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Apple’s January 2025 Releases Enhance Apple Intelligence Features

A MacBook, iPhone, and iPad display different apps: a text document on the MacBook, a mind map and handwritten notes about architecture on the iPad, and a colorful AI assistant on the iPhone—all showcasing Apple’s January 2025 releases that enhance Apple Intelligence features.

Apple unveiled Apple Intelligence in October 2024 and expanded its extensive collection of AI-powered features with its December updates. The company’s January 2025 releases of macOS 15.3 Sequoia, iOS 18.3, […]

Quickly Catalog Books or Other Named Items on Shelves

A wooden bookshelf filled with numerous books, mostly nonfiction, including titles about technology, Silicon Valley, Apple, Steve Jobs, hacking, and internet culture. Perfect for those wanting to quickly catalog books or other named items on shelves.

If you have trouble finding particular items across multiple shelves of books, labeled boxes, or anything else that’s clearly identified with a text name, take carefully composed photos that capture […]

Lift Objects from Photos on the iPhone

A smartphone screen displays a photo of two brightly painted pig statues with colorful patterns, standing outdoors on a sidewalk. The phone is set against a pink-to-purple gradient background.

Have you ever wanted to extract an object from a photo for use in another context? Starting with iOS 16 on a relatively recent iPhone, you can do that with […]

Locate a Featured Lock Screen Image in Photos

iOS’s Photo Shuffle wallpaper does a great job of identifying attractive photos for your Lock Screen. However, if you’re like us, you’ll sometimes wonder when or where you took a […]

Use the Hidden Album in Photos to Hide Private Images

A woman stands nude on a beach facing the sea, covering her chest with her arms. A large hidden sign covers her body for privacy. A bird flies in the background over the water.

We’ve recently heard from people who have been embarrassed when they gave their iPhone to someone to swipe through some innocuous photos of a vacation, only to have the person […]

Make Sure to Back Up iPhone Photos on Your Mac

A person uses a smartphone and laptop, surrounded by floating digital images, representing multimedia, technology, and data sharing in a modern, connected workspace.

If your iPhone were to be stolen or suffer an unfortunate accident, would you lose all your precious photos? Those using iCloud Photos are probably shaking their heads smugly, thinking […]

Live Text Digitizes Text in Photos in iOS 15, iPadOS 15, and macOS 12 Monterey

A book lies open, showing a page discussing hypertext novels with a bulleted list and a highlighted section. Adjacent is a page featuring handwritten diagrams, boxes, and arrows about hierarchies and representational scenes.

The most magical feature of Apple’s latest crop of operating systems—iOS 15, iPadOS 15, and macOS 12 Monterey—may be Live Text. You’re probably familiar with the concept of optical character […]

Use Visual Look Up in Photos in iOS 15 to Identify Plants, Pets, and More

A young girl in a brown coat closely examines small flowers with a magnifying glass outdoors, appearing curious and focused. The background is blurred and suggests a natural setting.

Have you ever wanted to identify a plant, flower, or pet breed, or find out what that famous painting is called? Us too. In iOS 15 and iPadOS 15, Apple […]

Live Text Digitizes Text in Photos in iOS 15, iPadOS 15, and macOS 12 Monterey

A book lies open to pages discussing hypertext novels, with highlighted text listing examples like “Hopscotch” and “If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler.” The opposite page shows hand-drawn diagrams and charts about language and truth.

Filter What’s Showing in Photos to Focus on Specific Types

A digital collage of floating video screens displaying people, eyes, and landscapes, set against a dark, futuristic background with abstract networks and glowing connections.

You know you can make albums and smart albums in Photos, and do searches to find photos that contain particular objects. But what if you want to separate photos from […]

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