D. Griffin Jones, author at Cult of Mac

visionOS 3 rumors: WWDC25 could be a huge leap forward

D. Griffin Jones — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 13:00:00 +0000

visionOS 3 rumors point to new advanced eye tracking features and support for VR hand controllers. But Apple probably has much more to show.

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Crop, rotate and skew photos on iPhone

D. Griffin Jones — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 19:00:49 +0000

You can precisely rotate and skew perspective on photos from your iPhone, for those times when you don’t realize your picture is slightly to the side or slightly tilted until much later.

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Apple A20 chip will move to 2nm and bring the RAM inside

D. Griffin Jones — Tue, 03 Jun 2025 20:27:52 +0000

The A20 chip, which will power the iPhone 18 Pro and folding iPhone, will use a new technology that integrates RAM inside the chip.

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How to set up Game Center to pwn your friends

D. Griffin Jones — Tue, 03 Jun 2025 18:30:40 +0000

Set up Game Center on your iPhone and Mac and set your username so you can compete with friends and unlock achievements in the games you play. You can see where you stand among your friends — and globally.

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Apple Intelligence might take a backseat at WWDC25

D. Griffin Jones — Mon, 02 Jun 2025 16:00:00 +0000

Apple doesn’t have as many Apple Intelligence features to announce this year at WWDC25 — here's what's coming.

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How to use Freeform, Apple’s collaborative digital whiteboard app

D. Griffin Jones — Sat, 31 May 2025 13:00:35 +0000

Apple’s Freeform app for iPhone, iPad, Mac and Vision is a digital whiteboard you can use to brainstorm or gather ideas in one big canvas.

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Find the highest-quality original images online with Reverse Image Search

D. Griffin Jones — Fri, 30 May 2025 19:00:26 +0000

Use Google reverse image search to find the higher-resolution (and higher-quality) original version of an image online.

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3 ways to emulate old video games and computers on your Mac

D. Griffin Jones — Thu, 29 May 2025 18:30:48 +0000

I’ll walk you through the best free apps you can use to emulate video games and virtualize Windows 11 and Linux on a Mac.

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How to keep your iPhone battery from going to crap

D. Griffin Jones — Sat, 24 May 2025 13:00:00 +0000

There are a few simple changes you can make that will preserve your iPhone battery health for many years of loyal service.

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Save your iPhone by unlocking with an old passcode

D. Griffin Jones — Fri, 23 May 2025 16:15:38 +0000

If you forgot your iPhone passcode, you can reset it with your old passcode for up to three days later. This could save your skin.

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Make battery-hogging apps like Spotify better with DIY web apps

D. Griffin Jones — Thu, 22 May 2025 17:30:30 +0000

You can create a web app that lives in your Mac's Dock with Safari. It's handy for apps you use every day, like Spotify, Discord and Slack.

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How to hide your secret photos in the iPhone’s Photos app

D. Griffin Jones — Wed, 21 May 2025 13:00:27 +0000

How to hide photos on iPhone. Keep your secret or illicit pics out of your main photo library, and lock access with Face or Touch ID.

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What’s the deal with that orange and green dot on your iPhone?

D. Griffin Jones — Thu, 15 May 2025 13:00:00 +0000

What does the orange dot on your iPhone mean — and while we’re at it, how about the green dot? It can appear randomly in the Dynamic Island.

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visionOS 3 may let you scroll hands-free using your eyes

D. Griffin Jones — Wed, 14 May 2025 19:31:08 +0000

The next major update to visionOS could include eye scrolling, for navigating long lists and webpages entirely hands-free.

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How to claim your settlement from Siri class-action lawsuit

D. Griffin Jones — Tue, 13 May 2025 13:00:00 +0000

The Apple Siri class-action lawsuit settlement means most Apple users are entitled to receive up to $100.

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This clever PopSocket-style grip also works with MagSafe [Review] ★★★★★

D. Griffin Jones — Sat, 10 May 2025 13:00:00 +0000

If you want a grip on the back of your phone and MagSafe charging, the Snap Grip Luxe combines both in a slim and clever design.

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Translate from your Apple Watch

D. Griffin Jones — Wed, 07 May 2025 18:30:03 +0000

The Apple Watch Translate app can help you quickly speak in a different language while you’re abroad, right from your wrist.

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Schedule an email to send in the future in Apple Mail

D. Griffin Jones — Tue, 06 May 2025 13:00:00 +0000

You can save time and make sure your messages always go out when they’re supposed to when you schedule email from the Apple Mail app.

