Sometimes your iPhone demands attention, but you can't get to it: You tossed it in a bag, left it on a table across the room or maybe turned it face down to focus on your work without distraction.

We carry our smartphones almost everywhere. In comparison, dragging a laptop or PC around is nowhere as convenient. Whether you want to make urgent changes to a document or navigate the slides of a ...

Controlling your computer from your mobile device is nothing new, but over the last year or so, a few notable apps have popped up for iOS and Mac that make it a truly awesome experience. Let's take a ...

Apple's latest software update to the Mac and iPad has enabled a feature that, not to sound too cliche, is downright magical the first time you use it. Universal Control allows you to share your Mac's ...

There's lost of ways to help your friends and family solve their tech problems. You can send them links to Lifehacker articles, tell them how to fix a problem over the phone, or you could fix the ...

At the bare minimum, you need at least one Mac computer to start. All Apple devices also need to be updated to iPadOS 15.4 or newer and macOS 12.3 or newer. Universal Control can work with two other ...

There aren't really any “devices” in most science fiction. Characters move windows from one screen to the next, constantly, without thinking about it. Tech doesn't work like that in real life—but it's ...