By Amy Spitzfaden Both
If you have two of the same app icon on your Home Screen, you might be wondering if this means you have the app downloaded twice and how to remove duplicate apps on your iPhone. You'll be pleased to know, you did not actually download this app twice; it's just showing up twice on your Home Screen, and it's very easy to get rid of the duplicate icon. Let's learn how to delete duplicate apps on your iPhone.
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.
By Olena Kagui
Starting with the iPhone 14 Pro (but not the base model iPhone 14), Apple ditched the notch and introduced the Dynamic Island, which has become a staple of all current iPhones, including the iPhone 16. What makes the Dynamic Island so unique is that it merges hardware with software. While this rounded area of your iPhone screen primarily houses the front camera, the software behind it allows for the shape to “change” when you get a notification or when using compatible apps. Let me show you how the iPhone Dynamic Island works.
By Rhett Intriago
If you're the organizer of an Apple Family Sharing plan on your iPhone and you have purchase sharing turned on, you can manage the different Family Sharing payment methods that your family uses to make App Store purchases. We'll show you how to change Apple payment methods on an iPhone with Family Sharing.
By Rachel Needell
Keeping the Photos app organized can be quite a difficult task. The option to organize your photos into albums and folders makes organizing your pictures much easier. However, if you have a lot of photos already sorted into albums, it can be a pain to try to add each photo into a folder individually. Luckily, there's a way to add existing albums to folders. Here's how!
By Rachel Needell
Utilizing Apple's iCloud Drive is great way also to take advantage of the interconnectedness of all your devices. While you are limited with what you can upload to your iCloud account from your iPhone, you can manage and organize your iCloud account from any device, especially your iPhone! Creating and managing your files in your iCloud account will help you stay organized and find things quicker. Here's how to create folders in your iCloud Drive from your iPhone.
By Olena Kagui
The Image Playground feature in the Messages app also has a standalone app called Playground. The Image Playground library, which contains all your saved generated images, can be accessed from the Playground app, but also directly from the Messages app. Learn how to find all the images you’ve created using Image Playground.
By Leanne Hays
One of the most convenient new iOS 18 Calculator tricks is the ability to convert currency or units on your iPhone, no unit converter app needed! Here's how to use the unit converter on your iPhone calculator.
By Hallei Halter
Want to know how to get in touch with your favorite people even faster? On iPhone, you can favorite contacts so that you can reach them easier. You can set a default contact method and then just tap their name and get instantly connected by whichever option you choose. So text, call, and FaceTime with just a tap by adding contacts to Favorites on iPhone!
By Conner Carey
Sometimes, while browsing the internet, you'll come across words you don't understand or subjects you want to learn more about. The Look Up menu provides links to several options: Apple's dictionary, other dictionaries, Siri-suggested websites, Wikipedia, the App Store, and more. Let's go over looking up words on iPhone with the Look Up feature.
By Olena Kagui
The Apple Watch Compass Backtrack feature is great if you are worried about getting lost, but it can be a nuisance to have on all the time, between the battery drain and interruptions caused by Backtrack getting stuck and not turning off. Learn how to turn it off for good and only enable it when you need to use it.
By Olena Kagui
iPhone app icon customization is a great way to personalize your device or hide apps by disguising them. Here's how to customize app icons with the free Apple Shortcuts app to create aesthetic app icons for your iPhone Home screen.
By Olena Kagui
The Visual Intelligence Apple feature is the Google Lens iPhone alternative, letting you search an image via Google. You can do this super quickly using the Camera Control button as long as you have Apple Intelligence enabled on your iPhone. Learn more about this feature and if your iPhone can do it.
By Leanne Hays
Have you ever tried to log in to your iCloud or other Apple account with your Apple ID, only to see an "Error Connecting to Apple ID, Verification Failed" error message? Or maybe a "There Was an Error Connecting to the Apple ID Server" error message? Don't worry; here's what to check if you can't sign in with your Apple ID.
By Olena Kagui
Every new iPhone update comes with new features that may take users time to get used to. The iOS 18 update is unique, offering brand-new ways to customize your device and test Apple Intelligence features. We'll teach you how to tweak your settings to turn this new iPhone update into a blessing rather than a curse.
By Rachel Needell
Is there a way to mass delete apps on iPhone or iPad? Years ago, Apple used to allow you to bulk delete apps on your devices by going into iTunes. While this feature doesn't exist anymore, there are still a few ways you can delete apps on iPhone. Let's go over the fastest ways to delete apps on iPhone and iPad.
By Leanne Hays
With recent iPhone software updates, like iOS 17.7.2 and iOS 18.2, the signs that your number has been blocked continue to change. We'll show you the most reliable ways to tell if someone blocked your number, plus some specific tips for how to know if someone blocked you on iMessage. Let's dive into how to know if someone blocked you.
By Rhett Intriago
The Image Playground app allows you to use Apple Intelligence to generate artwork and images in different art styles. However, the images don't always come out how you might expect. Luckily you can easily correct images that have been incorrectly generated in Apple's Image Playground app.
By Devala Rees
Do you want to celebrate your friend or family member for their birthday or graduation? You can text them a celebration animation, such as a bunch of festive floating balloons using iPhone text effects. Here's how to send balloons on your iPhone.
By Olena Kagui
iOS 18.2 introduced an Artificial Intelligence feature to the Mail app that is supposed to identify the most important emails and bring them to the top of your inbox. If you are worried about AI's ability to prioritize your emails or simply prefer your old inbox accurately, we'll teach you how to toggle off Show Priority.
