The latest In Touch With iOS with Dave he is joined by guest Brittany Smith and Jeff Gamet. We discuss the notification summary on the iPhone that pops up on the lock screen and how to customize them to your liking. Focus Mode is a great feature and we review how to set it up and take advantage of the new customized modes. Password managers are so important now there’s another breach. Restore your contacts from backup on icloud.com and more.
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News
Apple’s iPhone 14 Emergency SOS via Satellite Feature Saves Stranded Man in Alaska
Apple Watch Series 8 accounted for half of smartwatch market in Q3 2022
HBO Max Working on App Fix for Playback Errors on Apple TV 4K Devices
Apple Music Replay 2022 Revamped With ‘Highlight Reel’ [Updated] Apple Music launches new Replay experience; reveals 2022’s Top Charts
Apple Announces Oceanic+ App Now Available for Apple Watch Ultra
Apple Begins Selling Several New Multi-Device MagSafe Charging Stands From OtterBox and Zens
Apple Announces 2022 App Store Award Winners, Highlighting Best Apps of the Year
Apple won’t shut down App Store Connect for the holidays
iPhone Users Can Now Share Digital Car Keys With Pixel Users, Wider Android Support Coming Soon
Topics
Update now! Apple Releases iOS 16.1.2 With Carrier Improvements and Crash Detection Optimizations
Beta this week. iOS 16.2 Beta 4 is out.
Apple Seeds Fourth Betas of iOS 16.2 and iPadOS 16.2
Apple Seeds Fourth Beta of watchOS 9.2 to Developers
https://www.macrumors.com/2022/12/01/tvos-16-2-beta-4/
Apple Releases Another Rapid Security Response Update for iOS 16.2 Beta Users
Brittany did a great YouTube video on Notification summary. We review this and find out what is best for each of us.
We discuss Focus Mode, how we use it, and the improvements. The iOS 16 Guide: Focus Mode Improves
AddContext is a search site that searches keywords in YouTube videos. There is one for all the Apple Keynotes that you can search for a term and find the keynotes that mention it. Search All Apple Keynotes on Context
Password managers are so important to use and so many do not. But then LastPass had another data breach. LastPass’ latest data breach exposed some customer information
We recommend 1Password
Which Password Managers Have Been Hacked?
There is frustration with Apple and the iPad 10th gen using the Apple Pencil 1st Gen and we discussed this. iPad 10 Teardown Reveals Why Device Isn’t Compatible With Apple Pencil 2
More new features with icloud.com with backups are so awesome! How to use iCloud.com to restore recently deleted files, bookmarks, calendars, or contacts
Backups and Apple flaws. Jeff gives us some insights on this.
Using Keychain for passwords.
Our Host
Dave Ginsburg is an IT professional supporting Mac, iOS and Windows users and shares his wealth of knowledge of iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Apple TV and related technologies. Visit the YouTube channel https://youtube.com/intouchwithios follow him on Mastadon @daveg65, Twitter @daveg65.and the show @intouchwithios
Our Regular Contributor
Jeff Gamet is a podcaster, technology blogger, artist, and author. Previously, he was The Mac Observer’s managing editor, and Smile’s TextExpander Evangelist. You can find him on Mastadon @jgamet as well as Twitter and Instagram as @jgamet His YouTube channel https://youtube.com/jgamet
About our Guest
Brittany Smith is a cognitive neuroscientist who provides a variety of consulting services through her business, Devise and Conquer that includes ADD/ADHD coaching, technology coaching, productivity consulting, and more. She is a self-designated “well-rounded geek”, and holds a M.S. degree in Cognitive Neuroscience. She can be found on Twitter as @addliberator. Find her on her YouTube channel of tech tips.
