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Microsoft Word Vs. Apple Pages Vs. Google Docs – FIGHT!

Thursday July 28, 2022 4:12 am EAT by GeeksModo Staff

It’s no secret that I’m a writer- I mean, hell, you’re reading something I’ve written right now.

But to be a writer in 2020, you’re going to need some technology. And that’s what I’d like to talk about in this article. Whether you write on a MacBook or a PC, a Chromebook or an iPad, you’ve got to write on something. Pen and paper is now a thing of the past.

But in this article, I don’t want to compare laptops or tablets or even keyboards. No, I want to talk software. Because having a piece of tech to write on is the first step, but finding a program to translate your chaotic key-presses into something worth reading is equally significant.

And it depends, a great deal, on what you are going to need to do in your writing program. Do you need total control over every aspect of how the document appears? Do you need to have the ability to share your document with others to collaborate on? Are you- like me- writing a novel or a series of novels? Are you writing school papers? Work documents?

While there are numerous programs and apps on the market to get your writing done, I want to pit the big three-
Microsoft’s Word,
Apple’s Pages,
And
Google’s Docs.

*Please keep in mind: For reference, I will only be talking about the personal versions of these programs; if there’s any differences between the standard programs and
their business counterparts- like G-Suite or Office for Business- I won’t talk about it here.

3…2…1… FIGHT!

Cost

This is always my starting point. If you’re considering which program to write with, it’s always a good idea to consider how much it will cost you to use them.

Thankfully, there are free versions of all three of these programs- but they vary in superiority and usefulness.

Google Docs, actually, is completely free; all you may have to pay for is Goole Drive storage, and that’s only if you exhaust the 15gb Google Offers you for free (this includes your Gmail, photos, and anything else you have in Drive besides your writing).

Apple’s Pages is another free program to use, which is quite awesome; Apple used to charge for this software ($19.99 on Macs, and $9.99 on iOS). It’s also a bummer, because I’m pretty sure I paid for the iPad version when it was first released. Just like Google Docs, all you would have to pay for would be additional iCloud storage if you need it.

Microsoft is the only app that will cost you; to use the desktop version of Word- or the app on any device with a screen that is 10.1 inches or larger- you must pay for a Microsoft 365 subscription, which starts at $6.99 a month (or $69.99 a year). The advantage of this plan is that it automatically comes with 1tb of OneDrive cloud storage, so at least you are not limited to a meager 5gb storage capacity.

Having said that, Microsoft does offer a free web-version of Word; it is not that feature-rich, but it’s there and can be used in almost any web browser. The shortcoming, of course, is that you need to be connected to the internet to use this free model.

Winner: I could argue that required subscription from Microsoft is advantageous because of the extra cloud storage, but truth be told: free is free. Apple and Google tie in this category, leaving Microsoft in the dust.

Availability

Whether a program is free or not, you need to consider when and where you can use it.

This depends primarily on the devices you use. For instance, you can only use Pages on Apple devices- An iPhone, iPad or Mac. Apple offers a web version of Pages on iCloud.com, but frankly , it’s a far cry from the real processor; it will help you in no time, but you aren’t going to want to use the web app on a daily basis.

Microsoft Word has a much wider reach, with fully-fledged programs available on both Windows 10 and macOS. While it’s web version is somewhat – and I mean somewhat- better than Pages in iCloud, it still isn’t something to use on the regular. And if you use an iPad or a Chromebook, there is an app version of Word that has gotten pretty good over the years, but still isn’t as good as the desktop version.

Google Docs has the advantage over the others – or should I say the Chrome – because it is available everywhere. On most devices, Google Docs is only web app- but unlike the web versions of Pages or Word, it is fully functional- in fact, it is more functional on the web than the downloadable app versions.

Google Docs is accessible from anywhere provided that you have a web browser. In fact, you don’t have to use Chrome; if you do use Chrome, it features a built-in offline mode so that you can access and edit your docs on the go (Simply ensure you’ve allowed Google Drive to store files offline). If you use an iPad or Android device (including Chromebooks that run Android apps), there is a Google Docs app you can download, but similar to the web versions of Word and Pages, it is nowhere near as useful as the real deal.

Winner: Google Docs. Whether you use a Mac, a PC, a Chromebook, an Android device, or an iPhone/iPad, Google Docs is readily available. Although the app isn’t as fantastic (we’ll talk about that shortly ), if you have a web browser, you’ve got access to Google Docs. Microsoft Word comes in at a close second, especially if you prefer the desktop program compared to a web app or mobile app. Apple Pages… well, it’s best if used inside the walled garden.

Saving and the Cloud

Saving your work is very crucial. If you don’t, well… why waste your energy writing it, right?

Personally, I’ve been burned before as far as saving my work is concern; Windows once lost 12 whole chapters I had been writing, and I’ve never really forgiven it for that. But that was way before the introduction of cloud storage and autosaving; today, there’s a lot of peace of mind built into these programs. Having said that, I’m a paranoid writer; I always keep back up copies of my work so that I’m not depending on a single cloud service or my computer’s hard drive.

For years, Google Docs has been my gold standard as far as savings your work is concern. It saves after every. keystroke. instantly. Even when you are using it offline, it saves every single added character and instantly uploads it to Google Drive the moment it gets a scent of Wi-Fi. Personally, this is the single reason I keep going back to Google Docs; I know that if my laptop dies mid-sentence, Docs saved that half-a-sentence. And because it is all saved in the cloud, if someone came and shattered my laptop as I work on a document, all I need to do is sign into Google on another device to keep on chugging.

Microsoft Word has really improved when it comes to saving in recent years; while it has had its own auto-save feature for a long time, it used to only save every Two minutes. Yes, that is still pretty often, but potentially offers enough elapsed time that you could loose something. Word includes a redundancy feature that recovers documents that weren’t saved before a shut down or power loss, but in my testing, this is quite unpredictable.

These days, if you enable autosave (for some reason, this is an option and not a default), it will save every time you stop typing, and it will upload it to OneDrive- either instantly or as soon as your device is connected back to the internet, and is very almost as reliable as Google Docs gold standard. The only problem I have experienced is that occasionally, Word gets an error where it can’t figure out which version of the document is the most up-to-date, but the problem only seems to occur when I’m editing a document on one device and then I switch to another (for instance, going from Word on the iPhone to Word on a Mac). But even when that happens, Word will prompt you to check the differences or ask you to save one version as a copy.

To be honest, Pages method of saving annoys me. It autosaves too, and seems to do so as well as the other two. However, the problem is that it doesn’t indicate it is saving. It just does it- and it just works, as with most Apple products- but this is the one time I’d really like Apple to tell me what it is doing. Essentially, you just have to belief when you close a document that it saved everything just how you wanted it. What’s worse, sometimes Pages- at least the macOS version- prompts you to save before closing, which to me says that it wasn’t autosaving a damn thing.

Both Google Docs and Word will notify you at the top of the page when it is saving and when everything is saved, and will even let you know if it is waiting to upload your file to their respective clouds. Because Pages doesn’t do this- ever- it makes me not want to rely on it, especially when writing something as long as a novel.

While we’re on the topic of saving, we should also discuss the issue of the cloud. I’m not going to break down cloud storage or the pros and cons of each service- that’s probably a subject for another fight – but I do want to talk about how using the cloud to store your documents will work with each service.

With Google Docs, your documents are automatically uploaded to Google Drive, and, if you are using Chrome, Google Drive will automatically store your files on your computer for offline use. The process is quite simple, and you really don’t have to do anything; provided that you are signed into Google Drive for the first time in Chrome, the offline download starts automatically. Having said that, it’s quite challenging to use Google Docs to open an edit documents that aren’t saved in Drive- basically, Google will prompt you to upload it to Drive first- and possibly convert it into Google Docs format- before you can do everything you need to with it. If you are using the Google Docs app, you can toggle specific documents to always stay downloaded to your phone or tablet, but you will be required to go document by document; at the time of writing, there’s no way to mass-download the documents.

In Word, you can create word documents that only live offline (as long as you are using the full desktop version on a Mac or PC; the app versions and the web apps will require OneDrive to save files), or you can save files in OneDrive. I love this functionality because it makes it easy to save a back-up copy on your computer’s hard drive in case your cloud becomes inaccessible, and the other way round. OneDrive also includes a “Personal Vault” where you can store documents behind some added encryption, but in my experience, it was difficult to access and edit documents if they are in the vault; Word, for instance, can’t search the vault to open a document. As far as offline work is concerned, you can instruct Windows to always keep specific documents or folders downloaded to your computer so that they are always at your disposal wherever you are. In the Word apps for iOS and Android, there’s absolutely no way to specify which files you want to stay downloaded; Word will automatically download and store documents you’ve recently opened, but those downloads won’t stay for a long time.

Pages, by the same token, offers you the ability to open and create documents stored both on your Mac (or iPad or iPhone) and in iCloud. In addition, you can instruct iCloud to download a folder or a file, but, at least in iOS, iCloud appears to automatically remove those downloads after a while, which is annoying because you either have to remember to re-download the documents you’re gonna want while offline, or you discover too late that your documents are unavailable when you need them. I haven’t managed to test whether or not macOS will also automatically dump downloaded files back into iCloud when they haven’t been used in a while, but I personally don’t expect it to work any differently than it does on iOS.

