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To customize your daily Activity goals on your Apple Watch, start by opening the Activity app and scrolling to the bottom where you’ll find the “Change Goals” option. Tap it to select the goal you want to adjust. First, customize your Move Goal by setting your desired daily active calorie burn and tap Next. Then, adjust your Exercise Goal by setting the minutes of brisk activity you aim to complete daily, and tap Next. Finally, modify your Stand Goal by choosing how many hours each day you want to stand and move for at least one minute, using the Plus or Minus buttons. Tap OK to save your changes and close your rings.

Summary:
– Open the Activity app on your Apple Watch and scroll to the bottom.
– Tap “Change Goals” and select the goal you want to adjust.
– Customize the Move Goal by setting your daily active calorie burn, then tap Next.
– Adjust the Exercise Goal by setting your desired minutes of brisk activity, then tap Next.
– Modify the Stand Goal by choosing the number of hours to stand each day, use the Plus or Minus buttons, and tap OK to save.

To track your activity and close your rings each day, start by opening the Activity app on your Apple Watch, which displays three rings: red for active calories burned, green for minutes of exercise, and blue for standing frequency. As you move, exercise, or stand, these rings will track your progress. Scroll down to view details such as total steps, distance, flights of stairs climbed, and workouts completed. You can also review your weekly progress and adjust your goals. For more detailed tracking, sync your watch with the Fitness app on your iPhone, where you can view your daily activity summary, trends, and awards. You can also see friends’ activity and share your own progress through the app.

Summary:
– Open the Activity app on your Apple Watch to view your daily activity rings: Move, Exercise, and Stand.
– Track your progress by checking details like steps, distance, flights of stairs, and workouts.
– Customize your goals based on your activity levels and check weekly progress.
– Sync with the Fitness app on your iPhone for a detailed activity summary, trends, and awards.
– Use the Fitness app to review friends’ activity, share your progress, and adjust your goals.

Here’s a quick guide to the sounds your AirTag can make. When you first set up your AirTag or connect a new battery, you’ll hear the “Connected Chime.” Once the AirTag is set up and ready to use, it will play the “Setup Chime.” If you’re locating your AirTag through the Find My app, you’ll hear the “Find My Chime.” If an unknown AirTag has been moving with you over time, it will play the “Moving With You Chime” autonomously. If you’re trying to locate an unknown AirTag moving with you in the Find My app, you’ll hear the “Find My Chime” again.

Summary:
– The “Connected Chime” plays when setting up an AirTag or connecting a new battery.
– The “Setup Chime” signals that the AirTag is ready to use.
– The “Find My Chime” helps locate your AirTag in the Find My app.
– The “Moving With You Chime” alerts you if an unknown AirTag has been traveling with you.
– The “Find My Chime” also plays when locating an unknown AirTag moving with you in the Find My app.

To enhance your AirPods experience, start by sharing audio with a friend by opening Control Center on your iPhone, selecting your AirPods, and tapping “Share Audio.” If your friend’s AirPods are nearby or in their case, you can connect them by following on-screen instructions and holding their case’s Setup button. Adjust volume through the headphones or Control Center.

To rename your AirPods, go to Settings, tap your AirPods, change their name, and save. Use Live Listen to amplify sound through your iPhone’s microphone by adding Hearing to Control Center, tapping the Hearing button, and enabling Live Listen. For added background sounds, activate them from the Hearing controls, select a sound, and adjust volume. Lastly, enable Siri to announce notifications while using your AirPods by going to Settings, Notifications, and turning on “Announce Notifications.”

Summary:
– Share audio with a friend by selecting “Share Audio” in Control Center and following on-screen instructions.
– Rename your AirPods in Settings by tapping their current name and entering a new one.
– Use Live Listen by adding Hearing to Control Center, tapping the Hearing button, and turning on Live Listen.
– Listen to Background Sounds by enabling them from Hearing controls and choosing a sound.
– Have Siri announce incoming notifications by turning on “Announce Notifications” in Settings.

To free up space on your Mac by deleting apps, start by opening the Finder and navigating to the Applications folder. Find the app you want to remove, click on it, then go to the File menu and select “Move to Trash.” If prompted, authenticate with Touch ID or your administrator password. After the app is in the Trash, you need to empty the Trash to permanently delete the app. Click the Finder menu, choose “Empty Trash,” and confirm by clicking “Empty Trash.” This process will help you free up space on your Mac. For more tips, subscribe to the Apple Support YouTube channel.

Summary:
– Open Finder and go to the Applications folder.
– Select the app you want to delete and choose “Move to Trash” from the File menu.
– Authenticate with Touch ID or your admin password if prompted.
– Empty the Trash by clicking the Finder menu and selecting “Empty Trash,” then confirm.
– This will permanently delete the app and free up space on your Mac.

