Posts for Category: iPhone Tips
Tip: How to Create a Group of Contacts As Exceptions for the iPhone’s Do Not Disturb Mode
When turned on, the useful new Do Not Disturb mode blocks all calls and notifications from ringing your iPhone, allowing you to sleep or work in peace. But you can also assign a special group of contacts as exceptions while …
iPhone/iPad Tip: Notes From the Notes App Can Now Be Edited In a Browser on iCloud.com
The Notes app on the iPhone & iPad just became a lot more useful thanks to a recept update to iCloud.com. Now, notes created on the iPhone can be edited in a web browser on iCloud.com, and vice versa. With …
Tip: Check Your iPhone 5 Verizon, AT&T, & Sprint Subsidized-Pricing Upgrade Eligibility, All In One Place
Apple’s iPhone Eligibility Tool is a handy all-in-one place to check if you’re eligible for subsidized “upgrade” pricing for the iPhone 5 from all of the big 3 carriers: Verizon, AT&T, and Sprint. It’s fast and easy. Just select your …
Tip: Use a Silent Ringtone to Silence Annoying Repeat Callers
Do you want to ignore someone who is repeatedly calling you but don’t want to silence your entire iPhone for other potentially important calls? There’s a simple solution: assign a silent ringtone to the annoying caller. When that person calls, …
iPhone Tip: Send Animated Gifs in Text Messages and Add Some Humor to Your Day
Here’s a neat trick involving animated gifs and the iPhone. If you send an animated gif via text message to another iPhone, the animation will be viewable right inside the Messages app. Suddenly seeing an animated photo where you usually …
Tip: iPhone Music Mysteriously Skipping to a New Track? Turn Off Shake to Shuffle
While playing music, is your iPhone suddenly switching to a new track in mid song? Your iPhone isn’t broken, nor is there something wrong with your song. The skipping is mostly likely due to an annoying feature of the iPhone …
Tip: How to Prevent the iPhone/iPad’s Screen from Automatically Turning Off
There may be times when you want the iPhone/iPad’s screen to remain on until you physically turn it off. To prevent the screen from auto shutting off, you must turn off the iPhone/iPad’s Auto-Lock feature (just remember to eventually turn …
Tip: View a List of All Your iPhone Apps Sorted By Size
Here’s a tip that comes in handy when you need to clear up storage space on your iPhone. You can view a list of all your apps on your iPhone sorted by size in order to delete the largest ones …
Basics: How to Activate Caps Lock on the iPhone and iPad
The iPhone’s keyboard has a Caps Lock feature, but you may have to first activate it in the iPhone’s Settings to use it. To test if Caps Lock activated, first try double tapping the shift key (the key with the …
Here’s a Simple Trick to Make the iPhone/iPad’s Reader Button More Useful
Reader is one of my favorite and most-used features introduced in iOS 5. If you’re not familiar, Reader is a feature of the iPhone/iPad’s browser that strips aways ads from a web page, enlarges the text, and fills the entire …