Justin Meyers

Your iPhone has heaps of hidden apps that work behind the scenes to filter SMS messages, trust computers, deal with payments, test ads, and perform other actions. You won’t find any of them in your App Library, but you can unlock and use a few of these secret apps with a bit of work.

There’s a little-known secret in the world of microwave ovens that even the manufacturers don’t care to tell you in their manuals. And once you know it, you’ll never go back to using your microwave as you used to.

Apple claims that the iPhone 14 Pro and 14 Pro Max have the highest peak brightness of any smartphone, but is that really true?

It can feel pretty chaotic when you have a lot of open windows on your Mac that are different sizes, but there’s an easy way to organize the mess in just a few seconds. I regularly have a lot of windows open across my MacBook and external displays. Right now, I have 11 apps open with 24 windows spre…

There’s a new hidden Safari feature for your iPhone, one that makes it even easier to find words, numbers, phrases, and other text on a webpage. In case you didn’t know, Safari has a built-in “Find on Page” feature on the iPhone, and it helps you locate content on a webpage just like the Command-F keyboard shortcut would on a Mac. It’s actually been around since iOS 4.2 and was a part of Safari’s independent search bar until iOS 7 incorporated search into the URL bar.

Without realizing it, you may be giving away the GPS coordinates of your home, workplace, school, and other important or secret locations. Unless you’ve blocked the feature on your iPhone, location data is stored in almost every photo and video you take, and anyone you share the content with can find out where you are or were. But there are a few things you can do to safeguard the information.

Apple’s next big software update includes an entirely new Apple app, a controversial change in the TV app, better Siri control, an improved Shortcuts app, interesting Safari upgrades, and more. Keep reading to see what iOS 16.2 has to offer your iPhone.

When iOS 16.0 was still in early beta testing, Apple teased us with a slew of new Books actions in the Shortcuts app, but none of them materialized in iOS 16.0 or 16.1. That changes with Apple’s latest software update for iPhone. The only Apple Books action in Shortcuts you’ll see on iOS 16.1.2 and earlier, except for any personal Siri Suggestions that are based on how you use your device, is:

The latest software update for iPhone has a few new features you should know about, including an enhanced security feature to protect your Apple ID account from phishing and other attacks. Keep reading to see everything new that’s included with iOS 16.3 for iPhone.

You’re probably sharing a ton of information on your iPhone with other people, apps, and services without really realizing it. Now there’s a new tool to show you just how much, and it can be an eye-opener as well as a fast way to manage sharing permissions and review your account security.

There’s a feature that every Apple Watch owner should know about — one that makes navigating menus, tapping tiny icons, and interacting with complications, among other things, much easier on the small display. The little-known feature gives you complete control of your Apple Watch right from your iPhone’s screen. It’s called Apple Watch Mirroring and is new to iOS 16 and watchOS 9. It may sound like an unnecessary tool, but it definitely has practical uses everyone could benefit from.

Apple’s iOS 16.3 update for iPhone had impressive new features, but iOS 16.4 might impress you even more. The latest update for iPhone already has more upgrades than its predecessor, and it’s currently only in its first beta stage. Apple has said that the iOS 16.4 software update will become available for everyone in the spring, so there’s plenty of time to expand the new feature set even more.