Sandy Writtenhouse

With her BS in Information Technology, Sandy worked for many years in the IT industry as a Project Manager, Department Manager, and PMO Lead. She then decided to follow her dream and now writes about technology full-time.

How to get notified of new Apple Arcade games

Notify for New Apple Arcade Games on iPhone

Keeping up with new games can be tough no matter which device you use. But if you’re an Apple Arcade subscriber, you can receive notifications for new games when they become available.

This is a great way to know exactly when that awesome new game you’ve been waiting for hits the App Store for you to download. Here’s how to get notifications for new Apple Arcade games on iPhone, iPad, and Mac.

How to use Superzoom for your Instagram story

Instagram Story with Superzoom

Instagram offers some nifty features for creating your stories. You can use Multi-Capture to snap several photos on the spot or use PhotoBooth for four quick selfies of yourself or you and your friends. Along with these options is another feature called Superzoom.

Superzoom is pretty much what the name implies. You capture a short video that automatically zooms in to the center without you lifting a finger. This is a cool way to show objects in a landscape, faces on people, or food on a plate. Whatever your next Instagram story, see how to use Superzoom for a neat effect.

Easy ways to reply to Calendar event invitations on Mac

Mac Calendar Event Invitations

When you receive an invitation to a Calendar event on Mac, you have more than one way to see it and reply to it.

Depending on how your notifications are set up, you might see an alert on your screen, in the Notification Center, or badge app icon in your Dock. You should also have email for the invitation waiting for you in your mailbox and a notification in the Calendar app itself.

With the flexibility you have for viewing Calendar event invitations, you also have several ways to reply to them. Here, we’ll walk you through your options.

Apple Music vs Spotify vs Pandora: Which music service is for you?

Girl Listening to Music-Pixabay

Are you trying to decide which music service to commit to? Apple Music, Spotify, and Pandora are at the top of the list of options. They each offer terrific features, are available across multiple platforms, and are comparable in price. So what makes each stand out may be your deciding factor. Let’s have a look!

As you probably already know, Apple Music, Spotify, and Pandora all provide similar features. You can create playlists, listen to stations, manage your music library, tune into podcasts, and much more. So rather than list the same features for each service, we’ll call out some special features and the differences.

How to capture full page screenshots in Safari, Firefox, and Chrome on Mac

Full web page screenshot on Mac

There are plenty of times when you want to capture and save a screenshot of an entire webpage. It could be a research article, a helpful tutorial, a vertical photo, a shopping site’s product display, or even a lengthy meme.

In this tutorial, we will show you how to take and save a screenshot of a full web page or scrolling screenshot in Safari, Chrome, and Firefox on your Mac.

How to use dark or light backgrounds for Notes on iPhone and iPad

Dark and light backgrounds in the iPhone Notes app

For many people, dark mode is a handy feature that makes it comfortable to view the screen. Instead of all that brightness, you could have your device and the apps carry a soothing, dark appearance.

Plenty of apps offer built-in options to enable or disable dark mode, giving you a choice to use it or not. On the other hand, many apps just follow your system's default appearance setting. That is, if your iPhone is in dark mode, the app will also be in that mode.

In this tutorial, we show you how to use both dark and light backgrounds in the Notes app on iPhone and iPad. Plus, we have included a handy option to permanently keep the Notes app in dark mode, even if your iPhone is in light mode.

How to propose a new time for a Calendar event invitation

Propose New Time for Calendar Event on iPhone

When you receive an event invitation, you may have a conflict with the date or time. In the Calendar app, you can propose a new time to the event organizer. This saves you from phone calls or the back and forth via email to reschedule the event. You can propose a new time before or after you accept the event invitation.

Here, we’ll show you how to use the built-in feature for proposing a new time for a Calendar event. And we’ll walk you through it on Mac, iPhone, and iPad.

How to automatically erase deleted emails on a schedule in Mail

Mail App on MacBook Screen

If you try to keep up with your inbox, you may go through it regularly and clean it up by getting rid of unwanted emails. But after you delete those emails, do you take it a step further to remove them?

In Mail, you can configure each account to erase deleted emails on a regular basis. You can do it on a daily, weekly, or monthly schedule, or even each time you quit the Mail app. While there isn’t currently an option for this in Mail on iPhone and iPad, there is one on Mac and here’s how to use it.

How to use Story Highlights on Instagram

Instagram Story Highlight

Instagram introduced its Highlights feature for stories a while back. But if you’re a new Instagram user or simply never tried Highlights before, this how-to is for you.

As you probably know, Instagram stories disappear after 24 hours. But if you turn one into a Highlight, it stays on your profile until you remove it. This is a great way to give your followers more insight into who you are or what your business is all about.

Here, we’ll show you how to add, edit, and remove Story Highlights on Instagram.

How to easily work with tabs in Mail on Mac

Mail on MacBook

You’re probably used to working with tabs in Safari and even take advantage of using tabs in Finder on Mac too. But did you know that you can also work with tabs in the Mail app? This is a great way to see mailboxes and quickly switch between them.

Tabs in the Mail app work pretty much the same as the other Mac apps we mentioned. But here, we’ll go through how to use them in case it’s all new to you. So if you’re ready, let’s look at how to work with tabs in Mail on Mac.