How to Add Important Metadata to Scanned Photos
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How to Add Important Metadata to Scanned Photos

Do you have pictures that are difficult to find or make sense of in Apple’s Photos be-cause they lack dates, titles, locations, and faces? That happens regularly with scanned snapshots, so we explain how you can efficiently add metadata.

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How Often Should Macs Be Replaced?
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How Often Should Macs Be Replaced?

How Often Should Macs Be Replaced?

When should you replace the Mac on your desk—or your organization’s Macs?

There is no single answer, but we run down some variables that play into the deci-sion and make recommendations for different use cases.

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What to Do If Your iPhone Takes a Plunge
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What to Do If Your iPhone Takes a Plunge

Although iPhones can usually withstand some exposure to water and other liquids with no ill effects, follow our advice if yours suffers a spill or takes a dip.

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Classical Music Fans Take Note: Apple Music Classical Is Now Available
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Classical Music Fans Take Note: Apple Music Classical Is Now Available

Classical Music Fans Take Note: Apple Music Classical Is Now Available
Apple has at long last released the promised Apple Music Classical app. It’s a free iPhone app for Apple Music subscribers that looks and works much like the standard Music app. However, Apple has adjusted it extensively under the hood to work better with classical music, where there are many recordings of the same work by different artists. Apple also improved the metadata—normalizing composer names and add-ing work and movement tags—for the 5 million classical tracks in Apple Music. For instance, you can search by work, composer, conductor, opus number, and key, something that worked poorly before. Apple Music Classical is a significant im-provement for classical music fans, and it provides expert recommendations and playlists for those interested

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Find Devices and People from Your HomePod
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Find Devices and People from Your HomePod

This feature evokes one of those “living in the future” moments for us. The recently released HomePod Software 16.3 now supports Find My, which means you can ask Siri to locate one of your devices or a friend or family member who shares their loca-tion with you. If you have a HomePod, ask Siri, “Where is my iPhone?” Assuming your HomePod has updated (and if not, update it manually in the Home app), Siri will respond by causing your iPhone to play a sound. Or ask where someone is—Siri will respond with more details for nearby people and city locations for those far away.

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