When you buy your first-ever iPad, Apple makes it particularly quick and easy to get going. As soon as you get your second, though, then you need to take these certain steps to get the new one working just how you like.
Upgrading to a new Apple Watch Series 8, or any other Apple Watch, other isn't as easy as just buying one and putting it on. There's not much more involved, but what you do have to do is important to get right, unless you enjoy exasperation.
Apple has recently made changes to how iOS handles the mysterious "other" storage on iPhone and iPad, but it's still not obvious how you can get back some of that space for yourself. Here's how to do it.
There are more home screen customizations in iOS 14 than ever before. Learn how to customize your iPhone's wallpaper, dress up your home screen, and set up widgets to make your iPhone more personal.
Whether you want to create your own icons or are looking to find some ready-made ones, we've got some tips and tricks to help you customize your iOS 14 Home Screen.
With the release of iOS 14, Safari can now translate webpages natively. Here's our handy guide to translating webpages between languages on your iPhone or iPad.
It's not the fanciest or the most elaborate improvement that's come with iOS 14, but it could be the one you use most often. Apple has added one-touch enhancements to all your audio recordings done in Voice Memos.
Learn how to utilize iOS 14's new "hide" feature for photos and how to hide the album in which hidden pictures are stored.
You've spent ages adjusting colors on your Apple Watch face, choosing backgrounds, and picking the best complications for your daily use. Now you can share that face with others — and get theirs in return.
Apple has completely removed Force Touch from watchOS 7, and with it has taken a handy way to do so much. Here's what you now have to do instead.
Apple has added some new features to the Control Center in iOS 14, and also sped up how you can customize it all to suit you.
Learn how iOS 14's new App Clips feature can help you complete common tasks, such as grabbing lunch, without requiring you to download a retailer's full app.
They're not just for Messages. Apple has made emojis such a part of iOS 14 that you can use them nearly anywhere you can type — and now it's made it easier to find the one you want.
Messages used to be a simple replacement for the limited and sometimes costly text messaging we all did, but it's evolved into a powerful communications tool — and iOS 14 has added many improvements.
As well as bringing much-need organization to Shortcuts, the new iOS 14 option for folders has benefits for how you can use widgets, too.
Apple included the Translate app in iOS 14, which aims to make it easy to communicate with others in a foreign language. Here's how to get up and running with the new app.
A key update to both iOS 14 and watchOS 7 is the introduction of sleep-related features, including sleep tracking, a Sleep Mode, and Wind Down. Here's how to take advantage of the features to get a good night's rest.
The release of iOS 14 brings with it an updated Apple Music app, which has been given an overhaul. Here's how to use all of the new features included in the app for all those who updated their iPhone and iPad.
The addition of the Handwashing Timer to watchOS 7 is meant to encourage Apple Watch users to properly wash their hands for at least 20 seconds. Here's how to get the feature working, to remind you to keep your hands clean.
Apple added Scribble to iPadOS 14, a feature that uses handwriting recognition and gestures to enable the Apple Pencil to enter and edit text in apps. Here's how to get the most out of the feature.
AppleInsider shows you how to play your favorite movies on your iPhone while browsing the web or using apps with iOS 14's new picture-in-picture mode.
TikTok and WeChat are now likely to be banned in the US from September 20, but there are steps you need to take right now if you want to use the services in the US now, or in the future.
It's meant to be an accessibility function, but Back Tap in iOS 14 is an extremely convenient way to launch apps or run Shortcuts. Here's how to use it, and what you can do with it.
The new App Library in iOS 14 is a simple idea that proves to be a huge boon to productivity. Here's how it could become your most-used iOS 14 feature, and why it's worth upgrading for just by itself.
Apple's new iOS 14 brings a new way to help you tame that ever-growing number of apps on your iPhone. Here's how to hide apps you hardly ever, or never, use.
The new iOS 14 widgets are bigger, brighter, and more useful than before, but they take up a lot of room — unless you use widget stacks, and Smart Stacks.
Apple has announced a new way to use Apple Cash in Apple Cash Family. Now kids and teens can use Apple Cash, perfect for those using Family Setup on an Apple Watch.
You can finally change your default browser on iOS 14. Here's how to switch from Apple's default Safari browser to something else like Chrome, Firefox, or Duck Duck Go's browser.
There are some limitations, but for the first time you can now entirely replace Apple's Mail app with a third-party one you prefer, in iOS 14.
If the Share button never seems to turn up what you need, here's how to change that — and also make the options it does show be more convenient.
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