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PSA: You might freeze your iPhone if you tap Control Center with three fingers simultaneously

Submitted by Lory Gil on Tue, 04/25/2017 - 15:28

If you tap three different buttons in Control Center on your iPhone at the exact same time, you might freeze your iPhone. Just don't do that.

Apple says bug in iOS 10.3 may reactivate disabled iCloud services

Submitted by Joseph Keller on Tue, 04/04/2017 - 17:12

Apple is letting a small subset of users know that iCloud features that they may have previously disabled on their iPhone or iPad may have been reactivated when they updated to iOS 10.3.

How to troubleshoot iBooks problems

Submitted by Serenity Caldwell on Fri, 03/17/2017 - 07:00

Having a problem with iBooks? Here's how to fix it.

Apple working on a fix for the iPhone date bug

Submitted by Joseph Keller on Mon, 02/15/2016 - 09:22

Apple has announced that it is working on a fix for a recently-revealed iOS date bug. The glitch causes your iPhone or iPad to stop working during a reboot after manually setting the device's date to May 1970 or earlier.

Don't set your iPhone's date back to January 1, 1970

Submitted by Joseph Keller on Thu, 02/11/2016 - 16:54

A newly-uncovered date glitch in iOS may cause your iPhone to become unusable after a reboot. This is caused by manually setting your phone's date to January 1, 1970.

Breaking down Apple's 'app problem'

Submitted by Rene Ritchie on Thu, 02/04/2016 - 00:00

Remove impossible jobs and those remaining, no matter how incredible, are attainable and maintainable.

Touch ID not working for you? Here's a fix!

Submitted by Allyson Kazmucha on Sat, 02/01/2014 - 16:17

Since Touch ID debuted there have been numerous reports of it not working so well for some people. From high failure rates to fingerprints becoming less sensitive over time, there's no denying some people experience problems. Steve Gibson over on TWiT's Security Now podcast recently talked about how to overtrain Touch ID to get better accurate rates. Here's how to try it:

Netflix on Apple TV throwing up the dreaded 'An error occurred loading this content'? Here's how to fix it!

Submitted by Rene Ritchie on Sat, 01/18/2014 - 22:40

You grab a snack and a tasty beverage, crash down onto your sofa, pick up the Apple TV remote, cue Netflix, hit play, and... get the horrible 'An error occurred loading this content. Try again later." message. You do, and... same error. Again, and again. You snack turns soggy, your beverage goes flat, and Netflix still gives you nothing but errors and frustration. That was me. Tonight. Until I remembered that a restart fixes just about everything!

Rant: The hell that is iOS 7 Visual Voicemail on AT&T

Submitted by Allyson Kazmucha on Wed, 01/15/2014 - 15:47

Visual Voicemail and iOS 7 don't play nicely together, at least not on AT&T. Complaints about it are all over the internet, and I've been suffering with it since September. So, I decided to do some digging. After researching online and wasting time on the phone with AT&T, I've realized how much of a breakdown in communication there is between phone makers and the carriers.

How is the quality of your iPhone 5s low-light video?

Submitted by Allyson Kazmucha on Tue, 11/12/2013 - 11:44

How is the quality of your iPhone 5s low-light video?Since I've gotten my iPhone 5s, I haven't taken a ton of video, but I've switched to video mode enough to know that I feel as if video quality isn't so great. After asking around and performing a quick internet search, it appears that I'm not alone either. Some people seem to have the issue, while others don't. Here are some sample shots of what I'm experiencing with low-light video...

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