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Tuesday, 01 March 2022 07:05
Use Reduce Transparency for a Consistently Colored macOS Interface
For years now, Apple has made transparency a part of the macOS interface, which has the effect of blending the menu bar into the background and making menus and some windows take on the background hue, as you can see on the left side of the illustration below. For many people, transparency blurs the interface, […]
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Monday, 03 January 2022 10:07
Set Custom Text Sizes on a Per-App Basis in iOS 15
In previous versions of iOS, you could change the systemwide text size to make all apps—at least those that support Dynamic Type—display text at larger or smaller sizes. (Most people who use this feature want the text larger so it’s easier to read with aging eyes.) In iOS 15 and iPadOS 15, however, Apple lets […]
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Monday, 03 January 2022 10:08
Change Your Pointer Color in macOS 12 Monterey
Some people find it hard to find the mouse pointer at times, particularly on a large screen or when working in Dark Mode or in apps with dark interfaces. You’ve long been able to increase the size of the pointer generally and also zoom it temporarily by shaking it, but in macOS 12 Monterey, Apple […]
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Monday, 02 November 2020 09:04
New Back Tap Feature in iOS 14 Provides Two Customizable Shortcuts
We all have things we do regularly on our iPhones, whether it’s checking the weather, searching Google, or invoking the magnifier. Apple has long provided ways of making your most common actions easier to access. You might put an app on your Dock, open Control Center, or take advantage of the triple-press Accessibility shortcut. With […]
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Tuesday, 01 August 2017 10:04
Four Ways to Make the iPhone Easier to Read without Glasses
If you have 20/20 vision or are still wondering why your parents have reading glasses, count yourself lucky. But if youR17;re like many people—over 60 percent of the population by some estimates, including most people over 45—reading the tiny text on your iPhone or iPad screen might be impossible if you don’t happen to have [R30;]
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