Handy Hints about the iPad and iPhone

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Topics

Accessories
Apps
Basics (Navigation, Settings, Searching)
Battery Usage
Calendar
Contacts
Facebook, Social Media
Housekeeping
iBooks
iCloud
Internet, Mobile Data, (3G/4G), Wifi, Bluetooth
iTunes, App Store and other Stores
Keyboard and Typing
Kids on Technology
Mail
Maps
Messages
Music
Notes
Phone
Photos & Videos
Safari
Security, Cybersafety
Siri
Sounds, Notifications
Travel
Troubleshooting

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Articles 
Birthdays 
Busylife 
Calendar 
Calendars 
Camera 
Contacts 
Editing 
Facebook 
Facetime 
Force Touch 
Home Button 
Home Screen 
ICloud 
ICloud Backups 
ICloud Storage 
IMessage 
Import 
IOS 10 
IOS 9 
IPad 
Iphone 
IPhone 6 
IPhone 7 
ITunes 
Keyboard 
Location Services 
Lock Screen 
Mac 
Mail 
Mailboxes 
Markup 
Message 
Messages 
Notes 
Notification Centre 
Notifications 
Passcode 
PDF 
Phone 
Photos 
Predictive Text 
Reminders 
Restrictions 
Safari 
Security 
Siri 
SMS 
Spotlight Search 
Storage 
Subscriptions 
Text 
Travel 
Tripadvisor 
Widgets 
Windows​​

Accessories

Blog Articles

• ​Transfer files to your iPad using Camera Connection kit
• Accessing data on a USB or external drive from your iPad or iPhone
• Now THIS is a device I think we might ALL need!
• Do you keep losing your keys, or that TV remote?  This accessory can help. 
• I have this product and I love it! 
• Are you looking for a printer that works with an iPad/iPhone, and with a laptop/computer?             
• Keeping yourself 'charged up' while on the go!                    
• I just bought this great accessory             
• A handy re-charge accessory for your multi-device household       
• A handy new accessory that can expand the storage capacity of your iPad and iPhone great accessory for travelling with your iPhone and iPad - battery charging, backup and extra storage for your i-Device  
• A couple of accessories for those fit and healthy people out there (or those wanting to be !)   
• A great educational tech-toy for kids for Christmas         
• ​A great accessory for travelling with your iPhone and iPad - battery charging, backup and extra storage for your i-Device
• Why the iPad Pro and Apple Pencil are amazing tools for professionals (and students and anyone else!)                              

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Apps

Handy Hints

• Multi-tasking - switching from one app to another, then back.   
• How do I quickly fix a mis-behaving app on my iPad or iPhone? 
• Pictionary with iPad and Apple TV
• How do I stop the kids games from appearing on my iPad and iPhone?
• Have you discovered this great feature of the TripAdvisor App?

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​Blog Articles

• Do I need to regularly close apps on my iPad and iPhone (by swiping up in 'Task Switcher)?
• ​Do you hate having to scan and send documents?
• Password Keeper apps for iDevices
• A great app for tracking data usage on your iPad and iPhone
• Here's an app that allows you to save YouTube videos to your iPhone!
• My favourite App - Evernote 
• Library Books On Your iPad?
• Accessing data on a USB or external drive from your iPad or iPhone
• A couple of apps I love (an alternative Calendar app and a Photo Transfer app)
• Great news about Microsoft Office for iPad and iPhone
• Is it possible to sort notes in Evernote in alphabetical order?
• A couple of apps I love 
• Some recent App additions to my iPad and iPhone 
• Recommendation on a good personal finance app
• SLR camera effects on your iPhone
• Have you discovered 'app extensions'?  Here are some really great extensions for the Photos app.
• An exciting workflow/automation app for iPhone / iPad geeks like me!
• What about some iPad board games for Christmas?
• What to do when your iPhone is getting someone else's Instagram notifications
• Apparently, my gadgets are keeping my middle-aged brain young!
• Scan business cards into your iPhone or iPad to automatically create Contacts
• Here's a handy app for when you travel - especially by train     ​
• A really handy app for travellers
• How do I get Pages, Keynote and Numbers for free on my new iPad or iPhone?
• How can I print several photos on a single page from my iPad or iPhone
• A great new data usage 'stopwatch' for my iPad and iPhone
• Getting ready for the school year - a great little app for those ID photos
• Now you can handwrite and draw in an Evernote Note on your iPad and iPhone
• A video that answers the question, "Where do I safely store all my passwords?".
• A really handy app for reporting a problem in your neighbourhood
  