Winner: Once again, the award goes to Google Docs. It remains the gold standard for saving, and it makes keeping documents offline something you don’t have to think about, provided that you are using Google Chrome as your browser. Once more, Word comes in at a close second; they’ve really worked hard in the last couple of years to get their autosaving up to par with Google’s, and while saving cloud documents for offline use is done manually, it is still relatively simple to make sure your files are downloaded and stay downloaded. In this case, Apple’s jingle that “it just works” isn’t enough, especially for a paranoid writer like me.

Features

It is important to talk about what you can do with these programs… you know, besides writing. For the vast majority of people, all they need is something to type in, but every now and then, there are other thing you’re gonna need.

In this section, I am going to particularly discuss the desktop versions of Word and Pages, in addition to the web version of Google Docs, since we’ve already established that their apps aren’t as full featured, and I’ve promised I’ll talk about the apps in another section.

Obviously, all 3 of these programs do the basics- formatting, fonts, and footnotes. If you’re a font fiend like me, it’s worth noting that Google Docs only supports fonts from its own catalog, while Windows and Apple will only allow you to install fonts you’ve downloaded or purchased, as well as fonts from services like Adobe Creative Cloud.

Also, please note that Pages seems to have a weird formatting bug with some fonts; depending on the font you use (and it may only apply to third-party fonts), Pages will “lose” parts of each page once in a while. Thankfully, none of your writing gets lost, but where the page breaks, sentences and even whole paragraphs won’t displayed. You can fix this by copying the entire document and pasting it into a new document, but unless you change the font, it will only happen again after a while. It’s somehow annoying, especially if you have a preference for a specific font for your work. I also couldn’t get bold to work in certain third party fonts in Pages. I thought maybe there was a separate bold font I needed to install for this to work, but the same font installed in Microsoft Word appeared in bold whenever I hit the command.

Each of them includes collaboration feature as well, in the event you need to share your document with others. All three gives you the ability to share a document either with full permission to edit or with only the ability to view the document, but Google goes a step further by adding a third option, where you can allow people you share with to add comments. I love this option because I can allow proofreaders the ability to make notes without actually being able to change the original document.

Google Docs allows you to see a collaborator working in real time, with a separate cursor (in a different color) and their name next to it. There are two modes here- suggesting and editing – with the latter allowing them to make direct changes that will fall in line with the rest of the document, and the other highlighting their changes for you to accept or reject before they are incorporated into the document.

In Word, this collaboration becomes quite a bit more robust. Real-time changes don’t show up quite as fast – however, still within a few seconds- but changes are tracked so that you can easily find, approve, and reject changes made by others. Formatting or font changes are marked with a red line to the left of the segment that was changed, and clicking on that line will show you the notes in the comments panel to the right that identify what was changed, while text changes will be in red and will underline what was added or cross out what was removed.

Pages, more or less, works the same. I encountered some difficulty seeing real-time changes in the documents, though it could be an issue with iOS vs. macOS; I know I said I wasn’t talking about the apps in this category, but I don’t have an extra MacBook to try Pages on. If I made a change on the iPad, it took Approximately 10–20 seconds to show up on the MacBook, but if I made a change on the MacBook, the iPad compelled me to close the file and reload it before the change could reflect. Working Mac to Mac, I think it would work more like Word, but to be honest, I used the app versions of Google Docs and Word on the same iPad to test collaboration and never had to reload the document manually. Tracking changes works the same as it does in Word; added words are marked in red, erased words also appear in red and crossed out, and changes are also indicated by a red line to the left of the segment that was changed, and a note in the comments section.

To be honest, I can’t talk about all of the features packed in these programs- I’m not a power user- and most things- such as changing headers and whatnot- Works pretty much the same and as well in each that it isn’t worth writing about. But there are a couple of other things I wish to point out in this category.

Among the three, Google Docs is arguably the least feature-heavy. It is definitely more for lighter users, which is made explicit by lengthy documents- even on a computer with a good processor, Google Docs will lag some in large documents (you know, like a manuscript).

Pages appears to have virtually all the feature Word has, but nearly does not get you an invitation to the Headless Hunt. Certain things- such as adding a page break- just don’t work as beautifully as they do in Word or Docs; Pages insists always on adding a whole blank page to the document, which I then have to delete. Pages also has a few drabacks that Word does not. For instance, I had numbered paragraphs in one section of a document, and then more at a later point in the same document. Pages insisted that the second set should continue the numbering from earlier, while Word allowed me to restart the count at one. Maybe Pages can do this as well, but they didn’t make this feature in any way findable.

While in the tsubject of finding thinks… Word has a handy search bar- not the one where you can search words or phrases in the document- but to search for features in the program. This makes it incredibly useful if you are aware of the feature you want but don’t know where to find it.

All three processors includes spelling and grammar checker. Google Docs’ appears to depend on the internet, however; when in offline mode, it will simply ignore your mistakes. Pages, in contrast, has some weird drabacks of its own; for some reason, it insists on capitalizing after a question mark in a quote, resulting in “Where is she?” They asked… instead of “Where is she? they asked. It also tried to convince me that I should be typing “Your wrong” instead of “You’re wrong.” I mean, words like their, they’re, and there are hard enough without Pages incorrectly telling you which one to use.

If you own a PC that has a touchscreen and supports the use of a stylus- for instance the Surface Pen- Word supports drawing in the document. This is a super useful tool, and one I personally like for writing notes in my documents because it makes the notes stand out from regular text. Pages supports this as well, but only on the iPad.

Lastly, if you are looking to get your work published, it’s worth noting that Microsoft Word is the standard for the most publishers. While Docs and Pages can export into a Word document, I’ve noted that sometimes there are formatting issues when trying to open those files in Word. Pages, for example, sometimes entirely forgets to translate tabs over, which I think is somehow connected to its auto-tab feature. Having said that, if you are looking at self publishing, Pages does have it’s own macOS app built for publishing into Apple Books.

Winner: Microsoft Word. It is hands down the most feature-rich of all the three word processors, and it is also the writing standard for most publishing companies. In addition, collaboration is at its best in Word. Obviously, it really depends on what your needs are; I don’t use half of the capabilities Microsoft Word offers, however, apparently I use just enough that Pages sometimes falls short. Moreover, Pages sometimes just doesn’t understand grammar, and that right their is a huge problem.

Apps

I promised to talk about the apps, and I meant it. So here we are. All the three programs offer app versions of their word processors, but the apps are not created equal.

As I pointed out, Google Docs’ app for iOS and Android is a far cry from the full-fledged web program; it is missing most of the features that are built into Google Docs proper, including some basics such as footnote support (indeed and in fact, you can’t even see footnotes that are in the document unless you look at the Print Preview). It also lacks what I consider Google Docs signature feature- its instant saving. Instead of seeing it save after every keystroke, you have to tap a check mark at the top of the screen to save your changes. Generally, the app just feels old-fashioned; Google has done very little to update it in years, at least from a visual angle, and honestly they seem very slow to release major feature updates too. Candidly, the Google Docs app feels like an entirely separate program from the main web version.

Microsoft’s Word for iOS and Android has come a lot closer to the full desktop app- it can even support third-party fonts on the iPad now- but it still isn’t on same level with the desktop app. First of all, you can’t open multiple documents at the same time, even though Apple introduced this feature with iPadOS 13 (don’t worry, Google Docs can’t do it either). Secondly, some of the keyboard shortcuts- such as inserting those dreaded footnotes- don’t work in the app, even when paired with a physical keyboard. The top bar also feels like a slimmed down version of the tool panel you get in the full Word experience, but almost everything is pretty much where it should be if you are conversant with the desktop version. I couldn’t figure out a way to view all of my headers in a large document, though, which is a bummer for navigation.

Pages on iOS works pretty much the same as Pages on macOS. The layout of things like the formatting menu is the almost similar, although some of the options are split to feature at the bottom of the iPad display, where, ideally, it is closer to your fingers when you’re typing on the screen. Unfortunately that makes it quite challenging to find things sometimes; an option for, say, a footnote is down at the bottom of the display rather than at the top in the menu (and same as Word, the familiar keyboard shortcut doesn’t do a damn thing). Other stuff, such as the table of contents, are presented only as a drop down menu and not as a permanent fixture beside the document, which, again, is a bummer for navigating a large document.

But the apps aren’t exclusive to the ones you download; Pages and Word also offer online web apps. In this category, though, Google Docs wins by a clear distance, simply because the primary version is a web app. Pages and Word are, more or less, the same as the mobile app that you install on your device, except that they require internet connection and are lacking in even a couple of more areas- such as font support for anything but the basics that are built into the programs.

Winner: When compared to their desktop (or web, in the case of Google) counterparts, none of these really compare. Having said that, Word at least bear a resemblance to
the desktop program in terms of design, therefore, at least there isn’t too much of a learning curve as far as finding what you need is concern. Pages, if anything, is fuller featured on the iPad than any of the others, but only by comparison. While it’s quite tough to decide between Pages and Word as a winner here, I think it is Fair to say the Google Docs app is definitely the loser. It feels like it was designed by a completely company. It sucks.

Note-Taking

The final thing I want to talk about has nothing to do with the programs themselves. But if you’re a writer, more than likely you’re going to take notes at some point in time.

Each of these companies also makes a note-taking app, which in some way works together with the main program. Of course, you can easily use a third party program like Evernote for your note-taking, however, I’d like to take a moment to consider what Google, Apple, and Microsoft have to offer and how they interact with their word processors.

Similar to Google Docs, Google Keep primarily resides on the web. Unlike the Docs web app, however, it doesn’t include an offline mode. For that purpose, you’d need to be using a device- such as a Chromebook or an iPad- that can install the Keep mobile app. Keep notes are also kept in the cloud and synced so that you can access notes from all your devices.

