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Photo : Jake Peterson It’s true iOS isn’t as customizable as Android, but the gap is much narrower than it used to be. These days, your can personalize your iPhone’s Lock Screen , change your app icons to anything you like , and even add a digital pet to the Dynamic Island . If you’re in the market for yet another iPhone customization hack, here’s an odd one: You can add an emoji to your iPhone’s menu bar, right next to the clock. For this trick, we’re going to exploit a loophole in Apple’s “Focus” feature, as illustrated here by TikTok creator techhackguy . As you may already know, Focus allows you to create custom “Do Not Disturb” modes that block specific apps and notifications at different points in your day. For example, you can make a Work Focus that blocks incoming notifications from non-work apps or contacts and removes Home Screen pages containing any app you won’t need during business hours. One fun feature is the ability to assign an emoji to each Focus. You can use a b...

Photo : tinhkhuong ( Shutterstock ) You know all about how to customize your MacBook ’s Dock , but don’t sleep on its Menu Bar, either. Some of your Mac’s best apps s it unassumingly in the M enu B ar and allow you to use all of their best features via a tiny drop-down menu. Not every feature can be used from this spot , but these apps allow you to save time by accessing crucial options with only a couple clicks, enabling you to get things done that much faster. Here are some of the best menu bar apps you should install on your Mac. AlDente S low down the battery drain on your Mac by using AlDente . It lets you set charging limits on your MacBook , which allows you to prevent premature battery aging. If you want to change said limits, its M enu B ar app is all you need. Amphetamine Want to stop your Mac from turning off the display whenever you step away for a minute ? Amphetamine is a free Menu Bar app that keeps your screen on until you say so. You can select how long you...

Screenshot : Flow Launcher The Everything app is great for quickly searching through files, but it’s no Spotlight search. If you’re looking for something like Spotlight (or Alfred), try out the Flow Launcher . It’s free, open-source, and has a great array of community plugins. Flow Launcher is a keyboard launcher that looks like Spotlight, if it was designed using the Fluent design language. Use Alt+Space to bring up the launcher, then type out your query. You can use this shortcut to launch apps, search the web, find files, do calculations, run shell scripts, and more. And, of course, there’s a plug-in store to enhance the functionality even further. https://www.tausiinsider.com/7-apps-to-get-the-best-mac-features-on-windows/?feed_id=328458&_unique_id=64252a1903627

Screenshot : Khamosh Pathak You’ve probably seen iPhone Home Screens that just look cool , sporting dynamic text, fun images, and custom icons...b ut even with iOS 16's new Lock Screen editor , there’s no way to use Apple’s built-in tools to make them . For that, you’ll need to look outward. Fortunately , there’s a simple way to turn a boring iPhone Home Screen into something interesting and fun, without getting into the whole “Home Screen aesthetic” thing. All you need is a custom widget app like Widgy . Y ou can create your own graphical widget from scratch using the app’s Photoshop-like editor, but that’s pretty   time-consuming. Instead , you can use the power of internet community to shortcut your way around a beautiful Home Screen. The app has an explore page where you can import any widget you like; and w hat’s even better is that there’s a thriving community on Reddit where users share links and codes to their own widget creations, so you can borrow from those befo...

Photo : tinhkhuong ( Shutterstock ) You know all about how to customize your MacBook ’s Dock , but don’t sleep on its Menu Bar, either. Some of your Mac’s best apps s it unassumingly in the M enu B ar and allow you to use all of their best features via a tiny drop-down menu. Not every feature can be used from this spot , but these apps allow you to save time by accessing crucial options with only a couple clicks, enabling you to get things done that much faster. Here are some of the best menu bar apps you should install on your Mac. AlDente S low down the battery drain on your Mac by using AlDente . It lets you set charging limits on your MacBook , which allows you to prevent premature battery aging. If you want to change said limits, its M enu B ar app is all you need. Amphetamine Want to stop your Mac from turning off the display whenever you step away for a minute ? Amphetamine is a free Menu Bar app that keeps your screen on until you say so. You can select how long you...