The Mac Photos App is complex yet simple. It has some amazing features. For a deep dive, check out imore.com/photos-mac to get answers.

Down load the latest version of Swift Playgrounds from the App Store on your iPad nad you too can create iOS apps, but this is not a professional developers tool... yet.

Set your watch to unlock your Mac. On the Mac go to preferences and Security & Privacy under the general tab, check the "Use your Apple Watch to unlock apps and your Mac". On your watch, just keep keep it on when you go to sleep, and it will track your sleep patterns, just be sure to charge it to at least 50% before your go to bed.

Go to the Settings app, then Choose Privacy > Location Services. Turn on “Location Services” this is the setting that controls if apps and services can access your location. Then, scroll down and choose System Services. and turn on “Motion Calibration & Distance”. Then simply take an "outdoor walk" for 20 minutes. Use the execise app that is built in to measure that exercise.

Setup That new Christmas Apple Watch! First charge it up!

To setup a legacy contact you need IOS 15.2 or later. Go to settings and tap yor name at the top, then go to Password & Security, then Legacy contact and tap the + to creat a new one (you can have up to 5) select a contact from the list, and pick a way to save the access key. Remember whom ever you choose must have that access key, your birth date, and a death certificate to access your legacy data (photos etc.)

Apple has created a Legacy Contact to allow access to your digital stuff when you die. You create a code to unlock your system, they will need your death certificate and birth date in addtion to the access key.

In spotify you can select anyone who is following you, and tap the elipse (three dots) for more control, and now block them from folloing you. They wont see if you are online, see any shared public lists or any of your activity.

MacOS Monterey, reset the computer to factory settings. SystemPreference app, and in the system Preferences menu is an option called "Erase all Content and Settings..." to reset to new. Live text turns text from any photo into copyable text, and you can right click to translate any text.

Change Mouse Color, Go to Preferences>Acessability>Vision>Display>Pointer you can chang outling and fill color of your mouse pointer on screen. Tile windows by hovering over the green button on the window controls for optioins

Long Esposure photos in Photos (or loops or bouce) Take a photo with LivePhotos enabled. (the target icon does not have a line through it), then in photos press and hold on the same icon. You will be given the option to loop or bounce the animation, or to use a long exposure.

Homekit Zones like upstairs, outside etc. In home app, tap rooms, tap the menu icon, upper left corner, the tap room settings and the room you want, then tap zones to change or set a zone.

In the home app, click on the little house in the top left corner, tap on room settings, tap on room and add room. set the name and the wallpaper for that room.

Add COVID vax info to Apple Wallet, with QR code and scan from camera tap health notification, and tap add to wallet. If you have a URL (Web address) in Safari, tap the link, tap add to wallet and tap done.

Home Pod is controlled in Home App. Go there and click on the gear icon to adjust settings. You can change the voice of siri both the country and language. i.e. english, american, austrailian accents. Shut off Home Pod listening if you have guests over...

Increase text size on the apple watch, Settings>Text Size ands use crown to size up or down. Stopp reminders to breath, Settings>Mindfulness app and turn off notfications. Change app Grid Settings>App View change to list view.

Change activity Goals, lauch the RINGS app and scroll to the bottom and change your goals to match you!

How to setup Private Relay, Settings>Your Name>iCloud>Private Relay> tap the toggle to turn on and set the location. Your area or your timezone. On Mac, go to settings>Network and select the Use Private Relay check box.

Apple Private relay encrypts data on your device, sends it to a server that then forwards it to a random server (still encrypted) where it is decrypted and sent to the sever you originally wanted. That way your ISP can not ee where you went, and neither can apple. One more layer of security.

name people in Photos is easy, but occasionally you use different versions of names for the same person. You can easily merge names to fix that issue!