How to Turn Off Auto-Capitalization on the iPhone 5
Your iPhone keyboard is surprisingly easy to type on considering how small it can feel, especially to individuals with larger hands. But, like almost any …
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You can also visit our Device Guides Page to see a list of devices for which we have written articles.
Some of the more popular articles in this category include:
How to Back Up to iCloud on the iPhone 5
The usefulness of cloud storage shows itself in many ways, but perhaps one of the most helpful is through backup options. While many backup solutions …
How to Delete a Playlist on the iPhone 5
Making playlists in your favorite music app can be fun. Searching for songs that you like and discovering similar songs can make for a very …
How to Upload Pictures to SkyDrive from the iPhone 5
If you use the camera on your iPhone 5 a lot, then you have probably built up a sizable number of pictures on your camera …
How to Lock Your iPad 2 in Landscape Orientation
While Apple devices like the iPad and the iPhone are generally quite good about rotating themselves appropriately for how you are trying to use them, …
How to Enable Photo Stream Sharing on the iPhone 5
Apple’s iCloud includes some helpful options for sharing and syncing your data, including the Photo Stream. If you choose to do so, you can create …
How to Disable App Store on the iPhone 5
Apple has offered some form of parental controls on their devices for years. Initially, it was called restrictions, but that has been replaced by the …
How to Upload Pictures From iPhone 5 to Google Drive
While cloud storage has become cheaper and cheaper, many people are still looking for a free method for saving their pictures to online storage. Google …
Restrict Netflix to Wi-Fi on the iPad 2
If you have a limited amount of cellular data each month and have ever gone over that amount, then you probably had a more expensive …
How to Email Multiple Pictures from the iPad 2
Setting up an email account on your iPad 2 is a good idea not only because it allows you to read emails but also because …
How to Change Your Text Tone on the iPhone 5
One of the more common things that people will change on their new iPhone is the ringtone. It’s a fun customization to make, and you …
How to Use Google Cloud Print on the iPhone 5
The Google Chrome browser app on the iPhone 5 has been updated to incorporate the Google Cloud Print feature. This means that if you are …
How to Uninstall Netflix on the iPhone 5
Putting Netflix on your iPhone 5 is as simple as installing the app, then entering your email address and password. But if you decide to …
How to Find the iOS Version on Your iPhone 5
Your iPhone 5 has an operating system installed on it that is called iOS. Periodically Apple will release a new version of the software that …
How Do You Turn Off Spell Check on the iPhone 5?
Your iPhone 5 has two features that can be used to correct words that are spelled incorrectly. The first feature, auto-correction, is the more aggressive …
Set Bing as the Search Provider in Safari on the iPhone 5
Google is still the biggest name around when it comes to search engines, but Microsoft’s Bing option is gaining in popularity. Google is set as …
Create a New Playlist on the iPhone 5
Playlists are a very helpful way to select the songs that you want to listen to on your iPhone 5. Especially if you have a …
How to Email a Picture to Yourself on the iPhone 5
There are a lot of different things that you can do with the pictures on your iPhone 5, but sometimes you need to access your …
Automatically Upload Your iPhone 5 Pictures to Dropbox
It’s very easy to take a picture with your iPhone 5’s camera, and almost as easy to send that picture through a text message or …
How to Mirror Your iPhone 5 Screen on the Apple TV
We have previously written about five of the reasons that you should buy an Apple TV, but perhaps the biggest reason is AirPlay. This allows …
How to Change Your Ringtone on the iPhone 5
Ringtones are a fun way to customize your new iPhone. It’s a setting that allows you to use a song or tone that you like, …
How to Show Battery Percentage on the iPad 2
The battery life on the iPad 2 is excellent, and you will find that you often get up to 10 hours of battery life on …
How to Type in All Caps on the iPhone 5
Typing in all capital letters in written communications is supposed to imply that the person typing the message is shouting. Some people do not realize …
How to View Your History in the iPhone 5 Safari Browser
