iPad App Library: How to Find & Use this Feature
By Ashleigh Page
By Ashleigh Page
By Olena Kagui
Smart buttons can make controlling your smart home easier without forcing you to memorize dozens of voice commands. I love being able to use my Flic 2 buttons to quickly control scenes in my home without belting out the voice commands and disturbing the animals or humans in the room. Here’s everything you need to know before purchasing the Flic 2 Starter Kit!
Safari Website Tinting colors the system status bar at the top of your device to match the header color of the website you're currently viewing. Some really appreciate this feature as it creates a less distracting view, however, others feel the gray system status bar makes it easier to see the iPhone status bar icons. If you fall in this camp, we'll show you how to disable Website Tinting.
By Amy Spitzfaden Both
By Leanne Hays
iPhone photographers can add a caption to a photo right in the Photos app. If iCloud Photos is enabled, these captions will sync and be visible on all Apple devices signed in with the same Apple ID. This means that you can search a photo by caption. Let's go over how to do a photo search on your iPhone using captions.
By Leanne Hays
By Conner Carey
The Control Center is home to a broad array of controls, allowing you to adjust your iPhone settings, pause and play media, and access features like the flashlight or camera from anywhere. No need to open a separate app or your phone settings. But where is Control Center on iPhone and iPad? Let's go over how to access it.
By Ashleigh Page
By Ashleigh Page
The ability to set a departure time and arrival time in Apple Maps is not only useful for trip planning—it can help you to better coordinate your day. Want to know when you need to leave for your son's 4:30 p.m. guitar lesson in rush hour traffic? Or maybe you'd like to find the best time to leave and avoid traffic? We'll show you how to get estimated travel times and directions with departure time and arrival time factored in.
By Conner Carey
By Amy Spitzfaden Both
By Amy Spitzfaden Both
What is Live Text? Live Text is Apple's handy new feature that identifies text in an image and lets you copy, paste, search for, and even translate it just as you would with the text you'd find on a website, in a message, etc. This means, you can take a picture of a written phone number and enter it into your contacts, copy a written shopping list into Notes, translate text in a picture you took, and more via Live Text. Let's learn how to use it.
By Leanne Hays
By Devala Rees
If you want to extract the soundtrack from a video file, there are several ways to do this. My favorite method is to use my Mac, and the process is as simple as resaving the video file as an audio-only file type. Pretty easy! If you want to use your iPhone, we recommend downloading a third-party app. Below, we'll cover how to convert videos to audio-only files on your iPhone and Mac.
By Amy Spitzfaden Both
If you love being reminded of places you've been and things you've done through the Memories feature in the Photos app or through the Photos widget, but there is a certain person you don't want to see, this is the tip for you. Luckily, you can show someone less or hide a person from your iPhone's photo Memories, even if you don't want to delete their photos altogether. Here's how to feature a person less or not at all on iPhone Memories.
By Olena Kagui
Apple's Photos app can scan every face in every image, identify people, and sort the pictures into their respective People albums. Sometimes though, the Photos app identifies people incorrectly and puts a friend or family member's picture in the wrong People album. Here's how to move a misidentified photo from a People album.
By Conner Carey
By Conner Carey
Are you wondering, “Why does my iPhone screen turn on when I pick it up?” Meet Raise to Wake on iPhone! This feature was introduced during the iOS 10 update and has been the default on iPhones ever since. I will tell you more about this feature and explain how to disable Raise to Wake and why you might want it off.
By Leanne Hays
You can get your new Apple Pencil (second generation), AirTags case, AirPods, and iPad engraved for free with letters, numbers, emoji, or a combination of all three. But is it a good idea to personalize your iPad or other Apple device? Let's go over the pros and cons of getting your Apple devices customized.
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