Questions tagged [iphone]
iPhone is Apple's smartphone line. All iPhones are shipped with iOS, Apple’s mobile Operating System. This tag can include questions about hardware, software and accessories.
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Safari accesses Contacts
I’m reading the App Privacy Report of my iPhone. It says that Safari accesses Contacts.
I‘ve never explicitly allowed it and I don’t know why Safari does it.
I have disabled the use of contact ...
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iCal invites sent to my Gmail address (which is also my Apple ID) get added to iCloud
My Apple ID is my Gmail address. I also use Google Calendar as my main calendar. But, when someone sends me a calendar invite from their Apple Calendar app, I don't get an email in Gmail, and it there'...
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MIC ON, Problems with audio on IOS 15
I ask for help with this problem, example: In a game or any app, I turn on the microphone and automatically the audio/sound of background apps slide the volume or mute or switch to MONO. Example: In ...
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Apple Freeform app: stop geometry snapping to centre
In Freeform, if I insert geometry on top of an image, the top node snaps to the centre of the image and will not move. How can I move both the top and bottom nodes of the geometry?
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Does deleting messages in a group chat delete them for everyone else?
I wasn’t thinking and sent some messages and pictures to the wrong group chat. I have iOS 16, and I think most everyone else does on it. I didn’t see unsend, so I just deleted them.
The group chat I ...
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Where does the list of iPhone movies in Finder come from?
When I connect my iPhone to my MacBook, then go to Finder and click in the left column my iPhone name, I get to the syncing tool. At the top of this are the tabs "General", "Music",...
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Xcode phone simulator shows no Wi-Fi or profile
When running phone simulator via Xcode, there are no settings for Wi-Fi or profile. Doing it on iPhone 14 Pro Max and iOS 16.2
I've enabled everything I can on the developer screen, have restarted the ...
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Unknown MAC address under Personal Hotspot usage
Context: Personal hotspot connection from iPhone 12 used on my MacBook Air.
Problem: Under Settings - Mobile Data - Personal Hotspot (iPhone), I see 2 data usage components:
1.5 GB - MacBook, and,
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Free ways to extract files from encrypted iPhone backup
Does anyone knows any free (as in really free and not limited in any way) solution to extract files (messages, call history etc) from an encrypted iPhone backup?
I know the password, so this is not a ...
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Vertical scrolling is lagging and snapping to a virtual grid
The hardware is a refurbished iPhone 12 Pro Max, unknown history. Up to date iOS 16.
Here is how the vertical scrolling feels all across the system: horizontal axis is time, vertical axis is distance ...
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Is it possible to stream an RTSP feed to an iPhone?
A co-worker of mine wants to stream an RTSP streaming video feed to his iphone so he can tap into his child's daycare center here and there. Any ideas on how to do this?
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How to stop iTunes on my PC to upload random picture on my iTunes iPhone?
I download a lot of music from my PC iTunes to my iPhone iTunes. On the PC you have the option to choose the "Artwork" of each song you have on there, which I always personally choose, to ...
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How do I have my iPhone/iPad not ask for passcode for each iTunes backup?
iMac 2019 MacOS Mojave; iOS 15.7.1
Sometime after I updated my iPhone 8 and iPad (9th gen) I get a message on the iPhone/iPad every time I connect via USB to provide a passcode to back up the device.
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iPhone 12 personal hotspot stuck on 2.4Ghz
I have an iPhone 12 64GB and the 5GHz personal hotspot stopped working a few months back.
The "Maximize Compatibility" switch doesn't seem to do anything, it always shows up as a 2.4GHz ...
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How can I filter and sort videos by orientation (portrait or landscape)?
I'm attempting to filter and sort all videos in a local folder based on their orientation. I can't find anything in AppleScript, macOS file search, or video metadata that will make this easy. My guess ...
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Frequently Visited Sites has disappeared from Safari. How to restore?
At some point after the upgrade to iOS 15.x, the Frequently Visited Sites section in Safari disappeared. When I tap on the address bar, I only get Shared with You, Privacy Report and Reading List.
I ...
