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How to change the skip seconds for Podcasts and Books on iPhone and iPad

Sandy Writtenhouse ∙ Updated March 31, 2023
Podcast on iPhone - Change Skip Seconds

If you use your iPhone or iPad to listen to podcasts in the Podcasts app or audiobooks in the Books app, then you probably know about the skip feature. You can skip back a few seconds to catch something you missed or skip forward to move past something you have already heard.

The thing about this skip feature is you may not want it as low as 10 seconds because it might not be enough, and you have to keep tapping. At the same time, you may not want it to be as high as 60 seconds because you might skip way too much.

Here’s how to change the skip seconds for Podcasts and Books on iOS.

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How to subscribe to Apple News+ on iPhone or iPad

Sandy Writtenhouse ∙ March 26, 2019
Apple News Plus on iPhone Subscribe

At Apple’s March media event, a new subscription service was announced called Apple News+. This service is part of the News app and gives subscribers access to over 300 magazines, newspapers, and publications.

If you’re ready to jump on board and check out magazines like People and National Geographic Magazine along with newspapers like The Wall Street Journal and the Los Angeles Times, here’s how to subscribe to Apple News+ on iPhone or iPad.

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How to delegate emails in Spark to assign tasks to others

Sandy Writtenhouse ∙ March 20, 2019
Delegated Spark Email Message on Mac

A recent update to the Spark email application brought a cool new feature. You can now delegate emails to your team or employees on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Along with assigning emails to others, you can set due dates and times and keep track of what’s pending and completed.

This is a great new feature if you use Spark for business but is also handy for personal situations. You might want to delegate an email to a family member or friend like reminders for bills due, appointments made, or travel plans.

If you’re interested in this convenient feature, we’ll show you how to delegate emails in Spark to assign tasks to others.

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Shortcuts Focus: how to delete all your completed reminders in one fell swoop

Christian Zibreg ∙ March 18, 2019

Inexplicably, Apple's Reminders app to this date has not bothered to offer us an option to delete all of the completed reminders at once. It should, at the very least, be able to remove completed items after a set number of days, but even that isn't allowed. Basically, you're left with two choices—either, joy, delete completed reminders manually, one by one, like an animal; or, leverage the power of scripting and iOS automation to your advantage like a boss.

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