iOS Tip 159 - Check out 3D Touch

Preview Links with 3D Touch on iPhone

One of the more useful 3D Touch tricks is the ability to preview a link before opening it, allowing iPhone users a way to quickly see a preview of a webpage link before loading the entire thing in Safari. This can be activated from an email, from messages, or Safari itself, and it helps to determine if a link is what you’re looking for or worth opening. It’s use case is quite similar to previewing links with multitouch on the Mac, and it works much the same as well.
Previewing links with 3D Touch requires an iPhone 6s or better, since the feature obviously requires a 3D Touch capable screen

1. Open Safari to any web page (capmac.net for example) on the iPhone
2. Gently press and hold on a link to activate the preview “peak”, you’ll see the link target webpage load in a little hovering preview screen quickly
3. Firm press to visit the link in question, otherwise let go to return to the webpage you were reading before

You can also swipe up in the peak preview to see more options including Open in New Tab, Add to Reading List, or Copy, which copies the URL being previewed.

iOS Tip 158 - Amazing Messages!

Did you know you can hand write messages and notes in Messages for iOS 10 on your iPhone? With this feature you can scribble out a little note or sketch a simple drawing and send it along to any recipient.

1. Open the Messages app and then go into any message thread, or send a new message

2. Tap into the text entry box, then rotate the iPhone into the horizontal position

3. Write your handwritten message or note, then tap on “Done” to insert it into the conversation

4. Tap on Send as usual to send the handwritten message to the recipient

If you rotate the iPhone and don’t see the handwriting option automatically, you will need to keep the iPhone in the sideways position and then tap on the little squiggle button, it’s in the corner of the keyboard and kind of looks like a cursive ‘o’ or a tailed loop of some sort.

You’ll also want to make sure that orientation lock is not toggled on and preventing rotation.

2012, 13 in MacBook Pro Notice

Notice For 2012, 13 inch MacBook Pro Owners

If you have a 2012, 13 inch, Macbook Pro it is eligible for a hard drive cable replacement, FREE from Apple. We’ve been advised by Apple to replace this part in every qualifying unit that comes in. Turnaround time is typically 1 business day.

Check the age of your computer by clicking on the “Apple” logo in the top left corner, then About This Mac. You should see a window that will give you the date (and other info) of your computer. Only the 2012’s qualify for this program.

iOS Tip 157 - Delete All Mail

1 Open the Mail app in iOS 10
2 Go to the inbox or mailbox folder you want to delete all emails from
3 Tap on the “Edit” button in the upper right corner
4 Now manually tap on every single email you want to delete, as signified by having a blue check mark next to the email message
5 Now choose “Trash” in the corner
6 Confirm that you want to delete all selected emails by choosing “Trash Selected Messages”

Repeat with other folders and emails as necessary - a bit kludgey from prior method but it works.