Quickly Send An Address Book Contact From Your iPhone Or iPad
Have you ever wanted to share a contact from your iPhone or iPad address book with a friend? iOS has a built-in feature that makes this very easy to do.
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Comcast Now Offers IMAP Email Accounts
Do you use a Comcast email account? If so, you might be interested to know that Comcast email accounts are now IMAP-enabled. IMAP refers to the way your email application, such as Apple Mail, interacts with the mail server. IMAP offers more sophisticated email management if you access your email account using multiple computers, tablets … Read more
What Is Stored In The “Other” Category On My iPhone And How Can I Get Rid Of It?
Have you ever noticed that the “Other” storage section on your iPhone or iPad is quite large? Have you ever wondered what comprises this “Other” category? When you connect your iPhone or iPad to your Mac, you’ll see a bar like the one pictured. This bar depicts the primary storage categories and shows their relative … Read more
How To Rename Your iPhone or iPad
Here are instructions on how to rename your iPhone or iPad. The names of these devices are often copied from one device to the next so it’s possible that your new iPhone 6 might still be named Tim’s iPhone 4, for example. You don’t want that!
Read moreRestarting Fixes A Variety Of Problems
Restarting fixes a variety of problems. It’s true! You might have heard the adage, When in doubt, restart or if you’ve ever called for computer support you’ve likely been asked Have you tried restarting yet? I know I ask my clients this question almost daily. If you’re having a problem with a device, please restart it. … Read more
Forwarding or Deleting Select Text Messages
Have you ever wanted to delete or forward an individual text message from your iPhone or iPad? Here are some simple instructions:
Read moreHow To Backup Your iPhone or iPad
Backing up your iPhone or iPad is important because it permits you to recover all of your applications, personal data including photos stored on the device. It also allows you to recover text messages and call history on the iPhone. Apple provides two ways to backup your iPhone or iPad and I typically recommend using both methods.
Read moreNest Earphone Case Prevents Tangled iPhone Earphones
Are you tired of untangling knotted up earphones? If so, check out Digital Innovations’ Nest earbud case. The Nest is an innovative and affordable way to store your earphones (aka earbuds) in a tidy manner. A few months ago, I bought a Nest for $10 and love it. I’ll attempt to describe the Nest in … Read more
View All Time Stamps In Messages On Your iPhone
Have you ever noticed that the Messages app on your iPhone or iPad doesn’t automatically display a time stamp for each and every message? I know that there are times when I’ve really wanted to know exactly when a message was sent. As it turns out, you can easily view the time stamp for every … Read more
Use PhoneView To Copy iPhone Voicemail And Text Messages To Your Mac
Update April 2025: PhoneView has been discontinued and is no longer available from the developer. For the past few years, I have typically used iMazing to extract data, like text messages, from iPhones, iPads or iPods. Have you ever wanted to permanently save a voicemail message that you received on your iPhone? Or maybe a … Read more
Make iPhone Text More Readable
Here are a couple of ways to make text on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch more readable. If you’ve upgrade your device to iOS 7, which Apple introduced in the fall of 2013, you can turn on Larger Type and/or Bold Text.
Read moreWhen Should You Install Major macOS or iOS Updates?
When Apple releases a major update to the Mac operating system, called macOS, or the operating system used on iPhones, iPads and iPod Touches, called iOS, clients often ask me when or if they should install these updates.
Read moreHow to Print From An iPhone or iPad
Would you like to be able to print from your iPhone or iPad? There are a number of ways to accomplish this. Here’s an overview of some of them.
Read moreHow to Remove Previous Recipients from Your iPhone or iPad
Do you want to remove some of the email addresses that are listed when you begin typing a recipient’s name in the To: field of an email message on your iPhone or iPad? The Mail application on iPhones and iPads automatically builds a list of recent email recipients’ email addresses. It then lists these addresses … Read more
Understanding Apple’s Lightning Connector for iPhones and iPads
Were you annoyed with Apple when they introduced a new connector for the iPhone 5, 4th generation iPad and iPad mini in Oct 2012? Did you wonder why they did this? Here’s some information to help you understand why Apple did this and the implications for you.
Read moreHow to Use iCloud Tabs
Have you ever found a website while browsing the web on your iPhone only to find that the text was so small you’d rather read it on your Mac? Or, have you ever started to read a web site on your MacBook Pro, but wanted to finish reading it on your iPad while in bed? … Read more
How to Sync iPhone Notes With Your Mac
Do you use your iPhone’s Notes application? Would you like to view those notes on your Mac? If your Mac is running OS X Mountain Lion, you can view them easily. In Mountain Lion Apple added a new Notes application. You can sync your iPhone notes to the Mac Notes application using your iCloud account. … Read more
How To Retrieve An iPhone Custom Voicemail Greeting
Here’s an overview of how to retrieve a custom iPhone voicemail greeting. A client recently changed her data plan with AT&T. Somehow, as a consequence of this change, her custom outgoing voicemail greeting was lost. Typically, this greeting is stored on AT&T’s system, so it can be played to a caller even if one’s iPhone … Read more
How to Enable the Emoji Keyboard on Your iPhone
Would you like to type in another language on your iPhone? Would you like to add Emoji to your email and text messages? Emoji are a collection of picture icons. This all started with smiley faces, but Emoji goes far beyond that.
Read moreEasy and Affordable Adult Content Filtering For Your Home Network
Do you have children? Would you like to configure your home network to easily block adult content? Here’s an easy and affordable way to set up adult content filtering for all Macs, PCs, iPhones and iPads on your network. Sign-up for the free OpenDNS Home service.
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