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The iPad is a tablet computer from Apple that runs the iOS mobile operating system. Similar in functionality to the iPhone, the iPads purpose is often quite different, sometimes even serving as a general desktop computer replacement.

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A Solution for the Mother Ducking Shotty iPhone AutoCorrections of Colorful Words

Jul 16, 2013 - Leave a Comment
Ducking Autocorrect fix

The iPhone autocorrect feature is fairly aggressive with certain words and phrases. Though you can persistently cancel out the corrections to teach autocorrect what you actually meant to type, you still might find particularly colorful words are continuously autocorrected to much friendlier variations, often involving animals, which if you’re trying to sound a certain way … Read More

Disable the Picture Frame Button from the iPad Lock Screen

Jul 15, 2013 - Leave a Comment
Turn Off the Picture Frame button on iPad lock screen

Though the iPad Picture Frame feature is nice, having it appear on the lock screen can be a problem. For one, it’s very easy to accidentally tap which is just frustrating, but perhaps more important is the potential privacy issues caused by Picture Frame defaulting to show the entire Photo app Camera Roll. This means … Read More

How to Set Up Lavabit Secure & Encrypted Email on the iPhone and iPad

Jul 13, 2013 - 1 Comment
Lavabit outbound email port setup in iOS Mail

Lavabit is a secure and encrypted email platform that has been getting a lot of attention lately in light of recent news events. Lavabit aims to prevent reductions of privacy, and so not only does Lavabit have excellent antispam and antivirus features along with your standard email niceties like autoresponders, its most relevant feature at … Read More

Create & Use Rich HTML eMail Signatures on iPhone and iPad

Jul 11, 2013 - 5 Comments
Make an HTML Signature with GMail

Tired of the “Sent from my iPhone / iPad” default signature of Mail app in iOS, and want to replace it with something fancier, like a fully functional HTML signature with clickable URLs and some rich styling? There are a variety of ways to accomplish this, but by far the fastest way to get an … Read More

10 Mail Tips for iPhone & iPad to Help You Email Smarter and Faster

Jul 10, 2013 - 6 Comments
Quickly open drafts in iOS Mail

We all need as much help as we can get with email, and that’s why we’re offering up a slew of tricks to help master the Mail app on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. With ten tips ranging from having more emails be visible and stored on the device, to bulk management, to replying … Read More

iOS 7 Beta 3 Download is Now Available

Jul 8, 2013 - Leave a Comment
iOS 7 Beta 3

The third beta of iOS 7 has been released by Apple for supported iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch models. The beta arrives as build 11A4414e and is expected to include many bug fixes and improvements, as it further pushes iOS 7 to it’s anticipated public release later this year.

Change the Font Size of Messages on the iPhone to be More Readable

Jul 5, 2013 - 2 Comments
Changing between different font sizes shown in Messages on the iPhone

The default font size for messages and texts on the iPhone is fairly small, and while it may look fine to many users, it’s simply too tiny to be easily readable for others. iOS makes it easy to change the text size though, offering a wide range of options that are suitable for just about … Read More

How to Quickly Fix Stuck Orientation on the iPad, iPhone, iPod touch

Jul 3, 2013 - 44 Comments
Orientation stuck in iOS

Every once in a while an iOS device or app will get stuck in the wrong orientation, unresponsive to rotating the device and it either stays in portrait or horizontal mode, despite every effort to rotate the device any which direction. Though this seems to happen more often on the iPad than the iPhone or … Read More

How to Fix iTunes When It’s Not Syncing with iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch

Jun 30, 2013 - 141 Comments
Fix iTunes when it won't sync

iOS is obviously going in the direction of not needing iTunes at all, but in the meantime you still need to sync an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to copy over music libraries, videos, media, perform local backups, apps, and more. Typically iTunes will sync with an iOS device without incident, but sometimes things go … Read More

How to Use Personal Hotspot on iPhone / iPad to Share Its Internet Connection

Jun 28, 2013 - 1 Comment
Enable the iPhone Personal Hotspot

Personal Hotspot allows you to turn an iPhone or cellular equipped iPad into a wireless router, thereby sharing the devices internet connection with other Mac, Windows PC, iOS, Android, or any other capable hardware that connects to the hotspot. Often called “internet tethering” or simply Wi-Fi Hotspot, this is an excellent feature for telecommuters and … Read More

Use Mono Audio When One Side of iPhone Headphones & Speakers Stop Working

Jun 27, 2013 - 11 Comments

The famous white Apple earbuds are great, but anyone who has had any pair of headphones and heavily used them for a long time knows they can damage over time, and sometimes you’ll wind up with a set that no longer plays sound out of both ear pieces. The problem with this is that many … Read More

Recover a Lost Encrypted Backup Password for an iPhone, iPad, & iPod touch

Jun 26, 2013 - 33 Comments
Recover a lost iPhone encrypted backup password

iOS devices can use an optional encrypted backup feature that protects all backups with a strong encryption layer and password, meaning those backups are both unusable and unreadable without that password. If you chose to encrypt the backups of an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch with such a password and then somehow forgot the password … Read More

11 Simple Tips for Maximizing iPad Battery Life

Jun 18, 2013 - 1 Comment
iPad battery life tips

The iPad already has very impressive battery life and regularly lasts all day, but who wouldn’t want to have their iPad last even longer? With a group of simple tips, you can extend an iPads battery life even further and get the absolute most out of your tablets battery for as long as possible. These … Read More

iOS 7 vs iOS 6 Side-by-Side Visual Comparisons

Jun 11, 2013 - 1 Comment
iOS 6 vs iOS 7 home screens

iOS 7 brings a significant user interface overhaul to Apple’s mobile devices, and though it’s best to be experienced and used first hand, screen shots can do a fair job of demonstrating the differences. If you’re not a developer and can’t use the beta releases yourself, then comparing iOS 7 to iOS 6 side-by-side can … Read More

iOS 7 Supported Devices & Compatible Feature List

Jun 10, 2013 - 3 Comments
iOS 7 Screen Shot

Obviously iOS 7 looks incredible enough that virtually every single iPhone, iPad, and iPod owner on the planet is going to want to run the amazing new iOS on their devices… leading to the big question on everyones minds being, what devices does iOS 7 support? And what new features work on which device? The … Read More

iOS 7 Features & Screen Shots [Gallery]

Jun 10, 2013 - Leave a Comment
iOS 7 control center

iOS 7 is the most significant update to iOS since the original iPhone debuted, and Apple executives are describing installing iOS 7 as “like getting an entirely new phone”. Packed with tons of features and a beautiful new interface, with tons of animated interface elements that respond to movement of the device and provide a … Read More

How to Change the Keyboard Layout in iOS: AZERTY, QWERTZ, QWERTY, Dvorak

Jun 9, 2013 - Leave a Comment
AZERTY in iOS

Though most of us are accustomed to the default QWERTY keyboard layout, iOS does provide options to toggle between QWERTY, AZERTY, and QWERTZ. The latter two options are generally used in Europe, but you can enable them on any iPad or iPhone regardless of which region you’re in, the only requirement is that a Latin … Read More

Get Detailed Weather Information with Siri: Temperature, Forecasts, Humidity, Dew Point, Barometer, & Wind Speed

Jun 8, 2013 - Leave a Comment
Get Weather and forecast from Siri

Just about everyone knows that you can get basic weather details, temperature, and forecasts through Siri just by summoning the virtual assistant and then asking one of a few basic questions:

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