Just because iPhones perform better on MacBooks doesn’t mean they won’t work on Windows 10 laptops. Syncing your data on Windows 10 requires a bit more expertise (as opposed to macOS’s plug-and-play sync, or how you drag and drop files with Android on Windows 10). Let’s take a look below!
Syncing music, photos, movies and TV shows means getting familiar with iTunes. If you’re already using it, you’re ready to go. If not, you can download and import your music by going to File > Add Folder to Library to move your current music into iTunes. Once you’re ready to sync, follow these steps:
1. Connect your iPhone to your laptop with a Lightning cable.
2. Click Continue when asked if the computer can access the phone.
3. Click the phone icon in the top bar.
4. Click Sync. Depending on the amount of data you’re syncing, this may take a while.
5. Check your photos, music, apps, and videos to confirm that they arrived on your phone from Windows 10.
Copy from iPhone
This is where things get tricky. To avoid piracy, it’s not that easy to sync from an iPhone and send data to it. Fortunately, there are some workarounds.
Music and Movies: This puts you in Apple‘s cab. While you can move non-iTunes media files from your PC to your phone, you can’t send them from your phone to your computer. However, if you buy media from iTunes on your iPhone, you can get it on your desktop via the cloud. As long as you have an Apple ID, you can download all your songs and movies again from iTunes on your PC at no extra cost.
Files: The cloud is your friend for syncing files. While I personally use Dropbox, you can also use iCloud.
Here’s our guide to using iCloud on Windows. It’s perfect for those who love Apple software, including Pages, Numbers, and Keynote. If you’re a Dropbox user, you can use the iPhone app and desktop app to view files or photos on any device. If you’re a Google user, you can use Sheets, Slides, and Docs.
Last week, Apple officially launched a self-repair program that allows you to buy parts, rent tools, and download manuals so you can try out monitor replacements, battery replacements, and other fixes. The program is relatively new, so before you commit to fixing your device yourself, you’re likely to run into a lot of issues. For example: is this expensive? Has your phone passed the program? Will it void your warranty? Here’s everything you need to know about Apple‘s new DIY repair program, so check it out!
What is Self Repair?
The Self-Repair Program provides repair manuals and hundreds of genuine parts and tools for Apple devices, such as displays, batteries, and cameras, all of which you can order for a price through an online self-repair shop. After you have received the necessary files and equipment, you can try to repair your own equipment.
Where is the Self Repair Service?
The program is currently only available in the US, but will expand to other countries, including Europe, later in 2022.
Prices range from 20 cents for a few security screws for the iPhone SE to $312 for a display bundle for the iPhone 13 Pro Max, depending on which iPhone model you have and the repairs you need. Apple also offers a tool rental kit for $49, but you may want to keep the $1,300.
What do you need before using Self Repair?
In addition to having a supported iPhone model, you will also need the product serial number or IMEI to purchase any genuine Apple parts through a self-repair shop. On your iPhone, launch the Settings app and go to General > About to find the IMEI, it should be a 15-digit number.
Is self-repair easy?
Repairing your own equipment isn’t exactly “easy” right now, as you need to read through the manual, analyze equipment problems, buy parts, rent tools, and wait for them to get home. Then you have to take your iPhone apart and get it repaired. If you’re happy with all of these, then DIY repairs are the way to go. However, if you’re in any doubt, it’s best to have your device repaired by Apple or a third party.
How to order parts and tools through a self repair shop
Head to an online self-repair shop to buy parts and rent the tools you need for repairs. You need your IMEI number to successfully make any purchases.
Repair your device
Once you receive your Apple parts and tools, use the repair manual to guide you through the repair process. Additionally, some repairs require a system configuration step, which is a software tool to accomplish the repair. The manual should explain exactly the process and what you need, but it does require contacting the self-repair shop support team to initiate the final step.
What do you do with damaged parts?
You can return any used or damaged parts that were replaced during repair, and Apple will refurbish or recycle them. Customers can also receive a credit for the final cost by returning certain parts to Apple.
Will repairing my own device void the warranty?
