How to Create Email Groups on an iPhone
By Sarah Kingsbury
Need iPad and iPhone help? Sign up for iPhone Life Insider and I’ll help you with all of your iPhone troubleshooting and iOS-related issues. Here’s a question from an Insider who occasionally wants to forward an email to a friend or 20 without having to add each email address individually:
How to Control Apple Music from Lock Screen
By Jim Karpen
When you’re playing music from your iPhone, you’ll notice the Lock screen will provide information on the song playing as well as some added controls. It doesn’t matter if you’re listening to playlist, your music library, or streaming Beats radio — the Lock screen will look roughly the same. Here’s how to control Apple Music from Lock screen.
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How to Share Apple Books with Friends as a Gift
Some people are wondering, "Can you share iBooks?" While you can share purchased e-books with other members of your Family Sharing group, if you want to know how to share iBooks, now just called Books, with a friend outside of Family Sharing, this tip will show you how to give them an e-book. Sending the gift of a good book is a real pleasure, and being able to do so instantly with just a few clicks is even better! As long as you've set up an Apple ID and you have the email address for the friend you want to send a book to, you'll be able to complete your purchase quickly. So let's dive in with how to send an Apple book as a gift.
Related: How to Share a Podcast Episode from Your iPhone
How to Send an Apple Book as a Gift
- Open the Books app.
- Tap Search.
- Enter the title of a book or the name of an author.
- Select the relevant search result or tap Search.
- When you find the book you're looking for, tap the cover.
- Select the gift icon.
- Enter the email address of the recipient.
- You can also include a message.
- Select the date when you want to send the gift.
- Tap Next.
- Swipe to select the theme you want to use.
- Tap Next.
- Tap Buy, then Buy Now.
- Enter your Apple ID password and tap OK.
- Tap Done.
- The person you shared the book with can redeem the book from their email inbox.
Congratulations! You've successfully given the gift of a good book. It's a good idea to text the person to let them know to watch for an important email from Apple, so they don't miss it! And of course, as a bonus, when they're finished reading, you can use FaceTime to chat about the book.
How to Make News Stories Available for Offline Reading
By Conner Carey
In the Apple News app, you have the option to save articles for reading offline. Perhaps you’re about to be in a zone without Wi-Fi and you want to have a list of reading during that period of time. Or maybe you’re at work when you discover an article and you want to save it for the commute home. Whichever the case, it’s an easy process to make sure your New Stories are saved and available offline.
How to See Apple Watch Workouts in the Fitness App on iPhone
By Conner Carey
Your Apple Watch can help you keep track of your fitness and other goals, but how do you see a workout once it's done? The watch itself doesn't give a very lengthy summary, and what if you need to look back at your workouts later? The Fitness app on your iPhone holds all the answers. We'll walk you through how to see previous Apple Watch workouts in Fitness.
Kindle by Amazon may still hold the monopoly on e-books, but Apple is trying to catch up. The iBooks app has seen consistent improvements. One great advantage it has over Kindle is the ability to purchase a book within iBooks and immediately begin reading it. Another great feature is the ability to preview chapters from the Table of Contents with an iPhone that has 3D Touch. Here’s how to do it.
Review: Pryme Headsets Let You Turn Your iPhone into a Walkie Talkie
By Todd Bernhard
As a kid, I loved playing with walkie talkies. I even had a set that I wore as a headset, to keep my hands free. In many ways, cellphones have become the new walkie talkie. However, they don't include the push-to-talk feature that made Walkie Talkies so cool.
There’s no doubt that kids absolutely love to play games on iPhones and iPads. But not all games are created for younger children, and you may prefer they don’t play those games. Luckily, you can set restrictions on your child’s iPhone or iPad. This will give you a little more control over the content your child consumes in the age of information. Here’s how to set Game Center restrictions on your child’s iPad or iPhone.
Podcast Episode 31: iPhone Security Tips, Apple's Q2 Earnings Decline & Beyoncé's Lemonade on Tidal
By Sarah Kingsbury
In the 31st episode of the iPhone Life podcast, listen in for expert advice on iPhone security from world-renowned cryptographer Bruce Schneier. Other topics include Apple's first decline in revenue in 13 years, how to listen to Beyoncé's visual album Lemonade on music-streaming service Tidal, as well as how to keep your text messages safe from prying eyes.
