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If you've received a call from an unknown number or a number that displays as No Caller ID, be careful! Telemarketers and scammers often intentionally hide their numbers or even display fake numbers to hide their identities. We'll show you how to unmask No Caller ID numbers on your iPhone by using *69 or third-party apps to track unknown callers. Once you have this information, you can report the unknown caller and adjust your settings to silence or block the unknown number.

Within the Messages app, you can send and receive audio messages with other iPhone users. Sending and receiving audio messages is a fun way to communicate with your voice without being on the phone and without using the talk-to-text iPhone feature. Here’s how to send audio messages on iPhone.

The Mail app on your iPhone is about to get a lot more useful, thanks to mail categories. Many other email apps have had features like this for a long time, but now the Mail app finally allows you to filter your emails with different categories. Find how the new Mail app in iOS 18 works.

I will be the first to admit that I am not an expert linguist. I was a Russian major in college and even spent a few months in St. Petersburg (the one in Russia), but I graduated college in 2011. By 2022, I had forgotten almost everything I spent four long years learning. And back when I was learning Russian, I had the benefit of long-tenured professors teaching clueless college students all six Russian cases. I’m not a natural language learner, either! My father took five years to graduate college because he couldn’t get through his German requirement, and I inherited those skills.

Why is your Do Not Disturb or Focus mode turning on by itself on your iPhone? Do Not Disturb and Focus modes can be connected to Lock Screens or turned on automatically based on location and iPhone usage, so it's easy to turn them on accidentally. Learn how to turn Focus mode off and keep it from turning on by itself to avoid missing important notifications!

Why does a call go straight to voicemail without ringing? The culprit may be a setting like Do Not Disturb, Focus modes, or Silence Unknown Callers. There are several more things to check if those settings aren't to blame. Here's how to stop calls from going straight to voicemail on your iPhone.

Have you ever wondered how to combine photos on iPhone without a third-party app? The easiest way to combine two pictures and create a side-by-side photo on your iPhone is by creating a shortcut in the Shortcuts app. Then, you can just select the images you want to combine. Let's go over how to make side-by-side photos on your iPhone.

Have you been wondering what "Notifications Silenced" means? Sometimes, when you text someone via Messages, you might notice that it says the person has notifications silenced. Don't panic! It means exactly what it says: the user has their notifications silenced. It doesn't mean you're blocked. You can usually choose to notify the person anyway. Here's how it works.