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Chris Cardoso
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Добавлен 25 май 2013
Hi, I’m Chris 👋 - I make videos on technology, finance, and productivity.
Building a Smart Home on a Budget: Apple HomeKit in 2025
In this video, I’m sharing how I started building my first smart home using Apple HomeKit. From solving annoying home issues like hard-to-reach light switches and nighttime puppy potty breaks, I walk you through the gear I purchased, the problems I solved, and the setup process. Whether you’re new to smart home tech or an Apple HomeKit enthusiast, there’s something here for you.
0:00 - Intro
0:48 - The gear I'm using
2:20 - The problems I'm trying to solve
3:29 - The setup
4:39 - How it's going
Items I Purchased:
HomePod Mini - www.apple.com/shop/buy-homepod/homepod-mini
Phillips Hue Hub - a.co/d/dkhnq9V
Phillips Hue Bulbs - amzn.to/3DYjodg
Aqara M2 Hub - amzn.to/4h7yWdg
Aqara Door Sensors - amzn.to...
0:00 - Intro
0:48 - The gear I'm using
2:20 - The problems I'm trying to solve
3:29 - The setup
4:39 - How it's going
Items I Purchased:
HomePod Mini - www.apple.com/shop/buy-homepod/homepod-mini
Phillips Hue Hub - a.co/d/dkhnq9V
Phillips Hue Bulbs - amzn.to/3DYjodg
Aqara M2 Hub - amzn.to/4h7yWdg
Aqara Door Sensors - amzn.to...
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Apple Intelligence is bad.
Просмотров 3,1 тыс.Месяц назад
Apple Intelligence has been in the spotlight since WWDC 2024, but does it live up to the hype? In this video, I'll highlight my favorite Apple Intelligence features and others that fall flat... especially when compared to other AI tools like ChatGPT and Google Gemini. 0:00 - Apple Intelligence stinks... 0:16 - The Marketing of Apple Intelligence 1:35 - Comparing Apple Intelligence to other tool...
My Everyday Tech Carry - Minimal Essentials
Просмотров 2,7 тыс.2 месяца назад
In today’s video, I’m sharing my everyday tech carry! As someone who loves seeing what gadgets others bring carry with them, I thought it would be fun to show what’s always by my side. From my trusty iPhone to my favorite headphones and wallet - these are the essentials I can’t leave home without. 0:00 - Intro 0:13 - Phone 0:58 - Headphones 3:02 - Wallet 3:49 - Watches 4:58 - Laptop 5:29 - Back...
Fixing the New iOS 18 Photos App
Просмотров 13 тыс.3 месяца назад
Apple completely redesigned the Photos app in iOS18 and made it a bit more cluttered. In this video, I'll show you how to navigate through the new photos app and how to make it more functional. 0:00 - iOS17 vs iOS18 0:39 - Where is the Camera Roll? 1:56 - Interacting with videos 2:22 - Customizing the Photos app 3:07 - Pinned Collections 3:45 - Albums 4:13 - Utilities 4:50 - Media Types 5:15 - ...
Window Tiling tricks you need to know on Mac
Просмотров 1,4 тыс.3 месяца назад
MacOS Sequoia now has native window management and window tiling! Combine that with keyboard shortcuts and you've got a really great set of productivity features built natively into MacOS without requiring third party tools like Rectangle or Magnet. 0:00 - Starting with Window Tiling 0:11 - Drag and Drop 2:22 - Keyboard Shortcuts 3:24 - Custom Shortcuts My Camera: amzn.to/49dOKbF My Mic: amzn.t...
Mirror your iPhone on your Mac!
Просмотров 51 тыс.4 месяца назад
MacOS Sequoia and iOS18 allow you to mirror your iPhone screen on your Mac and use virtually every function of your phone on your Mac. This makes it easy to open apps and view phone notifications. 0:00 - iPhone Mirroring on MacOS 0:17 - Getting Started 1:13 - Navigation on your Mac 2:16 - iPhone notifications on your Mac 3:33 - Primary use cases My Camera: amzn.to/49dOKbF My Mic: amzn.to/4gf44q...
