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How to View VPN Connect Time on iPhone or iPad

Feb 5, 2020 - 4 Comments
VPN on iPHone or iPad

If you use a VPN with iPhone or iPad you may be wondering how to see how long you have been connected to the VPN for from an iPhone or iPad. Have you been connected for a few minutes, a few hours, or days? No reason to wonder, as you can find this information directly … Read More

iMessage Not Working on Mac? How to Fix & Troubleshoot Messages in MacOS

Feb 4, 2020 - 18 Comments
How to Fix iMessage Not Working on Mac

The Messages app on Mac allows you to send iMessages easily to and from the computer to any other iPhone, iPad, Mac, or iPod touch that is also using the iMessage protocol. Messages usually works just fine, but sometimes there can be issues encountered that prevent the iMessage feature from working in MacOS. Usually this … Read More

How to Switch Wi-Fi Networks on iPhone & iPad from Control Center

Feb 4, 2020 - 3 Comments
How to Switch Wi-Fi Networks from Control Center on iPhone

Ever wished you could quickly change wi-fi networks on iPhone or iPad? How about switching wireless networks right from the Control Center? Control Center is a handy feature allows users to quickly toggle certain functions like Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Airplane mode, and more. With each new iteration of iOS, Apple has been adding incremental upgrades to … Read More

How to Change FaceTime Caller ID on iPhone & iPad

Feb 3, 2020 - 1 Comment
Incoming FaceTime call screen

Whenever you make a FaceTime call on an iPhone or iPad the person you are calling will see your caller ID. That ID could be your phone number, or an email address associated with your device, but if it’s one that they don’t already have saved as a contact they won’t know it’s you. It’s … Read More

How to Delete VPN from Mac

Feb 2, 2020 - 9 Comments
How to setup a VPN on Mac

If you have previously setup a VPN on Mac but no longer use the VPN service, you may want to delete and remove the VPN from MacOS. Additionally, you may wish to remove a VPN configuration from a Mac that is not needed for a particular purpose, job, or enterprise anymore. Removing a VPN from … Read More

How to Disable In-App Ratings & Reviews on iPhone & iPad

Feb 1, 2020 - 3 Comments
How to Disable IIn-App Ratings & Reviews

Have you ever used an app where you received random pop-ups out of nowhere asking you to rate their apps and write a review? Kind of annoying, right? Most long-time iPhone and iPad users have probably closed dozens or even hundreds of annoying review request pop-ups that does nothing more than hamper the app usage … Read More

How to Switch Between Slide Over Apps on iPad

Jan 31, 2020 - 2 Comments
Slide over on iPadOS

In the latest versions of iPadOS, Slide Over for iPad allows for multiple apps to be in the Slide Over mode, sort of like running an iPhone app on the side of the iPad screen. Accordingly, you can also switch between apps that are in Slide Over on the iPad.

How to Sync Music to iPhone with MacOS Catalina via Finder

Jan 30, 2020 - 10 Comments
Finder music syncing

Apple completely changed the way that we sync data to our iPhones and iPads with the arrival of macOS 10.15 Catalina and later versions of MacOS. The removal of iTunes is something that has been a long time coming, but now that it’s here a ton of people are left wondering – just how do I … Read More

How to See & Change What Apps Can Access Health Data on iPhone

Jan 30, 2020 - 1 Comment
Health app data control

The more sensors and gadgets that we wear the more our phones and watches know about us, and if you use some of the various Health apps and fitness trackers you’ll find personal health data can be gathered as well. You might be surprised just how much data your iPhone and Apple Watch can collect … Read More

How to Delete All Email on iPhone & iPad with iOS 14

Jan 29, 2020 - 5 Comments
How to delete all emails from iPhone or iPad

Want to delete all emails from iPhone or iPad? You can easily remove every email from the Mail app on any iPhone or iPad with the latest versions of iOS and iPadOS, and the process is the same on all iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch models. This tutorial will walk through how to delete all … Read More

How to Find a Lost iPhone, iPad, or Mac with Find My from iPhone or iPad

Jan 28, 2020 - 1 Comment
Tap a device to see its options

Apple’s Find My app and service is a wonderful way of locating and hopefully retrieving lost iPhones, iPads, and Macs. So if you think you’ve misplaced or lost a device, don’t freak out. As long as you’ve done a little setup beforehand – we’ll get to that later – you can use an iPhone or … Read More

How to Restore Lost Contacts from iPhone with iCloud

Jan 27, 2020 - 5 Comments
How to Restore Lost Contacts from iCloud

Worried about lost contacts from iPhone, iPad, or Mac? If you are looking to recover and restore lost contacts, the instructions here will help walk you through the process by using iCloud to recoup contact information that has gone missing from a device. Contacts are extremely important to stay in touch with your friends, family … Read More

How to Cancel Subscriptions on iPhone & iPad

Jan 26, 2020 - 4 Comments
How to Cancel Subscriptions on iPhone

Have you ever wondered how to cancel subscriptions from an iPhone or iPad? It’s pretty easy once you learn how. If you use an iPhone or iPad, there’s a pretty good chance that you’ve subscribed to some services that require you to pay on a monthly or annual basis. These may include streaming music and … Read More

How to Automatically Download Apple Music Songs on iPhone & iPad

Jan 25, 2020 - Leave a Comment
How to Automatically Download Apple Music Songs on iPhone

How would you like to automatically download songs from Apple Music to your iPhone or iPad? That’s an option if you have subscribed to Apple Music.

How to Sign Up for Free Apple TV+ Subscription for 1 Year

Jan 24, 2020 - 5 Comments
Get a free year of Apple TV Plus subscription

Want a free year of Apple TV+ subscription to enjoy all the Apple TV+ shows? Of course you do! If you’ve bought an iPhone within the past three months then Apple is offering a free year of Apple TV+ service with that purchase.

How to Play Songs on Spotify with Siri on iPhone or iPad

Jan 24, 2020 - 1 Comment
How to start Spotify songs and music from Siri

Siri now supports Spotify commands, meaning you can now use Siri to request specific music be played through Spotify on iPhone, iPad, or other Siri equipped devices with Spotify. And if the iPhone or iPad is outputting audio to Sonos or another speaker, Spotify will play directly through that speaker system. Using Spotify to play … Read More

How to Edit Photos on iPhone & iPad

Jan 23, 2020 - 4 Comments
How to Edit Photos on iPhone & iPad

Editing photos on iPhone and iPad is now better, easier, and more powerful than ever before, as you’ll quickly see in this guide. The default Photos app that’s baked into iOS has long provided some basic editing tools and a variety of filters for quite a while now. This was good enough for users to … Read More

How to Find Friends or Family with Find My (iPhone, iPad, Mac)

Jan 22, 2020 - 6 Comments
Find My app on Mac

The FindMy app for iPhone, iPad, and Mac can be used to easily find people, whether they are friends, family, or anyone else sharing their location with you. You can quite literally find them on a map where ever they are located with this feature, a very handy feature for many people. We’ve already explained … Read More

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