Pro Tip: Hold Space Bar to Use Trackpad on iPhone
While typing swiftly, you might need to adjust a section of your text. Instead of interrupting your flow by tapping the screen, keep your...
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Tip: Use your iPhone as a webcam on Mac
Utilize Continuity Camera to transform your iPhone into a webcam or microphone for your Mac, tapping into the impressive capabilities of...
Pro Tip: Use NameDrop on iPhone
With iOS 17.1 and watchOS 10.1, you can use NameDrop to quickly share contact information with a nearby iPhone or Apple Watch. Use...
Pro Tip: Always browse privately in Safari on Mac
When you browse privately, the details of your browsing aren’t saved, and the websites you visit aren’t shared with your other Apple...
Pro Tip: Use StandBy on iPhone
You can use StandBy to turn your iPhone into a bedside clock, a photo frame, a display for viewing widgets or Live Activities in full...
Pro Tip: Create a web app from a webpage on Mac
Starting with macOS Sonoma, you can use Safari to save any webpage as a web app, so that you can use it independently of Safari. Web apps...
Pro Tip: Customize your phone calls on iPhone
Create your own unique call poster to personalize what people see when you call them. Choose your favorite photo or emoji, pair it with...
Pro Tip: Create profiles in Safari on Mac
With Safari 17, you can use profiles to keep your browsing separate for topics like work, personal, or school. Each profile has separate...
Pro Tip: Use Check In on iPhone to let your friends know you’ve arrived
You can use Check In on iPhone to automatically notify a friend that your iPhone has arrived, and choose what details they can see if you...
Pro Tip: Use Reactions when videoconferencing on Mac
Reactions fill your video frame with a 3D effect expressing how you feel. To show a reaction, make the appropriate hand gesture in view...
Pro Tip: Add widgets to desktop on Mac
On your Mac, add widgets to the desktop or Notification Center so you can keep tabs on your schedule, favorite devices, the weather, top...
Pro Tip: Send and receive audio messages on iPhone
You can use the Messages app to record and send audio messages, along with transcripts of what’s said in the message in select...
Pro Tip: Use Live Voicemail on iPhone
With Live Voicemail in iOS 17, you can view a real-time transcription of the message someone is leaving you as they speak, giving you...
Pro Tip: Search Filters in Messages on Mac
Find the message you’re looking for faster by combining search filters to quickly narrow your search. Search for messages Open the...
Pro Tip: Customize a start page in Safari on Mac
You can put everything from the web that’s most important to you in one convenient place, the start page. Customize start page Open...
Pro Tip: Quickly switch between app windows on Mac
While multiple apps and windows are open on your Mac, you can quickly switch between windows. Do any of the following Switch to the...
Pro Tip: Wi-Fi and Bluetooth in Airplane Mode on iPhone
If the airline allows it, you can use Wi-Fi and Bluetooth while in Airplane Mode. You just need to turn them on separately. Do any of the...
Pro Tip: Turn your display off after inactivity on Mac
Your Mac is designed to be energy efficient right out of the box, using features like Compressed Memory and App Nap to stay fast and save...
Pro Tip: Use Siri to control CarPlay on iPhone
Depending on your car, there are a few ways of controlling CarPlay with Siri. Do any of the following Press and hold the voice command...
Pro Tip: Create and use email signatures in Mail on Mac
You can create prepared text, called a signature, to include when you send email messages. For example, you can create one signature for...
Pro Tip: Turn on Lost Mode for your AirPods on iPhone
When you turn on Lost Mode for your AirPods (3rd generation), AirPods Pro and AirPods Pro (2nd generation), or AirPods Max, you can share...
Pro Tip: Edit calculations on Calculator on iPhone
You can copy calculations, delete the last digit of a number, and entirely clear displays on the Calculator app on iPhone. Copy, delete,...
Pro Tip: Control Mouse settings on Mac
Use Mouse settings to change how your mouse interacts with your Mac. For example, use gestures to scroll long lists and webpages, and use...
Pro Tip: Add spaces in Mission Control on Mac
Mission Control offers a bird's-eye view of all your open windows, desktop spaces, and any apps in full screen or Split View, making it...
Pro Tip: Change where apps get downloaded on iPhone
When you download new apps to your iPhone, they'll automatically sort themselves to your Home Screen(s). However, you can change this so...
