By Amy Spitzfaden Both
What happens when you restart your phone? Many of us feel nervous about restarting our iPhones, a worry perhaps left over from having seen browser tabs and Word documents disappear when a computer crashed or updated. But restarting your iPhone has a much lower risk of losing data and many benefits. Here's what happens when you restart your iPhone.
By Leanne Hays
Google Incognito mode in the Chrome app is great for private browsing, but did you know you can make your Incognito tabs even more private? If you leave Incognito mode tabs open on your iPhone or iPad, anyone who has your password or comes along while your device is unlocked can see them. If you want to leave Incognito tabs in Chrome open, you can keep them private by locking them. Here's how to turn on the Chrome incognito lock.
By Rhett Intriago
Are you looking for the best sports app for iPhone? The good news is that Apple has released its own free sports app that can show you the latest scores for your favorite teams and leagues.
By Rhett Intriago
SharePlay is a feature that allows you to enjoy movies, music, and more with others. You can use SharePlay to watch movies with your friends over FaceTime or share an Apple Music listening session while riding in the car. However, if you are not interested in using SharePlay, you can disable it. Here’s how to turn off SharePlay.
By Olena Kagui
Learning how to turn on an Apple Watch is the first step to owning one of these amazing devices. I’ll teach you how to switch on an Apple Watch, and I’ll refer you to a useful resource on what to do if your watch won’t turn on.
By Olena Kagui
Switching off Apple Watches can preserve their battery in an emergency or help users take a break from technology. I'll teach you how to turn the Apple Watch off, no matter what model you have. Turning the watch off and on restarts your Apple Watch and can help troubleshoot glitches.
By Sarah Kingsbury
Do you find yourself using the same phrases over and over again? Or do you often mistype the same words in the same way? There are so many reasons you might find text shortcuts on iPhone to be extremely convenient. We're going over how to add text shortcuts on iPhone (called Text Replacements) and how to use them!
By Conner Carey
Siri tracks your iPhone habits, including who you contact, which apps you use, and where you are in order to provide Siri Suggestions in Spotlight Search. However, if you’d rather Siri didn’t anticipate your every search, you can turn off Siri suggestions.
By Kenya Smith
If your iPhone voicemail transcription is not working, there are a few easy fixes you can try. The most effective way to handle your voicemail transcription not working is to reset your network settings. However, we will show you various ways to fix the problem.
By Amy Spitzfaden Both
Where do you find saved voice messages on the iPhone? Whether you're looking to preserve your adorable niece's voice telling you about her day at preschool or save directions on how to complete a task correctly without having to ask someone again and again, you'll want to know where to find the audio messages you saved. Turns out, they're very easy to find!
By Olena Kagui
Spatial videos look three-dimensional when viewed on the Apple Vision Pro or compatible third-party AR/VR headsets. They can be filmed due to the particular positioning of the camera lenses on the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max. I'll teach you how to enable spatial video recording on your iPhone and start shooting!
By Olena Kagui
Sometimes, when you export a photo or video from the Photos app, the metadata will not copy over. This means that the original date that the photo will be replaced with the date you exported it. There is a trick to save the original date when exporting on both Macs and iPhones.
By Paula Bostrom
If one or more apps keep crashing or not loading on your iPhone, there are multiple solutions you can implement to fix the issue. Here's how to troubleshoot unresponsive apps on your iPhone to get them working again.
By Leanne Hays
You can post Live Photos on Facebook, but you have to turn the Live Photo into a video or GIF first. (Instagram also supports these formats). Once you’ve turned your Live Photo into a video or GIF, you can share live images on social media.
By Leanne Hays
You can post Live Photos on Instagram, but you have to turn the Live Photo into a video or GIF first. Once you’ve turned your Live Photo into a GIF, you can share live images with the Boomerang Instagram feature.
By Kenya Smith
The notifications on your iPhone help keep you informed. However, receiving multiple notifications while you’re sleeping, relaxing, working, or studying can be annoying. Fortunately, there are three ways to turn off notifications on your iPhone. Here’s how to do each method.
By Rachel Needell
When it comes to making and receiving calls, there are times we want to be notified and times we don't. That's why it's really important to know how to unsilence calls on your iPhone. There is more than one way to enter or exit silent mode on your iPhone. We'll walk you through a few of the best options to turn off silence mode on iPhone.
By Hallei Halter
Have you ever had an alert go off on your Apple Watch that took you just a little too long to turn off? Here's how to enable Cover to Mute on your Apple Watch, so you can turn off alerts without having to even look at your watch! This is a good tip to use if you just want to mute alerts as needed instead of putting your Watch on Silent Mode. Note that if you use this tip while receiving an incoming call, the watch will be muted but may still vibrate if those settings are enabled.
By Sarah Kingsbury
HDR stands for High Dynamic Range, and an HDR photo is created by balancing the shadows and highlights of an image so that neither is being favored or ignored. We'll walk you through everything you need to know about what HDR is and which iPhones you can adjust the HDR settings on.
By Cullen Thomas
Is FaceTime not working on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac? If you're wondering why FaceTime keeps failing, we have the fix! Whether FaceTime won't connect, keeps hanging up, is unavailable, or is otherwise not working the way it's supposed to, here's how to fix every FaceTime error.
