Get the Details on Lock Screen Images that Pop Up
Do you sometimes wonder when or where you took a photo that iOS’s Photo Shuffle wallpaper is displaying on your Lock Screen? Us too, and here’s how to find out more.
How To Expand Text Entry Boxes in Web Browsers
<div class="media_block"><img src="https://www.creativetechs.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/did-you-know-text-entry-boxes-in-web-browsers-are-easy-to-expand.jpg"></div><p>Have you ever noticed the shading in the corner of text area fields in Safari, Chrome, Firefox, and most other Mac Web browsers? These “handles” let you resize the field—always vertically and sometimes horizontally. That’s handy when the website designer has provided only a small text box and you want to enter more text than will fit. Just drag the handle to make the text box the size you need. Other objects on the page move to accommodate the larger text box. If a text box doesn’t have a resize handle, the site designer doesn’t expect it to need to hold more than a single line of text.</p>
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<p>(Featured image based on originals by iStock.com/OlgaCanals and PhotoMelon)</p>
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<p>Social Media: If you want to enter more text than will seemingly fit in a text box on a Web page, you can use a trick to expand the box so you can see what you’re typing.</p>
Here’s How You Can Turn Off Inline Predictive Text Suggestions
If you’re not a fan of the new inline text predictions on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac, you can easily turn them off and get back to typing only the words you want to appear.
How to Avoid Head-Tracked Spatial Audio for FaceTime Audio Calls
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After “Mother of All Breaches,” Update Passwords on Compromised Sites
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Keep Your Contacts Current by Adding Siri-Suggested Content
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How to Merge Two Similar Folders in the Mac’s Finder
If you want to merge two folders that contain some of the same data, a little-known Finder feature can do it for you.
Use StandBy to Make Your iPhone into a Clock, Photo Frame, and More
The new Standby mode turns your iPhone into a digital picture frame, clock, or customizable widget display—and it remembers which approach you prefer in different locations.
If Mail Fails to Send, Try, Try Again (Instead of Changing Servers)
If Mail on your Mac throws an error about being unable to send a message, always have it try again later rather than switching to a different server. Otherwise, your messages may look like spam and be blocked.