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There are typically two reasons why your iPhone or iPad may display a Not Enough Storage Available notification: either the internal device storage capacity is nearly full or the iCloud storage limit has been met. Either of these situations can occur when there is a lot of data stored on your device. Understanding what the […]
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To answer this question, let’s first look at a typical text message. When someone sends a text message, they type a message on their phone and hit the send button. At that point, the cellular data service provider (Verizon, AT&T, Sprint, or whoever) transfers that message through their network to the recipient. Depending on your
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If you own a smartphone, you undoubtedly have heard the terms 3G, 4G, and LTE. Cellular providers such as AT&T and Verizon continuously advertise they have biggest or fastest 4G network or LTE network. It’s difficult to understand how each company can make those claims. However, when buying a new smartphone, it is important to
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Many parents are concerned about the texting habits of their children and with whom they communicate. I receive many questions from parents wanting to monitor text messages on their child’s iPhone. Unfortunately, there is no quick, easy, and free solution that will allow you to monitor all the various ways your child can communicate with
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One of the features in Apple’s new Continuity concept is the ability to send and receive SMS text messages on an iPad. Additionally, those with a Mac computer using OS X Yosemite can now send SMS text messages directly from the computer. Prior to the release of iOS 8.1, the Messages app on the
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Many electronic reader apps such as iBooks, Kindle, and Instapaper offer a night-time reading mode that allows easier reading in low-light conditions. The night mode simply reverses the default white background and black text to a black background with white text. This creates less strain on your eyes when reading in a dark or dimly
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Generally, iMessage works very well. However, after updating the iOS, some people have had issues with iMessage not working correctly. The problems appear to be somewhat random in that iMessage completely stops working for some people while others have issues with one particular contact. If you are having issues with only one contact, it is
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When you have multiple devices using the same Apple ID, an incoming cellular phone call can ring on all your devices at the same time. Part of the Continuity feature in iOS is the ability to make and receive cellular iPhone calls on an iPad, iPod touch, or Mac computer when your iPhone is connected
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Apple’s iMessage service provides the capability to send and receive messages between Apple devices. This is helpful for sending messages from an iPad, iPod touch, or a Mac computer that does not support regular SMS text messaging like the iPhone. The iMessage service is typically very reliable. However, on rare occasions, you may find
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In part one of this article, we discussed what iCloud is and how to set it up on your device. We will now discuss the types of information synced through iCloud. By opening the Settings app on your iOS device and selecting iCloud, you can choose the information you want to sync. For iCloud to
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