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The iPhone is a smartphone from Apple that runs the iOS mobile operating system. Between its apps, communication features, the camera, mobile internet access, and other functionalities, the iPhone has quickly become an integral part of many peoples tech lives.

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Use a Mac as a Security Camera And Watch Live Video Remotely From an iPhone or iPad

May 3, 2012 - 51 Comments
Set up a Mac Security Cam with FaceTime

If you’ve ever wished you could check up on your house while you’re away, wish no more because we have a simple solution. We are going to configure a Mac as a home security camera that will open a live video stream on demand which can be watched remotely from anywhere via an iPhone, iPad, … Read More

Disable Automatic Syncing in iTunes When Connecting an iPhone, iPad, or iPod

May 1, 2012 - 16 Comments
Stop Auto Syncing in iTunes

Each time you connect an iPhone, iPad, or iPod to a computer, iTunes launches and immediately begins to automatically sync all content between the iOS device and the connected computer. If you’re annoyed with the auto-syncing aspect of iTunes, or you just want to disable it on an auxiliary Mac or Windows computer, here is … Read More

How to Rotate Photos on the iPhone & iPad

May 1, 2012 - 14 Comments
Rotate photos on iPhone and iPad

Did you take a great picture with your iPhone, but your iPhone camera orientation was upside-down or sideways? This happens pretty often, and if you ever need to correct the orientation of an image by rotating or flipping a photo, you can easily do so right on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. The image … Read More

Join Songs in iTunes to Play Together as a Group When Shuffled

Apr 30, 2012 - 35 Comments
Play Songs together in iTunes by joining them

Do you want to join a group of songs together in iTunes to play together as a compilation even when iTunes on a Mac or Windows PC (or an iPhone, iPad, or iPod) is set to shuffle through a music collection? For example, let’s say you have a large album you want to shuffle between, … Read More

How to Use Focus & Exposure Lock with the iPhone Camera

Apr 27, 2012 - 13 Comments
Focus and exposure lock on iPhone camera

You probably know that tapping once on the screen within the Camera app will cause the iPhone to automatically focus and adjust exposure to that region in the viewfinder, but if you’re trying to take a picture with challenging lighting or depth conditions the auto adjustments are not always ideal. Instead, use the excellent focus … Read More

How to Beam Photos Between iOS Devices Using iPhoto

Apr 26, 2012 - 9 Comments
Beam photos from iPhoto for iOS between iPad and iPhone

iPhoto for iOS has a great feature that lets you wirelessly beam pictures from one iOS device to another, this means that if you’re editing a photo on an iPad you can immediately send it over to an iPhone and vice versa, without ever leaving the app. Launch iPhoto on both iOS devices Tap the … Read More

Convert a SIM Card to Micro SIM by Cutting with Scissors & a Nail File

Apr 26, 2012 - 22 Comments
Tools to cut a SIM card down to micro SIM

If you’ve opened the sim card tray on a newer iPhone, you’ve probably noticed the card is considerably smaller than an average sim, these tiny cards are known as a micro SIM. The smaller SIM format is gaining traction but there are still tons of cell providers and phones that use the regular sized SIM … Read More

Change the Mail Font Size on iPhone

Apr 25, 2012 - 4 Comments
Change Mail font size on iPhone

The font size of mail messages can appear really small on the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch screens, but the default setting can be adjusted and increased substantially if the text size just looks too small. If you want to know how to change the font size of Mail on an iPhone and iPad, you’re … Read More

6 Tips to Free Up Tons of Storage Space on iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch

Apr 24, 2012 - 72 Comments
Free Up Storage Space in iOS

Are you feeling the pinch of the limited storage capacity on an iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch? It happens to the best of us, even with large capacity iOS devices it is easy to run out of available storage! If you are running low on storage space, check out these tricks to greatly ease any … Read More

Redsn0w 0.9.10b8 Includes iPhone SAM Unlock Preservation

Apr 23, 2012 - 2 Comments
Redsn0w 0.9.10b8

Right alongside the new SAM iPhone unlock method is an updated version of Redsn0w which helps users preserve their unlock. Dubbed Redsn0w 0.9.10b8, the updated release does not include any new jailbreaks and is only useful for individuals looking to save an iPhone unlock achieved through the Subscriber Artificial Module spoof method. Download Redsn0w 0.9.10b8 … Read More

Unlock Any iPhone 4S, iPhone 4, or iPhone 3GS Right Now with SAM

Apr 23, 2012 - 108 Comments
iPhone unlocked using T-Mobile as carrier

A new unlock method has been discovered that works on every iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, and iPhone 3GS running iOS 5, iOS 5.0.1, and even iOS 5.1, the only requirement is the iPhone must be jailbroken already. If you’re already jailbroke go ahead, otherwise here are guides to jailbreak iOS 5.1 and another guide for … Read More

Replace a Frayed iPhone USB Cable for $1 (Maybe)

Apr 23, 2012 - 10 Comments
Jury Rigged iPhone fraying cable

Have a fraying iPhone or iPod USB sync cable? Welcome to the frayed cable club. Now, you have a few choices if you’re floating the boat of cable frays: try to get Apple to replace it for free at about a 40% success rate, shell out $29.99 for an official cable, jury rig a hideous … Read More

Unlock an AT&T iPhone from the Web with AT&T

Apr 21, 2012 - 319 Comments
Unlock iPhone from AT&T via Web Chat

If you own an iPhone that is not part of a contract with AT&T, you can now officially unlock the device for use on other networks. We’ve discussed this before and our previous guide on unlocking the iPhone through AT&T focused on calling a special direct line, but now we’ll show you how to unlock … Read More

How to Instantly Scroll to Top of Web Page, App, or Screen in iOS

Apr 21, 2012 - 8 Comments
Instantly Scroll to Top in iOS

Need to quickly return to the top of an app, web page, or document, on your iPhone or iPad? This trick is for you! The next time you have scrolled far down on a web page in Safari, at the bottom of a Contacts list, deep down in Mail, or just buried down the screen … Read More

Stop iOS Asking to “Verify iCloud Password”

Apr 20, 2012 - 6 Comments
Verify iCloud Password message on iPhone

Many iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch users are annoyed with a constant message asking to “Verify iCloud Password: iCloud Backup requires that you verify your password.”, the popup dialog shows up randomly but most often when unlocking a device after periods of inactivity. Clicking OK and entering the password makes it go away for the … Read More

Restore Accidentally Deleted Apps on iPhone & iPad

Apr 19, 2012 - 101 Comments
App Store

Don’t freak out if you or someone you know accidentally deleted an app from an iPhone or iPad, because they can be easily redownloaded and restored at anytime through either of these simple processes.

Transfer Pictures to iPad the Easy Way with iTunes

Apr 19, 2012 - 47 Comments
Transfer Photos to an iPad

Transferring photos from a computer to the iPad is very easy with the help of iTunes. To get started, you’ll need either a Mac or PC with iTunes, a USB connector cable for the iPad, and a folder containing the pictures you want to transfer over to the iPad.

How to Zoom the Camera on iPhone

Apr 18, 2012 - 8 Comments
Zoom iPhone Camera

You can use a zoom-in feature on the hardware cameras included on iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. The zoom trick is pretty easy to master but until someone shows you how to access it, zooming is hidden from the normal camera options. We’ll detail exactly how to zoom in and zoom out with the Camera … Read More

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