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Previously, we covered creating keyboard shortcuts to help you quickly type commonly used phrases. Did you know you can also create shortcuts for emoji characters (those cute emoticons that go way beyond your average smiley face)? This is handy if you use a lot of emoji characters and don't want to switch back and forth between keyboards all the time.

Does Amazon take Apple Pay? Yes, you can use Apple Pay on Amazon, as well as Visa Checkout, and Masterpass, but it's up to individual vendors to enable the feature. There are a few ways you can use your Apple Wallet to make Amazon purchases. If the vendor doesn't accept Apple Pay, you can set up your Apple Card on Amazon as an alternative payment option. Here's how to use Apple Pay on Amazon.

Starting with the iPhone 14 Pro (but not the base model iPhone 14), Apple ditched the notch and introduced the Dynamic Island, which has become a staple of all current iPhones, including the iPhone 16. What makes the Dynamic Island so unique is that it merges hardware with software. While this rounded area of your iPhone screen primarily houses the front camera, the software behind it allows for the shape to “change” when you get a notification or when using compatible apps. Let me show you how the iPhone Dynamic Island works.

It's easy to print photos from iPhone, but it's not always obvious how to change iPhone printer settings when printing via AirPrint. We'll help you learn how to change photo size when printing from an iPhone, and other iPhone printer settings. We'll also discuss third-party printing apps that may make your life easier. Here's how to change iPhone printer settings and print from iPhone.

The iPhone Dock lets you access your most frequently used apps from any of your Home screens. The default iPhone Dock apps are the Phone, Safari, Messages, and Music apps. I’ll teach you how to add and remove apps, rearrange apps in your Dock, and organize those apps into folders.

You can create a group chat on your iPhone as a convenient way to stay in contact with multiple people simultaneously, even if there's a mix of Android and iPhone users. Below, we'll cover how to make a group chat on an iPhone, add and remove people, and leave group chats that you no longer need to be a part of. 

Have you ever wanted to show a slideshow of your favorite photos to your friends and family? The Photos app on both iPhone and iPad makes it really easy to create a personalized slideshow from any album, and you can even add music, too. Here's how to create a slideshow on iPhone or iPad.

Every time you take a photo on your iPhone, it gets geotagged with the location where you took the photo. If the geotag is incorrect or you don't want your photos to have location data, you can edit or delete locations from photos on an iPhone or iPad.