If you’ve been traveling this holiday season, chances are fairly good that you’ve connected one of your devices to a Wi-Fi network it hasn’t been connected to before. I know the two of us have quite a collection of devices to get on a new Wi-Fi. And that usually means typing in long Wi-Fi passwords time after time. Luckily, Apple has an easier was of sharing that password!
This “Share Your Wi-Fi” feature was added in iOS 11. If you want to share your password, but nobody there remembers it, a few simple taps on an already connected device can get them connected. And no-one needs to remember the password or type it in!
In order for this to work, both devices need to be on iOS 11 or later, and both devices must have Wi-Fi- and Bluetooth toggled on. (Go to the Settings app or the Control Center to check this.) This works with iPads, iPhones, iPod touches, and macOS computers.
First, open the device needing Wi-Fi connectivity, go to the Wi-Fi settings in the Settings app, and select the network you want to connect to. The “Enter Password” screen will appear. Make sure the device already connected is unlocked. If nothing happens, move the devices closer together. A large prompt should appear on the already connected device: “Do you want to share the Wi-Fi- password for [network] with [name]?” Simply tap “Share Password”, and you’re connected!
For more detailed instructions with screen shots, see this article by Gadget Hacks.
How often are you sitting in a meeting, or a movie, or in church, when someone’s iPhone starts ringing (often with some creative and very distracting sound)? This is often followed by the sound of someone clawing through their bag or pocket, trying to find the offending device to silence it.
Apple has added a Split Screen feature to iOS that allows you to show more than one application at a time on the iPad. This comes in various flavors in different releases of the software and on different generations of the iPad, and includes both Split View and Slide Over. And it can be handy if you are doing some pretty intense work on the iPad. However, for the vast majority of more casual, recreational users of the iPad, it mostly causes consternation when you accidentally manage to turn it on! This recently happened to a friend of mine, and only when she sent me some screen shots did I realize she was in Slide Over mode.
Do you make good use of the Do Not Disturb feature of your iPhone or iPad? I think it is too often overlooked, so let’s take a quick look at it today.
So head over to the Settings app, scroll down to the Do Not Disturb section, and check out the options. Check out 
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