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Basics - Navigation, Settings, Searching

Handy Hints

• iPhone, iPad Navigation - Get back to top of a list or a page really quickly
• Take a photo of your screen
• Multi-tasking - switching from one app to another, then back    
• Some special gestures on your iPad
• Finding things on your iPhone and iPad - Spotlight Search
• How do I stop my iPad or iPhone sleeping so quickly and/or asking for a passcode every time it sleeps
• Printing from your iPad and iPhone
• How can I find my misplaced iPad or iPhone when it is muted!?
• How can I reset or change my Apple ID's password?
• Some Special Tricks for your iPhone's Sleep Switch
• How to really quickly turn off your iPhone's flashlight
• Using Spotlight Search for calling and messaging your Contacts
• Change the 'Press home to unlock' feature of iOS 10
• Major changes to Notification Centre, Spotlight Search and Lock Screen
• Force Touch now does a lot more
• Predictive Text gets smarter!
• Accessing the Camera App from the Lock screen

Blog Articles

• How to change the name of your iPad or iPhone
• How to quickly dim your iPad or iPhone screen or invert your display at night
• Discovering the new Slideover feature on your iPad in iOS 9
• The new 'split view' feature on your Mac
• How do I 'Force Reboot' on an iPhone 7?

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Battery Usage

Blog Articles

• That regular article about how to improve your iPhone battery life!
• A change I made on my iPhone that has made a massive difference to my battery life
• ​Apps that drain the life out of your iPhone and iPad battery ...             
• Yet another tip for how to improve your battery life      
• View your battery usage by App    
• Battery problems after upgrade to iOS 10 - and how I fixed this

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Calendar

​ ​Handy Hints

• Quickly create an event in your iPad or iPhone's Calendar
• 'Save The Date' provided in an email or message
• The Week View on your iPhone's calendar
• Creating and using multiple calendars
• Making sure you never forget birthdays - using the Contacts app!
• Dealing with missing and disappearing events in the Calendar
• Controlling Facebook notifications about birthdays and events
• Including or excluding Facebook information from Contacts and Calendar apps
• How to ensure you know where to be and when - setting standard alerts for your Calendar events

Blog Articles

• Did you receive a heap of 'spam' Calendar invitations recently?
  
• ​My iPhone tells me when it is time to leave for appointments - based on current traffic conditions
• What happened to all the events in my Calendar?
• Why do my iPhone's Calendar entries disappear after a month?   
• My Apple devices remember birthdays!  But where do they come from?

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Contacts

• How to change the order of display for your Contacts
• Who are your favourite Contacts?
• Saving email addresses received in emails to Contacts
• My iPhone (or Mac) knows people's email addresses but my iPad doesn't!
• Sharing your Calendars
• Making sure you never forget birthdays - using the Contacts app!
• How to email a group of Contacts in the Mail app
• Create a Contact Group on your iPad and iPhone
• Including or excluding Facebook information from Contacts and Calendar apps

Blog articles:

• Scan business cards into your iPhone or iPad to automatically create Contacts
• The wrong name is in My Info in Contacts on my iPhone (or iPad)
• Making sure that your contacts' names appear in the Messages and Phone apps when you travel OS

