Do you love or hate those red badges on your iPhone Home screen icons? Or maybe you’re indifferent and mostly ignore them? Regardless of your opinion, our article explains how to make the most of them—or eliminate them entirely.

Tired of forgetting your AirPods or iPhone when leaving home? The Find My app’s new Notify When Left Behind feature can remind you of that fact before you’ve gone too far. Learn more at:

Much of the work of sending holiday cards is addressing all those envelopes. However, with the Contacts app on your Mac, you can easily print mailing labels for all your friends and family rather than writing addresses out by hand.

FaceTime has joined the big leagues in iOS 15, iPadOS 15, and macOS 12 Monterey. Read on to learn about FaceTime links, its cross-platform Web app, special mic modes and video effects, grid view, screen sharing, and SharePlay.

Do you want more control over Do Not Disturb on your Apple devices? How about muting notifications while a particular app is active or while you are at a certain location? All this and more is now easy to set up with Apple’s new Focus feature—learn how at:

Should you start using Apple’s built-in password manager? Most Apple users probably have at least some passwords stored there already, and our article explains who can benefit from it right away and how it differs from popular third-party password managers.

If you need to work with graphics occasionally but lack professional tools and experience using them, give Preview a try. It’s on every Mac and is surprisingly capable. Follow along with our tutorial at:

Perhaps the most magical feature of iOS 15, iPadOS 15, and macOS 12 Monterey is Live Text, which turns words in photos and other images into text you can select and then copy, look up, or translate. Learn how at: