You may be able to submit a $25 claim as part of a $500 million dollar settlement against Apple. The massive settlement is from a class action lawsuit where Apple admitted to releasing updates that purposely slowed down older iPhones. Apple's defense is that they were only trying to protect iPhones with older batteries. But the lawsuit accused them of slowing down iPhones in … [Read more...]
Widget Stacks
The iPhone has always been designed to put as much information at your fingertips as possible, and iOS 14 took this one step further with the introduction of widgets. Widgets are a great way to get quick information from all of your favorite apps, without having to open the app. But if you’re worried about too many widgets taking up too much room on your Home … [Read more...]
Editing Widgets
Widgets are a great way to quickly access all the information that matters most to you, right on your iPhone. In the last few lessons, we created widgets on both your Home Screen and your Today View Screen But, even after you’ve added a widget, you can further edit widgets to control what you see. Here’s how to edit your widgets... 1) Find the widget you want to edit either on your Home … [Read more...]
Should You Wait for Amazon Prime Day for a New iPhone?
If a shiny new iPhone 12 isn't in your budget, consider the iPhone SE which starts at just $399. The cost of the iPhone SE is about 40% off the cheapest iPhone 12 which starts at $649. And if you are in the market for the new iPhone SE, you many want to hold off until Amazon has it's big annual Amazon Prime Day. Amazon hasn't revealed how much of a discount there will be on the … [Read more...]
Today View Widgets
In your last lesson, we covered how to add Widgets to your Homescreen. You can also add widgets to your Today View Screen. The Today View Screen is a single screen that puts all of the actionable information you need to get through the day... right at your fingertips. When combined with widgets, that were introduced in iOS 14, you can access the data within your critical apps in a matter … [Read more...]
How to Use iPhone’s Home Screen Widgets
In iOS 14, Apple introduced Home Screen Widgets. Home Screen Widgets are small boxes that appear on your iPhone's home screen with important information sent from your favorite apps. So now, you don't even need to load up an app to check the weather, see news updates, check your schedule for the day, or to learn more about what matters most to you. All your important information is right … [Read more...]
iPhone 12 Coming Soon?
Apple has pushed back the release of its latest masterpiece the iPhone 12 due to COVID-related production delays. Apple has yet to give an official release date. But, the speculation is that there will be a big iPhone 12 event Tuesday October 13th. And the release date will be October 23rd. With pre-orders starting Friday October 16th. But who knows, after Apple surprised the online … [Read more...]
Top 21 Apps for Seniors
These days, most iPhone Apps in the App Store were designed with younger users and millennials in mind. That's why I created this list of iPhone apps for people like us... Seasoned Citizens :-) I’ve tried out the latest iPhone apps to compile this list of must-have iPhone apps specifically for people over the age of 60. Enjoy! #1 - LUMOSITY Lumosity’s cognitive training program is a fun, … [Read more...]
Pinning Text Conversations to Top of Messages App
Apple has made it easier to follow your favorite text message conversations. Now you can pin ongoing conversation threads to the top of your Messages App. This way you don't have to scroll through a long list of text conversations to get to the one you're still using. You can pin both one-on-one conversations and group conversations. And, you can have up to 9 pinned conversation … [Read more...]
New Orange & Green Dot Warning
Since updating to iOS 14, have you noticed a mysterious orange dot at the top of your iPhone? Don't panic… this orange dot is there by design. As part of Apple's focus on privacy and security, they have added the orange dot to let you know whenever an app is using your microphone or camera. You'll see an orange dot if an app accesses your camera. And, you'll see a green … [Read more...]