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Facebook, Social Media

Handy Hints

• Saving a photo you see in Facebook on your iPad or iPhone
• Controlling Facebook notifications about birthdays and events
• Including or excluding Facebook information from Contacts and Calendar apps
• How to ensure you know where to be and when - setting standard alerts for your Calendar events

Blog Articles 

• When a strange message appears in Facebook on your iPhone/iPad, and you don't want to press OK

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Housekeeping

Handy Hints

• ​Cleaning up your iPad/iPhone

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iBooks

• iBooks is showing books that I don't actually have stored on my iPad (or iPhone)

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iCloud

Handy Hints

• What to do when your iCloud is full
• How can I find my misplaced iPad or iPhone when it is muted!?
• How can I reset or change my Apple ID's password?
• Getting edited iPhone (or iPad) photos across to your computer using iCloud Shared Streams
• Removing unwanted backups from your iCloud

Blog Articles

• Why does Apple's two factor authentication show I am a different location?  (In Melbourne, it shows I am in St Kilda)
• ​Are you a bit (or a lot) bamboozled by iCloud? 
• Have you got problems with iCloud - 'storage full' message, mis-directed messages, muddled Contacts and Calendar, and more?
• Will my iCloud Backup blow my data limit?
• Be careful what you say in an iMessage.  Someone unexpected might be getting the message!   
• Was iCloud to blame for this family's sad state of upheaval? 
• A warning if you are considering changing the email address associated with your Apple iCloud account ... 
• Is iCloud Safe?
• When your iCloud gets crowded!   The problem with sharing your iCloud ...
• Who's got my iPhone?!!  Why are there strangers in my Photo Stream?
• As the song goes, "Hey, you, get off of my iCloud!" 
• Apple has increased iCloud 20Gb storage tier   
• Be careful what you say in an iMessage.  Someone unexpected might be getting the message!     ​
• Is your iCloud set up correctly? (LinkedIn article)       ​   ​    ​
• Please check your iCloud setup - not just for your own sake, but for the sake of your friends!

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Internet, Mobile Data (3G/4G), WiFi, Bluetooth

Handy Hints

• Recharge Prepaid Telstra Sim in iPad
• Manage your 3G and 4G data usage on your iPhone and iPad
• Data gobblers on your iPad and iPhone
• Have you ever Airdopped?!
• Internet access on the go with your Personal Hotspot

Blog Articles:

• I turned on my data roaming and used 11MB in a flash  
• A great new data usage 'stopwatch' for my iPad and iPhone
• Have you turned off this data-gobbling feature of iOS 9?

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iTunes, App Store and other Stores

Handy Hints

• Send an iTunes Gift from your iPad or iPhone
• How do I stop the kids games from appearing on my iPad and iPhone?
• Managing subscriptions on your iPad and iPhone        ​           ​

Blog Articles

• How can I reset or change my Apple ID's password?​
• Purchased music won't download to my iPhone and my Apple TV doesn't show any music

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Keyboard and Typing

Handy Hints

• Hidden keys on your iPad and iPhone keyboard
• ​Typing Shortcuts
• Keyboard Stuff on your iPad
• Oops - I didn't mean to delete that!  How to undo.
• I want to put Emoji's in my texts
• Discovering Predictive Text (new in iOS 8)
• Have you found the Caps Lock on your iPad and iPhone's keyboard?

Blog Articles

• ​An emoji for every occasion in iOS 9
• Stopping iPad or iPhone clicks when you tap keys on the keypad
• Turn your iPad (or iPad) into a laptop by adding a Bluetooth keyboard
• Keyboard Shortcuts on my iPhone really helped me while travelling
• A great tip - convert an entire lowercase word to uppercase on your iPad and iPhone
• How to type the 'Apple' symbol on your iPad or iPhone
• Why is the microphone missing from my iPad or iPhone keyboard?

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Kids on technology

Handy Hints

• Restricting what websites kids can see on i-Devices
• ​Pictionary with iPad and Apple TV
• How do I stop the kids games from appearing on my iPad and iPhone?

