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How to Share a Contact Card without Sharing Everything in iOS 16

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Apple makes it easy to share contact cards on the iPhone or iPad—just scroll down in a contact and tap Share Contact. But what if you don’t want to share […]

Practice with the Emergency SOS via Satellite Demo, Just in Case

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In mid-November, Apple launched its new Emergency SOS via satellite feature for the iPhone 14 lineup. If you have an iPhone 14 and find yourself in an emergency situation in […]

You Can Now Use Siri to Reboot Your iPhone or iPad

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Although iOS and iPadOS are extremely stable, there are times when rebooting your iPhone or iPad can eliminate odd or problematic behavior, and there’s no harm in trying it. In […]

Here’s How to Stop Getting Paste Permission Requests

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In iOS 16, Apple tightened security by displaying a confirmation alert when you copy data from one app and paste it into another. More security isn’t bad, but these alerts […]

Apple Is Driving the iPhone to eSIM: Here’s What You Need to Know

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Perhaps the most surprising change in the iPhone 14 line, at least in the United States, was the shift from using removable SIM cards to eSIM. SIM cards—SIM stands for […]

Share Airline Boarding Passes Using Wallet and AirDrop

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It’s common for one person in a family to handle booking airline tickets and thus to be in charge of checking in for the flight online and downloading boarding passes. […]

Remove Old-Style Today View Widgets from Your iPhone

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In iOS 14, Apple overhauled widgets, allowing you to add them to your Home screen in addition to the Today View accessible by swiping right on the Home screen. App […]

Don’t Trust an App Fully? Hide Your Precise Location from It

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Most of the time, having your iPhone know precisely where you are is good. You want Maps to tell you exactly when to turn, not after you’ve passed an intersection. […]

Wi-Fi Calling and Wi-Fi Assist: What Are They and How Are They Different?

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Two similar-sounding iOS features generate quite a bit of confusion. Wi-Fi Calling and Wi-Fi Assist both aim to improve your connectivity by using the best network available, but they achieve […]

Read This Article Before Transferring Your Data to a New iPhone

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Are you among the millions of people planning to get a new iPhone 14? It’s exciting, we know, but don’t move too fast when getting started with your new iPhone, […]

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