Learn about the Apple Watch with watchOS 5.

Tutor for Apple Watch with watchOS 5 Now Available

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Learn about the Apple Watch with watchOS 5.

I’m happy to announce my latest tutorial on the Apple Watch is now available! This tutorial covers watchOS 5 and includes 25 lessons and tips to help you get the most of your Apple Watch. Lessons cover how to get the most out of the Apple Watch itself as well as using the Watch app on the iPhone for arranging your apps, customizing watch faces, and changing various settings.

If you have an Apple Watch, you may want to head on over to my new tutorial!

Learn how to open a link in the background in Safari on the iPad.

Learn how to open a link in the background in Safari on the iPad

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Have you ever wanted to open a link in the background while in Safari on the iPad? Just tap-and-hold on the link you want to open in the background, and select Open in Background. Your current web page will stay open and the link will open in the background. You can then tap on the Tab icon to show all your open web pages to see all your web pages you opened in the background.

Learn how to view your workout history.

LESSON PREVIEW: Learn how to view your Workout History

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In this lesson, from my upcoming tutorial on the Apple Watch, I look at how you can view your workout history from your workouts in the Apple Watch, including viewing the type of workouts, viewing the details of a workout, and selecting to view only certain types of workouts.

What You’ll Learn in this Lesson:

  • How to view your Workout history in the Activity app on the iPhone.
  • How to view the details of a specific workout.
  • How to view a summary of all your workouts for a specific month.
  • How to view just a specific type of workout form your workout history.

Look for the complete tutorial soon!

Learn about Workouts on the Apple Watch.

LESSON PREVIEW: Workouts and the Apple Watch

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In this lesson, from my upcoming tutorial on the Apple Watch, I look at how start and complete a workout, including how to set what workout you are doing and changing the goals for your workout.

What You’ll Learn in this Lesson:

  • How to start, pause, and stop a workout on your Apple Watch.
  • How to select the workout type.
  • How to set the specific goals for your workout.
  • How to change what metrics or information is shown on your Apple Watch while working out.

Look for the complete tutorial soon!

Change the Search Engine Safari uses on the iPhone.

Change the Search Engine Safari uses on the iPhone

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Do you want to change which search engine Safari uses on your iPhone? See how easy it is in this video! You can use Google, Yahoo, Bing, and DuckDuckGo (my personal favorite).

Learn how to Compete on your Activity with Friends.

LESSON PREVIEW: Creating and Viewing Competitions

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In this lesson, from my upcoming tutorial on the Apple Watch, I look at how you can create a competition with friends on your Apple Watch. When you create a competition, you are competing for points based on your activity for 7 days.

What You’ll Learn in this Lesson:

  • How to start a competition with a friend you are sharing your activity with on the Apple Watch.
  • How to view how you competition is progrossing.
  • How to view your competition progress in the Activity app on the iPhone.

Look for the complete tutorial soon!

Learn how to share your activity on the Apple Watch.

LESSON PREVIEW: Learn how to share your activity with others on the Apple Watch

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In this lesson, from my upcoming tutorial on the Apple Watch, I look at how you can share your activity with friends and family on the Apple Watch.

What You’ll Learn in this Lesson:

  • How to invite someone to share your activity with.
  • How to view the activity of people you are sharing your activity with on the Apple Watch.
  • How to sort how the people you are sharing activity with shows on the Apple Watch.
  • How to view the activity of people you are sharing your activity with in the activity app on the iPhone.
  • How to sort how the people you are sharing activity with shows in the Activity app on the iPhone.

Look for the complete tutorial soon!

Learn how about Activity Rings and goals on the Apple Watch.

LESSON PREVIEW: Learn about the Activity Rings and Goals on the Apple Watch

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In this lesson, from my upcoming tutorial on the Apple Watch, I look at the different activity rings and what they measure on your Apple Watch, as well as how to set the goals for your Move ring.

What You’ll Learn in this Lesson:

  • What the Activity rings represent on the Apple Watch.
  • How to view how many active calories you’ve burned throughout the day.
  • How to set your goal for active calories.
  • How to view how many minutes of exercise the Apple Watch has measured throughout the day.
  • How to view how many stand goal hours you’ve completed.
  • How to view your activity history in the Activity app on the iPhone.

Look for the complete tutorial soon!

Learn how to measure your heart rate and ECK on the Apple Watch.