Your warranty will not be void as long as you repair your iPhone with parts from the Self-Service Repair Program. However, any potential hardware damage that occurs during the repair will not be covered.
Right now, but later this year, the self-service repair program will expand to repairs for any Mac computer with an Apple chip.
Are you saving money by repairing your own equipment?
Currently, this is not fully realized. For example, the parts and tools needed to replace the third-generation iPhone SE display cost about $191. If you want Apple to replace the same iPhone SE display, it costs $179 (without warranty). If you do have a warranty, the cost may be much lower.
If you don’t have insurance and already have the tools you need to replace your iPhone SE display, you might save money, since renting out these tools costs about $50, so if you do the repair yourself, you’ll probably only have to spend $141. However, it all depends on your equipment and the type of repair you’re doing.
Knowing how to take a screenshot is an essential skill if you want to capture what’s currently on your Mac, whether it’s an event ticket, an email you just received, or just a snapshot of your desktop.
If you own a Mac of any kind, there are three ways you can take a screenshot using keyboard shortcuts—and a fourth if you own a MacBook with the Touch Bar. Below we’ll show you the various keyboard shortcuts you need to take screenshots on your Mac. Let’s take a look together!
Command-Shift-3
This keyboard shortcut captures a screenshot of the entire screen.
Shift-Command-4
Use this keyboard combination to turn the cursor into a crosshair that you can drag to select a portion of the screen to capture. Release the mouse button or trackpad to shoot.
After pressing Shift-Command-4, you have many other options:
Press and release the space bar: The crosshair turns into a small camera icon that you can move over any open window. Click on the desired window to take a screenshot of it. The screenshot captured by this method has a white border around the window with a little shadow.
Press and hold the spacebar (after dragging to highlight an area but before releasing the mouse button or trackpad): This locks the shape and size of the selection, but lets you reposition it on the screen. This is handy if your initial selection is off by a few pixels; just hold down the spacebar to reposition it, then release the mouse button to take a screenshot.
Hold down the Shift key (after dragging to highlight the area but before releasing the mouse button or trackpad): This locks each side of the selection area made with the crosshairs, saving the bottom edge and letting you go up or down Move the mouse down to the bottom edge of the position.
Without releasing the mouse button, release the Shift key and press it again to reposition the right edge of the selection. You can toggle between moving the bottom edge and the right edge by holding down the mouse button or touchpad and pressing the Shift key.
Shift-Command-5
Introduced in MacOS Mojave (2018), this combination invokes a small panel with screen capture options at the bottom of your monitor. There are three screenshot buttons that allow you to capture the entire screen, a window, or your screen selection.
Likewise, two video recording buttons allow you to record the entire screen or part of it. On the left is the X button, which closes the screenshot panel, but you can also just press Escape to exit.
On the right is an option button. It allows you to choose where to save your screenshots – Desktop, Documents, Clipboard, Mail, Messages, Preview or other, and set a 5 or 10 second delay so you can line up items that might disappear while you’re using the screenshot tool .
By default, the “Show Floating Thumbnails” option is enabled, which places a small preview thumbnail of the screenshot just captured in the bottom right corner of the screen, similar to the iOS screenshot process. Unlike your iPhone, you can turn off this preview thumbnail on your Mac. Finally, you can choose to display the mouse pointer in the screenshot or video.
If the screenshot panel is blocking your view, you can grab its left edge and drag it to a new location on the screen.
If you have a 16-inch MacBook Pro or other model with a Touch Bar, did you know you can take a screenshot of what’s currently displayed on the Touch Bar? Just press Command-Shift-6 to take a very wide and narrow screenshot of your Touch Bar.
Annotate with ease
If you accept floating thumbnails, then you’ll have quick access to markup tools to annotate your screenshots. You can slide the floating thumbnail away, or let it slide away on its own, and it will save to where you last saved your screenshot. Click on the floating thumbnail and it will open in the Marker View preview window with all the markup tools you get in the preview.