The Safari Web browser on your iPhone 5 has a lot of similarities to the full-sized Web browsers that you use on your computer. One …
How to Clear Your Cookies in the iPhone 5 Safari Browser
If you’ve been using a computer for a while, then you have probably heard and even learned what some common browsing terms mean. In fact, …
How to Turn on Subtitles on the Hulu Plus iPhone 5 App
The iPhone 5 is a pretty great option when you want to watch streaming content on the go. But if you don’t have headphones available, …
How to Turn Off Subtitles on Netflix on the iPhone 5
Using subtitles is a great option when you want to watch a video on your iPhone 5, but can’t play the audio. Whether you have …
How to Show More Mail Messages on the iPhone 5
Email is becoming an incredibly important means of communication and if you have an iPhone 5, it is very easy to access and manage your …
How to Update Multiple Apps on the iPhone 5 at Once
While most of the apps that you use on your iPhone 5 work without any issues, the companies that make them are always looking for …
How to Get Rid of Netflix Notifications on iPhone
Your iPhone and the apps that you have installed will send you notifications from time to time. You may have already figured out how to …
How to Make the Camera Flash When You Receive a Text Message on the iPhone 5
Your iPhone 5 includes some accessibility options that are meant to improve usage of the device for people with vision or hearing problems. One such …
How to Turn off the Camera Flash on the iPhone 5
Your iPhone 5 camera flash is set to Auto by default. This means that the flash will go off based on the amount of light …
How to Turn Off Wi-Fi on the iPhone 5
Wi-Fi on your iPhone 5 is one of the most important features that you will use on the device. Connecting to Wi-Fi can typically provide …
Find Out How Fast Your Network Connection is on the iPhone 5
Download and upload speeds are popular things for Internet and cellular providers to brag about, but few people ever have a realistic idea of the …
How to Enable Picture Messaging on the iPhone 5
You may have read articles about how to send picture messages on the iPhone 5, but found that you were unable to send a message …
How to Search Email on the iPhone 5
The ability to add your email accounts to the iPhone 5 makes it even easier for you to keep in touch with all of your …
How to Zoom the iPhone 5 Camera
The screen on the iPhone 5 camera has a few icons and options that you can use, but it does not include any kind of …
How to Disable In-App Purchases on the iPhone 5
There are a number of different ways that you can spend money on your iPhone 5. Whether it is on a website in the Safari …
Disable Access to the iTunes Store on the iPhone 5
Once you have configured your iPhone 5 with an Apple ID and set up a payment method, the process of purchasing music, a TV show, …
How to Close Open Tabs in the iPhone 5 Safari Browser
Tabbed browsing was one of the best improvements to Web browsing in recent memory, as it allowed you to open multiple Web pages within one …
How to Enable Restrictions on the iPad 2
The iPad 2 is a good device to give to a child that is old enough to be able to handle it. There are a …
How to Delete Photos from iPhone 5 Photo Stream
Your Photo Stream is a combination of the pictures that you have set to sync to iCloud across all of the devices that are associated …
How to Turn Off Email Notifications on the iPhone 5
Notifications on your iPhone 5 are very helpful, simply because they let you know when someone is trying to contact you. This prevents you from …
How to Turn Off Wi-Fi Sync in iTunes 11 on a Mac
The wireless sync option for certain iOS devices, such as the iPhone 5 and the iPad, makes it much more convenient to transfer and sync …
How to Exclude Messages from Spotlight Search on the iPad
If you have started to use the Spotlight Search feature on your iPad 2, then you know how helpful it can be. This application allows …
How to Enable FaceTime on the iPad 2
Your iPad 2 comes with a FaceTime app that enables you to make a video call to people that are using other iOS devices. You …
How to Clear Your Browsing History in the iPhone 5 Chrome App
We have previously discussed the steps necessary to delete your browsing history in the iPhone 5 Safari app, but not everyone chooses to use that …
How to Clear Your History in the iPhone 5 Safari Browser
We have previously discussed how to do private browsing on the iPhone 5, which is a great option if you are going to be visiting …
Where is the Facetime App on My iPhone 5?
