iOS 14 widgets have taken off like I wouldn’t have imagined and looking at Twitter and Reddit I’m feeling great about the ways people are being creative with their home screens. Making technology your own via stickers or customisation is very important to me and to be honest a reason I always looked over atContinue reading “Getting lost in widgets”
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How to get the Fantastical widget to show empty days
I like using Fantastical and when I started using the widget in iOS 14 I noticed a problem, if there are no events in a day it shows the next set of events and it makes it look like you have them on the wrong day. I did some playing around with the settings andContinue reading “How to get the Fantastical widget to show empty days”
Fantastical gets it’s iOS 14 update
I’m very much enjoying using Fantastical on iOS 14. Here are the details over on their blog about the new widgets.
How to save bookmarks in Chrome on iOS
It’s not a intuitive as you may think, especially if you want to organise them. By default they go into mobile bookmarks so you’ll also need to move afterwards if you want to. You can then see the following screenshots to organise.
How to use smart stacks on your Home Screen in iOS 14
Smart stacks are a great way to use multiple widgets but not take up too much room on your Home Screen. You can drag different stacks of the same size over one another and then let iOS show you the information it thinks you need when you need it or you can swipe up andContinue reading “How to use smart stacks on your Home Screen in iOS 14”
The official Twitter app is bad for my mental health
Here we go again… I’ve been using the official app but I’m done with it again, it’s not helping out my mental health right now. I’m sorry to those of you where I’m going to miss your conversation or that DM but I’m going to be taking a break from the official app. I’m gettingContinue reading “The official Twitter app is bad for my mental health”
The iOS 14 Mail and browser defaults reset on device restart
I think I saw this reported somewhere else but I restarted my iPhone and indeed it’s true. When you restart your iOS device the mail and browser defaults are reset back to Apple ones. I have no idea how this got past testing.
How to set DuckDuckGo as the default browser on iOS
One of the great moves by Apple in iOS 14 is the option to set default Mail and browser apps. Head into settings Scroll down to DuckDuckGo and tap on it See default browser apps, tap and set DuckDuckGo
DuckDuckGo can now be your default browser in iOS 14
Nice to see this update from one of my favourite browsers, looking forward to giving this a go when I update my iPad to iPadOS 14 public release.
MS To Do, you need to plan an iOS 14 widget
I’ve been playing around with a few cross platform apps lately in the view to give Android a try to expand my horizons a little and one things stood out to me. You need a widget on iOS 14 on day one. I’m on the test flights for a few to do apps and theyContinue reading “MS To Do, you need to plan an iOS 14 widget”