Blog Articles

• Worried about your young teen's online safety?  Here's a book they (and you) MUST read.             
• Local council promotes Instagram competition for 8-12 year olds             
• Are you the 'default parent' when it comes to the worrying about the kids and their online safety?               
• 10 smartphone rules for a 12-year-old - with one key rule missing!             
• Setting Parental Controls on YouTube - both in the App and in Safari             
• Here's a checklist for setting up your child's school iPad (and their iPhone!)             
• Why parental controls did not stop inappropriate content on my child's iPad.  Beware!  
• Parents - check your kids' devices for these dangerous apps
• Read this article - then make sure you block adult content on your child's (and your own) iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch and computer    
• Why parental controls did not stop inappropriate content on my child's iPad.  Beware! 
  
• Free videos and guide - Setting up Parental Controls on an iPad, iPod Touch, iPhone​                ​ 

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Mail

Handy Hints 

• Quick access to Drafts in Mail on iPad & iPhone ​
• 'Save The Date' provided in an email or message
• A new email feature - 'Send Again'  ​
• How can I save documents and photos that I get in emails?
• Getting rid of the 'Sent from my iPad' and 'Sent from my iPhone' ​
• Saving PDFs to your iPad or iPhone
• Saving email addresses received in emails to Contacts
• My iPhone (or Mac) knows people's email addresses but my iPad doesn't!
• Where has my trash can gone for my Gmail Mail?
• Sending an individual photo from the Photos app
• Sending several photos from the Photos app
• Making sure your email with photos is not too large
• Viewing other emails while drafting a new email (new in iOS 8)
• How to stop your Mail app from grouping your iPad and iPhone emails
• Now you can delete all mail messages in a mailbox in iOS 9.3
• Sign documents - right on your iPad and iPhone!
• How to email a group of Contacts in the Mail app
• Managing mail on your iPad and iPhone     
• Save any email as a PDF in iOS 10    
• Organising mail into mail folders (mailboxes) on iPad and iPhone ​
• Organising your mail - how to create Mailboxes, file your mail, and a great new feature of iOS 10
• Save any email as a PDF in iOS 10
• iOS 10 - Quick viewing of all 'Unread' mail
• My Inbox has disappeared in Mail on my iPhone!

Blog Articles

• Why can't I send my Bigpond email when I am in Hong Kong?  
• A feature so many of us have been waiting for in iOS Mail ... ​
• How and where to save email attachments (and create PDFs from web pages) on your iPad and iPhone
• Changes to Telstra's Bigpond Mail - how to update your iPad, iPhone and Mac
• How to set up an 'out of office' reply for iCloud Mail     ​  ​​
  Managing all that Junk
• How I ensure that I am not 'locked out' of my mail account when I travel?
• Auto-Forwarding your Bigpond POP emails to your new email account
• How to set up your new Gmail or Outlook email account so that it retrieves your POP email from Bigpond, Optusnet, Primus, iiNet, Netspace, etc
• How to save images from emails in iOS 10
• Organising your Mail has been made easier in iOS 10

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Maps

Handy Hints

• Some tips for using Maps
• Getting directions on your iPad and iPhone - a Satellite Navigation system on your i-Device!

Blog Articles

• My iPhone is not saving away my 'parked car' location

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Messages

Handy Hints

• I want to put Emoji's in my texts
• Solving iMessage Woes
• Muting certain 'conversations' in Messages on your iPad and iPhone
• Forcing a message to send as an SMS instead of an iMessage
• Why do I only receive my messages when I am connected to WiFi?
• iOS 10 - Lots of fun changes to Messages

Blog Articles

• Making sure that your contacts' names appear in the Messages and Phone apps when you travel OS
• Why don't certain iPhone messages arrive until I am connected to WiFi?
• Managing all that Junk

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Music

Handy Hints

• Control music tracks when walking without touching your phone ​
• How to create a music playlist on your iPad and iPhone

