Austin Mac Works Blog: iOS

Apple and Google have formed an unprecedented partnership to develop an exposure notification system to help combat the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s thoughtfully designed to help with contact tracing while ensuring the privacy of all who use it.

Learn how to make some tweaks to Apple’s Group FaceTime feature.

Did you know you could customize Control Center in iOS 11 and later? Add, remove, and rearrange buttons that let you record the screen, change text size, make a quick note, control your Apple TV, and more.

iOS 13.4 updates the Mail toolbar, back to something closer to what it was in iOS 12.

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.