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This article explains how to find and interact with older notifications on your iPhone. How Do I View Past Notifications on iPhone? Notifications that have recently popped up on your iPhone’s lock screen should remain visible for some time. However, eventually, they will disappear or be replaced by more recent ones…. Check out the original…
Check if Airplane Mode is on. If your iPhone is switched into Airplane Mode (maybe you accidentally left it that way after a recent trip), your Wi-Fi is disabled. Turn Airplane Mode off to re-enable Wi-Fi…. Check out the original article: [Lifewire.Com] The Steps That Fix iPhone Wi
If you run into a bug or another issue with a website on Safari, use the Web Inspector tool to investigate. This article explains how to turn on this feature from your phone to debug errors with the help of your Mac. How to Activate Web Inspector on iPhone The Web Inspector is disabled by…
Thanks to its world-class camera and great apps for editing video, the iPhone is a mobile-video powerhouse. But what good is that if you don’t have enough memory to store the video? The question that iPhone owners who record a lot of videos must ask is: How much video can you record on the iPhone?…
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Once you’ve accepted a shared album invitation, you can control how you see the photos in the album. Open the album and then tap the three lines at the bottom to find sort and filter options. Don’t want to leave a shared album, but annoyed by notifications when new photos or other changes are made?…
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This article explains how to turn a video into wallpaper on your iPhone or Android smartphone. How to Set a Video as Your Wallpaper on iPhone To use a video wallpaper on your iPhone, select any video clip you captured using the Live Photo feature in the iPhone camera app. Go to Settings > Wallpaper…….
This article explains how to access your iPhone’s files from a Windows PC. You’ll learn how to copy photos and other files directly from your iPhone to your computer using iCloud and the Apple Devices app. How to Access iPhone Files From Windows With Apple Devices Unlike an Android, plugging an iPhone into a Windows…
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This article explains what might cause your iPhone to display the incorrect time, and how to fix it. How to Fix It When Your iPhone Time Is Wrong If your iPhone’s displaying the incorrect time, check your device’s Location Services and Date and Time settings to make the fix. Make sure to turn on Location…
Here, we explain how to create and edit a group in Contacts and send an email to its members. How to Set up iOS Contacts for Group Emails Follow these steps to send an email to a group on your iPhone or iPad: Open the Contacts app > tap + (plus sign) to set up…
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Anyone who has bought an iPhone or another Apple product has seen the note on the company’s packaging that its products are designed in California, but that doesn’t mean they’re manufactured there. Answering the question of where the iPhone is made isn’t simple. Assembled vs…. Check out the original article: [Lifewire.Com] Where Is the iPhone…
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Spying and phone tapping are easier than ever due to the wealth of data captured and stored on devices such as smartphones. From our communications to the locations we visit and the social networks we frequent, our phones contain sensitive information about us and our activities. Devices such as the iPhone contain features that protect…
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Make sure Airplane Mode is off. This may sound silly, but before doing anything else, ensure Airplane Mode isn’t turned on. This feature disables Wi-Fi (and cellular networking) because it’s designed to let you use your phone on a plane, where outgoing wireless communications often aren’t allowed…. Check out the original article: [Lifewire.Com] Fi Button…
Check that you or the person you’re speaking with hasn’t muted the microphone. Ask them to check and tap their microphone icon to rectify this issue. If it’s muted, the icon will be white (rather than grey)…. Check out the original article: [Lifewire.Com] The Fastest Ways to Fix FaceTime Audio Problems
Restart the iPhone. The first step in troubleshooting any device is to restart it. A restart can fix many glitches…. Check out the original article: [Lifewire.Com] How to Fix an iPhone Not Ringing
This article demonstrates how to add and modify information, including your name, email addresses, credit cards, phone numbers, usernames, and passwords, that iPhone’s AutoFill feature uses in iOS 12 and later. Enable AutoFill to Use Your Contact Info To enable AutoFill to use your contact data: Open the Settings app. Tap Apps > Safari…. Check…
