The Apple Tips app

The Old Mac Gang talks about their favorite pieces of advice from the Apple Tips app. The Tips App features: • Quick Tips: Bite-sized guidance for using built-in apps (like Messages, Safari, Photos), navigating the OS, or customizing settings. • Themed Collections: Tips grouped into themes, like iPhone Essentials, What’s New in iOS/macOS, iCloud Basics, or Privacy and Security. • A Search Function: You can search for specific topics (e.g., “Screenshot,” “Widgets,” or “Stage Manager”). • Notifications: Occasionally, it’ll suggest checking out new tips after software updates. • Visual Aids: Tips often include images, step-by-step instructions, or animations to make things easy to follow. Question 1 - The Tips App "What is a favorite tip that you have recently discovered using the Tips app?" Chris: Apple Notes (2007, 2012, 2015, and 2025) - Tips with links for every level of user. (Tips > Notes User Guide > Welcome) (Tips iOS 8 2014, Mojave 10.14 2018) Peter: Celebrate Earth Day & User Manuals Bob: Control Center for brightness and volume, CMD-Shift-5 to pick from types of screenshots Copy-Paste between devices (Knew this one but love it) CMD T to add a tab Marty: Cmd-Shift-3,Cmd-Sft-4 and Cmd-Sft-5 for screen capture on macOS Question 2 - other places to find tips "What is a favorite place, other than the Tips App, where you have discovered worthwhile tips? And perhaps one favorite tip you found there?" Chris: iPhone Life https://www.iphonelife.com/ (website, tips, guides, workshops, memberships) Peter: tipster Gary Rosenzweig’s MacMost (website/YouTube channel/more); Gary: At last night’s Tucson MUG, I learned how to active my sleeping iPhone; Because iPhone has Face ID, to activate with the swipe up-from-bottom, if your phone has FaceID, she needs to see your face. https://tmug.com/ Recently, I found an Ocala Mac Users Group member Phil who is educating me as I learn Google Contacts & Gmail. https://publish.obsidian.md/omug23/Home Different kind of tip: ChatGPT & Perplexity are my new Go-to for How-to answers to all my questions. Try it … a whole new world of joy Bob: Podcasts such as MGG, Mac Break Weekly, Mac Power users, etc Dan’s Tutorials https://danstutorials.com At MUG meetings Through our MUG maillists/forums Marty: ScreenCastsOnline.com Links Use the Tips app on iPhone (from iPhone User Guide) https://support.apple.com/en-in/guide/iphone/iph3afc3b3fc/ios A short preview of a full ScreenCastsOnline video tutorial, providing an overview of the Tips app’s features. (YouTube) https://youtu.be/HnIJ_hHTqjc?si=MBFLk2iX9qAahNvr Mikah Sargent and Rosemary Orchard explore the often-overlooked Tips app on Apple devices, highlighting its usefulness. (YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NPmfcwV9mY MacMost (Tipster Gary Rosenzweig) https://macmost.com/ Mac Geek Gab Podcast https://www.macgeekgab.com/ ScreenCastsOnline https://www.screencastsonline.com/ Announcements Macstock 9 is here for 3 Days on July 11, 12, and 13th, 2025. We have an exclusive coupon code use PODTALK50 at checkout and save $50. Macstockconferenceandexpo.com ThePodTalk.net