Michael Grothaus – KnowYourMobile

A guide to help users determine whether their existing iPhone or iPad is compatible with the Apple Watch Ultra, and how to pair the devices together. Thinking of getting an Apple Watch Ultra? Read our review of the Apple Watch Ultra here if you are still on the fence, then if you decide to make…

You can get up to 60 hours of battery life with the Apple Watch Ultra. Here’s how… The Apple Watch Ultra is packed with amazing features that regular Apple Watches don’t have. As you can read in our full review of the Apple Watch Ultra here, the Ultra is the best Apple Watch Apple has…

The WhatsApp Voice Status feature allows you to set a voice memo as your status. Here’s how to use the new feature… WhatsApp is rolling out a new feature to its status tool called WhatsApp Voice Status. The status feature in WhatsApp has long been part of the app and allowed users to write a…

If you want the ultimate in security, you should disable iCloud web access to your emails, photos, and more… If you own an Apple device you almost certainly have an iCloud account. An iCloud account is linked to your Apple ID and it’s essentially Apple’s version of Gmail, Google Drive, and more. A basic iCloud…

Yes, you can actually take a screenshot of just the MacBook Touch Bar. Here’s how… Many users proficient in macOS, the operating system that runs on Apple’s Macs, including the iMac, Mac Studio, MacBook Air, and MacBook Pro, know that it is very easy to take screenshots on the Mac using just the keyboard shortcut…

Reminders list templates allow you to quickly create a list with specific items already on it. Reminders is a terrific app for iPhone. It’s one of Apple’s pre-installed apps like Photos, Calendar, Mail, Messages, and Notes. And yes, it can be deleted if you don’t like it. But there’s a ton to love about Reminders,…

It’s the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra versus the Google Pixel 7 Pro! How do the Android giants compare? Samsung’s Galaxy S23 Ultra is vying for dominance in the smartphone world. We’ve already looked at how it compares to Samsung Galaxy S23 Plus, as well as Apple’s iPhone 14 Pro Max. But how does the Samsung…

AI photography apps are all the rage nowadays. This list reveals the top 5 AI photography apps for iPhone we love. Generative AI and AI-powered photography apps are all the rage – and increasingly becoming an important part of a content creator’s toolbox. Here are the 5 best AI photography apps we’ve found for iPhone……

The Apple Watch Backtrack feature is available on Apple Watch Ultra, SE, and Series 6 and later. If you’ve got an Apple Watch Series 6 or later, and Apple Watch SE, or the Apple Watch Ultra, you can use a great feature called Backtrack that helps you retrace your steps should you be lost out…

If you want to combine videos on iPhone quickly, this is the app to use and how to use it. The iPhone is known for having a powerful camera system – the best in the industry. However, while the iPhone’s camera is primarily known for taking incredible still images, it, of course, also records video….

No. But many of them are. Here’s what you need to know about Apple Watch Ultra band compatibility. The Apple Watch Ultra is the king of Apple Watches. It features the Action button, which lets you map specific controls to it, Night Mode, a Siren, terrific battery life (up to 60 hours), and more. The…

With watchOS 9 and an Apple Watch Series 8 or Apple Watch Ultra, you can measure your wrist temperature. Here’s how… The Apple Watch Ultra is the best Apple Watch Apple has ever made. It’s got a massive, bright display, insanely long battery life, and cool Apple Watch Ultra-specific features including a siren, Night Mode,…

The Apple Watch Ultra Siren is a new safety feature exclusive to the headline watch. Here’s what to know about it and how to use it… There’s a lot to love with the new Apple Watch Ultra. From its long battery life (up to 60 hours) to that beautiful new Wayfinder watch face with Night…

Apple Watch Ultra Night Mode allows you to more easily see the watch face in the dark – plus it looks insanely cool. The Apple Watch Ultra is the best Apple Watch the company has ever designed. Built for rugged outdoor activities like hiking, swimming, and climbing, the Apple Watch Ultra features a MASSIVE 49mm display…

Yeah, it’s 2022 and some companies still demand you use fax. But the good news is you can send faxes from your iPhone. Here’s how it is done… Key Takeaways The fax machine might be more or less dead, like VHS tape players, to most people. But the fax machine is far from dead – plenty…

iOS has the hidden ability to show you live flight information, letting you track flights on iPhone without needing to download third-party apps. There’s no shortage of flight tracking apps for iPhone, but did you know that you can track most flights on iPhone without needing to download a specific app? That’s because iOS, the…

If you download the free iMovie app, you can speed up video on iPhone without much hassle. Wondering how to speed up video on iPhone? In this guide, we’ll walk you through all the steps. Let’s get started… Why Speed Up Video On iPhone? Before delving into the how, let’s address the WHY people may…

