Posts for Category: iPhone Tips
Tip: Make the iPhone’s LED Light Blink When You Receive a Call, Text Message, or Notification
The iPhone’s LED light can be used for more than just flashlight apps. You can have it blink whenever you receive a call, text message, or notifications from apps. Below are step-by-step instructions for setting it up. 1. Open Settings: […]
How to Manually Set the iPhone’s Time and Date and Prevent Them From Auto-Updating
If you’re looking for a way to manually set the iPhone’s time and/or date, you won’t find it. At least, not at first. You’ll need to change something in the iPhone’s settings to make the option appear. Below are step-by-step […]
Tip: How to Get Text-Message Alert Tones to Repeat on the iPhone
You may know that the iPhone can play a sound (called an alert tone) whenever you receive a text message, but did you know the alert tone can repeat up to ten times in case you missed it the first […]
Tip: How to Turn On Private Browsing Mode on the iPhone & iPad
Need to browse to some websites without leaving tracks on your iPhone? Do you want the iPhone to not remember your sites visited, searches, and the information you entered into fill-in forms? That’s what the new Private Browsing Mode is […]
Tip: Make the iPhone’s Spotlight Search More Useful By Preventing Emails, Contacts, Etc, From Showing Up
If there was one tip I’d give to new iPhone users, it’s to teach themselves to use the iPhone’s Spotlight Search to find and launch apps. It really is the quickest way to launch an app buried somewhere in the […]
10 Tips for Better Voice Dictation on the iPhone With Siri (VIDEO)
One of the more powerful features of Siri on the iPhone is voice dictation—the ability to turn your speech into text. While the basics of voice dictation are easy enough, just speak and let Siri take care of the rest, […]
Tip: How to Turn Off the Unread Badge for the Mail App on iPhone/iPad
One of past annoyances of the iPhone’s Mail app was a little red badge that told you hundreds of unread emails were waiting for you. Well, suffer no longer, as you can now turn off that ugly little red badge. […]
Tip: How to Change the Order of Alerts in Notification Center for iPhone/iPad
You don’t have to settle for the default order of alerts in the iPhone and iPad’s Notification Center. You can rearrange them how you like. Below are step-by-step instructions on changing the order that alerts appear in the Notification Center. […]
Tip: Wi-Fi Syncing Taking Too Long? You Can Switch to the USB Cable Without Pausing Your Sync
The new Wi-Fi syncing capability for the iPhone and iPad is convenient, but it also can be much slower than using the USB cable to sync. If you have begun the syncing process over Wi-Fi and discover it’s taking too […]
Tip: The iPhone’s Alarm Clock Will Still Play Sound, Even If Ringer Switch Is in Silent Mode
The iPhone’s Clock app has an alarm clock function that can wake you up in the morning by playing a ringtone or alert tone. But did you know, that even if you set the iPhone’s ringer switch to silent mode, […]