Sometimes in the middle of editing a photo, you start to forget how your original photo looked and wonder if the changes you're making are an improvement! Luckily, you can compare before and after images while you're in the middle of editing a photo. Let's get started learning how to compare photos on iPhone.
By Conner Carey
What is Chromecast? It’s Google’s equivalent to AirPlay. Except you need the very reasonably priced Chromecast ($35) to stream content from your iPhone, iPad, or computer. If you need a solution for easily streaming Netflix or Hulu on your TV, setting up and installing Chromecast is a great way to go and is significantly more affordable than the Apple TV. Chromecast setup isn’t hard to complete. But it takes more than just plugging it in to figure out how to set up Chromecast. We’ll make your Chromecast setup easy with how-to steps and photos below. Here’s how to connect Chromecast to your TV.
By Conner Carey
What is AirDrop? Apple's AirDrop feature is a quick and easy way to share files, photos, videos, contacts, and more between Apple devices. You can AirDrop pictures and files from your iPad to your friend’s iPhone or from your iPhone to your Mac for an easy transfer. You can also AirDrop from iPhone to iPhone. As long as you have relatively recent devices running on an updated operating system, you’re probably already set up to use AirDrop. Let's go over what AirDrop is below, as well as how to turn AirDrop on, how AirDrop works, and how to use AirDrop whether you’re on iPhone, iPad, or Mac. Once you know how to use AirDrop, you’ll never go back.
By Olena Kagui
Markup is a nifty iPhone feature that allows users to doodle, magnify, and add text to images and PDFs in the Photos, Mail, Notes, Files, and Messages apps. Whether you need to add a signature, insert text, or draw shapes onto existing documents or photos, Markup has you covered. With Markup, you can save time when signing digital documents and add your personal flair to your images. Here how to use the markup tools on your iPhone.
By Emma Chase
It’s possible to turn off in-app purchases, but what about when you need to turn in-app purchases back on to help you pass a particularly challenging level or get more coins to give you an advantage? We'll show you how to turn on in-app purchases for when you need them.
By Hallei Halter
If you've got an Amazon gift card, you need to redeem it for the balance to appear on your account. Once the Amazon claim code is redeemed, the money can be used for purchases. Here's how to add an Amazon gift card to your account using your iPhone, iPad, or computer.
By Paula Bostrom
Now that we’re regularly using our iPhones to take videos, you may want to trim out unwanted frames to reduce file size. There are also those moments when you record preemptively in order to catch your shot, but afterward, you want to edit out the excess footage. Read on to learn how to cut a video on your iPhone or iPad to shorten it.
By Conner Carey
Did you know that you can reset your network settings on iPhone to troubleshoot internet connectivity issues? Resetting your iPhone’s network settings will usually fix the problem. Here’s how to reset your iPhone’s network settings.
If you have favorite pages and sites that you visit frequently, it makes sense to add them to Favorites in the Safari browser. This way, you'll be able to go back to them with a few taps of a finger, rather than typing in the URL or searching the web every time you want to reference them. Let's learn how to save Favorites in Safari, as well as how to find your Safari Favorites.
Warmer weather has us spending more time outside, and sometimes we bring our favorite devices along. But is your iPhone waterproof? What if you splash water on your Mac? Spilled water on Apple keyboard? Do you need a waterproof iPad case? Can you wear an Apple Watch in the pool? I'll answer all these questions and tell you how to dry your wet phone or other Apple device safely!
By Todd Bernhard
I travel a lot, for both work and pleasure. I attend industry trade shows and take trips with my family everywhere from Europe to the Middle East to Asia. I’m writing this from my hotel in Disney World, where I’m visiting my daughter who works at the park. With my role as my family’s unofficial travel agent, I do a lot of research and have found that I can plan an entire vacation on iOS.
By Leanne Hays
This article will tell you how to flip an image on an iPhone using the Apple Photos app. Before iOS 13, flipping photos required a third-party app. Now the flip tool is included in the Photos app so that you can create a mirror image without all the extra steps.
By Todd Bernhard
By Mike Riley
With the incredible video-processing technology embedded in Apple's latest iPhones, the optics and 4K video capture make them highly capable video cameras. Unfortunately, the most significant limitation of the iPhone's portability is the reliance on its embedded iPhone microphone to capture audio. AmpRidge has addressed this constraint head-on with two external microphones for iPhones. Let's take a closer look at what each iPhone mic has to offer iOS videographers.
By Conner Carey
For everyday uses, the iPhone has a decent built-in microphone. But if you want to get any level of professional sound, whether it be to film a movie, record a song, or conduct an interview, you’re going to need an external mic for quality sound. There’s a wide variety of options, but it’s definitely the type of product where you get what you pay for.
Can you use a Bluetooth mouse with an iPad? You can now! We've long been able to use accessories like Bluetooth speakers, headphones, or the Apple Pencil with our iPads, but starting with iPadOS 13, iPad mouse and trackpad support finally arrived in a limited way as an Accessibility feature. Now, with iPadOS 13.4, pairing and using a mouse with your iPad is a fully integrated feature. In even better news, Apple announced a new Magic Keyboard with a trackpad with a cursor for navigating, editing, and gestures. We've already gone over iPad tutorials and tips such as how to take a screenshot on an iPad, how to use an iPad as a second monitor with Sidecar, how to set up your iPad for work, and even recommendations for the best iPad Pro apps for professionals. Now, let's learn how to pair and use your iPad with a wireless mouse or trackpad.
By Ashleigh Page
Don't rush to replace your iPhone or SIM card just because your phone says "no SIM" or "invalid SIM." These error messages can seem very serious, but don't necessarily indicate hardware damage. Sometimes the solution is incredibly simple, such as a software bug fixed by restarting your device or cleaning dust off of your SIM card. We'll cover the top solutions to get the SIM card on your iPhone or iPad working again.
By Amy Spitzfaden Both
SharePlay is a feature introduced in iOS 15.0.1 that allows users to share media, games, and more over FaceTime. However, not every app offers SharePlay capabilities, and it can be hard to know which apps are best optimized for this new feature. We've put together a list of the nine best apps for SharePlay to help get you going with this fun new option.
By August Garry
When your iPhone or iPad touch screen is not working, it can just about drive you crazy. Without the touch screen, your whole iPhone becomes basically unusable. Luckily, we have six tricks for how to fix it when your iPad or iPhone screen is not responding to touch.
By Amy Spitzfaden Both
You turned off message notifications or notifications for another app, but now you want to turn them back on. We're all entitled to change our minds, so it's important to know how to reverse these things. Deliver Quietly isn't actually the setting anymore, as of iOS 15, so now you're really just turning back on notifications that have been turned off for any app. For this example, we will use iMessage, but you can follow these steps for any app. Here's how to enable iMessage notifications when they've been turned off.
