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How to Find Text on Web Page in Safari on iPhone & iPad with iOS 12, iOS 11, 10, 9

Dec 22, 2015 - 7 Comments
Safari

If you have ever been reading a web page or website in Safari for iOS and wanted to quickly locate a particular text phrase or word within that active webpage, you’ll be happy to know that searching for matched text in Safari has gotten much easier on the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch with the … Read More

Show & Search All Photos by Location with Siri

Dec 18, 2015 - 3 Comments
Search Photos by location with Siri

While the iPhone and iPad has long been able to use location data stored within photos to place and sort the pictures by location, the newest versions of iOS allow Siri to tap into the location meta data too, providing for a quick method of reviewing and finding pictures by locale.

iOS 9.2.1 Beta 1 Released for Testing

Dec 16, 2015 - 4 Comments
iOS 9.2.1 beta 1

Apple has released iOS 9.2.1 to developers for testing. The build arrives as 13D11 and is compatible with any iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch which an run iOS 9 releases.

Automatically Install iOS Software Update in the Middle of the Night

Dec 13, 2015 - 17 Comments
iOS Software Update automatic installation

Your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch will now notify you when a new iOS Software Update is made available, as you may have noticed by now. When you see the Software Update screen popup on your iOS device with the message “iOS (version) is available for your device and is ready to install” you’ll be … Read More

How to Use iPhone 6s as a Scale to Weigh Items

Dec 12, 2015 - 21 Comments
iPhone 3D Touch scale

The 3D Touch display on iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus is able to detect pressure applied to the screen in order to serve the 3D Touch pop and peek functions, but with the help of a little third party web app you can transform the iPhone and 3D Touch display into a fairly precise … Read More

How to Disconnect a Specific Bluetooth Device from iOS

Dec 11, 2015 - 9 Comments
Disconnect the BLuetooth device

iOS allows users to disconnect a specific Bluetooth device that has been paired with an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. The bonus with this approach is that while it disconnects the targeted Bluetooth device, it does not forget the device, so you can quickly re-add the device later without having to go through the pairing … Read More

How to Downgrade iOS 9.2 to iOS 9.1

Dec 9, 2015 - 22 Comments
iOS 9

Though iOS 9.2 appears to run faster than prior iOS 9 releases and fixes many bugs while offering a wide range of improvements, some users who have updated to iOS 9.2 may wish to downgrade an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch back to iOS 9.1 for whatever reason.

iOS 9.2 Runs Faster on Some iPhone Models with Speed Boost & Less UI Lag

Dec 9, 2015 - 35 Comments
iOS 9.2 runs faster on some devices

For users who have been experienced performance degradation after updating an iPhone or iPad to iOS 9 from iOS 8.4.1 or older, you may be pleased to discover improved performance on some devices with the iOS 9.2 update.

iOS 9.2 Update Released with Bug Fixes [IPSW Download Links]

Dec 8, 2015 - 30 Comments
iOS 9 logo

Apple has released iOS 9.2 for compatible iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch devices. The latest version includes a variety of bug fixes and improvements to various iOS features, and also includes support for the MailDrop feature from the iOS Mail app. Complete release notes for iOS 9.2 and IPSW download links are available below.

3 Ways to Eject iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch from Computer with iTunes

Dec 7, 2015 - 3 Comments
Ejecting an iPhone from a computer with iTunes

Many users connect their iPhone, iPad, or iPod to a computer for syncing with iTunes. When syncing and iTunes usage is finished, users may or may not want to eject the iOS device, depending on their intended usage. We’ll cover a few methods of ejecting iOS devices from a computer with iTunes, and they work … Read More

How to Sign Documents on iPhone & iPad from eMail Quickly

Dec 3, 2015 - 57 Comments
Digitally sign a document on iPhone and iPad

Have you ever had a contract, agreement, document, or service form emailed to your iPhone or iPad that you need to sign quickly? Perfect, because now you can digitally sign and return a document directly from the Mail app of iOS. The Mail signature feature lets you quickly sign a document attached to an email … Read More

Three New iPhone 6s Commercials Focus on Power & Siri

Dec 2, 2015 - 7 Comments
iPhone 6s ridiculously powerful TV ad

Apple has started running two three new iPhone 6S commercials, one which focuses on the devices new capabilities available thanks to its powerful internal upgrades offered by the A9 processor, and the second two which emphasize the various abilities of the Hey Siri feature.

How to Delete Recent Safari Search & Web Browsing History on iPhone & iPad

Nov 29, 2015 - 20 Comments
Delete recent Safari activity in iOS

Safari for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch allows users to clear all caches, website data, and history together in one fell swoop, but sometimes you may want to be more discerning than that. The modern versions of Safari for iPhone and iPad allow users to delete Safari website data, searches, cookies, cache, and Safari activity … Read More

Check Store & Restaurant Business Hours with Siri

Nov 27, 2015 - 3 Comments
Find business store hours with Siri

If you’ve ever needed to know how late a particular store or restaurant is open, just pull out your iPhone and ask Siri. This should in handy when you’re out and about running errands or need to make a last minute shopping stop, but it’s clearly useful for many purposes. And if you have a … Read More

Tell Siri to Remind You About What You’re Looking At on iPhone or iPad

Nov 25, 2015 - 2 Comments
Tell Siri to remind me about this at a date and time

Whether you’re looking at an important email, reading a web page, or doing just about anything else on your iPhone or iPad, perhaps you’d like to be reminded about it again at a later time or date. While Siri has long been able to create reminders for events and based on locations, a new feature … Read More

How to Silence Siri with the Mute Switch on iPhone & iPad

Nov 19, 2015 - 8 Comments
Silence Siri with the Mute Switch

The ever helpful and sometimes comical Siri is a rather vocal virtual assistant, defaulting to speaking back a response to directions and commands. But if you want to hush that Siri voice feedback response while still using the feature for commands and queries, you can enable an optional setting that causes Siri to obey the … Read More

iOS 9.2 Beta 4 & tvOS 9.1 beta 3 Released for Testing

Nov 18, 2015 - 7 Comments
iOS 9.2 beta 4

Apple has released the fourth beta of iOS 9.2 to users participating in the public beta testing and registered developer programs. The new iOS 9.2 beta build arrives as 13C5075 and is compatible with all iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch hardware that can run other version of iOS 9. Additionally, Apple has released the third … Read More

How to Save eMail Attachments on iPhone & iPad Mail to iCloud Drive

Nov 16, 2015 - 5 Comments
How to Save Attachments from Mail in iOS to iCloud Drive

The iOS Mail app allows users to save various types of attachments directly to the iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. This is a great feature that is available in the latest versions of iOS, and for most file attachment, you’ll be able to save whatever the file is directly to iCloud Drive in iOS.

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