Old Mac Gang - 4-16-25 - 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
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...
A short preview of a full ScreenCastsOnline video tutorial, providing an overview of the Tips app’s features.
• Tip - Apple’s Tips App - Preview
Mikah Sargent and Rosemary Orchard explore the often-overlooked Tips app on Apple devices, highlighting its usefulness.
• A Tour of the Tips App - Setup checklist, ...
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