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Developing a Killer Theme

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Make Your AirPods Connect Automatically

I stumbled upon a link today that really enhances your AirPods. When the AirPods were first announced, it seemed like Apple had designed a system that would allow you to automatically change devices without having to do anything but push play and put the AirPods in your ears. Unfortunately, that wasn’t the case. AirPods are

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Using a Mouse on an iPad is Transformative

Last week, Apple unveiled the new spec-bumped iPad Pros, Magic Keyboard, and cursor support for iPadOS. I’ve been using mouse support on the iPad since it was introduced as an assistive touch feature with iPadOS 13. I also have updated to the newest Beta code to test out the new pointer functionality on my iPad

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ADD playlist on Apple Music

Tech Tip Tuesday – Listening to Apple Music

Last week, I showed you how to navigate through the Apple Music tabs. This week, we’ll break it down a little more so that you know what to do when you’re listening to music inside the app. Navigating through an Album or Playlist For this example, I went to the Browse Tab and picked the

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Tech Tip Tuesday: Navigating Apple Music

Tech Tip Tuesday is coming back this week! I’ve had request for using Apple Music. The next few weeks, I’m going to dive into some of the aspects of Apple’s first streaming service that I find most helpful! I’m going to use the iPhone Music app as my basis for everything in this article, but

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How To Take A Screenshot on iOS – Tech Tip Tuesday

This weeks Tech Tip Tuesday will show you how to take and manage a screenshot on any iOS device. I do this weekly when I’m making these Tech Tip Tuesdays. Taking a Screenshot To take a screen shot on a device with no home button, simply press the side-button (the one of the side of

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Dealing with Safari Tabs – Tech Tip Tuesday

Today’s tip is one of those tips that can help speed up not only your process, but also you phone. Maybe people don’t even know that Safari has Tabs, but all those tabs can slow down Safari. Here are some tips and tricks for dealing with Safari on iPhone. Safari Basics Currently on iOS, when

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Tech Tip Tuesday – How To Make A Shared Photo Album

This week’s Tech Tip Tuesday I’m going to show you how to make a shared Photo Album in Photos. What is a Shared Photo Album In Photos on Mac and iOS devices, you can use iCloud Photo Library. This system uploads all your photos to iCloud for safe keeping and for storage. In theory, you

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Tech Tip Tuesday – Customize Control Center

Welcome back to JSwordSmith’s Tech Tip Tuesday! Last week Tech Tip Tuesday taught you how to change the double tap feature of your AirPods. Today, I’m going to show you how to customize Control Center. What is Control Center On any iOS device you have access to many controls that you might not have known

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Updated: Using the ECG on the Apple Watch

Update (3/28/2019): The ECG has been enabled on Series 4 watches in some parts of Europe and Hong Kong I thought it would be good to update this for those folks. On your Apple Watch go to the new ECG app. It is a white circle with a red heart rate line. The first time

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