Some Lock Screens are designed to change throughout the day, showing you something different every time you look at your iPhone. It is also possible to set up your Lock Screen to change with Focus modes or accidentally swipe to a new Lock Screen while your phone is in your pocket.
How-To
How to Remove Safari Extensions Quickly
By Amy Spitzfaden Both
How do you uninstall Safari extensions? If you downloaded a Safari extension and found it to be cumbersome or annoying, you'll want to know how to delete extensions from Safari. Luckily, it's easy to do and doesn't involve mucking about in the App Store at all. Here's how to delete an extension on Safari.
Top Email Tips: 12 Ways to Use Apple's Mail App
By Rheanne Taylor
How to Open a Notification in Split View on iPad (iPadOS 16)
By Elisabeth Garry
It can be frustrating when you're halfway through a task and get a notification on your iPad. You want to check the alert, but you don't want to close out of your current project. Split View is the answer! We'll show you how to use this handy iPad multitasking feature.
How to Do Split Screen on Mac (MacOS Monterey)
By Ashleigh Page
In my daily tasks, I often find myself comparing information between two open windows on my Mac. However, resizing and positioning each window can be frustrating! One easy shortcut is to make use of the Mac Split View feature, also commonly called split view. Let's go over how to enter and exit Mac split screen.
How to Close Apps On Apple TV
By Elisabeth Garry
There are a couple of ways to exit or close apps on Apple TV. You can close apps that aren't responding or keep your Apple TV running smoothly by regularly closing open apps. You can also force a restart of your Apple TV if it is not responding at all. Let's learn how.
How to Sync Your iPhone Contacts from iPhone to Mac with iCloud, AirDrop & Finder (iTunes)
By Amy Spitzfaden Both
Want to keep your iPhone contacts updated and available on all your devices? We’ll explain how to sync your iPhone contacts to your Mac using iCloud, AirDrop, and the Finder/ iTunes feature. Apple’s iCloud can keep all your data, including contacts, updated even if they get deleted from your physical phone. You need an iOS 5 or above and OS X Lion 10.7.5 or above to use iCloud for Contacts. You also need an internet connection and an Apple ID. On the other hand, the AirDrop feature (iOS 7 or above for iPhones and Mac OS X 10.7 for computers) lets you share contacts from your phone to your computer through Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. The Finder/iTunes feature lets you sync contacts through a USB connection. For this article, we used an iPhone running on iOS 13 and a computer on macOS Catalina (macOS 10.15).
How to Save a File as PDF on iPhone & iPad
By Olena Kagui
There are many surprising ways to work with PDFs on an iPhone and iPad. The first step is to learn how to get PDFs on your device and convert files into PDF documents. It isn’t as intuitive as it should be, so I will walk you through the steps to save PDFs on your iPhone and iPad.
How to Edit a PDF on iPhone & iPad Using the Files App
By Olena Kagui
Learning how to use the Files app on iPhone and iPad will make it easy for you to create, edit, and sign PDFs directly on your handheld device! The Files app is native to your iPhone and iPad, and you can use it to edit existing PDF documents, fill them out, and mark them up.
If your Apple Watch touch screen is not working, intermittently glitching, or unresponsive, we'll show you how to get taps, swipes, and gestures working again. Here's how to fix your Apple Watch screen.
How to Turn Off Auto-Caps on Mac
By Tommy Boynton
By default, your Mac will automatically capitalize certain words (such as at the beginning of a sentence, a technical term, or a city's name). While this is usually helpful, there are times when automatic capitalization is inaccurate and becomes annoying to fix. Below, we'll cover how to turn off automatic capitalization on your Mac.
AirPods and AirPods Pro are supposed to pair seamlessly with your iPhone, and they usually do. But a common glitch occurs where your AirPods say "connected," but no sound is coming out of them. Learn how to troubleshoot AirPods not playing sound once and for all.
How to Invert Image Color on iPhone (iOS 17)
By Rachel Needell
In order to invert the colors on an iPhone photo, you will need to download a photo editing app like Photoshop Express, Lightroom, or you can surf the web for online tools that will easily convert your image. For this example, I will be using Photoshop Express. Here's how to invert colors on an image on your iPhone.
Can You Use Family Sharing without Shared Payment? (iOS 17)
By Erin MacPherson
Wondering how to use Family Sharing without a shared payment method? If you don't want to have to ask the Family Organizer or be asked every time someone wants to buy something on the Apple Family Sharing account, there's a way to make funds available so that the Family Organizer's primary payment method doesn't have to be charged for each individual's purchases.
With Gmail, you can log in to an app, change passwords on other websites, receive important alerts, and much more. If Gmail is not updating on your iPhone, it can cause your day to become chaotic. In this article, we'll take you through our best troubleshooting tips to get Gmail working on your iPhone.
How to Close an App on Apple Watch (watchOS 10)
By Olena Kagui
Knowing how to close apps on Apple Watch is important whether an app is acting up or you just don't want to scroll through so many open apps when you're trying to navigate between them. Here's how to close applications on an Apple Watch quickly, and what to do if that isn't working.
Mastering iPad multitasking will improve your iPad productivity levels as you use apps in tandem and switch from one task to another. We'll go over iPad multitasking features and including Split View (Split Screen), Slide Over, Center Window, Picture-in-Picture, and more. Here’s everything you need to know about iPad multitasking and how to multitask on the iPad.
How to Take the Best Live Custom Photo Stickers (iOS 17)
By Olena Kagui
With iOS 17, users can now turn any photo that has a defined subject into a sticker. Live photos can be turned into live stickers that move like GIFs. These fun stickers are great to share with friends and family, and our guide will teach you how to make the perfect static and live stickers to wow your contacts with!
How to Use Custom Photo Stickers in iOS 17
By Rachel Needell
iOS 17 has brought with it a bunch of cool new features. But the new Custom Photo Stickers is my favorite update yet. With iOS 16, we gained the ability to remove an image from the background of a photo. This takes that concept, streamlines it, and then gives us a bunch of new and fun ways to customize it. Here's how to make a sticker from a photo on iPhone with iOS 17.
Did you capture a memorable photo but you'd like to adjust depth and darkness to give it a richer, more polished feel? This simple tip is for you. We'll show you how to use Black Point on iPhone to edit photos for beautiful results.