
The Big Tips & Tricks Show
03/20/23 • 66 min
In this episode:
- Jeff’s stuff gets stolen and Gannon Nordberg sits in
- Yellow iPhone 14
- New iPhone cases and Apple Watch Bands
- Apple Maps expands city experience to Boston
- How to set up Find My on your devices
- 18 Tips & Tricks for iOS/iPadOS, Mac, and Apple Watch!
Links from the show:
- iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus in Yellow Launches Today, Apple Store Pickup Now Available
- Apple launches fresh spring colors for iPhone cases and watch bands
- Apple Maps Expands Detailed City Experience With 3D Landmarks to Boston
- Set up Find My on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or Mac
- If your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch is lost or stolen
- If Find My iPhone or Find My iPad isn't enabled on your missing device
- Save keystrokes with text replacements on iPhone
- Using Search on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
- Record your screen on iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
- Use Reminders on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
- Send files from Files on iPhone
- Add and log medications with iPhone and Apple Watch
- Type with onscreen keyboard on iPhone
- Customize headphone audio levels on your iPhone or iPad
Oops! There were so many tips
Question or Comment? Send us a Text Message!
Contact Us
- Drop us a line at [email protected]
- You’ll find Jeff at @reyespoint on Threads and reyespoint.bsky.social on Bluesky
- Find Tom at @tomanderson on Threads
- Join Tom’s newsletter, Apple Talk, for more Apple coverage and tips & tricks.
- Tom has a new YouTube channel
- Show artwork by the great Randall Martin Design
Enjoy Basic AF? Leave a review or rating!
- Review on Apple Podcasts
- Rate on Spotify
- Recommend in Overcast
Intro Music: Psychokinetics - The Chosen
Transcripts and some images are AI generated and may contain errors and general silliness.
...In this episode:
- Jeff’s stuff gets stolen and Gannon Nordberg sits in
- Yellow iPhone 14
- New iPhone cases and Apple Watch Bands
- Apple Maps expands city experience to Boston
- How to set up Find My on your devices
- 18 Tips & Tricks for iOS/iPadOS, Mac, and Apple Watch!
Links from the show:
- iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus in Yellow Launches Today, Apple Store Pickup Now Available
- Apple launches fresh spring colors for iPhone cases and watch bands
- Apple Maps Expands Detailed City Experience With 3D Landmarks to Boston
- Set up Find My on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or Mac
- If your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch is lost or stolen
- If Find My iPhone or Find My iPad isn't enabled on your missing device
- Save keystrokes with text replacements on iPhone
- Using Search on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
- Record your screen on iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
- Use Reminders on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
- Send files from Files on iPhone
- Add and log medications with iPhone and Apple Watch
- Type with onscreen keyboard on iPhone
- Customize headphone audio levels on your iPhone or iPad
Oops! There were so many tips
Question or Comment? Send us a Text Message!
Contact Us
- Drop us a line at [email protected]
- You’ll find Jeff at @reyespoint on Threads and reyespoint.bsky.social on Bluesky
- Find Tom at @tomanderson on Threads
- Join Tom’s newsletter, Apple Talk, for more Apple coverage and tips & tricks.
- Tom has a new YouTube channel
- Show artwork by the great Randall Martin Design
Enjoy Basic AF? Leave a review or rating!
- Review on Apple Podcasts
- Rate on Spotify
- Recommend in Overcast
Intro Music: Psychokinetics - The Chosen
Transcripts and some images are AI generated and may contain errors and general silliness.
...Previous Episode

Security...What a Pain in the Pass!
In this episode:
- The boys get some new toys
- LastPass breach
- The Big Security Show
- Keeping your devices secure
- Why you should install software updates
- Managing Accounts & Passwords
- Apple’s iCloud Keychain & 1Password
- Advanced Data Protection for iCloud
Links from the show:
- LastPass says employee’s home computer was hacked and corporate vault taken
- Why you can trust 1Password’s cloud-based storage and syncing
- Use Face ID on your iPhone or iPad Pro
- Use Touch ID on iPhone and iPad
- Use Touch ID on Mac
- Update your iPhone or iPad
- Update macOS on Mac
- Manage passwords using keychains on Mac
- Set up iCloud Keychain
- Rapid Security Responses on Apple devices
- Two-factor authentication for Apple ID
- iCloud data security overview
- Use iCloud Keychain to keep passwords, accounts, and more up to date with iCloud
- Create unique, random email addresses with Hide My Email and iCloud+
- About iCloud Private Relay
Question or Comment? Send us a Text Message!
Contact Us
- Drop us a line at [email protected]
- You’ll find Jeff at @reyespoint on Threads and reyespoint.bsky.social on Bluesky
- Find Tom at @tomanderson on Threads
- Join Tom’s newsletter, Apple Talk, for more Apple coverage and tips & tricks.
- Tom has a new YouTube channel
- Show artwork by the great Randall Martin Design
Enjoy Basic AF? Leave a review or rating!
- Review on Apple Podcasts
- Rate on Spotify
- Recommend in Overcast
Intro Music: Psychokinetics - The Chosen
Transcripts and some images are AI generated and may contain errors and general silliness.
...Next Episode

California Stealin’, Apple Updates Galore, Apple Music Classical
In this episode:
- Jeff returns to discuss his California adventure
- Ease of setting up new devices in a cloud-based world
- New podcast artwork!
- WWDC announced and what we might see
- Recap the recent Apple OS updates
- We conduct a discussion on Apple Music Classical...does it hit the right notes?
Links from the show:
- BackBlaze Cloud Backup
- Set up Find My on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or Mac
- Apple Announces WWDC 2023
- iOS 16.4 Features: Everything New in iOS 16.4
- Apple Releases macOS Ventura 13.3 With New Emoji, Bug Fixes and More
- Apple Releases watchOS 9.4 With AFib History Expansion and Changes to Mute Gesture to Prevent Accidental Alarm Cancellation
- Apple Releases HomePod 16.4 Software
- Apple Releases tvOS 16.4 for Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD
- PSA: Apple Has Made Its New Home Architecture Update Available Again
- Apple Music Classical
- Kirk McElhearn, for the best Apple Music Classical updates - https://kirkville.com
- Apple Music Classical (Mostly) Plays the Right Chords
- New Apple Music Classical App for iPhone Review!
- Apple Explains Why It Launched an iPhone App Dedicated to Classical Music
- Pucci
Question or Comment? Send us a Text Message!
Contact Us
- Drop us a line at [email protected]
- You’ll find Jeff at @reyespoint on Threads and reyespoint.bsky.social on Bluesky
- Find Tom at @tomanderson on Threads
- Join Tom’s newsletter, Apple Talk, for more Apple coverage and tips & tricks.
- Tom has a new YouTube channel
- Show artwork by the great Randall Martin Design
Enjoy Basic AF? Leave a review or rating!
- Review on Apple Podcasts
- Rate on Spotify
- Recommend in Overcast
Intro Music: Psychokinetics - The Chosen
Transcripts and some images are AI generated and may contain errors and general silliness.
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