How to create auto-updating albums in Google Photos

Auto-updating albums in Google Photos

Google Photos has some nice features and is a good alternative or addition to the Photos app. You can create movies in Google Photos and collages. Another handy feature is the auto-updating album which is similar to the Smart Album feature in Photos on Mac.

With this type of album, you can set it to update automatically when new pictures of family, friends, and pets are added to Google Photos. This saves you some time from having to manually add new photos to an album.

To help you organize your pictures better in Google Photos, here’s how to create auto-updating albums.

How to add an email alias in Spark on iPhone, iPad and Mac

Add New Alias Spark on iPhone

If you have decided to set up and use an email alias for your iCloud, Gmail, or Yahoo account and use Spark, then you’ll want to add that alias there too.

The Spark email app lets you add aliases for your various accounts on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. So, no matter which device you use the app on, here’s how to add an email alias in Spark.

Power users with jailbroken iPhones will love the new AppData tweak

Depending on how advanced of an iPhone or iPad user you are, you might find yourself wanting to do more than simply launch and use your apps. Maybe you have a curious mind and you fancy tinkering with stuff related to those apps, or perhaps you just desire an easier way to clear your apps’ caches on a regular basis.

Whatever you’re looking for in the world of advanced iPhone and iPad usage, chances are a newly released and free jailbreak tweak dubbed AppData by iOS developer Fouad Raheb can help you get more out of using your handset’s Home Screen.

Astrid brings a snazzy new multitasking experience to jailbroken handsets

Multitasking is an important feature on modern smartphones and tablets, not only because we demand more and more out of our apps at any one given time, but also because we want to be able to do more than one thing at once to save time. Multitasking has come a long way on the iOS platform over the years, but one fact remains true: the jailbreak community continues to have of the best multitasking concepts that Apple still has yet to incorporate out of the box.

Astrid by iOS developer MTAC is the latest of such multitasking concepts to come to fruition in the form of a jailbreak tweak as of late. Astrid aims to be a no-BS interface for simply accessing your most recently-used apps in a jiffy. Best of all, it includes creature comfort features that the standard App Switcher doesn’t.

This tweak brings iOS 14’s conversation pinning to pwned iOS 13 devices

One of my favorite new features that will ship with the upcoming iOS 14 update is the ability to pin favorite conversations to the top of the Messages app for quicker reference. But if you’re jailbroken on iOS 13, then you might feel reluctant to upgrade for this new feature alone.

Fortunately, jailbreakers won’t be left in the dust when iOS 14 launches because a newly released jailbreak tweak called PinHeads (iOS 13) by iOS developer Ahmad brings iOS 14-style conversation pinning to the Messages app on pwned iOS 13 devices.