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iOS tip: How to create and organize your own photo albums
Frustrated by the confusing Moments and Collections in the new Photos app for iOS? Forget ’em. Instead, let’s head back to a tried-and-true way to organize your snapshots: plain-old photo albums....
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Mac tip: How to add an attachment to a Calendar event
Just the other day I’d dropped off some dry cleaning for my wife, and she was hoping to pick it up a day before her upcoming business trip. Not only did she need a reminder in her iPhone calendar to...
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iOS tip: Add Amazon’s Kindle store to your iPhone or iPad home screen
You can’t buy Kindle books from the Kindle reader app for iPhone or iPad, but there’s nothing stopping you from adding a shortcut for the Kindle store to the iOS home screen. You can add the Kindle...
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iOS tip: An easier way to select a bunch (or bunches) of photos
No, it’s not just you. Figuring out how to select pictures to share, organize or delete is tough enough in the revamped Photos app for iPhone and iPad, but selecting a whole batch of images at once is...
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iOS tip: Search the “To,”“From” or “Subject” fields of Mail messages
So, you’re searching on your iPhone or iPad for a particular mail message from a specific person—not a message that merely mentions her, or a message you sent to her, but a message you got from her. A...
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iOS tip: How to quickly delete all the messages in a mail inbox
Lorraine writes: Is there a way to delete old emails (in bulk) without having to tap on every single email on an iPhone? Hi Lorraine! You’ve touched on a sore point when it comes to the iOS Mail app,...
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iOS tip: Put a virtual magnifying glass on your iPhone or iPad screen
Zooming the entire display on your iOS device (here’s how) is a handy way to give your eyes a break when it comes to tiny text, but it can be a little disconcerting when there’s nothing on your zoomed...
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iOS tip: An easy way to pluck a just-deleted e-mail out of the trash
It happens all the time: you’re busy swiping a bunch of junk messages out of your Mail inbox when—oops!—you trash an e-mail that you actually needed to keep. One way to get the message back is to...
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Reader mail: How do I type characters with accent marks on an iPhone?
Susanne writes: Thanks LOTS for the great info about things that were driving me demented on my much beloved iPhone. Tell me, though—is there a way to (or an app that will) add accent marks? I live in...
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iOS tip: 4 ways to change the sound of Siri’s voice
Not only will the ever-loyal Siri—you know, Apple’s voice-activated digital assistant for iPhone and iPad—cheerfully read your email, set alarms, deliver weather reports and generally be at your beck...
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