Troubleshooting

If you ever needed more storage space on your iPhone you might have noticed that the Messages file is quite large. The next problem you might have is learning how to recover deleted text messages after you overzealously delete them all in the name of downloading a new app. Learning how to recover deleted messages is easy; so you can officially breathe again.

If someone attempts to unlock an iPhone too many times unsuccessfully, an iPhone is Disabled, Connect to iTunes message will inevitably pop up. An iPhone will become disabled for security purposes—otherwise a hacker could sit there and try every possible combination until they got in. But just because your iPhone is disabled that doesn’t mean someone tried to unlock your device without permission. An iPhone or iPad may become disabled if a child plays around and gets locked out. It’s also perfectly possible to forget your own iPhone passcode, which may also cause you to enter too many digits and end up with a disabled iPhone asking to be connected to iTunes. Luckily, there are multiple solutions to this problem. Here’s how to fix a disabled iPhone by connect it to iTunes, iCloud, or using Recovery Mode.

If your iMessage is not working or not activating on iPhone or iPad, it could be for a number of differnet reasons, including the iMessage waiting-for-activation error that’s common to many users. However, we'll also cover how to fix iMessage when it's saying the text was not delivered or if your iPhone is not receiving texts. Instead of offering one solution, we've got a few troubleshooting tips to fix iMessage when it's not working. iMessage not working is a big problem for users who rely on the service. If your iMessage isn't working or won't activate, we’ll figure out how to fix it. 

You know when you're entering a long number in your iPhone's Calculator app and you mistype a digit or two? You don't actually have to hit clear and start over. While there isn’t a backspace button visible, this hidden trick will do the same thing. Here’s how to delete digits in the calculator app.

You can turn off flashlight on iPhone in the same place that you turn the iPhone flashlight on—Control Center. If you’re wondering how to access flashlight on iPhone, you do so by opening Control Center, which is opened by swiping up from the bottom of your screen. The flashlight on iPhone is a simple feature that’s extremely useful in a number of situations. All iPhones have the flashlight feature, including older models like the iPhone 4 and iPhone 5, as well newer models such as the iPhone 6, iPhone 7, and Plus models. There’s also a quick way to turn off flashlight on iPhone, which we’ll go over below. Here’s how to turn on flashlight and turn off flashlight on iPhone.

By default on Mac, iTunes opens automatically when you plug your iPhone or iPad into your computer. If you have a Mac, the Photos app will also automatically open. But for many people this causes a lot of problems, including computer freezes. Luckily, you can disable itunes auto launch pretty easily. We’ll go over how to stop iTunes from opening automatically when iPhone is connected as well as how to disable Photos auto launch when iPhone is connected. You’ll need to change these settings on your computer, so have it ready. Here’s how to stop iTunes (and Photos) from opening automatically when your iPhone is connected with a USB cable.

There are a lot of articles out there on keeping kids safe while while they use mobile devices. But I'm guessing even more parents want to know how to keep their iPhones and iPads safe from their kids! Here are a few tips:

Apple makes a distinction between battery life and battery lifespan. There are things you can do to make sure your battery has enough juice to last throughout the day. But Apple and others also give advice on how you can avoid damaging your battery so that it has a long lifespan. Every battery will degrade in performance over time, but following these tips will help you avoid damaging your battery.

If your calculator app has disappeared from iPhone (and Control Center on iPhone), don’t panic. iOS 10 gave us the option to remove stock apps from our Home screens. While the Apple stock apps you remove aren’t deleted completely, they are out of sight and out of mind. When I downloaded iOS 10, I started deleting every Apple stock app that I don’t use. In that process, deleted my calculator app, not realizing it would disappear from Control Center. A week later, when I need to use the calculator app, I swiped up to open Control Center and the calculator had disappeared! I panicked, “how could Apple remove the calculator?” After a very angry email, Apple calmly informed me that if I deleted the Calculator app, it would also disappear from Control Center—thus causing me to look like a buffoon. Oh well, at least I figured out how to get the calculator app back on my iPhone. Has a similar instance happened to you? If your calculator on iPhone has disappeared from Control Center in iOS 10 on iPhone, here’s how to get it back.

If you’re wondering, “What iPhone do I have?” You’ve come to the right place. Prior to iOS 10.3 on iPhone, it was not easy to figure out what iPhone model you had. If you were trying to identify your iPhone’s model, you’d need to find the model number and look it up. For devices running iOS 10.2.1 or older, we’ll cover how to tell what kind of iPhone you have based on the model numbers assigned to each iPhone generation. But if you’ve upgraded to iOS 10.3 or later on an iPhone 5 or later, figuring out what iPhone you have is finally as easy as it should be. Here’s how know what kind of iPhone you have.

