How Apple Can Read Your Encrypted Messages
If you have an iPhone, and your friends mostly have iPhones, you probably use Apple’s Messages app to communicate with them. That’s the nature of things. And aside from the…
How to Borrow iCloud Storage for Free to Transfer Data to Your New iPhone
Photo: nikkimeel (Shutterstock) Are you switching from an older iPhone to a new one? The online backup process is usually smooth, as long as you have enough free space on…
How to Get a Burner Email Address With iCloud+’s ‘Hide My Email’
Photo: Khamosh Pathak You should think twice before giving out your real email address to a random business or a website. Not only can it lead to spam, but your…
How to Organize All Your iCloud Photos
One of the great things about iCloud is that you can store lots of pictures. One of the bad things about iCloud is that you can store lots of pictures.…
How to Store Your Vaccine Record on Your Smartphone
Photo: Suwan Banjongpian (Shutterstock) With a handful of cities and plenty of private businesses now requiring proof of vaccination to admit patrons, it’s likely you’ll need to present your COVID-19…
How to Finally Use Your iCloud Passwords on Windows
Photo: Kasarp Studios (Shutterstock) The iCloud app for Windows lets you access your iCloud photos, mail, calendar, and more on your Windows PC, but one thing that’s been missing is…
How to Finally Delete Duplicate iCloud Contacts
Photo: ibreakstock (Shutterstock) iCloud offers an easy and reliable way to sync your contacts across Apple devices, which is why it remains a popular choice. However, an iCloud bug sometimes…
How to Back Up iCloud Photos and Videos to Google
Screenshot: David Murphy We’ve talked a lot lately about leaving Google Photos for other services, mainly because it’s been a bit of a shock to watch this super-useful free storage…
How Do I Fix a Glitched Photo Library in macOS?
Screenshot: David Murphy Tech 911Tech 911Do you have a tech question keeping you up at night? We’d love to answer it! Email david.murphy@lifehacker.com with “Tech 911” in the subject line.…
How to Sync iCloud Passwords With Chrome and Edge Chromium
It can be annoying to live the dual-platform life of macOS and Windows—or even just “Apple and everything that isn’t Apple.” But if you save your passwords to Keychain, and…