As far as I’m concern, Keep is a little lacking in organization. While it includes features such as searchable labels and the ability to pin the most essential notes to the top of the list, it doesn’t include an option for folders to better organize notes. But the bonus of using Keep is that it is quick to start a new note, and from Google Docs you can directly import a note from Keep- to do this, just tap the Keep icon to the right of the document and your list of notes appears. Also, you can set reminders directly in your notes, so that your note reappears when you need it to, and you can add photos to your notes.

Apple, likewise, stocks its Notes app on iOS and macOS. Like Pages, it’s not available on PC, Chromebook, or Android users however, for people in Apple’s ecosystem, it’s an automatic choice. Unlike Keep, Notes offers the ability to create folders for organization, and like Keep you can pin important notes to the top of each notebook. While it’s impossible to set up a reminder within the note, you can share a note to Apple’s Reminders app, where it will appear as an attachment when the reminder goes off. On iPhone and iPad, you can draw in Notes, and if you own an iPad that supports the Apple Pencil, you can easily open a new note from the lock-screen by tapping the Pencil to the screen. And, like Keep, you can add photos to notes. Unfortunately, there’s no way to easily import a note into Pages beyond copying the text in Notes and pasting it in Pages. Not a big issue, but nowhere near as fast as Keep’s built-in function within Docs. Another nag is that sometimes Notes will open a new note in between other notes rather than in order. It’s a pain, but you can easily move the notes around if you need to.

Lastly, Microsoft offers OneNote, which incidentally is the only free part of their Office Suite; you don’t need that 365 subscription to use OneNote. I like OneNote, because it not only supports folders for organization, it supports subfolders within those folders. Among the three programs, it probably takes the longest from opening the app to starting a note, but once you get going, you’ve got a lot of tools to work with. Actually, you have almost the same tools that you have in Microsoft Word. You can use a pen on supported devices to create handwritten notes or drawings. OneNote does not seem to have an easier way to share notes into Word besides copying and pasting, but one advantage that it has is the ability to attach damn almost any type of file to your note. It’s worth mentioning that OneNote has a very fluid layout; while the others are pretty static typing interfaces, OneNote allows free formatting so that you can put your notes and images and whatever else where it works for you in the note. For creatives and non-linear thinkers, it’s absolutely a great feature.

Similar with the word processors themselves, there are other features- such as voice dictation- that I don’t use often enough to compare them for you.

Winner: OneNote. While it doesn’t have the fast sharing method that Google Docs and Keep have, it’s certainly the most robust note-taking app available from these three companies. And while it doesn’t tie into Word in any significant way, the tool bar in OneNote is very similar to Word’s, which means if you use one, you should easily be able to slip into the other. Additionally, the free style of OneNote is an absolute win for creatives.

Closing thoughts

So Google Docs won this fight, at least on paper, but which writing program is right for you? As with all things, I think it depends on your needs.

Google Docs is fantastic for light users who need a free word processor, and it is great because it saves instantly and it available everywhere. However, steer clear of the mobile app; it’s not worth it.

Pages is a great step up from Docs- especially for a free program- and will definitely suit most users’ needs. But it isn’t for everyone- literally, if you don’t own a mac or an iPad, you shouldn’t even think about it.

Microsoft Word is my processor of choice, since it’s available on most computers, it is feature-rich, and it is the publishing standard (again, whether or not that matters to you). While it does cost cash, it at least pairs that monthly charge with a load of cloud storage. And while the mobile app isn’t great, it doesn’t suck either.

See also:
Best Notepad Apps for iPad

So, what about you? Which writing program do you use, and what makes you love (or hate) it? I’d be interested to know in the comments section below.

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Apple’s Ecosystem and Accessibility

Thursday July 28, 2022 4:12 am EAT by GeeksModo Staff

Earlier this year, my Airpods Pro began making a clicking sound, when in Noise Cancellation or transparency mode. I didn’t think much of it, and just used them regularly, until sound began distorting after a while of listening. I’ve simply stopped using them, as I shudder to think how much a cab ride to the nearest Apple Store, potentially an hour away, would cost. This is only one problem with the Apple ecosystem: being locked into Apple’s wireless headphones, other Bluetooth headphones, or other workarounds, and Apple Stores being far away, which is what I’ll be focusing on in this article. I will show, in the following paragraphs, how Apple’s handling of its ecosystem effects the hardware and software regarding accessibility matters. These matters may effect some in the general population, but people with disabilities are effected much more acutely.

Hardware

Apple’s hardware has usually been very well built. Reviewers often talk about nothing else. From the iPhone’s camera, iPad’s screen, Mac’s CPU and RAM, to the Watch’s health sensors, and the Airpod’s H1 chip, hardware, for Apple, is a big part of their products, and reviewers focus on that. But how does that help or hinder accessibility?

The TouchBar on the Mac

In late 2016, Apple’s MacBook Pro gained the Touch Bar, a touch strip across the top of the keyboard, replacing the function keys. The reason was to add variable icons which could visibly change functions across the operating system. Many people may have liked this change, as they could use hand-eye coordination to perform functions they otherwise would have used the trackpad and menus for. These type of users would not have known about keyboard shortcuts, using the function keys, and other easy ways of getting the same functions done without needing yet another touch input.

Blind people, however, are a bit different. We usually know many keyboard shortcuts, use the function keys without a problem, and do not always need a touch screen. The Touch Bar can be used, but it is much slower, as we have no tactile way of finding just one distinct item on the touch bar, like the play/pause button, or the volume slider. Once we have found the function we want, we must tap it twice to activate, like a sighted person must left click twice, once to focus the item, the next to activate it. In fact, VoiceOver, the screen reader for the Mac, had to adopt a command to raise or lower the volume via keyboard, since it is slower to do so on the Touch Bar. On the other hand, most operating system and application features can be accessed via keyboard commands, so I only need to use the Touch Bar for system functions like volume, brightness of the screen, and media playback when I’m not in the media player.

If a blind person wants to use their Mac as a Windows machine also, through Bootcamp, they must attach an external keyboard, or simply not use the function keys, as Windows screen readers have no such notion of a Touch Bar function key row, thus will not read what a user is selecting, and will also not let a user explore the touch bar to find a function before activating them, so one touch activates an item, even if it isn’t the one a user wants. See this Applevis forum post for more information on this.

I feel that Apple should have made this change on the MacBook Air, for regular consumers, and left the Pro machines alone. Yes, they could have made the power button into the Touch ID button on the pro machines, and I hope that, just as they revived the scissor-switch keyboards, they revive the Function keys as well. It would help me greatly in doing even simple tasks easier, like pausing, skipping, and rewinding audio, and handling volume and brightness more quickly.

There is still hope, however. This year, Apple released the MacBook Air refresh with the new keyboard. It has an Escape key, at least. Now, they just need to add back the other twelve keys on that row, and things will be back to normal.

The headphone jack

In 2016’s iPhone 7 and 7+, Apple removed the headphone jack, replacing it with their own Airpods, other Bluetooth headphones, and Lightning audio. They did not add another Lightning port onto the phone so that one could listen to wired headphones and charge the phone at the same time, or, as they did with the TouchBar on the MacBook, but left people to choose between wireless options if one wanted to be able to listen and charge the phone.

For most people, this isn’t an issue. They don’t usually need headphones, only using them when listening to music or movies, or playing games. Even then, some people just listen on speakers built into their phone, or use external speakers, like the HomePod. They also do not have to worry about latency. Music is not effected by it, and videos are usually delayed, so that the picture synchronizes with the audio.

For blind people, however, headphones are important. In order to use an iPhone, most blind people use a screen reader, which speaks information out loud using a voice like the one Siri uses. Using a screen reader without headphones means that anyone nearby can hear what the user’s phone is saying, which can reveal sensitive information like the phone numbers of people who call or text the person, user passwords, and even the pass code to their phone. This means that headphones are quite necessary. Some blind people own Braille displays, which gets output from a screen reader and displays it in braille, but these devices are expensive, starting at $600, up to near $6000, so are out of most blind people’s price ranges.

Wireless headphones, using Bluetooth, often have large lags when being used. If you play a game using them, you’ll surely notice it. A blind person who uses Bluetooth headphones must deal with that for all interactions with the phone. Imagine having to deal with a phone with a screen that lags behind what you’re doing on the phone, even by 300 Milliseconds. Some Bluetooth headphones are better, but none can match wired ones. Apple’s Airpods 2 and Airpods Pro come closer, but have their own problems: they still must be charged, have lesser battery life, and cost much for the sound quality they come with.

To solve all of these problems, I have bought a $10 Lightning to 3.5 Millimeter Headphone adapter, and use that with the headphones that I already have. Sure, I have to take my iPhone with me in my pocket wherever I go, but I usually do that anyways now that my Apple Watch is broken also. Sure, I don’t have my Lightning connector free, but I have a charging mat that I use to charge the phone. There is no lag when using VoiceOver, the sound quality is very good, and I don’t have to charge my headphones.

Hope is not lost, however. There is a rumor that iPhones could be completely wireless. Of course, one still must plug the iPhone into a computer, so it could be like the older MacBook products with a magnetic spot to plug dongles into. In this case, a third-party dongle could add the Lightning and headphone jack back to the iPhone.

The Home button and TouchID

In 2017, Apple shipped the iPhone X, the first iPhone without a home button. This was meant to extend the iPhone’s screen completely across the bottom of the screen, even though they had to notch the screen at the top. Along with the removal of the home button, they added FaceID. This replaced TouchID as the authentication method for unlocking the device in general usage of the phone.

