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Apple Fitness Plus is an excellent way to stay on top of your fitness from home and to add fresh new workouts to your exercise routine at the gym. We've shown you how to find and sign up for Apple Fitness Plus, and now we'll go over how to start a Fitness Plus workout. 

This collection of tips covers the basics of using your iPhone's Camera and Photos app. Here, you'll learn how to print images from your iPhone using AirPrint, view a slideshow of your favorite photos directly on your Apple TV, and improve your photography by taking advantage of key camera features such as Manual Exposure and Auto-Focus Lock.

The Activity app—the one with the black background and the colorful rings—was renamed with the release of iOS 14 and then subsequently updated to include Apple Fitness+. Here’s how to find Apple Fitness+, and what to do if you can’t find your Fitness app.

With iOS 10 on iPhone, Apple introduced the ability to use Apple Pay in Safari. What this means is that if you have any credit cards in your Wallet on iPhone, you can use them along with Touch ID to easily and quickly pay for items online in your Safari browser. Keep in mind that not all websites have the feature, but when it’s available you can use it for quick transactions. Apple Pay in Safari is available for all iPhones and iPads that are able to run iOS 10. It can also be done on Macs running MacOS Sierra using an Apple Watch running watchOS 3 for authentication. Here’s how to use Apple Pay in Safari on iPhone.

Many people are using at-home exercise videos these days, but they can feel very one-size-fits-all. This guide from a fitness professional will help you keep yourself safe and at an appropriate difficulty level while still getting the most out of your workouts with Apple Fitness Plus and other programs.

You can add money to your Apple ID account for App Store purchases or use Apple Pay without having to use a linked card. Here's how to add funds to your Apple ID directly. If you budget your app or iTunes purchases, you can even load the balance you want to spend and make purchases accordingly.

Sometimes, you need to record a thought quickly. Using the Voice Memos voice recorder app on an iPhone or iPad to record that thought out loud is the fastest way to capture an idea before it flies away forever. The Voice Memos app is the little-known gem of the iPhone and iPad. Ease of use and clarity of sound makes the native Voice Memos app ideal for recording interviews, notes, and vocals, with the ability to record for hours at a time. If you're the type of person whose brain moves faster than your typing hands can keep up with, then Voice Memos is the ideal app for you. 

Deleting events from your iPhone calendar is a simple process—with a few quick taps you can clear clutter of canceled appointments. There are two types of events you might want to delete from your iPhone: a single event and an event series. A single event is a one-time event saved in your Calendar app (such as your call with a friend). An event series is a recurring event (like your weekly coffee meeting on Fridays). In either case, the process is the same except that deleting a recurring event requires an extra step.

Apple introduced MagSafe accessories for its new iPhone 12 lineup today at its October 13 iPhone event. MagSafe will make charging your iPhone 12 easier and faster than previous wireless generations; the frustration of placing your iPhone "just so" for wireless charging will also soon be a thing of the past. The line of MagSafe accessories includes cases, chargers, and wallets that connect to your iPhone with magnets. Read on to learn about MagSafe improvements to the iPhone 12, how MagSafe accessories work, what kind of gear you'll be able to purchase, and what MagSafe means for the iPhone accessory market. If you enjoy learning about wireless charging, fast charging, and charging myths, we can also give you the 411 on how to safely charge your device, MagSafe or otherwise.