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How to Update iOS Automatically on iPhone or iPad

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If you want to stay on top of the latest iOS system software updates but don’t like bothering with manually installing the software updates, or you routinely fall behind, you might want to consider automating the installation process of iOS software updates. Thanks to a new feature in iOS, you can set an iPhone or iPad to automatically install updates to iOS system software.


This feature is very easy to use and setup. You’ll need any iPhone or iPad with iOS 12.0 or newer, and the iPhone or iPad must be plugged in and charging in order to be able to install the software updates. The rest is pretty much taken care of on its own once you have this setting configured, so here’s how to set up automatic iOS system software updates.

How to Enable Automatic iOS Updates for System Software on iPhone or iPad

With Automatic Updates enabled in iOS, the iOS software update will download itself and install itself automatically overnight when the iPhone or iPad is not in use, as long as it’s connected to a charger and wi-fi. Here’s how to enable automatic iOS system software

  1. Open the “Settings” app in iOS

    2. Settings icon

  2. Go to “General” and then to “Software Update”, then tap on “Automatic Updates”

    3. How to enable Automatic Software Updates in iOS

  3. Toggle the Automatic Updates switch to the ON position to enable automatic iOS updates

    4. Enabling automatic iOS software updates

That’s it, now your iPhone or iPad will download and install any available iOS software updates as they arrive. Note this is just the iOS system software that will be automatically updated, and not the apps on the device (though you can set automatic app updates too, more on that in a moment).

It is strongly recommended to have iCloud backups enabled on iPhone or iPad if you are going to use this setting, just like it’s strongly recommended to backup any iOS device before installing any system software update. Failure to backup a device may lead to permanent data loss, so don’t skip the backup process.

Note the iPhone or iPad must be connected to wi-fi, and plugged in and charging for automatic iOS updates to work. If the device is disconnected from wi-fi or not charging, it will not run software updates. Similarly if there are no software updates available, nothing will be installed.

If you like the idea of automating iOS system software updates, you’ll probably also be fond of automatically updating apps in iOS too so that everything is always up to date on your device. The two features work quite well together, ensuring your iPhone or iPad will always have the latest system software and app updates installed. Again, just be sure you have enabled backups to iCloud in iOS automatically as well to prevent theoretical data loss scenarios.

Whether or not you want your iPhone or iPad to automatically install system software updates, or app updates, in the background for you is entirely a matter of personal opinion. Some users will really appreciate the convenience, while others prefer to have a more hands-on approach so that they can opt in and out of select software updates as deemed necessary. There’s certainly nothing wrong with manually installing iOS updates when they are available either, just like you can update iOS apps as needed or all at once, or never at all if you prefer to keep older software for whatever reason.

While this automatic iOS system updates feature is new to iOS 12 and later, earlier versions of iOS can get a similar effect of automated iOS installs though they require the user to choose the “Later” and “Install Tonight” option at the iOS software update alert screen that appears.

Disabling iOS Automatic System Software Updates

Like most other features in iOS, you can also change course and disable automatic iOS system software updates if you decide to do so at a later time.

  1. Open the “Settings” app and go to “General” and then to “Software Update”
  2. Choose “Automatic Updates” and toggle the switch to the OFF position

How to disable automatic iOS software updates

With the iOS automatic software update feature disabled, you’ll need to manually update system software when it becomes available again. And if you’re turning off automatic iOS system software updates, you might want to disable automatic app updates too while in iOS Settings.

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February 15, 2019 0 comment
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How to Make Text Size Much Larger on iPad

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Some iPad and iPhone users may prefer to have larger text sizes and font sizes visible when using the device. Having bigger text size can make reading things on an iPad screen easier for many people, particularly if you find the default font sizes on iPad to be too small, or difficult on the eyes. While many iPad users may know about the general text size slider in Settings, there is another deeper text settings option that allows for notably larger text size to be used as well.

This article will show you how to increase the text size on the iPad, and this applies for much of the onscreen text and fonts shown throughout iPad and many apps. The result will be that text is notably larger in iOS, beyond what the typical settings allow for.

