By Leanne Hays
How do you change the snooze time on an iPhone? While Apple does not allow you to change the default snooze time on the iPhone, there are two ways to get around this and change your iPhone snooze time anyway. We'll show you how to shorten snooze on your iPhone or lengthen it using these alternatives.
By Conner Carey
Can you hide apps on an iPhone? Absolutely. You can use your iPhone's built-in features to hide any Apple or third-party app for free. We'll show you how to hide an app on your iPhone by removing it from your Home Screen, placing it in a folder, and hiding it from Search and Siri Suggestions. If you want to hide multiple apps, you can even hide an entire Home Screen page of app icons.
By Rachel Needell
Are you wondering how to see your calculator history on iPhone? Unfortunately, there is no current way to view your calculator history on iPhone. But, we'll explore some potential solutions to see calculator history in the Calculator app.
By Conner Carey
Both Apple Maps and Google Maps store search history on your iPhone. This makes it easy to find places you’ve been and quickly get directions to them again. But you don't have to keep old location history. Here’s how to clear history on Google Maps and Apple Maps.
By Rhett Intriago
Cookies are pieces of data placed on your iPhone or iPad (or any other device on which you browse the internet) by the websites you visit. They save login information and track the sites you visit. They also take up space on your phone. If you don’t want cookies to track you or if they’re taking up too much space, you can delete them. Read on to find out how to clear cookies on iPhone.
By Rachel Needell
Apple recently released an updated version of its software that allows you to view all purchases made with your Apple ID in one place. This makes it super easy to review all the things you've been spending money on recently and quickly cancel subscriptions to things you don't want. I actually realized there was a $5.99 weekly subscription I was paying for that I do not need, all thanks to this tip! Here's how it works!
By Amy Spitzfaden Both
If you want to know how to send a text to multiple contacts without creating a group message on your iPhone, unfortunately your options are currently both limited and imperfect. However, that doesn't mean it's impossible to do. Here's how to send a group text individually in a couple different ways so you can find which one works best for you.
By Rachel Needell
Widgets have been available on the iPhone’s Home Screen since iOS 14, but many of us don’t take full advantage of them, despite certain apps’ pleas for us to add them to our Home Screens. Widgets may seem like bigger distractions, taking up screen real estate and demanding our attention, but in reality, they can offer helpful information at a glance and allow us to interact with the apps without fully opening them or getting lost in other app notifications as we scroll to find one. Here are the best ways to utilize widgets to keep your display streamlined and efficient, plus a few team favorite favorites for you to try out.
By Olena Kagui
Looping videos refers to making a video to replay indefinitely. I will teach you how to turn a video into a boomerang using free third-party apps. Plus, I’ll remind you how to loop a Live Photo to turn it into a short loop video. Let’s get started!
By Rhett Intriago
You’ve probably noticed those numbered red badges on your apps. If you’re anything like me and you don’t open every email you receive, you probably have hundreds of them on your Mail app. When your notification badges pile up, turning them off can help de-clutter your Home Screen. Now, let’s go over how to turn off notification badges on iPhone.
By Olena Kagui
It can be concerning if your iPhone keyboard is not working properly. Whether it is lagging, disappearing, not appearing, typing on its own, or typing incorrectly, it can be fixed! I’ll teach you how to reset your keyboard dictionary, and I’ll go over other basic troubleshooting steps.
By Olena Kagui
Google Maps and Apple Maps are two of the most popular map apps for iPhone users, but which is better? For a long time, Google Maps has been the better choice, but Apple Maps has transformed into a worthy competitor. Both apps have many similar features, but there are small differences that might make you pick one over the other.
By Olena Kagui
Tesla isn't as compatible with Apple products as Apple enthusiasts would like it to be. You can't use CarPlay, and there is no Tesla app on Apple Watch. However, many third-party apps exist that let you control your Tesla from your wrist. Recently, a Bluetooth update finally made it possible to set up your Apple Watch as a Tesla fob using the Watch app for the Tesla app.
By Leanne Hays
Google Incognito mode in the Chrome app is great for private browsing, but did you know you can make your Incognito tabs even more private? If you leave Incognito mode tabs open on your iPhone or iPad, anyone who has your password or comes along while your device is unlocked can see them. If you want to leave Incognito tabs in Chrome open, you can keep them private by locking them. Here's how to turn on the Chrome incognito lock.
By Conner Carey
Siri tracks your iPhone habits, including who you contact, which apps you use, and where you are in order to provide Siri Suggestions in Spotlight Search. However, if you’d rather Siri didn’t anticipate your every search, you can turn off Siri suggestions.
By Leanne Hays
You can post Live Photos on Facebook, but you have to turn the Live Photo into a video or GIF first. (Instagram also supports these formats). Once you’ve turned your Live Photo into a video or GIF, you can share live images on social media.
By Michael Schill
When one gets to a particular age, one might start to pine for the proverbial fountain of youth. At 71, I seem to have arrived at that juncture. I have been pursuing longevity by studying the latest scientific research and by using technology to track my health parameters, so I can be aware and improve them. There is a revolution in healthcare with respect to longevity. A plethora of scientific research is being conducted, shifting the paradigm to treating aging as a disease, not as an inevitability. That research is leading to many excellent technologies to test and track our health metrics so we can directly see where to put our resources toward achieving longevity.
By Rachel Needell
Everyone has deleted an important email they needed to find later. If you need to know how to retrieve deleted emails, whether you're using Gmail or iCloud, there's usually a way to recover them. Most email clients allow you to store deleted emails for up to 30 days. We'll go over everything you need to know to recover deleted emails on your iPhone or your Mac.
By Leanne Hays
Apple hasn't made it possible to check your iPhone battery level from your Apple Watch with a native feature. Luckily, you can use a free third-party app to see your iPhone battery level on your Apple Watch; here's how!
By Olena Kagui
When creating or editing documents, strikethrough text can indicate needed revisions, completed tasks, or emphasize important text. We'll cover how to add strikethrough text in Google Docs through the formatting menu and the quick keyboard shortcut for creating strikethrough text.