Blog Articles

• Purchased music won't download to my iPhone and my Apple TV doesn't show any music
• Problems with syncing music across family devices

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Notes

Handy Hints

• Have your upgraded your Notes app on your iPad and iPhone?  Here's how to use it.
• ​The new Notes features in iOS 9.3 - Note passwords, and sort by name
• Shared Note - share your Notes with others in iOS 10      ​    ​

Blog Articles

• You can now set a passcode on individual Notes, and sort by Note Title
• Notes app does not have the new features on the iPhone and iPad

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Phone

Handy Hints

• Now you will be able to find your ringing phone in your handbag ​​​
• Who are your favourite Contacts?
• Saving a photo you see in Facebook on your iPad or iPhone

​Blog Articles

• Making sure that your contacts' names appear in the Messages and Phone apps when you travel OS
• Checking your voicemail when you don't have access to your regular phone or SIM     ​
• Why are my iPhone messages coming as texts instead of voicemail?
• How to extend the number of rings before your phone goes to voicemail

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Photos & Videos

Handy Hints

• Camera App: Quickly taking a photo on your iPhone or iPad
• Take a photo of your screen
• Take photos while you video
• How can I delete photos in bulk from my iPad/iPhone using Mac!
• Is there a way to quickly delete all photos from my iPhone or iPad?
• How can I delete photos from iPad & iPhone in bulk from Windows
• Importing iPad and iPhone photos to a Windows computer
• Sending an individual photo from the Photos app
• Sending several photos from the Photos app
• Making sure your email with photos is not too large
• Taking better photos with your iPhone and iPad
• How to see your iPad and iPhone photos presented on a map
• Getting edited iPhone (or iPad) photos across to your computer using iCloud Shared Streams
• I edit images in Photos on my iPhone, but they don't import to my computer!
• Creating an Album in Photos on your iPad and iPhone
• iOS 10 - Draw and write on photos + a new 'Edit' symbol

Blog articles:

• My first iMovie video on my new iPhone 6 Plus!
• Do you hate having to scan and send documents?
• Password Keeper apps for iDevices
• A great app for tracking data usage on your iPad and iPhone
• Have you discovered 'app extensions'?  Here are some really great extensions for the Photos app.
• I seem to get two copies of photos on my iPhone when HDR is on
• How can I print several photos on a single page from my iPad or iPhone
• iOS 9 offers a new way of deleting photos in bulk from your iPad and iPhone
• Great slideshows for learning all about taking and managing photos on your iPad and iPhone
• Are your 'bursts' of photos causing your iPad, iPhone or Mac to 'burst its storage banks'?

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Safari

Handy Hints

• Navigating when On Safari!
• Getting to places on Safari quickly!
• My Safari uses Yahoo (or Bing) - how can I make it use Google?
• How do I limit the web pages returned in Safari to recent Australian pages
• How to create a PDF from any web page - on your iPad, iPhone or Mac!
• Defining your Favourite websites in Safari
• Easy access to your Favourite website in Safari
• Is there a quick way to close all open tabs in Safari
• Getting back a Safari page you accidentally closed
• Finding some text on a Safari Page
• Make sure Safari on your iPhone and iPad is warning you about suspect websites
• Turning your favourite web page into an 'app' on your Home Screen
• ​Understanding 'Private Browsing Mode' of Safari on your iPad and iPhone
• Easy management of your Safari 'Favourites'
• 'Tab view' in Safari on iPad - easier management of your open pages/tabs 
• An easier way to close web pages
• Clearer Indication of Reader View availability 
• Use Camera to scan and enter credit card information
• Shared Links for your RSS feeds!
• Safari Saved Passwords in Native apps 
• iOS 10 - You can now view two Safari screens at once on an iPad

Blog Articles

• How to ensure you can always track what websites your kids have visited on an iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch
• Safari keeps trying to fill in fields using my Contacts - and it's driving me crazy ​

