By Belinda Sanmiguel
Texting these days is more than just a short Hey, how are ya? Today, you can send friends and family funny GIFs, videos, and longer messages, as long as you enable MMS messaging on your iPhone. While SMS messaging only permits you to send links and text content, MMS stands for multimedia messaging service, and is what allows you to send rich media content.
By Conner Carey
Depending on where you are, what time of day it is, and how you're using our iPhone, you may want to adjust your iPhone screen's brightness. Late at night, a darker screen can help you sleep better and be easier on the eyes. But during the day, you probably prefer full brightness, especially when watching videos.
By Leanne Hays
Dark Mode is Apple's new feature that offers a muted, eye-strain-reducing color scheme; it's especially helpful for low-light environments. If you'd like to schedule Dark Mode so that it turns on and off automatically at sunset and sunrise or at customized times, it's possible on the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch. Let's get started learning how to schedule Dark Mode on your device.
By Amy Spitzfaden Both
Apple is constantly adding new iPhone privacy and security features and upgrading existing one. In this article, we'll go over five of the best iPhone security features that you should know about.
By Emma Chase
If your first Apple devices are a newer iPhone and a newer Mac, you may not have ever used a cable to connect the two. There are significant benefits when you do, including backing up your iPhone to your Mac and accessing files or media. But what if you connect your iPhone to your Mac, and it doesn't show up in the Mac Finder as it should? Here's how to troubleshoot and fix the problem when your iPhone isn't showing up in Finder.
By Ashleigh Page
If you're looking for a way to view the iPhone repair history of your own device or a used iPhone you're considering purchasing, you've come to the right place! \We'll cover how to do this and walk through some important information about what you can view in the service history for different models and situations.
Has your Mail app given you an error message that says, "this message has not been downloaded from the server"? If you're asking yourself, "Why am I not getting emails on my iPhone?" read on. There are multiple reasons you might be getting this error, and we'll show you several different fixes.
By Devala Rees
When your phone connects to a Wi-Fi network, the network assigns you an IP address. For the most part, you'll never need to know your IP address. However, you may be asked to provide it in certain situations, like troubleshooting internet issues. Here's how to find your IP address.
By Conner Carey
Do you own a Bluetooth speaker or a pair of headphones that you don't know how to disconnect from your iPhone? While you can disconnect your AirPods by simply putting them in the case, we'll also show you how to temporarily disconnect your Bluetooth devices in the Settings app.
The iPhone Notes app offers checklists as an extremely easy way to keep your to-do lists and jotted-down ideas close at hand. If you use Notes checklists often, you may want to consider changing your settings so that Notes automatically sorts checked items to the bottom!
By Olena Kagui
Safari is the default web browser app on all Apple devices. When you select links in other apps and open them in Safari, new tabs will open. After a while, it can become difficult to navigate and manage your tabs. Learn to close all safari tabs, bookmark tabs, open incognito tabs, and navigate the Safari web browser seamlessly.
By Conner Carey
You've probably heard of AirDrop before, but you may be wondering what AirDrop is, how it works, and of course, how to use it! AirDrop is a feature that allows you to wirelessly send and receive photos, videos, websites, locations, and more with nearby Apple devices running on iOS 7 or later. You can also share with Macs running on Yosemite or later if your iPhone runs on iOS 8 or later. For AirDrop to work, both WiFi and Bluetooth must be turned on, and you must be signed into your iCloud account. I love using Airdrop to easily transfer pictures from my iPhone to my Mac. Airdrop is also a great way to share photos with friends after you've attended an event together. Let's get started learning how to enable AirDrop on our iPhones, and how to use it.
By Jivan Hall
If you use Apple TV at all, you have probably noticed the beautiful aerial drone footage screensavers. While these are very cool, many users want to know how to choose a different Apple TV screensaver, or better yet, how to use photos as a screensaver on Apple TV. We'll walk you through the options and how to set a new Apple TV screensaver.
By Devala Rees
By default, a Mac will automatically connect to Wi-Fi when it recognizes a network that it has joined before. If you'd like to stop this from happening for a network you don't want ot auto-join (such as an unsecured network at your local coffee shop) you need to know how to remove a Wi-Fi network from Mac network settings. We'll show you how.
By Conner Carey
Did you know that you can reset your network settings on iPhone to troubleshoot internet connectivity issues? Resetting your iPhone’s network settings will usually fix the problem. Here’s how to reset your iPhone’s network settings.
By Devala Rees
Sometimes when you connect an external mouse to your Mac, the scroll direction is the opposite of what you want it to be. Fortunately, the process to change mouse direction on Mac is pretty simple, and the setting can be changed back just as easily when needed. We'll walk you through how to change scroll direction on Mac when using an external mouse.
By Conner Carey
Apple Watch screenshot not working? Because the same command to take a screenshot also manually pauses and resumes workouts, this Apple Watch setting is disabled by default. Don't worry, there's an easy workaround! We'll show you how to enable screenshots on Apple Watch.
By Conner Carey
What is two-factor authentication? Two-factor authentication, also called 2FA, is a way to verify Apple IDs and keep your devices and data safe. I'll cover how to set up two-factor authentication if you don't have it on by default. You may be wondering how to turn off two-factor authentication. Unfortunately, that is no longer possible, but I'll explain why Apple ID verification codes are vital to your digital security!
By Leanne Hays
Have you moved recently and need to change your App Store region? It's possible to change the App Store location you currently purchase from to a new country on your iPhone or iPad; let's get started learning how. This tip is for people who'd like to change their App Store location long-term or permanently; we have another tip coming up soon for those who would like a more temporary switch.
By Cullen Thomas
When iPadOS 13 came out, I was delighted to discover that I could use a mouse with an iPad, as long as the mouse used Bluetooth. When Apple released iOS 13.4 and iPadOS 13.4, it added even more support for using a trackpad or wireless mouse for the iPad, iPad Pro, or even an iPhone, if it's the correct model. Here's how to connect your iPad mouse or trackpad to your tablet.
