The Action button is available for the first time on non-Pro versions of the iPhone. So what exactly can you do with it? Nelson Aguilar With more than a decade of experience, Nelson covers Apple and ...

While a Mac's performance is something you'll have to seldom worry about, there will be times when you'll see the frustrating spinning rainbow wheel on your Mac. Occasionally, your Mac's screen may ...

Two things I use all the time in one elegant shortcut. Image: D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac I finally figured out the perfect set of controls to assign to the iPhone’s Action button. I created a ...

Want a quicker way to switch app windows on your computer? Learn the simple 2-button shortcut that makes multitasking faster ...

Last year, Apple introduced the Action Button to the iPhone 15 Pro and leaned hard into its use as a button to take pictures. This year, though, the iPhone 16 and 16 Pro both have a new dedicated ...

The Action Button is a genuinely new button on the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max but not the regular iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus. Instead of the mute switch that’s been on every iPhone since ...

It’s not just ring/mute — it can do whatever you want. Image: D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac The iPhone’s Action button replaces the former ring/mute switch, and while it can fulfill the same purpose, ...

I received my Apple Vision Pro yesterday (for the full story of how it eventually found its way to Italy, you don’t want to miss the next episode of AppStories), and, as you can imagine, I’ve been ...

The Action Button on the iPhone 15 and later provides one-click access to features, but strangely it can only perform one action. With a quick workaround in the Shortcuts apps, it's possible to use ...

If you take a look at your laptop's keyboard, you'll notice that the top row keys have icons printed above, with "F" and a number, like F1, F2, and so on, below each one. These are known as function ...