In rare instances, you may need to force Spotlight to rebuild its index. Learn more.
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Manage Your Apple Purchases and Subscriptions on the Mac and iPhone
Ever had a hard time figuring out what you’ve bought from Apple or canceling a subscription for an app or service you no longer use? Read this article to learn how to manage your purchases and subscriptions.
Keep Your Mac Quiet at Night and During Presentations with Do Not Disturb
Apple long ago added Do Not Disturb to the Mac, and it’s useful for muting your Mac at night to eliminate unnecessary noises and for preventing unwanted notifications during presentations.
Forget Adobe Acrobat: Preview May Be All You Need to Work with PDFs
If you think you have to pay for a pricey copy of Adobe Acrobat DC just to add and remove pages from PDFs, annotate documents, redact text, fill PDF forms, and sign documents, think again. Preview can do all that and more for free.
Keep iPhone 12 and MagSafe Accessories Away from Pacemakers
Although iPhone 12 models contain more magnets than prior models, Apple says they’re not expected to pose a greater risk of magnetic interference.
Getting Started with 1Password
Are you ready to let a password manager help you create, remember, and enter login info? Our tutorial on getting started with the popular 1Password will soon have you entering secure passwords with ease on all your Apple devices.
What Are Those Orange and Green Dots in Your iPhone’s Status Bar?
Those orange and green dots you see in your iPhone status bar? They’re designed to give you feedback about what an app is doing. Learn more.
Home Sharing Lets You Access Media on Your Mac from Other Local Apple Devices
: Home Sharing is a classic Apple feature for sharing local music and video across your home network. It works much as it always did, but this article explains how to use it on current Macs, iPhones, iPads, and Apple TVs.
Reclaim Local Storage Space by Removing iCloud Drive Downloads
Using iCloud Drive? Learn how to recover local storage space.
Want an Early Warning System for COVID-19 Infections? Install NOVID!
Go beyond doomscrolling COVID-19 infection rates and install the free NOVID app to get an early warning system that shows how close infections are in your personal connection network.
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