How to have Siri automatically read incoming text messages out loud to you in iOS 13
Learn how to get handy voice announcements from Siri through your AirPods or Powerbeats Pro for texts sent to you via Messages or any third-party messaging app.
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Israeli surveillance software Pegasus targets cloud data on infected iPhones
The updated smartphone surveillance tool from Israeli company NSO Group not only harvests on-device data, but also scraps data from iCloud and popular cloud-based services the user authenticated on their iPhone or Android.
How to adjust iPhone hold duration for 3D Touch and Haptic Touch
iOS 13 brought out an expanded use of the Haptic Touch feature across the system experience, including a new feature that makes it possible to adjust the time it takes to reveal content previews, actions and contextual items.
Connecting an iPod with an iPhone using new external storage support in iOS 13’s Files app
An iDownloadBlog reader took it upon himself to try connecting his iPod nano to an iPhone running the iOS 13 software to see if he could browse the music player in the Files app.
How to quickly connect to nearby Wi-Fi networks and Bluetooth accessories from Control Center in iOS 13
iOS 13 sports a Wi-Fi/Bluetooth selection feature in Control Center that saves you from opening Settings every time you wish to switch Wi-Fi networks or Bluetooth accessories.
How to rotate, straighten, crop, trim or flip a video in the Photos app on iOS 13
Not only can you rotate a video without round-tripping to iMovie, but also de-skew perspective and perform other non-destructible operations on your footage that used to require third-party apps, like trimming, cropping, rotating and flipping.
How to mute notifications from email threads in Apple Mail on iOS 13
Apple Mail makes it easy to mute notifications from an email thread, which you’ll find indispensable when CC’d in an overly active email thread that you aren’t actively participating in.
Creating an iMessage profile with a custom profile picture and display name in iOS 13
iOS 13 lets iPhone and iPad owners create an iMessage profile for the Messages app with a custom photo and display name, and decide how to share it with chat participants.
How to change where the downloaded Safari items are saved in iOS 13
iOS 13 brought out a built-in download manager. Follow along as we show you how to customize where files you download in the Safari browser go on your iPhone or iPad.
How to have Safari automatically close all open tabs in iOS 13
Follow along with iDownloadBlog as we show you how to set iOS 13’s Safari on iPhone and iPad to automatically close all your open tabs once per day, week or month.
Connecting a floppy drive, a Sony PSP and even a graphing calculator to iOS 13’s Files app
One dude’s been able to connect some really old stuff to his iPhone, like a Casio graphing calculator and a good ol’ floppy drive, and access them in iOS 13’s much-improved Files app.
The top 20 hidden features in iOS 13
Our resident video editor Harris Craycraft has put together a quick list of the top 20 tidbits and little improvements in iOS 13 that will actually make a real difference in your everyday computing on iPhone and iPad.