With iOS 16 you can use Siri to restart your iPhone – hands-free. Here’s how to do it. Virtually everything on your iPhone is accessed via its touch-based interface. This is true no matter which iPhone you have. But there has been one cumbersome interaction required if you want to restart your iPhone. You usually…

Along with the new HomePod, Apple has enabled temperature and humidity sensing in the HomePod mini. Here’s how to read it. Apple has had a busy January 2023. The company has introduced new Mac minis, new M2 MacBook Pros, a new HomePod, and iOS 16.3. Alongside those updates, Apple has now released the 16.3 software…

No matter if you have a regular Apple Watch or the Apple Watch Ultra, here’s how to adjust the Apple Watch screen brightness. I’ve been an Apple Watch user since the Series 5 and have been in love with the device ever since. Even though the Apple Watch is capable of so much (its health…

You don’t need an expensive image editor to convert images to popular formats on macOS. macOS is the name of the operating system that runs on modern Macs. The current macOS is macOS Ventura and it runs on most Macs made in the past 4-5 years, including the new MacBook Airs, the new M2 MacBook…

Do the AirPods Pro 2 case sounds annoy you? Hears how to turn off the charging sound effect. The AirPods Pro 2 are Apple’s best in-ear headphones to date. Apple hit it out of the park with the new AirPods Pro it released in 2022. The original AirPods Pro was released in 2019, so the…

Trying to work but keep getting pinged? Here’s how to silence notifications on iPhone. Need to get work done or just want to spend a quiet evening with the family uninterrupted by your phone? Then you’ll want to know how to quickly silence notifications from your iPhone. There are multiple ways to silence – or…

WhatsApp has updated its app with a new feature that lets people message themselves. Here’s how to use it. WhatsApp is one of the most popular messaging apps on the planet. It’s also one of the most secure. WhatsApp messages are end-to-end encrypted so no one, not even WhatsApp, can read them. WhatsApp competes with…

Sound Recognition can alert you if your HomePod or iPhone hears certain alarms. Yesterday Apple supposed people by announcing an all-new 2023 HomePod. The announcement came just a day after Apple announce new M2 Pro and M2 Max MacBook Pros and the new M2 and M2 Pro Mac mini. And Apple still has many new…

Want to keep a copy of your iPhone messages? Here’s how to backup iPhone iMessages! Apple’s iMessage is one of the most popular communication apps in the world. iMessage, or Messages as the app is now known, lets you easily text anyone with an iPhone, iPad, or Mac in a fully end-to-end encrypted medium. That…

Do your part to save the planet by enabling iPhone Clean Energy Charging. It only takes a second to lower your carbon footprint. Gadgets like our iPhones and iPads are great – but they are also a contributor to carbon emissions – the fuel for global warming and, thus, climate change. But Apple is a company…

Some macOS apps get all the attention. But here are five that you should be using (but probably aren’t). When people think of “apps” they probably think of the millions of them that are available for the iPhone and iPad. But the Mac – or rather, the macOS operating system – has a healthy amount of…

Apple’s latest privacy feature lets you keep your iCloud backups as secure as possible. With the release of iOS 16.2, Apple added a major new privacy and security feature to the company’s cloud services known as iCloud. That feature is called Advanced Data Protection, and it allows users to finally end-to-end encrypt their iCloud backups…

Need to see the password of a Wi-Fi account you’ve joined? Here’s how to see Wi-Fi passwords in macOS. If you’ve ever joined a Wi-Fi network from your Mac, chances are the password to the Wi-Fi network was saved on your computer. This is how you can quickly join the Wi-Fi network again without having…

Apple Music Sing is a new karaoke feature for Apple Music Subscribers…but there’s a catch. Apple Music subscription service, called Apple Music, keeps getting better. Since its launch seven years ago, the service has quickly risen to be one of the largest music streaming services in the world. The service boasts over 100 million songs,…

Your MacBook is only as good as your battery lasts. Here’s how to show the battery percentage on macOS in the menu bar. No matter if you’ve got a new M2 MacBook Air or an older MacBook with an Intel chip, one thing is true for them all: as great as MacBooks are, they are…

macOS Ventura has an amazing new feature that lets you copy the subject out of a photo. Here’s how to use it. With the release of macOS Ventura, the latest macOS, Apple has added some great new features to the Mac. These features include things like deleting and editing iMessages, an all-new System Settings app,…

Wondering what is the current macOS? Here’s the newest macOS that’s out as of December 2022! If you’re wondering what the latest version of macOS is, you’ve come to the right place! Here’s what you need to know… What Is The Latest Version Of macOS? This one is an easy question to answer. As of…

