In this guide, we'll take you through several steps to enhance your privacy on your iPhone or iPad by using many of the mobile operating system's built-in tools.
10 ways to boost your privacy on iPhone and iPad
Guide
How to teach Siri how to call you
Siri is a great way to get to the things you want on your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad without having to tap on anything – it works great for situations where you don't really have your hands free, but who says using Siri has to be boring?
In this quick post, we'll show you how you can spice up your conversations with Siri by configuring the voice assistant to call you something different.
Understanding iOS Location Services and what they do
Location services are among some of the most over-used features on any iOS device. Out of the box, iOS devices with location services enabled are configured to track your location in various reasons, including producing the best user experience possible.
In this guide, we'll show you all about how to configure your iOS location services so that you're not being tracked when you don't need to be, giving you the privacy you deserve.
How to hide Facebook Messenger notification previews from iPhone Lock Screen for more privacy
Learn how to turn off notification previews for Facebook Messenger chats on iPhone or iPad and prevent others from reading the contents of your messages.
How to keep your iPhone from knowing where you are going next
Your iPhone is equipped with a feature called Frequent Locations, which slowly tracks your location in the background to keep you updated via the Today View and the Lock screen on how long it would take you to get to your favorite places based on how often you visit them.
If you choose to enable Location Services during the initial iPhone setup, this feature will be enabled by default, so if you feel like it is a slight hindrance on your ability to remain private, you just might be right. In this tutorial, we'll show you how you can disable the feature and keep your iPhone from knowing where you are going next.
PDF to Word: quickly convert PDF files to Word files on your Mac
Not so long ago, we told you all about an app for iOS that allowed you to convert PDF files to Microsoft Word files, but did you know you can accomplish the same process on your Mac too?
In this tutorial, we'll be showing you how to convert PDF files to Microsoft Word files using an app from the Mac App Store called PDF to Word.
How to open a new private window in Safari for Mac
One of the features of the Safari web browser built into your Mac that will come in handy time and time again are the private browsing windows that you can open to browse the web privately without having your browsing history stored in your computer for the next user to see.
In this tutorial, we'll show you how to open a private browsing window in Safari on your Mac so that you're ready the next time you need to perform a web search incognito.
PDF to Word: convert PDF files to Word files on iOS
If you deal regularly with PDF files, and often use word processors such as Microsoft Word to edit your text documents, then an app called PDF to Word from the App Store could easily become your new best friend.
This app lets you easily convert PDF files to Word files (DOCX) so that you can edit them in Microsoft Word for iOS or on Microsoft Word on your computer. In this tutorial, we'll go through the process of using the app and show you just how easy this process can be.
How to change the click speed of the Home button
One of the pet peeves that I have with my iPhone and other iOS devices is sometimes when trying to launch the App Switcher, I end up on the Home screen, or I end up toggling my accessibility shortcut instead by accident. As much as I swear I just pressed my Home button twice, the device thinks I pressed it once, or three times.
Granted this doesn't happen to me all the time, but it happens enough for me to notice it. It'll happen occasionally because the device's Home button sensor can become overloaded with input in a short period of time and fail to recognize presses either because of device lag or a worn-out sensor. Or, perhaps the opposite happened – you're too slow and the device expects you to press the button quicker and so it only registers a single press when you meant to press twice.
In this tutorial, we'll show how to adjust the click speed of the Home button and put a stop to this happening once and for all.
How to increase privacy in Safari for iPhone and iPad
Most of you who use an iOS device probably use Safari as your main and default web browser despite the vast number of third-party alternatives like Chrome, Firefox, Brave, Opera, etc., available in the App Store. But how often do you think about the privacy of your information when you're using it?
Apple gives you several privacy options for using Safari on your iPhone or iPad to keep your information safe. In this tutorial, we aim to make you more familiar with them and talk about how to use them to make Safari secure and private.
How to fix Touch ID not working on iPhone, iPad, and Mac
In this troubleshooting guide, we walk you through all the potential solutions to fix Touch ID problems on your Mac, iPad, or iPhone and make the fingerprint scanner work again to unlock the device, autofill passwords, authenticate purchases, and more.
How to uninstall a VPN from your iPhone or iPad
There are two different ways to remove a VPN from your iPhone or iPad, and it depends on how the VPN application is installed and configured on your device. In this tutorial, we'll explain both ways.