Jul 23, 2016 | Blog, Mac, OS X, Quick Tip
El Capitan’s new Split View makes it easier than ever to work in two windows—or two apps—side by side. To invoke it, click and hold the green zoom button at the upper-left corner of any window. The window shrinks, and the left half of your screen fades to blue. Drag...
Jul 21, 2016 | Blog, Mac, OS X, Quick Tip
In the version of Safari that comes with OS X 10.11 El Capitan, Apple changed the behavior of the Command-1 through Command-9 keys. Before El Capitan, pressing Command-1 would open the first bookmark on your Favorites bar. After El Capitan, however, Command-1 switches...
Jul 19, 2016 | Blog, iOS, iPhone, Quick Tip
Hidden deep in iOS 9 is a setting that Apple intended to improve your iPhone experience. Called Wi-Fi Assist, it enables iOS 9 to use cellular data automatically when Wi-Fi connectivity is poor. That’s a nice idea, but it also means that your iPhone (or cellular iPad)...
Jun 28, 2016 | Blog, OS X, Quick Tip
When you copy text from a Web page, PDF, or word processing document, OS X usually includes formatting, so the words you paste may be 56 point blue italic if that was what the source text looked like. That may be appropriate at times, but often you want the text to...
May 24, 2016 | Blog, iOS, Quick Tip
Picture yourself looking for something specific on a long Web page on the small iPhone screen. Did you know that you can search through just the text of the page? Tap the Share button, and in the bottom row of icons, swipe left until you see Find on Page. Tap that,...
May 20, 2016 | Blog, iOS, Quick Tip
Did you know that many keys on the small iPhone keyboard are hiding additional characters? To type an O with an umlaut, for instance, press and hold the O key, and a popover appears with accented variants of O. Without lifting your finger, slide it over the Ö and then...
