💻 QuickTime can record your Apple TV

Apr 24, 2018 | Mac, Tips

You can use QuickTime on a Mac to record content playing on an Apple TV. Create a new Movie Recording with QuickTime (under the File menu) Next to the record button, click the menu to choose camera and audio sources Your Apple TV(s) should appear as a source in both...

📱 How to move multiple apps at once on iPhone and iPad

Apr 19, 2018 | iOS, Tips

In iOS 11, Apple added a way to move multiple apps at once, even on the iPhone: Tap and hold on an app to enter Jiggly Mode™ Move the app just a little bit. This seems to prepare iOS for the next step With a second finger, tap another app (tap as if you wanted to open...

iOS can subscribe to calendars like a boss

Mar 22, 2018 | iOS, Tips

I don’t run across subscribe-able calendars on my iPad all that often, so I was delighted to find one on Nintendo’s E3 teaser page. It was just a quick two-step process....

Swipe right in Ulysses to quickly star a sheet

Feb 25, 2018 | iOS, Mac, Tips

Ulysses for iPad, iPhone, and Mac has a straightforward Favorites mechanism. You can mark any sheet (document) a favorite, no matter how many groups (folders) and sub-groups you have. Favorites then appear in a dedicated, top-level Favorites section near the top of...

📱 Play with app mockup ideas with ProtoSketch for iPad and iPhone

Feb 6, 2018 | iOS, Tips

[Note: This tip was originally published in my newsletter] If you’ve ever wanted to tinker with that Great App Idea with something more than doodling tools, check out ProtoSketch for iPad and iPhone. It’s a design app for everything from sketching to...

📱 Apple Maps: Use 3D Touch on recent search results to call, open homepage, share

Feb 5, 2018 | iOS, Tips

Apple Maps keeps a running list of your recent searches and locations below the search box. If you swipe to expand that list, you can 3D Touch on locations for a shortcut menu that includes options to call, open homepage, share, and get directions. For the recent...