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Let Apple Mail organize your emails for you

D. Griffin Jones — Sat, 03 May 2025 13:00:07 +0000

With the new automatic mail categorization in Apple Mail, you can organize your emails and keep your inbox less cluttered.

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Create custom emoji in Messages using Genmoji

D. Griffin Jones — Fri, 02 May 2025 17:45:29 +0000

You can create custom emoji for all those times where you can’t find the right one. Genmoji generates emoji on the fly.

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How to join the awesome password-free future and use passkeys

D. Griffin Jones — Thu, 01 May 2025 18:00:22 +0000

Passkeys are a new system that automatically signs you into services using your iPhone's Face ID or Touch ID.

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Celebrate World Password Day by getting to grips with the Apple Passwords app

D. Griffin Jones — Thu, 01 May 2025 15:00:38 +0000

A new Apple Passwords app makes it easier than ever to save login details for your apps, switch to passkeys, create shared groups and more.

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Look things up with your iPhone’s camera using Visual Intelligence

D. Griffin Jones — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 16:45:09 +0000

A new AI feature in iOS 18.2, Visual Intelligence gives iPhone 16 users a quick, easy way to find information on an object in the real world.

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How to use the iPhone 16 Camera Control

D. Griffin Jones — Tue, 29 Apr 2025 18:40:26 +0000

The Camera Control is a new button on the iPhone 16 lineup that opens the camera, takes pictures and adjusts camera settings on the fly.

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Don’t let iOS 18’s radically redesigned Photos app throw you for a loop

D. Griffin Jones — Tue, 29 Apr 2025 18:40:12 +0000

The new Photos app in iOS 18 is the biggest change ever to how you browse your pictures, videos and memories. Here’s how to use it.

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How to manually add a workout to Apple Fitness+

D. Griffin Jones — Tue, 29 Apr 2025 13:00:00 +0000

You can manually add a workout to Apple Fitness+ if you need to log an exercise you did while you weren’t wearing your Apple Watch.

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Things you can do with an old Apple Watch

D. Griffin Jones — Fri, 25 Apr 2025 14:46:00 +0000

There are a few useful things you can do with your old Apple Watch after you upgrade: use it for sleep tracking, exercise and more.

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Turn your hand-drawn sketches into AI images with Image Wand

D. Griffin Jones — Fri, 25 Apr 2025 13:00:59 +0000

Image Wand is a new feature in Apple Notes that turns rough sketches into full images — and creates images from scratch based on the context.

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10 years of Apple Watch history: A timeline

D. Griffin Jones — Thu, 24 Apr 2025 13:00:00 +0000

For the 10th anniversary of its launch, we compiled over a decade of Apple Watch history into a quick timeline.

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Share a link with quoted text in Messages [Pro Tip]

D. Griffin Jones — Wed, 23 Apr 2025 17:27:54 +0000

If you want to share a link with highlighted text in Messages, there’s an easy but hidden way to do it in Safari on your iPhone.

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Sigma BF is an Apple-esque camera for the pure joy of photography [Review] ★★★★☆

D. Griffin Jones — Sat, 19 Apr 2025 13:00:05 +0000

The Sigma BF is a full-frame camera with a beautiful design that centers on the pure joy of old-school photography.

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9 reasons you should ditch Spotify for Apple Music

D. Griffin Jones — Thu, 17 Apr 2025 17:48:46 +0000

Which streaming music service is better? Our Apple Music vs. Spotify roundup goes over the pros and cons of the two competitors.

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Save your iPhone and Apple Account by setting up a recovery contact

D. Griffin Jones — Wed, 16 Apr 2025 13:00:36 +0000

If you’re scared of losing access to your Apple Account or iPhone, a recovery contact can remotely unlock your iPhone for you.

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3 ways to stop your Mac from sleeping

D. Griffin Jones — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 13:00:36 +0000

You can stop your Mac from sleeping if you want it to stay on indefinitely — we show you how to do it the best ways.

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Find great new recipes with Apple News+ Food

D. Griffin Jones — Sat, 12 Apr 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Apple News+ Food is a great way to find recipes on your iPhone. They’re all nicely formatted with easy-to-read instructions.

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All the ways to run Windows 11 on a Mac

D. Griffin Jones — Wed, 09 Apr 2025 17:30:45 +0000

How can you run Windows on a Mac these days? You have loads of options, even though Boot Camp itself does not work on Apple silicon Macs.

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Get your groove on with iPhone’s free ambient music feature

D. Griffin Jones — Tue, 08 Apr 2025 13:00:27 +0000

If you like working, sleeping, relaxing or meditating to ambient music, you can now play background tunes from Control Center on your iPhone.