FaceTime is a useful feature if you want to have a video call with another iOS user. The ability to see the person with whom …
How to Bookmark in Safari on the iPhone 5
It can be difficult to type on the iPhone’s keyboard, so the prospect of constantly performing Google searches or typing a complete website address can …
How to Update Your iPad 2
Occasionally you might see a white number in a red circle at the top-right corner of an icon on your iPad 2. The specific meaning …
How to Set Up a Passcode on the iPhone 5
The more you use your iPhone 5 and begin to rely on it to store important information, the more valuable the device and its data …
Delete Text Messages on the iPhone 5
We don’t have control over the things that other people send to us on our iPhone 5. This is an unfortunate reality of a device …
How to Check the Battery Cycle Count on the MacBook Air
We all know the basics of how a laptop battery works. It has a finite amount of energy that, once it is consumed, needs to …
Print a Picture from the iPhone 5
There are a number of dedicated printing apps that you can download to your iPhone 5 that can give you some increased functionality, but they …
5 Streaming Video Apps for the iPhone 5
It can be difficult to get away from the mindset that the iPhone 5 is not just a phone, but a very capable media device. …
Turn On Closed Captioning on the iPhone 5
The very nature of a mobile device like the iPhone 5 means that you can use it anywhere. This makes it a good choice as …
Some Awesome Sci-Fi iPhone Cases for the iPhone 5
I spend a lot of time messing with the settings and apps on my iPhone 5, so you could say that the majority of my …
How to Insert a Picture in an Email on the iPhone 5
We have previously discussed different ways to customize the behavior of the Mail app on your iPhone 5, such as how to set the default …
Show Text Message Previews on the iPhone 5
Your iPhone 5 uses a system of notifications that let you know when you have received new information, or that you have an upcoming appointment. …
How to Tag Photos With Location on the iPhone 5
Your iPhone 5 has the ability to track your location (which can affect battery life), and to share that information with the various apps that …
How to Free Up Space on the iPhone 5
There are a lot of reasons to like the iPhone 5, but the amount of storage space that it includes is not one of them. …
How to Record and Email a Voice Memo from the iPhone 5
Your iPhone 5 has some helpful utilities installed by default that you may not have noticed or thought you had a use for. We have …
Add a New City to the iPhone 5 Weather App
Your iPhone 5 comes pre-loaded with some apps and utilities that Apple thinks are important for any iPhone 5 owner to have. Whether you choose …
How to Start Playing a Video Where You Left Off on the iPhone 5
There are a number of different applications that can stream videos on your iPhone 5, such as Netflix, Hulu, or Vudu, but there is also …
How to Increase Text Size in Notes on the iPhone (Multiple Models)
You can increase the size of the text on your iPhone for the Notes app and more by going to Settings > Display & Brightness …
How to Do a Screenshot on the iPhone 5 and Send It as a Picture Message
There are many reasons that you might need to know how to screenshot on the iPhone 5. Maybe someone sent you a message that made …
Set a Contact as a Favorite on the iPhone 5
There are several different ways to place a call or email someone from your iPhone 5, but one of the most common methods is to …
How to Set a Ringtone for a Contact on the iPhone 5
Have you ever been around someone and noticed that you are hearing different ringtones coming from the same device? This probably isn’t some strange app …
How to Add a Picture to an iPhone 5 Contact
Your iPhone 5 Contacts application has a number of different fields and options that you can configure with information about that contact. Typically you would …
How to Use the iPhone 5 as a Timer
Learning how to use the timer on the iPhone can provide you with some additional ways to use the device. A timer has a number of …
How to Delete a Picture on the iPhone 5
Occasionally you may take a bad picture with your iPhone, or you might take a picture that you decide you no longer want to have. …
How to Delete a Photo Album on the iPhone 5
The images on your iPhone 5 are organized into albums. You may have created new albums on the device to simplify the process of organizing …
How to Bookmark in the Chrome iPhone App
While search engines make finding your favorite sites very easy, it can be cumbersome to constantly be typing a search term into a browser to …
How to Save a Picture from a Website on Your iPhone 5
