Category: apple

  • 9 Things That Suck About Setting Up a New iPhone (and How to Fix Them)

    9 Things That Suck About Setting Up a New iPhone (and How to Fix Them)

    Read full article: at LifeHacker Getting a new iPhone is an exciting thing, especially if you haven’t upgraded in a while. From the initial unboxing, to peeling the stickers off the device, everything about the experience is fun. That is, until you start setting it up, and hit some snags along the way. While many…

  • How to Instantly Measure Someone's Height on Your iPhone

    How to Instantly Measure Someone's Height on Your iPhone

    Read full article: at LifeHacker Many of us have been using iPhones since the beginning, and its “hidden” or “secret” features are things we’ve know about for ages. But every once in a while, I learn something new about iOS. This time, it’s a feature that lets you instantly measure someone with just your iPhone’s…

  • How to Translate Foreign Languages Directly From Your iPhone Camera

    How to Translate Foreign Languages Directly From Your iPhone Camera

    Read full article: at LifeHacker Every year, Apple adds a few new features that make third-party apps redundant. It’s so common that there’s a term for it—Sherlocking—that goes back to the early 2000s when Apple added a native search feature that made the Sherlock app useless. Read more… Read full article: at LifeHacker

  • How to Extend Your Apple Watch’s Battery Life While Exercising

    How to Extend Your Apple Watch’s Battery Life While Exercising

    Read full article: at LifeHacker If you’re a heavy Apple Watch user, you’re likely often looking for ways to extend its battery life. Apple has made your life slightly easier with the addition of one more feature to get the job done. Read more… Read full article: at LifeHacker

  • How to Never Lose a Safari Tab on Your iPhone Again

    How to Never Lose a Safari Tab on Your iPhone Again

    Read full article: at LifeHacker It only took Apple a decade or so, but you can finally pin tabs in Safari on your iPhone and iPad. The feature was worth the wait: When you close all tabs, it won’t clear the pinned tabs. By effect, you can turn your frequently visited websites into static web…

  • How to Streamline Your iPhone 14 Pro’s Always-On Display

    How to Streamline Your iPhone 14 Pro’s Always-On Display

    Read full article: at LifeHacker With the 14 Pro and 14 Pro Max, Apple has finally brought an always-on display (AOD) to the iPhone. Android devices had the feature for years ago and Apple has been producing compatible OLED displays for almost as long, yet only now are we able to keep our iPhone displays…

  • How to Fix the Most Annoying iPhone Features in iOS 16

    How to Fix the Most Annoying iPhone Features in iOS 16

    Read full article: at LifeHacker iOS 16 is filled with awesome new features, from the ability to instantly copy the subject from images to a whole new customizable Lock Screen with widgets. But when it comes to new OS releases, there is no such thing as perfect. While the new release is packed with some…

  • How to Make Your Apple Watch Last for Days on a Single Charge

    How to Make Your Apple Watch Last for Days on a Single Charge

    Read full article: at LifeHacker When it comes to the Apple Watch, “all-day battery life” is Apple’s party line—but what that really means is an 18-hour battery cycle. If you want to push it over a day, you need to stick to light use (and not wear it to bed). But now, with watchOS 9, Apple is…

  • How to Install Unsupported Apps on Older iPhones

    How to Install Unsupported Apps on Older iPhones

    Read full article: at LifeHacker As much as Apple will want you to buy the iPhone 14, your old phone is probably serving you just fine, even if the company doesn’t officially support it anymore. But the bigger problem with aging tech isn’t necessarily the lack of official software support, it’s when third-party developers stop…

  • How to See Your Wifi Passwords on Mac and PC

    How to See Your Wifi Passwords on Mac and PC

    Read full article: at LifeHacker The wifi password is a power both desired and feared: Everyone wants to know it, but forget it, and you’re toast. Why Microsoft and Apple make it difficult to find wifi passwords on Windows and Mac isn’t clear (this is valuable information, after all). But, rest assured, those passwords are…