Category Archives: Operating System

An operating system (OS) is a collection of software that manages computer hardware resources and provides common services for computer programs ( Wikipedia )

Continuity on Mobile and Windows Primer Tutorial

When we presented Continuity on iOS and macOS Primer Tutorial some time back, were you impressed by the idea of “Handoff” functionality? If so, you may especially gravitate towards today’s Windows 10 … Your Phone … desktop application, as per … Continue reading

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Making of Spotify Bluetooth Speaker Volume Tutorial

In order to create the presentation media for yesterday’s Spotify Bluetooth Speaker Volume Tutorial we again turned to macOS command line tools to rotate the media to a more easily readable view … the animated GIF we needed to rotate … Continue reading

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Stylus Email Signatures with Touch Devices Tutorial

Yesterday’s Stylus with Touch Devices Primer Tutorial got us thinking about an annoyance we have with modern life whereby it is still asked that you … receive forms online … and then are asked to sign these and email them … Continue reading

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Email Photos Amidst Text on iPad as Attachments Primer Tutorial

The previous Email Photos on iPad as Attachments Primer Tutorial … showed a useful way to construct an email with attachments from the point of view of you having taken the photos and constructing the email off that … but … Continue reading

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Compass iOS App Primer Tutorial

Regular readers will know about our penchant for “the where of life” concerns, especially where that intersects with software … a very big intersection! And so, it’s been very remiss not discussing an iOS app, in Utilities (at least on … Continue reading

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Groups iOS App and Contacts Relationship Tutorial

The theme of the recent blog posting thread headed by Phone and SMS and Contacts Relationship Tutorial was … iOS contacts … Turning Numbers into Names … as an individual person chain of thought. Extending the idea of the individual … Continue reading

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Phone and SMS and Contacts Relationship Tutorial

Yes, as a layer (dare we say onions of the 4th dimension layer) on top of yesterday’s SMS and Contacts Relationship Primer Tutorial … the iPhone’s Phone app can be linked to … Messages app (via “message” (sub-)icon tap) … … Continue reading

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SMS and Contacts Relationship Primer Tutorial

Along with notifications, SMS messages are a great instant messaging tool. We use an iPhone (ie. iOS) and with our Messages app and get screenfuls of mobile phone numbers on occasion. Why? Well, we haven’t linked … SMS (number) … … Continue reading

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