By Amy Spitzfaden Both
One of the many ways you can customize your iPhone Home Screen is to hide apps without deleting them entirely. This enables you to keep your Home Screen clean by only featuring the apps you want the quickest access to or to hide apps you might want to keep private. You can still access the apps you removed from your Home Screen through the App Library.
By Rhett Intriago
Apple takes privacy very seriously when it comes to its products. The iPhone and iPad are no exception and even now include an App Privacy Report. This report shows you how certain apps have been using your data and accessing certain device features.
By Rhett Intriago
The Apple Watch has a nifty feature that ejects water from the speaker after you’ve been for a swim. The iPhone doesn’t have the same feature, sadly, so if your iPhone ever takes a dive, there’s no option to clear water from your speakers. However, some tech-savvy iPhone users have found a way to create a water eject shortcut that performs a similar function. Check it out below!
By Rachel Needell
Spotlight Search allows you to search your apps but can also be used to search within an app. Each new app that you download is automatically added to Spotlight Search. However, you might not want some apps showing up in Spotlight Search, like the Notes app or the Photos app, in case they have private content.
By Rachel Needell
I can’t be the only one who has accidentally purchased an app from the App Store, purchased the wrong app, or spent money unnecessarily on apps. Don’t panic! It happens to everyone, and if you follow a few simple steps you can receive a refund on an App Store purchase. We’ll walk you through how to do this on your Apple devices.
By Conner Carey
An iPhone Live Photo captures 1.5 seconds before and after a shot is taken, making it easy to accidentally catch the blur from lowering your phone, or worse, something you don’t want anyone to see. The solution is simple, as you can just trim out unwanted frames. Here’s how to edit Live Photos on your iPhone.
With iOS 15 Safari, the app has a whole new layout which brings many updates to the way you browse in the app. In Safari, the address bar is now located at the bottom of your iPhone screen, and in landscape orientation tabs will now appear in a list across the top. If you find these updates inconvenient and want to revert to the previous iOS 14 Safari layout, we'll show you how!
By Rhett Intriago
With the release of iOS 16 and watchOS 9 came a feature that allows you to enter the medications you’re taking regularly, input the dosage, and set when you would like to be reminded to take them. However, if you stop taking a medication, or only take a certain medication as needed, you may not need the reminder anymore. Let's go over how to turn off medication reminders on your Apple Watch and iPhone.
By Rachel Needell
If you love reading our tips directly from our website on your Mac, or if you love reading articles around the web in general, you should try using Safari's Reader mode. Reader not only hides ads but also allows for a much cleaner, streamlined version of websites that feels more like a magazine than the internet. Here's how it works!
By Conner Carey
These days, our mailboxes can quickly become overrun. One easy way you can organize your inbox in the Mail app is to see only unread emails. This way, you can see all your unread message in one place, allowing you to easily check what needs to be checked and delete the rest. Here’s how to see only unread emails in the Mail app.
By Rachel Needell
If you're wondering, what is Apple Handoff, it's a very simple and convenient way to work on the same project on any of your Apple devices. This means you can start working on one device, and transfer to another device to continue working. Here's how to use Handoff.
By Hallei Halter
Got 500 open tabs and not a minute to lose? Let's talk about how to rearrange Safari tabs on an iPhone so you can reduce the amount of swiping between open tabs. We'll cover how to organize tabs in Safari for open tabs and Safari tab groups.
By Leanne Hays
The iPhone has a bunch of great native apps that can really help you get your work done. But one of the best, little-known apps that come on your iPhone is the Measure app. The iPhone Measure app, while sometimes imperfect, does a pretty decent job of taking appropriate measurements of spaces. There are a few keys to getting it to work right, but this has helped me out in so many circumstances where I did not have a tape measure ready.
By Sarah Kingsbury
If you've ever tried to capture your kids being adorable or hilarious on video, you know that super stealth is often required. If a child notices that they are being filmed, the cuteness usually ends immediately. Fortunately, zooming is not just for static picture taking.
By Rachel Needell
If you love having your messages and phone calls connected to your Macbook, you may also want to be able to block specific numbers and contacts from your Mac as well. While numbers blocked on your Mac will also be blocked on iPhone and all other devices, it's nice to be able to block a number from your Mac. Here's how to block contacts on Macbook, iMessage, and FaceTime.
By Conner Carey
Apple's Photos app includes the People album, where the faces of people in your photos are grouped together. Here’s how to add a name to the People album in Photos on iPhone.
By Rhett Intriago
Find My can be used to track more than just your iPhone. You can track all of your Apple devices, including your AirPods. Of course, before you can do that, you have to add them to your iCloud account. Let’s go over how to add AirPods to Find My iPhone.
By Abbey Dufoe
Can you get incoming calls while on FaceTime? Yes! With FaceTime call waiting, accepting incoming calls and putting your FaceTime call on hold is easy. When someone calls you while you’re on a FaceTime call, you have two options: End & Accept or Decline. If the calls are both FaceTime Audio (FaceTime without video) or one is a regular phone call, you'll be able to Hold & Accept. This fast tip will show you how to answer calls and place calls on hold using FaceTime call waiting, so let's dive in.
By Erin MacPherson
Memory Mixes in the Photos app are special collections of photos, arranged and set to music via intelligent suggestions built into your iPhone. This fun feature lets you watch little slideshows and customize them with filters, hand-picked music, and more! Here's how to find Memory Mixes and share them with friends in iOS 15 or later.
By Rhett Intriago
The Apple Watch makes texting much more convenient since you can see your messages at a quick glance, without having to touch your phone. But how do you forward messages or photos that you receive? Read on to find out how to forward a text from your Apple Watch!
