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To make the most of your Apple Watch, you need to link it to your iPhone. This will allow you to access almost everything from your phone on your wrist. Once you have paired your devices, your phone will automatically send information to your watch. Moreover, when you back up your iPhone, all the data on your Apple Watch will also be backed up. In this guide, we show you how to back up your Apple Watch, whether it be an Apple Watch Series 9, Apple Watch Series 8, or an older model. If you perform regular…

There's nothing more annoying than getting locked out of your account, especially when you’re trying to download a new app or get something done. And having our Apple password secure can often seem more important than just about anything else due to the highly connected nature of the Apple ecosystem. From the best iPhones to your laptop computer, if it comes from Apple it is all connected. Here, we'll take you through the steps to fix your overarching Apple password, also known as an Apple ID password, but we also…

Every iPhone camera is accompanied by a shutter click sound whenever you snap a photo. Sometimes that sound is an unneeded and unwanted intrusion—if you’re attending a meeting or in a crowded room, you may prefer to shoot photos in silence. There are a few methods for turning off the camera sound on your iPhone (whether you own the iPhone 15, iPhone 14, or an older model) which include: Turning on Live photo Flipping the mute switch on your iPhone Turning the volume down on your iPhone We'll explain…

Prakhar Khanna / Digital Trends A new year means new software updates. According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, iOS 18 could be the “biggest” update for iOS in quite some time, though this is something we tend to hear every year. I’m not sure any iOS update has been as big as the jump from iOS 6 to iOS 7, as a lot of the features and design changes since then could be considered iterative. Personally, I think the last “biggest” iOS update for me was iOS 14, as it allowed for home screen widgets and app icon…

The iPhone contacts feature is so great it is practically a crutch at times. Can you even remember your closest family member's phone number at this point? If not, you could be in big trouble if your contacts go missing or get deleted. Luckily, there are several methods to recover your old contacts via your iPhone and other devices. We'll guide you through each technique so you can get back to functioning as normal quickly. iCloud makes it easy to restore your contacts on the best iPhones. Here’s how to restore…

Gavin Nelson / X It’s always fun to imagine and speculate what new smartphone operating systems will bring. With Apple’s iOS 18 update launching later this year — and reported to be a big one — there’s a lot of anticipation over what Apple’s next iPhone update will bring to the table. We don’t know much about what the next iOS update will offer, but there is one feature that I now need it to have. Product designer Gavin Nelson recently shared an iOS concept feature on X (formerly Twitter) and Threads, and it looks …

Apple iPhone 14 Pro (left) and iPhone 15 Pro Max Andy Boxall / Digital Trends Apple has updated one of its original iPhone apps, the Clock app, in the first iOS 17.4 beta. Specifically, the update includes a small, but significant change to the Stopwatch function. In the beta, the Stopwatch function now includes a timer in the Live Activities feature This feature appears in the Dynamic Island and the Lock Screen on supported devices. On the Dynamic Island, you’ll see a small timer; on the Lock Screen, you’ll see the…

Joe Maring / Digital Trends I use a MacBook almost every day, and there’s one thing that I really wish it had: Face ID. I’ve been asking for this feature for years, and Apple is apparently finally bringing it to a laptop-like experience … on the iPad. Despite the Mac being snubbed yet again, there are plenty of reasons to be excited about this change. According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, a new iPad Pro is about to launch in March this year, and it could potentially come with a “landscape Face ID camera.” That could…

The iPhone 15 Pro Max (left) and iPhone 5 Andy Boxall / Digital Trends On January 9, 2007, Steve Jobs took the stage at Macworld and announced Apple’s next big product: the iPhone. Sales of the iPhone began on June 29, 2007, and it completely changed the world of mobile phones. Now, in 2024, we’ve had over 16 years of iPhone releases. In just a few more years, it will be two decades of the iPhone, which is a little crazy to think about. Let’s take a look back at every iPhone release in order, what made them special,…

The Other section of your iPhone's storage is comprised of anything that Apple hasn’t sorted into one of its assigned categories. Common files that go into Other storage include system files, application caches—especially your Safari browser cache—and update files. In this article, we'll explain what might be taking up your Other storage and give you some easy ways to clear some of it out, so you can free up additional space on your iPhone. In the meantime, if you want to check out how much of your phone's storage…