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Stacey Butler

Stacey is a senior staff writer at GeeksModo and has been writing about Apple for nearly a decade. She covers all things Apple for GeeksModo, including iPhones, iPads and Mac. Based in Honolulu, Hawaii, Stacey is often found hiking precarious landscapes or tinkering with a camera.

Stacey Butler's Articles

iPhone, Find My app, People screen, city map, list of friends, their location and distance available  

How to Check Whether Someone Is Tracking You

by Stacey Butler
Find My lists everyone who can see you, and it is worth reading.
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Find My app on macOS, iPadOS, iOS, watchOS, AirPods and AirTag,

How to Get Find My Alerts When Someone Arrives or Leaves

by Stacey Butler
The radius can be anything from 300 feet to 150 miles across.
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macOS 27 next to MacBook Pro Running macOS 27 Golden Gate

What Changed in macOS Since Monterey

by Stacey Butler
System Preferences became System Settings in Ventura, and moved everything.
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iPhone 18 Pro in glacier is paired with the Clear Case.

How to Download the macOS 27 Installer

by Stacey Butler
The installer is not in the Mac App Store, and Apple does not publicise a link.
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macOS 27 next to MacBook Pro Running macOS 27 Golden Gate

Photos on Mac: Shared Albums and AI Editing in macOS 27

by Stacey Butler
Upgraded shared albums start counting against your iCloud storage quota.
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iPhone 18 Pro in glacier is paired with the Clear Case.

How to Install iOS 27 and iPadOS 27

by Stacey Butler
Expect the device to run hot, and the indexing afterward to take a day.
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iPhone 18 Pro in glacier is paired with the Clear Case.

How to Set Up Screen Time and Parental Controls in iOS 27

by Stacey Butler
Parents can now cap entertainment, games and social media separately.
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A collection of Apple products, including Apple Vision Pro, MacBook, iPad, iPhone 17 Pro, and Apple Watch, all displaying various Siri AI interfaces.

How to Split a Restaurant Bill With Apple Cash in iOS 27

by Stacey Butler
It calculates your own share and nobody else’s, which defeats most of the point.
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A collection of Apple products, including Apple Vision Pro, MacBook, iPad, iPhone 17 Pro, and Apple Watch, all displaying various Siri AI interfaces.

iOS 27: How to Use Intelligent Actions in Shortcuts

by Stacey Butler
The Use Model action lets you pick where each step runs, on device or in the cloud.
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A collection of Apple products, including Apple Vision Pro, MacBook, iPad, iPhone 17 Pro, and Apple Watch, all displaying various Siri AI interfaces.

How to Ask Siri About What’s On Your Screen in iOS 27

by Stacey Butler
On a Mac, Command-Shift-Space asks Siri about whatever window is in front.
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