iPhone Life - Best Apps, Top Tips, Great Gear

FaceTiming with family or friends doesn't have to mean you're stuck sitting in one place the whole time you're on the video call. With the new Center Stage iPad feature for FaceTime, you can move around to cook, show off your dance or exercise moves, or have people enter or exit the frame and still stay perfectly zoomed, centered, and in focus.

Live photos are a hybrid between a still image and a short video that work on iPhone 6s and newer. These unique moving pictures capture three seconds of video with a key photo in the middle, but there may be times when a traditional photo is better.  Learn how to turn off Live Photos temporarily or long term.

iPhone camera tricks are some of the best parts of being an iPhone owner and now with the iPhone 13 line you have a new toy at your disposal: Photographic Styles. Photographic Styles lets you preset five camera settings and choose between them to create consistency in your photographs and save you some editing later. How do these styles work and how customizable are they? Let's take a look at this fancy new feature and learn how to set the best iPhone camera settings.

Sometimes when you connect an external mouse to your Mac, the scroll direction is the opposite of what you want it to be. Fortunately, the process to change mouse direction on Mac is pretty simple, and the setting can be changed back just as easily when needed. We'll walk you through how to change scroll direction on Mac when using an external mouse.

Whether you're checking for software compatibility or trading in your old iMac, you need to know how to find your specific device information. In this article, we'll cover the easiest methods to identify your iMac (even if it is not working or you don't have it with you). To make the process easier, we've also included a list of all iMac versions. 

Are you in the market for a 2021 MacBook Pro? In the 171st episode, David explains what chip, memory, and storage options you’ll need and why. Donna shares her early impressions of the Apple Watch Series 7, and both hosts sing the praises of MagSafe charging.

iCloud Keychain allows you to store usernames, Wi-Fi passwords, and credit card information. Syncing your passwords is simple, helps you save time, and results in fewer lost passwords, and you can use Keychain with confidence knowing that your information is encrypted and secure. We'll show you how to sync passwords with Keychain on iPhone and Mac.