Got a web site you love that doesn’t have its own fancy iOS app? No problem. You can add any site you like to your iPhone’s (or iPad’s) home screen in only a few steps. Once you’re done, your favorite site will have a home-screen icon that...
Barbara writes: How do I get my iPhone to “text” rather than “iMessage?” The phone seems to have automatically started “messaging” to other iPhones when I try to text, but the delivery of iMessages has not been nearly as reliable as...
Worried about using cellular data during your trip to Paris? Good news: you can still find your way around with Google Maps even while your iPhone or Android phone is in “airplane” mode. With a simple command, you can save (or “cache”) a...
So, did you just delete an app from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch that you wish you hadn’t? Don’t panic. Thanks to iCloud and iOS 7, you can get that missing app—or purchased song, TV episode or movie—back in just a few clicks, for free. Related: Hide unwanted apps...
Having a hard time reading the tiny type on your iPad or iPhone screen? Believe me, you’re not the only one. Indeed, after a long day of iPhone swiping, my aching eyes feel like they might get stuck in a perpetual squint. Related: How to zoom the entire display...
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...
