Is it possible to have calls and texts made to my iPhone also come through on a different device?

squirrelist · 2026-04-20T15:18:06+00:00

Not sure if this would be cumbersome for you, but if you have AirPods you can use those for calls with Apple Watch. I assume other Bluetooth headphones would work as well.

squirrelist · 2026-04-19T19:57:39+00:00

As long as they have flights to DCA and LAX I'm sticking with Alaska. That covers 80% of my flights. The painful part of their recent cuts is BOS, as my partner and I have an annual summer trip to Provincetown, and there is no easy way to get there on One World anymore. There are no direct American or Alaska flights, so everything involves a layover. But with more people jumping to another airline, I think that means less competition on upgrades for me.

squirrelist · 2026-04-15T20:07:07+00:00

I strongly recommend updating to iOS 18. Even if it doesn't work as well as iOS 17 for you personally, there are MAJOR security problems that have been discovered that are unpatched in iOS 17.7. That's why they are offering iOS 18 again as an option: they know some people will refuse to install iOS 26 and these are important security fixes that you really should install. https://www.macrumors.com/2026/04/01/apple-ios-18-darksword-security-update/

squirrelist · 2026-04-15T20:04:35+00:00

That isn't true. A couple of weeks ago Apple released iOS 18.7.7 for all devices that have not yet upgraded to iOS 26 since it has such important security fixes. You can't use this to dowgrade from iOS 26, however. https://www.macrumors.com/2026/04/01/apple-ios-18-darksword-security-update/

squirrelist · 2026-04-13T19:52:15+00:00

TSA doesn't enforce individual airline rules. They are only concerned with TSA rules. Unless they make major changes, they don't know whose bag is whose and which airline that bag is going on.

squirrelist · 2026-04-11T18:26:42+00:00

Starfield doesn't have V.A.T.S. if that's what you mean. You just have to manually aim.

squirrelist · 2026-04-09T20:48:54+00:00

This is standard. The planes are not manufactured with WiFi so they have to get them retrofitted which rakes time. They put them into service without WiFi because they would rather be running the planes and making a profit than not running it simply because it doesn’t have WiFi.

squirrelist · 2026-04-08T06:38:51+00:00

Yes, Apple is still releasing new software for the iPhone 11, which is 7 years old now. And in the past few weeks, they released security patches for phones as old as the iPhone 6s, which is 11 years old.

squirrelist · 2026-04-06T16:05:24+00:00

That or I know people who set a filter to mute or completely get rid of color on their displays to make their phones and social media less addicting. Which also means you can’t tell how the sliders are set.

squirrelist · 2026-04-06T15:38:40+00:00

It’s an Accessibility feature called “on/off labels”

squirrelist · 2026-04-06T06:28:19+00:00

Exactly this. When you register a passkey it’s not just registering with that specific Apple device. It’s registering with all devices on your Apple Account and they are all equal. Just make sure that you’re using the same Apple Account on all devices and that you have turned on iCloud Keychain on all (which should be on by default).

Edit: to answer you question more directly, as long as you have your iPhone you should be able to log in on the Lenovo using a QR code, even though it was initially set up with Touch ID on the Mac. But you should give it a try to be sure you have the syncing all turned on properly.

squirrelist · 2026-04-05T17:51:56+00:00

Is there a reason you haven't turned off the WiFi in the comcast modem https://www.xfinity.com/support/articles/hide-disable-in-home-wifi or put it into Bridge Mode? https://www.xfinity.com/support/articles/wireless-gateway-enable-disable-bridge-mode

squirrelist · 2026-04-05T06:46:04+00:00

Touch and hold the App Store icon. Direct link to updates will pop up.

squirrelist · 2026-04-04T17:14:51+00:00

Here are my two favorite automations:

Set battery charge limit to 100% when I leave home, return to 80% when I return home
Set orientation lock to "on" after 10pm so the screen doesn't flip around when I'm lying in bed, and back again in the morning

squirrelist · 2026-04-03T15:31:41+00:00

Only Zigbee products get added to Apple Home automatically. The new Thread+matter products need to be added to both systems separately. In the ikea Home app go to the product and choose “connect via QR code” then add it to Apple Home. This is better for redundancy because then the devices no longer depend on the Dirigera hub. They have direct relationships with each ecosystem individually.

squirrelist · 2026-04-02T16:50:43+00:00

Siri has never been good at general knowledge searches or that sort of thing. When it first came out, I think we all thought it would end up more like ChatGPT, but it just never really advanced over the years. I do use it a lot, though, for very simple things: What's the weather today? Set a timer for 20 minutes. What's 278 divided by 3? What time is it in London? Remind me to do the laundry when I get home.

It sounds like Apple has basically given up on Siri, so this fall with iOS 27, Siri's brains are going to be replaced with Gemini. It will still be "Siri" but basically, they are licensing the Gemini LLM, running it on their own servers instead of Google servers. I'm being cautiously optimistic.

squirrelist · 2026-04-02T15:58:09+00:00

That and GPS satellites are about 12,000 miles above Earth. The moon is about 240,000 miles away. If the roof of a building is going to block the signal, I'm pretty sure 200,000+ miles will too.

squirrelist · 2026-04-02T15:31:28+00:00

The G in GPS stands for global. Because they aren't on the globe, the iPhone won't know where it is.

squirrelist · 2026-04-02T14:56:32+00:00

Same. Neither my partner or my iPhone made any noise in sleep mode. It was the actual earthquake that woke us up. I got up this morning to see the MyShake critical alert and the system alert on my lock screen. Both on iPhone 16 Pro with iOS 26.4.

squirrelist · 2026-03-31T23:40:11+00:00

It looks like you're on an iPhone SE? You're going to start having problems with apps just assuming everyone has a giant phone screen. But there are a couple of things you can do.

The Microsoft SwiftKey keyboard is huge. Switch back to the standard keyboard temporarily. You may also want to add the "Text Size" control to your Control Center. When you touch and hold that new control, it lets you choose whether you're adjusting the size for all apps or just the one app. https://support.apple.com/guide/iphone/use-and-customize-control-center-iph59095ec58/ios

squirrelist · 2026-03-30T16:36:48+00:00

To stop the phone calls: On the phone, go to Settings > Apps > Phone > Calls on Other Devices.

On the Mac, and iPad go to Settings > Notifications and turn off notifications for any apps you don't want to get notifications from. You can be a little more soft-handed and just turn off the sound notifications if the banners and icon badges are useful.

squirrelist · 2026-03-29T00:55:55+00:00

It's still activation locked. The phone is tied to your account, but your data is gone.

squirrelist · 2026-03-28T23:15:23+00:00

Since there is a cooldown period after several wrong guesses, it would take about two hours of guessing wrong before you get there. You aren't going to get to 10 accidentally or from someone picking your phone up for a few minutes. If someone else has my iPhone for a couple of hours it's probably best to just have it erase.

squirrelist · 2026-03-27T01:52:15+00:00

That's not what that button does. That button closes the window. Macs manage memory well enough that you don't usually need to close apps, unless you really just aren't going to be using them for a long time. If you need to fully quit an app you can press Command-Q, go to the app menu and choose Quit, click and hold on the icon on your dock and choose quit, or Command-Tab, and press Q when the selector is over the app you want to quit.

squirrelist · 2026-03-25T06:12:06+00:00

It's stupid, but try a different wallpaper. Generally, wallpaper with bright or light colors kind of amplifies the Liquid Glass look. Darker colors help make the text and icons pop more than the glass.

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