Your iPhone and/or iPad has several different ways of notifying you about a new text message, calendar event, a friend’s Facebook update … well, the list goes on. Sometimes, you’ll get a little iPhone alert and a banner appears briefly at the top of...
So, you know all the pictures and video clips sitting in the various text-message threads on your iPhone and/or iPad? Well, for one thing, they’re probably (and quietly) gobbling up a lot of precious storage space. And here’s another thing: The snapshots...
The much-maligned “Newsstand”—you know, the home for various magazines and newspapers sold through Apple’s App Store—is a bit like a party crasher who plunks down on your sofa and refuses to budge. Debuting on the home screens of iPhone and iPad more...
[Updated 3/8/2018] I’m sure you already know all about pinching and swiping on your iPad, but have you tried a four-finger swipe yet—or a five-finger pinch, for that matter? Zoom around your iPad apps and home screen with help from these three handy single- and...
Don writes: I have an Apple iPhone 5. I recently updated the iOS to iOS 7.0.4 I foolishly gave it a passcode, because no one said you didn’t have to have one, if you didn’t want one. It is a giant pain in the patootie. Is there anyway I can get rid of it?...
Wish you could send a text message in ALL CAPS? Can’t find the em dash key? Tired of your iPhone or iPad constantly fixing your typing, even when it doesn’t need to be fixed? Read on for eight iOS typing tips you need to know. 1. Turn on caps lock Sending a text...
Want to see rather than just hear that your iPhone is ringing? You can, with a little help from the iPhone’s camera flash. In just a few taps, you can set the LED flash for the iPhone’s rear-facing camera to blink anytime a call comes in, whenever a text pops into...
So, say you just typed a lengthy text message on your iPhone (or iPad, or iPod Touch), but you’ve had a change of heart and want to start over. You could delete what you typed by tapping the backspace key a few dozen times, or you could select the text with your...
