Sep 15, 2017 | Blog, iOS, iPhone, Maps, productivity, Restricted Content, Tip
The iPhone’s Maps app automatically records where you park your car as long as the iPhone is connected to the car’s Bluetooth system. It even notifies you of this when you get out of the car. But how do you get back to the car after you’ve done your errands? Just...
Sep 13, 2017 | Apple Pros, APros Archive, Article, Blog, iOS 11, News, Restricted Content, SimplyMac, SimplyMac Archive, upgrade, watchOS 4
At its highly anticipated product announcement event at the new Steve Jobs Theater, Apple didn’t disappoint. The big news was the revolutionary iPhone X, which eliminates the Home button and unlocks by recognizing your face. Apple also announced the evolutionary...
Sep 13, 2017 | Apple Pros, APros Archive, Article, Blog, Control Center, Dock, News, Restricted Content
Apple has long argued that you can use the iPad for productivity but hasn’t backed that claim up with the necessary features in iOS. Until now, that is, with the new iPad-centric capabilities of iOS 11. These changes mean that an iPad running iOS 11 is more like a...
Sep 13, 2017 | APFS, Apple Pros, APros Archive, Article, Blog, High Sierra, Mac, Mail, News, Photos, Restricted Content, Safari, SimplyMac, SimplyMac Archive, Spotlight, upgrade
Although Apple’s eye-catching Desktop image of the High Sierra mountains makes it easy to confirm that your Mac is running High Sierra, the most noteworthy new features are invisible! These changes are aimed at improving your Mac’s performance. But, don’t worry that...
Sep 11, 2017 | APFS, Article, ASMC, ASMC Archive, Blog, Explainer, iOS, iOS 10, Mac, macOS, maintenance, performance, Restricted Content, security
A major change in macOS 10.13 High Sierra is the switch to Apple’s new Apple File System, or APFS. With any luck, you’ll barely notice the change, just as almost no one did earlier this year when Apple updated millions of iOS devices to APFS with iOS 10.3. But let’s...