Michael Grothaus – KnowYourMobile

iOS 17 introduced a new feature to the iPhone called NameDrop. iPhone NameDrop allows you to quickly and easily share your contact information with another iPhone user. Here’s how to use iPhone NameDrop. Sharing your contact details with another iPhone user just became easier than ever. On iPhones running iOS 17 and later, users can…

On iOS 17 and later you can now perform a photo crop in seconds. In this post, we detail the fastest ever way to crop a photo on iPhone. If you’re first getting started in photo editing, one of the beginner steps you learn how to do is crop a photo. Cropping is such an…

In iOS 17 and later, iPhone users can create a Contact Poster that will show on other people’s iPhones whenever they call. Here’s how to create an iPhone contact poster. If you want to express yourself more you’ll want to consider up setting up a Contact Poster on your iPhone. The Contact Poster is a…

iPhone users can now download offline Apple Maps. Here’s how to use and manage offline maps in Apple Maps. The new iPhone 15 series of Apple’s smartphones ships with the iOS 17 operating system, which itself is packed with new features. Among those is the ability to finally download Apple Maps for offline viewing when…

iPhones running iOS 17 and later now support offline maps – in other words, you can now download Apple Maps for viewing when you don’t have an internet connection. Here’s how. With iOS 17 and later iPhone users have a cool long-awaited feature in Apple Maps: offline maps. Offline maps are a very popular feature of…

Make phone calls even without cellular coverage, thanks to WiFi calling on iPhone – it’s simple to set up and only takes a couple of seconds! Here’s how to use iPhone Wi-Fi calling. Wi-Fi calling is probably a term you’ve heard thrown around for a while now–and you’ve most likely been wondering if your iPhone supports…

A quick and simple guide on how to set up your iPhone’s personal hotspot and pair it with another mobile device like an iPad. All of Apple’s iPhones come with Personal Hotspot functionality, whereby you can share your iPhone mobile data connection with other devices – like your iPad or MacBook. If you travel a…

Yep, the iPhone has Dark Mode. And this is how you turn iPhone Dark Mode on – it’s super-simple! Also, here’s why you should use it. What Is Dark Mode On The iPhone & iPad? Simply put, Dark Mode on iPhone and iPad turns all the white or bright elements of the iPhone’s user interface into…

Wondering how to use the iPhone Flashlight: Back Tap, Siri, changing brightness and more? In this guide, you’ll learn how to master the iPhone flashlight! It’s time to learn all about the iPhone flashlight! Wonder how to turn off the flashlight on an iPhone? What about turning on the flashlight on an iPhone Pro? Not…

How do you close iPhone apps? Is it different on an iPhone with Touch ID and an iPhone with Face ID? As always, it is A LOT simpler than you think… Closing apps on the iPhone is the simplest thing in the world, yet many people follow a convoluted process to “close” an app, whereby…

The iPhone translation app is packed with a ton of features – and a good dose of user privacy. Here’s how to use it. The iPhone’s iOS 14 operating system brought a ton of new features to Apple’s smartphone–everything from a redesigned calls interface to a new home screen layout. However, iOS 14 also introduced another…

Sound Recognition is a feature that allows your iPhone to listen to sounds you might not be able to hear and alerts you of those sounds when your iPhone detects them. The iPhone has many features most users probably take for granted. Yet Apple has always made sure to empower iOS with numerous accessibility features…

Inline replies are a powerful tool to link messages together with your reply and provide more context in an ongoing conversation. Here’s how to send them in iMessage. What Are Inline Replies? First, let’s define what inline replies are. Inline replies refer to the ability to directly reply to a message even if that message…

“There’s an app for that” is one of the most successful taglines in history. However, a little-used iOS feature called App Clips does away with iPhone apps entirely. What Is An iPhone App Clip? Apps are going to be a part of the iPhone experience for the foreseeable future. However, just because “there’s an app…

