Learn something about the iPhone in 60 seconds! By Apple expert Christian Boyce.

Save Your iPhone’s Battery by Turning Off “Push” for Mail

Want to make your iPhone’s battery last longer? Here’s the single most important thing to do– turn OFF “Push” mail. Try it and see.

Turn Your iPhone Sideways: Mail

Mail gets a new look when you turn your iPhone sideways. You might get larger text or a different layout. Depends on the phone.

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Turn Your iPhone Sideways: Mail

Turn Your iPhone Sideways: Calendar

The Calendar app changes when you rotate your iPhone: get a Week-at-a-Glance view, where you can drag appointments around with your finger.

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Turn Your iPhone Sideways: Calendar

Ask Siri about airplanes

Wondering about that low-flying jet? Ask Siri. She knows.

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Ask Siri about airplanes

Greetings, iPhone users!

Learn something new about the iPhone in 60 seconds! Short, helpful, and fun articles about the iPhone by Apple consultant Christian Boyce.

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Greetings, iPhone users!

Latest iOS Version

The latest iOS is 13.7, released Tuesday, September 1st, 2020. This update introduces the Exposure Notification Express feature, which (depending on where you live) may provide COVID-19 exposure notifications to you without installing an app. This feature, commonly and erroneously termed "tracking," is off by default and requires a trip to the Settings app to turn it on. Look for "Exposure Notifications" in Settings and you'll be all set. For more information see this article from macrumors.com.

Notably, the Express feature is not available in New York, New Jersey, California, or Texas, even though those four states have major COVID-19 problems. In fact, as of this writing only Alabama, Arizona, Nevada, Virginia, and Wyoming are making use of the Apple Exposure Notification API. It's important to note that there are two ways for an iPhone user to be alerted to COVID-19 exposure: by an app developed for the State you're in, or-- if the State has chosen to participate in the "Exposure Notification Express" system-- by the operating system itself. For example, Arizona has an app that uses Apple's Exposure Notification API, and if you download the app you can get COVID-19 exposure notifications, but they don't use the "Express" API so if you're in Arizona and you want COVID-19 exposure notifications, you have to get the app. All Apple's doing with the "Express" API is making it possible for the COVID-19 notifications to be given even without an app.