Hannah Nichols

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Author Details

Hannah Nichols

Hannah Nichols is a freelance marketing consultant and writer. She is obsessed with audiobooks and podcasts and always asks people for recommendations. Hannah loves going to the gym and taking really long walks with friends. She enjoys traveling with her partner and her eight-year-old son.

Apple Watch icons

What to Know

  • Your Apple Watch icons are often similar to icons on your iPhone and iPad.
  • Deciphering the meaning of unknown icons can help you to more easily navigate your watch.

If you've ever wondered what the symbols on your Apple Watch are, this guide is for you. Your Apple Watch uses various icons, symbols, dots, and arrows to convey important information to you. They are small and don't come with much explanation, so it's natural to be confused. We'll take the mystery out of reading these icons and help you understand these extremely useful communication tools.

If you're willing to make the investment to add a HomePod or HomePod mini to several rooms in your house (if not all of them), you'll be able to take advantage of the new Intercom feature. Intercom is incredibly handy, allowing users to send and receive communications via a network of Bluetooth connected devices. This means that, for instance, instead of yelling to your kids that dinner is ready, now Siri can do it for you. That's right, you can now use Intercom to make Siri do some of your parent-to-child yelling. Just keep in mind that they, too, can join in the fun!

On Apple devices, Safari is the default browser. However, many people prefer to use Chrome or another browser instead of Safari. It's frustrating to have to constantly manually switch browsers when opening links on your iPhone, but you can change the default web browser on your iPhone to your preferred one. This article will show you how to switch your default browser so that your preferred browser opens when you tap on a link. This is especially helpful if you use a different browser on your MacBook than you do on your iPhone, or if you just find a different browser easier to use.

Handwashing is always important, but it's especially important during the age of COVID-19. Sometimes it’s easy to forget these simple precautions, so Apple programmed their Apple Watches to help keep people safe with Handwashing and Handwashing Reminders. We'll look at how to use Handwashing on your Apple Watch, how to customize Handwashing Reminders, and which Apple Watches are able to perform these functions.

Which AirPods Do I Have

Sometimes, it's hard to know which AirPods you have just by looking at them, and the difference between AirPods gen 1 vs. AirPods gen 2 is even more difficult to spot. Learn how to find your AirPods model number on your iPhone or iPad and on the AirPods themselves, and then how to tell what generation AirPods you have using that number.

How to Screen Record FaceTime with Audio

You can screen record FaceTime, and it's easy to do. But it's important to know some very specific details about doing so, such as: Is it legal to screen record a FaceTime call in your state? Does a person know when you screen record a FaceTime call? Before you record a FaceTime call on your iPhone it's better to know the answers to these questions first. In this article we'll answer these questions, and we'll walk you through how to set up and use screen record. Let's get into the nitty-gritty of how to record FaceTime calls.

Apple's Photos App has some great features including Effect Suggestions, and it uses intelligent suggestions to improve the quality of the photos you took with the iPhone camera. This new iOS feature will help you edit your photos to be the best possible. Effect Suggestions selects photos that could be improved by adding a filter, adjusting the light, creating a loop, or by utilizing other effects available on your iPhone. 

Customizing which photos individual apps can access is a great security feature. Now, you do not have to allow every app to access all of your photos. You can grant access to a few photos or even just one depending on what you are using the app for. In this article, you will learn how to customize the photos an app can access on your iPhone. This is a feature new to iOS 14. You must have iOS 14 on your iPhone in order to utilize this setting.

Sometimes we run out of space on our Apple devices. External storage for iPads and iPhones can be tricky to use, so we are going to walk you through using a USB (also called a flash drive or thumb drive) with both an iPhone and an iPad. This will help you easily transfer things like photos to an external storage device or external hard drive. Moving certain items to external storage will free up space for you to keep taking photos and utilizing your device to its fullest potential. Let’s look at how to use a USB drive with an iPhone or iPad.