Tag: iPadOS

Where Apple Stores Your Passwords and Passkeys

Apple never learns your device passcode, even while syncing your passwords.

How to Set Up and Disable Touch ID and Face ID

Five wrong fingers locks out Touch ID, which is useful under duress.

How to Set Up Automatic Security Updates on Apple Devices

Apple patches most flaws before they are exploited, if you let it.

How to Prepare for Losing Access to Your Apple Account

Losing every trusted device and number can lock you out for good.

How to Share Files Safely in iCloud Drive and Dropbox

A shared iCloud folder uses only your storage, not the other person’s.

What the Secure Enclave Does on Your Apple Devices

Ten wrong passwords on a Mac still leaves you forty more attempts.

How to Turn On Advanced Data Protection for iCloud

Once it is on, losing your devices and recovery method loses the data.

How to Get Find My Alerts When Someone Arrives or Leaves

The radius can be anything from 300 feet to 150 miles across.

How to Turn On Find My on iPhone, iPad and Mac

A single lost device that cannot reach the internet cannot be found at all.

What Someone Sees When They Find Your Lost Device

Contact info switches itself off the moment the item is near you again.