Sharing pictures from your iPhone can be fun, but did you know that there’s photo metadata attached that includes the location where you took the photo? Luckily, you can quickly remove metadata from photos to make sure that you are only sharing the image while keeping the location private.
How-To
How to Use Apple Maps Offline & Download Maps on iPhone
By Rhett Intriago
Apple Maps has long since proven itself as a reliable navigation app on par with competitors like Google Maps and Waze. Apple Maps offline is one of the most convenient features; here's how to use Apple Maps' offline maps.
Easily Recover Your Apple Account
By Rhett Intriago
If you ever lose access to your Apple Account, you’re not totally out of luck, as long as you set up an Apple Recovery Contact. By setting up a Recovery Contact, Apple can verify your identity through a trusted contact if you ever lose access to your Apple Account. Find out how to set up a Recovery Contact on iPhone.
How to Use Siri to Find & Launch Apps
By Jim Karpen
I have a lot of apps on both my iPhone and my iPad, and I can sometimes forget where I've stored them all. There's a much faster way to launch apps: simply ask Siri. Not only can you use Siri to launch and use apps, but Siri can also help you find and download apps of interest. Here's how to launch and control apps with Siri!
Lock Your Apple Account with a Physical Key
By Rhett Intriago
Enabling two-factor authentication is a great way to secure any account, but Apple takes things a step further with physical security keys. These fancy gadgets serve as an extra barrier to safeguarding your Apple Account from security breaches.
How to Create a Family Calendar on Your iPhone & iPad
By Belinda Sanmiguel
It can be difficult to keep up with appointments, tasks, and activities, especially if you're coordinating with family members. Here's how to create a family calendar on an iPhone or iPad, how to share an iPhone calendar with family, and how to add an event to an Apple family calendar, so you can keep your schedule organized and up to date!
Discover the Hidden Sleep Timer on iPhone
By Hallei Halter
I like listening to shows or music before I fall asleep. Unfortunately, I had a habit of falling asleep while the media was playing and would wake up to a dead device. Here's an easy tip to use the Clock's hidden sleep timer on your iPhone so that media will automatically stop playing.
Apple's Photos app includes a People & Pets album that makes it easy to find every picture of the same person or furbaby, organized into separate sub-albums. Here's how to tag iPhone photos to add a friend, animal, or family member to the People album if the Photos app hasn't already included them automatically.
Easily Get Roadside Assistance on iPhone
By Rhett Intriago
If you ever find yourself stranded on the side of the road with no cellular reception, you can still use your iPhone to get help. The iPhone 14 and later are able to communicate via satellite, which you can use to request SOS roadside service.
Save iPhone Battery by Changing Mail's Fetch Frequency
By Conner Carey
By default, your iPhone or iPad will continually check for new mail and immediately "push" it to your device as a notification. This ensures you get new emails as soon as they arrive. However, the Push setting can also end up draining more battery since your device is checking for new emails continuously. Here's how to change your mail Fetch settings iphone and save a little more battery.
Make Quick Conversions on Your Camera with Live Text
By Amy Spitzfaden Both
Did you know you can convert inches to centimeters, ounces to milliliters, and more right on your iPhone? Live Text offers quick and easy conversions, perfect for cooking, measuring, or anything else where you don't want to have to do an entire Google search to find your answer. Here's how to do it.
How To Change Font Size on iPhone for Individual Apps
By Erin MacPherson
Sure, you can adjust the text size for your entire iPhone, but what if it's just one or two apps that are hard to read? You can decrease or increase text size for one app or several instead of changing font size across all apps! Here's how to adjust font size in iPhone apps, just one, or as many as you need!
What better way to ring in the New Year or celebrate a holiday than by sending fireworks on your iPhone? With the Messages app, you can send iMessage effects along with your text. These iPhone texting effects include balloons, confetti, and fireworks. Below, we'll cover how to send fireworks on iPhone.
How to Search an Image on iPhone Using Filters
By Erin MacPherson
iPhone photo filters refer to two things: a way to edit and add effects to photos, and a way to sort your photo Library — this article is about the latter. We’ll teach you how to do an image search on iPhone using filters such as edited, favorites, not in album, and screenshots.
When you make a photo album on your iPhone, the Photos app automatically sorts that picture album in the Albums tab in order of when the album was created. You can rearrange albums on iPhone two different ways. Read on to learn how to organize photos by rearranging how your albums appear in the Photos app.
How to Use Visual Intelligence to Add an Event to Your Calendar
By Amy Spitzfaden Both
Gone are the days of taking a picture of a poster broadcasting an event you want to attend and hoping you remember to look at your camera roll in time to remember to go. With Visual Intelligence, it's just a matter of point and tap and you'll have the event added right to your Calendar app. Here's how to use this fancy new feature to add an event right from a poster into your Calendar app.
Fixed: iPhone Volume Keeps Going Down by Itself
By Rhett Intriago
Ever been listening to music on your phone and had the volume turn down on its own? This is a common problem that plagues many iPhone users. But why does your volume keep going down by itself? In this article, we’ll go over the possible reasons why this might be happening and how you can prevent your iPhone from adjusting the volume by itself.
Understand All Apple Watch Icons & Symbols
By Hannah Nichols
Your Apple Watch uses various icons, symbols, dots, and arrows to convey important information. For example the red dot on Apple Watches indicates unread notifications, while the blue drop means that the water lock is on. We'll take the mystery out of reading these small icons and symbols to help you understand these useful communication tools.
How to Add a Parent to Approve Purchases in Family Sharing
By Conner Carey
Can you have two organizers in an Apple Family Sharing group? No, but the family organizer of each group can change the role of a second parent or guardian to control kids' Apple purchases. Here's how to set up Family Sharing to allow another adult Family Group member to block or approve Ask to Buy requests in Family Sharing on an iPhone or iPad.
Best Password Manager for Your iPhone
By Leanne Hays
We use the internet for just about everything; shopping, banking, communicating with friends and family, and storing music, photos, and videos. It's vital to safeguard all the personal data associated with these services with a different, strong password for each account. A password manager can help you generate and keep each password safe. There are lots of reputable, free password keepers to choose from, so it can be hard to choose the right one. Let's discuss the best password safe app for iPhone.