By Tamlin Day
Being able to make hands-free calls and send texts can come in handy when you're trying to multitask. Siri is a common method for dictating texts, but not everyone wants to enable Siri. Luckily, you don't need Siri to dictate texts in Messages. You can even use this method to edit out mistakes. Let's dive in with how to use voice-to-text on iPhone to dictate and edit texts without Siri.
By Conner Carey
Deleting photos from your iPhone is a great way to free up storage, and we'll show you how easy the Photos app makes it to delete multiple pictures at once. We'll also go over how to recover deleted photos from iPhones or permanently delete them.
By Rich Hall
Is the pop-up blocker for Safari stopping pop-ups you actually need? Conversely, if you've been having trouble with pop-ups on your iPhone whenever you try to browse online, you're probably hoping for a way to block pop-ups on Safari. In this tip, we'll show you how to do both. Let's go over how to use the pop-up blocker on iPhone.
By Rhett Intriago
Want to check how busy your favorite restaurant is before you head out? Google Maps makes it easy to see whether a business is currently busy and when it is busiest and least busy. Here’s how to see how busy a place is on Google Maps.
By Leanne Hays
How do you mark a location on Google Maps on an iPhone? You drop a pin! Here's how to drop a pin on Google Maps on your iPhone, so you can save favorite locations, your parking spot, your location at the moment, and more!
By Amy Spitzfaden Both
Why can't I send pictures on my iPhone? Sharing photos with family and friends should be quick and easy, so when your iPhone is not sending pictures, it is normal to get frustrated. There are many reasons why your iPhone won’t send pictures; we’ll walk you through potential causes and solutions and teach you how to send pictures the correct way.
By Rhett Intriago
The Apple Watch ECG is one of the most useful apps you can have on your device. You can use it to keep track of your heart health and share the results with your doctor. However, if the ECG is not working, you won’t be able to see the results you need. Here’s what you can do to fix it.
By Rachel Needell
Nobody likes to miss their friend's birthday. Especially if you don't use social media, it can be easy to forget the exact day a person was born. That's why I like to have my iPhone send me notifications automatically on an important person's birthday. Here's how to set it up!
By Leanne Hays
Emojis are a great way to add a little flair to messages and other text you type. Finding emojis has never been easier with a convenient emoji search bar built right into the default iOS keyboard. Let's learn how to use this emoji finder to quickly locate the emoji you want on your emoji keyboard.
By Hallei Halter
Over the years, our Contact lists can become extremely overwhelming. If you find that you have too many contacts to sort through when you need to call someone in particular, here's how to search your contacts on iPhone.
By Rhett Intriago
Everyone has seen the mysterious laundry symbols on their clothes, but nobody seems to really know what they mean. I, for one, always have to look up what the symbols actually mean to make sure I’m washing my clothes correctly. Luckily, the latest iOS software makes it easy to identify laundry tag symbols.
By Conner Carey
Did you know you can avoid tolls in Apple Maps? What about highways? You can change a simple setting so that Apple Maps will always prioritize routes that do not contain toll roads or highways. You can still select a toll road or highway, but Apple Maps gives you the option to avoid them before suggesting you take a toll-road-ridden route. Here's how to set Apple Maps to avoid tolls and highways
By Conner Carey
Apple has a magnifying glass app for the iPhone and iPad. This iPad and iPhone magnifying app is a helpful way to magnify a screen, especially for the visually impaired. No third-party magnifier app needed; this native magnification app is free!
By Conner Carey
Voice memos are an amazing way to save a passing thought or quickly record important information. You may want to know how to save voice memos from your iPhone to your computer to avoid losing that information, or so you can turn it into something new. The good news is that you have several options if you want to export voice memos from your iPhone to your PC or Mac. Below, we'll walk you through how to transfer voice memos from your iPhone to your computer.
By Olena Kagui
Every card, key, pass, or ticket that you add to your Apple Wallet stays there until you manually delete it. Depending on the type of ticket or pass you have, the steps to delete it can vary, but they are easy to delete once you know what to look for.
By Olena Kagui
FaceTime has been a valuable communication tool, keeping loved ones in touch for over a decade. The SharePlay feature has brought so many new possibilities to FaceTime users, such as playing games, watching movies, cooking, exercising, reading, and even playing the piano together!
By Rhett Intriago
It can be frustrating to try to send a text only to receive a message back telling you that message blocking is active. The message provides no context or further information on how to disable message blocking. Let’s go over what message blocking is and how you can turn it off.
By Olena Kagui
Right-clicking on an iPad can be useful when navigating the device, but it is less functional than it is on a computer. I will teach you how to right-click on an iPad using finger gestures and an Apple Pencil. Not all apps offer right-click features, so I'll show you the most practical ways to use this gesture on your iPad.
By Olena Kagui
The good news is that you don't need a HEIC to JPG converter if you're looking to convert one or several images. I will teach you how to make sure every photo you take in the future is a JPG and how to convert HEIC to JPG directly on your iPhone, no third-party apps necessary.
By Rachel Needell
When you take a Live Photo, your iPhone or iPad captures the audio and video 1.5 seconds before and 1.5 seconds after you tap the shutter button. Any recording not part of the Live Photo is discarded, but you might be wondering how to hear the sound of your Live Photos. Here's how to hear the sound on a Live Photo.
