iPhone Tips & Lessons
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Classes on the iPhone4 Lessons
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New in iOS 1811 Lessons
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Explore Safari iOS 18: Hide Ads, Customize Pages, and More!
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How to Edit the Control Center on Your iPhone with iOS 18
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Customize your Home & Lock Screen with iOS 18
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iOS 18 Calendar & Reminders: What’s New and How to Use Them
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Navigate the New iOS 18 Photos App Like a Pro: Step-by-Step Guide
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How to Use iOS 18's New Background Sounds
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New iPhone Passwords App with iOS 18
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Share and Control another iPhone with Screen Sharing
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Maps in iOS 18 on iPhone: See What's New!
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What's New in the Notes app with iOS 18
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iPhone Mirroring to your Mac
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Explore Safari iOS 18: Hide Ads, Customize Pages, and More!
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My Favorite New Features in iOS 179 Lessons
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New Reminders App Features in iOS 17 - My Favorites!
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Unlock the Power of Shared Passwords on iOS 17 and your iPhone!
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New Notes App Features on the iPhone with iOS 17 - My Favorites!
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Interactive Widgets & Standby with iOS 17
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Easily Switch search engines in Safari on the iPhone - New in iOS 17!
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Simplify the iPhone and it’s apps with Assistive Access
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Simplify PDF Form Completion on the iPhone with Autofill - New in iOS 17
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New Messages App Features in iOS 17 - My 4 Favorites!
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Edit and customize your Contact Poster and Photo on iOS 17
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New Reminders App Features in iOS 17 - My Favorites!
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New Features Introduced with iOS 16 Lessons23 Lessons
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Learn about the Reimagined Lock Screen on the iPhone with iOS 16
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What's new in Contacts on the iPhone with iOS 16
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What's New in Reminders with iOS 16 on the iPhone
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Track your Medications in the Health App with iOS 16
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View and Copy Wi-Fi Passwords and Delete Known Networks on your iPhone
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Show the Battery Percentage on an iPhone with iOS 16
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Translate Text with the Camera on the iPhone
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New Filters and a Streamlined Setup for Focus on the iPhone with iOS 16
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Lift the Subject from the Background in a Photo on the iPhone with iOS 16
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What's New in Notes with iOS 16 on the iPhone
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Add Haptic Tap Feedback to the iPhone Keyboard
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Edit, Undo Sends, and Dictate in Messages with iOS 16
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Change Notification Styles on the iPhone with iOS 16
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Apple Introduces Smarter Dictation on the iPhone with iOS 16
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Emergency Reset and Manage Sharing & Access with Safety Check on the iPhone
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Prevent the Sleep/Wake button from Ending Calls on the iPhone
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Unsend, Schedule, and Set Reminders in Mail on the iPhone
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Pin, share, and create start pages for tab groups, and share settings with Safari
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Multi-stop Routing and Scheduled Times in the Maps app with iOS 16
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Detect Duplicates, Copy Edits, and Lock Folders in Photos on the iPhone with iOS 16
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What's New in the Weather App on the iPhone
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My Favorite New Features in iOS 16 on the iPhone
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How to Create and Manage a Shared Library in Photos
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Learn about the Reimagined Lock Screen on the iPhone with iOS 16
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Getting Started on the iPhone18 Lessons
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Home Button Features
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iPhone Side Switch and Volume Controls
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Sleep/Wake On/Off Button Features
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Navigating the Home Screen
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Searching your iPhone
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Today View
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Notifications and the Notification Center
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How to find a lost app on your iPhone
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Accessing and Customizing the Control Center
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Taking Screenshots
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Emergency SOS and Medical ID
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Saving Usernames and Passwords
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Navigate between Home Screens
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Accessing and Searching the iPhone's Settings
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Backing Up your iPhone to iCloud
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Arranging Apps and Creating Folders for Apps
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Switching and Quitting Open Apps
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iPhone Text Replacement: The Ultimate Time-Saver
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Home Button Features
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iPhone with Face ID Lessons10 Lessons
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iPhone Basics43 Lessons
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Change the Brightness on the Flashlight
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Access App Features from the iPhone Home Screen
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Move the Cursor on the iPhone
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Transfer from an iCloud backup without having to purchase more space
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Using the Keyboard
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View and Manage Storage
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Using Cut, Copy, and Paste
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Sharing Files including using AirDrop
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Battery Management Options
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Viewing Screen Time and Adding Restrictions
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Scrolling with the New Scrollbar
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Optimized Battery Charging
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Gestures for Cursor, Cut, Copy, and Paste
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Using QuickPath or Slide-to-Type
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Privacy Options
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Dark Mode
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Tips for why you may be receiving Intermittent Phone Calls
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Wallet and Apple Pay
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Siri's New Compact Design
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Drawing with Shape Detection
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New Date and Time Picker
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Navigate App History Stack
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Quickly Switch Networks from the Control Center
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Enable Caps Lock
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Access AirDrop Settings through the Control Center
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Create Alarms from the iPhone's Homescreen
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Access App Store Updates from your Homescreen
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Name That Tune on the iPhone
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Wireless Charging Is Wildly Inefficient
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Mute Notifications for an Hour or for the Day
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Schedule Notifications to be delivered in a Notification Summary
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Keep those Lenses Clean
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iPhone’s Emergency SOS Auto Call Feature
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Correct How Siri Pronounces Names
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Master Your Sleep Routine with iPhone: A Guide to Setting Up Sleep Schedules
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iPhone File Management: Removing a Download vs Deleting - What's the Difference?
