12 Best Uses For Old iPhones
Viktollio/Shutterstock In some ways, life can be measured by the accumulation of things. Our old technology can serve as a time capsule of the months or years when we were using it. In the same way that pulling old toys from a box in the attic triggers childhood memories of playing with them on the…
Apple Reportedly Testing USB-C iPhones, Which May Signal The End Of The Lightning Port
charnsitr/Shutterstock Close on the heels of analyst Ming-Chi Kuo's claim that Apple is seriously considering ditching the Lightning connector; we now have Bloomberg analyst Mark Gurman reporting the same. An article by Gurman asserts that Apple has already started testing iPhone models with the USB-C connector, citing an unnamed source. In addition to new USB-C-ready…
How To Allow Pop-Ups On Your iPhone And iPad
Chinnapong/Shutterstock Pop-ups aren't all bad. Sometimes, you might run into a pop-up that's necessary to complete a transaction or download an important file. This works on a case-by-case basis since the internet is not created equally, even though most modern sites usually don't rely on pop-ups to make things work on both ends. However, in…
How To Make A Group Chat On iPhone
Farknot Architect/Shutterstock By Rob Rich/May 9, 2022 9:48 pm EDT The primary purpose of the Group Messaging feature on the iPhone is fairly self-explanatory: it's a way to message multiple people simultaneously rather than text them all individually. In practice, it's about the same as texting a single person in that you simply have to type what…
The Simple iPhone Hack To Share Photos You Probably Didn’t Know About
Tada Images/Shutterstock Sending photos to friends or family is a great way to share memories, and the typical route of doing this over iMessage on iPhone involves looking through your photo gallery to find the picture in the app itself. However, there's an easier way to do this if you already have the photo open…
How To Fix When Your iPhone Has No Service
FellowNeko/Shutterstock By Rob Rich/May 8, 2022 6:15 pm EDT Whether you're traveling, at home, or visiting family, chances are your iPhone has dropped service at some point. It's usually not a huge problem when you're in the kind of place where your Wi-Fi connects automatically, but it can be a bit of a problem outside of…
How To Share Your Location On iPhone
Antonio Guillem/Shutterstock By Rob Rich/May 2, 2022 6:35 pm EDT Apple's "Find My" app is designed to pull double duty, acting as both "Find My Friends" and "Find My Phone" at the same time in the latest versions of iOS, iPadOS, and macOS. It can, of course, be used to help you locate your lost, missing,…
How To Use Do Not Disturb On iPhone
Hadrian/Shutterstock Sometimes you just need a break from the constant onslaught of iPhone notifications. Especially when you're trying to relax or wind down for the night, getting pings from your phone can be the last thing you want to hear. Or, maybe you've been woken up in the night from an app notification that really…
You Probably Didn’t Know This iPhone Photo Search Hack
Halfpoint/Shutterstock By Rob Rich/April 15, 2022 5:06 pm EDT Anyone with a large photo library on their iPhone knows it can be a bit of a hassle to find one specific image quickly, even if photos are grouped into folders. But it turns out iOS 15, iPadOS 15, and macOS 12 Monterey do have a workaround…
How To Hide Apps On iPhone Without Uninstalling Them
Tada Images/Shutterstock By Rob Rich/April 8, 2022 4:52 pm EDT Most iPhone users have at least a few different apps they either wish to could get rid of but can't, or simply don't want cluttering up the home screen and folders. Depending on the situation, deleting them may not be possible, either. For example, a lot…