How to Make Text Sizes Larger on iPad

You will need to enable an optional setting to gain access to the largest text size options on iOS, which you can then adjust the size of easily with a slider, here’s how to do this:

  1. Open the Settings app on iPad

    2. Settings icon

  2. Choose “General” and then go to “Accessibility”

    3. How to enable larger text size options on iPad

  3. Now tap on “Larger Text”

    4. How to enable larger text size on iPad

  4. Toggle the switch for “Larger Accessibility Sizes” to the ON position, then drag the Larger Text slider to your desired text size

    5. Enable larger text size options in Accessibility for iPad

  5. The font size increases as you move the slider further to the right, to use the largest option move the slider all the way to the right

    6. Adjust larger text size on iPad as needed

  6. When satisfied with your text size, tap back into Accessibility Settings or leave Settings
  7. Recommended but optional, within Accessibility Settings, toggle on “Bold Text” to make reading onscreen text much easier (this requires a restart of the iPad)

* Note you can also go to Settings > “Display & Brightness” to access the font size slider, but by default there is a limit on the maximum text size that is shown without enabling the “Larger Accessibility Sizes” within the Accessibility Settings. To gain access to the larger text size options, you will need to enable the “Larger Accessibility Sizes” larger text option. After that accessibility setting has been enabled, the general Display & Brightness text size option includes the larger sizes as well.

Adjusting text size on iPad in Settings for Display and Brightness

Changing the text size this way impacts any iOS app that supports a feature called Dynamic Type, which includes many Apple apps like Mail, Notes, Calendar, and others, and some third party apps too.

For example, here’s what Mail app can look like with a larger text size on iPad:

Large fonts in Mail for iPad

And here’s what larger text size looks like with Notes app on iPad:

Larger fonts in Notes app for iPad

And here are larger font sizes shown in Calendar app on iPad:

Larger fonts in Calendar for iPad

As you can see in the screenshots, with the “Larger Accessibility Sizes” font size option enabled, all text size in those apps is significantly larger, depending on the text size option you chose. These larger text size options can make the difference between an iPad or iPhone being usable or unusable for plenty of users, particularly those with vision challenges. Additionally, these settings are often the only way to increase font sizes overall in apps like Mail or Notes, making the setting all the more important to some users.

You’ll notice that (aside from the URL bar) Safari is largely not impacted by adjusting the font sizes because Safari obeys the stylesheets of websites, but if you want to you can manually increase font sizes for web pages in Safari using Reader mode.

If you’re wondering about the iOS Home Screen, then text shown on Homescreen of the iPad with the app icons will not get any bigger though, so if you want that text to be easier to read and larger than a good setting to enable is Bold Text, which is also in the same settings section of the iPad.

These settings are helpful whether you have vision difficulties or not, and even for users with perfect vision it make a device easier to use and read when larger fonts are enabled.

Larger text size pairs well with another helpful feature for making the iPad screen easier to use too, and that’s using Night Shift in iOS to warm the display colors automatically for the evening hours, thereby reducing blue light.

This article is obviously focused on the iPad, but this text size tip applies to all iOS devices, and using it is the same for iPhone and iPod touch as well.

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February 14, 2019 0 comment
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How to Disable Screen Time Weekly Report Notifications on iPhone or iPad

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Want to turn off the Screen Time Weekly Report notification that appears on iPhone or iPad? There are a few ways to do that, and one is particularly quick and easy that allows you to disable the weekly screen time reports right from the iOS device lock screen.

Note this does not turn off Screen Time in iOS itself, nor does it remove a Screen Time limit on apps, only the notification about the weekly report. Screen Time is a great feature of iOS that lets you keep track of how long apps are used on iPhone and iPad, allowing you to set limits on app usage and even set time limits on categories of iOS apps like social networking so that you can better manage your time. It’s really quite useful, but some users may not want to see the weekly reports showing where they were using their time and on what apps or app categories.

How to Turn Off Screen Time Weekly Report Notifications in iOS

  1. When you see the “Screen Time Weekly Report Available” notification on lock screen of iPhone or iPad, firm press or long press on that notification (depending on if you have 3D Touch or not)

    2. How to disable Screen Time Weekly Report notifications in iOS

  2. This will expand to show a preview of the Screen Time weekly report, now tap on the three periods “…” button in the upper right corner

    3. How to disable Screen Time Weekly Report notifications in iOS

  3. At the Screen Time Manage notifications option, choose “Turn Off”

    4. How to turn off Screen Time Weekly Report notifications in iOS

  4. Optionally, you can select “Delivery Silently” instead if you want to continue getting the screen time notifications but without the loud alert sound attached to them

Once you turn off the notifications from Screen Time, you will no longer see the weekly report alerts or get the sound effect notifying you that a use report is available.