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Save Documents Anywhere with Print Dialog on the iPhone
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Save a Document as a PDF from Your iPhone with Ease
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Combine and Compress Files on the iPhone
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Too Many iPhone Notifications? Reduce Distractions with Focus Profiles!
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Trackpad on the iPhone? Find out how in under 2 minutes!
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Enable Display Zoom for larger Icons & Bigger Text on your iPhone
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Unlocking Your iPhone's Potential: 11 Tips and Tricks Revealed!
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Change the Brightness on the Flashlight
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Home Screen Basics on the iPhone10 Lessons
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Accessing and Editing the Today View
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Add Widgets to your Home Screen
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Hide Home Screens
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Edit Widgets
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Creating and Editing Widget Stacks
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Using Smart Rotate with Widget Stacks
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Creating and Editing Smart Stacks
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Looking for More Widgets? Be Sure to Launch Seldom-Used Apps
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Add and Organize Websites Like Native Apps on iPhone
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iPhone Standby Mode
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Accessing and Editing the Today View
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Working with Apps on the iPhone26 Lessons
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Deleting Apps
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App Store: Updates and Interactions
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Find My App: Find my Friends and Find my iPhone
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Using Apple Pay and Apple Cash
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Long-Pressing on App icons
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Delete and re-add Apple Apps
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Offloading Apps
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Moving Multiple Apps
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App Library
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Set where to download your Apps
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App Clips
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Tips to Quickly Open the Camera
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View Expired Passes in the Wallet App
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Find App Updates and Delete Apps through the App Store
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Lock PDF's by adding a Password
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Set Where New Apps download to on the iPhone
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Prevent In-App Rating & Review Notifications
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Manage App Subscriptions from the iPhone
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Discover New Features in your Apps on the iPhone
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Access Your Mac's Files on Your iPhone
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Search for text within web pages in Safari on the iPhone
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Find your Lost iPhone Apps!
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3 Tips on How to Block Annoying Texts on iPhone
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Are Your iPhone’s Photos a mess? Organize them with CleanMyPhone!
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9 Tips for Working with Apps on the iPhone
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Discover How to Free Up Your iPhone Storage Space
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Deleting Apps
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iPhone Settings24 Lessons
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Automatic iOS Software Updates
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Wifi Networks and Wifi Settings
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Settings to Help make the iPhone Easier to Read
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Reset Options for the iPhone
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Do Not Disturb Options
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Privacy Settings
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Adding Parental Controls
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Changing Notification Sounds
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Save Battery life with Low Power Mode
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Manage App Store Subscriptions
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Change Notification Banner Style
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Delete iOS System Updates
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Set your Default Browser
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Set your Default Mail App
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Private Wi-Fi Addresses
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Low Data Mode
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After Upgrading to iOS 15, Check Do Not Disturb in Focus Settings
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View your Battery Usage by App
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Display Incoming Calls as a Banner or in Full Screen
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Save Space on Your iPhone with These Photo Storage Tips
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Ensure your memories persist after you pass away with a Legacy Contact
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The App Privacy Report on the iPhone: Discover what Data is being accessed by your apps
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Passwords App for the iPhone? Yes! Learn how in 5 mins!
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Automatically Set Do Not Disturb based on your Location
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Automatic iOS Software Updates
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Accessibility Options on the iPhone11 Lessons
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Back Tap Accessibility
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Sound Recognition
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Using the iPhone as a Magnifier
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Zoom Control in Accessibility
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See what has changed in apps that have been automatically updated
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Play Background Sounds
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Add Button Shapes to Buttons
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View all the Display & Text Size Options available
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Change Display & Text Size with Per-App Settings
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Use your iPhone to control your iPad effortlessly from anywhere in the Room
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iPhone Background Sounds (iOS17)
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Back Tap Accessibility
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Lessons for Older Versions of iOS3 Lessons
Access AirDrop Settings through the Control Center
Learn how to access and change your AirDrop settings through the Control Center on the iPhone.