You can right-click a floating thumbnail to do the following:
Save screenshots to desktop, documents folder or clipboard
Open it in Mail, Messages, Preview or Photos
Show in Finder
delete
Open in the above marker preview window
close (and save)
Longtime Mac screenshotters may be slow to adopt the new Command-Shift-5 shortcut, but I find myself using it more to annotate screenshots without having to open Preview and quickly delete I know right away I screwed up screenshot.
If you’re an iPhone lover, you won’t deny that the battery is the backbone of the iPhone. Because it always keeps your phone powered on and ready for anything you need. That’s why it must be taken care of properly. So do you know how much battery health is good for your iPhone and what happens to indicate that you need to replace the battery? The following will tell you the answer, let’s take a look!
You might assume that since your iPhone’s maximum capacity starts at 100%, this is the only situation that can be called optimal. However, this is not accurate. Apple considers any iPhone with a battery capacity of 80% or higher to be in top condition.
Apple takes battery health very seriously, so its 1-year warranty protects any battery at or above 80% charge. It’s not surprising to see an iPhone with a battery capacity of 95% or higher after a year.
The explanation for this is a form of failsafe: Apple designs its batteries with excess energy to ensure that when its battery is at 100% health, it doesn’t necessarily use all its potential processing power. Even at 80%, your phone is still running in optimal conditions.
Now you know the best state of battery health, but here’s how to check the state:
You can check battery health on any iPhone with iOS 11.3 or later by going to Settings > Battery > Battery Health.
You can also see an important secondary metric on the battery health screen: peak performance capability. In fact, this screen may be more critical than power due to the nuances described above.
If you see a warning, your phone will still run, but the time between charge cycles will be significantly shorter. This message is only displayed when the battery capacity is at or below 79%.
If your iPhone is more than a year old, there’s a good chance the answer to this question is yes. According to Apple, the battery will accept 500 full charge cycles while maintaining 80% of its original charge. So, if you charge your iPhone every day, the battery will show signs of wear and tear.
If the following problems occur, it is time for you to upgrade the battery of your iPhone.
1. Your iPhone suddenly shuts down
It’s not a good sign if your iPhone suddenly shuts down when the battery is full. Calibration issues are likely to be the culprit – a full charge and a soft reset are easy to fix – a sudden shutdown is more likely due to battery wear. You may need a new iPhone battery to prevent potential shutdowns.
Your iPhone should work while it’s charging — but not just while it’s charging. It’s unnatural if you unplug your phone from the charger and it freezes instantly. The battery may not be lifeless, but it needs to be replaced if you want to end your reliance on external power.
3. Your iPhone feels hot to the touch
You don’t feel any heat when you pick up your smartphone – the battery is designed to keep the heat from charging inside. If you have no weather reasons, you may need to replace your iPhone battery with a new one.
4. Your battery has more capacity than your iPhone
If your battery is out of the case, it needs to be replaced! Even if this isn’t severe swelling, steps need to be taken quickly to safely dispose of the battery.
How long have you worn your AirPods, or put them aside? Is it a long time, have you noticed that your AirPods have become very dirty, your long-term wearing may make your AirPods full of earwax, or you have left them aside for a long time and they are full of dust. Isn’t it scary! To keep your AirPods as new as they were when you first bought them, here’s how to clean them, let’s take a look!
Apple instructs you to use a slightly damp cloth and a soft, dry, lint-free cloth, and warns you not to use soap, shampoos, and solvents, or to run your AirPods underwater. To scoop out dirt from the microphone and speaker grids, Apple recommends using a dry cotton swab and a soft-bristle brush.
According to Apple, for the tje AirPods Pro, you can remove the earbuds and rinse them with water, but don’t use soap or other cleaners. Apple then wants you to follow its general rule of wiping the earbuds clean with a soft, dry, lint-free cloth and letting them dry completely before reassembling.
To kill any germs that might be hitchhiking on your AirPods, Apple says you can use 70% isopropyl alcohol wipes or Clorox disinfecting wipes to gently wipe down the outer surface (but not the speaker mesh). It’s best to avoid overly saturated wipes, as you don’t want any openings in your AirPods to get wet. Finally, no matter how dirty and disgusting your AirPods are, don’t dip them in any cleaning product.
