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What’s Liquid Glass, and What to Do If You Don’t Like It

Apple’s new Liquid Glass interface brings semi-transparent, floating controls to all your devices. Here’s what that means and how to customize it to optimize your experience.

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At WWDC 2025, Apple Unveils Liquid Glass and Previews New OS Features

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WWDC 2025: Liquid Glass, New OS Features and 26

June 10, 2025 · 10 min read

Looking for a better way to transfer large files across devices and platforms? Blip offers secure, direct file transfers between Apple devices and other platforms, with no size limits and automatic resumption of interrupted transfers. | CreativeTechs.com

AirPlay

Mirror or Extend Your Mac’s Display with AirPlay

May 2, 2025 · 7 min read

Apple’s third update to Apple Intelligence introduces changes to notification summaries (including disabling controversial news headline summaries), enhancements to Visual Intelligence on the iPhone 16, and Genmoji creation on the Mac. | CreativeTechs.com

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Apple’s Updates Offer Enhanced Apple Intelligence Features

February 11, 2025 · 5 min read

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. | CreativeTechs.com

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Mail Can Now Automatically Categorize Emails into Buckets

January 14, 2025 · 4 min read

If you receive what looks like a copyright infringement message complaining about an image on your website, don’t panic—it might be a scam. We help you identify such scams and explain what to do if the message turns out to be real. | CreativeTechs.com

Explainer

Beware of Copyright Infringement Link Insertion Scams

December 17, 2024 · 6 min read

Protect against location tracking. | CreativeTechs.com

How-To

Protect Yourself Against Third-Party Location Tracking

November 12, 2024 · 6 min read

Hundreds of millions of people had their names, addresses, and Social Security numbers revealed in the massive NPD breach. There isn’t much you can do to protect yourself, but we explain the one thing everyone should do. | CreativeTechs.com

Explainer

NPD Breach Reveals Data on Hundreds of Millions, Here’s How to Respond

September 3, 2024 · 5 min read

There are actually two types of Apple IDs: personal and managed. Regular users have personal Apple IDs; those who use employer-provided devices are often required to use managed Apple IDs. Learn more about both. | CreativeTechs

Explainer

What’s the Difference Between Personal and Managed Apple IDs?

August 27, 2024 · 5 min read

Although videoconferencing has become a part of everyday life for lots of us, many people don’t realize that macOS provides helpful options for improving our video, audio, and presentations. | CreativeTechs.com

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Mac’s Videoconferencing Capabilities Go Beyond the Basics

August 13, 2024 · 7 min read

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