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Category: iOS

Safari Address Bar… just like it used to be

Let me tell you something about the people who design software at Apple. They are, without question, some of the most talented, best-paid, and catastrophically wrong human beings on the planet. They sit in their glass building in Cupertino, California and they think to themselves: “You know what users want? The opposite of what they’ve …

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Watch those Cookies

Cookie in a jar

Usually, my scorn, my irritation, my peeve, is directed at the ACT Government and their relentless building apartments, or the weather which has decided to turn the sky into a permanent grey sponge. But today, my rage has a new target. It is the internet. Or more specifically a constant irritation (and not to mention …

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Consider Apple Pages instead of Word

It is no secret that I have been a fan of Pages, and I am always trying to convince people that Microsoft Word (in most cases) is something you just don’t need. Despite my best efforts, though, there are still those that think that Word is the only processor out there, that it is needed …

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Turn off iPhone Transmit mode…now

man stealing money

For years, the people in Silicon Valley have been telling us that the future is “seamless.” They want a world where you don’t have to speak to anyone, look at anyone, or—God forbid—actually press a button. And that brings us to something Apple calls Express Transit Mode. In the olden days, if you wanted to …

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Take a shortcut

a man taking a shortcut though his kitchen

Now, look. Don’t panic. Don’t immediately reach for the “back” button or go scurrying off to find a video of a cat playing the piano. Stay with me, I am going to show you how to make a Shortcut. I promise this is going to be simple and you are going to surprise yourself, and …

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