iPhone Life - Best Apps, Top Tips, Great Gear
How to Turn Off Apple Watch Phone Call Notifications
By Rhett Intriago
Receiving phone calls on your Apple Watch is a convenient way to know who’s calling you even if your iPhone is not nearby. However, if you do not want calls coming through on your Apple Watch, you can turn off notifications. Find out how to turn off Apple Watch phone calls below!
How to Fix iPhone Contact Poster Not Working
By Leanne Hays
If you're wondering why your Contact Posters won't update, here's how to fix the Contact Poster glitch! Solve update problems and get the most recent iOS 17 Contact Card for each of your Contacts.
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How to Disable Pop-Up Character Previews on the iPhone Keyboard
By Conner Carey
When typing on the iPhone's keyboard, every character you press pops up as you select it. If you’re not a fan of the feature, it’s easy to turn off.
How to Set up Contextual Reminders with Siri
By Conner Carey
Setting reminders for yourself on your iPhone has never been easier. With iOS 9, Siri has received a major intelligence boost and is capable of understanding terms such as "it" or "this," which means you can now ask Siri to set a contextual reminder based on what you are looking at on your iPhone screen.
How to Follow Your Favorite Sports Teams with Siri
By Conner Carey
Siri received some major upgrades in iOS 9. One of the new ways you can use Siri is to ask about game schedules, scores and stats, and team members. If you have a favorite team, you can find out when they’re playing next as well.
Extreme iPhone 6s Testing: “This Thing Will Not Die”
By Conner Carey
Don’t ask me how, but I stumbled upon YouTuber TechRax’s video in which he tests the iPhone's durability by spinning it in a paint shaker. You remember those machines at hardware stores that chug paint around really fast to mix the colors? Yeah, that. Naturally, I found myself yelling at the screen, “Nooo!” and wanted to bring you the same discomfort.
How to Enable Picture in Picture on iPad & iPhone
By Conner Carey
Picture in Picture (PiP mode) allows you to watch videos and movies or chat on FaceTime while working in other apps. Originally only available for the iPad, you can now use your iPhone for Picture in Picture, and capabilities have expanded to include YouTube Picture in Picture mode, with some caveats. Let's go over how to multitask on an iPad and iPhone using Picture in Picture.
How to Drag-Select Multiple Photos
By Conner Carey
With iOS 9, not only can you select multiple photos, but you can drag your finger over multiple photos to select them for sharing or deletion.
Skybuds: Truly Wireless Earbuds
By Conner Carey
The devices we listen to music on have evolved greatly, yet the devices we listen with haven’t changed much. Skybuds wants to change that with truly wireless earbuds that store and charge from your smartphone case.
How to Adjust iPhone Audio Settings with iPhone Equalizer
By Conner Carey
In Apple Music settings, you have the ability to adjust the way the music sounds, like how loud the bass is and more. You can also customize your Apple Music settings based on whether you're listening to pop, rock, or jazz. This feature is called the equalizer, or "EQ." The EQ can be adjusted to provide the best sound regardless of your surrounding environment.
Bumble Dating App Lets Women Make the First Move
By Conner Carey
Tinder Co-Founder Whitney Wolfe recently introduced Bumble (free), the dating app where women make the first move. Similarly to Tinder, mutual matches are made via swiping; but with Bumble, the woman has to start the conversation within twenty-four hours or the match is gone.
How to View Detailed Battery Info on Your iPhone
By Conner Carey
In iOS 9, you can view specifics on which apps are using your iPhone’s battery. If you find your battery is draining quickly, viewing detailed battery info is a great way to figure out why. You can see which apps use chunks of your battery life, how long the app was active, and how long the app was running in the background. This is also a great way to see how much time you're spending on a particular app; in case you're still in denial about your Facebook habit.
How to Share and Save Voicemails
By Conner Carey
Voicemail storage is limited and, usually, most people discard the old ones. However, now and again there’s an awesome or hilarious message that you want to keep or share with friends and family. Now, in iOS 9, you can do that.
Inside the Apple Car Rumors
By David Averbach on Tue, 10/13/2015
How to Change Password on iPhone
By Conner Carey
Your iPhone contains precious memories and sensitive information that can be protected with a password. Apple has default six-digit passcodes on newer iPads and iPhones for better iPhone security, but not everyone wants to enter a longer iPhone passcode, while others want to add an even stronger passcode. I will teach you how to change your iPhone passcode in a few simple steps!
If you’re enrolled in Apple’s Public Beta Program, transferring data from your old iPhone to a new one isn’t quite so simple. Any iTunes or iCloud backup made from your current iPhone running the iOS 9 public beta is not compatible with the shipping version of iOS 9 running on your new iPhone. The only way to unenroll from the beta program is to restore your iPhone with the iOS 8 backup you made before signing up. However, if like me you've acquired a lot of data since then; restoring to the old back up could be a deal breaker. Here's how to easily transfer your data from an old iPhone currently enrolled in the Apple Beta Software Program to your new iPhone.
How to Delete All Mail
By Conner Carey
Finally, in iOS 9, there is an option to delete all of your mail via the Mail app. This only works with individual mailboxes, such as Yahoo, not the All Inboxes mailbox. If you're using Gmail, you'll need to select Delete All instead of Archive All in Gmail Settings. If you're worried about losing emails you want to keep, there's a setting you can enable to prevent accidentally deleting emails.
How to Save a Web Page as PDF on iPhone
By Conner Carey
Converting a web page to PDF is very easy to do. Once you've converted HTML content to PDF and saved it to the Books app, you can print, email, or even AirDrop the file. Let's get started learning how to save a page as a PDF on iPhone so you can refer to it whenever you need to.
