We kicked off this week’s AMA with a smart question about sharing contacts across Apple devices. Can you share an entire group of contacts—like you can with calendars or reminders? Unfortunately, not yet. Apple doesn’t currently offer a built-in way to share contact groups. We explored a few possible workarounds, but this remains one of those limitations users continue to hope Apple will address.
Then we jumped into one of my favorite topics: Shortcuts. I gave a live demo on how to create a custom shortcut that toggles “Silence Unknown Callers” on and off. It’s a great way to quickly take control over which calls come through. From there, we talked about how Shortcuts doesn’t always provide feedback on the current state of a setting, and I shared some creative workarounds using prompts and notifications.
We also covered battery charging best practices for Apple devices. I recommended enabling Optimized Charging and, for those who rarely run their battery down, setting a charge limit of 80%. We discussed battery heat too—what causes it and why it’s usually nothing to worry about. Apple’s battery management system quietly does a great job behind the scenes.
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