Open the Mac’s Control Center with This Obscure Keyboard Shortcut
Control Center brings together controls for a collection of core macOS features, but its menu bar icon is small, making it hard for some to click. Luckily, there’s a hidden shortcut to bring it up quickly from the keyboard
Quickly Put Lots of Files in a Folder with One Command
Imagine that you’re working with a bunch of files, and you want to put a set of them in a new folder. You could stop what you’re doing, make a new folder, select all the files, and drag them into the folder, like an animal. Or you could take advantage of a slick Finder command
Trip Tip: Texting Flight Numbers So Others Can Track Your Flight
<div class="media_block"><img src="https://www.creativetechs.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/text-flight-numbers-to-people-youre-visiting-so-they-can-track-your-flight.jpg"></div>Next time you’re flying to visit your Apple-using family or friends, send them your flight number using Messages when you leave. Then they can easily track your flight in the air and see when you’re arriving. Just text them the flight number prefixed with the airline’s abbreviation, like AA for American Airlines, AC for Air […]
Holiday Travel Tip: Share Airline Boarding Passes Using Wallet and AirDrop
<div class="media_block"><img src="https://www.creativetechs.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/share-airline-boarding-passes-using-wallet-and-airdrop.jpg"></div>It’s common for one person in a family to handle booking airline tickets and thus to be in charge of checking in for the flight online and downloading boarding passes. If that’s you, what’s the best way to send each iPhone-wielding person in your family their own boarding pass? Rather than tussle with sharing the […]
How To: Easily Share Wi-Fi Passwords with Other People and Devices
<img src="https://www.creativetechs.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/easily-share-wi-fi-passwords-with-other-people-and-devices.jpg">You’re on vacation with your family, staying in an Airbnb, with multiple Apple devices to connect to the apartment’s Wi-Fi. Typing the password repeatedly would be a pain, but happily, Apple has added a password-sharing feature to all its operating systems. Once you enter the password on your iPhone, whenever someone else—or another of your […]
Identify Plants & Wildlife With These Groovy iPhone Apps
Ever wondered what that pretty flower was that you saw on your walk or felt curious about an unusual visitor to your birdfeeder? With the free Seek and Merlin iPhone apps, you can identify plants, wildlife, and birds—learn more
Coming Soon: Most Pantone Color Books for Adobe Creative Cloud to Require Pantone Connect License
<div class="media_block"><img src="https://www.creativetechs.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/most-pantone-color-books-for-adobe-creative-cloud-to-require-pantone-connect-license.jpg"></div>Adobe says that Pantone Color Books will be phased out of Adobe Creative Cloud apps, starting with updates to Illustrator, InDesign, and Photoshop released after August 16, 2022. After November 2022, only three Pantone Color Books will remain: Pantone + CMYK Coated, Pantone + CMYK Uncoated, and Pantone + Metallics Coated. To access all other […]
Make Vacation Navigation Simpler with Favorite Addresses in Maps
<div class="media_block"><img src="https://www.creativetechs.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/ease-vacation-navigation-with-favorite-addresses-in-maps.jpg"></div>Imagine you’re on vacation, staying at an Airbnb and collecting tourist points in the surrounding area throughout the day. Since you’ll be heading back to your Airbnb regularly but may not remember its address reliably, it’s best to make it a favorite in Maps before you even leave home. That way, you can navigate to […]
How To: Safely Use CarPlay in Rental Cars
<img src="https://www.creativetechs.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/take-advantage-of-carplay-in-rental-cars-while-traveling.jpg">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 displaying the map on the car’s built-in screen and routing […]
Freedom! Now You Can Sort Your Lists Differently in Reminders with iOS 14 and Big Sur
For many years, Apple’s Reminders app let you sort your lists, but in just one way that applied to all lists equally.
