iPhone
How to Disable Automatic Updates on Your iPhone
Matt Cone March 31, 2021
Your iPhone is designed to keep itself up-to-date. It automatically checks Apple’s servers for new software updates, and it tries to automatically install new updates when they become available. But sometimes you don’t want your iPhone to automatically install new software. If that’s the case, you should disable automatic updates on your iPhone. Here’s how to disable automatic updates on your iPhone: From the iPhone’s home screen, tap Settings.
How to Change the Name of Your iPhone
Matt Cone March 24, 2021
Your iPhone has a name that is visible to other devices on the network it’s connected to. This hostname can be important when trying to share files or otherwise communicate with another device. You can change the name of your iPhone to give it a personal, memorable name that is easy to remember and recognize. Here’s how to change the name of your iPhone: From your iPhone’s home screen, tap Settings.
How to Add the Emoji Keyboard on the iPhone and iPad
Matt Cone March 20, 2021
Emoji is one of the great joys of modern life. 😂 Free and fun, expressive and easy-to-use, emoji can quickly convey emotions when sending text messages and other electronic communications. But to use it effectively on your iPhone and iPad, you’ll need to enable the emoji keyboard. Enabling this feature places the emoji button on your keyboard so you can easily access and insert emoji into your text. Here’s how to add the emoji keyboard on your iPhone and iPad:
How to Copy and Paste on iPhone
Matt Cone March 16, 2021
For new iPhone users, learning how to copy and paste text on a iPhone is one of the first orders of business. It’s easy to copy and paste on a iPhone once you know how to do it. This tutorial will show you how to do it! Here’s how to copy and paste text on your iPhone: Open the application you want to copy text from. Tap and hold your finger on the text you want to copy.
How to Use Emoji on Your iPhone
Matt Cone March 15, 2021
Emoji is everywhere, in everything. 😎 Your iPhone has built-in features you can use to add emoji in email, webpages, documents, and more. We’ll show you how to use emoji on your iPhone to quickly and easily insert emoji in any text. 🚀 Here’s how to use emoji on your iPhone: In an application, click where you want to insert the emoji. Tap the Emoji button on the keyboard.
How to Change Your iPhone's Wallpaper
Matt Cone March 11, 2021
Changing your iPhone’s wallpaper is one of the best and easiest ways to customize it. You can use photos, images you find on the internet, or the free wallpaper images that Apple provides. The best part is that you can use different images for the home screen and the lock screen. We’ll show you how to do it! Finding Images to Use as Wallpaper Before you do anything else, you should find the images that you want to use as wallpaper.
How to Change the Font Size on Your iPhone
Matt Cone March 8, 2021
Your iPhone has a setting that allows you to change the font size on your iPhone. Boosting the font size can make text on your iPhone easier to read. This is a great option for anyone who wears glasses or generally has a hard time reading text on the iPhone. The font size setting doesn’t apply to all applications, but all Apple applications (like Mail, etc.) are supported. Here’s how to change the font size on your iPhone:
How to Use Dark Mode on Your iPhone
Matt Cone March 5, 2021
Apple’s iPhone provides a dark mode feature that turns the background of most applications black to make viewing your iPhone at night easier. You can enable dark mode manually or set it to turn on automatically at night. Dark mode isn’t to everyone’s tastes — for example, not everyone likes reading white text on black backgrounds — but generally speaking, this is a feature that most people seem appreciate using a night.
How to Output Stereo Audio in Mono on Your iPhone
Matt Cone March 3, 2021
Recently I replaced my aging Bose QC25 headphones with a pair of AirPods Pro headphones. Both products are a major upgrade from the stock earbuds that ship with iPhones, but the high-quality audio output also means that you can hear every imperfection in the music. For example, older tracks that were recorded in mono sometimes have output that is only audible in one channel, which means that you can only hear the music in one ear.
How to Change the Passcode on Your iPhone
Matt Cone February 28, 2021
When you bought your iPhone, you were prompted to enter a passcode to secure it. The passcode is typically a number that’s four digits or longer, although it can also be alphanumeric. With newer iPhones, passcodes can be used as a secondary authentication method when the credential for Face ID or Touch ID can’t be verified. You can change the passcode on your iPhone in the system settings. Here’s how to change the passcode on your iPhone: