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How do I use an existing contact for My Card?
scroll down to your contact entry
long-press the entry til the menu is shown
select "Make This my Card"
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How do you calculate how long an iPad is supported? Is this similar to Android?
For iPads worst case is 5 to 6 years and best case, longer than that sometimes 9 years if they keep selling the model you choose for multiple years.
Apple officially offers service, repair and support ...
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Shortcuts: saving photos as files?
I got answers on other sites to recreate the save file action, the if statement also needed to be re-created as iOS 18 changed them to add multiple conditions. I just don't know why the earlier ...
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Now Playing app stopped working on Apple Watch after upgrading iPhone to iOS 17.4
The release of iOS 18.2 on December 12, 2024 solved the problem 279 days after initial report ✅
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GarageBand for iOS 13.3: how to make mono synths polyphonic?
I don't think this is possible without changing the instrument, since they are often programmed intentionally to be monophonic or polyphonic. For example, the creator might use a specific effect that ...
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How to force Siri to use ONLY internal microphone
I am also facing the same issue and changed the bluetooth device configuration Device type to “Hearing Aid” and it seems working for me.
I did not checked with disconnect the device, may be it should ...
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How do I view my notification history on iOS?
Once you clear a notification from the notification center, you can no longer see it there. And there is no way to see cleared notifications on your iPhone either.
In this case, what you can do is to ...
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Can I delete a file from being shown in the 'recents' area of the Files iOS app?
You can't exactly remove files from recents. But there is a workaround that can help if you have some folders which you can rename.
Just rename the folder to end with .noindex (e.g., MyPrivateFolder....
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ipad external keyboard switching between layouts stopped working after update to 18.1
After a few (not sure how many) Forced Restarts, the following option in Settings appeared:
Settings > General > Keyboard > Hardware Keyboard
There, one can change the settings for the ...
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How to change DNS settings for cellular/mobile data on iOS?
Use the DNSecure app
DNSecure is a free iOS app that lets you pick among a list of several popular DNS providers, or you can add your own custom server.
It works with "standard" DNS ...
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Unwanted insertion point magnification in iOS18
I learned elsewhere that resetting the Haptic Touch from Slow to Default would turn this feature off.
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iOS Files.app doesn't connect to SMB share "connection to the server has failed"
I just ran into a similar issue but the root cause was different. I am running Samba on Ubuntu and I missed a firewall rule on the Samba server (445 was not opened up). I fixed this by running the ...
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What is the wave icon with a dot on the call screen?
It is the call recording functionality.
Record and transcribe a call on iPhone - iPhone User Guide
It’s grayed out in regions where the function is not enabled.
Note: Call recording is not currently ...
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How to stop Apple Sports live activities watch notifications?
The Apple Watch face also changes to this notification view, which I don't want.
Watch app → Smart Stack → Sport
If you change Auto Launch from Smart Stack to Off, Sports notifications will still ...
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Using literal strings in custom date format in iOS Shortcuts app
Literal strings in the date format must be quoted with an apostrophe (', Unicode U+0027, aka “single vertical quote”), not with a left single quotation mark (’, Unicode U+2018, aka “typographical ...
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How to stop Apple Sports live activities watch notifications?
Watch app → Smart Stack → Sport (under ‘Mirror iPhone Live Activities from’) → turn off ‘Mirror Live Activity from iPhone’.
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Changed iPhone's Personal Hotspot password - how to update it on Mac to restore tethering?
Based on the "Failed to enable Personal Hotspot" error, this was an issue with a root cause similar to "Failed to enable hotspot" error when connecting Mac to an iPhone Personal ...
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Safari won't load intranet pages
Ok after trying some more settings it turns out it's 'Use advanced tracking and fingerprint protection'. The hostnames I use had dual DNS resolution (i.e. LAN from LAN, but WAN IP from WAN, as ...
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Using WhatsApp iOS app without granting it access to contacts
It's an option to start message with anyone without grant access to contacts. You need to connect app with the web version. Connect phone with the web version (https://web.whatsapp.com/). Then you can ...
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