Most users do not have a problem with FaceID. They raise the phone to look at it, and as they look at the camera, the phone unlocks. They can then swipe the lock screen away from the bottom, revealing the home screen. For sighted users, this is a quick, easy, and intuitive motion.

For blind people, it isn’t so simple. We do not have to look at our phones in order to use them. In fact, users with braille displays or hardware, Bluetooth keyboards, do not have to touch their phone. These users can easily and quickly enter their pass codes, however, so they usually are not effected by this. Most users must pick up the phone, wait for the unlock sound from the screen reader, then put it back down on the surface they were using it on before. If FaceID doesn’t work, they must angle the phone away and back again for another try. if it fails a few more times, they must enter their pass code, with headphones in, if they seek to preserve their privacy around others.

Hope is not lost, however. There is a rumor that a new iPhone SE type device, the iPhone 9, could be released this year with a home button, TouchID, and still sport the A13 CPU. This would be something that I myself may purchase, as I doubt there will be much greater features in the iPhone 12, released later this year.

Software

Apple’s software usually comes last in reviews. Reviewers may talk about the smooth animations, camera machine learning effects, or updates to apps. For users of Apple’s accessibility services, however, software is the core experience of a device, and what sets MacOS apart from Windows and Linux, and iOS apart from Android. I have covered Apple’s accessibility options extensively elsewhere, so I will use this section to highlight parts of software which effect accessibility indirectly.

Gatekeeper on MacOS

For a pro machine, the Mac lately has become a mess of confirmation dialog boxes and hindrances to opening software not blessed by Apple or its notarization process. For most users, even most blind users, this won’t be much of an issue. If you use Apple’s apps, or apps from the App Store, you’ll be fine. But what happens when you want to use, say, Emacs for editing text, or Retroarch for playing video games?

Blind people sometimes use specialized software to complete tasks. We use apps on our phones for recognizing pictures, money, and images of text, since these are not usually accessible to us. On the Mac, I use Emacs for editing text, using the Emacspeak extension, because I find it much easier and more enjoyable than Text Edit, Pages, and other alternatives. In fact, I am using Emacs right now, to write, and publish, this blog post. However, this program is not notarized by Apple’s processes, so instead of just being able to open it, I must open it from the contextual menu, press “Cancel,” then open it again, and press “Open.” My laptop is a pro machine; I should be treated as a professional. These features, as with the Touch Bar, should be left to MacBook Air users, or left for iPad users, when, or if, the iPad becomes a general-purpose computer.

Conclusion

In this article, I’ve explored how some of Apple’s decisions across its ecosystem have effected accessibility. Hardware has changed much, with software mainly being usable besides accessibility bugs and overbearing security. More about direct accessibility in software and services can be found in other articles. Other, smaller issues include the lack of Apple Stores is smaller cities, turning on iPhone not producing a vibration, sound, or other way for a blind person to immediately know when it has turned on, and the Mac’s startup chime disabled by default.

Now, what do you think, readers? I’d love to have your feedback, and thank you for reading.

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iPhone SE 2020 Battery Drain Fast? Fix It Now!

Thursday July 28, 2022 4:12 am EAT by GeeksModo Staff

There have been reports of iPhone SE 2020 battery draining quickly than usual. Although this iPhone model is quite new, there has been concerns from Apple users that despite the newness of their iPhone, their battery is already draining faster. This can be depressing particularly to those who are always on the go and needs their iPhone for their day to day living. If you notice your iPhone SE 2020 battery draining fast, there are some steps you can take to fix the issue before contacting Apple Support.

One of the issues plaguing iPhone SE 2020 users is faster-than-normal battery drain. Battery issues iPhone SE 2020 are extremely common, particularly after new iOS releases, so the complaints don’t come as much of a surprise.

Some of the issues might be hardware related, but many others are probably software related. In a most cases, poor battery on iPhone SE 2020 is caused by a rogue app or bad habits.

If your iPhone SE 2020 battery drain fast, your first thought might be to downgrade back to an older version of iOS. That’s certainly an option. That said, before you downgrade, you should try and resolve the issues on your own.

Why is iPhone SE 2020 battery draining fast?

There can be a number of reasons why your iPhone SE 2020 battery dies fast. It could be because of a bug from the recent update, or maybe there is some issues with the recently installed apps or current apps on your device. The settings on your iPhone could also affect battery consumption.

iPhone SE 2020 battery drain fix

If your iPhone SE 2020 battery drain fast, the following tips will help you fix the problem. These fixes have worked for us in the past and there’s a good chance they’ll get your issues resolved in no time.

Solution #1: Restart Your iPhone

The first thing you’ll want to do is restart your iPhone. Shut it down, wait a few seconds, and then turn it back on. Often times, this will resolve the problem.

Solution #2: Update Your iPhone

If your iPhone SE 2020 battery dies fast, and there’s a new version of iOS available, try updating to the latest version.

Apple probably won’t call out any battery life fixes in an update’s change log, but there’s always a chance new software does wonders for your iPhone. Before you install a new version of iOS, be sure to read reviews and dig into feedback about the update’s performance on your iPhone.

Solution #3: Check Out Your Apps

If you are still experiencing battery issues on iPhone SE 2020 after performing a restart, and there isn’t an update available, check your applications. Apps, especially third-party applications, will sometimes act up after a new iOS operating system is released and there’s a very good chance it’s one of your apps causing the battery drain issues.

Checking app performance is easy and you might be able to identify a rogue app in a matter of minutes. Here’s how to do that:

Launch the Settings app.
Tap on Battery.
Head into the Battery Usage section.

This section will show you the apps draining your iPhone’s battery life and when they’re doing so. If you’re using an app a lot, it will obviously drain your device’s battery. However, if you notice that an app you rarely use is draining battery life, you might need to take a closer look.

If you see an app you rarely use draining your iPhone’s battery life, try updating the application to the latest version. App developers are busy rolling out iOS updates and an update could resolve the problem.

If you are still having poor battery life on iPhone SE 2020, try deleting the app and see if that returns things to normal.

Solution #4: Use Screen Time

The Screen Time feature on iPhone SE 2020 can help you conserve battery while also eliminating bad habits.

Screen Time includes a set of controls that can help keep your addictive behavior in check. If you aren’t on your iPhone using your apps, you won’t be consuming your battery life.

Screen Time gives you the ability to set limits on how long you can use a given app on a particular day. If you approach the threshold, it’ll give you a warning.

The feature also lets you set these alerts for kids and link them to a ScreenTime Allowance. This allows you to set limits on games, but keep important apps available.

Solution #5: Use Low Power Mode

The Low Power Mode feature on iPhone SE 2020 can help you conserve battery life by disabling services (Hey Siri, automatic downloads, and mail fetch) that could drain your battery.

You can turn Low Power Mode on and off any time you want and your iPhone will also prompt you to turn it on whenever it reaches 20% battery.

You may also want to add Low Power Mode setting to your Control Center. Control Center is the menu that pops up when you swipe up from the bottom part of the screen. Here’s how to do that:

Tap Settings.
Now, tap Control Center.
Next, tap Customize Controls.
Lastly, tap the green plus sign next to Low Power Mode.

Next time you launch Control Center on your iPhone you’ll see a battery icon. Tap it to enable or disable Low Power Mode.

You can also turn Low Power Mode on from the Settings app. Here’s how to do this:

Launch Settings.
Scroll down and tap Battery.
Tap Low Power Mode.
Toggle it On.

Solution #6: Turn On Optimized Battery Charging

Starting with iOS 13, Apple introduced a feature known as
“Optimized Battery Charging.”
This feature can help reduce battery aging.

The feature learns from your daily charging routine and waits to finish charging your device to 100% until you need to use your
iPhone.
In doing so, it will stop your battery from sitting at maximum capacity and could prolong the overall life of your iPhone’s battery.

Here’s how to enable Optimized Battery Charging on your iPhone SE 2020:

Launch the settings app on your iPhone
Scroll down and tap Battery
Tap Battery Health
Turn ON the switch next to Optimized Battery Charging tab

Solution #7: Disable Widgets

If you don’t use widgets, try turning them off and see if battery life improves. Here’s how to disable widgets on iPhone SE 2020:

On your iPhone Home Screen, swipe to the right.
Scroll all the way to bottom of your widgets and tap Edit.

On this screen you’ll be presented with a list of your apps and services. These are your widgets and you might notice that some of them are active. To deactivate a widget:

Tap on the red circle with the white line.
Now, tap Remove.

At first we recommend disabling the widgets you never use. (at times, that might be all of them.) If you still notice poor battery life on iPhone SE 2020, return to this screen and go through them one-by-one or disable them all.

You can always turn your widgets back on if you discover they aren’t the cause of the poor battery life on iPhone SE 2020.

Solution #8: Turn Off Raise to Wake

iOS’ Raise to Wake feature is handy, but turning it off could help you conserve your iPhone’s battery life.

If you don’t need your iPhone’s screen to automatically turn on whenever you pick it up, head over to the Settings app > Display & Brightness and turn the Raise to Wake feature off.

Solution #9: Disable Vibrations

If your iPhone vibrates every time you receive a notification, and you don’t need it to, try turning the vibrations off. Turning them off will help your iPhone use less power.

To turn off vibrations on iPhone SE 2020:

Launch Settings.
Tap Sounds & Haptics.
Switch Vibrate on Ring and Vibrate on Silent to off position.

You may also need to go into each individual Sound and Vibration and make sure Vibration (which is located at the top of the display ) is set to “None”.