I recently wrote an article on how to get messages on Mac, but when I was doing my research, it became clear to me that users have trouble figuring out how to sync messages from iPhone to Mac. Even if you’ve been sending and receiving messages on Mac, it’s possible your iMessage suddenly stopped working. This problem with iMessage is a communication error between your devices. If you’re receiving messages on iPhone and separate messages on Mac, something has gone awry. But we can pretty easily fix iMessage by going through the steps to sync iPhone to Mac and iPhone to iPad. Here’s how to sync iPhone messages to Mac and iPad.

As much as we love our Apple TVs, we've all had Apple TV problems now and then. Whether your Apple TV is frozen or your Apple TV is stuck on the Apple Logo or You need to force quit an Apple TV app, we’ll cover multiple solutions to try when your Apple TV is not working. The number one rule of electronics is if it stops working, restart it. So we’ll go over how to reboot the Apple TV and how to hard-restart you Apple TV just in case it’s frozen or stuck on the Apple logo. We’ll also cover how to factory reset and restore your Apple TV in case all else fails or you decide to sell your Apple TV at some point. Here’s how to reset Apple TV and other troubleshooting techniques.

An iMessage waiting-for-activation error has been causing many iPhone users problems. This issue seems to pop up with each new iOS update and iOS 10 is no different. The error occurs during iMessage activation and prevents iMessage from working. If this is an error you’re seeing, we’ll figure out how to fix it. We’re also going to look at a similar error: Facetime waiting for activation, which many users are also struggling to resolve. If you’re having problems with Facetime or iMessage not activating and wondering why it won’t work, this is the post you need. Here’s how to fix iMessage waiting-for-activation error on iPhone.

There are a few different common problems people have with the Notes app on iPhone. iPhone notes disappearing is enough to make any avid note-taker panic. If you’re wondering where your notes disappeared to on iPhone, don’t worry—we’ll go over how to recover your notes on iPhone. With iOS 10, the Notes app on iPhone is able to be deleted entirely, which is why we’ll cover how to reinstall the Notes app on your iphone. Then, for those notes you accidentally deleted, we’ll show you how to recover notes on your iPhone. If you’ve lost notes or noticed notes disappearing on your iPhone, this article is your guide to getting your notes back. Whether you need to find lost notes, redownload the Notes app, or undelete notes, we’ve got you covered. iPhone notes disappeared? Here’s everything you need to get them (and the iPhone notes app) back.

Control Center is great because it allows you to quickly do all kinds of useful things like turn Wi-Fi, Airplane Mode, and Do Not Disturb on or off, lock your screen orientation, control playback, adjust volume levels, open your phone's calculator, and use your iPhone as a flashlight. However, some people worry about privacy when Control Center is accessible from Lock Screen (although, rest assured, nothing private can be opened without unlocking your phone), and others get tired of accidentally opening Control Center in an app while playing a game. Which is why Apple made it possible to turn off access to Control Center from Lock screen and within apps. Here’s how to disable access to Control Center from Lock Screen.

On previous models of iPhone, you could force restart your iPhone (known as a hard restart) by holding the Home button and your Sleep/Wake button at the same time. However, the iPhone 7 Home button isn’t really a button at all. It uses Haptic feedback to create the feeling of pressing a button. Perhaps this caused an issue with using the Home button as a means to restart the device. The iPhone 7 or 7 Plus requires you hard restart your iPhone with different buttons this time around. Here’s how to force restart your iPhone 7 or 7 Plus.

Auto Lock on iPhone and iPad dims the screen after a set amount of time in order to conserve battery life. You can choose to disable Auto Lock, but it will cut into your battery life when you don't have an iPhone screen lock time. If you’re iPhone is on low power mode, the option to change Auto Lock will be grayed out. This is because part of Low Power Mode is to lock the function at 30 seconds. Otherwise, you can learn how to change auto lock once and easily do so whenever you need to change auto lock in the future. If you need to stop your screen from going to sleep, setting auto lock to a longer amount of time is the solution. I’ve changed my iPad Auto Lock time most often when cooking with a recipe as I need to easily be able to see the next step without covering my iPad in food. Changing your auto lock time is one of the many ways to customize Lock screen as well. If you want to stop your iPhone from locking, here’s how to keep your iPhone screen on.