Tag: iphone
Is the iPhone wedding dress in the mirror Instagram photo real or not?
If you have not come across this story yet, firstly check out this photo and see if you can spot the problem. It’s a bit of fun. (Used with permission from here.) Once you’ve spotted the ‘glitch’ read on – spoiler alert.
How to change the iPhone headphone balance while on a call
You can’t! Here’s a problem I don’t have an answer to. If you use the built-in balance control on iOS to move the balance to left or right, this setting is over-ridden during a mobile phone call. Worse still, even high-end headphones like Sony or Bose rely on the built-in iOS balance. (They do not…
How to get an Apple ID
To register a new Apple device you need an Apple ID. You can register for a new ID on your iPhone when you first start it up, but I find it much easier to create an Apple ID from the Apple website. If you are on an overseas holiday be careful about using your temporary…
Can’t transfer photos from an iPhone to your Macbook wirelessly!
I have an iPhone 13 and a new model 14inch m1 MacBook Pro. I’d love to copy the photo’s from my iPhone to my MacBook Pro. I can’t find a way to do it easily. The only option seems to be using a lightning to USB cable, but even then the processes painfully slow. There…
iPhone 11 vs Pixel 4 Camera
See a great comparison here: https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/15/20915462/google-pixel-4-xl-iphone-11-pro-camera-comparison-test-photos-specs You can slide between shots from both cameras and compare them side by side. (Make sure you move the slider in the middle of the photos.) I’m surprised by how consistently different the colours in the photos are. The iPhone photos look ‘nicer’ but they also look less realistic.…
What is Apple iPhone XS Beauty Mode?
There have been reports that the new iPhone XS has an automatic ‘Beauty Mode’ that smooths people’s skin. It is true that the new iPhone XS selfies do look a lot smoother than the previous iPhone X. This could be a ‘beauty mode’ but I doubt it. If Apple did have a deliberate beauty mode…
Funny iPhone ads by Samsung
We all loved the Mac vs PC ads, when Apple were taking the mickey out of PCs. Well the tables have turned with a clever set of ads from Samsung. You can see them all on Samsung’s Youtube channel here, but my favourite is this one…
How to download incompatible iOS Apps to an older iPhone
We have an iPhone 4 that we love. It is running iOS 7. But there are some apps that you cannot download to iOS7. If you try to download them from the App store you get this message: To get around this, you need an older version of the app. But Apple don’t give you…
2nd Hand iPhone SE / iPad Air in Australia
I just purchased a phone from this ebay seller and when it arrived it was as good as new! It’s worth keeping an eye on these guys. The 2 specials below have sold out but they now have Apple watches for $189.
What is causing the iOS11 battery drain problems?
My iPhone has been using huge amounts of battery power for almost 2 weeks now – ever since I upgraded to iOS11. It can drop 20% of it’s battery percentage in an hour and it’s using so much power that it takes 5 hours to charge! I’m keen to see who else is having this problem…
SMS messages not delivered when sending from iPhone to other phones.
In this Google Pixel review I commented that one of the frustrating things about the Google Pixel phone was that sometimes it missed incoming text messages. In fact this was so critical to me that it caused me to switch back to my iPhone. I have since discovered that this was not a problem with my Google…
Which Apps are draining my battery in iOS 11.
Many iPhone users are noticing a fast drain in battery life in iOS 11. You can check which apps are using your battery by going to Settings –> Battery and then scrolling down to where it says ‘BATTERY USAGE.’ You will see a screen like this: This is a very handy chart that lets you…
How to plug an iPhone into a sound desk
How to plug an iPhone with no headphone jack into a stereo or PA system.
Does your iPhone give you sore thumbs?
I tend to get sore thumbs from over-using my iPhone. Here’s something interesting that I noticed when I used an Android phone for 6 months. My sore thumbs disappeared. To tell you the truth, I didn’t really notice this until I switched back to the iPhone again, then after about 1 week my sore thumbs…
iPhone “cannot be synced because there is not enough free space to hold all of the selected items”
I just went to sync my iPhone and I was given this message. This ‘lack of space’ is not a lack of space in your computer, the ‘lack of space’ is on the iPhone. This is somewhat of a bug. I think it is because iTunes is wanting to do some updates to the iPhone…
How to add a software ‘home button’ to your iPhone or iPad screen
The home button is the button on the bottom of your iPhone that takes you back to the home screen. It requires a hard press to make it ‘click’. You can turn on a ‘soft’ equivalent button that appears on your screen. I can think of 3 reasons that you might want a ‘soft’ home…
iPhone vs Android 6 months along.
An update on my Android vs iPhone experiment. At the start of this year I purchased a Google Pixel phone for review and I ended up keeping it because it was so good. So how am I feeling about it 6 months later? The novelty of the Google phone is wearing off but I still…
‘Which Bank’ doesn’t work with Apple Pay?
That’s right, it’s the Commonwealth Bank. Currently there are 50 banks in Australia that support Apple pay but three out of the top four banks do not. Read on for which banks do and don’t support Apple Pay in Australia.
Google Pixel phone – the review I didn’t want to write.
It’s been a challenging a few months because I can’t get myself back onto my iPhone. I’ve tried three times and I simply cannot go back to the iPhone. The Pixel is a great phone and it plays very nicely with OS X.
Still no copy from SMS
Today Apple released iOS 10.2 and sadly we are still stuck with this childish cartoon popup when you click on a word in a text message.
Google Inbox iOS app – a great alternative to Apple Mail App
Google Inbox has become my preferred email app for my iPhone. I have been using it alongside Apple Mail for about a year but in the last couple of months I have completely ditched the Apple Mail app in favour of Google Inbox. It’s just lovely to use, where do I start?