Solution #10: Use Wi-Fi Instead of Cellular

Using your iPhone while it’s connected to a cellular network can drain your battery. If you have a Wi-Fi network at your disposal, connect to it. It could help you save battery.

Solution #11: Stop Background Refresh

Apple’s Background App Refresh refreshes apps in the background in order to show you the latest data when you launch them. It’s a handy feature, however, it can also consume your iPhone’s battery life. If you don’t need it, try turning it off.

Follow these steps to disable Background App refresh:

Launch Settings.
Go to General.
Tap Background App Refresh.
Turn it off for any apps you don’t use.

There is an option to turn it off completely if you don’t want to go through your apps one at a time.

Solution #12: Turn Off Fitness Tracking

iPhone SE 2020 features a motion co-processor that tracks your steps and other movements. If you use your phone for fitness-related activities, you’ll probably want to keep this feature enabled. If you don’t, you may need to disable it and see if that helps your iPhone SE 2020 battery that is draining fast.

To do this, launch the Settings app and go to Privacy. From there, select Motion & Fitness and toggle the Fitness Tracking function off.

You might also want to toggle off apps listed below Fitness Tracking in the menu. If you don’t notice any change, you can always turn everything back on.

Solution #13: Turn Off Assistive Touch

If you’re currently using Assistive Touch on your iPhone, it might be one of the culprits. Turning it off might help your iPhone SE 2020 battery that is draining fast.

If you don’t want or need Assistive Touch active on your phone, try turning it off. Follow these steps:

Launch Settings.
Go to Accessibility.
on Touch
Tap AssistiveTouch.
Toggle it to Off.

Solution #14: Enable Dark Mode

Since the dark mode feature is now available on iOS 13 update and most of Apple iPhones that supports the update, turning on Dark Mode feature can help fix battery draining issue on iPhone SE 2020.
Follow these steps to enable Dark Mode:

Launch the Settings app on your iPhone
Tap on Display & Brightness
Tap on Dark Mode to enable it.

Solution #15: Disable Automatic Downloads

If Automatic Download is enabled, as the title suggest, it automatically downloads and updates apps purchased and installed on your device. This means it constantly refreshes to search for available update especially if connected to a WiFi thereby draining your iPhone’s battery life.

Follow these steps to Disable Automatic Download:

Launch the Settings app on your iPhone
Go to iTunes & App Store tab
Under the Automatic Download section, you can turn Off for Music, Apps, Books and Audiobooks and App Updates. You have the option to select one or you can select to disable all.

Solution #16: Adjust Screen Display

There is a high possibility that the cause of the battery draining faster on your iPhone SE 2020 is because of the settings on your screen display. Be sure to change your iPhone screen dimmer on for daytime use and enable auto-brightness in order for it to auto adjust based on the lightning conditions with the use of a light sensor that is built-in to your iPhone device.

You can adjust the brightness of the screen manually in two ways:

First option: Drag the Sun Icon when you opened the Control Center by swiping up from the bottom of your display.
Second option: Open the settings app on your iPhone and tap on Display & Brightness, then drag the slider to adjust brightness

To enable Auto-Adjust function, follow these steps:

Open the settings app on your iPhone SE 2020
Tap on Accessibility
Tap on Display & Text Size
Toggle ON Auto-Brightness tab.

Solution #17: Enable Low-Data Mode

Besides reducing the data usage on your iPhone, Low Power Mode can also can help extend battery thereby helping fix battery draining problems on iPhone SE 2020.

Follow these steps to enable Low Data Mode:

Open Settings
Tap Cellular
Tap on Cellular Options tab
Turn ON Low Data Mode

Solution #18: Manage Location Services Feature

Location Tracking can drain your iPhone’s battery therefore, it’s good to manage your location service feature not to track you on all apps all the time. You can either choose to track you on a particular app “Once” and when an app tries to locate you again a prompt will appear if you want to be tracked or not. This does not only fix battery draining problems but also keeping you secured with privacy as well.

Here’s how to manage Location Services:

Open the settings app on your iPhone
Tap Privacy
Tap Location Services
Select While using the App on each of the apps

Solution #19: Reset All Settings

If your apps aren’t the cause of the problem, try resetting all of your settings. This will restore your settings to their factory defaults (so make sure you have your Wi-Fi passwords handy), but it could fix your battery life issues. It has worked for us in the past.

Here’s how to reset your iPhone SE 2020:

Launch Settings.
Go to General.
Scroll down and tap Reset.
Tap Reset All Settings.
If asked, type in your passcode.

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Mideo: The Best App To Record Video With Music On iPhone

Thursday July 28, 2022 4:14 am EAT by GeeksModo Staff

You want to Take Videos with Music on iOS device but you’re worried you won’t be able to Play Music While Recording a Video on your iPhone? Well, we have some great news for you.

Can you play music while recording video on iPhone?

As soon as you try recording a video in the Camera app on your iPhone, any music playing on your device comes to a halt. This is an iOS restriction by Apple. The good news is that you can use a third-party app to play music while recording a video on your iPhone. Whether you are playing audio from Spotify, Apple Music, Pandora, Tidal, Deezer, Podcasts, YouTube, SoundCloud ETC, the process is actually quite simple. Which app should you use, though? Well, that’s where things gets complicated.

The good news is that there is an app that is preferred out there that always snags the most recommendations. You can take advantage of the third-party app, like
Mideo
to play music while recording a video on iPhone within few simple clicks. In this article, I’ll review Mideo and show you How to record video with background music on iPhone! Continue reading to learn how you can use Mideo to record video with music playing on iPhone.

Mideo is an extremely convenient application that allows you to record unlimited length videos while playing music in very high quality without any hassle. As such, you can live stress free without the worry of paused audio playback during video recording.
Yes, you heard it right… in our testing, we were blown away because Music played on the iPhone continued to play even when we captured video. This is a great achievement worthy of a thousand accolades!

First off, Mideo has one of the best mobile interfaces out there. The app is designed to allow you to record video without pausing music. It succeeds at that goal. What separates Mideo from the pack, is much simpler interface than other video recording apps out there, which makes it easier for anyone to navigate and use.

Mideo doesn’t stop there, though. It also lets you save your recording to Camera Roll and you can share them via your favorite apps with a few clicks.

The recording feature works like magic. You just need to play audio from any source, launch the Mideo app and perform a single Click.

Mideo has been steadily improved with new features and design enhancements that now make it a fantastic companion to iPhone Camera if you care about playing music while recording video on iPhone.

With that in mind, let’s look at how to play music while recording a video on iPhone using Mideo app.

How to Play Music While Recording a Video on iPhone With the Mideo App

Step 1- Play a SongFirst, you’ll need to play a song on your iPhone from any source. It doesn’t matter if you play it from Apple Music, Spotify, YouTube or any other music app or streaming service that supports background playback. The only important thing is that the song can play in the background, meaning you can launch other apps, and it will continue playing.

Step 2- Record a Video
To record a video while music is playing, launch the Mideo app and start recording. As you record video, the song playing will continue to play in the background from your iPhone’s built-in speakers, and it will be audible inside the saved video. After you’re done filming, your recording will be saved to Camera Roll

Step 3- use Control Center to handle playback while recording
While recording in Mideo, you can restart, resume, or change the song from the Control Center.

Should I Buy Mideo app?

As soon as you try recording a video in the Camera app on your iPhone, any music playing on your device comes to a halt. No matter what you’re listening to, as soon as you switch to “Video” in the Camera app, the music will stop. However, if you want background music in your video files, Mideo offers you a perfect workaround to let you add an audio track in your recordings.

Mideo is especially useful for dancers, weightlifters, acters, or singers. If you want background music in your movie files, you simply won’t be able to add it without an app like Mideo.

And this brings me to my favorite feature of Mideo — it’s hands-free. You play a Song on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod, Open the Mideo app and start recording, and you’ll be bypassing iOS restriction in no time at all!

How Do I Download Mideo app?

You can
Download Mideo
by visiting the app store.

Highlights of Mideo app

Allows you to Play Music While Recording
Allows you to Trim and edit recordings
Compatible with all iPhone models including iPhone 6s, 7, 8, X, and 11
Compatible with all versions of iOS including iOS 13
Compatible with All Music Apps
Uses the Built-In Camera
Available to download on iOS and Android
Saves the recordings to Camera Roll

Signing off

Mideo app is intuitive, user-friendly, and accomplishes its intended goal in a very short amount of time.

You’ve successfully recorded video with music on iPhone using Mideo app! If you have any other questions about this App or our Mideo review, leave a comment down below.

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4 Great Applications You Need to Install on Your Mac

Thursday July 28, 2022 4:14 am EAT by GeeksModo Staff

The world of technology keeps on blooming; there seems to be no stop to it at all. From introducing new tech gadgets to new software applications, there is just so much going on at a single moment in time. In today’s article, we will be introducing you to some new and some old applications we should all have installed on our desktop. You may not agree with our list, but we feel these applications are a must-have for anyone from a student to an employee. Let’s not waste more time and get started.

SodaPDF

In current times the demand for paper documents has undoubtedly declined. Business, hospitals, and many other organizations are not relying on technology to serve as a ground for submitting, editing, and creating documents. PDF is one of the best formats to develop documents. However, previously there was no way to edit the documents or sign them. Now, however, a software called sodapdf allows users to edit and even sign PDFs. Soda PDF offers a free online PDF reader, PDF creator, and PDF converter. You can also convert PDF to Word, PDF to Excel, and PDF to PPT.

