If You’ve Forgotten The Password For Your Encrypted iPhone Backup

Posted on February 17, 2019February 12, 2019 by Tim Hannon in Backup, Hardware, iPhone and iPad, Local Backup

Do you backup your iPhone to your Mac? I recommend that you manually backup your iPhone to your Mac, every few weeks, even if you already backup your iPhone automatically to iCloud. When you backup your iPhone to your Mac you have the choice to encrypt the backup or not. The advantage of encrypting your iPhone … Read more

How To Use The iPad’s Keyboard With Both Letters And Symbols

Posted on June 17, 2018June 12, 2018 by Tim Hannon in iOS and iPhone/iPad Apps, Software

Have you updated your iPad to iOS 11? If so, you may have noticed that all of the keys now display both a letter as well as either a number or a symbol. For example, the “T” key displays both a T and a 5. If you want to type a T, of course, you … Read more

Discreetly Disable Your iPhone’s TouchID

Posted on November 12, 2017November 13, 2017 by Tim Hannon in iOS and iPhone/iPad Apps, Passwords, Security/Privacy, Software

iOS 11, released in October, 2017, adds an Emergency SOS feature, which also gives you a way to disable your TouchID feature. Disabling TouchID could be desired in the event of a mugging or an arrest.