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28 articles tagged iCloud.

How to get your iCloud Calendar on Android

How to get your iCloud Calendar on Android

Jessica Thornsby · Apr 25, 2019

Just because you’re a big fan of macOS doesn’t automatically mean you love every Apple device! If you regularly switch between macOS and your Android smartphone or tablet, then you may have noticed that almost all of Google’s apps play nicely with macOS and iOS – but the reverse isn’t always true! By default, you […]

Download all of your Apple Account data

Download all of your Apple Account data

Jessica Thornsby · Apr 11, 2019

For many of us, the amount of personal information companies have access to is a huge and growing concern – but did you know that you can download all of your Apple account data? Depending on how you use Apple’s various products and services, this data can range from your AppleCare support history, to your […]

Automatically organise your Photos, using Smart Albums

Automatically organise your Photos, using Smart Albums

Jessica Thornsby · Mar 14, 2019

Most of the time, you create albums on your Mac by manually dragging photos into different folders, but if you’re particularly snap happy or you’ve just got back from an exciting trip and have a tonne of photos, then this can be a time-consuming and frustrating process. In this article, I’m going to share an […]

Import and export all of your Safari bookmarks, as a single file

Import and export all of your Safari bookmarks, as a single file

Jessica Thornsby · Mar 8, 2019

Apple manage to pack a lot into their Safari web browser, including a dedicated Reader Mode, the ability to block push notifications, and a whole bunch of privacy and security settings. However, Safari does lack an effective way to import and export bookmarks, particularly when compared to other modern web browsers. Although there is an […]

How to download photos from iCloud to your Mac

How to download photos from iCloud to your Mac

Jessica Thornsby · Feb 12, 2019

Once you activate macOS’ ‘iCloud Library’ feature, every photo you take using a linked device will be uploaded to the cloud, and then synced across all your connected devices automatically. Similarly, every image you import into your Mac’s Photos application, will be synced across all your linked devices. While this automatic sync ensures you always […]

Get more storage space: Move your files to the cloud

Get more storage space: Move your files to the cloud

Jessica Thornsby · Jan 16, 2019

No matter how big your Mac’s memory, chances are you’ll manage to download enough apps and create enough files, to completely fill up that memory. When your Mac inevitability starts complaining about the amount of memory available, you could splash out on an external hard drive – or you could move some of your files […]

How to transfer photos from your iPhone, to your Mac

How to transfer photos from your iPhone, to your Mac

Jessica Thornsby · Jan 10, 2019

Thanks to the advancement in smartphone cameras, we’re all taking more photos and videos than ever before, but many of us are also guilty of leaving that media languishing on our iPhones, never to be looked at again. If you never seem to get around to sorting through your iPhone photos and videos, then in […]

How to edit Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents on your Mac

How to edit Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents on your Mac

Jessica Thornsby · Nov 21, 2018

Collaborating on documents can be difficult when you have a Mac, and everyone else owns a Windows PC. Microsoft Office may be available for macOS, but Microsoft’s suite of document-editing software is nowhere near as popular with Mac users, as it is with the Windows crowd. If you don’t have Microsoft Office installed on your […]

How to set up two-factor authentication

How to set up two-factor authentication

Jessica Thornsby · Nov 4, 2018

Your Apple ID is how you access many important Apple services, including iCloud, Messages, FaceTime and the App Store. Naturally, you’ll want to do everything you can to keep your Apple ID secure, and with data breaches happening all the time, simply creating a password is no longer enough! Two-factor authentication can provide an additional […]

How to send and receive text messages on your Mac

How to send and receive text messages on your Mac

Christopher Lee · Aug 9, 2018

Typing out SMS messages on your iPhone can quickly become frustrating, especially if you have lots to say, or you’re in the middle of a long conversation. Or, perhaps you’ve always struggled with the smaller, virtual keyboard available on your typical smartphone, and are sick of friends and family teasing you about all your typos […]

How to setup and use Family Sharing on Mac

How to setup and use Family Sharing on Mac

Christopher Lee · Apr 17, 2018

Need an easy way to share music, movies, TV shows and apps with your family? Using Family Sharing, you can share purchases, subscriptions, storage and more, with up to six people, and without having to share your Apple accounts. What exactly can I share? Once Family Sharing is up and running, you can share lots […]

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