How To Use Focus Mode on macOS Monterey
Do Not Disturb has been a feature of the iPhone, iPad, and Mac for years. But with macOS Monterey and iOS 15, Apple is taking things even further. In an effort to help you stay focused (get it?)
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Shortcuts Tips and Tricks To Take Your iPhone Automations To The Next Level
Hello and welcome back to our ongoing automation series here at AppleToolBox. For the last few months, I’ve been covering anything and everything to do with Shortcuts and Automator on iOS
How to Use Optimize Storage on Mac to Gain Back Hard Drive Space
Attempting to manage your cloud storage is a frustrating task, but it’s nothing compared to dealing with your physical hard drive space. Some need to buy the entry-level spec build of a Mac
How To Receive a Warning if You Leave Your iPhone, iPad, or Mac Behind
We’ve all been there before. You head out to the coffee shop to get some work done, but you’re finally ready to leave and your iPad is nowhere to be found. As you frantically search
How to AirPlay from iPhone to Mac with iOS 15 and macOS Monterey
For as wonderful as AirPlay is when it comes to sending audio and video to your iPhone or to HomePod speakers, there has been one glaring omission. Despite being released in 2018 as AirPlay 2,
How To Stop Safari From Changing Colors on iOS, iPadOS, and the Mac
Apple went back to the drawing board with Safari on iOS 15, iPadOS 15, and macOS Monterey. The company is continuing to bring feature-parity across all of its devices, especially after the
How to Reset Your Mac With macOS Monterey
For years and years, the process of restoring your Mac to “new” has been a painful process. It requires remembering a specific keyboard combination, and then wiping the hard drive,
How To Start Using Regex With The Shortcuts App
Over the last month or so, I’ve been covering the Shortcuts and Automator apps on iOS and macOS, respectively. Both are powerhouses when it comes to automation in the Apple ecosystem, and
Fix: Time Machine Encrypting Backup Disk Takes Forever
Time Machine needs quite a lot of time to encrypt your first backup. The good news is that subsequent backups should complete much faster. Unfortunately, many macOS users complained about Time
How To Fix Automator Folder Actions Not Working
Hey you! Welcome to what’s probably going to be my shortest AppleToolBox post for a long time. Today, I’m just going to show you how to fix Automator folder actions that have stopped