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Security, CyberSafety

Handy Hints

• ​How do I stop my iPad or iPhone asking for a passcode every time it sleeps
• Can others easily see your passwords on your iPad/iPhone?
• How can I reset or change my Apple ID's password?
• Free videos and guide - Setting up Parental Controls on an iPad, iPod Touch, iPhone
• Make sure Safari on your iPhone and iPad is warning you about suspect websites
• How to retrieve a forgotten Restrictions passcode for an iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch
• Help! My iPad's Safari has been locked by 'ransomware'. ​
  

Blog Articles

• Please do not call the number on your screen!
• ​Password Keeper apps for iDevices
• Something to consider if your kids know your iPad or iPhone passcode
• A video that answers the question, "Where do I safely store all my passwords?".
• When a strange message appears in Facebook on your iPhone/iPad, and you don't want to press OK
• How to stay safer online - adding an extra layer of protection
• Please do not call the number on your screen!
• I keep getting  a message showing a sign-in is requested from a strange location.  (In Melbourne, it shows St Kilda.)

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Siri

Handy Hints

• Set alarms without typing
• Quick Conversions with Siri
• Tell Siri all who you are!
• Tell Siri about your relationships
• Control music tracks when walking without touching your phone ​
• My most frequently use Siri commands
• Helping Siri understand your pronunciation of names
• Siri can have a male voice
• Tell Siri to remind you about an email, text, web content - anything!

Blog Articles:

• My iPhone reads and sends emails and texts, sets reminders, calls the kids to dinner - all hands free!

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Sounds, Notifications

Handy Hints

• Stopping your iPad or iPhone from disturbing you 
• ​Now you will be able to find your ringing phone in your handbag ​​
• ​Getting rid of annoying notifications
• ​How to include extra 'widgets' in your Notification Centre
• Controlling what notifications are visible on your Lock Screen

Blog Articles

• What to do when your iPhone is getting someone else's Instagram notifications
• How to change the default Alarm sound on your iPad and iPhone
• How to extend the number of rings before your phone goes to voicemail

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Travel

Handy Hints

• Phone and text access while travelling overseas
• Have you discovered this great feature of the TripAdvisor App?

Blog Articles

• Exciting news about Google Translate - just in time for school holiday travel to foreign lands!
• How to keep in touch by phone while travelling overseas     
• iPhone tip: How to dial an overseas number that has a '+' at the start     
• Apple SIM provides data for travellers in 90 countries     
• So many ways to keep in touch from the other side of the world using your iPad and iPhone     
• Some warnings about using Wi-Fi when travelling - even Hotel Wi-Fi     
• A really handy app for travellers
• Checking your voicemail when you don't have access to your regular phone or SIM     
• Making sure that your contacts' names appear in the Messages and Phone apps when you travel OS     
• Why don't certain iPhone messages arrive until I am connected to WiFi?     
• I turned on my data roaming and used 11MB in a flash      
• For travellers: how to get SatNav on your iPhone or iPad when you don't have internet     
• Client Question:  Why can't I send my Bigpond email when I am in Hong Kong?   
• How to get access to Australian content when you travel - while keeping your online world secure   
• Great ways of adding more storage to your iPad and iPhone - especially when you travel       
• Here's a handy app for when you travel - especially by train     
• A great accessory for travelling with your iPhone and iPad - battery charging, backup and extra storage for your i-Device

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Troubleshooting

Handy Hints

• How do I quickly fix a mis-behaving app on my iPad or iPhone?
• How can I reset or change my Apple ID's password?
• Phone and text access while travelling overseas

Blog Articles

• Great ways of adding more storage to your iPad and iPhone - especially when you travel  
• Are you backing up your iPad and iPhone?  If not, read this!
• Clearing out your iPhone's or iPad's memory (RAM) may help if it is mis-behaving
• Features of iOS 10 that you won't find on an iPhone 5 or 5C
• I keep getting  a message showing a sign-in is requested from a strange location.  (In Melbourne, it shows St Kilda.)