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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 Reminders screen showing a grid of Smart Lists, such as Today, Scheduled, and Flagged, each showing the number of items. Under the heading 'My Lists,' shows a list of custom reminder categories like Family, Work, and Camping Trip.

How to search through all your lists in Reminders on iPhone

by Stacey Butler
You can search through all your Reminders lists on iPhone at once for items that contain a word or phrase.
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The Favorites screen in the Contacts app; six contacts are listed as favorites.

How to add or remove accounts in Contacts on iPhone

by Stacey Butler
You can add iCloud and other contact accounts on iPhone, choose a default account, set up LDAP or CardDAV, and remove accounts you don't need.
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A contact card in the Contacts app.

Ways to keep in touch with friends and family on iPhone

by Stacey Butler
You can keep in touch with friends and family on iPhone, from a shared address book and favorites to group texts and FaceTime calls.
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A Safari search screen, with the onscreen keyboard at the bottom of the screen. Above the keyboard, the search field contains text, and related search suggestions are listed above.

How to hide recent searches in Safari on iPhone

by Stacey Butler
You can hide the recent searches that appear in the Safari search field on iPhone by turning off Show Recent Searches.
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An iPhone with the AssistiveTouch menu visible, showing controls for Notification Center, Device, Control Center, Home, Gestures, and Custom.

How to control iPhone with the movement of your head

by Stacey Butler
You can control iPhone with the movement of your head using Head Tracking, with an onscreen pointer and dwell to perform actions like a tap.
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An ongoing call screen showing a banner that asks if the caller would like to use Hold Assist to receive a notification when they’re no longer on hold.

How to use Impersonation Risk Detection

by Stacey Butler
You can use Impersonation Risk Detection to help protect you from scams in supported third-party apps by spotting suspicious activity in real time.
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A fillable PDF form showing an AutoFill suggestion for the name and phone fields.

How to fill in personal information in Safari on iPhone

by Stacey Butler
You can use AutoFill in Safari on iPhone to fill in your contact information, user names, and passwords from your saved contact card.
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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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