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You’re not still sharing iPhone photos with a USB thumb drive, right?

If you are still emailing files from your iPhone to people nearby, or, God forbid, are using a USB thumb drive to transfer a few photos from your Mac, stop. Use AirDrop instead. Whether you have an iPhone 13, an iPad Mini or a new M1 MacBook Pro, AirDrop is the most convenient way to …

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Watch your Netflix shows and movies offline anywhere with these 3 options

Netflix is so confident it can guess which show or movie you’ll like that the company recently announced Downloads for You, a new feature for Android users that will preemptively download a show you’ve never watched to your phone. It’s a new twist on the ability to download and store episodes and movies on your phone in order to save …

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How to sync iMessages across multiple Apple devices

Now playing: Watch this: iOS 15 best features: How Focus mode improved my iPhone 7:20 Apple’s iMessage lets you integrate stickers and apps with your messages or send those messages with flair. You can also sync iMessage between different Apple devices — but only once you’ve set it up properly. If messages are showing up on your iPhone, but not …

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iOS 15 should be tailored to make the iPhone 12 Pro more pro

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. WWDC21 starts Monday June 7 at 10 a.m. PT and Apple is expected to preview the next versions of iOS and iPadOS (likely called iOS 15 and iPadOS 15), I hope the new software for the iPhone 12 Pro, 12 Pro Max and the pro …

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Google debuts a braille keyboard for vision

Braille has been helping the blind and vision-impaired to read and communicate for more than 150 years. Now Google wants to help blind and vision-impaired Android users put braille to work on their smartphones. To do so, Google developed a virtual braille keyboard called TalkBack. In essence, it divides the user’s screen into six zones, each one representing one of …

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Apple’s Family Sharing feature saves you money. Here’s how to set it up

What if I told you there was a feature built into your iPhone, iPad and Mac that would save you money by allowing you to share app purchases, Apple Music subscriptions and iCloud Storage? Well, there is. It’s called Family Sharing and it means you don’t have to give up your Apple ID password with family members, which is both inconvenient and …

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How to turn off the annoying sounds in the Facebook app

For reasons that are unclear to anyone outside of Facebook, the iOS and Android apps make a ton of noise. There’s a sound when you refresh your feed, when someone starts typing or when you get a new alert. And frankly, the sounds are annoying.  Thankfully, you can disable the in-app sounds in a matter of seconds. Disable on iOS …

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How to use 1Password for two

1Password is an app built to help you keep your online accounts secure. The first step of securing an account is using a strong password. The second is remembering that password. It’s easy to come up with one password we feel is strong and that we can remember, then use it across a litany of sites and services. But that’s …

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How to watch the Masters 2017

Later this week, the world’s best golfers will vie for the honor to wear the coveted green jacket at the Masters. You have a few different options to watch an entire weekend of birdies, bogeys and celebrations from Augusta. When to watch The tournament doesn’t officially start until April 6, at 7:45 a.m. ET (see your time zone here), but …

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How to tether your iPad to your phone

With just a few taps you can connect your iPad to your iPhone or Android device, turning it into a portable Wi-Fi hotspot. Using an iPhone If you know how to select a Wi-Fi network on your iPad, you already know how to turn your iPhone into a hotspot thanks to Instant Hotspot, a feature Apple added with the release …

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