Skype

Skype is a must-have application for any business in the market. Skype has been around for some time now and due to its major success, it doesn’t seem like it will be going anywhere any time soon. Skype allows for businesses to communicate with their employees anytime, anywhere. It provides the freedom to create groups too. This will allow for the partition of individual teams that can communicate with the designated party only. Skype is mostly for free. However, if you wish to make international calls or purchase a phone number, it won’t be something that will pierce your pocket.

Netflix

Who doesn’t love Netflix? Netflix allows users to watch their favorite movies and TV series all on a single platform. You can download this application on your iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Once this application is downloaded, enjoy watching anything you like at any time. Another cool feature is that you can watch Netflix on PS4 as well as your X-Box. For those who are thrifty, please note that Netflix is quite economical, especially when compared to the average cable or phone bill, which can be outrageous.

Microsoft Sticky Notes

Microsoft Sticky Notes is a software that can benefit you in multiple ways for sure. For example, if you are an eco-friendly person and don’t wish to take down notes on a piece of paper, then you can do so on Sticky Notes. Any information you add to a sticky note will automatically be saved. Moreover, you can have more than one sticky note open at a single time. This helps to organize the sticky notes so you can keep each one for a separate entity altogether. Some cool features include the ability to change the background and font color, and they can be hooked to the internet.

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iPhone / iPad Text Sound Notifications Not Working? Fix it Here

Thursday July 28, 2022 4:14 am EAT by GeeksModo Staff

Is your iPhone suddenly not ringing or making any sound when you receive a new message? Did you miss important messages, emails, or other alerts because your iPhone didn’t notify you? Wondering why you didn’t get an alert when someone sent you a text message? No text or message notification coming in even from your favorites or in emergencies? In this article, I’ll show you what to do when iPhone text sound is not working.

A couple of users including our own readers have reported that their iPhone and iPads suddenly stop alerting them when new texts or messages arrive. Indeed, this issue is quite depressing, especially when you miss those important messages from family, friends, and place of work.

Here’s how it’s supposed to work: you receive a text message, your iPhone or iPad alerts you with a sound, an on-screen alert, and a vibration. This process should work for all new inbound messages, whether it’s an iMessage or an SMS text. But if you find it’s not working as expected, and your iPhone’s not alerting you to new texts, this troubleshooting guide will help you fix it quickly!

It’s very frustrating when you lose text sound notifications with incoming texts whenever you receive a text message. That’s why we decided to write this guide to explain what to do when your iPhone or iPad is not making any sounds when you get a new message.

This article applies to all iPhone and iPad models including: iPhone 11, iPhone X, iPhone 8, iPhone 6, iPhone 5, iPhone 6s, iPad Air, iPad 2 and iPad Pro.

How to fix sound notification problems on iPhone and iPad

If iPad or iPhone notification sounds are not working, meaning if your iPhone (or iPad) does not let you know when you receive an incoming text message (such as iMessage), here is how to fix:

Before you jump into solutions, ensure that your device is running the latest version of iOS or iPadOS. On your device, head over to Settings > General > Software Update. And if an update is available, download and install.

Solution #1. Make sure that the Do Not Disturb is not turned on

One of the most common reasons why iPhone text sounds are not working is because Do Not Disturb is turned on. When this feature is turned on, all calls, texts, and other alerts on your iPhone will be silenced.

To turn off Do Not Disturb, launch the Settings app on your iPhone and tap Do Not Disturb. Then, tap on the switch next to Do Not Disturb to turn it off. You’ll know Do Not Disturb is disabled when the switch is positioned to the left.

Solution #2. Make sure that Do Not Disturb is not enabled for any individual contacts

You can check this by opening the Messages app where you can see your messages. Do you see a moon sign on any message? If there is, it means that you’ve enabled Do Not Disturb for that particular contact: You can disable this by tapping “Details” and turn off “Do Not Disturb”

Solution #3. make sure that “Allow Notifications” is turned on

Are iPhone text sounds not working for a single app? Your iPhone allows you to turn off all notifications for specific apps, which may be the issue here. Head over to Settings -> Notifications and tap on the app that you’re not getting notification sound from. Make sure the switch next to Allow Notifications is turned on. You’ll know the switch is on when it’s green!
See also:
iPhone Notifications Disappearing From Lock Screen? Fix

Solution #4. Make sure your device is not on silent mode

Are you receiving notifications on your iPhone, but it doesn’t play a sound when you receive notifications? Well. Take a look at the switch located at the left side of your iPhone. This is called the Ring / Silent switch, which puts your iPhone into Silent mode when the switch is pushed towards the back of your iPhone. Push the switch towards the front of your iPhone to hear an audible alert when you receive a notification.

If the switch is pulled towards the front of your iPhone, but it still doesn’t play a noise when you receive a notification, try the next solution.

Solution #5. Select a Text Tone

Make sure that you selected a tone for your incoming text messages. To do this,head over to Settings > Sounds & Haptics > and scroll down until you see the Sounds and Vibration Patterns section. In this section, look for Text Tone. If it’s set to None or Vibrate Only, tap it and change the alert to something else.

Solution #6. Use Your Text Tone Default

Some users including our own reader found a quick solution, simply change your text sound to the default and simple Ding or Note. Users faced problems with texts not consistently sounding alerts when using longer alert tones. So stick with the defaults. To do this, Start the Settings app and go to Sounds & Haptics > Text Tone and change to the default, listed in parathesis such as Note (Default.)

Solution #7. Restart the Messages app

To force the Messages app to close, on iPhone 8 or earlier, press the home button twice, find the Messages app, and swipe up to close. On iPhone X or newer, swipe up from the bottom of the screen, find the Messages app, and swipe up to close. Then relaunch again.

Solution #8. Restart your device

A minor software glitch could be the reason why your iPhone text sound is not working. Sometimes restarting your iPhone can fix these sorts of minor software glitches. Here is how you can restart your iPhone or iPad:

iPhone X, 11 or later: Press and hold the volume up (or down) and the side or top buttons together until the power off slider appears. And slide the slider and wait for your device to turn off completely. Press and hold the side or top button until the Apple logo appears.
iPhone 8 or earlier and other iPad models: Press and hold the side or top button until the power off slider appears. Then drag the slider and wait for your device to turn off. Press and hold the side or top button until you see the Apple logo.

Solution #9. Force restart your device

A forced restart is a hardware level restart of your device. It immediately cuts power and interrupts all processes. That means it clears what’s in the RAM, which in turn often fixes minor glitches. And don’t worry, you will not lose any of your data – all your apps, games, photos, documents and login settings remains intact!

On an iPhone 6S or earlier as well as all iPads with home button & iPod Touch 6th generation and earlier, press Home and Power button at the same time until the Apple logo appears.
For iPhone 7 or iPhone 7 Plus or iPod touch 7th generation: Press and hold both the Side and Volume Down buttons until the Apple logo appears.
On an iPad with no home button or an iPhone 8 and higher: quickly press and let go of the Volume Up button. Then quickly press and let go of the Volume Down button. Finally, press and hold the Side/Top button until the Apple logo appears.

Once you do a forced restart, be sure to check your Notification Settings to ensure everything is configured the way you want. Sometimes a forced reboot changes specific settings back to defaults. So it’s a good idea to double or even triple check!

Solution #10. Reset your device

If the above tips did not work for you, try to reset all your iPhone or iDevice settings. Don’t worry; resetting your device DOES NOT erase your data. However, it does return all your personalized settings to defaults, meaning you need to re-enter things like passwords, Touch ID fingerprints, WiFi passcodes and so forth. So, it might take a bit of your time, but in most cases, it works.

Start the Settings app and go to General > Reset > Reset All Settings

Tex sounds are working on your iPhone once again and you aren’t missing important messages and alerts. Next time you find iPhone text sounds not playing, you’ll know exactly how to fix the problem! If you have follow-up questions or other experiences to share, leave them in the comments section below. I look forward to hearing from you!

Tags: Messages, Notifications

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iPhone Not Showing Recent & Missed Calls? Here’s the Fix

Saturday January 14, 2023 2:13 am EAT by GeeksModo Staff

A couple of users have stated that they are unable to view recent phone calls (calls they have received or made) and/or missed calls because their iPhones are not showing their recent call history. Don’t throw your phone to the wall. In this article, I’ll explain why your iPhone won’t show recent calls and how to fix it.

Your iPhone records all calls. Your call history, also referred to as recent calls, has two viewing options: All (outgoing and incoming calls) and Missed. The call history section allows you to access a list of people (your contacts and other numbers) who have called you.

If you cannot see your call history, there are a number of troubleshooting tips that you can try to fix the issue. This problem can be very annoying because, for instance, if you cannot see your missed calls, you do not know who called and you will not be able to return the call.

Keep in mind, iOS allows you to see up to 100 most recent calls and groups. It’s also worth noting that some recent calls and missed calls can be grouped if they are from the same person or number.

iPhone not showing recent missed calls: fix

Try the following steps in order. After each step, check to see if your problem is fixed:

Note: information in this article apply to iPhone 14, iPhone 13, iPhone 12, iPhone 11, iPhone X, iPhone 8, iPhone 7 and iPhone 6S models.

