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Organizing your photos into albums can be a lengthy, painstaking process, especially if you have thousands upon thousands of photos to sort through. Fortunately, the Photos app for Mac has a tool that can be useful for this task - Smart Albums. Basically this tool lets you automatically group your photos by a number of criteria into albums. Unfortunately, and for unknown reasons, smart albums don't synch with iCloud, so you won't be able to create a smart album on your Mac and then view it on your iPhone.

iOS 13 introduced iCloud folder sharing (and it finally came to full fruition in iOS 13.4), allowing iPhone and iPad users to share folders (instead of just files) with each other via iCloud Drive, giving it a Dropbox-like usability. The same functionality came to Mac with macOS Catalina - here's how to share folders from you Mac with other iCloud users:

There are plenty of situations where a different phone number can come in handy - basically any time you don't want to give out any personal information, which can link to other private information and so on. Perhaps you want to sign up for a service that requires you to verify by texting you a code (which just about everything does) and you don't want to give out your real number; maybe you need to text with a stranger who wants to buy something from you on Craigslist; maybe you want to use a different number for a Tinder date.

Amazon, Hulu, Netflix and all the streaming services are going to become your best friend during the 2020 coronavirus pandemic. No matter where you are practicing your social distancing these 5 recommendations will help you get through your state mandated boredom. Grab your iPhone, iPad or streaming device and start binging on these series and movies.

Purchasing your groceries online and having them either delivered or ready for pick up is quickly becoming commonplace, and many food stores are jumping on the bandwagon. It is a super convenient way to get your food shopping done, whether you are just behind schedule on one of life's many other tasks, or if you happen to be under an emergency stay-at-home order. As one of the top grocers in the U.S., Safeway not only offers online shopping for delivery or pick up, but also has an app that makes it simple to do. Here's how to shop at Safeway from the convenience of your iPhone: