AT&T Enabled WiFi Calling on iOS 9! This past Friday, after a lengthy regulatory struggle, AT&T finally enabled WiFi calling over iOS 9. Although Apple first added the functionality back in 2014 with the release of iOS 8 and the iPhone 6, it isn't until now that AT&T activated the service for their customers. If you have no clue what WiFi calling is, and why it's so vital, [...]
Solid free apps this week, from Apple's new Photos app for Mac image management (kiss your iPhoto goodbye) to Scanbot, one of the superior iOS document scanning apps. Get your download on and check out both of these apps today. Free App Friday - iOS App of The Week It's pretty cool that the cameras in our iPhones are now [...]
After years of people complaining that the existing array of emojis failed to accurately reflect the racial diversity and varied relationships of contemporary society, Apple has released a significant iOS update that goes a long way towards resolving the problem. Apple's most recent iOS update, 8.3 includes both a wealth of new emojis, and a "skin tone picker" to the emoji selection extended keyboard. The process [...]
A wealth of new free apps have been hitting the respective app stores over the past week, many in the social media vein, but that hardly means paid apps have been languishing. The much hyped HBO Now debuted this week for iOS, and is surely a game changer in terms of how we'll be receiving our paid video streams in the future. [...]
Another day, another couple of clients wondering what's using up all the storage space on their iPhone or iPad. This is one of the more common issues we deal with, both for clients here in Los Angeles and for people we help remotely or over social media. Whether your storage concerns stem from getting messages that your iPhone is full and you can't take anymore [...]
We all love the flash storage on our MacBook Airs and our Retina MacBook Pros - the problem comes when we can only afford so much storage (or are constrained by Apple's offerings) and find our storage space filling up faster than we'd like. One of the big culprits here are iOS backups. While you're likely using iCloud to backup your iPhone and iPad, [...]
There's lots of buzz these days about Pay, as Apple's new payment processing functionality has revitalized the long dormant NFC payment world. While many people are eager to begin using Pay, there's often a certain degree of unease when using a new technology for the first time - especially when it's as radically different as Pay. Fortunately, being true to form, Apple has created a payment process [...]
Here's one of those great little things Apple builds into their software that doesn't make it into the headlines, but does make life a little bit easier. If you're prone to constantly checking your email, waiting on a reply to a specific message, you can now have iOS 8 do the work for you. Using the new Email Notifications you can now be notified when [...]
Here's a cool tip that's not well publicized: the power adapter you use to charge your iPad will actually charge your iPhone roughly twice as fast as the tiny power adapter that came with your iPhone. The iPhone power adapter is only 5 watts, but the iPad power adapter is a whopping 12 watts. If you're in the market for a new power adapter, [...]
Tired of wading through all the spam, daily emails from Target, and newsletters you subscribed to years ago but no longer read - all to find the emails that really matter? Get your email life sorted out by signing up for a few new email accounts. Here's the thing: they're free (and handy as hell in situations like this) and will greatly simplify up [...]
