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How to Force Restart a Frozen Apple Watch
Read full article: at LifeHacker The Apple Watch is a great companion for your iPhone—but all great things have bad days, and the Apple Watch is no exception. Software bugs can make the watch slow to respond, and when they do, a quick restart is usually a good solution. However, sometimes the Apple Watch stops…
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How to (Remotely) Help Your Family Members With Their New Tech
Read full article: at LifeHacker Holiday gifts mean new tech for all, and new tech for all means fresh “tech support” headaches for you! You know your friends and family are going to have issues with their devices and gadgets; it’s one thing to be able to help them in person, but if you live far…
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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
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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…
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How to Reset and Erase a Locked iPhone Without Connecting to a Mac or PC
Read full article: at LifeHacker iOS 15.2 is filled with features big and small. Along with features like Digital Legacy and App Privacy Report, comes a feature we’ve been waiting years for; the ability to completely erase and reset a locked iPhone without needing to connect it to a Mac or PC first. Read more……
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How to Pass on Your iPhone Data After You Die
Read full article: at LifeHacker Our digital lives are heavily intertwined with our “real” lives, and Apple is finally starting to acknowledge that. The data that lives in our iCloud accounts is not only important to us, but also to our family members. Now, there’s a way for our loved ones to access our digital…
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How to Finally Disable Auto Macro Mode on iPhone 13 Pro
Read full article: at LifeHacker Apple pulled off a neat trick on the iPhone 13 Pro and 13 Pro Max; it added a surprisingly good Macro mode to the Camera app, without even adding a separate Macro camera (like Android phones do). The Camera app automatically switches to a cropped version of the Ultra-Wide camera…
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How to Check Whether an iPhone Has ‘Genuine’ Apple Parts Without Opening It Up
Read full article: at LifeHacker Apple has always placed a huge emphasis on using genuine Apple parts for iPhone repairs, and now, with iOS15.2, you can finally check to see if any non-genuine parts have been used in yours. If you only buy new iPhones, this probably isn’t of much interest to you; however, if…
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How to Know When Your iPhone Could Be Recording You
Read full article: at LifeHacker You’ve probably had the (legitimate) fear that your smartphone is listening or watching you. Your iPhone certainly isn’t without privacy risks, and you should absolutely audit your settings and all of your app permissions, but one helpful feature that Apple has built in is a visual warning when your device…
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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…