Your iPad supports Picture in Picture (PiP) videos in apps and webpages, but this handy mode isn't universally supported across all video-streaming websites. Crucially, PiP is unsupported by YouTube.com's iPad interface on Safari. But there's a shortcut for that, too—thanks to the power of iOS automation, you can enforce Picture in Picture on YouTube and other websites.
No one knows more about iOS automation than MacStories founder and editor-in-chief Federico Viticci who has been sharing custom actions for the Workflow app years before Apple snapped up the whole Workflow team and rebranded their app as Shortcuts.
Apple today highlighted some of the newly launched Siri Shortcuts that are available in popular third-party health and fitness apps, including Snoww, Qardio, Dexcom and HomeCourt.
Aside from fixing the group FaceTime eavesdropping bug on iPhone, iPad and Mac with the iOS 12.1.4 software update and the macOS Mojave 10.14.3 Supplemental Update, Apple has also resolved a major security issue found recently within its Shortcuts app for iPhone and iPad.
You should be extra careful about the shortcuts you download because some of these iOS automation scripts were created by ill-minded people for malicious purposes.
Every Mac owner should peruse this list comprising 50 super useful keyboard shortcuts in macOS that let them do things faster, increasing productivity.
Learn how to make your iPhone or iPad open web links in Chrome instead of Safari if you prefer Google’s browser over Apple's built-in option or other browsers.
If you use Apple's Shortcuts app for iOS automation and would like to turn on or wake up your Apple TV and its connected TV set on demand, we have just the right shortcut for you.
The Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the Financial Times, Bloomberg, the Boston Globe, and similar big media publications may give you a few free articles monthly before you hit their paywall. Though nothing in this post is illegal, iDB encourages paying for news and publications that matter to you. That said, digital media subscriptions are not everyone's cup of tea due to their usually high price, lack of payment methods, and several other reasons.
Here are three working methods for iPhone and iPad users to freely read articles that are behind a paywall or subscription.
Learn how to type accented letters on Mac keyboards to accurately spell out international names and write foreign words in your documents, emails, messages, and more.
Find out how to add an iCloud Drive shortcut to your Mac desktop and Dock for faster access to your online files, folders, and documents.
Learn how to add one or more quick-access shortcuts for specific websites to the Dock of your Mac, letting you open them with a single click anywhere in macOS.