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Stacey Butler

Stacey is a senior staff writer at GeeksModo and has been writing about Apple for nearly a decade. She covers all things Apple for GeeksModo, including iPhones, iPads and Mac. Based in Honolulu, Hawaii, Stacey is often found hiking precarious landscapes or tinkering with a camera.

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A screen in the Fitness app showing a logged workout. Metrics for the distance traveled, duration, date, and active calories burned appear below the list of workouts.

How to log a workout in Fitness on iPhone

by Stacey Butler
You can log a workout you already completed in Fitness on iPhone, with its duration, distance, and calories, or delete a workout.
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The Duplicates screen, showing duplicate photos next to each other. On the right side of the screen are Merge buttons to merge each pair of duplicate photos.

How to merge duplicate photos and videos on iPhone

by Stacey Butler
You can merge duplicate photos and videos on iPhone from the Duplicates collection in Photos to save space.
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The Edit screen with a photo in the center. At the bottom of the screen, from left to right, are the Portrait, Adjust, Filters, Crop, and Clean Up buttons. The Crop button is selected and there is a slider to adjust the geometry enhancements.

How to crop, rotate, flip, or straighten photos and videos on iPhone

by Stacey Butler
You can crop, rotate, flip, and straighten photos and videos in the Photos app on iPhone, and your edits sync with iCloud Photos.
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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 clear your location history in Maps on iPhone

by Stacey Butler
You can clear the significant locations Maps uses for predictive traffic routing on iPhone, on every device signed in to your Apple Account.
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An image of Screen Time in Settings with options to set up Screen Time Schedules, Time Allowances, and more.

How to create, change, or remove a Screen Time passcode on iPhone

by Stacey Butler
You can set a Screen Time passcode on iPhone to protect your Screen Time settings, change or remove it, and reset it if you forget it.
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The Photos app is open and the Collections button is selected at the bottom of the screen. On the screen from top to bottom are the following Collections: Memories, Pinned, Albums, and Recent Days.

How to locate photos and videos by media type on iPhone

by Stacey Butler
You can browse photos and videos by media type in Photos on iPhone, like Portrait mode or time-lapse, and reorder the list of types.
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CarPlay showing Maps, Music, and Calendar in the Sidebar. On the right is a map showing two different navigation routes to get from point A to point B.

How to report traffic incidents in CarPlay

by Stacey Butler
You can report traffic incidents like accidents, hazards, speed checks, and road work in CarPlay in select regions.
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The Recipe Catalog in Apple News+.

How to search for channels, topics, stories, or recipes in News on iPhone

by Stacey Butler
You can search the News app on iPhone for channels, topics, stories, events, and recipes.
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The Calls tab in the Phone app in Unified layout. Favorite contacts appear at the top. Below the Favorites is a list of recent calls and voicemail. Buttons to view the Calls, Contacts, and Keypad tabs appear at the bottom. The Search button is in the bottom-right corner.

How to change your Phone settings on iPhone

by Stacey Butler
You can change Phone settings on iPhone, including the app layout, Caller ID, caller identification apps, Dial Assist, and your default calling app.
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The Add Recovery Contact screen.

iPhone tips from Apple Support advisors: passcode, lost iPhone, photos, and battery

by Stacey Butler
You can get expert advice from Apple Support advisors for iPhone, from remembering your passcode to finding a lost iPhone and saving battery.
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