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How to Disable Face ID on iPhone (Temporarily)

Nov 7, 2017 - 3 Comments
Temporarily disable Face ID on iPhone

Want to temporarily disable Face ID on iPhone? For iPhone models with Face ID, like iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro, iPhone 12 Mini, iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, iPhone X, XS, iPhone XR, or iPhone XS Max, you may find yourself wanting to quickly turn off Face ID on iPhone so that it can not … Read More

Hide the iPhone X Notch with a Wallpaper Trick

Nov 6, 2017 - 10 Comments
iPhone X notch hiding wallpaper

Don’t like the prominent black Notch across the top of the iPhone X screen? You can hide it with a little wallpaper trick.

How to Open Zip Files on Mac OS

Nov 5, 2017 - 11 Comments
How to Open Zip Files on a Mac

Zip files are archives that function as a single compressed package of a either multiple files, a folder, or a single item. Zip files are frequently encountered when downloading stuff from the web or elsewhere to a Mac, and while the Zip format used to be widely limited to the Windows world, .zip archives are … Read More

How to Take Screenshots on iPhone X, iPhone XR, XS, and iPhone XS Max

Nov 4, 2017 - 7 Comments
Take Screenshots on iPhone X

Want to take a screenshot of iPhone X, iPhone XR, iPhone XS, or iPhone XS Max? Of course you can snap screenshots of iPhone X-series, but you’ve undoubtedly noticed by now that iPhone X line has no Home button, and thus the familiar screenshot method pressing the Home Button and the Power Button no longer … Read More

How to Use Do Not Disturb While Driving on iPhone

Nov 3, 2017 - 14 Comments
iPhone Do Not Disturb While Driving

Do Not Disturb While Driving is an iPhone specific safety feature available in modern iOS releases. As the name implies, when Do Not Disturb While Driving is activated on iPhone, no calls, messages, notifications, or alerts will come through to the iPhone, much like when the general Do Not Disturb mode feature is enabled. You … Read More

How to Print Webpage Articles Without Ads from iPhone or iPad, and Safari

Nov 2, 2017 - 10 Comments
Print webpages simplified and without clutter using Safari in iOS

If you like to print out articles from the web via an iPhone or iPad you may appreciate this tip, which allows you to strip down a webpage or any web article so that the primary focus is on the article text content and photos. Essentially this lets you print out webpage articles without any … Read More

How to Stop iPad from Sleeping and Turning Screen Off

Nov 1, 2017 - 41 Comments
Stop iPad screen sleeping and turning off

Many iPad users wonder how they can stop their iPad screen from sleeping automatically. If you want to stop the iPad from sleeping and turning the display off on it’s own, you can easily do so with a settings adjustment.

How to Add More Apps (Up to 15) to Dock on iPad

Oct 30, 2017 - 7 Comments
iPad multitasking

If you’re an iPad owner who frequently uses many different apps, you’ll appreciate the ability to add more apps than ever before into the Dock of iOS on the iPad. Now, any iPad running iOS 11 or later can place up to 15 apps in the Dock on the device.

How to Add New Cards to Apple Pay on iPhone

Oct 29, 2017 - 10 Comments
Add new cards to Apple Pay

Most iPhone users setup Apple Pay once with a single card, but you can add multiple credit cards and debit cards to the iPhone for use with Apple Pay if desired. This is nice if you want both a credit and debit card on the iPhone, or if you have multiple rewards cards you use … Read More

How to Move eMail from Junk to Inbox on Mail for Mac

Oct 28, 2017 - 13 Comments
Move a group of emails from Junk to Mail inbox on Mac

The Mail app for Mac has a built in junk filter which attempts to identify and isolate spam mail from the rest of your emails. For the most part, the Mail Junk filter is pretty good on the Mac, but sometimes it’s a little too good, and some users may find that Mail on the … Read More

How to Change Full Name of a User Account on Mac

Oct 27, 2017 - 7 Comments
Full name has changed

When you setup a Mac or create a new Mac user account, you’ll be asked for a full name during the setup process, and that full name gets associated with the user account. But what if you want to change the full name associated with a user account in Mac OS? Perhaps you had a … Read More

How to Hide Recent & Suggested Apps from iPad Dock in iPadOS 13 / iOS 12 / iOS 11

Oct 26, 2017 - 27 Comments
Recent Apps and Suggested Apps in iPad Dock

One of the various new features introduced to iPad with modern iOS is a revamped Dock, complete with a new Recent and Suggested Apps section that appears on the far right side of the iPad Dock, delineated by a faint separator line. Most iPad users will appreciate having the Suggested Apps and Recent Apps section … Read More

How to Disable True Tone on iPhone Displays

Oct 25, 2017 - 6 Comments

The latest iPhone models include a feature called True Tone, which automatically adjusts the iPhone display white balance to better match the ambient lighting surrounding you. In practice this means the screen gets warmer in warm lighting, and cooler in cool lighting, sort of like how Night Shift works but not quite as dramatic and … Read More

2 Videos Demonstrate Portrait Lighting Effects on iPhone via Apple

Oct 24, 2017 - Leave a Comment
Portrait Lighting Effects shown in Apple promotional videos

The new Portrait Lighting mode feature on iPhone 8 Plus and iPhone X cameras aim to bring studio lighting effects to iPhone Portrait mode. Apple wants to show off the new camera feature by demonstrating the effects in recent commercials, and now they have posted a few promotional videos of simple to follow video tutorials … Read More

How to Set All Mac Apps to Prefer Tabs with New Document and Windows

Oct 24, 2017 - 6 Comments
Other tab preference settings for Mac apps

Tabs are useful and ubiquitous, whether for web browsing, the Finder, text editing and word processing, Mail, or any other apps they may appear, tabs help to reduce window and document clutter by bringing many different documents or windows into a single window with a tab bar. Many modern Mac apps support tabs nowadays, but … Read More

How to Reinstall Default Apps Deleted from iPhone or iPad

Oct 23, 2017 - 38 Comments
Redownload stock apps to restore default apps on iOS device

Now that iPhone and iPad users can delete default apps from their iOS devices, you may find it important to know how to re-download those stock apps to reinstall them back onto your iOS device. This is possible with any of the default apps bundle with iOS that can be deleted and then restored, including … Read More

How to Create New Folders in Files App on iPhone & iPad

Oct 22, 2017 - 21 Comments

The Files app for iPhone and iPad provides access to iCloud Drive and every file or folder contained within it, whether for individual apps or things you have uploaded yourself to iCloud Drive. If you want to better organize your files in the iOS Files app, you can easily create new folders in Files app.

How to Change Weather Temperature from Fahrenheit to Celsius on iPhone

Oct 21, 2017 - 9 Comments
Change Weather on iPhone from Fahrenheit to Celsius

You can easily change the Weather app on iPhone to display the temperature degrees in fahrenheit or celsius, regardless of what country or region you’re. Yes that means if you’re in the USA you can set weather to Celsius or if you’re in Europe you can set weather to display in Fahrenheit, or whatever other … Read More

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