At its Worldwide Developer Conference keynote, Apple announced a boatload of new features that we’ll see in macOS 12 Monterey, iOS 15, iPadOS 15, and watchOS 8 later this year. Here are the ten features we think you’ll most like:

The System Preferences app on the Mac contains about 30 icons, each leading to additional settings panes. Rather than opening System Preferences, scanning the collection of icons, and clicking the one you want, you can jump directly to the desired pane.

Vacation season is upon us, and in-person conferences are opening up again. If you’re going away, make sure to write an effective out-of-office message so you don’t end up working remotely the entire time. We have tips at:

Whether you’re trying to maintain communications within a small firm, a workgroup, or a family, the group messaging tool Slack is a compelling solution.

Take some photos on your iPhone, and they should appear on your Mac and iPad a minute later. If they don’t, here is what to do.

What should you do if your Mac locks up and becomes completely unresponsive to the mouse and keyboard?

If you want to separate photos from videos, identify which images in an album have been edited, or pick out just the ones you’ve favorited, this tip can help.

Did you know you could customize Control Center in iOS 11 and later? Add, remove, and rearrange buttons that let you record the screen, change text size, make a quick note, control your Apple TV, and more. Learn how here:

Running low on iCloud storage space? Rather than automatically paying Apple for a larger iCloud plan, check out these tips on how to recover gigabytes of wasted space.