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Fixed: Apple Watch Won’t Pair without Update
By Rhett Intriago
So you’ve just purchased a new Apple Watch and you’re eager to get started with using it. But when you try to pair it, the Apple Watch won’t pair without an update. This is seems to be a common problem that you may run into when trying to connect your Apple Watch to your iPhone. Luckily, it can be solved pretty easily.
Apple Watch Snooze Disappeared after Update? Here's the Fix!
By Leanne Hays
Have you noticed since updating to the latest watchOS that the snooze option is missing from your Apple Watch alarm? Here's how to get snooze to show up again in the Apple Watch Clock app.
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10 Best Tennis Apps for Tennis Enthusiasts
By Jim Karpen
If you’re a tennis enthusiast, there are tennis apps to meet your every need. Here are 10 of the best tennis apps, ranging from apps that let you use your Apple Watch as a smart tennis sensor to tennis live-streaming apps and from tennis stat tracking apps to tennis coaching apps—and even tennis apps for measuring serve speed and string tension.
How to Use Siri to Turn Do Not Disturb On or Off
By Conner Carey
Using Do Not Disturb on your iPhone is a great way to take a break from technology to focus on something else. There are multiple ways to turn on Do Not Disturb. One such way is in Control Center. You can also turn it on in Settings. However, the easiest way is to simply ask Siri to turn it on. Turning on Do Not Disturb will silence calls, alerts, and notifications. Here’s how to use Siri to turn Do Not Disturb On and Off.
8 Free Real Estate Apps to Simplify Your House Search
By iPhone Life Team
Ready to look for a new home, but don’t know where to start? Forget spending countless hours online or checking your newspaper’s local listings—there’s a quicker, more efficient way to find your dream property. As well as posting photos and prices, many of the following apps list previous sale prices of neighboring homes, local crime rates, and even rankings of nearby schools. All of you potential new homeowners can now breathe a collective sigh of relief as these eight free apps simplify your real estate experience.
How to Use Facebook: 8 Tips to Help You Learn the Basics
By Rheanne Taylor
With as much time as the average user spends on Facebook, you would probably think that we all know everything there is to know about the popular social media site—but think again! There are actually a lot more hidden features to Facebook than you may realize, and this guide is here to help you start taking advantage of each of them.
How to View Your Activity Rings in Your Health App Dashboard
By Conner Carey
If you have an Apple Watch paired with your iPhone, you’re familiar with Activity rings. On the Apple Watch, your activity is represented by three concentric circles that track how much of your daily goals you have met. There’s a red circle for your Move goal, a green one for Exercise, and a blue one for Stand. However, you can also view these Activity rings in graph form in the Health app and include it as a part of your health Dashboard. Here’s how to view your activity rings in your health app dashboard.
How to Use Your iPhone Calculator as a Scientific Calculator
By Sarah Kingsbury
I use advanced functions on my calculator fairly regularly, so it's great not to need a scientific calculator app on my iPhone. I can use the scientific calculator on my iPhone calculator instead! Here's how to use your iPhone calculator as a scientific calculator.
Game Centered features roundups and reviews of the best in iOS games and gaming related news. Among the App Store’s myriad games and game news, it’s all too easy to overlook some great new releases and news stories. This week we recap what went down at one of the coolest gaming conventions of the year, this past weekend's PAX East event.
In this fifth installment of my series on HomeKit-compatible devices, we'll look at yet one more gadget that Elgato has given me: Eve Door & Window ($39.95). Its simple function is to tell you whether a door or window is open or closed, and it keeps a log of openings. Previous posts have covered iHome's SmartPlug ($39.99) and Elgato's Eve Room ($79.95), Eve Energy ($49.95), and Eve Weather ($49.95).
What to Do if Your iPhone Keeps Freezing or Crashing
By Conner Carey
When things stop working, whether in an app, with Bluetooth, or anywhere else, the first thing to do is turn off your iPhone and turn it back on. Often this will reset whatever wasn’t working and fix your problem. This may seem obvious, but judging by the number of readers whose problems we have solved with this advice, perhaps it isn't. So, here’s how to turn your iPhone on and off when things aren’t working.
You can use Siri to control Apple TV settings on your 4th generation Apple TV, and this is especially useful if you want to reduce a movie's background sounds. This feature of Apple TV not only makes the dialog more audible, but also reduces the chances that you'll disturb your neighbors.
There are multiple ways to control volume on the iPhone or iPad. One such way is the volume control on the side of the device, another way is within the app playing audio. You can also adjust the volume from Control Center. This is nice because you can easily swipe to adjust the volume. Here’s how to use Control Center to adjust the volume.
5 Awesome Eco-Friendly iPhone Cases
By Conner Carey
Happy Earth Day! At its Spring Event, Apple covered all the ways in which it’s helping the environment. Apple’s goal is to run all of its operations on 100 percent renewable energy, and it’s a goal the rest of the world needs to take more seriously as well. When it comes to a getting a case for our iPhone, there are often other factors we consider like protection and functionality. So here’s some of the best cases that deliver both on features and eco-friendliness.
How to Make Emails Easier to Find Again Later
By Sarah Kingsbury
If you've ever searched your inbox for an email you're certain you did not delete, but couldn't see it on the list, consider your email-flagging habits. If you know you're going to want to return to an email later, you can make it easier to find when searching your inbox by flagging it. Here’s how to make emails easier to find again later.
Mother’s Day Tech Gifts She’ll Actually Use
By Conner Carey
This year, Mother’s Day falls on May 8. That means it’s time to buy a gift and plan for flowers. I don’t care who you are, your mom waddled around for nine months and gained a tiger’s skin worth of stretch marks (or went through a strenuous adoption process) — the least you can do is get her a gift to show your appreciation. Even if your mom isn’t a tech pro, there are plenty of tech items she would love and get a lot of wonderful use out of. Here’s awesome Mother’s day gifts for the tech mom in your life.
Nomophobia is the fear of being out of contact with your mobile phone. It’s fairly new term that’s risen in popularity as our iPhones become more and more a part of our lives. Like with anything, there’s a balance to be struck. Here at iPhone Life, we recently did a podcast in which associate professor Ana-Paula Correia from Iowa State University came on to talk about the phenomena. Are you nomophobic? Do you have an iPhone Addiction that’s going unchecked? Take this questionnaire to find out.