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The iPhone is a smartphone from Apple that runs the iOS mobile operating system. Between its apps, communication features, the camera, mobile internet access, and other functionalities, the iPhone has quickly become an integral part of many peoples tech lives.

How to keep recordings up to date in Voice Memos on iPhone

by Abigail Shilets

You can keep your audio recordings up to date automatically on your iPhone, iPad, and Mac. There are two conditions. You need to be signed in to the same Apple Account on each device, and Voice Memos must be turned on in iCloud settings, with macOS 15 or later on a Mac.

To turn on Voice Memos in iCloud on your devices, follow these steps:

  • iOS or iPadOS: Go to Settings > [your name] > iCloud > See All, then scroll down and turn on Voice Memos.
  • macOS 15 or later: Choose Apple menu > System Settings, then click your name in the sidebar. If you don’t see your name, click “Sign in” to sign in to your Apple Account or create one. Click iCloud, click See All, then scroll down and turn on Voice Memos.
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How to view your memories in Photos on iPhone

by Chris Smith

The Memories collection in the Photos app includes personalized collections of photos and videos that feature a significant person, pet, place, activity, or event from your photo library.

In a memory, you can filter and sort the photos and videos, view all of them, or search for photos and videos. You can share a memory, delete it, show its location on a map, or play the memory movie, and you can add a memory to Favorites to make your favorite memories easier to find.

The Photos app is open to the Memories collection.

View your memories

  1. Open the Photos app on your iPhone.
  2. Tap Collections.
  3. Swipe left under Memories to scroll through a selection of your memories, or tap Memories to view them all.
  4. Select a memory to view all the photos and videos included in that memory.
  5. As you view a memory, you can do any of the following:
    • Filter and sort the photos videos in the memory: Tap the Sort and Filter button.
    • View all the photos and videos in the memory: Tap Show All
    • Search for photos and videos in the memory: Tap the Search button.
    • Share the memory, delete the memory, or show the memory location on a map: Tap the More button.
    • Share specific photos and videos in the memory: Tap Select, tap the photos and videos you want to share, then tap the Share button.
    • Play the memory movie: Tap the Play button.
  6. Tap the Back button to close the memory and return to Collections.

Add a memory to Favorites

Identify your favorite memories to make them easier to find.

  1. Open the Photos app on your iPhone.
  2. Tap Collections.
  3. Swipe left under Memories to scroll through a selection of your memories, or tap Memories to view them all.
  4. Touch and hold a memory and tap Add to Favorite Memories.

To view your favorite memories, go to the Collections tab, tap Memories, then tap Favorites.

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How to hide recent searches in Safari on iPhone

by Stacey Butler

You can hide the recent searches that appear when the search field is empty in the Safari app. It’s one setting, Show Recent Searches, in Safari’s settings on your iPhone. When you turn it off, recent searches no longer appear in the empty search field.

  1. Open the Settings app on your iPhone.
  2. Tap Apps, then tap Safari.
  3. Below Search, turn off Show Recent Searches.
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How to measure dimensions with iPhone

by Dave Johnson

You can use your iPhone camera to measure nearby objects, automatically detect the dimensions of rectangular objects, or manually set the start and end points of a measurement.

On supported models, Edge guides help you measure the height and the straight edges of furniture, countertops, and other objects, and Ruler view shows more detail. While you’re measuring, a green dot appears to show that your iPhone camera is in use.

A screen showing the measurement of the dimensions of a box in the Measure app. The area of the box is calculated from the measurements of the dimensions.

For best results, use Measure on well-defined objects located 0.5 to 3 meters (2 to 10 feet) from iPhone. (Measurements are approximate.)

Note: Measure works on external displays without turning on Screen Mirroring in Control Center.

Start a measurement

  1. Open the Measure app (in the Utilities folder) on your iPhone.
  2. Use the iPhone camera to slowly scan nearby objects.
  3. Position iPhone so that the object you want to measure appears on the screen.

Note: For your privacy, when you use Measure to take measurements, a green dot appears to indicate your camera is in use.

Take an automatic rectangle measurement

  1. Open the Measure app (in the Utilities folder) on your iPhone.
  2. Use the iPhone camera to slowly scan nearby objects.
  3. When iPhone detects the edges of a rectangular object, a white box frames the object; tap the white box or the Add button to see the dimensions.
  4. To take a photo of your measurement, tap the Take Picture button.

Take a manual measurement

  1. Open the Measure app (in the Utilities folder) on your iPhone.
  2. Align the dot at the center of the screen with the point where you want to start measuring. Tap the Add button.
  3. Slowly pan iPhone to the end point and then tap the Add button to see the measured length.
  4. To take a photo of your measurement, tap the Take Picture button.
  5. Take another measurement, or tap Clear to start over.

Use edge guides

On supported models, guide lines appear automatically, making it easy to measure the straight edges and height of furniture, countertops, and other objects.