Restart your iPhone: Try this first. Simply restart your device to fix this problem. This is a very simple process. You can shut down your device by Heading to Settings > General > Shut Down. You can also shut down your iPhone by (a) (if it is an iPhone X, iPhone 11, iPhone 12, iPhone 13 or iPhone 14) pressing and holding the side and one of the volume buttons (up or down); (b) (if it’s iPhone 8, iPhone 7, iPhone 6S, iPhone 6, iPhone SE or earlier) pressing and holding the side button.
Force close the Phone app and restart: You can close the Phone app and restart again. Do not worry, your data will not be erased. Here is how:

iPhone X, iPhone 11, iPhone 12, iPhone 13 or iPhone 14: Unlock your device and swipe up. This will reveal the most recently used apps. Find the Phone app, and touch and hold the up and press the red minus (-) icon to close. Then tap the Phone icon to reopen the app.
iPhone 8, iPhone 7, iPhone 6S, iPhone 6, iPhone SE and older models: Double press the home button. Then find the Phone app and swipe up on the Phone app card to close it.

Update your iPhone: A new update may be available. Check for updates and make sure that your iPhone is running the latest version of the iOS software. A new update may resolve this issue. You can easily update your iPhone wirelessly. Start the settings app and go to General > Software Update.
Disable and enable Cellular: Start the Settings app and go to Cellular and toggle off Cellular Data wait about 30 seconds, and turn it back on.
Enable and disable Airplane Mode: Start the Settings app and turn on Airplane mode and wait about 30 seconds and turn it off again.
Reset network settings: Start the settings app and go to General > Settings > Transfer or reset iPhone > Reset and then tap Reset Network Settings (you may be asked to type in your passcode). Keep in mind, resetting your network settings will remove your network settings including your Wi-Fi passwords and much more.

If you have tried all of the above fixes and your iPhone still isn’t showing recent and missed call history, there’s a good chance you may have a hardware problem. You may need to contact Apple support. Note that Apple also offers live chat support.

We know it’s frustrating when your iPhone won’t show missed calls. Now you know exactly how to fix the problem if you ever find iPhone not showing recent calls. Thank you for reading. And feel free to ask any question you have on the comments section.

Tag: Notifications

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iPhone 12 Not Ringing? Fix it Here!

Thursday July 28, 2022 4:14 am EAT by GeeksModo Staff

Is your iPhone 12 not ringing when someone calls you? consequently, you are missing incoming calls? In this article I’ll explain exactly how you can troubleshoot when your iPhone 12 does not ring when receiving calls.

If your iPhone 12 is not ringing, you are likely to get frustrated because it may cause you to miss important incoming calls. If you cannot answer a call because of this, your iPhone become worthless. Don’t throw your iPhone through the window. In this article, I’ll explain why your iPhone 12 won’t ring and I’ll show you exactly how to fix it for good!

iPhone 12 not ringing: fix

First, let’s take a look at basic iPhone ring settings:

This may be due to incorrect or unintended settings. Here is what and how you can check:

Your iPhone has a Ring/Silent switch on its left side. This is the first thing you should check if you find your iPhone 12 not ringing only vibrating. For your iPhone 12 to ring, the Ring / Silent switch on the side of your iPhone has to be set to ring. If the switch is pulled toward the screen, your iPhone’s ringer is turned on. If the switch is pushed toward the back of the iPhone, your iPhone is on silent and you’ll know this if you see a small orange stripe next to the switch. You’ll also see the speaker icon on the iPhone display when you flip the switch.
Once you’re sure the Ring / Silent switch is set to ring, ensure your iPhone ringer is turned up so you can hear your iPhone ring when someone calls you.

To turn up the ringer volume, press the volume up button on the side of your iPhone. Alternatively, You can turn up the ringer volume by going to Settings > Sound & Haptics and increase the volume of the ringer. Also, consider setting the Change With Buttons option to off.

In most cases, the reason an iPhone 12 isn’t ringing for incoming calls is that the user has accidentally turned on the Do Not Disturb feature in Settings. Do Not Disturb silences calls, alerts, and notifications on your iPhone. You can easily check if Do Not Disturb is enabled by looking at the upper right hand corner of your iPhone, just to the left of the battery icon. If Do Not Disturb is turned on, you’ll see a small moon icon there.

To turn Do Not Disturb off, swipe up from the bottom of your iPhone display to launch Control Center. Tap the moon icon to turn Do Not Disturb on or off. That’s all!

Launch Control Center by swiping down from the upper right-hand corner of the display. Alternatively, you can disable Do Not Disturb by heading to Settings -> Do Not Disturb and turning off the switch next to Do Not Disturb. You’ll know Do Not Disturb is off when the switch turn white.

Is your iPhone 12 not ringing with all calls or some calls? One reason why you have an iPhone 12 ringing problem might be because you may have blocked their phone numbers. If a number is blocked, you will not receive a call from that particular number. You can easily check that. Here is how:

Start the Settings app and go to Phone
Now, scroll down and tap Blocked Contacts
You can see all blocked numbers from this screen. Review them.

Do you use Call Forwarding? Turn this off and try again. Simply follow these steps:

Start the Settings app and go to Phone
Now, tap Call Forwarding
Finally, set this to off

So you checked your settings and it is not a settings issue? Then try the following troubleshooting tips:

Turn on Airplane Mode, wait about 30 seconds and then turn it off.
Update your iOS, if there is an update available. To check this, head over to Settings > General > Software Update.
Restart your iPhone. To do this, Press the on/off button until the power off slider appears. And drag the slider to power off your device. You can also turn off your iPhone by heading to Settings > General > Shut Down. Then turn on your device by pressing and holding the on/off button until you see the Apple logo.
Update your carrier settings. Sometimes carriers (Verizon, ATT&T, T-Mobile etc) release updates regarding cellular connections. Check to see if there is an update. Please follow these steps:

Start the settings app and go to Settings > General > About
If there is an update, you’ll see a popup on the screen. Follow the prompts.

One reason why your iPhone 12 is not ringing, may be because your block unknown callers feature is turned on. To turn this off, Start the Settings app and go to Phone and then switch off Silence Unknown Callers. Once you’ve done that, your iPhone should be able to ring again when someone who isn’t in your contacts tries to call you.
Reset Network Settings. This action will reset network settings and this means that, for example, your Wi-Fi passwords etc will be removed. Start the setting app and go to General > Reset and tap Reset Network Settings.

If you have tried all the above tips and your iPhone 12 isn’t ringing, there’s a good chance you may have a hardware problem.
contact Apple.
For the meantime, you may need to turn on LED Flash for Alerts so that you do not miss any more calls. You can enable this feature by heading to Settings > Accessibility > Audio/Visual and then enable Led Flash for Alerts.

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Apps Not Responding on iPhone or iPad? Here Are All Fixes

Thursday July 28, 2022 4:14 am EAT by GeeksModo Staff

One of two things is happening when you tap to open an iPhone app: Nothing happens at all or the app begins to load the opening screen, but immediately closes. Either way, you’re left staring at an iPhone full of apps that won’t open, and it’s starting to get frustrating. In this article, I’ll explain exactly why your iPhone apps won’t open and how to fix the problem for life.

Common ‘iOS app is not working‘ issues:

an app won’t open
An app won’t respond
an app is crashing

Generally, iOS works smoothly, however sometimes, you may experience problems such as app crashing and much more. You may think that some or all of the apps installed on your iOS device feel sluggish or slow, if you experience this, these troubleshooting methods may help that as well.

Why is my iPhone Apps Not Responding?

Your iPhone apps won’t respond because your iPhone has a software glitch. When an app crashes, it usually doesn’t take the whole iPhone with it. Instead, you end up back on the Home screen, and the app terminates in the background. Most of the time, that’s enough to fix a software bug – but not always.

Sometimes, iPhone apps won’t open because of a problem with the iPhone operating system (iOS), not a problem with the app itself. Here are some reasons why Your iPhone apps won’t open::

Insufficient memory
bugs in your app
App incompatibility
bandwidth limitation

The unresponsive app can be (a) an Apple built-in app (for instance, Phone, messages, News, Safari, Videos, Photos and much more); or (b) an app you downloaded from the App Store, developed by third party developers.

How To Fix iPhone Apps That Won’t Open

I’ll walk you step-by-step through the process of troubleshooting an iPhone app that won’t open. Follow the steps below in order and check if your problem is fixed after each step. Let’s jump into it!

Solution #1. Turn Your iPhone Off And Back On

It’s simple, but restarting (turn off and turn on) may fix hidden software issues that may be preventing your apps from opening properly. When you switch off your iPhone, the operating system terminates all the little background programs that help your iPhone to run. When you turn it back on, they all start fresh, and sometimes that’s enough to resolve a software problem that had been preventing your apps from opening.

To turn your iPhone off, Press and hold the on/off (sleep/wake) button until you see the power slider. Then drag the slider. Wait until your iPhone is completely off. This may take a few seconds. Then press and hold down the power button until you see the Apple logo.

Solution #2.Restart the app

If the app crashes, is stuck or is unresponsive, force quitting is likely the best option. This quits the app and when you open it again it loads up fresh. Any temporary issues you were experiencing with that app should be fixed.
The process of force quitting an app is different depending on an iPhone model.

iPhone x, xr, XS, XS Max, and iPhone 11 models, swipe up from the bottom of the screen to reveal the app switcher and swipe up the app. Then launch the app again.
iPhone 8 and earlier, double press the home button and swipe up the app. Then launch the app again.

Solution #3. Force restart Your iPhone

Sometimes forcing your device to restart is all you need to do to fix an iPhone app that won’t respond.
The method to force restart an iPhone depends on which model you have, so we’ve broken down the process for each device:
iPhone 6s, iPhone SE, & older

Press and hold the Home button and the power button (Sleep/Wake button) together until the screen turns black and the Apple logo appears again.

iPhone 7 & iPhone 7 Plus

Simultaniously press and hold down the volume down button and the power button. Don’t release the buttons until the Apple logo reappears on the display.

iPhone 8, iPhone X, iPhone XR, iPhone XS, iPhone 11

Quickly press and let go of the Volume Up button. Then, quickly press and let go of the Volume Down button. Lastly, hold down the side button. Don’t release the side button until you see the Apple logo.