The iPhone App Library in iOS can best be likened to a home screen with automatically generated folders that house all the apps on your iPhone. Here’s how to use it. What You Need To Know About The App Library On iPhone Pretty much since its inception, the iPhone’s home screen has always been the…

There are plenty of reasons you should clear browsing history on your iPhone. Here are the best ways to clear your iPhone’s browsing history! Why Clear Browsing History On iPhone? If asked what on our iPhone reveals the most about us, we’d probably say the pictures stored on the device, or maybe our emails or…

Apps, FaceTime, and Safari all support picture-in-picture mode in iOS. Here’s how to use picture-in-picture videos on your iPhone. iOS has a number of entertainment-related features built into the iPhone’s operating system. One of the most exciting ones is system-wide picture-in-picture (PIP) video support. Picture-in-picture video has been supported on the iPad since iOS 13,…

In this guide, we explain EXACTLY what iPhone AirDrop is, how to use it, and how to transfer files safely and securely in a few simple steps… AirDrop is one of the coolest features you get from being in Apple’s ecosystem. At its most basic, it allows you to send files between your devices–or to…

Translating websites allows you to enjoy more of what the web has to offer. Here’s how to translate websites into other languages on your iPhone. Apple’s iOS is packed with features–and quite a few of them are embedded in the Safari app. Safari, of course, is the iPhone’s web browser, and one of its coolest…

Declutter your iPhone interface and eliminate pages and pages of apps that you rarely use. In this guide, we show you how to hide iPhone home screen pages. Way back in the day when you needed to use iTunes to manage your iPhone, you used to be able to reorder individual home screen pages on…

Want to delete iPhone apps but don’t know how? It’s actually really simple and you have four possible methods for it which we detail in this quick n’ easy guide… Apps are what make the iPhone great, but many times we download an app and only use it once. If that’s the case there’s little…

If you want to add iPhone widgets to your home screen – you can! Apple’s iPhone widgets for iOS aren’t just pretty to look at, they are also very functional. How’s how to add iPhone widgets to your home screen. One of the biggest and most high-profile features of iOS 14, which came out in 2020,…

You can tell your iPhone that Apple’s Mail app is not your email app of choice and instead, you want to use a different default iPhone email app. Here’s how… Ever since the first iPhone came out in 2007, most people who have read or sent emails from the device have done it through Apple’s…

If you want to make Siri use Google Assistant on the iPhone, you can! In this article, we detail a trick to force Siri to default to Google Assistant. For years Siri seemed to take second place compared to other personal digital assistants like Google’s Assistant or Amazon’s Alexa. But that all changed with Siri…

Want to automatically open links on your iPhone in Chrome or Firefox? Here’s how to change your default iPhone browser. Let’s say you want to change the default browser on your iPhone. How do you go about that? First, you need two things: How To Change The Default iPhone Browser Once you’ve got both of…

Looking to disable FaceTime completely on iPhone? It’s simple – just follow these steps. We also have instructions for removing FaceTime on iPad and Mac, too. FaceTime is Apple’s popular video chatting app. It’s available on Macs, iPhones, and iPads and comes bundled with macOS, iOS, and iPadOS, which runs on those devices, respectively. When it…

Apple has a cool tool in iOS called Quick Start that lets you wirelessly transfer iPhone data to a new iPhone. Here’s how to use it. Apple has an incredibly cool tool for the iPhone. Users can wirelessly transfer almost all the data from their old iPhone to a new one by simply creating an…

There are two great ways to download photos from an iPhone to a Mac. Here’s how to do each! So you’ve got a shiny new iPhone with its amazing triple-lens camera system. It’s a safe bet you’re putting that camera to some good use too. But while the iPhone has plenty of storage now to…

In this guide, we talk you through how to share your location on iPhone. “Where you at?” How many times have we been asked, or asked ourselves, that phrase? Yet thanks to the new Find My software on the iPhone we no longer have to have people ask us where we are or how much…

