How to find a specific word inside webpages in Safari for iPhone and iPad

Christian Zibreg ∙ Updated January 22, 2018

Since the release of iOS 7, Safari for the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad has ditched its dedicated search field in favor of a unified URL/search bar at the top, not unlike Google's Chrome. But did you know that this field also lets you easily find all occurrences of a specific word or a phrase within any webpage?

I use this feature on a daily basis to jump to specific pieces of information within long articles without having to read them in their entirety.

In this post, I'll show you how searching inside webpages works in Safari for iOS.

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Leaked iPad Air 3 design drawing points to four speakers and LED flash

Christian Zibreg ∙ January 25, 2016

A purported drawing published Monday by French blog NowhereElse.fr indicates that Apple's third-generation iPad Air might borrow the iPad Pro's four-speaker setup for better audio reproduction.

In addition, the tablet could sport a LED flash. The site has obtained the design drawing from a fairly reliable source though it couldn't vouch for the veracity of the leaked image.

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Project Titan faces another road block: unhappy with progress, Apple reportedly freezes hiring

Christian Zibreg ∙ January 25, 2016

AppleInsider reported Monday that Apple's automotive ambitions are at crossroads as the company has reportedly instituted a hiring freeze on the 1,000+ person team responsible for so-called Project Titan after a recent progress review.

Jony Ive, Apple's Chief Design Officer, is said to have “expressed his displeasure” with the group's headway following a post-holiday review of the secretive project.

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This prank webpage will crash your iPhone, iPad and Mac

Christian Zibreg ∙ January 25, 2016

Jokers on Twitter are tweeting out links to a new prank webpage that, when clicked, will crash your iPhone, iPod touch, iPad or Mac, or cause the device to become unresponsive.

As Gizmodo explains, the aptly named website CrashSafari.com uses just four lines of code to crash Safari for iOS and OS X by running a script which adds thousands of characters per second into the address bar, causing Safari to overload its memory.

In the case of the Mac, you'll see the beach ball spinning and your computer will become unresponsive. On the iPhone, iPod touch or iPad, Safari will hang and start heating up your phone until it reboots itself.

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Daimler CEO: Apple’s made more progress on automotive project than previously assumed

Christian Zibreg ∙ January 25, 2016

During a recent trip to Silicon Valley, Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche told German weekly Welt am Sonntag that Apple and Google have made more progress on automotive projects than he had assumed, Reuters reported Monday.

“Our impression was that these companies can do more and know more than we had previously assumed. At the same time they have more respect for our achievements than we thought,” the executive told the paper.

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Activator 1.9.8 released to public with Apple Watch-oriented features, delays between actions, and much more

Jeff Benjamin ∙ Updated June 13, 2018

Ryan Petrich has released his massive update to Activator, an update that has been months in the making, to the public. After several beta tests, Activator 1.9.8 is now ready to go, and it brings features like Apple Watch support, event search, pauses between actions, and much more.

If you wish to try out this latest version of Activator, then you can get it free of charge on Cydia's BigBoss repo. Check out the remainder of this post for the incredibly long changelog.

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5 Notification Center widgets I use every day

Anthony Bouchard ∙ January 25, 2016

When it comes to my own personal iPhone, many of the apps I use on a daily basis have Notification Center widgets that provide information to and even have shortcuts to different actions right from inside of Notification Center.

Apple originally introduced the ability for third-party app developers to create Notification Center widgets with iOS 8, so long as they follow strict guidelines, but that doesn't keep them from being useful.

In this roundup, I'll share my five favorite Notification Center widgets that I use on a daily basis and why I like them.

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Wallpapers of the week: beautiful satellite images of Earth

Jim Gresham ∙ Updated April 30, 2018

Going all natural, today's wallpaper selection contains satellite images of Earth. We found out galaxy wallpapers are extremely popular in the Wallpapers of the Week section, which led me to wonder, what if we looked the other direction?

Featuring a website and dedicated app, WLPPR collects images from National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and European Space Agency (ESA). Take a step inside for your downloads. 

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