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Ultimate Apple Watch Guide
Sponsored By iPhone Life on Mon, 07/09/2018
Getting a new Apple Watch? Skip the learning curve and get step-by-step video instructions with iPhone Life Insider’s latest guide: Getting Started with Apple Watch. In this eight-part series, you’ll gain confidence in using all of the basic features of your Apple Watch. This in-depth video guide includes how to set up your Apple Watch, tailor your watch’s settings, customize your watch face, send texts, and much more. When you become an iPhone Life Insider, you receive instant access to this guide, along with all the other benefits of the Insider program. I’ll cover what those benefits are, but first make sure you check out the sneak peak intro video to the Getting Started with Apple Watch guide below.
iPhone developer makes $250,000 in two months
By Jim Karpen
This is great to see — the developer of popular iPhone game Trism made $250,000 in two months, according to an article in Wired's Gadget Lab blog. He stands to earn $2 million by July 2009 if the game continues to sell at this rate. These kinds of numbers are good for the iPhone industry, because they help spur more developers to jump in.
How to change your iPhone wallpaper
By Jim Karpen
Wired has a great guide on how to change your iPhone wallpaper. Maybe such a task is simple and self-evident to you, but if not, this tutorial tells you everything you need to know, complete with screen shots. But it goes beyond the basics, showing you how to use as wallpaper your own photos that you've taken, as wall as showing you how to Photoshop your own wallpaper. (As an aside, this how-to is a wiki, meaning that anyone can change it or add to it.
Speed up typing with keyboard shortcuts
By admin
The keyboard has a number of features built in that are designed to speed up the typing process.
Use the Caps Lock feature
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You can set the keyboard to include a Caps Lock feature. Go to Settings >General >Keyboard and set the “Enable Caps Lock” to the On position. This will make the shift key a Caps Lock key—double-tapping it will turn it on, which is indicated by the button turning blue. Tap it once to turn it off.
Sync Mac or PC’s Web bookmarks with iPhone/iPod touch
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With iTunes, you can sync bookmarks from Internet Explorer (PCs) or Safari (Macs) with your iPhone or iPod touch. Launch iTunes and sync your device to your computer. Then click on your device under Devices in the iTunes Window and click the Info tab. Scroll down to Web Browser, and check the “Sync bookmarks with” box. Now you can choose Internet Explorer or Safari in the corresponding field. Click Sync (or Add) in the lower right corner of the iTunes window, and your bookmarks will be loaded onto your iPhone or iPod touch.
Combine address (phone) books from different sources
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You can also use your device to combine different address books in iTunes, such as Outlook on a PC and Address Book on a Mac. Doing this will load all of your contacts onto all of your machines—your iPhone, PC, and Mac. Here’s how you do it:
Get content on your iPhone/iPod touch from multiple computers
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iTunes won’t let you sync the same content with more than one computer. However, you can sync different content with different computers. For example, you could set up your computer at home to only sync your music and videos in iTunes. You can then set up your work computer to only sync your contacts and calendar in iTunes. Maybe set up your laptop to only sync photos. This way, you can fill up your device with content from different places.
Set up your iPhone / iPod Touch
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The first time you connect your device and launch iTunes, you will be prompted to "Set Up Your iPhone" by giving it a name (e.g. "JohnsIPhone") and deciding whether you want to check the box labeled "Automatically sync contacts, calendars, email accounts, and bookmarks." If you check this box, the iPhone will automatically sync every time you connect it to your computer. If you don't check the box, you will have to initiate the sync manually.