Again this does not disable Screen Time on the iPhone or iPad, it simply turns off the weekly report notifications.

You can also disable Screen Time Weekly Report notifications from the Notifications settings of iOS. You can achieve this by going to Settings app > Notifications > Screen Time > turning Notifications to OFF (or otherwise customizing them as you see fit).

How to disable Screen Time Weekly Report notifications in iPhone or iPad

At any time you can reverse this change by returning to Notifications Settings and re-enabling the setting for Screen Time Notifications.

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February 2, 2019 0 comment
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How to Fix Photos App Crashing & Freezing on iPhone or iPad

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Some iPhone and iPad users may rarely discover the Photos app freezes up when attempting to use it, or the Photos app crashes repeatedly or is unusable when trying to open the app. Typically this is associated with an unresponsive screen as well, and the only thing you can do is exit out of the Photos app, being unable to view any pictures, videos, or anything else within Photos app of iOS. Sometimes you can open Photos app, but all of the pictures and videos are blank white thumbnails, and trying to access any of that media freezes the app.

If you’re experiencing the Photos app continuously freezing or crashing on an iPhone or iPad, and just generally not working as expected, the troubleshooting steps below may help to resolve the problem for you.

Note that if you recently restored or setup a new iPhone or iPad, tip #4 should be of particular help.

1: Quit and Relaunch Photos App

Try quitting and relaunching Photos app, sometimes the app itself just freezes up and simply relaunching it is sufficient to resolve the problem.

Quitting apps differs on the various iOS device and version of iOS you have, but for newer iPhone models you can swipe up from the bottom of the screen to access Mission Control, then swipe up on the Photos app to quit it.

2: Reboot the iPhone or iPad

Turn the iPhone or iPad off and on again, or you can force reboot it. You can turn off the iPhone or iPad by holding the Power button then swiping to power off, or you can shut down the iPhone or iPad through Settings and then turn it back on again.

Sometimes rebooting a device makes it work again as expected, just like rebooting computers often remedies strange behavior.

3: Free Up Storage on iPhone or iPad

A somewhat rare but peculiar issue has been reported that causes the iOS Photos app to misbehave when the iPhone or iPad has full storage with no available storage for anything else. This sometimes causes the Photos app either to become unusable, or perhaps even more strange, sometimes the photos and videos within the app begin to disappear on their own and the photos and videos are instead replaced by blank white thumbnails, which don’t load anything when tapped on.

The solution to this seems to be to free up storage capacity on the iOS device, which then causes the Photos app to ‘restore’ the pictures or videos that went missing. This entire process is a bit unnerving, since obviously having pictures and media apparently disappearing from your device without your involvement is strange, and it can take a while to remedy after the device has sufficient storage freed up.

Deleting large apps is an easy way to free up storage on an iOS device, as is removing music, or other similar media. You can also offload apps, try to reduce System storage in iOS, target specific apps to clear out apps Documents & Data, or follow some general tips to free up storage in iOS.

4: Power On, Connect to Wi-Fi and Power, and Forget Overnight

This trick might sound weird, but it works particularly well for resolving issues with Photos app if the iPhone or iPad has recently been restored with iCloud or setup from an iCloud backup, like if you got a new device or restored an existing one from a backup. Essentially you need to plug the iPhone or iPad into a power source, keep it on wi-fi, and leave it alone while powered on for an extended amount of time.

  1. Connect the iPhone or iPad to wi-fi if it’s not already
  2. Plug the iPhone or iPad into a power cable and outlet, it must be plugged in the entire time
  3. Leave the iPhone or iPad on wi-fi, unattended, plugged in, and powered on, over night

If you’re on a slower internet connection, have limited bandwidth, or a huge photo and video library, it may take more than a single night to complete, so try again for another extended period of time.

By following this process, the iPhone or iPad will be allowed to complete the restore process from iCloud – which involves downloading every single photo and video from iCloud to the iPhone or iPad – and also run the typical maintenance that the iOS Photos app performs, like photo detection, sorting, and facial recognition.

4: Update iOS if Available

Check for and install any available iOS software updates, as often newer versions of iOS system software include bug fixes to problems that existed in prior releases.

