One of the things I need to do when I’m about to go out of the office is to set up my automatic replies in Microsoft Outlook.

Among the many useful things that the pre-installed Health app offers is Emergency Contacts. By adding emergency contacts to your iPhone, you (and emergency services) can quickly contact the most ...

You're going to die, someday. Here's how to set up a Legacy Contact in iOS and iPadOS to allow a trusted contact access to your Apple account after you're gone. Dealing with a death is traumatic, and ...

After years of neglect, Apple has finally begun to take the Contacts app seriously on iPhone. It’s strange to think that an app built around phone numbers would be so neglected by Apple's first phone.

While writing “Comparing the Classic and Unified Views in iOS 26’s Phone App” (10 November 2025), I commented that the Unified view’s Calls screen was more attractive if you had contact posters for ...

Let’s face it, in these digitally connected times, we store nearly all of our most important files and precious memories on our smartphones, tablets, and in the cloud. This puts everything at our ...

If you’ve got a few days this holiday season to help your family with tech chores, embrace an awkward but necessary task: Assign someone to take over a loved one’s online accounts after they die.

Apple used to have the idea that when we died, our Apple ID and our iCloud data should go with us. Their terms and conditions said explicitly, “Upon receipt of a copy of a death certificate your ...