By Sarah Kingsbury
Did you know that a simple iPhone gesture can save your thumb the workout of scrolling back to the top of most apps? Across all apps, pages, and platforms, this simple tip will automatically return you to the top of any screen. Whether you've been scrolling Instagram or Facebook, or you've been searching in the Settings app, just tap once at the top of the iPhone's screen to snap back to the beginning.
By Olena Kagui
Learn how to make a picture smaller or bigger or change its aspect ratio on your iPhone using native and third-party apps. We'll teach you how to use the Shortcuts app to manually resize photos, the Photos app to crop photos, and the Messages app settings to automatically send lower-quality photos.
By Leanne Hays
Why has your Home button stopped working on your iPad? You may need to update your software, reset your settings, or give the Home button a good cleaning. We'll show you how to get your iPad's Home button responding again.
By Leanne Hays
I rarely write a tip that will impact people's health, but learning how to clean and sanitize your Apple devices, including your iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, AirPods, Mac, and even Apple TV remote, is part of how to prevent coronavirus. Some of these items are on our person nearly all the time, especially the iPhone, Apple Watch, and AirPods, and therefore have more bacteria and viruses on them than the average toilet seat. Apple has recently changed their cleaning guidelines, so let's go over how to sanitize your cellphone, tablet, earbuds, smartwatch, and other Apple devices.
By Rhett Intriago
If you have a Pro iPhone, you've probably noticed the flower icon in your iPhone camera when taking photos. Usually, this icon only appears when you're taking close-up photos. Below, we'll cover how to use and disable the Macro mode flower icon.
By Leanne Hays
If you have an old iPad, it may be slowing down. Whether you have an iPad 6th generation, iPad mini 2, iPad mini 4, or a newer iPad version like the iPad 6th generation or iPad 9th generation, we'll cover why your iPad is lagging or running slow, plus teach you how to speed up an iPad, old or new, and improve its overall performance.
By Rhett Intriago
When purchasing a new iPhone, everyone faces two dilemmas: which color should I get, and how much storage do I need? While selecting a color is a matter of personal preference, selecting your iPhone storage takes a bit more consideration. We’ll help you decide how much storage you need for your next iPhone.
By Amy Spitzfaden Both
iPhone camera tricks are some of the best parts of being an iPhone owner, which is why I love Photographic Styles. Photographic Styles lets you preset five camera settings and choose between them to create consistency in your photographs and save you some editing later. How do these styles work and how customizable are they? Let's take a look at this fancy feature and learn how to set the best iPhone camera settings.
By Becca Ludlum
Did your iPhone or iPad freeze or is it otherwise unresponsive? Doing a hard restart can help fix the issue and save you a trip to the Apple Store. We'll teach you how to reset your iPhone and iPad, no matter what model you have.
By Rhett Intriago
Photos tend to take up the most storage on any phone, so when storage is running low, the first thing you will likely want to do is delete photos. However, you might occasionally run into a bug where your iPhone won’t let you delete photos. Let’s find out how you can fix this issue and finally clear up some storage.
By Rhett Intriago
While fiddling with your iPhone’s settings, you’ve probably come across something called System Haptics. You might not have even noticed a huge difference when turning it off or on. So what are haptics on iPhone and what do they do? Let’s find out!
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 Olena Kagui
Learn how to turn on Siri in two different ways and decide which voice commands you prefer. Activating Siri is easy, but it is important to customize it so that it only activates when you want it to and is consistent every time.
By Rhett Intriago
Everybody drops their phone at some point (which is why using a case is a good idea). Sometimes, something breaks, and you might end up with white, black, red, or green lines on your iPhone screen. Before you shell out for an expensive repair fee, let’s rule out software-related issues.
By Olena Kagui
Is your Netflix audio out of sync? Or maybe another app on your Apple TV? Don't worry! Audio and video out-of-sync problems are common and easy to fix! Learn what to do if you experience sound delays, glitches, or lags once and for all.
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 Rachel Needell
Sometimes, the Apple Watch screen is just too small. And while most of us wouldn't want a bigger watch on our wrists to fix that problem, it might be nice to be able to more easily maneuver the screen from time to time. That's why I'm loving the Apple Watch Mirroring feature on iPhone. It allows you to navigate your Apple Watch from your iPhone, making certain hard-to-read-menu items and hard-to-press buttons a lot easier to access.
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!