  1. Open the Measure app (in the Utilities folder) on your iPhone.
  2. Position the dot at the center of the screen along the straight edge of an object until a guide line appears.
  3. Tap the Add button where you want to begin measuring.
  4. Slowly pan along the guide line. Tap the Add button at the endpoint to see the measured length.
  5. To take a photo of your measurement, tap the Take Picture button.

Use Ruler view

Ruler view shows more detail in your measurements on supported models.

  1. Open the Measure app (in the Utilities folder) on your iPhone.
  2. After measuring the distance between two points, move iPhone closer to the measurement line until it transforms into a ruler, showing incremental units of length.
  3. To take a photo of your measurement, tap the Take Picture button.
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How to export passwords to another password manager on iPhone

by Tyler Stephen

You can export your passwords for websites and accounts to a CSV file, and then import them into another password manager. But not every password goes with you. You can’t export Wi-Fi passwords, passwords you shared with a group you didn’t create, or Sign in with Apple account passwords. The exported file isn’t encrypted, either, so after you import the passwords into another password manager, it’s best to delete the file you exported.

WARNING: Your exported passwords are not encrypted and are visible to anyone who can access the file. After you import the passwords into another password manager, delete the file you exported.

The Export Browsing Data screen, with the Passwords option selected for export to another password manager.

  1. Start the Settings app on your iPhone.
  2. Tap Apps, then tap Safari.
  3. Below History and Website Data, tap Export.
  4. Select Passwords.
  5. Deselect the other choices.
  6. Tap Save to Downloads.
  7. Tap Done.

Note: Wi-Fi passwords, passwords you shared with a group (unless you created the group), and Sign in with Apple account passwords can’t be exported.

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How to control iPhone with the movement of your head

by Stacey Butler

With Head Tracking, you can control iPhone using just your head. An onscreen pointer follows the movement of your head, and when you look at an item and hold your head steady, or dwell, you perform an action, such as a tap.

Head Tracking uses the front-facing camera, so iPhone should sit on a stable surface about 18 inches from your face, with your face adequately lit. When your head points toward an item, an outline appears around it.

Note: Head Tracking is available on iOS 26 and later.

Before you begin

Head Tracking works with the built-in, front-facing camera on iPhone. To get the best results, the camera needs a clear view of your face, and your face should be adequately lit. Set iPhone on a stable surface, about 18 inches from your face.

Turn on Head Tracking

  1. Start the Settings app on your iPhone.
  2. Tap Accessibility, tap Head Tracking, and turn on Head Tracking.

Use Head Tracking

Once Head Tracking is on, an onscreen pointer follows the movement of your head, and an outline appears around any item on the screen your head is pointed toward. Wherever you face, the pointer always moves with your head, and the faster you move, the faster it goes.

When you hold your head steady at a location on the screen, the dwell pointer appears where you’re looking and the dwell timer begins (the dwell pointer circle starts to fill). When the dwell timer finishes, an action—tap, by default—is performed.

For additional onscreen gestures or physical button presses, there’s the AssistiveTouch menu.

Set options for Head Tracking

You can customize actions like a Single-Tap or Double Tap to different facial movements, like smiling, blinking, or scrunching your nose. You can also set options for how the Head Tracking pointer responds to your head’s movement.

  1. Start the Settings app on your iPhone.
  2. Do any of the following:

    • Actions: Select a facial expression (like Raise Eyebrows or Open Mouth). Then choose an action from the list (like Open Menu or Single-Tap).

      Sensitivity: Choose the amount of expressiveness needed to perform the expression.

    • Pointer: Select an option to have the pointer move with face movements, when facing screen edges, or based on head position.
    • Pointer Speed: Select the Increment button or Decrement button to adjust how quickly the pointer moves with head movement.
    • Snap to Item: Have the pointer automatically move to the item on the screen that’s closest to where your head is pointing.
    • Dwell Control: Turn Dwell Control on or off.
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How to change the date and time on iPhone

by Abigail Shilets

The time zone on your iPhone is set automatically, but if you don’t have Location Services turned on or you don’t have service, you can change it manually.

You can choose a city or a time zone offset, set the date and time yourself, and turn 24-Hour Time on or off. It’s all in the Date & Time section of General settings, so there’s no need to hunt for it.

Change the clock format

  1. Start the Settings app on your iPhone.
  2. Tap General, then tap Date & Time.
  3. Turn 24-Hour Time on or off to choose how to display the time.

Change the time zone

  1. Start the Settings app on your iPhone.
  2. Turn off Set Time Zone Automatically. Then do one of the following:
    • Choose a city: Tap Time Zone City, then search for a city.
    • Select a time zone offset: Tap Set By and tap Time Zone Offset. Then tap + or -.

Change the date and time

  1. Start the Settings app on your iPhone.
  2. Tap General, then tap Date & Time.
  3. Turn off Set Time Automatically and then set the date and time.
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How to adjust the accessibility settings for AirPods on iPhone

by Kevin Hollington

With AirPods 3 or later, AirPods Pro, or AirPods Max, you can adjust the accessibility settings to suit your mobility or hearing needs. You can change the press speed and how long you press and hold, and with AirPods Pro, even use noise cancellation with one AirPod.

