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How to tether your iPad Wi-Fi to your iPhone using Instant Hotspot
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Link your iPad Wi-Fi to your iPhone in just a few easy steps: here's how to do it!
Allyson Kazmucha
iMore senior editor from 2011 to 2015.
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Hey Siri!
How to get sports scores, schedules and more using Siri
How do you get sports scores, game info, schedules, and standings with Siri? Just ask!
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How to disable notifications for shared Photo Streams
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If at some point you find you're getting too many notifications, you can easily disable them on a stream by stream basis, or stop notifications from the Photos app completely. Here's how!
DIY Repairs
How to fix a broken charge port on an iPhone 5
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If your iPhone 5 isn't charging anymore, here's how to fix it!
Too Close For Comfort
Stop Facebook from constantly tracking your location
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Use Nearby Friends? If you don't want Facebook for iPhone tracking your every move, you're going to want to change your settings. I like using Facebook to share what I want, when I want, and it's fair game. But many of us don't fancy a social network tracking our every move, even privately. If you use Facebook's Nearby Friends feature, however, you may be at risk of just that. If you'd...
Great Apple Watch Apps
Todoist for Apple Watch: Triage tasks even faster
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If you have an Apple Watch, you can now triage your Todoist tasks faster than ever. Todoist is a full-featured to-do and task management app available for many platforms, including iPhone, iPad, and Mac. As of Thursday, Todoist is also available for the Apple Watch: The watch app lets you view, mark, and manage tasks right on your wrist. The iOS update also includes several...
Mastering Messages
How to delete multiple photos and videos in Messages for iOS
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Pictures and videos stored in the Messages app can take up lots of storage space on your iPhone and iPad. If you've already saved a lot of them, there's little reason to keep them hanging around in the Messages app. Deleting them all one by one would be a daunting and tedious task. Instead, you can delete multiple images or videos at once in the Messages app. You've just got to know...
Surf's Up!
Best web browsers for iPhone
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If Safari just isn't your thing, here are some other great browsers to choose from. The iPhone's built-in browser, Safari, is perfect for many people. But it's not perfect for everyone. If you want or need something different, like Google account sync, Flash support, or night reading, the App Store has you covered. If you already know which browser you want, great! If not, and you want...
Mastering Photos
How to view all photo thumbnails in Photos for iOS
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By default the collections and years views in the Photos app don't show all your photos — but you can change that. If you use the Photos app on your iPhone or iPad to sort, organize, and find your photos, there are lots of ways you can make that task easier. While one is simply using the search feature, another is by adjust exactly what the Photos tab shows under the Collections and...
Do it yourself
How to fix a broken iPhone 6 screen in 10 minutes
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How do you fix a broken iPhone screen in just a few minutes? Follow our guide!
Best iPhone Apps
Best weather apps for iPhone
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Debating over which weather app you should use on your iPhone? What exactly is the best iPhone app for weather watchers? That's a tough question to answer. Apple has their own, built-in Weather app, with edge-to-edge graphics and subtle, elegant animations. However, it's still decidedly on the simple side. Since weather apps have become something of a playground for great designers and...
Mastering Photos
How to search for a picture or video in Photos for iOS
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If you have thousands of photos and videos on your iPhone or iPad, finding a particular one can be a challenge. Luckily, the built-in Photos app offers some incredibly useful search tools. As long as you can remember where or when a photo or video was taken, the Photos app can help narrow down your search quickly. And if you've tagged Faces in Photos for OS X, you can even search for...
When enough is enough
How the Watch helps battle your iPhone addiction
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I ordered an Apple Watch to help me track health and fitness data. Almost a month into using it, however, I'm finding its best feature is that it keeps me off my iPhone and iPad. Smartphone usage has gotten completely out of hand, though I doubt that's breaking news to anyone. Whether you're sitting at home with your significant other or you're out with friends, you'll see smartphones...
Troubleshooting Apple Watch
How to fix a stuck app install on Apple Watch
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Have apps on your Apple Watch that are stuck installing or updating? If so, you're not alone. Sometimes, no matter how much time you give an Apple Watch app to install or update, it still shows the loading icon. While Apple will most likely address this issue in a future update, we can walk you through how to unstick app installs and updates right now! Before continuing, I recommend...
Pool Time!
Best waterproof cases for iPhone 6 Plus
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If you want to hit the beach — or the hot tub! — with your iPhone 6 Plus, a waterproof case is a must-have. A waterproof case not only protects your iPhone 6 Plus from water damage, but from sand, dust, and dirt as well. It also lets you take awesome underwater pictures! Since failure isn't an option, it's so important to make sure you pick the right waterproof case for you. Here are...
Troubleshooting Mac
How to stop Google Chrome from launching at startup
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Tired of Google Chrome launching every time you restart or log in to your Mac? If Chrome is your browser of choice, it can be convenient. If you tried Chrome but switched back to Safari, like I recently did, it can be annoying. I still want to be able to use Chrome from time to time, but I don't want it opening on login or launching on startup. Luckily, there's a super simple way to...
Mastering Apple Watch
How to keep time with your Apple Watch: The ultimate guide
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The Apple Watch is first and foremost a highly accurate time piece That's how Apple introduced the Apple Watch, but the company also stressed that it had to be more — that it had to be personal. To provide for both, Apple created a set of apps, including Clock, Alarm, Stopwatch, Timer, and World Clock. Each offers its own, unique functionality and customizations. Combined they make...
Mastering Apple Watch
How to set the clock ahead on Apple Watch
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Always running late? Setting your Apple Watch's clock ahead may help! Like any other watch, the Apple Watch has an option to set the clock ahead. Maybe you need some extra help getting to things on time, or perhaps your work clock is several minutes faster than real time. Whatever the reason, setting your Apple Watch ahead a few minute is simple! How to set the time ahead on your...
iOS Help
How to stop iCloud Photo Library out of storage messages
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Setting up iCloud Photo Library on a Mac or PC for the first time can result in out of storage messages on iPhone and iPad. iCloud Photo Library can help you save tremendous amounts of storage across iPhones, iPads, and Macs. For most of us, we have thousands of photos stored on our computers. When we first sync these to iCloud Photo Library, they'll also come down to all our iPhones...
Mastering Apple Watch
How to access and add world clocks on Apple Watch
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You can easily view the same world clocks on your iPhone right on your Apple Watch. Have colleagues, friends or family in different time zones? The World Clock app on the Apple Watch lets you keep track of what time it is in different areas throughout the world. You can add certain time zones to your Watch face with complications or view all the time zones you'd like to track with the...