To grab and move multiple images on your iPhone, first, touch and hold one photo until you feel a tap, then drag it away while continuing to hold it. With another finger, tap additional photos to add them to your selection. Once you’ve selected all the photos you want, switch to the app where you want to share them while still holding the stack. Drag the stack to the desired location in the app and lift your finger to drop the photos. This gesture also works for moving multiple apps or emails.

Summary:
– Touch and hold a photo until you feel a tap, then drag it away.
– While holding the first photo, use another finger to tap additional photos to add them to the stack.
– Switch to the app where you want to share the photos while holding the stack.
– Drag the stack to the desired location in the app and lift your finger to drop them.
– This gesture also works for moving multiple apps or emails.

In the Translate app, you can look up definitions and play audio of a translated word or phrase. To see a word’s definition, tap the word in the translated phrase, noting that the dictionary may need to download first, which can take some time. To close the dictionary, simply tap the close button. To hear the translated phrase spoken aloud, tap the play button, and for playback speed adjustments, touch and hold the play button. This way, you can both learn new words and hear them pronounced accurately.

Summary:
– In the Translate app, tap a word in a translated phrase to view its definition.
– The dictionary may need to download first, which can vary in time.
– To close the dictionary, tap the close button.
– Tap the play button to hear the translated phrase, and hold it to adjust playback speed.
– This allows you to look up word definitions and hear pronunciations.

To check your iPhone’s remaining battery percentage, swipe down from the top-right corner of the screen on iPhone models with Face ID to open Control Center, where you’ll see the battery percentage in the top-right corner. For iPhones with a Home button, the battery percentage is displayed in the status bar. If it’s not visible, go to Settings, tap Battery, and then enable Battery Percentage to see it. This ensures you can easily monitor your battery level at any time.

Additionally, you can check your battery health by going to Settings, selecting Battery, and tapping on Battery Health to view the maximum capacity and peak performance capability. Keeping track of your battery status helps you manage your device usage more effectively and ensures you’re never caught off guard by a low battery.

Regular monitoring allows you to plan charging times and optimize your iPhone’s performance throughout the day for a better user experience overall.

Summary:
– Swipe down from the top-right corner to open Control Center on iPhones with Face ID and view the battery percentage.
– On iPhones with a Home button, the battery percentage is shown in the status bar.
– If the percentage isn’t visible, go to Settings and tap Battery.
– Enable Battery Percentage in the Battery settings.
– This allows you to easily check your battery level at any time.

Your Apple Watch can discreetly tap out the time on your wrist using Taptic Time. To set it up, go to Settings and tap on Clock, then scroll down and tap Taptic Time. Turn on Taptic Time and choose from three settings: Digits, which gives long taps for every ten hours and short taps for remaining hours, followed by long taps for every ten minutes and short taps for remaining minutes; Terse, which provides long taps for every five hours, short taps for remaining hours, and long taps for each quarter hour; and Morse Code, which uses taps to represent each digit of the time in Morse code. To feel the time taps, simply touch and hold the watch face with two fingers.

Summary:
– Set up Taptic Time on your Apple Watch by going to Settings, tapping Clock, and then selecting Taptic Time.
– Turn on Taptic Time and choose a preferred setting: Digits, Terse, or Morse Code.
– Digits provides long taps for every 10 hours and short taps for remaining hours, followed by long taps for every 10 minutes and short taps for remaining minutes.
– Terse offers long taps for every 5 hours, short taps for remaining hours, and long taps for each quarter hour.
– Morse Code uses taps to indicate each digit of the time in Morse code. To feel the taps, touch and hold the watch face with two fingers.

To remove and replace the battery in your AirTag, start by holding the AirTag with the polished stainless steel battery cover facing you. Press down on the cover and rotate it counterclockwise until it stops, then release your fingers to allow the cover to pop up. Remove the old battery and insert a new one, ensuring the positive side faces you. Note that batteries with a bitter coating may not work with AirTag, and keep batteries away from children. To reattach the cover, align the three tabs with the slots on the AirTag, press down, and rotate clockwise until it stops. Your AirTag will chime to indicate the battery is connected.

Summary:
– Hold the AirTag with the polished stainless steel cover facing you.
– Press down and rotate the battery cover counterclockwise to open it.
– Remove the old battery and insert a new one with the positive side facing you, keeping batteries away from children.
– To reattach, align the cover tabs with the slots on the AirTag, press down, and rotate clockwise until secure.
– A chime will sound to confirm the battery is properly connected.