5 New Features You Need to Try in iOS18!
Просмотров 1,2 тыс.4 месяца назад
iOS18 was released this week and brings a handful of really fun and powerful updates to the iPhone. In this video, I'll walk through 5 of my favorites features in the new operating system. Learn to link reminders and calendar: ruclips.net/video/NaNNoD17APw/видео.html 0:00 - iOS18 0:18 - The Home Screen 1:28 - The Lock Screen 2:27 - iMessage 3:48 - Apple Notes 5:20 - Reminders Calendar
Linking Reminders and Calendar in iOS18
Просмотров 8 тыс.4 месяца назад
Apple just released iOS18 with a ton of incredible improvements. We've been asking for a native integration between Apple Reminders and Apple Calendar and they have finally given it to us! Watch to see how you can set this up on your iOS 18 or MacOS Sequoia device. 0:00 - Apple has linked reminders and calendar! 0:24 - iPhone setup with iOS18 1:26 - Mac setup with MacOS Sequoia 2:36 - Creating ...
The Best iOS Apps for Travel (2025)
Просмотров 4855 месяцев назад
I'm been traveling a lot this Summer. So, I figured I'd do a rundown of my favorites apps for travel and planning. Got a favorite travel app that I didn't mention? Throw it down in the comments so that I can check it out! 0:24 - Flighty 2:01 - Mobile Passport Control 4:44 - Map Apps 10:08 - Notes
Switching to Todoist? My Top 5 Features
Просмотров 2,9 тыс.6 месяцев назад
I recently started using Todoist to track all of my day-to-day work tasks and it has been a powerhouse. I'm loving the natural language input, Google Calendar integration, and more!
How to play retro Nintendo games on your iPhone | Delta Emulator Tutorial
Просмотров 1,8 тыс.7 месяцев назад
I grew up playing all of the classic Nintendo games including Super Mario Bros, Zelda, and Pokemon. In this video, I'll show you how to download the Delta Emulator app for iOS and get started playing your favorite classic games. 0:00 - Intro 0:20 - Why are emulators on the App Store now? 1:09 - Getting Started with Delta Emulator 3:06 - Emulator Settings
Apple WWDC 2024 - My Favorite Announcements
Просмотров 1807 месяцев назад
Apple just held their WWDC 2024 event and they announced some really cool features and enhancements that are coming to iOS, iPadOS and MacOS. In this video we'll chat through some of my favorite announcements and a few of my least favorite. 0:00 - Intro 0:22 - iOS 1:57 - iPadOS 3:05 - MacOS 4:41 - App tinting?!
Supercharge Apple Notes with this FREE APP
Просмотров 6 тыс.8 месяцев назад
One of my biggest issues with Apple Notes is the lack of intuitive keyboard shortcuts and text formatting options. But that all changes with the free app ProNotes. Now you have access to Markdown and slash commands in Apple Notes for free! My Camera: amzn.to/49dOKbF My Mic: amzn.to/4gf44qA My Favorite Mac App: cleanshot.sjv.io/6eRn4N
2024 Desk Setup Tour | my minimal work from home space
Просмотров 1,1 тыс.9 месяцев назад
This is my 2024 desk setup tour! I love watching videos on different setups and I figured I should share the gear that I use daily to create these RUclips videos. Let me know what gear you've recently picked up in the comments. 👇
How to backup your iCloud Photos (2025 Guide)
Просмотров 7 тыс.9 месяцев назад
iCloud Photos is not a true backup solution for your photos. In this video, I'll walk through the three different ways you can backup your photos outside of the Apple ecosystem to ensure your photos are safe for the long run. 0:00 - Intro 0:15 - iCloud is NOT a backup 1:25 - Solution #1 4:41 - Solution #2 6:04 - Solution #3 My Camera: amzn.to/49dOKbF My Mic: amzn.to/4gf44qA My Favorite Mac App:...
Why is everyone talking about “Productivity Systems?”
Просмотров 1,6 тыс.9 месяцев назад
Why is everyone talking about “Productivity Systems?”
