iPhone Life - Best Apps, Top Tips, Great Gear
Hands on with the Apple Watch Series 5
By Donna Cleveland
In the 122nd episode of the iPhone Life Podcast, David shares his experiences with the Apple Watch Series 5 after upgrading from the original model. David and Donna also discuss why Apple is expected to skip its October announcement and wait until early 2020 to release a new iPad Pro.
How to Share Your ETA with a Contact in Apple Maps
By Tamlin Day
Sharing your ETA with a contact using Apple Maps allows you to keep a friend or colleague up to date on your arrival time so that you can focus on driving. To share your ETA, you'll need to select a destination in Apple Maps and begin navigation. Let's dive in with how to share your ETA with a contact using the Maps app on your iPhone.
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BaseLynx Charging Modules: Scosche’s Customizable & Stylish Charging Solution
(Sponsored Post) By Erin Smith on Thu, 01/07/2021
The BaseLynx Modular Charging system by Scosche is a creative and fully customizable way to power your devices without having to use several separate chargers. Why end up with a tangle of cords and cables when you can select the exact number of chargers you want and connect them seamlessly into one attractive charging station? These modules can be arranged and rearranged as you see fit, and are certified safe for your devices.
Google voice search, british accents and odd results
By Anonymous
I'm American, but as a young budding musician in the 80’s, I was fully on board with English music (especially Punk), my guitar instructor was English, watch more then my share of BBC (young ones!!) and then lived in Oxford for 3+ years. So I can pull a pretty good accent when needed. So after reading this article on Digg explaining how various British accents will give odd results, I just had to give it a try.
If you want to transfer files from machine to machine on your network (without using a USB drive), there is a very simple application available in the iTunes App store called "Files lite". Look under the Productivity category to find it. It is an ingenious and free (if somewhat limited) way to turn your iPhone or Touch into a network attached storage device, as well as expand the ability to share files.
I'm writing this post on an iPhone... not a real phone, but a simulated one that appears on my MacBook screen. it's about 50% larger than actual size, and it's very shiny and realistic looking. But most importantly, it looks and acts just like a real iPhone when it runs Safari.
How to Organize Your iPhone Dock in iOS 14
By Erin Smith
The iPhone Dock (some people refer to it as the menu bar or the Home screen bottom bar) provides a means to access your most frequently used apps from any of your Home screens. Apple's default Dock apps may be fine for you, but if you want to change the Home screen layout on your iPhone, you can move apps out of and into the iPhone Dock. Here's how to change, rearrange, and organize apps in your iPhone Dock.
Free App of the Week: Take Me To My Car
By Anonymous
Weekly review of select 'Free' applications from the iPhone App Store.
This week's review will will focus on a simple but surprisingly effective application named, "Take Me To My Car".
The App Store is a real breakthrough in the mobile world, making it easy to purchase and download applications. But it's not always easy to find what you're looking for or to track the latest reviews and developments related to applications that interest you.
Thanks what makes the Apptism web site so powerful. It gives you the tools you need to find and track iPhone apps
Resend a sent e-mail message
By Anonymous (not verified)
Even though there is no Resend button on the iPhone, there is a workaround. Open the Sent folder in Mail and select the message you want to resend. Then tap the folder button on the bottom taskbar (second from the left) and then the Drafts folder. This places the message in the Drafts folder. From there, you can open it up, enter an address, and send it again.
Work with your IMAP e-mail offline
By Anonymous (not verified)
IMAP e-mail accounts (such as Gmail and Hotmail) keep all of your e-mail on online servers, which means that you can't delete messages or read them unless you are online. Fortunately, you can set up your iPhone/iPod touch to copy your IMAP messages onto the device so that you can work with them offline. Here's how you do it:
Improve battery life on the iPhone and iPod touch
By Anonymous (not verified)
According to tests by Apple, an iPhone with a fully charged battery will provide up to 8 hours of talk time, 250 hours of standby time, 6 hours of Internet use, 7 hours of video playback, and 24 hours of audio playback. An iPod touch with a fully charged battery can play music for up to 22 hours and video for 5 hours. There are certain things you can do to improve the battery life:
Update or Restore your device through iTunes
By Anonymous (not verified)
You should always use the latest version of iPhone software on your device. You do this through iTunes and have two options: to update the device or to restore it.
Update:
- The software is updated but your settings and any songs you have on the device are not affected.
Restore:
List contact by company name
By Anonymous (not verified)
It’s possible to create a Contact so the company name shows up alphabetically in the Contacts list. Open a new contact, type in the company name in the Company field, and tap Save without entering anything in the First and Last fields. After it is saved, go back in and tap Edit to add first and last names and other information, but the entry will remain sorted and identified by the company name.
There are many ways to send a text message
By Anonymous (not verified)
You can send a text message directly from the Favorites, Recents, and Contacts lists in Phone. Open Contacts, tap on the desired name or number, and tap on Text Message. Open Favorites or Recents, find the desired name or number in the list, tap on the right arrow next to the name, and tap on the Text Message button.
Enter keypad codes to get phone info
By Anonymous (not verified)
Using your phone keypad, you can type in different codes to get a variety of information about your iPhone. Go to Phone >Keypad, enter the code, and tap Call to access it. Here is a list of codes and what type of information they are for:
Dialing in for voicemail from another phone
By Anonymous (not verified)
If the need arises, you can dial your iPhone and listen to your voicemail from another phone. Dial your iPhone and wait for voicemail to come on. While the greeting plays, dial * , your voicemail password (you can change it in Settings >Phone), and then #. As you are listening to a message, you have four options that you can perform at any time:
Adding names/phone numbers to Contacts list
By Anonymous (not verified)
If any name in the Recents list is not already in your Contacts list, you can add that person to the list by tapping on the icon of an arrow pointing right. Then, tap on the button labeled “Create New Contact.” If a name on the Recents list is already in Contacts, but has a new phone number, tap on the button labeled “Add to Existing Contact.” To change info in an existing contact, tap on a name in the All Contacts list and hit the Edit button.