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GeeksModo Story Archive - October 2026

App Library on iPhone showing the apps organized by category (Utilities, Social, Entertainment, and so on).

How to add an app on iPhone

by Dave Johnson
You can add an app to your iPhone's Home Screen and App Library, or to App Library only, and move it to the Home Screen later.
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The Battery Usage screen in Settings on iPhone. It shows two graphs: the top graph displays daily battery usage for the last week, and the bottom graph details the battery level throughout the selected day, including periods of charging. Below the graphs, it summarizes total screen active and screen idle time.

How to show the iPhone battery percentage

by Moses Johnson
You can show the iPhone battery percentage in the status bar, and add a widget to see your accessories' battery levels too.
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An iPhone with the Mail app open. An email is displayed with large, bold text.

How to make onscreen elements easier to see on iPhone

by Emily Long
You can add borders around onscreen elements on iPhone, like controls, buttons, and Control Center, by turning on Show Borders.
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A show page in the Podcasts app showing an episode list. At the top of the screen are the Back, Follow, and More buttons. Toward the bottom of the screen is the MiniPlayer. Below that are the Home, New, Library, and Search buttons.

How to change your download settings for Podcasts on iPhone

by Dave Johnson
You can turn automatic downloads on or off in Podcasts on iPhone, remove played episodes, and change download settings for a single show.
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A map showing several route options between two locations, with buttons for choosing other travel modes, switching the starting point and destination, and viewing directions as steps.

How to choose a default travel mode and Maps units on iPhone

by Kevin Hollington
You can choose a default travel mode in Maps on iPhone, such as driving, walking, transit, or cycling, and change the units Maps uses.
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An iPhone showing the Assistive Access Home Screen with a large grid of apps.

iPhone cognitive accessibility features: Assistive Access, Guided Access, and more

by Moses Johnson
You can use built-in cognitive accessibility features on iPhone, from a simplified interface and single-app mode to tools that reduce sensory stimulus.
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The FaceTime screen showing a call in progress. At the top of the screen is the name of the participant shown in the larger image. The other participant’s image appears in a small rectangle in the lower left, along with the Flip Camera button. The images of the other participants appear in tiles above it. Additional FaceTime controls are at the bottom right of the screen: Camera, Microphone, More, and End Call buttons.

How to use Live Captions and Live Translation in FaceTime on iPhone

by Chris Smith
You can turn on Live Captions, and with Apple Intelligence, Live Translation during a FaceTime video call on iPhone.
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The Home tab in the Music app showing Top Picks at the top. You can swipe left or right to view more music chosen just for you. Recently Played appears below.

How to tell Apple Music what you enjoy on iPhone

by Emily Long
You can tell Apple Music on iPhone what you enjoy by marking favorites, suggesting less of what you dislike, and rating music.
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The Visited Places screen in the Maps app. Leisure, Shopping, Dining, and Nature appear as categories, each with a number indicating how many visits were made in that category.

How to view Visited Places in Maps on iPhone

by Moses Johnson
You can view Visited Places in Maps on iPhone to keep track of places you've been, end-to-end encrypted, and revisit or share them later.
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The Now Playing screen showing the Apple Music Sing slider to the right of the lyrics. The currently playing lyrics are highlighted.

How to sing along with Apple Music on iPhone

by Emily Long
You can see beat-by-beat lyrics and turn down a song's vocals to sing along, even on Apple TV 4K with Apple Music Sing on iPhone.
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