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iPhone camera takes a 3 second exposure causing blurry photos instead of using the flash. How do I disable?
Every time I want to take a photo, the iPhone enables a 3 second exposure in low light. This feature is horrible and does not work for any situation.
I want it to use the flash always.
Does anyone ...
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Extract emails directly from Apple mail app on iPad (without syncing to mail server)
My friend's email was hacked, the password changed, and all emails and folders deleted. They are only Apple users - Mac, iPad, iPhone.
After fixing the email password and hack, this empty mailbox was ...
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How can I get a video *into* the photo/video gallery on an iPad or iPhone?
Let's start by assuming that I have a perfectly compatible file. (In my use case, I was literally trying to get a video I took on my iPhone, that lives in my iPhone photos/video gallery, onto my iPad, ...
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Sharing website in Books (= printing as pdf) does not work anymore in Safari, crashing the website. How to save a pdf of the website to Books?
On my iPhone 7, roughly till 2021, I used to print Safari websites that I wanted to save as a whole pdf by just sharing it with Books. I stopped doing so after switching to another browser, but now, I ...
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How do I abort "add a call" on iOS 13?
The scenario is I'm in the middle of a phone call, apparently my face brushed the button for "add a call". I'm still in my call, looking at that "Add a call / Contacts" menu.
I ...
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When printing photos to the Canon TS960 printer from iPhone/iPad using AirPrint, the printer thinks the print job is a CD label
When printing *photos to the Canon TS960 printer from iPhone or iPad using AirPrint, the printer thinks the print job is a CD label and asks me to 'Place a printable disk on the multi-purpose tray'. ...
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Keep Calendar's events alive in Notification Centre, until user sees them (independently of the "end" time)
Is there any way to keep alive in "Notification Centre", each Calendar event, until the user sees it?
The current state is, that if the "End" time passes, the event disappears and ...
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How do I retrieve a list of all my songs on the iPhone?
I have a large collection of mp3 files that I want to listen to on my iPhone. I do not have an Apple Music subscription.
I have used iTunes on Windows to add a subset of my songs to its library and ...
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Personal Hotspot: WiFi vs Bluetooth, which uses less battery on the MacBook Pro/iPhone
Note: I read this post, but it didn't answer my question Which Personal Hotspot mode uses least battery?
I often use my iPhone as Personal Hotspot for my MacBook Pro. I found the linked question above ...
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Receive photos from iPhone users while keeping EXIF metadata (time, location,...)
I need to collect photos from all my friends, some of whom use iPhone. (I have no Apple devices btw). Usually, I send people a link using which they upload all their photos to my cloud through a web ...
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IOS 15.5.6 Any way to turn off vibration for certain apps?
For apps like Twitter, I'd like to only receive its notification and badge and NOT the vibration of it. Had this on my Galaxy Note 20, but struggling to find it on my iPhone 11 Pro.
When I go to ...
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Unable to generate a recovery key
I am using an iPhone 12 (iOS 16.3.1) and would like to turn on ADP for iCloud. In order to do that, I need to create a recovery key but whenever I try I get this error:
Account Not Eligible
Your ...
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Skype notifications disappear while there are unread messages, on iPhone
I have an iPhone SE with iOS 13.2.2 and latest Skype.
Today I noticed, that notification about new messages in Skype are not shown on the lock screen.
What happened was that I has a chat with a ...
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How to make Chrome Browser not automatically sign out from outlook.com email on iPhone?
I use a trick on Windows which is very useful and it allows me to stay login in two accounts at the same time without entering password again and again, great for home pc.
Of course you can stay ...
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Photos always listed as most recent
I have a few photos from one photo “shoot” that are always listed as most recent in the iPhone Photos app even though they were taken months ago. Why do they not sort by date as with other photos?
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What settings should I use to send MMS group messages
When my iPhone was new I noticed that I couldn't send messages to phones which only accept SMS messages. Therefore I enabled the setting "Send as SMS" in Settings > Messages and that ...
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Is there a way to get back my lost photos on iPhone?
I accidentally restored an old backup on my iPhone and I lost some important photos.