Apple‘s method was tested. Tried using a Q-tip, but ended up just smoothing out the wax and dirt further. Then I used an old toothbrush to try to remove the roughness, with no better results.
Fun-Tak and Wooden Toothpicks
I could wipe the outside of the AirPods (and their case) with a dry cloth to remove dirt, but I needed a better way to get the wax and dirt out of the speaker’s mesh and hollows.
To remove wax and grime stuck in the cavity of the AirPod speaker, just grab a small piece of Fun-Tak and stretch and rub it to warm it up. Then press it on the speaker a few times and it will pick up wax and grime.
The stubborn bits that hit the sides of the speaker cavity can then be gently removed using a wooden toothpick. A wooden toothpick is sharp enough to pick out coarse waxy dirt, and it’s far safer than sharp metal objects like unfolded staples, which can scratch plastic or tear wire speaker mesh.
The Apple Watch Series 8 is expected to arrive later this year, but you probably don’t need the latest hardware to take advantage of Apple’s latest features. The company usually adds more features through software updates every year. Apple’s WatchOS 8 update introduces new watch faces made from iPhone’s portrait mode photos, a new app called Mindfulness to replace the Breathe app, and better workout detection for cycling.
A preview of Apple’s next major Apple Watch software update is expected at the company’s Worldwide Developers Conference in June. Based on the rumors and reports we’ve seen so far, it sounds like we can expect to see some battery improvements and more health and safety features.
A new low-power mode
Apple hasn’t made any major improvements to the Apple Watch’s battery life recently, but it may soon have a different fix. Apple plans to introduce a new low-power mode in WatchOS 9 that will allow the device to run some apps and features without consuming too much power. It sounds like this is different from the Apple Watch’s current power reserve feature, which only lets you check the time and disable other features to preserve battery life.
This new feature could help make up for the Apple Watch’s relatively short battery life, which typically lasts about a day and a half. This, combined with the faster charging of the Series 7, can significantly extend the battery life of your Apple Watch, which can be important if you’re using it for sleep tracking.
car accident detection
Apple Watch can already assess your walking stability and tell if you have fallen. Next, it might be able to detect car crashes. According to sources, Apple is planning to use sensors in the iPhone and Apple Watch to identify car crashes in real time. New features may roll out this year. It sounds similar to a feature Google already offers on its Pixel phones that automatically calls emergency services and shares your location if it detects you’ve been in a serious car crash.
More health features, including medication reminders
According to reports, the company plans to go a step further in an upcoming software update. Apple is likely to add new tools to the iPhone’s Health app this year, including medication reminders, sleep tracking and new features for women’s health.
While reports indicate that this will be part of the iPhone Health app, it seems likely that these additions could be coming to the Apple Watch in some way, if only through notifications.
New watch faces and workout types
Apple‘s software updates often introduce new watch faces and workout types, and it sounds like WatchOS 9 is no exception. The new watch faces and workout modes will be part of Apple’s upcoming software release, though it didn’t reveal many details.
In recent years, Apple has expanded Apple Watch workout options. It adds Pilates, Tai Chi and improved detection of cycling workouts in WatchOS 8. It also brings support for dance workouts to the 2020 watch.
Compatibility with older Apple Watch models
Apple‘s last two software updates were compatible with watches as old as the Series 3, but that could change in 2022. Series 3 may be retired due to inability to support new versions of WatchOS. This means that WatchOS 9 will likely be compatible with Series 4 and later, although we won’t know for sure until Apple rolls out the software.
September release date
If Apple sticks to its historical release pattern, we can expect to see WatchOS 9 in September. Apple typically releases its new software alongside new watch models, but 2021 is an exception.
Although we may have to wait until September, Apple is expected to detail the new features of WatchOS 9 at its Worldwide Developers Conference in June. Soon thereafter, it may also release a public beta of the software, allowing watch owners to try out unfinished versions of the software before the official release.
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