Organizing your life with Apple Notes
Просмотров 166 тыс.10 месяцев назад
Organizing your life with Apple Notes
My Payday Routine | How We Budget, Save, and Invest For The Future
Просмотров 81710 месяцев назад
My Payday Routine | How We Budget, Save, and Invest For The Future
Break your phone addiction | tips to reduce your screen time and take back your life
Просмотров 76610 месяцев назад
Break your phone addiction | tips to reduce your screen time and take back your life
How To manage shared calendars in Google Calendar
Просмотров 2 тыс.11 месяцев назад
How To manage shared calendars in Google Calendar
Mastering Smart Lists in Reminders
Просмотров 9 тыс.11 месяцев назад
Mastering Smart Lists in Reminders
Four Tips for a Productive Home Office in 2024
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Four Tips for a Productive Home Office in 2024
4 features I love (and don't love) in Things 3
Просмотров 6 тыс.Год назад
4 features I love (and don't love) in Things 3
Libby App Tutorial: Get Free eBooks and Audiobooks forever!
Просмотров 2,9 тыс.Год назад
Libby App Tutorial: Get Free eBooks and Audiobooks forever!
The three reasons you should get a Kindle
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The three reasons you should get a Kindle
How to link Reminders with your Calendar
Просмотров 48 тыс.Год назад
How to link Reminders with your Calendar
Mint has shut down. The BEST budgeting app alternative
Просмотров 6 тыс.Год назад
Mint has shut down. The BEST budgeting app alternative
Reverse Budgeting - How to pay yourself first!
Просмотров 428Год назад
Reverse Budgeting - How to pay yourself first!
hi, This app is paid, and a yearly subscription costs exactly as much as six months of my car insurance
You can do everything I showed in this video with the free version of fantastical.
How do u fix all photos to be by date not when entered
When you are looking at all the photos in your library, click the icon in the bottom left with two arrows, and select “sort by date captured.”
Vocal Fry
Thank you.
Thank you as always! Is there any risk in having account numbers and passwords stored in a notepad?
I would definitely recommend you use a password manager instead! Apple notes isn’t the safest place for your passwords.
@@chriscardoso thank you! Is the risk the same between "putting a password into Applenote" and "putting a password into this third-party app"? Does that mean? Is there anyone here in the comment section who has a password for Applenotes?
Keyboard short cut is helpful thanks
Glad to hear it!
Can’t take the forced vocal fry….
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Love the simplicity of your smart home setup! Now it’s time to get smart blinds, bro!
100%. Just need to start saving up. Those are expensive! 😂
sorry man but your voice is so annoying, i couldn't make it past first 20 seconds
Thank you for the words of encouragement.
The pink light that turns on at random times… 😂🤣🤣
Send help! I can’t figure out why! 😂
Very annoying to play videos, now
Agreed! Super odd.
Does the Aqara switch work for hue bulbs in your office?
Yes. When the Aqara switch is synced from the Aqara app into Home, you can create scenes and automations with hue bulbs and Aqara switch.
Dude do something with that voice do annoying clicked off after just a few minutes
Thank you for the words of encouragement.
Great video! This is all new to me so I may need a part two for more ideas for my home 😂
Part 2 coming up! 🤘
Nice try but there's no fixing this
Haha true. But we can try to make it better.
How long time machine keeps deleted data? And is there way to always keep deleted files?
Time Machine doesn’t keep deleted data, it’s creating time stamped archives of your computer. As long as the hard drive you’re using for Time Machine has storage space it will continue to make new archives. When the hard drive is full, it will start deleting your oldest archives.
@chriscardoso so it only grantee full backup of current data? Older ones is recoverable but not granted? As they could get deleted
When I go to "all photos" and then select "month" or "year", 2024 apparently doesn't exist. The photos are there, but I can't narrow searches down anymore. Ridiculous.
Wow! So odd. Sorry your device is acting up.
Is there a replacement app we can download and use instead?
You can use something like Google Photos but it won’t be a true replacement for the photos app.
Whyyyyyyy?? This update is AWFUL. My iphone recently broke and in the interim I used a Samsung until it was fixed. Wow. The Samsung was just SO much better and easier to use, and it took much nicer photos too. Was not expecting that. I think apple are reachingthe end of the their reign.
Whoa! Time to get a Samsung. 🏃♂️
For some reason I can’t select Reminders in Calendar, it just won’t check.
