Check In is a new safety feature introduced in iOS 17 that automatically informs your selected contacts about your location when you arrive at a specified place. Here's how to use it in the Messages app.
If you have to share a Mac, then macOS Sonoma has the potential to confuse because of an elegant yet easily missable design choice on the lock screen. Here's how to use the new user switch feature in the fall.
We're more used to saying "Hey, Siri" and now just "Siri" to our iPhones — but it's also true on macOS Sonoma, if you set it up first. Here's how to do it.
Apple has not made giant changes to dictation in macOS Sonoma, but yet again the small improvements it has introduced will significantly help users. Here's what's new in Dictation and how to make the most of it.
You may love spring-loaded folders on the Mac, you may loathe them — or you may never have noticed the feature. Here's how to use or disable them as you need in macOS Sonoma.
Right alongside new video conferencing features like reactions, macOS Sonoma gives you Center Stage options to control how you present yourself to the world — if you have the right camera.
If you're a gamer, then the new macOS Sonoma Game Mode might just be transformative — but Apple gives only the barest ways to control it, and none to configure it. Here's how it works.
Microsoft's latest Surface Laptop Studio 2 is the first Windows computer to use an Intel Neural Processing Unit. This is how it compares on paper against the similarly-sized and priced 14-inch MacBook Pro with M2.
Apple's iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max are the top models in Apple's iPhone lineup, but there's more than just a size difference between the two. Here's what's different when you compare the pair.
Most iPhone owners don't upgrade every year. If history is any indication, there will be a lot of iPhone 12 Pro Max owners looking to upgrade to the iPhone 15 Pro Max. Here's what has changed to the top model in three years.
The second-generation Apple Watch Ultra offers more performance in a wearable that looks like the original. Here's how the upgraded wearable stands against its predecessor.
Apple's iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max are the top models in Apple's iPhone lineup, but there's more than just a size difference between the two. Here's what's different when you compare the pair.
Starting in iOS 17, Apple allows users to create a Personal Voice that when used in conjunction with Live Speech can help users communicate with others by reading text and phrases. Here's how to set it up and how it worked for us.
A feature in iPadOS 17 enables iPads to work with USB-C capture cards. Here's how to use the feature to make your large-screen iPad work as an external monitor for your Nintendo Switch.
Apple has only added a couple of quite minor updates to Reminders for macOS Sonoma, but they're thoughtful ones that will make a difference. Here's what's new and how to use it all.
Group chats are now easier in iOS 17 courtesy of a new button that keeps track of conversations. It doesn't have a clear settings pane, though, so here's how to use it.
A feature in iPadOS 17 enables iPads to work with USB-C capture cards. Here's how to use the feature to make your large-screen iPad work as an external monitor for your Nintendo Switch.
Apple says that under iOS 17, AirPods will be better at switching automatically between your devices. Here's how you will still be able to manually switch when you need to.
You could lament how long it has taken for Apple to add multiple timers to the iPhone, or you could just go right ahead and use them now iOS 17 has arrived. Here's how to start, stop, and check many timers at once.
Basic Apple Guy has built a couple of gorgeous wallpapers for AppleInsider's readers, and now there's a dedicated place to get them at full resolution. Here's how to get them.
Error -54 can sometimes appear when you edit your Apple Music Library on your Mac. Here's how to get past the issue and back to listening to your music.
If you're still rocking it old school with an iPod, syncing may be an issue. It still works, but you may have to finesse it a bit. Here's what to try if your iPod won't sync with macOS Ventura.
Apple users now have another way to find a lost Apple Watch, although this one requires close proximity. Here's how to use your iPhone running iOS 17 to find your Apple Watch.
Sensitive Content Warning is a new feature in iOS 17 that allows users to protect themselves from content that may be sensitive or triggering. Here's how to turn it on.
Apple's Game Porting Toolkit launch at WWDC offered a way for developers to see how Windows games ran on Apple Silicon before porting it to macOS. Here's how to install and use the toolkit.
Given how things are going on Twitter, and the options that have cropped up lately, folks are looking for the exit. Here's how to delete a Twitter account.
The Messages and Mail apps on iOS can quickly become cluttered with SMS codes for two-factor authentication, but iOS 17 can automatically delete them. Here's where to find it.
Doing laundry will be made simpler using iOS 17, as the Photos app will gain the ability to recognize and provide explanations for laundry symbols. Here's how to use it.
You can turn yourself into a weather presenter in your video calls, or keep eye contact with your audience as you show them slides while using Presenter Overlay in macOS Sonoma. Here's how it works.
A fun feature coming in iOS 17 lets users transform their photos into stickers and conveniently share them through iMessage. Here's how to get started.
Once Apple users upgrade to iOS 17, they can leave video voicemails on FaceTime in situations where the recipient doesn't answer the incoming call. Here's how to leave a FaceTime voicemail.
As you use iOS 17, you find over and over that there are small updates that make a big difference — and one of them is that the Camera app now comes with a spirit level.
Sometimes the Photos app separates the same person or pet into two different collections, but you can merge them without having to individually drag each photo over. Here's how to do so in iOS 17.
There is a vast array of ways to optimize your Metal graphics code to get top performance. Here's how to get started getting your code into better shape for the Metal framework.