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GeeksModo Story Archive - October 2026

The audiobook player screen showing, from top to bottom, the audiobook cover, the name of the section that's playing, the playhead, pause button, and the skip forward and back buttons. At the bottom is the volume slider and below that are buttons for controlling playback speed, setting a sleep timer, choosing a playback destination, and viewing a list of the book's tracks.

How to listen to audiobooks in the Books app on iPhone

by Tyler Stephen
You can listen to audiobooks in the Books app on iPhone, skip forward or back, jump to a specific time, and find supplemental PDFs.
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A screen showing a document being scanned. The Take Picture button is at the bottom center.

How to scan a QR code with your iPhone camera

by Dave Johnson
You can scan QR codes for websites, apps, coupons, and tickets with the iPhone Camera or the Scan Code control in Control Center.
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The information page for an app in the App Store. The page shows the Get button, ratings, age ratings, the developer, screenshots, and more. At the bottom, from left to right, are the following buttons: Today, Games, Apps, Arcade, and Search.

How to get apps in the App Store on iPhone

by Chris Smith
You can discover, buy, and download apps in the App Store on iPhone, browse featured stories and charts, and find Apple Arcade games.
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The Voice Memos list screen with a selected recording at the top. The recording timeline has a playhead, which you can drag to go to a specific place in the recording. The play controls are below the timeline.

How to play a recording in Voice Memos on iPhone

by Chris Smith
You can play Voice Memos recordings on iPhone and change playback speed, skip silences, enhance the audio, or turn on Studio Sound.
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A fillable PDF form showing an AutoFill suggestion for the name and phone fields.

How to add, delete, rotate, move, or crop PDF pages in Preview on iPhone

by Stacey Butler
You can add, delete, rotate, reorder, and crop pages in a PDF using the Preview app on iPhone, and insert scanned pages too.
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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 follow your favorite podcasts on iPhone

by Chris Smith
You can follow podcasts on iPhone to add them to your library, get notified about new episodes, and listen on your other devices.
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The Mailboxes screen. Below iCloud, mailboxes are listed from top to bottom, including the Trash mailbox. Tap it to see recently deleted messages.

How to use iCloud Mail rules to automatically apply actions to emails in Mail on iPhone

by Abigail Shilets
You can create iCloud Mail rules on iPhone to automatically move, delete, forward, or mark emails as read, and edit or reorder them.
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Trips is open in the Photos app. A row of years appears along the top of the screen. All is selected, and below it are collections of photos, each from a different trip.

How to browse photos and videos by location on iPhone

by Chris Smith
You can browse your photos and videos by location on iPhone, see them on a map, and check where any photo was taken.
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A website is open in Safari. The Page Menu button is selected and listening controls are displayed.

How to listen to a webpage in Safari on iPhone

by Dave Johnson
You can have Safari on iPhone read supported webpages aloud with Listen to Page, and pause or resume whenever you like.
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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 get personalized recommendations in Music on iPhone

by Stacey Butler
You can tell Music which genres and artists you like on iPhone to get recommendations based on your taste if you subscribe to Apple Music.
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