By Ashleigh Page
iPhone widgets are cool, but iPad widgets are even better. Why? The iPad's larger display means you can add more detailed widgets that show inspiration, updates, and needed information from your apps without ever leaving your Home screen. We've tested the most popular options and created this roundup of some of the most fun and useful widgets for your iPad Home screen.
By Conner Carey
Can you lock notes on iPhones? Absolutely! Let's learn how to hide notes on iPhones running iOS 16 or an older operating system. Once your note is locked, you’ll have to use a password, Face ID, or Touch ID to unlock it, keeping the information in your Notes app safe from prying eyes!
By Rheanne Taylor
Whenever I see a panoramic view, my first instinct is to take a photo. But a standard shot on the iPhone doesn't capture the view. Here's how to use Apple's Camera app to take panoramic pictures.
By Rachel Needell
One of the ways that Apple has introduced multitasking abilities to its iPads is through Split View, often called split screen. Split screen on the iPad allows you to open, view, and use two separate apps or windows on the iPad at once. We'll show you how to use split screen on your iPad and get rid of split screen on your iPad when you're finished.
By Amy Spitzfaden–Both
Once you have iOS 15, you might be eager to convert an image to Live Text, but what do you do if it isn't working? Live Text lets you select text from an image and copy, paste, search, and more, but you might run into a frustrating situation where it doesn't work. Here are all the reasons Live Text might not be working, and how to fix it.
Adding widgets to your iPad's Today View is a game changer in terms of productivity and ease of access to your favorite apps and important info. There are a variety of widgets you can add to the Today View on your iPad, plus adding widgets to the iPad is actually fairly simple. We'll show you how to set up widgets on your iPad, how to change widgets on your iPad, and how to remove widgets from your iPad.
By Cullen Thomas
Are you wondering how to delete apps on your iPhone? If you need to know how to uninstall apps on iPhone, don’t worry, you’re not alone. You can remove an app from an iPhone just by long pressing on the app icon and tapping Remove App, but if you want more in-depth instructions (plus an additional method!) for how to delete apps, we’ll go step-by-step below.
By Leanne Hays
In August, reports started coming out that Apple was pushing back the release of iPadOS 16 until October rather than releasing it alongside the newest version of iOS in September as the company had done in the past. This tracks with rumors that new iPad and Macs will be announced at a later fall Apple event, expected to take place in October. Here's everything we know about the new Mac and iPads coming this October.
By Conner Carey
If you have multiple Apple devices, you can copy or cut something from one device and paste it to the other. This productivity feature is extremely helpful for starting something on one device and completing it on the other device. Apple calls this the Universal Clipboard, and the feature couldn’t be easier to use. Read on to find out!
The iPad floating keyboard can be handy when you want to see more of the screen or use slide-to-type. However, it can be annoying when the floating keyboard pops out accidentally, especially if you don’t know how to return it to the bottom of the screen. Let's cover how to enable and disable the floating keyboard on your iPad.
By Olena Kagui
We all love to take videos of the world around us. Every time I come home from a vacation, wedding, or even a walk with my dogs, my phone is bursting with footage. Despite having video editing experience, I don’t always have the time, energy, or inspiration to turn it into a viewable memory, which is where Spivo comes in to save the day! In just one week, the Spivo Video Editing team can turn hours of video and thousands of photos into a memory that you can easily share and watch to relive the happy memories.
By Elisabeth Garry
If you have an Apple device, like an iPhone or iPad, you have access to iCloud, whether you know it or not. You can back up your iPhone to iCloud and sync your data across all your devices. Knowing this, why would you need an external hard drive for your iPhone? Well, even with iCloud Backup, there are a few reasons why you might consider investing in an external hard drive. We’ll go over them in this article.
By Amy Spitzfaden–Both
iCloud shared albums are seeing a serious upgrade with iOS 16; you can now create a whole iCloud Shared Photo Library that you can invite up to five people to join. It differs from a shared album because participants can do much more with it than before. You can take photos and videos directly in that shared library so you don't need to add it later, and everyone can add, edit, and delete any photo. Here's how to set up an iCloud Shared Photo Library.
By Erin MacPherson
If you want to share eligible Apple Pay Family Sharing purchases but not have to ask the Family Organizer or be asked every time someone wants to buy something on the Apple Family Sharing account, there's a way to make funds available so that the Family Organizer's primary payment method doesn't have to be charged for each individual's purchases.
By Leanne Hays
This article will tell you what to do if you encounter an error connecting to the Apple ID server. Have you ever tried to log in to your iCloud account, use your iTunes login or App Store login, or use any other Apple ID login, and gotten an "Error Connecting to Apple ID, Verification Failed" message? Don't worry; we have nine troubleshooting steps you can take if you receive this Apple ID verification failed error message. Let's get started.
Do you have lots of ideas for organizing photos on your iPhone or iPad but aren’t sure how to begin? I’ll walk you through an easy list of steps to get your photos and videos organized once and for all using the native iPad or iPhone Photos app. Plus I’ll direct you to the best place to find answers to more specific iPhone photo management topics. You can consider this your one-stop shop for anything related to organizing, collecting, storing, sharing, backing up, and even editing your photos.
By Rheanne Taylor
Apple’s iOS Photos app has a few default photo albums that automatically organize the photos on your iPhone. But what if you’d like to create a new photo album? The Photos app allows users to organize pictures into albums they create. Here’s how to make an album from photos and videos on an iPhone.
By Tamlin Day
Sharing your ETA with a contact using Apple Maps allows you to keep a friend or colleague up to date on your arrival time so that you can focus on driving. You can share your ETA, route, and current location with a contact using the Maps app on your iPhone.
By Elisabeth Garry
Focus modes let you customize different Do Not Disturb settings when you don't want to be bothered by notifications and messages. So what happens when you turn on Focus for your iPhone, but you still get notifications on your iPad? We'll show you how to turn on Share Across Devices in Focus mode with this quick setting.
By Abbey Dufoe
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!
The biweekly iPhone Life Podcast is the perfect way to stay up to date on Apple news, top iPhone tips, and favorite apps and gear. Listen to the hosts, David and Donna, discuss the hottest Apple products and software updates and they’ll give you tips on troubleshooting, reveal hidden features, and more! You can listen to the Podcast on Spotify or the Apple Podcasts app, or watch the video recording filmed in our new studio. Click here to listen and subscribe. iPhone Life Insiders get exclusive ad-free podcast content!
