Hands-On Apple (Audio)

Ever wish your iPhone could capture your photos with a look that actually feels like you? Learn how Apple's photographic styles hand you control over color, tone, and even skin tones, with no generic filters required.

Differences in photographic styles between older and newer iPhones

How to set up and select photographic styles in iOS settings

Exploring and customizing style presets like amber, gold, and rose gold

Using the control pad to fine-tune tone, color, and intensity

Adjusting or resetting styles, plus limitations on older versus newer devices

Saving and editing photo styles after capture on latest iPhones

Host: Mikah Sargent

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Transform your iPhone interaction with a neat double-tap feature that most users have never noticed in the settings menu. Find out how to program the back of your phone for quick actions like taking a screenshot, launching your favorite app, or automating nighttime routines.

Finding and enabling Back Tap in Accessibility settings

Double tap and triple tap back actions explained

How Back Tap uses sensors, not physical buttons

Assigning system, accessibility, and device actions to Back Tap

Using Back Tap to trigger shortcuts for custom automations

Practical uses and avoiding accidental activations

Host: Mikah Sargent

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Your iPhone can quietly transform into a customizable bedside clock, calendar, and smart photo frame with just a simple orientation tweak. Discover how StandBy mode reveals features you probably didn't know your device had.

StandBy requirements: charging, landscape mode, and settings toggle

Always-on display boosts StandBy, but older iPhones work too

Configure StandBy's display options, night mode, and motion to wake

Explore StandBy's three main views: widgets, photos, clocks

Customizing widget stacks, adding photos, and picking clock styles

Now Playing and live activity controls integrate with StandBy

Night mode tips for lower brightness and red-tinted display

MagSafe enables location-based StandBy view preferences

StandBy integrates with Sleep Focus for smarter nighttime use

Host: Mikah Sargent

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Are you overlooking a classic built into every Mac? Mikah Sargent challenges you to give Stickies a week and find out if it deserves a permanent spot on your desktop.

Fast, frictionless note taking without accounts or setup

Formatting features: fonts, colors, graphics, and text enhancements

Color-coded Stickies for easy organization and quick reference

Advanced options: floating notes, translucency, keyboard shortcuts

Stickies' limitations: local-only, no device syncing or security features

Host: Mikah Sargent

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Your iPhone has a powerful translation toolkit built right in, ready to tackle menus, emails, and street signs (in over 20 languages) without any extra apps or subscriptions. Discover how to get the most out of features you might not even know exist, from real-time conversation mode to camera translations.

Supported languages and translation options overview

Translating and pronouncing text, saving phrases for quick access

Utilizing conversation mode for real-time bilingual communication

Switching between side-by-side and face-to-face translation views

Activating auto-translate and automatic language detection features

Live camera translation for menus, signs, and printed text

Translating photos and system-wide text using the context menu

Translation capabilities in Safari for web pages

Downloading offline language packs for travel or privacy

Host: Mikah Sargent

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