LESSON PREVIEW: Learn about measuring your heart rate and ECG on the Apple watch

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In this lesson, from my upcoming tutorial on the Apple Watch, I look at how you measure your heart rate and take an ECG on your Apple Watch.

What You’ll Learn in this Lesson:

  • How to view your current heart rate on the Apple Watch.
  • How to view your resting heart rate on the Apple Watch.
  • How to take an ECG on the Apple Watch.
  • How to view your ECG in the Health app on the iPhone.

Look for the complete tutorial soon!

Learn how to open a web page in Reader View in Safari.

How to open a web page in Reader View in Safari on the iPhone

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Tired of trying to read an article in Safari on the iPhone and you can’t because of all the ads and the way it is formatted? See how to open it up in Reader View to make it easier to read!

Learn about Medical ID, Emergency SOS, and Fall Detection on the Apple Watch.

LESSON PREVIEW: Medical ID, Emergency SOS, and Fall Detection on the Apple Watch

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In this lesson, from my upcoming tutorial on the Apple Watch, I look at Medical ID, Emergency SOS, and Fall Detection on the Apple Watch.

What You’ll Learn in this Lesson:

    • How to set what information is shown when viewing your Medical ID on the Apple Watch.
    • How to view your medical ID information on the Apple Watch.
    • How to use Emergency SOS on the Apple Watch.
    • How to turn on and off Fall Detection on the Apple Watch.

Look for the complete tutorial soon!

Learn how to read and manage mail messages on the Apple Watch.

LESSON PREVIEW: Working with Mail Messages on the Apple Watch

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In this lesson, I look at how you view, reply, and create mail messages on the Apple Watch. I also look at a few of the settings including how to set which accounts are shown and the length of the preview shown.

What You’ll Learn in this Lesson:

  • How to view your mail messages on the Apple Watch.
  • How to reply, flag, mark as read or unread, and delete mail messages from the Apple Watch.
  • How to create new mail messages on the Apple Watch.
  • How to customize Mail notifications on the Apple Watch.
  • How to set which mail accounts are shown on the Apple Watch.
  • How to set the default replies you use when replying to a mail message on the Apple Watch.
  • How to set how many lines of preview are shown in mail messages when viewing on the Apple Watch.
  • How to set if you want to load remote images.
  • How to set if you want you messages organized by thread on the Apple Watch.

Look for the complete tutorial soon!

Learn about the Calendar app on the Apple Watch.

LESSON PREVIEW: Viewing Calendar Events on the Apple Watch

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In this lesson, from my upcoming tutorial on the Apple Watch, I look at the different ways to view your calendar events on the Apple Watch, as well as the various settings for the Calendar app.

What You’ll Learn in this Lesson:

  • How to view your calendar events in a list view on the Apple Watch.
  • How to change the view of your events to Up Next.
  • How to change the view to Today.
  • How to view the details of an event on the Apple Watch.
  • How to set which calendars who in the Calendar app on the Apple Watch.

Look for the complete tutorial soon!

Learn about the Weather app on the Apple Watch.

LESSON PREVIEW: Learn about the Weather app on the Apple Watch

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In this lesson, from my upcoming tutorial on the Apple Watch, I look at the Weather app on the Apple Watch including how to check the hour-by-hour forecast and the 10-day forecast for cities from the Weather app on your iPhone.

What You’ll Learn in this Lesson:

  • How to view temperatures hour-by-hour on your Apple Watch.
  • How to view conditions hour-by-hour on your Apple Watch.
  • How to view precipitation hour-by-hour on your Apple Watch.
  • How to view the 10-day forecast on your Apple Watch.
  • How to set the default city the Weather app on the Apple Watch uses.
  • How to set which cities show in the Weather app on the Apple Watch.

Look for the complete tutorial soon!

Learn about messaging on the Apple Watch.

LESSON PREVIEW: Learn all about Messaging on the Apple Watch

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In this lesson, from my upcoming tutorial on the Apple Watch, I look at how you reply to messages and create new messages on the Apple Watch. I also look at the various settings the Messages app has through the Watch app on the iPhone.

What You’ll Learn in this Lesson:

  • How to view your messages on the Apple Watch.
  • How to reply to messages using dictation.
  • How to reply to messages by spelling your reply out using scribble.
  • How to reply to messages using default replies.
  • How to create a new message.
  • How to reply to a message with your location.
  • How to customize you default replies.
  • How to set messages to repeat a notification.

Look for the complete tutorial soon!