By Rhett Intriago
It can be frustrating to try to send a text only to receive a message back telling you that message blocking is active. The message simply reads, "Free Msg: Unable to send message - Message blocking is active," and provides no context or further information on how to turn off message blocking. Let's go over the "message blocking is active" meaning and how you can turn it off.
By Sarah Kingsbury
Did you know that a simple iPhone gesture can save your thumb the workout of scrolling back to the top of most apps? Across all apps, pages, and platforms, this simple tip will automatically return you to the top of any screen. Whether you want to know how to scroll to the top of Messages on iPhone, Instagram or Facebook, or you've been searching in the Settings app, we'll show you this simple trick.
By Rachel Needell
We all love chatting on the phone with friends and family, but sometimes you just can't talk at that moment. Instead of declining calls and then going to the Messages app to type out a message, you can set up what's called Respond with Text in the Phone app. This will allow you to set up a custom text response that you can send directly from the incoming call screen of your iPhone.
By Leanne Hays
If you've ever wondered how to block email on iPhone using the Mail app, keep reading. We'll show you how to keep unwanted senders out of your inbox.
By Rhett Intriago
This nifty trick is an excellent way to make a digitized copy of any physical document that you can save to your phone, or quickly send via messages, email, or AirDrop, depending on your needs. In this tip, we’ll cover how to scan on iPhone using the Notes app.
By Conner Carey
Apple's Photos app has an album called People & Pets that, thanks to the iPhone's facial recognition software, automatically sorts photos by the people in the photos. However, the app isn’t able to perfectly recognize every image of people's faces in a photo, leaving some photos uncategorized. Here's how to add people to the People album on your iPhone.
Apple's Photos app shows a key photo or thumbnail for each person included in the People album on your iPhone or iPad. Here's how to change that thumbnail in a few easy steps.
By Leanne Hays
Nobody can live without email, but we all can live without spam, dubious pharmaceutical offers, and emails from that one coworker who sends you last year’s memes on the regular. If you’ve ever wondered how to block email on iPhone using the Mail app, keep reading. We’ll show you how to make your inbox a lot more pleasant.
By Sarah Kingsbury
Can you share iCloud photos with non-Apple users? You can! Here’s how to send iCloud pics to Android. You can share your photos, videos, and albums with Android and other non-Apple phones.
By Rhett Intriago
A couple of years ago, a series of iPhone thefts that led to users losing access to their Apple Accounts prompted Apple to add a feature called Stolen Device Protection. This feature has a security delay that prevents changes to your Apple Account or iPhone security when away from familiar locations. Here's how to turn off the security delay on your iPhone.
By Leanne Hays
When connecting your iPhone, iPad, or Apple Watch to a Wi-Fi network, you might have noticed that the network is marked with a privacy warning. Apple is helpful in giving us these security alerts, but what does this privacy warning on your iPhone mean? Here's what a privacy warning on Wi-Fi means, and what to do about it.
By Rhett Intriago
Everybody gets phishing emails. But sometimes it’s not always easy to determine if an email is from a legitimate email address or if it’s a scam. In this tip, we’ll show you how to check if an email is valid in the Mail app.
By Rhett Intriago
The Apple Watch Workout app can do more than you realize. Not only can you use it to simply start a workout of your choice, you can also set custom goals like time, distance, or calories burned. I’ll teach you how to start a workout on Apple Watch and customize it.
By Rhett Intriago
If you use multiple Apple devices and use your AirPods between them, you’ve probably noticed how they’ll automatically switch between devices depending on which one is currently playing media. For some devices, you might not want the switch to happen automatically. Find out how to stop AirPods from connecting to other phones.
By Hannah Nichols
Your Apple Watch uses various icons, symbols, dots, and arrows to convey important information. For example the red dot on Apple Watches indicates unread notifications, while the blue drop means that the water lock is on. We'll take the mystery out of reading these small icons and symbols to help you understand these useful communication tools.
By Leanne Hays
Apple now allows iPhone users with an iPhone 14 or later, updated to iOS 18, to connect to send messages via satellite when there is no Wi-Fi or cellular coverage available. Here's how to use satellite on your iPhone to send messages!
By Rachel Needell
We've all accidentally deleted an important voicemail, or deleted a voicemail only to realize we need it back. Thankfully, there is a way to retrieve deleted voicemails on your iPhone and it's pretty simple. To be aware that iPhone will only store a deleted voicemail for thirty days before permanently deleting. Let's get into how to retieve deleted voicemails on iPhone.
By Conner Carey
You can easily sort your notes alphabetically by changing your settings. Your notes will then be sorted according to either the title or first line (if the note doesn't have a title). Here’s how to sort Apple Notes alphabetically.
By Rhett Intriago
If you want to add some fun flair to your photos, adding emojis is a great way to start! As an added benefit, you can also use emojis to hide the face of a friend or child when you want to protect their privacy in photos shared online. In this article, we’ll show you the hidden trick how to put emojis on pictures using the iPhone Photos app.
By Rhett Intriago
Ever been listening to music on your phone and had the volume turn down on its own? This is a common problem that plagues many iPhone users. But why does your volume keep going down by itself? In this article, we’ll go over the possible reasons why this might be happening and how you can prevent your iPhone from adjusting the volume by itself.
