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Messaging is easily one of, if not the most important things we do with our mobile devices. The industry for messaging apps is huge, and smack dab in the middle is iMessage and its vessel, Messages, ...

A long time ago, I had an app called Favs that collected everything I liked/hearted/bookmarked/whatevered across a ton of services (it was sadly abandoned). We’re ...

I just published issue 54 of the Finer Tech Newsletter. If you haven’t given it a try yet, it’s a twice-monthly handful of quick tips to help you get more out of your apps and Apple devices, served ...

A big reason I often stick with Apple stuff is that the entire tech industry is racing to see who can treat us with the least respect. The latest challenger is Sonos with its new “give us your data or ...

Apple’s third attempt at a watchOS is currently in developer beta, so the usual disclaimers apply: stuff might change, features might be added or removed, nothing is finalized, blah blah blah. For ...

I’ve met some Mac users who want to be able to send iMessages without having the actual Messages app and all its tempting distractions open. Fortunately, there’s an easy way to do this from the Social ...

Threads in Slack are a great way to keep a conversation in a channel, yet not flood the main stream of conversation. But once you jump into a thread, you are immediately subscribed to notifications ...

If you go to Settings > Touch ID & Passcode and touch one of your registered fingers to the Home button, that page will highlight the finger’s entry there. This is useful if you’ve forgotten which ...

One of my nebulous personal goals is to read more on my iPads besides tech blogs and doomscrolling. Yes, that includes books and I am currently in the middle of The Fall of Hyperion on Apple Books ...

Maps gives you an easy way to prioritize places when viewing an area or searching. This will make them appear at the top of search results and always on the map at certain zoom levels. To prioritize a ...

I wear my Apple Watch seven days a week, but recently realized that I do so for different reasons throughout the week. These days, it’s with me at least as much as, if not more than, my iPhone, so I ...