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Be Careful When Offloading iPhone Apps

Automatic offloading of seldom-used apps can be a good strategy for recovering space on an iPhone whose storage is almost full, and iOS can do this for you in Settings […]

Losing Messages or Calls? Look in the Unknown Senders/Callers Filter

A woman with long curly hair, wearing a white shirt with red polka dots, looks frustrated while holding a smartphone outdoors, perhaps after losing messages or calls. Look in the Unknown Senders/Callers Filter—trees and a building are visible in the background.

In iOS, iPadOS, and macOS 26, Apple added an option in the Messages app to filter messages from unknown people and those marked as spam by the carrier. To enable […]

iOS 26 Can AutoFill Credit Card Details

A person in a red shirt holds a credit card and a smartphone, appearing to make an online purchase—showcasing how iOS 26 can auto-fill credit card details at a table with a blurred background.

Sadly, not all websites and apps support Apple Pay, so we’ve become accustomed to manually entering our credit card information into fields, like animals. No longer! In iOS 26, the […]

Control Song Transitions in Apple Music

A DJ in a yellow shirt and sunglasses mixes music on a console, wearing headphones and smiling, with colorful lights and neon bars in the background—just like how you can control song transitions in Apple Music for seamless playlists.

A new feature for Apple Music subscribers in the Music app in iOS 26, iPadOS 26, and macOS 26 is AutoMix, which Apple says causes songs to “transition at the […]

How to Ensure You Don’t Miss Reminders

A person holds a smartphone with digital notification bell icons above it, one showing 9 alerts, illustrating How to Ensure You Don’t Miss Reminders. A laptop is partially visible in the background.

Recording a task in Apple’s Reminders app on your Mac, iPhone, or iPad is just the first step—the app captures what you need to do—but what matters more is being […]

If Your iPhone’s Lock Screen Clock Is Too Transparent, You Can Fix It

A person in a denim shirt holds and touches a transparent, rectangular sheet, as if using an invisible smartphone—much like adjusting settings if your iPhone’s lock screen clock is too transparent and you want to fix it.

One place where the Liquid Glass transparency in iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 can be annoying is the time display on the Lock Screen. Liquid Glass tries—but often fails—to adjust […]

Reminders (Finally) Adds Time Zone Support

Four clocks showing different times are mounted above black city names—Bangkok, Tokyo, London, and New York—on a bright red wall, reminding you that Reminders (Finally) Adds Time Zone Support. The ceiling above has gray panels and black beams.

Apple’s latest operating systems have eliminated a longstanding annoyance for frequent travelers: the lack of time zone support in Reminders. If you had set a reminder to alert you at […]

Messages Now Offers Shared Conversation Backgrounds

Two women stand and chat against a bright yellow wall, casting shadows as they talk. Their engaged conversation reflects the new Messages Now Offers Shared Conversation Backgrounds feature, bringing extra brightness to every exchange.

A potentially surprising and fun new feature in Messages in iOS 26, iPadOS 26, and macOS 26 Tahoe is conversation backgrounds. To set one, tap the person or group icon […]

Create Reminders to Return Calls Directly in the Phone App

A black rotary telephone with the receiver off the hook lies on a white surface. Beside it is a tall stack of pink message notes—just like creating reminders to return calls directly in the phone app today.

Apple introduced a neat new feature in the Phone app in iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 (but not macOS 26): callback reminders. Whenever you miss a call and think, “I’d […]

Don’t Miss Calls and Texts: How to Use New Phone and Messages Filtering

Illustration of a frustrated person with their head on a laptop at a desk, while a large hand holds a phone showing notifications—Don’t Miss Calls and Texts: How to Use New Phone and Messages Filtering.

Spam is one of the many banes of modern existence. While we receive more email spam than anything else, interruptions from unwanted phone calls and text messages are even more […]

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