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Make a holiday card the easy way<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Plus: The iPhone NameDrop scare, Microsoft Paint’s comeback, and refurb Apple deals<\/h3>\n\n\n
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Jared Newman<\/div>
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This week’s column idea was brought to you by my mother.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was asked for ways to create holiday cards for physical or social media, specifically involving pictures of people on top of snazzy background graphics. While creating such things used to require some Photoshop chops, now it’s fairly easy if you have the right tools. (My beloved mom’s inquiry was presumably inspired by a bit of FOMO on Facebook.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anyway, let’s walk through some ways to create your ideal holiday card with as little effort as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Need to know<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The NameDrop scare:<\/strong> Thanks to some viral posts on Facebook, a lot of folks are freaking out about a new iOS 17 feature called NameDrop<\/a>, which lets iPhone users share contact info by holding their phones next to each other. It’s a neat feature, but the way it works has been wildly misinterpreted by various U.S. police departments, which have implied<\/a> that anyone can just stumble around, bumping into people and hoovering up their contact info.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is not how NameDrop works. Sharing contact info only happens if you unlock your phone, hold it within a few centimeters of the other phone, then agree to share through an on-screen prompt. It would be extremely difficult to do all that by accident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That said, if you really want to disable NameDrop, you can do so by heading to Settings > General > AirDrop, then turning off the “Bringing Devices Together” toggle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Evernote limits:<\/strong> Evernote is putting a bigger squeeze on non-paying users<\/a> as it tries to turn the notetaking app’s fortunes around. Without a $15 per month subscription, users will only be able to keep a single notebook and 50 notes. Those who already exceed those limits will be able to view and edit existing notes, but won’t be able to create new ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Italy-based app developer Bending Spoons acquired Evernote earlier this year and promptly laid off most of its U.S. staff<\/a>. The company says it’s since been shoring up speed and stability while laying the groundwork for future development. If you’re already paying for Evernote, maybe this is good news, but I’ve been investing my notetaking efforts into Obsidian<\/a> precisely to avoid a scenario where my notes are held ransom by sudden policy changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tip of the moment<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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MS Paint is cool again:<\/strong> For years, I was mildly ashamed to admit how much I used Microsoft Paint. Crude as it was, no app was faster at pasting, cropping, and marking up screenshots; it’s a big part of my workflow when putting together this newsletter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Windows 11, Microsoft has been adding some new features to Paint that are worth checking out:<\/p>\n\n\n\n