Go to Settings > General > Software Update to see if an iOS update is available.

5: Restore from a Backup

If you’ve done all of the above and you are still having problems with the Photos app, you may want to consider backing up and restoring the IPhone or iPad. You can do this with iCloud or iTunes, just be prepared to set aside a lot of time to complete the restore process.

Restoring is an admittedly annoying, slow, and tedious process, especially for those with slower internet connections or very large storage capacity devices, but restoring from a backup can often remedy strange behaviors.

If all else fails, you could also contact Apple directly or visit an Apple Store.

Did the above tricks resolve your Photos app crashing, Photos freezing, or other Photos app misbehavior issues with iOS? Do you have another solution or did you find something else that worked? Share your experiences in the comments below!

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January 8, 2019 0 comment
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How to Get a Linux Shell on iPad or iPhone with iSH

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Have you ever wished you had a Linux command line on an iPad or iPhone? With iSH you can get pretty close to accomplishing that goal. iSH Shell is a Linux shell for iOS that uses an x86 emulator to run a simplified version of Alpine Linux on an iPad or iPhone. You can even install packages and additional software directly into iSH with the Alpine package manager, offering access to the world of command line tools like wget, curl, python, git, and much more.


Installing the iSH Shell into iOS is fairly easy but requires TestFlight, which is a developer tool. Thus this is mostly for fun and for tinkering by advanced users. In case it’s not obvious, iSH is not a full version of Linux with a window manager and GUI like Ubuntu for iPad or iPhone, it’s just a shell, but it is by far the most functional local command line environment in iOS that is currently available. And it’s definitely pretty fun to play around with!

How to Install iSH Linux Shell on iPad or iPhone

The simplest way to install iSH is through TestFlight, but you can also side load the app* if you prefer that route:

  1. From the iPad or iPhone, install TestFlight from the App Store by clicking here
  2. From the iPad or iPhone, click the following link: https://testflight.apple.com/join/97i7KM8O
  3. Choose to start testing, and accept the TestFlight Terms
  4. Click “Install” in TestFlight, this will install the iSH Shell application into iOS

    5. Install iSH Shell into iOS

  5. Launch iSH when finished

    6. Open iSH linux shell on iOS

iSH will install onto your iPhone or iPad just like any other app, and you can open it and close it like any other iOS app.

Once you open iSH, you’re in a fairly typical linux command line, and the typical range of commands from ls, mkdir, cd, cat, touch, vi, wget, zip, unzip, tar, chmod, grep, chown, rm, and much more are available to you.

Given that iSH offers a command line environment, you’ll be doing a lot of typing. Typing on the on-screen touch screen keyboard is exactly what you’d expect; the typical cumbersome experience of typing on a touch screen, so if you’re trying to use this in any serious fashion you might want to use an external keyboard with the iOS device.

Nano on iPad

* If you want to install iSH without TestFlight you can do so. Instead, download the iSH source from github and then follow instructions for how to side load apps into iOS, using the iSH source. The side load process requires a Mac and Xcode.

How to Install Packages into iSH on iOS with apk

You can install new software into iSH with ‘apk’, the Alpine linux package manager.

For example if you want to add lynx to iSH the following command:

apk add lynx

Then you can just run lynx to visit your favorite website as usual with:

lynx osxdaily.com

iSH linux shell running lynx on iPad

Or if you want to add python:

apk add python

You can add nearly anything with apk, though not everything works (zsh does not currently work for example, nor does telnet)

Using apk to add packages to iSH Linux shell on iOS

You can update packages with:

apk update packagename

You can also search for package by name:

apk search name

And of course you can remove packages as well:

apk del packagename

Updating iSH

Note that you must update iSH Shell from the TestFlight application, rather than the App Store.

This is because some of the functionality offered by iSH is apparently not allowed in the App Store, but perhaps that will change down the road.

The developer is updating iSH fairly often so just open the TestFlight app and install any available updates when they are shown for iSH Shell.

We’re showing mostly iSH on iPad screenshots here, but it works the exact same on iPhone, just with a much smaller amount of screen space.

iSH Linux shell on iPhone

If all of this seems overly complicated, or you don’t want to use TestFlight or side load anything, you can try an app that is allowed on the App Store called OpenTerm, OpenTerm gives you a command line of sorts in iOS but it’s much more limited.

