Apple software

These Tips explain how to use the software included with your Mac or iOS device, or available separately from Apple. This includes things like Address Book, iCal, Safari, iTunes, iPhoto, Pages.app, and a heap of others.

How to Choose an iBooks Author Template

iBooks Author.

Apple’s iBooks Author software is a brand new app for creating interactive textbooks. Our guest author Maria Langer shares with us how to choose a template and where to find out all the details of how to use the app. Mess up with the template and you may find you have to start all over again with your book. So read this first.

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How to briefly magnify Dock icons

Magnified Dock icons.

I have my Dock set with small icons and not to Magnify as I roll over them. Occasionally that’s annoying. Here’s how to easily magnify Dock items, even with magnification turned off.

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How to delete cookies on your iPhone (and why you might want to)

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Sometimes Safari on your iPhone or iPad misbehaves and you might might need or want to delete the browser cookies to fix the problem. Here’s how. This Tip also explains how to definitively quit an app on iOS devices.

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Can I put a Mac app on my iPhone?

Bejeweled.

No, you can’t put a Mac app on your iPhone. Here’s why, and a bit more info besides.

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