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Managing PWM on OLED iPhone & iPad Displays

May 14, 2021 - 17 Comments
OLED PWM on iPhone

Some iPhone and iPad users are sensitive to PWM flickering on the latest devices OLED displays. PWM, which stands for Pulse Width Modulation, can cause some users to have eye strain, feel nauseous or dizzy, or have headaches from the screen flickering when using an OLED screen device with PWM. All new model iPhone and … Read More

How to Filter Messages Inbox by Known Senders on iPhone

May 13, 2021 - 3 Comments
How to Filter Messages Inbox by Known Senders

Do you regularly receive random text messages, SMS, or iMessages to your iPhone from people you don’t know? Whether it’s from SMS spam or random people messaging you, the Messages inbox on your iPhone can become a mess quickly if you’re inundated with unknown and spam messages. Fortunately, you can filter these unwanted messages using … Read More

How to Answer & Reject Phone Calls on Apple Watch

May 13, 2021 - 2 Comments
How to Answer & Reject Phone Calls on Apple Watch

Have an Apple Watch that you’d like to triage phone calls with? Maybe you’d like to answer a phone call on Apple Watch, or decline a call on Apple Watch?

How to Enable Eye Contact for FaceTime on iPhone & iPad

May 12, 2021 - 9 Comments
How to Enable Eye Contact for FaceTime on iPhone & iPad

Do you regularly use FaceTime for making video calls? If so, you probably already know how there’s a lack of proper eye contact most of the time, since people look at the screen instead of the camera. However, Apple has managed to fix this with the modern iOS and iPadOS releases.

How to Reset Screen Time Passcode on iPhone & iPad

May 12, 2021 - 5 Comments
How to Reset Screen Time Passcode on iPhone & iPad

Did you accidentally lose or forget the passcode you use for Screen Time on your kid’s iPhone or iPad? Fortunately, there’s a way to reset your Screen Time passcode without losing all your settings.

How to Reset MacOS Password with Terminal

May 11, 2021 - 11 Comments
How to Reset MacOS Password with Terminal

Can’t log in to your Mac because you forgot or lost your user password? That can be stressful, but don’t freak out quite yet. Whether it’s your primary admin password or password to a standard user account on someone else’s mac, you can reset it in a couple of minutes.

How to Hide Purchases on Mac

May 11, 2021 - Leave a Comment
How to Hide Purchases on Mac

Do you want to prevent an app from showing up in your purchased list on the App Store? You may occasionally download apps that you don’t want others to know about, or you might not want to see a reminder of yourself. Whatever the reason, it’s pretty easy to hide app purchases on a Mac.

Beta 3 of iOS 14.6, MacOS 11.4 Big Sur, iPadOS 14.6 Released for Testing

May 10, 2021 - 3 Comments

Apple has released the third beta versions of iOS 14.6, ipadOS 14.6, macOS Big Sur 11.4, tvOS 14.6, and watchOS 7.5 to users enrolled in the various beta testing programs for Apple system software. No major new features are expected in the upcoming new point releases, suggesting the betas are working on refining the operating … Read More

How to Share Notes from Mac

May 10, 2021 - Leave a Comment
How to Share Notes from Mac

Do you want to share a note with a friend, colleague, or anyone? Whether you want to share your own thoughts or have a collaborative note, it’s easy to share notes from the Mac.

How to Disable Camera on iPhone & Lock Screen

May 10, 2021 - 1 Comment
How to Disable Camera on iPhone & Lock Screen

Want to disable the camera on the Lock Screen of iPhone? Whether for privacy purposes, part of work provisioning, for a child’s iPhone, or to prevent accidental pictures being taken, you can disable the camera on iPhone if need be, which also prevents the camera from being usable while the iPhone is locked.

How to Add Credit Cards to Safari AutoFill on Mac

May 9, 2021 - 3 Comments
How to Add Credit Cards to Safari Autofill on Mac

Are you tired of typing your credit card details every time you make a payment online from your Mac? If you use Safari to browse the web in MacOS, you can take advantage of its AutoFill feature to quickly fill out your credit card number, name, and expiry date for you.

How to See Websites Visited with Screen Time on iPhone & iPad

May 9, 2021 - 6 Comments
How to See Websites Visited with Screen Time on iPhone & iPad

With Screen Time, you can keep an eye on what websites are visited and accessed on an iPhone or iPad. This Screen Time capability is completely separate from searching through Safari browser history to find past viewed websites, as it’s intended to keep track of web usage and what sites have been visited, which can … Read More

How to Manage Hidden App Purchases on Mac

May 8, 2021 - Leave a Comment
How to Manage Hidden Purchases on Mac

Have you hidden any downloaded apps on your Mac, iPhone, or iPad? Perhaps, you’re looking to unhide some of those apps or see how many purchases you’ve hidden so far? In that case, you’ll be pleased to know that unhiding purchased apps is pretty easy to do on a Mac.

How to Reset Cellular Plans on Apple Watch

May 8, 2021 - Leave a Comment
How to Reset Cellular Plans on Apple Watch

If you have a cellular Apple Watch and you’re planning to change the network provider that you use, you will have to reset or remove the current cellular plan on your Apple Watch first. In this article, we’ll cover how you can remove or reset the cellular plans on your Apple Watch.

How to Create and Edit Widget Stacks on iPhone & iPad

May 7, 2021 - 1 Comment
iOS 14 weidgets

Modern versions of iOS and iPadOS offer widgets to be added to the Home Screen. By allowing widgets to live amongst apps, Apple instantly made them more usable and more important for iPhone and iPad users. It also introduced stacks. Stacks are super widgets that house more than one standard widget. That not only brings … Read More

How to Trust an App on iPhone & iPad to Fix “Untrusted Developer” Message

May 7, 2021 - 2 Comments
How to Trust an App on iPhone & iPad

Did you install an iOS or ipadOS app to iPhone or iPad that’s not from the Apple App Store by sideloading? If so, you will not be able to open this app on your iPhone or iPad right away and instead, you’ll get an “Untrusted Developer” message.

Problems with iOS 14.5.1 Update? Can’t Install? Battery Draining Issues?

May 6, 2021 - 4 Comments
iOS 14.5.1

It appears that some users are having issues with iOS 14.5.1 and ipadOS 14.5.1, ranging from problems installing the update, to battery issues or a hot iPhone / iPad after install. These type of problems are usually rare, but they can happen to some users after virtually any system software update, and thus these circumstances … Read More

How to Unlock iPhone with Apple Watch

May 6, 2021 - 2 Comments
How to Unlock iPhone with Apple Watch

Do you use an Apple Watch alongside your iPhone? If so, you may be excited to know that you can now use your Apple Watch to quickly unlock your Face ID-equipped iPhone, this may be particularly handy when you’re wearing a face mask. That’s right, you no longer have to type in the passcode.

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