AirDrop has three settings – you can turn discoverability off, have your iPhone be discovered by your contacts, or have everyone discover it. The settings for this are buried in the Settings app, but you can easily access them from the iPhone’s Control Center! See how to access your AirDrop settings from the Control Center in this video for the iPhone.
Video Transcript (video also has closed captions):
In this video, I’m going to show you how you can easily change your AirDrop settings in the Control Center on the iPhone. Let’s go into my iPhone.
Now let’s first discuss what airdrop is. AirDrop allows you to share your files, your photos, your links with other Apple device users. On the flip side, other users can share their files, their links, their photos with you. This is all done through AirDrop. As an example, let’s say I wanted to share a link here. I’m going to open up Safari. I’m at my webpage. I want to share this with someone. The way that I can do that is through AirDrop. Now they do need to be nearby and they also do need to be on an apple device. I tap on sharing. I click on AirDrop. And then any of the other devices that are set up for AirDrop are going to show here. I just tap on that other device, who I want to share it with. They accept it. They do have to accept it’s being shared with them, and then it will be downloaded to their device. So that’s the basics of how AirDrop works if you want to share a file, or if someone wants to share a file with you.
Now we do have a few settings for this, mainly do we want to use AirDrop? Is our iPhone discoverable by other people that want to share a file with us? We have three settings. We can basically turn it off, so it’s not discoverable. We can have it be only discoverable to people in our contacts, and then we can have it be discoverable to everyone.
The way that we set this up is by going to our Settings app. So let’s go ahead and go to my Settings app. So I’m going to tap on done here and now I’m going to go to my Settings app. I swipe up, let’s go over to the left and we have my Settings here. From here I go over to General, and then you’re going to see AirDrop.
Under AirDrop, we have our three settings. Receiving off will basically turned discoverability off. If someone wants to share a file with you via airdrop, they will not find your iPhone. Contacts only. This is what I recommend. Your iPhone will only be discoverable to anyone that wants to share a file with you. It will only be discoverable if they are in your contacts. And then we have everyone. If you turn everyone on, anyone that is around is going to be able to share a file with you.
Now, when I say share a file, you still do have to accept that link. So even if you put it on Everyone, if someone wants to share a link with you, you have to accept it. So they’re not going to be able to put anything on your iPhone without you knowing it. But again, I recommend using contacts only. And then if someone wants to share a file with you, that is not in your contacts, you can easily switch it to Everyone. So that’s where we find these settings.
Now I mentioned we can easily switch this to everyone or contacts only, or even turn it off. It doesn’t look that easy. We got to go into our Settings, we got to go into General, and then we have to go into AirDrop. Well we can access these three settings here, Receiving Off, Contacts Only, and Everyone, through our Control Center. We do not have to go through the Settings app to access these controls. Let’s see how we do that. So I’m going to swipe up here.
Let’s say I was in my Notes app. Someone nearby wants to share something with me. They’re not in my contacts. So now what I need to do is I need to set AirDrop to Everyone. Well, instead of going to the Settings app and going to General, and then setting up AirDrop, all we need to do is go to our Control Center. I go up to the top right corner. I swipe down. I have an iPhone 10 here, and then I long press on my network controls. I tap and hold on this area here. When I long press on it or tap and hold, you’re going to see AirDrop. Right now to set to Contacts Only. Remember this person is not in my contacts, they want to share a file with me. So what I need to do is I need to change this to Everyone. Well, if I long press on this, what I’m able to do is set it to Everyone. Tap on it. Now that person can send me that file. I accept the file. I do have to accept the file. Once I’ve accepted the file and I’ve received the file. I go back to my Control Center. I long press on my controls. I go over to AirDrop here, long press on it and set it back to Contacts. Only. Tap to get outside, and now I’m back in my Notes app.
So that’s how we can easily change our AirDrop settings on the iPhone. We can do this through the Control Center. We do not have to go into the Settings app. What I would recommend doing is setting your AirDrop to either Receiving Off or to Contacts. And then if someone wants to share a file with your link with you, all you have to do is just go to your Control Center, long press on the network controls, and then long press on AirDrop. Set it to Contacts or Everyone, once you receive that file, set it back to either Contacts or turn AirDrop off altogether.
So that’s how you can easily change AirDrop settings on the iPhone through the Control Center.