Mastering your iPhone or iPad's Battery
How to change your battery settings and use Low Power mode on iPhone
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Save those precious battery seconds and use Low Power mode!
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Kathy McGraw
Girl gamer, bookish sort, sci-fi and fantasy lover and writer. Now creating helpful content for Mobile Nations.
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Game Guide
Stack: Seven tips, tricks, and hints
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Stack is one of those simple, stupid, addicting games that you can lose an entire afternoon to if you’re not careful. We speak from experience, we really do.
For your health
5 Ways Fitness Trackers Make your Life Better
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If you need a little extra motivation, wearing a fitness tracker can keep you accountable give you the inspiration to achieve your fitness goals!
Mastering Settings
How to customize security on iPhone and iPad
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Whether you want to change your passcode or you want to prevent access to certain functions of your iPhone or iPad, iOS lets you change security to suit your needs. Here is how you can customize the security settings on your iOS device
Mastering iOS 10
How to create and customize vibration alerts
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By default, your iPhone uses two quick vibration pulses for a text message and a continuous steady pulse vibration for incoming calls, but you can create something unique so you can easily tell what kind of notification you're receiving without even looking.
Mastering Calendar
How to customize Calendar for iPhone and iPad
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Apple’s Calendar app lets you manage your schedule on the go, whether you are enroute to work or traveling to a fabulous vacation destination. iOS gives you a number of options for putting your own stamp on the application. Let’s walk through them.
Mastering the App Store
How to restrict access to in-app purchases
If you notice other people keep making in-app purchases on your iPhone or iPad, you can always restrict the ability to do so.
Fit and fabulous
Fitbit Alta: Top 5 tips and tricks
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You love your Fitbit Alta because it not only looks stylish on your wrist, it also helps you get healthier. We’ve been using our Fitbit Alta for a few months and we want to share our tips for getting the most out of your fitness tracker.
Buyers Guide
How the used iPhone grading system works
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Whether you just can’t afford the price tag on the latest iPhone or you are the frugal sort who wants to save money, you’ll be happy to know that there is a burgeoning marketplace for used Apple devices
Game Guide
Candy Crush Jelly Saga tips and tricks
The third installment of the very popular Candy Crush series, Candy Crush Jelly Saga brings you more of the same addicting fun as the previous games.
Mastering Notification Center
How to manage notifications on iPhone and iPad
Most applications send you notifications from time to time, and Notification Center in iPhone and iPad governs which apps can do this and the form that these notifications take. This article explains how you can change these settings.
Mastering Notification Center
How to access Notification Center on iPhone and iPad
If you just got a new iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad then you've got Notification Center. It's Apple's attempt to bring order and sanity to the myriad of alarms, alerts, messages, calls, announcements, and game challenges that flood our daily lives. But first you may need to bring order and sanity to Notification Center itself. Here's how!
Mastering parental controls
How to set up Parental Controls for iPhone and iPad
Parental Controls, also known as Restrictions, let you manage which features, apps, and content your kids can and can't access on the iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad. Before you can turn anything off, however, you need to enable them in Settings.
Mastering Notification Center
How to use interactive notifications on iPhone and iPad
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With interactive notifications, no longer do you have to stop what you're doing to respond to a message, trash a junk mail, or accept a calendar invite.
Buyers Guide
Can you buy insurance for a used iPhone? Here's the answer!
The point I’m getting at is that damaging your iPhone is easy. Getting it repaired or replaced is not so easy, especially if you don’t have it insured. But, what if you didn’t buy that expensive insurance plan when you bought the device?
Buyers Guide
Where to buy a used iPhone
There is no question that you can save scads of money if you buy a used iPhone as opposed to a new one. If you're thinking about going to an Apple Store to get one, however, you're out of luck — Apple does not sell used devices.
Your questions answered
Fitbit Alta FAQ: Everything you need to know!
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Thinking about getting a Fitbit Alta? Here's everything you need to know about it!
Mastering Accessibility
How to customize accessibility on iPhone and iPad
Apple offers a range of accessibility options that let you customize how your iPhone or iPad behaves when you perform certain actions. You have a choice between a few options so you can pick the one that's most convenient and useful for you.
Buyers Guide
How do I stream Pandora in my house?
So you have a Pandora account and you want to blast it over the noise of your vacuum cleaner while you’re cleaning house. There are a couple ways you can do that and we're here to tell you how!
Buyers Guide
Should you get a Sonos Sub?
Sonus sub can drop the bass on your wireless speaker system, but do you need it?