Month: January 2022

Apple publishes ‘Personal Safety User Guide’ for AirTags amid stalking concerns

CompuScoop Staff January 27, 2022 1

Apple has published a “Personal Safety User Guide” for AirTags as concerns by, uh… less technically savvy people mount over the use of the company’s item trackers to stalk people and steal vehicles.

Apple says the guide available on its website “is designed to help customers experiencing technology-enabled abuse, stalking, or harassment understand the options available across the Apple ecosystem that can help you protect your personal safety.”

The guide includes a section on protecting yourself with AirTags, the Bluetooth trackers introduced by Apple last year to help consumers track lost items.

The guide offers steps on what to do if you encounter a rogue AirTag. The FindMy app available on iPhones will alert you if an AirTag you don’t own is travelling with you.

Via: USA Today

How to add an [ESC] Key to an iPad External Keyboard

Dan Uff January 26, 2022 2

This tip was a god send when I found it, and I hope it'll be like that for you.

How to add an [ESC] key to an iPad External Keyboard:

Go to Settings > General and the choose Keyboard.
Go to “Hardware Keyboard”.
Choose “Modifier Keys”.
Choose “Caps Lock Key” and select “Escape” as the modifier key.
Thats it.

You can also remap other keys with the above and it works with all iPad models.

Apple AirTag prevents double theft of truck

CompuScoop Staff January 25, 2022 1

In Texas, a Fayette County Sheriff’s deputy was flagged down in the community of Ellinger by a man reporting an Apple AirTag in his truck that turned out to be stolen out of Harris County last month.

FCSO Lt. David Beyer told FOX 7 the man had told the deputy he was heading to work in Austin when he got an alert on his iPhone that he was being tracked.

An Apple AirTag was found between the passenger seat and center console. Investigators determined the truck, which the man had been purchased a few hours earlier in Houston, was actually a stolen vehicle.

Lt. Beyer believes a double steal was about to be in play. “I’m sure the individuals who had the tracking device in there probably had a key to it so all they had to do was follow this guy, to where ever the car was parked, get in it, take off in it,” he said.

The rightful owners of the stolen truck picked it up Thursday morning and the man who bought the stolen truck is out his $800 down payment. The theft case has been handed over to authorities in Houston.

Via: Fox 7, Austin, Texas

Tesla Insurance Customers can now add their Insurance Cards to Apple Wallet

Dan Uff January 25, 2022 0

On Monday, Tesla car company updated the iOS app to allow customers to add their insurance cards to the Apple Wallet app for easy access when necessary.

From MacRumors.com:

As part of an update to the Tesla app yesterday on the App Store, the company has introduced support for Apple Wallet into its app. Tesla car owners will be able to add their insurance card to Apple Wallet by heading into the app, tapping their profile photo, heading into Account, Insurance, Manage Tabs, and Documents.

For customers who already have the app, you must update it to get this feature.