What is macOS? Great question! The Mac’s operating system has a long history. Here’s what you need to understand… If you’re wondering “what is macOS?” You’ve come to the right place. In this explainer, we give a brief history of the Mac’s operating system and look at where it might be going next. But first,…

Love Elon Musk or hate him, plenty of people feel now is the time to delete their Twitter account. Here’s how to delete Twitter in 2022. Tired of social media? You’re not alone. While most social media platforms are not exactly at risk of an imminent collapse, at the same time it’s fair to say…

The iPhone can display what type of 5G service you are getting. Yep, there are different types, including 5G UC. Remember the days of the 5G hype train where people thought they would be downloading a full 4K movie in seconds while simultaneously uploading photos to the cloud and surfing the web? Yeah, that really…

The iPhone allows you to forward the calls you receive to another number. Here’s how to set it up. Wondering how to forward calls on iPhone? Read on… Many people today have more than one phone number. Almost all of us have a mobile phone number, but we also usually have at least one more…

The iPhone has a cool feature that allows you to share your Wi-Fi password with a friend nearly instantly. Here’s how to use it! Wondering how to share Wi-Fi password on iPhone? Read on… Nearly every personal Wi-Fi network is protected with a password. A personal Wi-Fi network is the kind you find in your…

Here’s how to add your email account to the iPhone – even if you don’t use iCloud Mail. Wondering how to add email account to iPhone? Read on! Apple’s iPhone comes with a default email client called Mail. It’s the app that most people use to check their email on their iPhone. Yet some people…

Getting called from an unknown number? Here’s how to use Silence Unknown Callers on iPhone. Spam phone calls suck. We all know it and the problem only seems to grow bigger by the year. Many times, spam calls are easily identifiable BEFORE you pick up the phone, though. That’s because we won’t recognize the number…

You can convert picture to PDF on iPhone…with a CRAZY workaround. Here’s what you need to know! Two of the most common file types that we use today are PDFs and JPEGs. A PDF stands for portable document format and it was developed by Adobe in the early 1990s.  PDFs have huge advantages – their…

Have a favorite website? You can bookmark a website right on the iPhone’s home screen for quick access. Here’s how! Wondering how to create website shortcuts on iPhone? Read on! People love their iPhones for all the various apps: the camera, maps, social media, and messaging apps are right up there as most people’s favorites….

iOS has a technology called AirPrint that allows you to print from iPhone. Here’s how to use it… It seems our phones have eliminated virtually all of the various devices we used to need to own. The phone is now our camera, our MP3 player, our video player, and even our scanner. But one thing…

Cache on your iPhone is important but left unchecked it can start negatively affecting performance. In this guide, we’ll show you how to clear cache on iPhone – both in Safari and app cache in Settings… Most people have literally no idea what cache is – or what it does. But cache is important. It makes your…

Bookmarking a web page has been a standard feature of browsers since the 1990s. Here’s how to do it on Safari for iPhone. Wondering how to bookmark websites on iPhone? Read on! Bookmarking a web page is one of the most basic features of any browser. Unsurprisingly, ever since the iPhone came out, its built-in…

Changing your iPhone password/PIN/passcode every once in a while is a great security measure. Here’s how… Wondering how to change password on iPhone? Read on! These days it seems we store our whole lives on our iPhones. They contain out messages, photos, location history, food orders, financial details – even our health data and more….

The new lock screen features in iOS 16 are some of the operating system’s best. Still, there are some basic features missing… According to most tech pundits and the general consensus on social media, Apple’s iOS 16 operating system for the iPhone is a hit. iOS 16 doesn’t feature any radical user interface improvements or…

USB-C is the modern connection standard. Yet you wouldn’t know it based on most Apple products…. It’s 2022 and the most common connection standard for new devices today is USB-C. You’d be hard-pressed to find a modern laptop, desktop, or phone without a USB-C port. Well, an Android phone, anyway. Bafflingly, Apple still has yet…

Google is shutting down its Google Stadia gaming service and offering refunds for games AND hardware. Here’s how to get yours… The gaming world was surprised this week when Google announced it was shutting its three-year-old gaming service Stadia. Announcing the shutdown, Vice President and General Manager of Stadia, Phil Harrison, said: “A few years…

If you want to contribute to making Google Maps an even better service, becoming a Google Maps Local Guide could be for you! Whether you’re a world traveler or just stay local, you’ve probably used the Google Maps app quite a bit. When traveling to exotic locals the benefits of Google Maps is obvious. But…

Thanks to iOS 16, the iPhone’s camera can translate text without needing to take a picture of it first. Here’s how to perform the magic! Several years ago, Apple introduced the Translation app in iOS 14. Since then, Apple has been investing more heavily in translation features. With iOS 16, Apple has finally added live…