Enable camera on iphone or ipad lockscreen
Enable camera on iphone or ipad lockscreen instructions for ios11 instructions for ios10 instructions for ios7 instructions for ios5.1 and ios6 instructions for pre ios5 How to enable camera on…
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How to cast amazon prime video to google chromecast
How to cast amazon prime video to google chromecast. Finally. The battle between Amazon and Google over which devices cast which services seems to be over. With the latest releases…
iPhone battery replacement
My iPhone 6 plus was going slow, so I got a battery from ebay and followed the ifixit iPhone battery replacement tutorial - my phone is now much faster (it…
Privacy settings
This post is a combination of previous posts about privacy settings in mac and ios. Safari do not track: Safari gives users the option to enable the 'do not track'…
Replace iphone home button
Replace iphone home button: The home button on my iphone 6 plus stopped working, so I had to fit a new one. Unfortunately touchId won't work any more but at…
How to enable night mode in ios11
Night shift, or night mode is a setting that reduces the blue in your screen, turning everything a calmer, sepia-like tone. This post shows you how to enable night mode…
Chuwi Hi10 Pro ultrabook tablet convertable surface
Chuwi Hi10 Pro ultrabook tablet convertable surface - That's some title, but I'm not sure how to describe my new machine. Its a tablet, but its also a laptop -…
How to force icloud backup
This is a short post that shows you how to force icloud backup. If you get the message telling you that icloud hasnt been able to backup to icloud for…
How to lock focus on iPhone camera
This post will show you how to lock the auto-focus on your iPhone camera (or your iPad camera). The camera is great, and you can get to the camera in…
How to get the British English dictionary on iphone
The iPhone is great, but its autocomplete isn't the best. It gets frustrating when you are an English speaker / writer. (as compared to an American English speaker / writer).…
How to disable facebook video autoplay on iphone
this post will show you how to how to disable facebook video autoplay on iphone. goto settings > facebook > settings > video > autoplay select 'off' now you wont…
How to enable iCloud password for all sites on iPhone and iPad
How to enable iCloud password for all sites on iPhone and iPad: ICloud keychain is great. But some sites block the saving of passwords. Fortunately there is a way to…
How to clear internet history and cookies from ios7 safari
This post will show you how to clear internet history and cookies from ios7 safari: goto settings > safari click on 'clear history' to get rid of your history click…
How to enable iCloud keychain on iPhone and ipad
ICloud keychain is an excellent feature in osx mavericks and ios7.To enable iCloud keychain on iPhone and ipad: class="alert alert-success">If you have iOS < 7.0.3 Install iOS 7.0.3 [preferences >…
Ios7 fix iMessage not sending to your cell number
I had an issue with people trying to send iMessages to my phone number. for some reason ios7 had set iMessages to only send to my email address and not…
How to get your iCloud tabs in safari on ios7
This one confused me for ages. iCloud tabs in safari in iOS. they are a great feature, you can pickup where you left off reading tabs from your mac on…
Take photos in rapid succession with your iphone burst mode
On the newer iPhone burst mode is a feature in the camera app that takes photos in rapid succession when you hold the shutter button down. I just noticed this…
How to block calls messages and facetime on your iphone with ios7
This is a great feature on the new ios7 for your iPhone: blocking callers. to block someone from phoning you when you have ios7: open the phone app go to…
Everything that I can get siri to understand
This is my list of everything that I can get Siri to understand in iOS. I wrote this post entirely using the dictation feature. dictation I'm writing this blog post…
How to delete sms text messages in ios7
This post will show you how to delete single or multiple sms text messages in ios7 firstly, open the messages app tap and hold on any message as if you…
How to turn off app auto update on iphone
This post will show you how to turn off app auto update on iphone. if you have a limited data plan then you might want to do this as the…
Mailbox app imap folders disabled – fix
Mailbox app imap folders disabled: Mailbox app is a great email app for the ipad. A major bonus also occurs when you link it to your dropbox account - you…
How to show the time an sms text message was sent on iPhone
Its not easy to show the time an sms text message was sent from your device, or sent from someone else to you. In ios7 and above its a little easier to get the…
Tapatalk forum app is now free on iphone :)
Tapatalk forum app for iPhone is now free. I participate in a lot of forums: imore macrumours digital point ubuntu forums and lots of others I first found tapatalk a…
Only allow calls from selected contacts in iphone
This post is great: it shows you how to silence your iphone, except from a selected number of contacts. to set this up on your iphone, with ios7: settings >…
How to show list view in calendar ios
How to show list view in calendar ios. I love the list view in the ios6 calendar. It shows me everything that Ive got upcoming over the next few days…
How to close running apps in ios
It took me a while to figure out how to close running apps in ios. the new multitasking feature looks great, but it doesnt behave the same way as ios6…
How to make reeder faster at loading new posts
As you probably know, I use reeder on my iphone (and on my mac) to fetch all my rss feeds that I recently moved to feedly from google reeder. the…
Reeder iphone app now supports feedly
reader - the awesome iphone rss reading app has now updated with support for feedly! google reader is now dead, so I moved to feedly. there was a one click…
Use siri to generate secure passwords
Finally a use for siri! you can use siri to generate secure passwords. thanks to the wolfram alpha integration inside siri you can ask: wolfram alpha password and siri will…
How to delete iphone backups from itunes
This post will show you how to delete the backups of your iphone or ipad from itunes on your mac / pc with icloud you no longer need to make…
How to show spotlight in ios7
With the release of the ios7 developer preview come a lot of significant changes. one of the things ive noticed is that, at first, spotlight appears to be gone. its…
Ios7 wish list
There have been a lot of posts going about the blogosphere in the last few months from people talking about their ios7 wishlist. I thought I'd publish mine. 1) ability…
Php development on an ipad
While probably not the best platform to do web development on, an ipad can be used to create code for your website. I use my ipad mini (in emergencies) to…
Absolutely the best ipad mini case
I got a dodo case for my ipad mini a couple of months ago. since then it hasnt been off. I had an ipad when they first came out, and…
How to change the temperature scale in ipad
How to change the temperature scale in ipad Siri will tell you the weather on the ipad if you ask. On the iphone there is a weather app. in the…
How to change the volume of siri
This post will show you how to change the volume of siri. ie change how loud siri's beeps and voice is. the iphone and ipad have 3 volume settings: ringer…
Enable emoji keyboard in iphone and ipad
Ios 5 came along with a new set of keyboards: emoji emoji are like smilies, but there are hundreds of them you can enable them on your ios 5 or…
Basecamp now have an iphone app
Basecamp now have an iphone app, so in addition to having your basecamp calendar on your iphone to remind you of important upcoming dates you can also do cool things…
Scrobble itunes match plays to last.fm
I use last.fm. I also use itunes match. the only problem is that there isnt an easy way to sync the play counts unless you sync your ipad / iphone…