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Tuesday Tip: Compact Safari Tab Bar

In early beta versions of macOS, Apple introduced a compact and unified Safari design that did away with the dedicated URL and search bar, instead letting any individual tab be used for navigation input. This design caused an outcry from many users, which led Apple to reinstate the original design in which the URL/search bar sits at the top of the Safari window, with your tabs arranged below it.
With Monterey MacOS 12, if you liked the Compact tab bar design, you can find it as an option in Safari -> Preferences.... Click the Tabs tab and select Tab Layout: Compact to turn on the original compact tab bar that merged everything together.

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Tuesday Tip: Track your iPhone, even if it’s turned OFF

Find My iPhone is a great way to keep track a potentially lost device. But if someone powers off your stolen iPhone, it disables tracking. ‘Find My‘ may show your device’s last location (if you enabled ‘Find My’ in Settings), but that’s not much help.

With iOS 15, an iPhone that has been turned off will actually enter an ultra-low power state that keeps the Bluetooth beacon active, effectively turning your iPhone into an AirTag.

You will even see a little 'iPhone findable after power off' notice under the Slide to Power Off interface.

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Tuesday Tip: Always Show Full-screen Menu Bar

In previous versions of macOS, launching an app in fullscreen mode automatically hides the menu bar, then you have to hover the mouse pointer over the top of the screen to reveal the menu bar. Now, in Monterey, you can force the menu bar to always remain visible while in fullscreen mode, along with all its menus and items.
To do so, go to System Preferences -> Dock & Menu Bar, and in the Dock & Menu Bar options, uncheck the box next to Automatically hide and show the menu bar in full screen.

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Tuesday Tip: Search Photos in Spotlight

Apple has made Spotlight Search more powerful with iOS 15 integrating it with more apps, including the ‌Photos‌ app. Swipe down on the ‌Home Screen‌ to bring up Spotlight Search, type "‌‌Photos‌‌," then start searching your pictures by specifying locations, people, scenes, or even things in your photos like plants or pets, thanks to Visual Lookup.

Next tap "Search in App" just under the Spotlight search box.

You are now in the Photos App with your current search.

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