Perhaps one day we’ll even get an official Terminal application in iOS like there is on the Mac? Until then, try out iSH, or you could just get an ssh client and connect to your own shell elsewhere.

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December 11, 2018 0 comment
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How to Connect Bluetooth Speakers to iPhone or iPad

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Many iPhone and iPad users may wish to connect their device to a Bluetooth speaker, particularly since Bluetooth speakers are becoming increasingly ubiquitous in the world, and the AUX jack / headphone port is no longer included on new iOS devices. Apple seems to be nudging us into the wireless world, and Bluetooth speakers are certainly part of that world.

Connecting an iPhone or iPad to Bluetooth speakers is quite easy, and while it may not be as simple as plugging a cable into a port like a headphone jack, we’ll show you how to quickly connect an iOS device to a Bluetooth speaker device.

In the tutorial here, we’ll demonstrate connecting an iPhone to a portable Bluetooth speaker called the Tribit Sound Go, but this works exactly the same with something like a Klipsch set, and whether you’re on an iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, and regardless of what the Bluetooth speaker is.

How to Connect iPhone or iPad to a Bluetooth Speaker

  1. Power on the Bluetooth speaker set, and place it into Bluetooth discovery mode (typically Bluetooth speakers have a little Bluetooth sync button on them, just tap that)*
  2. Now open the “Settings” app on the iPhone or iPad

    3. Settings icon

  3. Tap on “Bluetooth” near the top of Settings, and make sure that Bluetooth is toggled ON

    4. How to Connect a Bluetooth speaker to iPhone or iPad

  4. Wait a moment for the iPhone or iPad to find the Bluetooth speaker, it will appear under the “Other Devices” section of Bluetooth, then tap on the name of the Bluetooth speaker

    5. How to Connect a Bluetooth speaker to iPhone or iPad

  5. Wait another moment or two for iOS to pair to the Bluetooth speaker, once completed it will appear under ‘My Devices’ and show as “Connected”

    6. Bluetooth speaker successfully connected to iPhone or iPad

  6. Leave Settings as usual, the Bluetooth speaker will now be the audio output of the iOS device

That’s it, now your iPhone or iPad is connected to the Bluetooth speaker!

The Bluetooth speaker now becomes the default volume output, as long as it’s within Bluetooth range, or until it is disconnected.

Disconnecting the Bluetooth speaker from the iPhone or iPad is possible either by turning off the Bluetooth speaker, disconnecting the Bluetooth device from iOS via Settings, or by disabling Bluetooth in general in iOS.

With some of the more recent changes in iOS, don’t forget to learn how to check Bluetooth status in iOS 12 and later

It’s also noteworthy to recall how to change Bluetooth audio sources on iPhone when on a phone call, since if you’re using an iPhone that is actively synced to a Bluetooth speaker than it will likely default to playing over that rather than using the iPhone built-in earphone. If you have a Bluetooth enabled car stereo you may have encountered this before (along with the auto-playing music thing)

Bluetooth audio is undeniably convenient, since you can control music and audio output from anywhere nearby and entirely wirelessly. Of course Bluetooth isn’t limited to audio though, and you can use it to connect a keyboard to an iPhone or iPad too, along with many other handy external accessories to iOS.

If you have any tips, tricks, or advice about using and connecting Bluetooth speakers to an iPhone or iPad, share them in the comments below!

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November 26, 2018 0 comment
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How to Spell Words by Speaking on iPhone or iPad

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The iPhone and iPad have a little known text-to-speech functionality that will verbally spell out a selected word or string for you. This great feature is useful for many obvious reasons, whether for educational purposes, or perhaps you can’t quite make out if what you’re reading on the iPad or iPhone screen is supposed to be an uppercase O or a zero 0, or any other situation where you can imagine it’s useful to have your iOS device speak aloud the spelling of a word or selected item.

This great trick literally spells out a word that is selected, for example if you selected the word “burrito”, then iOS will spell out b-u-r-r-i-t-o by annunciating each individual letter in sequential order, making this a completely different spelling feature from auto-correct or the general text to speech and Speak Screen functions in iOS.