if someone has ever sent a picture to you in a text message that they got from a Web page or the Internet, then you …
How to Do Private Browsing in the iPhone Chrome App
Private browsing is an important option to know how to toggle on and off. Whether you are doing some birthday shopping for a loved one …
How to Connect the 2012 MacBook Air to an HDTV
There are a lot of reasons to like your MacBook Air. It’s very lightweight, it has a long battery life, and the keyboard and touchpad …
How to Change the Password on Your iPad 2
The default setting on your iPad 2 will require you to simply move the slider from the left side of the screen to the right …
How to Stop Organizing Emails by Thread on the iPhone 5
Your iPhone 5 has the ability to organize your email messages by thread in an effort to make it easier to access all of the …
How to Delete a TV Show Episode from the iPhone 5
Your iPhone 5 gives you access to a number of different media sources, many of which allow you to download songs or videos directly to …
How to Show More Emails in the Mail App on Your iPad
If you are a heavy email user, then you know how quickly messages can accumulate in your inbox. Some people are really good at managing …
Set an Instagram Picture as Your iPhone 5 Wallpaper
Instagram is a pretty fun app to play with, especially when you consider the impressive quality of images that the iPhone 5 is capable of …
How to Turn On Data Roaming on the iPhone 5
Cell phones and other mobile devices are becoming a large part of daily life for more and more people, which means that the average budget …
Turn Off All Cellular Data on Your iPhone 5
It can be helpful to know how to turn off data on the iPhone 5 if you are nearing your monthly data cap and you …
Only Watch Netflix on the iPhone 5 When Connected to WiFi
The current state of cellular plans and mobile devices like the iPhone 5 has created an unfortunate problem. People now have the ability to consume …
How to Enable the LED Flash for Alerts on the iPhone 5
If you have ever seen someone’s iPhone blink because they received a text message, and you thought it would useful, then you are probably trying …
How to Transfer Pictures Between iPhone and iPad Using iCloud
One of the best reasons to use only Apple products is the simple integration that you gain access to because of their integrated environment. Whether …
How to Check How Much Space is Left on Your iPad
Managing storage space on your iPad is an important part of owning the device, particularly if you have a lot of movies and TV shows …
How to Stop Showing Message Alerts on Your iPhone 5 Lock Screen
Text messaging is a great tool for communication, and the iPhone 5 is among the best at handling those types of messages. You can set …
How to Go To Offline Mode in Spotify on the iPhone 5
It’s helpful to know how to go offline in Spotify if you are about to go on a long trip where you will be listening …
How to Turn Off Shake to Shuffle on Your iPhone 5
Your iPhone 5 has a lot of cool features, many of which are enabled the first time you turn on the phone. These are intended …
How to Force Quit an App on the iPhone 5
Anyone who has ever used a desktop or laptop computer, whether it is a Mac or PC, has probably encountered a program or application that …
How to Close Apps on the iPhone 5
The mobile iOS operating system that is on your iPhone 5 is very good at managing applications. If you are switching to the iPhone from …
How to Save a Picture Message to Dropbox on the iPhone 5
Since cameras on phones are becoming better and better, people are starting to use them more often and, in some cases, as their primary camera. …
Create a Website Icon on an iPhone 5 Home Screen
As you start using your iPhone 5, you will begin to realize how easy it is to browse to and view your favorite websites. The …
How to Refresh a Page on the Chrome iPhone App
Sometimes the information that you see on a web page isn’t the most recent version of that information. A lot of websites use caching to …
How to Change the Maps Navigation Volume on the iPhone 5
The volume of the spoken directions in a navigation app can be pretty important. You need to be able to hear those directions when you’re …
How to Use Private Browsing on the iPhone 5
Privacy is a big concern when you are using mobile devices, particularly if you share that device with another person, or someone else is constantly …
How to Turn Off the iPhone 5 Lock and Unlock Sound
By default, your iPhone 5 can make a lot of noise. Most of these noises are meant to give you an audio indication that some …
How to Lower Screen Brightness on the iPhone 5
When your iPhone 5 screen is too bright, especially in a dark environment, then it can hurt your eyes, while also distracting other people. Fortunately, …