  1. Open Settings, tap Accessibility, and then tap AirPods.
  2. If you have multiple AirPods, select one.
  3. Set any of the following options:
    • Press Speed: Adjust how quickly you must press two or three times before an action occurs.
    • Press and Hold Duration: Adjust the duration required to press and hold on your AirPods.
    • Noise Cancellation with One AirPod: With AirPods Pro, turn on noise cancellation even when you’re using only one of your AirPods.
    • Spatial Audio Head Tracking: When you turn on Follow iPhone, Spatial Audio sounds like it’s coming from your iPhone instead of following the movement of your head (for supported audio and video content).
    • Tone Volume: Adjust the volume of the sound effects that are played by your AirPods, such as low battery alerts.

If you have AirPods Pro 2, your iPhone can give you a hearing test. And the Hearing Aid feature offers hearing assistance if you have perceived mild to moderate hearing loss.

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How to use Impersonation Risk Detection

by Stacey Butler

Impersonation Risk Detection can help protect you from scams by detecting suspicious activity in real time. When it’s on and suspicious activity is detected in a third-party app, you may see a warning message, or be asked to verify your identity before you continue. It’s only available in third-party apps that support it.

Note: This feature is only available in third-party apps that support Impersonation Risk Detection.

Turn Impersonation Risk Detection on or off

  1. Open the Settings app on your iPhone.
  2. Tap Privacy & Security, then tap Impersonation Risk Detection. (You may need to scroll down.)
  3. Turn Share with App Developers on or off.
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How to reply to and forward emails in Mail on iPhone

by Kevin Hollington

In the Mail app, you can reply to or forward emails yourself, or use Apple Intelligence to draft quick, personalized responses.

You can reply to just the sender or reply to everyone, quote some text when you reply, and forward an email. You can also follow up on emails and set up an automatic reply in Mail. Smart Reply can help, too.

Here’s how to reply to and forward emails in Mail on iPhone.

An email showing reply options. Across the middle of the screen, from left to right, are Reply, Reply All, Forward, and Trash.

Reply to an email

  1. Open the Mail app on your iPhone.
  2. Tap the message, tap the Reply button, and do one of the following: Reply to just the sender: Tap Reply.

    • Reply to the sender and the other recipients: Tap Reply All.

    Type your response, then tap the Send button to send.

Quote some text when you reply to an email

To make clear what you’re responding to, you can include text from the sender in your reply.

  1. Open the Mail app on your iPhone.
  2. In the sender’s message, touch and hold the first word of the text and drag to the last word.
  3. Tap the Reply button, tap Reply, and type your message.

    Note: To turn off the indentation of quoted text, go to Settings > Apps > Mail > Increase Quote Level (below Composing), then turn off Increase Quote Level.

Forward an email

You can send an email message forward to new recipients.

  1. Open the Mail app on your iPhone.
  2. Tap the message, tap the Reply button, and then tap Forward.

    If there are attachments in the original message—like photos or documents—you can decide whether to include them in the forwarded message.

  3. Choose Include or Don’t Include.
  4. Enter the email addresses of the new recipients.
  5. Tap in the message, then type your response.

    The forwarded message appears below.

Follow up on emails

Sent an email message and haven’t heard back for several days? The message automatically returns to the top of your inbox, so you remember to follow up.

  1. To turn off Follow Up Suggestions, open Settings, tap Apps and tap Mail. Then turn off Follow Up Suggestions.

Set up an automatic reply in Mail

You can set up an automatic reply on iCloud.com that responds to incoming email messages, or have messages forwarded automatically to another inbox.

Use Smart Reply

If you have Apple Intelligence, Smart Reply can quickly draft an email response in your personalized writing style.

Note: Apple Intelligence on iOS 27 or later is available on an Apple Intelligence-enabled iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max, or iPhone 16 model or later.

Apple Intelligence is not available in all languages or regions, according to Apple.

Usage limits may apply.* Go to the Mail app on your iPhone.

  1. Tap an email, tap the Reply button, and then tap Reply.

    In the keyboard, tap a suggested reply.

    Apple Intelligence drafts a reply in the email.

    When you’re ready to send your reply, tap the Send button.

    *Apple Intelligence is available with Siri and device language set to Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, or Vietnamese.

    Some features may not be available in all regions or languages.

    Some devices may not be available in all regions.

    Siri AI is available in beta in iOS 27, iPadOS 27, macOS 27, watchOS 27, and visionOS 27 and requires an Apple Intelligence–enabled device set to a supported language.

    Available in English to start.

    Siri AI will not be initially available in the EU on iOS, iPadOS, and watchOS.

    Certain Apple Intelligence features that rely on server-side models are subject to daily usage limits, including but not limited to Siri AI, Intelligent Photo Editing Tools, Image Playground, and AFM 3 Cloud models in Shortcuts.

    Daily limits may vary by feature, request complexity, system demand, system policies, and other factors.

    Expanded access to such features will be available for a fee in the future.

  2. Use of these features is subject to the Apple Intelligence Terms and Conditions.
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