How to Get iOS to Spell Out Words Aloud to You on iPhone or iPad

In any application where you can select text, be it on a web page with Safari, or in a word processor application like Pages or Google Docs, you can have iOS verbally spell out a word for you. Be sure the audio is turned up on the iPhone or iPad, then you can test this trick out yourself by doing the following:

  1. Tap and hold on the word / string you want to spell out so that it’s selected by iOS
  2. When the pop-up menu appears on screen, choose “Spell” (note in some apps like Pages you may need to tap the > arrow button to show the ‘Spell’ options)

    3. How to spell out words aloud on iPhone or iPad

  3. iOS will spell out the word aloud, character by character

You can spell individual words, text strings, or even numerical sequences, as long as you can select the word or string in iOS, the “Spell” option should be available on any modern iPhone or iPad, and when chosen it will spell out the word or string.

If you’re reading this very web page on an iOS device you can try it out yourself simply by tapping and holding on any single word on this page, then selecting the “Spell” option from the pop-up menu that shows on screen.

Remember, if you’re using an app like Pages with a lot of pop-up menu options, you’ll need to tap on the arrow button to show the ‘Spell’ option in the menu.

How to spell out words aloud in iOS

This spelling aloud capability is part of the iOS text to speech functions, but rather than speaking aloud a word, it spells out the word or selected string. This isn’t really meant to be a typographical error correction method, as that’s what autocorrect and the QuickType keyboard bar are for, but it certainly can serve that function too if you need it to, particularly if you can’t quite see what the spelling of a word is on screen, and of course assuming you know how to properly spell the word to begin with.

The text-to-speech capabilities on the iPhone and iPad are really great with a lot of hidden tricks available. Two of my personal favorite capabilities are using the iOS text-to-speech abilities to have Siri read the screen to you in iOS, or to enable Speak Screen to have iOS read entire articles to you with a gesture. If the general topic of text-to-speech interests you then check out archives on that subject here, where text to speech tips for iOS and MacOS are covered.

Do you know of any similar interesting or worthwhile spelling or speech tricks for the iPhone or iPad? Share with us in the comments below!

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November 14, 2018 0 comment
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How to Enable Screen Recording on iPhone & iPad in iOS

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Have you ever wondered how to record the screen of an iPhone or iPad? Thanks to the built-in iOS Screen Recording feature, you can capture recordings of an iPad or iPhone in use, and then save or share those recorded screen video files for any number of purposes.

To be able to use Screen Recording in iOS you will need to enable the screen recorder feature first, and then it’s just a matter of knowing how to use this excellent feature that is native in modern versions of iOS.

Read on to learn how to enable this feature first, and then how to capture and record the screen of an iPhone or iPad, with no computer needed. We’ll also show you some helpful tips for capturing screen recordings successfully in iOS.


Note: you will need a modern version of iOS to have native screen recording capabilities with the Screen Recording feature on an iPhone or iPad, this means iOS 12 and later and iOS 11 or later, as earlier versions do not support the feature natively. If you have an older version of iOS though there are still screen recording options available, which we’ll discuss further on.

How to Enable Screen Recording on iPhone or iPad

Here is how you can enable the native iOS Screen Recording feature:

  1. Open the “Settings” app

    2. Settings icon

  2. Choose “Control Center” within Settings and choose “Customize Controls”

    3. How to enable Screen Recorder in iOS

  3. Find “Screen Recording” and tap the green (+) plus button to add the screen recorder to Control Center in iOS, it will move to the “Include” section higher up

    4. How to enable Screen Recorder in iOS

  4. Exit out of Settings

Now you have enabled the iOS Screen Recorder. You can customize other Control Center options while you’re in that setting if you want, but we’re focusing on enabling the Screen Recording feature so that you can capture videos of what you are doing on an iPhone or iPad display.

How to Use Screen Recording in iOS

  1. Swipe to access Control Center (swipe down from the top-right of the screen on any iPhone or iPad without a Home button, swipe up from bottom of screen on any Home button device)
  2. Tap the Screen Recording button in Control Center, it looks like a little (O) circle button, this will count down from 3… 2… 1… to begin recording what’s on screen

    3. How to use Screen Recording in iOS on iPhone or iPad

  3. Use the iPhone or iPad doing what you want to be recorded, when finished recording tap the red button at the top of the screen, or return to Control Center and tap the stop recording button there

    4. How to use Screen Recording in iOS on iPhone or iPad

Once finished you will get a little notificaiton alerting you to the screen recording being captured successfully.

