Apple devices work particularly well with one another, and in this guide, we will share fifteen ways to use your iOS device and your Mac together for a more productive and creative experience.
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Some people are having issues with Universal Control and other Continuity features in macOS 13.3 and iPadOS 16.4
Are you having issues getting Universal Control and other Continuity features to work on your iPad and Mac after installing iPadOS 16.4 and macOS Ventura 13.3?
How to block your Mac from extending its mouse pointer and keyboard to your iPad or other Mac
You can use your Mac's keyboard, mouse, and trackpad wirelessly with your other Mac desktop, MacBook, or iPad. However, if you own multiple Apple devices, you may have experienced the frustration of accidentally moving your mouse pointer or typing on the wrong device. In this article, we'll show you how to prevent your Mac from extending its mouse pointer and keyboard to other nearby devices.
How to use your iPad as a secondary display or mirror display for Mac
Thanks to Apple's Sidecar Continuity feature, you can use your iPad as a secondary display for your Mac desktop or MacBook. Besides that, you can also share or mirror your Mac's screen to iPad.
In this tutorial, we'll show you how to extend or mirror your Mac's display to your iPad wirelessly or with a USB cable. And all this will happen without using any third-party app!
How to use your Mac’s keyboard, mouse, and trackpad seamlessly and wirelessly with your iPad
Thanks to Universal Control, you can use your Mac's or MacBook's mouse, trackpad, and keyboard wirelessly on your iPad.
In this tutorial, we'll show you how to use a single mouse, trackpad, or keyboard with both your Mac and iPad.
iOS 16.3 brings a visual guide for how to hand off music, calls and other audio content from iPhone to HomePod
iOS 16.3 provides a new visual guide to educate users on how to use the Handoff feature to transfer music and other audio between their iPhone and HomePod.
How to transfer music, podcasts and phone calls between iPhone and HomePod
Thanks to Apple's Handoff feature, you can easily transfer audio between your iPhone and your HomePod. That includes music, podcasts, and even phone calls.
In this step-by-step tutorial, we're going to show you how to transfer an ongoing phone call and music or podcasts from your iPhone to your HomePod, and vice versa.
Catalina’s Screen Time problems show an Apple stretched too thin
macOS Catalina introduces new features and functionality for the Mac. Among them is Screen Time, the tool that enables users to see what apps and services they're spending time using. Screen Time follows the convention of features that make their debut on iOS later migrating to the Mac. Unfortunately, Screen Time's Mac implementation leaves something to be desired.
Screen Time's intent is to make you more aware of where you're spending your time – reading news, surfing the web, using social media apps, playing games. Just as important, Screen Time can provide essential details for parents concerned about their kids' device usage. The app also provides parents with lock-out and limitings features to help reign in their kids' use.
Spotify’s ‘Favorite Device’ feature will make it easier to hand off music to a speaker
Spotify is testing a new feature called "Favorite Device" which will make it easy to hand off the music you're listening to to a nearby speaker.
Here’s how HomePod will handle phone calls
One of the tidbits about HomePod that can be gleaned easily from Apple's refreshed website and today's press release announcing the device's February 9 availability is the fact that the Siri-driven smart speaker won't take phone calls at launch.
WWDC app gains Handoff support, better Apple TV navigation & more
Apple's official WWDC app for iPhone, iPad and Apple TV was updated Friday with several new features, including support for the company's Handoff technology allowing you to easily move between iOS devices and Safari on macOS.
How to add Continuity features to older Macs
Most of our readers will be familiar by now with Apple's Continuity suite, a slew of features which were introduced with iOS 8 and OS X Yosemite. These features include Instant Hotspot, a new AirDrop, SMS/Phone calls from Mac, and Handoff. With macOS Sierra and iOS 10, they added Auto Unlock and Universal Clipboard to the group.
The catch is of course that making use of these features requires certain hardware. Therefore, Macs from before about 2010/11 appear not to support some or all of the new functionality. However, it turns out there is a way to enable Continuity on your older hardware. In this guide we'll go through how to do it.