calculated number that was once useful in checking that a card number…
Glenn Fleishman
Glenn Fleishman
How to remove a phone number from your Apple ID account without the phone
We once had to shed our phone number when we changed wireless providers or moved–sometimes even moving from one part of a town to another. One of the great changes in mobile phones since their…
How to migrate away from iCloud+
In a world with ever-rising costs, some readers want to trim their budgets. iCloud+ pricing for 50GB ($0.99/ £0.99 per month) to 12TB ($59.99/£54.99 per month) of storage plus other bonuses might not seem terrible…
How the iPhone’s Headphone Safety setting can affect a Bluetooth speaker
Apple wants you to avoid damaging your hearing when you’re using an iPhone or iPad (but, strangely, not a Mac). In Settings > Sounds & Haptics > Headphone Safety, enable Reduce Loud Audio, and you…
How to use two eSIMs in an iPhone at the same time
A SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) is a tiny bit of circuitry that uniquely identifies your cellular modem in a phone, tablet, or other device to nearby cellular networks to allow access for voice, data, and…
How to take advantage of Preview’s form-filling helper in macOS
Adobe added the option to mark fields that can be filled out with text, boxes that can be checked, and other helpers for form completion at least a decade ago–so long ago, it’s hard to…
How to simplify AirDrop transfers by using proximity
AirDrop lets you transfer files, URLs, and other items quickly between nearby devices, whether your own or someone else’s–with the proviso that someone you’re sending to has to have “Everybody” enabled for AirDrop (which lasts…
How to move items between Mac apps using the App Switcher
You can always find some hidden magic in macOS’s Finder, even if you think you know all the tricks. It’s only recently that I realized I had been underutilizing what you could call “drag, tab,…
How to manage Time Machine backups between APFS and HFS+ drives
Apple introduced the APFS (Apple Filing System) file system protocol in macOS Sierra. It’s now the required format for macOS, but it took a while to transition from the former implementation of the HFS+ (Hierarchical…
How to tweak your Emergency SOS settings to match your intent
Emergency SOS on an iPhone or Apple Watch lets you quickly reach emergency services, sometimes without even lifting a finger. But if you haven’t reviewed the settings for this potentially life-saving feature lately or never…