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What to Know

  • You can easily search your texts in Apple Messages, WhatsApp, and Facebook Messenger.
  • Use your iPhone's Search function to see results across all of your apps.

Are you wondering how to search text messages on your iPhone or iPad to find a specific conversation? We can help! We'll cover how to search through your messages on the iPhone and iPad using the Messages app, search Facebook messages, and search WhatsApp chat. Fortunately, most messaging apps make your text conversations searchable. Let's dive in!

How to Unsync iPad from iPhone

What to Know

  • Unsync your iPad from your iPhone if you're selling or giving it away. 
  • You can also disable certain features (like syncing photos on your iPad) to save space on your device.

When you use the same Apple ID to log into your iPhone and iPad, your texts, emails, and phone calls can be received on both devices. And iCloud-based data, such as your photos, contacts, safari browsing, and reminders will also be synced across both devices. However, if your iPad is regularly used by other family members, you probably don't want your private messages, photos, and other data to show up on your iPad. And if you're selling or giving away your iPad, you'll want to completely disconnect your iPad from your iPhone. We will show you how to unlink your iPad from iPhone in four different ways.

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What to Know

  • You can't buy Kindle books on the Amazon app or Kindle app.
  • You can purchase Kindle books by accessing the Amazon.com website with Safari or another browser.
  • For easier purchasing, add a shortcut to your Home Screen taking you directly to the Kindle Store on Amazon.com.

Can you read Kindle books on iPad or iPhone? Yes. However, buying Kindle books on iPhone and iPad is less straightforward. Because Amazon doesn’t want to pay Apple a cut of any in-app purchases, you can’t buy books in the Kindle app for iPhone or in the Amazon app. We’ll show you how to acquire Kindle books on your iPhone or iPad by using Safari or another web browser to visit Amazon.com instead.

How to Stop Faces from Moving in Group FaceTime Calls

Many people have been struggling with the same issue when it comes to Group FaceTime on their iPhone: screen movement. Sometimes it can be nice to see the current speaker featured larger than the others. However, many people prefer for the members of their group chat on FaceTime to be equally sized throughout the whole call, regardless of who is speaking. Fortunately, this is an easy fix! Here's how to stop faces from moving during FaceTime.

How to Register for Apple Music

Apple Music allows you to listen to millions of songs at any time whether online or offline. You can also create playlists, stream and download audio files, get personal recommendations, see what your friends are listening to, watch music videos, and more. The best thing about Apple Music is that there are no ads that can interrupt you while listening to music. Whether you have an iPhone or iPad, here are simple steps that'll help you subscribe to Apple Music. 

Create a Contact Group on iPhone—the Easy Way!

Making iPhone contact groups allows you to quickly send a message or email to multiple people. With iOS 16, you no longer have to use a Mac or PC to create an email list. Instead, you can create a group in your iPhone Contacts app to easily send large group emails. If you want to create a contact group for text messages, you can do that in the iPhone Messages app. We'll teach you how to add groups on your iPhone so you can quickly send group texts and emails.

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Stage Manager, the multi-tasking user interface available on M1 iPads, helps make your iPad more like a computer than ever before. One of the key advantages of Stage Manager is the way a user can switch between multiple app windows with ease. Grouping apps together in Stage Manager is an amazing way to take your multitasking abilities on the iPad to the next level. Let me show you my favorite way to work on the iPad!

    How to Add People to an iCloud Shared Photo Library

    iOS 16 is introducing a Shared Photo Library that lets you share a whole library with other iCloud users, provided they've all updated to iOS 16. Learn how to add people to the library so you can all share photos and videos, even as you take them, and how to remove people when you decide you no longer want them in your Shared Photo Library.

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