By Conner Carey
Game Center is the main hub for iOS gaming, keeping score, and challenging friends. When playing multiplayer games, you can Auto-Match with a random person, or invite your friends to play. In order to play with your friends from real life, you need to add them to your list of friends in Game Center. Here’s how to send a friend request in Game Center.
By Conner Carey
If you have stock in Apple, take a sigh of relief. Yesterday afternoon the company announced record quarterly profit, netting $18.4 billion dollars in Q1 2016. “Our team delivered Apple’s biggest quarter ever, thanks to the world’s most innovative products and all-time record sales of iPhone, Apple Watch and Apple TV,” said Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO. The quarter, which ended December 26, 2015, saw record breaking revenue as well, raking in $75.9 billion dollars. Wall Street warned Apple’s soaring numbers couldn’t last, but the company continues its upward climb.. for now.
By Paula Bostrom
If one or more apps keep crashing or not loading on your iPhone, there are multiple solutions you can implement to fix the issue. Here's how to troubleshoot unresponsive apps on your iPhone to get them working again.
Depending on where you are, what time of day it is, and how you're using our iPhone, you may want to adjust your iPhone screen's brightness. Late at night, a darker screen can help you sleep better and be easier on the eyes. But during the day, you probably prefer full brightness, especially when watching videos.
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Learn to navigate your iPhone's auto-brightness settings and stop asking, "Why does my iPhone screen dim?" There are two ways to adjust your screen's brightness. You can access it through the Settings app or in Control Center. To learn more about iPhone Settings, sign up for our free Tip of the Day newsletter.
The quickest way to adjust your iPhone's screen brightness is through the iPhone Control Center. If you have an iPhone 8 or earlier, you'll have to swipe from your display's bottom edge to open the Control Center. If you have an iPhone X or later, follow these steps:
Going into your Settings is more time-consuming than adjusting your display's brightness via the Control Center. However, this is where you can find other display settings.
You can also change to Dark Mode, enable True Tone, and set up Night Shift in the Display & Brightness Settings.
The auto-brightness feature helps adjust your screen brightness depending on the light conditions around you. To keep your screen from dimming automatically, you'll need to turn off auto-brightness.
Please note that auto-brightness can help maximize battery life. So keeping brightness up can affect your iPhone's battery life. Next, learn how to switch to Dark Mode on Mac!
By Conner Carey
With a subscription to Apple Music or iTunes Match, you can use the iCloud Music Library. This is an easy way to have access to your music across all of your devices. When your iCloud Music Library is enabled, you can add an Apple Music song to My Music from your iPhone, then check your iPad and the song will be there.
You can screenshot on Apple Watch with just one step, which comes in very handy when you want to share something cool or interesting on your screen but only have a moment to catch it before the screen changes. We'll show you how to screenshot on Apple Watch so you can save and share interesting things from your Apple Watch screen.
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If you haven't done so already, you'll need to enable screenshots on Apple Watch prior to continuing. Once Apple Watch screenshots are enabled, you can use the handy trick below to capture a still image of your screen any time you like. To capture an Apple Watch screenshot:
By Conner Carey
When you’re browsing through Apple Music songs and playlists, you’ll likely find music you want to download. If you want to make sure your songs are accessible across your devices, you’re going to want to add it to your iCloud Music Library. Luckily this is easy to do; here’s how.
By Conner Carey
The greatest part about the age of digital cameras is the ability to see exactly what you captured in a photo immediately after you take it. Gone are the days of the thumb picture or the blinking family photo. That's why we love how easy it is to view your recent photos directly within the Camera app on your iPhone.
By Conner Carey
For everyday uses, the iPhone has a decent built-in microphone. But if you want to get any level of professional sound, whether it be to film a movie, record a song, or conduct an interview, you’re going to need an external mic for quality sound. There’s a wide variety of options, but it’s definitely the type of product where you get what you pay for.