That is quite strange. I’d try restarting your device. Or logging in on another Apple device to see if that gives you the ability to click it.
@ Did all that. Same issue. I may call Apple for support.
Compared to its predecessor app, Overdrive, Libby is absolutely horrible.
What if you only make enough in a month to break even?
If you break even each month, there are two options. Increase your income or reduce expenses. If you already have a bare bones budget, I’d look for ways to make extra income (start a side hustle, walk dogs, etc)
So this doesn't work with a sonoma 14.6? :(
Unfortunately not, gotta be on 15.
Thanks so much for the 'hide screenshots' thing. I hated it. I don't want to have go go through many clicks and an unwanted slideshow to get to my screenshots. Either have folders for EVERYTHING (like Android), or throw it all together. Awesome, thanks!
Glad it helped!
This is awesome and one of the best videos I have seen about this. Does this work for images and videos? If I am using my iPhone as camera and screen mirroring to my MacBook. Can I still use other apps on my MacBook?
I don’t believe you can screen mirror with your iPhone and use the camera simultaneously. You can definitely still use other apps on your Mac.
It’s because they were extremely dishonest about Apple Intelligence
Haha. Maybe just over promising too early
Also, I know that if I’m using an Apple app that it is reliable and will be around for a long time without any worries that it’s going to be discontinued. I love Apple and it’s reliability, and the flawless syncing between my iPhone, iPad, and Mac. In 10 years I’ve never had a crash or a glitch.
That is one of the best parts!
I don’t want to badmouth Microsoft because I used OneNote for many years because I liked its book, chapter, pages format, however, I want to get away from Microsoft for the simple reason that I know when they decide to stop a product, they just do, and then I’m left with 20 orphaned books that I’ve spent 10 years creating with chapters and pages. So I migrated to Apple 10 years ago and wanted an apple app for my Notes and I have watched dozens of RUclips videos now to learn how to achieve the same goals that I had with OneNote. So thanks to Chris Cardoso in the video above for presenting about everything you can do with Notes on iPad, especially folders and subfolders. They are essentially the books and chapters from OneNote. Thanks.
Glad it helped! Thanks for watching!
thanks Chris!!
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I’m on iOS 18.2 and very disappointed with what’s on offer. I was super excited for this after seeing how good go on for Gemini looked but I’ve found Apple intelligence to be pretty bad. Even with my account integrated with my gpt 4 account. Apple intelligence seems to know nothing at all and at most will just send my message to chat gpt which works out slower than just opening the chat gpt app. On top of this normal tasks I did with Siri like setting alarms are now noticeably slower. Really disappointing that everything you have said in this video still rings true for me. Very underwhelmed
Agreed! I’m not sure what’s coming next to make it better!
Appreciate the tips! The fact that they took away the total photo/video file count right there under your “all” folder is really annoying... to find it now, tap your iCloud pfp in the top right corner, there it will show your total file count.
Absolutely, thanks for watching!
Thank you! When you backup the photos library to a HD or NAS does it just backup the local smaller optimised photos in the library or the full originals from iCloud?
only the smaller local library. Chris says that also somewhere in his video. You should be aware of that. Perhaps better to export to actual folders and then make the backup. More time consuming, but in this scenario much safer. Unfortunately Apple charges insane amounts for extra storage otherwise you could just buy a machine with 4 tb SSD.
I’d recommend setting your library to hold full size images on your desktop and then moving that file to your HD or NAS. Otherwise you run the risk of having a backup without the full quality images.
IfApple keeps this, I might go to Android, this is awful
Time to buy a Google pixel!
I’ve never used a worse ai than apples, it’s a rotten apple!
Haha rotten!
Won’t it work with intel based Mac? I used open core legacy patcher.
Only M chip Mac’s unfortunately.
my macbook seems to not have the iphone mirroring app downloaded is there somewhere i can download it or not?
Are you based in the US and on the latest operating system?
@ figured it out thanks, realised i needed to software update, thanks for the help tho😁
Thanks.
Thanks for watching!
Thank you for the explanation. Can you make a video explaining how to transfer pictures and videos from Iphone to an External Hard Drive? Keeping time and date and additional data.
Have been really struggling to find any info on that. At the moment using Airdrop but only sometimes files keep dates.