How to use Screen Recording in iOS on iPhone or iPad

The captured screen recording video will appear in the Photos app Camera Roll like any other recently recorded video, photo, or screen capture, except of course it’s a recording of the screen itself.

You’ll know the screen is recording because of the pulsating red recording icon / button visible at the top of the iOS device screen. If there is no red indicator, the screen is not being recorded.

This works exactly the same to capture a screen recording on iPhone and iPad, the process is identical, but of course the output of the saved screen recording video will be sized differently depending on the iOS device being used, as well as the devices screen orientation (for example if you record an iPad in horizontal mode versus vertical mode, or an iPhone, or if you’re capturing a recording of a particular app being used).

iOS Screen Recording Tips

Some additional helpful tips for capturing screen recordings on iPhone and iPad include:

  • You can enable or disable Microphone recording (audio capture) to go along with the screen recording if desired by long-pressing on the Screen Record button while in Control Center and toggling that setting on or off
  • You can stop screen recordings by tapping the red button at the top of the scree, or by going back to Control Center and tapping the stop button there too

    • How to stop a screen recording in iOS

  • To have a clutter-free screen capture, it’s often a good idea to place an iPhone or iPad into Do Not Disturb mode first so that notifications, alerts, calls, and messages don’t appear on the display while you’re trying to capture something else
  • Use the 3 second countdown to your advantage
  • You can always edit the screen recording captured video with any regular video editor on the iPhone or iPad after the fact, even if it’s just trimming the video length in iOS Photos app, or using iMovie to add text captions in iOS or to zoom or crop the video in iOS iMovie as well
  • Transferring or sending the video to a Mac or PC to edit there is also possible just like sending and sharing any other video file or movie (AirDrop works great for transferring from iOS to the Mac quickly and wirelessly)
  • You can upload the screen recordings as screencasts to a cloud server, work network, any number of social sharing sites, or even to your own computer

* The native screen recording tool in iOS is not the only way to capture a screen recording of an iPhone or iPad. Nearly all versions of iOS, including the most recent releases, also support screen recording of iPhone and iPad with a Mac by using QuickTime and a USB cable, which is very similar to how the Mac screen recording in QuickTime works as well.

Help, I can’t find Screen Recorder in Control Center!

You must have iOS 11 or iOS 12 or later to have Screen Recording as an option. If you do, be sure Screen Recorder is enabled and added to Control Center following the instructions above.

If enabled successfully, iOS Screen Recording option will be in the ‘Included’ section of Control Center like so:

Screen Recorder enabled in iOS

Why Record the Screen of iPhone or iPad?

Many people may want to record the screens of their iPhone or iPad performing various actions, but it is particularly common in technical circles, IT departments, tutorials and how-to guides and websites (like here on osxdaily.com!), artists, gamers, and with educators and teachers.

You can record a task being performed on a screen, screen record an app being used or a game being played, you could screen record a bug or an error and how you reproduce it, you can capture a walkthrough on how to perform a particular task, and much more.

Do you have any helpful tips or tricks about screen recording on iPhone or iPad with the native iOS Screen Recorder tool? Share with us in the comments below!

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November 6, 2018 0 comment
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How to Access Notification Center on iPad and iPhone with iOS 12

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Can’t find Notification Center? Some iPad and iPhone users may be wondering where they can see all of their notifications and alerts on their devices with iOS 12.

Accessing Notification Center on an iPhone or iPad is easy with iOS 12, it’s just a matter of using the proper swipe gesture from the correct location.

How to See Notification Center in iOS 12

Finding all of your notifications and alerts is easy on an iPhone or iPad with Notification Center, here’s how you can access it on the latest and greatest versions of iOS system software:

  • From the Home Screen or within an app in iOS, swipe down from the middle of the top of the screen to access Notification Center

    • Swipe down from the middle of the very top of the screen to access Notification Center in iOS

  • Keep pulling down until you see Notification Center

    • How to find and access Notification Center in iOS

It’s important to swipe down from the center of the top of the screen, as if you swipe down from the top-right corner then instead you will access Control Center in iOS 12 on the iPad and some iPhone models. If you find yourself in Control Center, you swiped down too far from the right, so instead aim for the top center of the screen to swipe down from.

