AirPods Pro 2 and iOS 18 Can Improve Your Hearing
Apple’s AirPods Pro 2 can help you hear more—or less. We examine both possibilities and explain how easy it is to use the AirPods Pro to take a clinically validated hearing test and enjoy the new clinical-grade Hearing Aid feature.
iOS 18.2 Helps You Manage Default Apps on your iPhone
Many people don’t realize they can choose alternatives to Apple’s Mail and Safari on the iPhone and iPad. A new Default Apps screen simplifies reviewing your options and changing your defaults.
Learn to Use Apple’s New Apple Intelligence Capability
We look at the latest wave of Apple’s AI features and help you start using them for discussions with ChatGPT, creating images, making custom emoji, learning about your environment, and more.
Mail Can Now Automatically Categorize Emails into Buckets
A noticeable change in iOS 18.2 is Mail Categories, which divides your incoming email into Primary, Transactions, Updates, and Promotions. It can be helpful, but you may want to adjust its settings, and if you still don’t like it, it’s easy to turn off.
It’s Now Easier than Ever to Create Widgets on Your iPhone and iPad
A new shortcut in iOS 18 and iPadOS 18 makes it easy to convert an app’s icon on the Home Screen into a widget of any size supported by that app.
Find Incredible New Browsing Experience in Safari 18
Safari 18 debuts some notable new features, including Highlights, Distraction Control, a redesigned Reader, and—on the Mac—a new Video Viewer that supports Picture in Picture.
Check out Apple’s Built-in Tips App For Useful Info and Helpful How-tos
If you haven’t explored Apple’s Tips app on the iPhone, iPad, or Mac recently, check it out. Apple has added a lot more content, including device and app user guides, highlights of new features, and interactive practice guides.
Protect Yourself Against Third-Party Location Tracking
If you don’t like the idea of private companies being able to track your every move in the physical world, follow our advice to block iPhone and iPad apps from surreptitiously sharing this information.
Passwords is a Useful Standalone App in macOS 15 Sequoia, iOS 18, and iPadOS 18
Apple’s new Passwords app in macOS 15, iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and visionOS 2 makes the company’s longstanding password storage and syncing features more straightforward and easy to use. It’s password management for the rest of us!