Solution #4.iOS updates

There may be system updates. These updates may fix this. To check and install iOS updates, go to Settings > General > Software Update.

Solution #5. App updates

One of the main reasons app developers release updates is to resolve software glitches that can cause problems like this one. Instead of updating one app at a time trying to pinpoint the problematic app, I suggest you update all your apps at once.

To update your apps, start the App Store app on your iPhone, tap my account in the top right-hand corner, and tap Update All. If you don’t see Update All, your apps are already up-to-date.

Solution #6. Uninstall and reinstall the app

Deleting and reinstalling the app in question from your iPhone is the first thing most experts will advice you to do. It’s the “unplug it and plug it back in” school of thought, and most of the time it resolves problems.

I think it’s a good place to start too, but I don’t want to get your hopes up. You need to as yourself, “Are all of my apps not opening, or it’s just a single app?”

If only one of your apps won’t open, there’s a high possibility that deleting the app from your iPhone and installing a fresh copy of the app from the App Store will fix the problem.
If multiple apps won’t open, deleting and reinstalling all of your appsis not likely to fix your problem. Instead, we’ll have to Fix the underlying cause, which in this case, is the iPhone’s operating system (iOS).

Solution #7. Is The App very old? check when an app was last updated

There are tons of apps in the App Store, and not all of them are kept up-to-date. The software code that runs iPhone apps changes each time the Cupertino based company releases a new version of iOS. Usually the changes aren’t too drastic, but if an app hasn’t been updated for ages, there’s a high possibility it’s not compatible with your version of iOS.

To check when an app was last updated, on your iPhone, start the app store app, search for the app, tap to open the app, scroll down to the section called Information, and look at the date next to Updated.

Another way to rule out this is to ask a friend with similar iPhone model and iOS version to download and open the app. If the app works on their iPhone, we know there’s a software problem with yours. If the app doesn’t open on their iPhone, there’s a problem with the app itself. Unfortunately, if an app is too old to run on a newer version of iOS, there’s nothing you can do to fix the problem. Your only option is to
contact the app developer
and ask if they’re planning to release an update. If I were in their position, I’d be thankful someone let me know about the issue.

Solution #8. Reset All Settings

To Reset All Settings on your iPhone: Head over to Settings -> General -> Reset. Reset All Settings doesn’t erase any of your personal data from your iPhone, but like the name suggests, it does reset all of your settings back to factory defaults. If you’ve taken the time to
optimize your iPhone to improve iPhone’s battery life,
for example, you’ll have to do it right from the start.

When an iPhone app won’t open, it’s a problem that can take 30 seconds, 30 minutes, or longer to solve. For your sake, I hope the fix was quick and easy. I’d like to hear from you about your experience with apps that won’t respond, and about how far you had to go to fix your iPhone. Thanks for reading and if you have any other question, let us know in the comments section below.

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iPhone Says Incorrect Wi-Fi Password Even Though It’s Correct? Fix

Thursday July 28, 2022 4:14 am EAT by GeeksModo Staff

How to fix an incorrect password for Wi-Fi network error on iPhone and iPad
A couple of iPhone and iPad users are experiencing a strange issue where they are attempting to join a familiar wi-fi network, but they see an “Incorrect password” error message, and the iPhone or iPad refuses to join the wireless network. More specifically, users see the “Incorrect password” wi-fi error despite they being certain the wi-fi password is correct. Given how dependent these devices are to an internet connection, it can be frustrating when an iOS device doesn’t join a wi-fi network or returns a repeated “incorrect password” message.
See also:
Wi-Fi keeps disconnecting on your iPhone? Fix

In this troubleshooting guide, I’ll explain how to fix the annoying “Incorrect password for network” error messages on an iPhone or iPad when trying to join a wi-fi network.

Here are 4 main Reasons Why You Will See the “Incorrect Password” Error on your iPhone

Before you jump into solutions, make sure you cover the following bases:

Ensure that you know the correct password of the wi-fi network
Ensure that you are connecting to the correct wi-fi network, sometimes they have similar names as nearby wi-fi access points
Ensure that you are typing in the wi-fi password correctly, they are case sensitive and the wi-fi password must be an exact match
Ensure the CAPS LOCK or an alternative language keyboard is not enabled when typing in the Wi-Fi password

You may think the above recommendations are ridiculous, but most people incorrectly enter a wi-fi password, or have the CAPS LOCK on when typing in one, or maybe they hear a word or phrase incorrectly and are typing the wi-fi password wrong. For instance, if a wi-fi password is “Geeksmodo123” then it must be typed as it appears with the proper capitalization, or else you will encounter the ‘incorrect password’ error. It’s also not uncommon for people to be trying to join the wrong wi-fi network, so make sure you are not entering a correct wi-fi password but on the wrong access point.

Supposing you have the correct wi-fi password and the correct network, and you are still experiencing the incorrect password error, follow the steps below to fix the issue in iOS.

Fix “Incorrect Password” Wi-Fi Errors on iPhone and iPad

We’ll explain a number of troubleshooting tips and tricks to resolve the “Incorrect Password” error message when attempting to join a wireless network in iOS.

Are you having this problem too? Randomly, your iPhone (or iPad) says the password is incorrect? If you are having this issue, In this article, I’ll explain why your iPhone says the password is incorrect and help you fix the problem, whether it’s with your iPhone or your wireless router.

Follow the steps below in order. After each step, please check if you fixed the problem:

Solution #1: Reboot the iPhone or iPad

In most cases, restarting the iPhone or iPad can fix strange network connection problems, including an inability to connect to a wi-fi network. It’s pretty easy to restart an iPhone or iPad. You just need to turn your iPhone or iPad off, then back on again. Here’s how:

Hold down the Power button on the device until the ‘Slide to Power Off’ screen appears
Drag the slider to power off the iPhone or iPad
When your device is completely turned off, turn it back on by holding down the Power button until the apple logo appears

When the iPhone or iPad has started up again, try connecting the wi-fi network again.

Solution #2: Forget the Wi-Fi Network, then Re-Join

Sometimes, forgetting a wi-fi network and then rejoining that wi-fi network can fix incorrect password problems on your iPhone and iPad. Here’s how:

On your iPhone, start the “Settings” app and go to ‘Wi-Fi’
Now, tap the (i) info button next to the network name of the wi-fi router you wish to join
Next, tap on “Forget This Network”
Next on, confirm that you want to forget the network by tapping “Forget”
Finally, wait for a few seconds and re-join the same wi-fi network again and type in the correct password

Solution #3: Reset iOS Network Settings on the iPhone or iPad

Resetting the iOS Network Settings clears all wi-fi and network preferences and settings from the device. Please note, all your wi-fi passwords, custom settings and configurations, and other remembered network data will be lost. Here’s how:

Start the “Settings” app on your iPhone or iPad and go to” General” > “Reset
Now, tap on “Reset Network Settings”
Next, confirm that you want to Reset Network Settings
Finally, re-join the wi-fi network using the correct password

In most cases, resetting network settings can resolve many annoying connectivity issues in iOS, which includes the “incorrect password for network” error, an unclear “unable to join network” error, and much more.

Remember to reconfigure various iOS networking components again after resetting your network settings. For instance if you use custom DNS on the iPhone or iPad, manual DHCP configuration, use a VPN, a proxy, or if you had many networks remembered along with their passwords, you’ll need to enter that data manually again after resetting your network settings

Solution #4: Restart the Wi-Fi Router or Modem

It’s pretty easy to restart a router or modem. Simply unplug a wi-fi router or modem, wait about 30 seconds, then plug the router back in again. In some cases, it’s not possible to restart a router or modem especially in workforce or public environments. So while you can easily do this in a home or small office, it might not apply at an airport, office, or public space.

Solution #5: Have Someone Else Share the Wi-Fi Password With You

With the newer versions of iOS, anyone can share a wi-fi password with another iPhone or iPad that is nearby.

If you or your friend is in a situation where an iPhone or iPad user is repeatedly getting the “Incorrect password” error message when trying to join a network, and you and the other device is running the latest iOS (iOS 11 or higher) then you can use the Share Wi-Fi Password feature in iOS to share the password with your friend and allow them to join the network without having to enter the password manually themselves. This can come in handy if someone is prone to typos or CAPS LOCK, using an alternative keyboard, and other similar scenarios where some user error can be involved in the failure.

Bonus “Incorrect Password for Network” Wi-Fi Troubleshooting Options

Join another wi-fi network to be sure that wi-fi is actually working on the iPhone or iPad
If the iPhone or iPad will not join any wi-fi network, it could be having a hardware problem – this is quite uncommon, but can be possible (especially if the device sustained substantial water contact or some other damage). In such a case,
contact Apple Support
to diagnose for hardware problems
Rarely, backing up, resetting, and then restoring an iOS device from backup may fix your issue – you should do this as a last resort

Keep in mind, if the wi-fi network is hidden you will need to manually type in the wi-fi SSID to join a hidden wi-fi network in iOS

Did the above troubleshooting tips fix your “incorrect password” for wi-fi network errors on an iPhone or iPad? Are you able to join the wi-fi network without problems? Are you aware of any other solution for this particular problem? We’d love to hear your experiences in the comments section below!

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