Category: LifeHacker

  • How to Change Your Default Browser on iOS/iPadOS

    How to Change Your Default Browser on iOS/iPadOS

    Read full article: at LifeHacker Tired of Safari on your iPhone or iPad? You can install plenty of other great alternatives from the App Store—no problem there. But if you want to use them as your default browser on your device, you’ll have to jump through a few extra hoops. Read more… Read full article:…

  • How to Unlock YouTube's Picture-in-Picture Mode in iOS 14

    How to Unlock YouTube's Picture-in-Picture Mode in iOS 14

    Read full article: at LifeHacker Picture-in-picture mode is officially coming to iOS 14, but the one app you’ll want to use it with is a little late to the game. YouTube is rolling out support for picture-in-picture mode right now, so you probably won’t be able to try the feature even with the iOS 14…

  • How to Ask For a Refund for 'Fortnite' V-Bucks

    How to Ask For a Refund for 'Fortnite' V-Bucks

    Read full article: at LifeHacker What a day. Epic Games is suing Apple and Google over their alleged monopolistic practices on their various app stores, and both companies have banned Epic’s most popular game, Fortnite, from their respective app stores for trying to skirt around the cut each company takes from in-app purchases. Read more……

  • How to Add Your Google Calendar to Apple's Calendar App (and Vice Versa)

    How to Add Your Google Calendar to Apple's Calendar App (and Vice Versa)

    Read full article: at LifeHacker If you live your life across multiple services and computers—for example, using Google’s suite of digital tools alongside Apple’s various iCloud-based offerings—the best thing you can do for yourself is to mash all your worlds together. To carry this example forward, you’ll then be able to see your iCloud calendar(s)……

  • How to Block Your MacBook's Webcam Without Using an External Cover

    How to Block Your MacBook's Webcam Without Using an External Cover

    Read full article: at LifeHacker Covering your webcam is one of the oldest privacy tips around, but some MacBook owners have made the unfortunate discovery that third-party camera covers can damage your laptop when you try to shut it. Many of these coverings are bulky enough that a MacBook can’t close all the way, and…

  • How to Claim a $25 Credit in the 'iPhone Throttling' Lawsuit

    How to Claim a $25 Credit in the 'iPhone Throttling' Lawsuit

    Read full article: at LifeHacker Remember back in 2017, when Apple came out and admitted that it was throttling iOS devices with degraded batteries? The decision—which the company claimed was all about improving battery life—led to a class-action lawsuit and an eventual $500 million settlement. The terms of the settlement provide cash payments “of… Read…

  • How to Get Started With the iOS 14 Public Beta

    How to Get Started With the iOS 14 Public Beta

    Read full article: at LifeHacker For those of you who feared installing iOS 14 as a developer beta, worry not. It’s public beta time, which means this preview version of Apple’s latest iPhone operating system might be a little buggy, but not nearly as wild as what some of us have been using for weeks…

  • How to Fix the Most Common iMessage Problems

    How to Fix the Most Common iMessage Problems

    Read full article: at LifeHacker iMessage is one of the perks of being inside the Apple universe: The service gets around text messaging fees so you can send messages to other Apple users for free, and it works on wifi so you can message anywhere you don’t have a cell connection—on an airplane, for example,…

  • How to Fix Your iPhone When an iOS Update Causes Issues

    How to Fix Your iPhone When an iOS Update Causes Issues

    Read full article: at LifeHacker Whether you’ve bit the bullet and installed a brand-new iOS beta on your iPhone or you’re updating to a new public release of iOS, the process usually goes swimmingly. When it doesn’t, however, the anxiety kicks in: How the heck do you fix an iPhone that almost works perfectly, save…

  • How to Enable Facebook's New Dark Mode on iPhone

    How to Enable Facebook's New Dark Mode on iPhone

    Read full article: at LifeHacker Facebook’s iOS app is finally getting an official dark mode. Just like the dark modes in Facebook’s other apps—Messenger, Instagram and Whatsapp—turning on dark mode swaps the iOS app’s default white and blue interface with a black and grey theme. And it looks great, and should please those of you…