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You can add money to your Apple ID account for App Store purchases or use Apple Pay without having to use a linked card. Here's how to add funds to your Apple ID directly. If you budget your app or iTunes purchases, you can even load the balance you want to spend and make purchases accordingly.

Apple’s Do Not Disturb mode is a useful feature that can help maximize productivity and keep you inconspicuous when working in a public setting. Learn how to turn on the Do Not Disturb feature on your MacBook for those much needed moments of peace. Just don’t forget to remove Do Not Disturb later on to avoid missing important notifications.

According to statistics, more than half of the world's population is bilingual. Whether you are learning a new language or are fluent in several, it's useful to know how to change your keyboard. In addition to switching your keyboard digitally, using physical guides such as keyboard stickers and keyboard covers can help.

Sometimes, you need to record a thought quickly. Using the Voice Memos voice recorder app on an iPhone or iPad to record that thought out loud is the fastest way to capture an idea before it flies away forever. The Voice Memos app is the little-known gem of the iPhone and iPad. Ease of use and clarity of sound makes the native Voice Memos app ideal for recording interviews, notes, and vocals, with the ability to record for hours at a time. If you're the type of person whose brain moves faster than your typing hands can keep up with, then Voice Memos is the ideal app for you. 

Want to add widgets on your iPhone's home screen? We can finally do it. With the release of iOS 14, you can add them anywhere you want, set them to one of three sizes, and even customize their contents. This brings a lot more versatility and customization to the iPhone Home screen. You can even add widgets to your iPad Home screen! Let's learn how to do this on your iPhone first.

The iPhone Maps App has come a long way since its original iOS 6 debut. Using Apple Maps, you can now avoid traffic, set your transportation mode, and share your arrival time via Siri. With iOS 14, you can even scan your surroundings to find your location and use Apple Maps Guides to find the trendiest places. 

Many people ask, "Is Apple Fitness Plus free?" It actually costs $9.99 per month ($79.99 per year), which is less than the Peloton equivalent. A one-month trial is free for anyone who signs up. However, if you buy an Apple Watch, you can get a three-month trial for free. Try it, and you won't get charged as long as you cancel the free trial.

There are a few important things to know before you start changing things on your Apple account. We’ll walk you through how to change your Apple ID password, email, phone number, and more, and we’ll also discuss some of the pros and cons of changing this information. Please note that if you received an Apple ID disabled error message, you'll need to troubleshoot that prior to continuing with the steps in this article.

Have you signed up for any websites or apps using Sign up with Apple? It can be a safe way to make signing into many different accounts quick and easy. But what happens when you decide you’d rather divorce those accounts from your Apple ID and manage them separately? Or maybe you’ve simply changed email addresses and no longer want to use the email associated with your Apple ID to sign into your accounts. How can you keep the accounts and content you’ve been using but sign in with a different email? Well, it's not entirely straightfoward, but you do have a couple of options, depending on what you want to accomplish. We’ll go over these options below.