If you’ve ever struggled with selecting multiple files, folders, or items on your Mac, you’re not alone. Whether you're organizing your photos, tidying up your desktop, or just trying to send several email attachments at once, learning this simple skill will save you time and frustration. In most apps on Mac (Finder, Photos, Mail, to name a few) you can select multiple items at once and act on them all at the same time rather than dealing with one item at a time.

You can now work directly with PDFs received in the Mail app using a little-known feature in iOS 18 and iPadOS 18. Tap a PDF attachment in a message and use the Markup and Form Fill buttons at the bottom to access the PDF markup and filling tools. After modifying your PDF, tapping the Done button gives you options for what to do with the PDF: include it in a reply, create a new message with it, save it to Files, or discard the changes. (Featured image by iStock.com/chanakon laorob)

Recent revelations have exposed that a little-known company called Babel Street can track both iPhone and Android users’ locations by leveraging data from mobile advertising data brokers. Investiga…

If you have Control- or right-clicked on text in a Web browser, you may have seen an oddly named command: Copy Link to Highlight. When you choose it, it puts a URL on your clipboard, not just to that page, as Copy Link Address would, but also to the selected text. You can use this URL to make a link or share it directly, and when someone clicks it, their browser scrolls to the selected text, helping them find the text you intend them to read.

In iOS 18.2, Apple enhanced the Find My app, enabling you to create a temporary link that shares the location of a lost AirTag or other Find My-tracked item. You don’t need to know the person’s email address or share any other information, and the link automatically expires after a week. It’s a great way to enlist others in the search for a lost item, but the big win is sharing with an airline to help them track the location of misdirected luggage.

You may have missed this in the excitement about iOS 26 and macOS 26 Tahoe getting released today , but Apple also released many security updates for older software. These are for people who aren’t r...

If you have upgraded to iOS 26 and iPadOS 26, you’ll undoubtedly notice Apple’s new Liquid Glass design. This is the first major update to the iPhone appearance since iOS 7 did away with skeuomorphism...

Today, Apple released updates across all of their system software. There are not a lot of new features, but this is a huge maintenance update with lots of security, bug, and performance fixes, so I recommend everyone install them at their earliest convenience. The next expected batch of features, including the much-awaited Siri upgrade and support in many EU countries, is expected in the .4 updates probably in April.

Need headphones to keep Zooming or to keep groovin’? Here are my top picks. I almost always recommend Apple’s headphones because their advanced pairing abilities make it easy to move fr…

Have you ever double-clicked a file on your Mac only to have it open in an app you don't like or never use? Maybe PDFs keep opening in Safari when you'd rather use Preview or Adobe Acrobat. Or perhaps...

A neat feature built into iOS, iPadOS, and macOS is that your devices will offer to share the Wi-Fi password if others near you try to connect to a network your devices know. However, for this feature to work, they must be in your Contacts, have an Apple device, and at times, it doesn’t activate as quickly or reliably as you’d like.

By default, Microsoft Office apps—Word, Excel, and PowerPoint—try to save files on Microsoft OneDrive as a way of promoting the company’s cloud storage. OneDrive is a great service for those who need it. It allows you to share documents and simultaneously edit them with collaborators. But if you don't need that service, you can easily keep your files locally on your Mac or in a different cloud storage location.

Today Apple released some small updates across most of their system software with bug and security fixes. As this is a "point point" update I recommend everyone install it as soon as you are able. If you don't want your iPhone or iPad to interrupt while it installs the update, you can use the new "Update Tonight" option. That option is also available on Mac but it doesn't work as well as it requires you to save and close all open documents and leave your computer running.

If you’ve recently upgraded to macOS Sequoia, you may have noticed a new feature called “window snapping.” This feature automatically resizes windows when you drag them to specific areas of your sc…

Early September every year, Apple unveils the annual iPhone update in a video press release. Today, Apple showed off the new iPhone 17 lineup along with a few other announcements. Below you’ll find my...

Apple Mail just got its biggest update ever in iOS 18.2, and iPhone users have a lot to be excited about. From new ways to organize your inbox to visual cues that help you avoid scams, this update …

What does Apple have in store for 2025? While Apple is famously secretive, we have some clues. Some based on precedent and some based on supply chain rumors. Read on for more details. For sure Every fall Apple releases updated iPhone and updated software for all of their OSes. We have no reason to believe that Apple is going to do anything differently this year.

Today, Apple released several small but important bug-fix updates for most of their OSes. In addition to security and general bug fixes, these updates include some fixes for some problems some people have been having with CarPlay. I recommend that everyone install these at their earliest convenience, as they contain fixes for actively exploited vulnerabilities. Today's releases include: iOS 18.4.1…

If you’ve ever used 23andMe to trace your ancestry or peek into your genetic health risks, it might be time to take a second look at where that information is stored. This month 23andMe filed…

Today Apple released minor updates for iPhone and iPad, iOS and iPadOS 18.2.1. They include unspecified "bug fixes". I recommend everyone install these updates as soon as they are able. To install the update, visit the Settings app > General > Software Update. A reminder—a new option is to Download and Install tonight. If you choose that option the update will run and install in the middle of the night after you haven't used your device for a while. This option is very convenient for those who don't install the update because they don't want to be interrupted while it is installed.

Apple is preparing to release the first major update for iOS 26. iOS 26.1 will probably be released later this month. Among the bug fixes, performance improvements, tweaks to the new Liquid Glass inte...

Today Apple released the next updates across all of their OSes. This includes: iOS 18.2 iPadOS 18.2 macOS 15.2 watchOS 11.2 HomePod 18.2 tvOS 18.2 Apple has also released some security-only updates…

If you are a heavy user of copy/paste, you may be excited to learn that macOS 26 Tahoe, introduced last week , gains clipboard history! Now, every time you copy something, it can be later retrieved e...