Austin Mac Works Blog: iOS

A new feature in iOS 13 lets you share your preferred name and avatar picture with other iMessage users (blue-bubble friends). Learn more.

In iOS 13, Apple has added a better way to connect to a new Wi-Fi network. Learn more now.

Ever needed to circle an item on an expense receipt, add some text to a photo, or sign a PDF…on your iPhone or iPad? iOS 13’s Markup tools are surprisingly capable—learn more about what they can do here:

Learn about Apple’s Image Capture app, which has shipped with macOS for ages and is stored in your Applications folder’s Utilities folder

Apple has been making updates in iOS 13 and iPadOS 13 left and right, with numerous updates since their September release. If you’ve upgraded already, we recommend that you keep installing maintenance fixes as they come out.

In iOS 13 and iPadOS 13, however, Apple has made the scroll bar more helpful, and you’ll want to use it to scroll long pages more quickly than you can with swiping.

Driving ETA helps you share your estimated time of arrival with a contact whenever you’re navigating with the Maps app.

Lots of people who have become accustomed to tapping Reply are now finding themselves deleting messages inadvertently

In iOS 13, Apple overhauled Photos to provide more sensible organization and more powerful editing capabilities. Even better, all of its editing tools now work with videos too! Read on for details.

Apple replaced 3D Touch in the entire iPhone 11 line this year with the iPhone XR’s simpler Haptic Touch hardware that provides haptic feedback.