Why Zoomed Photos Look Bad on Your iPhone (and How to Fix Them)
Photo: Kicking Studio (Shutterstock)When you want to get closer to a subject without actually moving, you zoom. It’s a camera feature that’s been around for decades, and one that’s alive and well on the iPhone. However, you might have noticed your zoom shots don’t come out quite as crisp as your normal pictures. In fact,…
Set This Hidden iPhone Timer to Shut Your Music Off After You Fall Asleep
Photo: Cristian Dina (Shutterstock)Rarely do I go to bed without something playing on my iPhone, usually a YouTube video. The problem is, I need to make sure the video is long enough for me to fall asleep to, but not so long it wakes up me down the line. Plus, I need to make sure…
Why Your New iPhone Is Way More Scratched Than Your Old One
Photo: ARIMAG (Shutterstock)My iPhone’s display is a mess. Some of that mess makes sense: I expect nicks and scratches on my screen when my iPhone, say, falls out of my pocket onto cement. However, many of these scratches have mysteriously accumulated over time, through no misuse of my own. Under direct sunlight, it’s a massacre.…
How to Enable Universal Control on Your iPhone and Mac
Now you can seamlessly work across multiple Apple devices.
5 Great New Features for Your iPhone and Mac
Key updates, including Universal Control, are now available with an operating system update.
This iPhone Bug Is Deactivating Phone Numbers. Here’s What We Know So Far
Brian A Jackson/Shutterstock Certain iPhone owners using T-Mobile's cellular service are experiencing a loss of access to iMessage and Facetime if they run into a specific eSIM bug. According to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, as reported by MacRumors, the only way to reactivate your iMessage or Facetime in the case that this bug does occur is…
iPhone 14 Pro Max Dummy Unit Reveals One Big Design Change
WML Image/Shutterstock In early May, Google revealed what its next big smartphone will look like when it launches later this year. The Pixel 7 will, thankfully, remain mostly the same as its predecessor, save for subtle design differences with the cameras on its back. In the fast-changing world of smartphones, sticking to the same design for…
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…