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When you try to play audio on your iPhone, but nothing comes out of the speakers, you might notice a volume indicator labeled for headphones, even though no headphones are plugged in. If that happens, your iPhone probably thinks it’s connected to a pair of headphones. This problem isn’t exactly rare, and in most cases,…
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Turn on Wi-Fi. AirPlay only works over Wi-Fi, not cellular networks, so you must be connected to Wi-Fi. To enable Wi-Fi on your iOS device, go to Settings > Wi-Fi and tap the toggle so it turns green…. Check out the original article: [Lifewire.Com] The Quick Way to Restore a Missing AirPlay Icon
Released with iOS 13, the Look Around feature for Apple Maps will be familiar if you’ve ever used Google Street View. There are two ways to use the Apple Maps street view feature: browsing and searching. However, if you decide to find your destination, Look Around will show it up close and personal…. Check out…
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This article explains how to enable and disable screen locking on devices running iOS 4 and up. It’s broken down by iOS version and covers the ways to tell if screen locking is enabled. How to Stop iPhone Screen From Rotating (iOS 7 and Up) What if you don’t want your iPhone screen to rotate…
Take off the iPhone case. Some iPhone cases partially block the camera lens or flash. Metallic cases or attachments—particularly magnetic ones—can affect the iPhone’s optical stabilization…. Check out the original article: [Lifewire.Com] Best Fixes for iPhone Camera Focus Problems
Turn cellular data on. While Airplane Mode turns off all networking, your iPhone also lets you turn off network types individually. It’s possible you can’t connect to cellular data networks because you’ve turned off cellular data…. Check out the original article: [Lifewire.Com] Fix ‘Could Not Activate Cellular Data Network’ Error on iPhone
Switch to Wi-Fi. For iPhone and Outlook calendars to sync properly, the data needs to be sent to the online servers, then re-downloaded to the other device. Data syncing can be delayed when your iPhone is on a cellular connection, so try connecting to Wi-Fi and see if that works…. Check out the original article:…
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Restart the iPhone. Turn it off, wait a minute, and turn it back on. Restarting is often a fix when something on the phone isn’t performing as expected…. Check out the original article: [Lifewire.Com] iPhone GPS Not Working? Try These Fixes
This article explains how to find the Media Access Control (MAC) address on your iPhone. How to Use the Wi-Fi Settings to See Your iPhone’s MAC Address If you’re connected to a Wi-Fi network, the MAC address is listed next to other related details like your phone’s IP address and the network’s password. This is…
The Download Google Drive includes an upload button to easily send photos to your Google account. For automatic backups, switch to Google Photos, which is designed for continuous photo and video backup. You can upgrade your Google account to unlock more storage to hold it all…. Check out the original article: [Lifewire.Com] How to Transfer…
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Domestic roaming is usually free on all the major cellular providers. Still, international roaming often involves being charged data roaming fees that become costly quickly. Learn what data roaming is and what you can do to avoid charges while traveling…. Check out the original article: [Lifewire.Com] Data Roaming Explained: How It Works and How to…
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This article explains how to ping a misplaced Apple Watch from an iPhone using an option in the Control Center and the Find My app. How to Ping Apple Watch from iPhone Using Control Center If you’ve lost your Apple Watch in your home or office, you can find it using the Ping My Watch…
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The iPhone 16 was released to much fanfare and hype. Apple Intelligence was supposed to be the best thing that’s happened to Apple since the iPhone. Only, it really hasn’t been, and I saw that coming…. Check out the original article: [Lifewire.Com] Apple Intelligence Fizzles: Why Many Are Passing on the iPhone 16
Smartphones have been making lives easier for a long time and today’s generation is no slouch when it comes to finding new ways to use them. Still, we’ve got a few tips you can flex to create the fully connected life you deserve. Pay Up (And Get Paid) Wherever You Roam Bills, bills, bills! We…
Our smartphones quickly accumulate dirt and other nasties when they’re in our pockets, hands, and bags all day. Phone sanitizers remove much of the manual effort in cleaning, and we’ve outlined five reasons why you should (or shouldn’t) consider buying one. Who Should Buy a Phone Sanitizer? To put things simply, you’d probably benefit greatly…
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