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How to Use the Compact Call Interface on iPhone in iOS 14

Nov 11, 2020 - 3 Comments
How to Use the Compact Call Interface on iPhone in iOS 14

How often have phone calls interrupted what you were doing while using your iPhone? Maybe you were reading an article, or writing an important email, and suddenly the whole screen is taken over by an incoming phone call. Sure, you can send the call to voicemail but that may be rude on undesirable, depending on … Read More

How to View All Photos in Messages Threads on iPhone & iPad

Nov 10, 2020 - 3 Comments
How to View All Photos in Messages Threads on iPhone

Scrolling through days or weeks of Messages conversations on iPhone or iPad to find that one photo you’re looking for is such a tedious process. However, if you use iMessage for texting your friends, family, and colleagues, there’s a neat trick to quickly access all your media and browse through all photos that have been … Read More

How to Enable Facebook Dark Mode (Web)

Nov 9, 2020 - 1 Comment
How to Enable Facebook Dark Mode

Do you use Facebook as your primary social media platform to stay connected with your friends, family and colleagues? If so, you might be interested in the Dark Mode feature that Facebook has to offer.

How to Combine Videos on iPhone & iPad with iMovie

Nov 9, 2020 - 2 Comments
How to Combine Videos on iPhone & iPad with iMovie

Do you want to combine a few different videos into a single video on your iPhone or iPad? Perhaps you’ve recorded and captured a handful of video clips and you’d like to make a montage? With the iMovie app that’s available for iOS and iPadOS devices, combining movie clips into a single video is a … Read More

How to Copy at Command Line Showing Progress & Speed Indicator

Nov 9, 2020 - 7 Comments
Terminal in macOS

Ever wished you could see the transfer progress and speed of copying files at the command line? If you’re familiar with the command line of Mac OS, Linux, or any other Unix operating system, you likely use the ‘cp’ or ditto commands to copy files, directories, and other data. The ditto and cp command is … Read More

Wi-Fi Calling Not Working on iPhone? Here’s How to Fix & Troubleshoot

Nov 8, 2020 - 4 Comments
How to Troubleshoot Wi-Fi Calling

Wi-Fi Calling is great iPhone feature that allows you to make regular phone calls over your Wi-Fi network. It comes in handy when you’re indoors but your cellular signal strength is poor, or even nonexistent. Assuming wi-fi calling is enabled on your iPhone, your carrier will automatically switch to the active Wi-Fi connection to improve … Read More

How to Completely Turn Off Live Photo on iPhone Camera

Nov 7, 2020 - 25 Comments
How to turn off Live Photos completely

Most iPhone users know that you can enable or disable Live Photos directly from within the Camera app on iPhone every time you take a photo. But you also may notice that if you turn off Live Photos in the camera app by toggling the button, the next time you use the Camera app the … Read More

How to Play Games in Messages for iPhone & iPad

Nov 6, 2020 - Leave a Comment
How to Play Games in Messages for iPhone

The Messages app on iPhone and iPad allows you to play games directly within the app itself, in addition to what you’d typically expect with sending and receiving regular text messages and iMessages. Does playing games like chess, checkers, cup pong, battleship, darts, mini-golf, amongst many others over iMessage sound fun to you? Then read … Read More

How to Pin a Note to the Top of Notes List on iPhone & iPad

Nov 5, 2020 - Leave a Comment
How to Pin a Note to the Top of Notes List on iPhone & iPad

An easy way to make important notes stand out is to pin them to the top of the Notes app list. If you regularly use the Notes app to take down notes, make to-do lists, and store other valuable information, you may have trouble finding some important notes, and the pinned note feature offers a … Read More

How to Check Apple Watch Storage Space

Nov 4, 2020 - Leave a Comment
How to Check Apple Watch Storage Space

Do you want to check how much free storage space you have on your Apple Watch? Perhaps, you want to transfer music and photos to your watch and you want to make sure you have enough space? Fortunately, you can see this info within a matter of seconds.

How to Delete iMessages on iPhone & iPad

Nov 4, 2020 - 3 Comments
How to Delete iMessages on iPhone & iPad

Want to declutter your Messages app on iPhone and iPad? One way to do that is to delete iMessages, either the entire conversations, or even a specific message. And let’s face it, most of us have sent a message or two that we regretted, or perhaps we don’t want to see reminders of any more. … Read More

How to Subscribe to Apple One from iPhone & iPad

Nov 3, 2020 - Leave a Comment
How to Subscribe to Apple One on iPhone & iPad

Are you subscribed to multiple Apple services like iCloud, Apple Music, Apple TV+, Apple Arcade, and more? In that case, you’ll certainly want to check out the new Apple One subscription bundle, as it will likely save you some cash. Plus by rolling all of the Apple subscriptions into one, you may find it easier … Read More

How to Delete Significant Locations on iPhone & iPad

Nov 3, 2020 - Leave a Comment
How to Delete Significant Locations on iPhone & iPad

Significant Locations is a feature that allows your iPhone or iPad to keep a record of all the locations you’ve frequently visited, and that the device considers to be significant – typically this is directly relational to the frequency of going to that destination. This information is then used to provide you tailored suggestions and … Read More

How to Disable Background App Activity on Apple Watch

Nov 2, 2020 - Leave a Comment
How to Disable Background App Activity on Apple Watch

Did you know that apps running in the background on your Apple Watch can affect its performance and impact battery life? If you’re worried about this, you may want to disable background app refresh on your wearable.

How to Recover Deleted Photos and Videos on iCloud.com

Nov 2, 2020 - 2 Comments
How to Recover Deleted Photos and Videos on iCloud

Did you accidentally delete some of your photos or videos from your iPhone or iPad? As long as you use iCloud and the photos were deleted in the last 30 days, you can easily recover the deleted images on Apple’s iCloud website from any device that has a web browser.

How to See All of Your Apple Watch Apps in an Alphabetical List Instead of a Grid

Nov 1, 2020 - 12 Comments
Apple Watch apps in a list view

When you think of the Apple Watch app launcher or Home screen, you think of the grid of icons that Apple shows in all of its promotional material. That’s become the way to use an Apple Watch. But for some users, it’s never been a great way to find apps. And even if you know where … Read More

How to Lock & Unlock Screen in Netflix on iPhone & iPad

Oct 31, 2020 - Leave a Comment
How to Lock & Unlock Screen in Netflix on iPhone & iPad

Ever accidentally tapped on the screen of iPhone or iPad while watching Netflix and paused the show or skipped ahead or something else? If you use the Netflix app on your iPhone or iPad to binge-watch your favorite TV shows and movies, you might be excited to know about this interesting new feature that prevents … Read More

How to Enter & Exit DFU Mode on iPhone SE (2020 model)

Oct 30, 2020 - Leave a Comment
How to Enter & Exit DFU Mode on on iPhone SE

Rarely, you may need to put an iPhone SE into DFU mode as a troubleshooting method or recovery method. This shouldn’t be necessary with any regularity, but if you have some particular difficulties with the device where it appears completely unusable (bricked), or fails during the middle of a software update and the device is … Read More

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