Category: iOS

Apple’s damp squib

When Apple Intelligence was announced, we had visions of an AI superhero swooping in to solve all our digital dilemmas. Apple, known for its slick launches, apparently didn’t get the memo that sometimes it’s wiser to walk before you sprint. Apple, being the overachiever it is, wanted to jump on the AI bandwagon before their …

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The new Photos app is magic!

Now you see them, now you don’t. Credit where credit is due and heavy sighs where they belong as well. No doubt, the new Photos app (running on a New M series Mac) and newer iPhones and iPads has a magic feature. It also has  a terrible new layout… but more on that later. Specifically, …

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Your phone is not listening to you

Yes, I know, as soon as you read that title you thought, yeah right.  You’ve heard too many stories of your friends or friend’s friend who has been festooned with ads for tents just hours after talking about camping with a friend with the phone sitting on the bench between them. And anyway, didn’t Apple …

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The Password App

Update Dec 8, 2024: Apple just released a plug in so Firefox users can have access to the passwords stored in the new Passwords app. This gives it even closer functionality to 1Password…see below. The plug in for Firefox can be found here. Once downloaded, launch Firefox and add the Extension following these steps: “Open …

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Customise Safari and ignore that pop up

I am on record as saying that in my opinion Safari is the best web browser. It is the safest and the most secure and, in 99% of cases, will work with any website. In the cases where it fails I use Firefox, do what I need to do on that website and then go …

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