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How to remove duplicate photos on iPhone, iPad and Mac

D. Griffin Jones — Mon, 07 Apr 2025 15:50:19 +0000

You could have dozens of copies of the same photos taking up space, but you can find and delete duplicate photos right from the Photos app.

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How to tag photos on iPhone with people and pets

D. Griffin Jones — Sat, 05 Apr 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Tag photos on your iPhone with the names of your friends, family and pets so you can easily find pictures of them later on.

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How to use the new, easier Guest Mode on Vision Pro

D. Griffin Jones — Fri, 04 Apr 2025 15:47:24 +0000

Learn how to share your Apple headset, at least long enough to show it off to a curious friend. Here's how to turn on Vision Pro guest mode.

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Top 6 Siri tricks and features (without Apple Intelligence)

D. Griffin Jones — Thu, 03 Apr 2025 15:00:31 +0000

Believe it or not, there are actually quite a few helpful tricks Siri can do — besides setting timers and sending texts.

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How to change the default web browser on iPhone or iPad

D. Griffin Jones — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 18:01:24 +0000

You can change the default browser on your iPhone if you’d rather use Chrome, Firefox, Edge or any other alternative.

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5 secret tips and tricks in Safari on iPhone

D. Griffin Jones — Fri, 28 Mar 2025 18:02:15 +0000

These Safari tips will help you browse the web faster, clean up your experience and restore tabs you accidentally close.

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Automate your iPhone by voice alone via Vocal Shortcuts

D. Griffin Jones — Fri, 28 Mar 2025 13:00:40 +0000

Vocal Shortcuts let you control your phone by speaking a command out loud. Think “Hey Siri,” but for running your own custom actions.

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How Photographic Styles make your iPhone photos aesthetic

D. Griffin Jones — Wed, 26 Mar 2025 13:00:08 +0000

Different photo styles directly inside the iPhone’s camera can give your pictures a radical new aesthetic.

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How Apple accidentally made the best AI computer

D. Griffin Jones — Tue, 25 Mar 2025 13:45:33 +0000

Apple is perceived as the laggard in the AI race — despite that, the company has developed the single best computer for AI research.

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How to use window snapping and tiling on the Mac

D. Griffin Jones — Sat, 22 Mar 2025 13:00:56 +0000

You can quickly organize your Mac desktop with window snapping and tiling. Simply throw the two apps you’re working on side-by-side.

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3 tips to take better pictures with your iPhone

D. Griffin Jones — Fri, 21 Mar 2025 17:33:46 +0000

If you know the camera basics, you won’t need the latest and greatest. Here are our top iPhone photography tips.

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Run every version of Classic Mac OS in your browser

D. Griffin Jones — Mon, 17 Mar 2025 18:15:37 +0000

Thanks to Infinite Mac, you can boot up every major release of Mac OS from the 1980s and '90s right in your web browser.

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M3 iPad Air: Can it convert a stubborn Mac user? [Review] ★★★★☆

D. Griffin Jones — Mon, 17 Mar 2025 13:00:36 +0000

Apple’s midrange tablet can do it all. Our review of the M3 iPad Air finds the tablet fast, powerful and remarkably capable.

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M4 MacBook Air: Perfect for practically everybody [Review] ★★★★★

D. Griffin Jones — Sat, 15 Mar 2025 13:00:35 +0000

This much power in such a svelte and lightweight design has never been more affordable. Check out our full review of the M4 MacBook Air.

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Here’s your introduction to Apple Music Classical

D. Griffin Jones — Thu, 13 Mar 2025 18:10:36 +0000

The Apple Music Classical iPhone app is specifically designed as a great experience for browsing and listening to instrumental music.

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Should you buy the 2025 Mac Studio with M3 Ultra or M4 Max?

D. Griffin Jones — Sat, 08 Mar 2025 14:00:09 +0000

Apple’s latest desktop Macs are “the most powerful ever.” It may be worth it for you to buy the M3 or M4 Mac Studio.

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Should you buy the 2025 iPad 11 with A16?

D. Griffin Jones — Sat, 08 Mar 2025 13:05:00 +0000

Apple’s latest budget tablet comes with a big boost in performance. It may be worth it for you to buy the iPad 11.

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Should you buy the 2025 iPhone 16e?

D. Griffin Jones — Sat, 08 Mar 2025 12:10:10 +0000

Apple’s latest entry-level iPhone brings a nice balance of modern features and capabilities. It may be worth it for you to buy the iPhone 16e.

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