I used EaseUs's data recovery app but it would only find the photos that I now have restored from the old backup, ...
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Slow and preservative charging options for day to day use, iPhone 14 Pro
I want to preserve my phone to the best extent I can, so I need advice on what charger I should be using day to day.
The phone does not come with a charger and the official page encourages us to reuse ...
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Problems getting iPhone 11 to charge even when using wireless charger
Can someone help me to understand why my iPhone 11 won't charge (most of the time, multiple combos of charging methods)?
Sometimes I will get a %6 but then it will stop, sometimes like now (well I ...
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How to make iPad software split keyboard identical to the iPhone default one?
The iPad software split keyboard is slightly different than the iPhone, which makes it infuriatingly difficult to type when you barely use the iPad.
Is there a way to make the iPad split keyboard ...
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How do I de-duplicate iPhone messages in the text message history?
Some bad data backup/recovery software caused most texts in my message history (inside of "Messages" app in iOS) to get duplicated (repeated) 8X.
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Alice: Hello, Bob.
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Distinguish multiple iPhone hotspots
I often work in trains or at other locations where many people are close together. I share the Internet connection of my iPhone with my other devices for this purpose. What do I do if several people ...
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iPhone X iOS 16.3.1 how to save folders starting with “.” (Dot)
I am connected to a shared folder on Windows 10 x64 via SMB by using iPhone’s Files app. I saved a zip file containing folders starting with a dot “.” When i extracted these folders within the Files ...
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iPhone XS automatically shuts down once plugged to charger
Recently I replaced my iPhone X's battery, and it was working fine for at least one week. Here is weird problem: when I plugged it to charger it start charging like normal, once screen goes dim & ...
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iPhone not detecting NFC tag
I want to be able to open a link on my phone using an NFC tag.
I brought some Timeskey NFC tags to do some tests.
On Android, I have no issue using NFC tools app I can read and write, on iPhone 12 ...
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Loading hi-res music from mac mini to iphone - sample rate not supported
I have a Mac mini late 2014 with macOS Catalina (10.15.7).
I have an iPhone 12 mini with iOS 15.6.1.
In iTunes, I try to sync 192 kHz/24 bit songs, but get the error "sample rate not supported by ...
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Is is possible to delete recently closed tabs without deleting Safari history?
I want to clear my recently closed tabs but I still want to keep my Safari history. To open my recently closed tabs, I need to long press the "+" button and then it appears.
This answer ...
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Safari on IOS doesn’t save cookies
iPhone, latest IOS, Safari.
I do very little web browsing from my phone; in most cases, I just open Safari and search for something. I always had this rather frustrating issue: every time I search for ...
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How to make sure a video file can be stored in the Photos app? (iPhone)
I would like to offer a video of our festival promotion towards our fans to be then shared on social media. However it seems impossible to offer it in a way that the video can be stored to the Photos ...
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How to connect iPhone to USB Type-C Portable Monitor?
I'm trying to figure out a way to connect iPhone 5 (lightning) to ASUS MB16AC portable monitor with USB type-C input as only connector that at the same time serves as power supply. Thought about some ...
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How can I switch from Google Authentication to Apple Authentication
Android user here since my first phone, I finally decided to switch to an iPhone. What a wonderful choice.
I was able to switch to every Apple's services (passwords, mails, messages...) but I have one ...
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Missing photos when accessing iPhone via Windows Explorer
I always transferred photos from an iPhone to a Windows PC via Windows Explorer, simply by entering the DCIM folder on the phone, navigating to the month folder and copying the files.
Some weeks ago ...
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Using iPhone as mic for Mac, clicked "Disconnect", and can't find iPhone in "Sound Input" anymore. What should I do to fix?
I have been using my iPhone as a Mic for my mac for a while. It works perfectly.
However, today I clicked the "disconnect" button and I can't see my iPhone in the Sound Input any more. What ...
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Is there anyway to have your iPhone notifications on Windows 10?
Is there a way to get call notifications and alerts on Windows 10 from my iPhone? I spend a lot of time on PC and I always get missed calls. Also my room has no signal so I put my iPhone in the main ...
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