Your iPhone’s screen can be difficult to see in very bright environments, which can lead you to dramatically increase the screen brightness. But a maximum brightness screen is often harsh on your eyes in indoor, low-light environments, so you will need to adjust that when you get back inside. One way to manage this is […]

Audiobooks are an excellent way to enjoy a book while driving or travelling without needing to avert your eyes from the task at hand. Downloading audiobooks for iBooks on your iPhone is a popular choice for people that want to listen to them, as it is very convenient to play audiobooks directly from the device. […]

The Maps app on your iPhone can provide you with driving directions to particular destinations, and it can estimate when you need to leave for a scheduled appointment in your calendar. This functionality makes the iPhone very useful for travelling. But you may find that you are receiving directions and travel estimates for a form […]

The Notes app on the iPhone is a great place to jot down ideas and save information that you think you may need again in the future. Typically the notes that you create will sync with an account that you have already set up on the device, such as your iCloud account. But you also […]

One common way for scheduling long term tasks is the place those tasks during specific weeks of the year. But months with 5 weeks in them, and varying numbers of days in each month, can be an inconsistent way of ensuring that tasks that need to occur periodically aren’t actually at consistent intervals. One way […]

When you connect to a Wi-Fi network at home, at work, or at an airport, that network’s router assigns an IP address to you. In many cases this number is random, and it can change as you disconnect and reconnect to the network. This is common for wireless devices like phones where you are often […]

The voice control feature on the iPhone, called Siri, is often one of the first things that a new iPhone owner will experiment with when they first get the device. But if you were having trouble with it, or if you chose to skip the Siri activation when you first set up the device, then […]

Cookies are very useful components of modern Web-browsing, as many Web users will sign into accounts, place items into carts, or perform other actions where persistent information needs to be passed between the different pages of a website. But cookies can also be used for things that might harm your device, or they may interfere […]

Spam calls and telemarketers have been plaguing phone owners for years, and it’s just as bad with cell phones now as it ever was with landlines in the past. Fortunately the iPhone lets you block calls if you are using something higher than iOS 7, but there are some third-party apps that are able to […]

The Control Center has increasingly offered more options and settings that you might need to change on your iPhone. You can toggle Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and Airplane Mode; you can adjust the Brightness, and you can even access a flashlight. You might be accustomed to using the Control Center only from the lock screen or the […]