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GeeksModo Story Archive - October 2026

The main screen of the Preview app. The New Document and Scan Documents buttons are in the middle of the screen. At the bottom of the screen are the Recents, Shared, and Browse tabs.

How to scan text and documents in Preview on iPhone

by Dave Johnson
You can scan text or a document into a PDF with the Preview app on iPhone, then crop, rotate, or adjust each page.
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The Find My People list, with the Add button at the top. Tapping a person in the list shows their contact information, directions, and more.

How to notify a friend when your location changes in Find My on iPhone

by Abigail Shilets
You can use Find My on iPhone to notify a friend when you arrive at or leave a location, and see or turn off notifications about you.
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The onscreen keyboard is open in the Mail app. The Dictation button in the bottom-right corner of the screen is selected and the Dictation button appears below the insertion point in the text field.

How to dictate text on iPhone

by Kevin Hollington
You can dictate text anywhere you can type on iPhone, switch between typing and Dictation, and dictate without an internet connection.
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Jiggling apps on the Home Screen with an arrow showing one app being dragged to the next page.

How to remove or delete apps from iPhone

by Chris Smith
You can remove an app from your iPhone Home Screen and keep it in App Library, or delete it from iPhone and recover it later.
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A screen showing five provided Focus options—Do Not Disturb, No messages during calls, Sleep, Personal, and Work. The Share Across Devices option is on, which allows the same Focus settings to be used across your Apple devices.

How to allow or silence notifications for a Focus on iPhone

by Emily Long
You can allow or silence notifications from specific people and apps during a Focus on iPhone, and still let emergency calls through.
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A CarPlay Dashboard showing Maps, Music, and Messages in the Sidebar. On the right is a map of San Francisco, navigation buttons, a now playing window, and a calendar entry.

How to play music together in the car using SharePlay and CarPlay on iPhone

by Abigail Shilets
You can play music together in the car using SharePlay and CarPlay, so passengers can control the music, joining by notification or QR code.
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A custom route in the Maps app, with distance, elevation profile, estimated time, and options to save or get directions to the start of the route.

How to save walks or hikes in Maps on iPhone

by Kevin Hollington
You can create walking or hiking routes in Maps on iPhone, browse hikes in U.S. national parks, and save them for offline use.
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The iCloud settings screen showing the iCloud storage meter and a list of features—including Photos, iCloud Drive, and iCloud Backup—that can be used with iCloud.

How to restore all content to iPhone from a backup

by Stacey Butler
You can restore content, settings, and apps to a new or erased iPhone from an iCloud backup or a computer backup.
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A calendar in Month view showing events and reminders.

How to use reminders in Calendar on iPhone

by Emily Long
You can show, create, complete, edit, and hide scheduled reminders from the Reminders app right in Calendar on iPhone.
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The Files app showing the files and folders in your iCloud Drive. The More menu has options for Selecting items, creating a new folder, Scan Documents, and Connect to Server. Below that are options to view items on the screen as Icons or a List. At the bottom are sort options for Name, Kind, Date, Size, and Tags followed by View Options.

How to organize files and folders in Files on iPhone

by Abigail Shilets
You can create folders in the Files app on iPhone, copy, compress, rename, and tag files, and mark folders as favorites.
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