Accessing Notification Center in iOS 12

Once you’re in Notification Center you can browse your notifications and alerts as usual, dismissing them, clearing them, and adjusting them as necessary.

Remember, new to iOS 12 and later is that you can quickly turn off future notifications or place them into ‘quiet’ delivery, right from the Notification Center, by swiping over on the notifications and then choosing “Manage” and adjusting the options as desired:

Manage Notifications in Notification Center

If you find the notifications and alerts to be annoying, for example perhaps you’re tired of the tabloid splashy News app deliveries, then you might want to disable the “News” and tabloid notifications and alerts on the iOS lock screens, which you can do from the “Manage” option within notification Center, or from the Notifications section of the Settings app.

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November 4, 2018 0 comment
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How to Use Group FaceTime on iPhone & iPad

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The iPhone and iPad now have the ability to make Group FaceTime video calls, where you can have up to 32 people participating in a group video chat.

Let’s walk through how to start a Group FaceTime video chat on the iPhone and iPad, and also demonstrate how to add people to an existing FaceTime video chat to turn that into a group video chat in iOS.

Note: Group FaceTime video is limited to iPhone 6s or newer, iPad Pro or newer, iPad Air 2 or newer, and iPad Mini 4 or newer, and those devices must be running iOS 12.1 or later. However, users with other iOS 12.1 supported devices can still join a Group FaceTime call, but they will be limited to audio capabilities only. Aside from those limitations, you’ll also need to be sure that FaceTime is enabled on your iOS device, and that whatever recipients you’re video chatting with also have FaceTime enabled and that their devices are up to date and compatible with FaceTime group video chat.

How to Start a Group FaceTime Video Chat on iPhone or iPad

You can start a new Group FaceTime video chat at any time from iOS with multiple participants, here’s how:

  1. Open the FaceTime app in iOS if you have not done so already

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  2. Tap the “+” plus button in the upper right corner of the FaceTime app

    3. How to start a group FaceTime video chat in iOS

  3. Add the contacts you want to join a Group FaceTime video call with *, you can add up to 32 people
  4. Tap on “Video” to start the Group FaceTime video chat

    5. How to start a group FaceTime video chat in iOS

This approach will ring all of the video chat participants who then join directly to the same group FaceTime video call.

Anyone (yourself included) can disconnect and hangup on the group FaceTime video chat by tapping the big red x button on the screen.

How to Add More People to Existing FaceTime Video Chat on iPhone or iPad

You can also turn a regular FaceTime video chat into a Group FaceTime video chat, or add more people to an existing FaceTime video call, by adding people to a currently active FaceTime Call:

  1. From an active FaceTime conversation, tap the screen so that options are shown
  2. Now tap on the “(…)” three period gray button

    3. How to start a group FaceTime video chat in iOS from existing FaceTime call

  3. Tap on “+ Add Person” from the additional options, then add the contact(s) you’d like to add into the existing current FaceTime video chat*

    4. How to start a group FaceTime video chat in iOS from existing FaceTime call

This method is convenient particularly if you’re on a current FaceTime video call and decide you want to bring in another person, or group of people. You can have up to 32 people total in a group FaceTime video chat this way.

Group FaceTime video chat in iOS

Hanging up a Group FaceTime video call is the same as disconnecting any other FaceTime call, just tap the red (X) button to hangup the call.

* Recall that all participants of the Group FaceTime video chat must be using a compatible device and have iOS 12.1 or later on their iPhone or iPad, or macOS Mojave 10.14.1 or later on their Mac. If their device is not compatible with group video chat, but compatible with iOS 12.1 or later generally, then they’ll instead join as an audio stream.

It’s also noteworthy to point out thatflipping the FaceTime camera in iOS 12 and iOS 12.1 is tucked behind the “(…)” triple dot gray button, though that method has changed in iOS 12.1.1 onward and now the switch camera button is back on the main FaceTime screen, so if you’re on a video call and want to switch the camera then you’ll need to access the additional FaceTime options screen.

You can also start group FaceTime video chats from a group text message (or single video calls for that matter from a single message thread) directly from the Messages app of iOS, just remember that accessing FaceTime video form Messages via the “Details” info button in Messages for iOS 12 is now hidden behind the users name at the top of a message conversation thread.

Do you have any other tips or tricks for using Group FaceTime on iPhone or iPad? Share with us in the comments below!

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November 1, 2018 0 comment
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