Category: mobile operating systems

  • How to Use Captions to Organize Your iPhone Photo Library

    How to Use Captions to Organize Your iPhone Photo Library

    Read full article: at LifeHacker Google Photos does a great job sorting through your photos using a text search, thanks to the tech giant’s prowess with image recognition, machine learning, and, er, search. Apple’s Photos app isn’t nearly as useful—but you can do a few things to fix that. Read more… Read full article: at…

  • How to Stop Email Trackers on Your iPhone, iPad, and Mac

    How to Stop Email Trackers on Your iPhone, iPad, and Mac

    Read full article: at LifeHacker You might already know that websites and apps track you. It’s so common now we don’t even bat an eye. But did you know the same thing applies to emails as well? Read more… Read full article: at LifeHacker

  • How to Tell Which Apps Can See Your Private iPhone Data

    How to Tell Which Apps Can See Your Private iPhone Data

    Read full article: at LifeHacker Every year, Apple releases new features that both improve data privacy on the iPhone, and set a new benchmark for the industry as a whole. With iOS 15, it’s all about transparency. iOS 15.2 brings a new feature called App Privacy Report that provides a visual, easy-to-read report of all…

  • How to Lock Your Secrets in the Notes App (and Why You Should)

    How to Lock Your Secrets in the Notes App (and Why You Should)

    Read full article: at LifeHacker Searching for data or photo lockers will lead you to many apps. Some of them are genuinely secure—others, less so—but given that you’re dealing with secure data (documents, photos, security codes, or bank details), you maybe don’t want to trust a third-party iPhone app that happens to have a thousand…

  • How to Set Up Rain and Snow Alerts on Your iPhone

    How to Set Up Rain and Snow Alerts on Your iPhone

    Read full article: at LifeHacker Weather forecasts can be helpful for planning in advance, but knowing it’s about to rain right before it actually starts can save you the headache of getting literally caught in a storm. If you’ve updated to the latest version of iOS 15, you can now set up real-time precipitation notifications…

  • How to (Finally) Use SharePlay to Watch Videos Together on FaceTime

    How to (Finally) Use SharePlay to Watch Videos Together on FaceTime

    Read full article: at LifeHacker Apple’s SharePlay was one of the features that didn’t make it to the final iOS 15 release. But now, with iOS 15.1, it’s out for all iPhone and iPad users (macOS Monterey will receive the update later in the Fall). Read more… Read full article: at LifeHacker

  • 10 of the Worst iPhone Annoyances (and How to Fix Them)

    10 of the Worst iPhone Annoyances (and How to Fix Them)

    Read full article: at LifeHacker Even though iOS works great for most people, it has a lot of minor, frustrating annoyances. With a little bit of effort, though, you can get rid of most of these issues and make your iPhone work for you. Here’s a list of 10 things that are likely to bother…

  • How to Fix the iPhone 13's 'Unlock With Apple Watch' Bug

    How to Fix the iPhone 13's 'Unlock With Apple Watch' Bug

    Read full article: at LifeHacker So, you bought a brand new iPhone 13, 13 mini, 13 Pro, or 13 Pro Max. Congratulations! Are you enjoying the new and improved cameras? The 120 Hz pro displays? Or are you pissed because your $1,000 iPhone won’t unlock when you’re wearing a mask—even though your old iPhone did…

  • 10 of the Biggest Annoyances in iOS 15 (and How to Fix Them)

    10 of the Biggest Annoyances in iOS 15 (and How to Fix Them)

    Read full article: at LifeHacker iOS 15 and iPadOS 15 are solid updates to the iPhone and iPad. Yes, there’s not a whole lot going on this year, and we’re still waiting on features like SharePlay and Universal Control, but this is the year of small, stable updates. That said, every year Apple tends to…

  • How to Finally Organize Your Random iPhone Notes

    How to Finally Organize Your Random iPhone Notes

    Read full article: at LifeHacker Tagging is a feature that can separate a basic notes app from a powerful one. And when it comes to note-taking apps, you used to have to choose a third-party option (often one that cost money) to take advantage of this helpful feature—but no more. Read more… Read full article:…