By Amy Spitzfaden Both
If you're listening to a playlist curated by someone else, you might want to go back and see what a previous song was called or who the artist was. Luckily, it's very easy to see your Apple Music history! Here's how to view your Apple Music history on your iPhone and Mac.
By Olena Kagui
The new Camera Control button is an exciting addition for iPhone photography enthusiasts. It is sometimes called a camera shutter button, but it can be used to do so much more, including zoom in and out, adjust exposure, start recording video, and more. It can be pressed, light-pressed, and swiped, and it is customizable, so you can tweak what it does and how it works.
By David Averbach
If you're an audiophile who appreciates high-quality sound from your headphones, look no further for the best headphones and earbuds to buy this year. We've looked at a lot of different pairs, and these were our top picks for headphones and earbuds in 2023.
By Abbey Dufoe
Can you lock apps on an iPhone or iPad with a fingerprint? Yes! Here's how to lock apps on iPad with a fingerprint. Below, we'll also cover how to put a password on apps on iPhone or iPad for better security.
By Jivan Hall
What better way to ring in the new year than by sending fireworks on iPhone? With the Messages app, you can send screen effects along with your text. These special effects include balloons, confetti, and fireworks. Below, we'll cover how to send fireworks on iPhone.
By Erin MacPherson
The iPhone Dock lets you access your most frequently used apps from any of your Home screens. The default iPhone Dock apps are the Phone, Safari, Messages, and Music apps. I’ll teach you how to change, rearrange, and organize apps into folders.
By Amy Spitzfaden Both
If your iPhone Fitness app is not tracking steps, there's an easy fix. Barring a hardware malfunction in your iPhone or Apple Watch, you can fix your iPhone not tracking steps by changing your Privacy settings. Here's how to fix your Health and Fitness apps not tracking steps.
By Olena Kagui
By Olena Kagui
In the fall of 2024, Apple introduced a feature that lets users easily hide apps on iPhones running iOS 18 and later. One downside is that not all apps can be hidden. Another is that all your hidden apps go to a locked Hidden folder in the App Library.
By Jim Karpen
If you've ever tapped delete when you didn't mean to, you'll want to know how to retrieve deleted photos on your iPhone. If you want to recover deleted photos on your iPhone, you can easily do it, as long as it's within a 30-day window. You can also permanently delete photos from your iPhone. Here’s how to undo deleted pictures and permanently delete pictures from your iPhone.
By Leanne Hays
Did you know you can customize how long it takes for your Apple Watch to return to the clock face from an open app? Here's how to keep apps open for different amounts of time on your Apple Watch.
By Rheanne Taylor
It's easy to put yourself in the picture using the self-timer on your iPhone's native Camera app. The iPhone photo timer lets you choose a delay of either three or ten seconds, perfect for selfies or squeezing into a group photo with friends. Let's start learning how to put a timer on your iPhone camera.
By Conner Carey
Do you regularly call extensions for your work or personal phone calls? If so, you're probably sick of dialing through phone trees to get to the person you want to reach. We'll show you how to dial an extension on iPhone to skip the whole phone-tree nonsense, and how to add an extension to a phone number in Contacts for later use.
By Rhett Intriago
Cookies are pieces of data placed on your iPhone or iPad (or any other device on which you browse the internet) by the websites you visit. They save login information and track the sites you visit. They also take up space on your phone. If you don’t want cookies to track you or if they’re taking up too much space, you can delete them. Read on to find out how to clear cookies on iPhone.
By Kenya Smith
Why do your tabs keep closing on iPhone or iPad? Maybe you wanted to retrieve a few interesting recipes you saw online, but now the tabs for those recipes are nowhere to be seen in Safari. But don't panic! We'll show you how to retrieve those lost tabs on your iPhone or iPad.
By Leanne Hays
It can be frustrating when you attempt to make a call on your iPhone, and you’re given the error message “Call Failed.” You find yourself wondering, "Why do my calls keep failing?" After rebooting your iPhone, updating your iOS software, and moving to various locations, here are several simple steps to solve the iPhone call failed error before contacting your carrier.
By Leanne Hays
Have you ever used Apple Pay on your Apple Watch, only to realize that the wrong card was charged? Here's how to set the correct default card in Apple Wallet, so that never happens again!
By Sarah Kingsbury
Whether you accidentally deleted the Mail app on your iPhone, the Mail icon disappeared from your iPhone, or you can't find the All Inboxes folder in your Mail app, we can help! Let's cover how to get the Mail app back on your iPhone.
By Conner Carey
FaceTime or iMessage not activating? According to Apple, it can take up to 24 hours to activate iMessages and FaceTime. If iMessage or FaceTime won't activate after 24 hours, it's safe to assume iMessage and FaceTime are not working. Here's how to fix an iMessage waiting for activation and similar errors.
By Emma Chase
Did you know that you can make your own iMessage stickers out of iPhone photos? Photos can be turned into emojis that show just the subject without the background, Live Photos can become animated stickers and shared like GIFs. We’ll also cover how to use Stickers on iPhone’s Messages, Photos, and other apps.