Will definitely look into this and see what I can do. Thanks for watching!
In EU the option is blocked:(
I know. 😢 sorry about that!
If I add a todo item on calendar and I don´t finish it is anyhow to keep repeating erveryday on calendar this until I finish the task ?
Unfortunately I don’t think this is a current feature. We can hope for it in a future update!
I am amazed you do not recommend getting rid of Apple out of our lives completely and go to some user experience that does not constantly mess( polite choice of verb) wiht our phone and our stuff. my photos are my work and THIS IS ENOUGH TO MAKE ME CHUCk this thing in the bin. I HATE APPLE even more now. I just want a phone that I am the boss of, not apple being the boss of me and my photos. GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
Haha time to buy a Google Pixel!
Man, you are a life saver
Glad it helped!
This is was so helpful! I really appreciate how chill and calm you explain things.
I appreciate it. Thank you!
How do you edit / crop a photo. Edit is gone
The edit button is the 3 horizontal lines next to the i button.
Hi Chris. I have a really special problem. Some photos are moved to pinned collection - Map. And I´m only able to see them there, not in main gallery, just in map collection, and try to find them by location. It was always photos with some kind of numbers, or qr code or something like that. I can´t find answer anywhere... and a googled a lot ...
Hmm that is very strange. I wish I had a better answer. But if you are positive that photos are in the maps section but not in your library that sounds like a bug you should report to Apple.
You assume I know what a pinned collection is. I don’t, don’t have any. Another Apple lover who has little talent for teaching. Especially, a difficult app.
You are so kind. Thank you for the encouragement.
Is it possible to allow reminders to sync from Apple Calendar? It would be extremely helpful to have my Apple Calendar automatically update with my schoolwork from Schoology (which it does already) to then create reminders with the same name and due dates from the calendar. Any help would be appreciated!
Hmm. So you have a calendar that comes in from Schoology with all of your schoolwork? I bet you could make some type of shortcut or automation that converts calendar events with due dates to reminders but it’s hard to say for sure without seeing it.
@@chriscardoso Could I message you somewhere so I can share screenshots---i'd really like help with this.
I think you kind of jumped the gun here - iOS 18.2 has ChatGPT integration, as does macOS 15.2. But I forgive you. ;)
Haha I appreciate it. I’ll have to do some more digging into 18.2 now that it is out.
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@@chriscardoso it still blows.
@@Curtixman haha. Genmoji just isn’t doing it for me. 😅
Tried it for a minute , now off permanently ... if this is the future of tech , god help us all
Haha, the future is bright… 😅
Hi ! Thank you for the video Sorry I wasn’t clear w my question that I had asked earlier ; when you had showed us how to make the iOS 18 photos app “closer” to the iOS 17 version, you checked the boxes of the sections you wanted to remove to “simplify “ the new version ,,so by revert back I meant can you put back those sections that you removed (on the iOS 18. ) in other words can you add those sections back even after you removed them ,,Can you do that? Thanks! (I haven’t updated yet and it sounds terrible! )
Yes you can! You can revert any section back!
Hi thank you for the video, after you customize, could you always revert back ? I have not updated yet , I’m reading how bad the update is and I already agree , I like the photo app like it always was .. so simple to use and less complicated, this sounds like a disaster … I’m hoping apple will go back to the original app before I update ugh 😕
When you are on iOS 18 you can customize the photos app at anytime. Reverting back to iOS 17 is a more complex process.
@ hi thank you for your reply ! Sorry I wasn’t clear w my question; when you had showed us how to make the iOS 18 photos app “closer” to the iOS 17 version, you checked the boxes of the sections you wanted to remove to “simplify “ the new version ,,so by revert back I meant can you put back those sections that you removed (on the iOS 18. ) in other words can you get those sections back even after you removed them ,,Can you do that?
@ @ hi thank you for your reply ! Sorry I wasn’t clear w my question; when you had showed us how to make the iOS 18 photos app “closer” to the iOS 17 version, you checked the boxes of the sections you wanted to remove to “simplify “ the new version ,,so by revert back I meant can you put back those sections that you removed (on the iOS 18. ) in other words can you get those sections back even after you removed them ,,Can you do that?