Pro Tip: View processes in Activity Monitor on Mac
Processes are programs running on your Mac. Processes can be apps, system apps used by macOS, or invisible background processes. Use...
Pro Tip: Recover your passcode on iPhone
If you can’t remember your passcode when you try again, use a computer to put your iPhone in recovery mode. Recovery mode allows you to...
Pro Tip: Hide and unhide calendars on Mac
You can hide and unhide events on the calendars app - this is useful for when you'd rather keep a specific calendar personal/private, or...
Pro Tip: Bookmark websites in Safari on Mac
A bookmark is a link to a website that you save so you can quickly revisit it later. Add a bookmark In Safari, go to a website you want...
Pro Tip: Auto adjust screen brightness on iPhone
On iPhone, you can make your screen dimmer or brighter - dimming the screen extends battery life. You can adjust the brightness of your...
Pro Tip: Fill out and sign a PDF form in Preview on Mac
Some PDFs are forms you can fill out and then print or send. (PDF forms that aren’t editable won’t allow you to select or enter text.) If...
Pro Tip: Use Search on iPhone
Search helps you quickly find anything on your device and on the web. Search also offers suggestions and updates results as you type. How...
Pro Tip: Add widgets on Mac
In Notification Center on your Mac, add and customize widgets so you can keep tabs on your schedule, favorite devices, the weather, top...
Pro Tip: Freeform app on iPhone
Freeform is an all-new app available starting today, included in the latest versions of iOS, iPadOS, and macOS. Freeform helps users...
Pro Tip: Enable Dictation on Mac
With Dictation, you can dictate text anywhere you can type it. Turn it on in Keyboard settings—your dictated utterances are sent to Apple...
Pro Tip: Turn Private Browsing on or off on iPhone
When you use Private Browsing, the details of your browsing aren't saved, and the websites you visit aren't shared with your other...
Pro Tip: Change Extensions settings on Mac
On your Mac, use Extensions settings to enable and disable Apple and third-party extensions for your Mac, and select extensions to...
Pro Tip: Share passkeys and passwords securely with AirDrop on iPhone
Use AirDrop to securely share passkeys and passwords for website and app accounts with someone using an iPhone, iPad, or Mac....
Pro Tip: Create a Freeform board on Mac
You can use the Freeform app to create boards for brainstorming and collaborating. For example, propose a trip with friends and let...
Pro Tip: Share Tab Groups and collaborate in Safari on iPhone
In the Safari app , you can share a Tab Group and collaborate with people who use iCloud. You can add and remove people from the Tab...
Pro Tip: Take pictures or screen recordings using Screenshot on Mac
Find, change, or delete saved passwords and passkeys on your Mac, and keep them updated across all of your devices. View saved passwords...
Pro Tip: Set up a custom Focus on iPhone
If you want to concentrate on an activity that's different from any of the provided Focus options, you can create a Custom Focus. How to...
Pro Tip: Find saved passwords for Safari Mac
Find, change, or delete saved passwords and passkeys on your Mac, and keep them updated across all of your devices. View saved passwords...
Pro Tip: Edit sent messages in iMessage on iPhone
You can edit a recently sent message up to five times within 15 minutes of sending it. If the person you’re messaging is using a device...
Pro Tip: Narrow your search results in Spotlight on Mac
You can add criteria to a basic search. For example, you can search for particular kinds of files, or for items created on a particular...
Pro Tip: Add widgets to the Lock Screen on iPhone
With iOS 16, you can add widgets to your Lock Screen to get information at a glance — for example, the temperature, air quality, battery...
Pro Tip: Quickly switch between app windows on Mac
Instead of maximizing, minimizing, or having to move apps around manually, you can quickly switch between apps without moving windows...
Pro Tip: Personalize your iPhone Lock Screen
You can personalize your Lock Screen by choosing a wallpaper, customizing the colors and fonts, layering subjects of photos in front of...
Pro Tip: Change Pointer Control accessibility on Mac
On your Mac, use Pointer Control settings to make your mouse and trackpad easier to use, turn on Mouse Keys, perform certain mouse...
Pro Tip: Mute notifications for periods of time on Mac
If you don't want to receive notifications for a specific period of time, you can select which notifications you want to mute and for how...
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