Protect your iPhone from hackers and nosey friends with these tips on how to keep your iPhone secure. It’s important to maintain good iPhone security to keep snoopers from accessing your devices. Here are six ways to keep your iPhone secure… 1. Activate Face ID Or Touch ID Right Now All iPhones for the last…

Don’t want WhatsApp to save photos on your phone? You can stop it – and it’s actually really simple. Just follow these few steps… WhatsApp is a great way to share pictures. It couldn’t be simpler: you just send one in a chat thread and your recipient gets it in seconds. Another cool feature is…

iPhones have some of the best cameras on the market. Yet you can use the iPhone’s camera to do more than simply take pictures. Thanks to built-in software in iOS, you can turn your iPhone into a scanner that safely digitizes your important documents. It used to be that if you wanted to scan a…

Here’s a collection of 25 super-useful iPhone 11 tips and tricks designed to help you get the most out of your iPhone and iOS – and they’re all totally beginner friendly The iPhone 11 series, despite being succeeded by newer models, remains a popular choice among Apple enthusiasts – it was one of the best selling refurbished…

Apple’s News app is AWESOME – if you know how to use it! Here are some essential tips you need to know. If you’re a news junky, one of the best apps included on an iPhone is Apple’s News app. The app has been around since iOS 10, but in recent years Apple has given it…

iMessages are one of the best reasons for using an iPhone. But one of the most dreaded error messages on the iPhone is the iMessage “Waiting For Activation” error. But don’t worry about that anymore. Because this article is going to walk you through the steps you need to fix the error. Apple’s messaging service…

Sometimes you may want to reset your iPhone settings if you are running into issues. Here is how to reset iPhone that is running iOS 16. In all the years I’ve owned an iPhone, I’ve rarely had a problem with any of them. Sure, there are occasional bugs, but Apple squashes them pretty quickly. But…

Backing up your iPhone data is critical. Here’s how to back up your iPhone to iCloud. It’s the easiest way to back up iPhone. It goes without saying that you should always back up your important data. In today’s day and age, our most important data is probably on our phones. They contain our photos,…

Apple does give refunds on app and content purchases under certain conditions. Here’s how to get your iTunes and App Store refund! Many people think that once you buy something from the iTunes or App Store–be it an app, movie, or book–there’s no way to get a refund. But that’s not exactly true. We’ve taken…

Here’s a quick and simple guide on how to hide photos on iPhone – it’s quick and simple. Just follow the steps outlined below to create a secret cache of photos inside your iPhone… As we increasingly use our iPhones for virtually everything, from communicating to storing personal documents and photos, privacy is a growing concern….

Worried your iPhone is listening to you? You’re not alone. Thankfully, there’s a super-simple way to stop your iPhone from listening to you… A lot of people wonder if the electronic devices they have are ever snooping on them. While this is probably unlikely, the concern is understandable. After all, most of the tech gadgets…

You can video call up to 32 people at once with Apple’s Group FaceTime calling functionality. Here’s how… Maybe you already know how to make a FaceTime video call. But what about group FaceTime calls? Many people don’t know FaceTime is capable of making group calls. But it is! As long as you’re using a…

As the name suggests, FaceTime allows you to make video calls. Here’s how to do that on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac. It used to be video calling services were a nice feature for calling a loved one who is far away or catching up with a relative you only see once in a blue…

Apple now lets you add another face to FACE ID, so your spouse or child can unlock your iPhone – this is how you do it… When Apple introduced Face ID in 2017 people at first were apprehensive. Would it work as well as Touch ID? The good is was that answer that it did –…

One of the most frustrating experiences on the iPhone is the autocorrecting of a certain word to “ducking.” Here’s how to change that. Have you ever had one of those ducking days where NOTHING seems to be going right? The day is probably made much worse by the fact that your iPhone’s autocorrect systems invariably…

Apple’s Face ID has quite a few features and tricks you might not know about. Check out these Face ID tips to get the most from your iPhone’s facial scanning technology. Apple’s Face ID is the company’s modern biometric authentication method for iPhone. It allows you to unlock your iPhone just by looking at it…