Iphone 101 Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

iPhone 101: Save space on your iPhone without removing a thing

by Michael Grothaus (Apr 6th, 2010)

It's important to note that this on-the-fly conversion does not alter your original files inside your iTunes library -- those will remain at whatever bitrate and in whatever file format you had them in. How well does this work? I saved a whopping 1.5GBs of space on my 8GB iPhone. Others here at ...

iPhone/iPod 101: How to get the most out of your battery

by Chris Rawson (Mar 1st, 2010)

Since you can't just swap out the battery on your iPhone or iPod, it's important to know how to get the most life out of your device's battery, particularly if you won't be able to charge it for a while. Apple has two pages on its site that detail how to prolong battery life on both iPhones and ...

iPhone 101: How to force quit an unresponsive app

by Aron Trimble (Feb 11th, 2010)

We here at the TUAW headquarters rely pretty heavily on our iPhones when we're away from our desks. This is especially true for the lucky ones on the floor at Macworld 2010. Sometimes however, our little pocket computers go haywire and refuse to respond to our commands. To force quit an ...

iPhone 101: Don't forget to wipe... your iPhone's data

by Kevin Harter (Aug 23rd, 2009)

Stepping up to a shiny new 3GS? Thinking about selling your old iPhone on eBay or craigslist? Don't forget to wipe! I buy iPhones from time to time to unlock and offer to our local customers. One such phone arrived today and I eagerly opened the box to get things prepared. After charging the dead ...

How to make iPhone videos sparkle with iMovie

by Steven Sande (Jun 28th, 2009)

If you read my recent post about taking movies with the iPhone 3GS, you probably noted that I talked about the lack of editing capabilities on the iPhone with the exception of trimming the beginning and ending of your videos. What if you want to edit your movies, add titles or effects, or combine a ...

iPhone for Newbies: Honey, I shrunk the manual

by David Winograd (Jun 24th, 2009)

Caveat Emptor: This is for newbies only. If you've been around, you probably don't need this. When I bought my last Verizon phone, it came with about three quarters of a pound of paper housed in three manuals allowing me to find just about anything through the index. Yeah, it was overkill -- but ...

iPhone for Newbies: Ringtones, double contacts, periods, and AppleCare

by David Winograd (Jun 22nd, 2009)

I just bought my first iPhone, a 32 GB iPhone 3G S, and found that that there is an abundance of information out there covering just about every aspect of its use. As an iPhone virgin, most of this is new to me, but I'm sure it's old hat to most. Apple, however, is set to sell over half a million ...

iPhone 101: Basic questions, basic answers

by Steven Sande (Jan 25th, 2009)

This morning I opened my Mail inbox and was greeted with an email from a man who had read my iPhone articles in the premiere issue of iPhone Life magazine. He had a bunch of questions which, on first glance, appeared to be naive. However, I asked my rocket scientist wife (yes, she really is a rocket ...

iPhone 101: Add mobile websites to home screen

by Todd Ritter (Dec 19th, 2008)

Many websites and services offer great mobile versions without being packaged in an App Store application. If you want to be able to quickly access these sites from your home screen, follow these steps: Launch Safari on your iPhone Browse to a desired mobile site (most sites will automatically ...

iPhone 101: Protect your device with a passcode

by Cory Bohon (Nov 20th, 2008)

Are you worried that your iPhone or its data might get stolen? If you are, then this post is for you! Let's take a look at the iPhone's security options, starting in Settings > General > Passcode Lock. If this is your first time visiting the Passcode Lock settings, then you will be prompted to ...

iPhone 101: Geocaching with an iPhone 3G

by Steven Sande (Jul 19th, 2008)

Geocaching is a sport / hobby in which you wander about with a GPS and try to find caches, small hidden containers with swag and a logbook inside. One of the first things I looked for in the App Store was a geocaching application that would let me a) look up caches near my present location, b) tell ...

iPhone 101: Jumping to the top of your mail

by Dave Caolo (Jul 17th, 2008)

Mobile Safari has always had a handy feature that i wished Mobile Mail would acquire. Apple must have read my mind, because it's now available. If you're unlucky enough to receive lots of email, you can quickly jump to the top of the list by touching the menu bar (where the time is displayed) as of ...

iPhone 101: Saving images in Safari

by Cory Bohon (Jul 17th, 2008)

Have you ever been using Safari on your iPhone or iPod touch and wanted to save an image? Well, the 2.0 firmware makes this easy! Just tap and hold on any picture in Safari. When you do, a menu will pop up allowing you to save the image to your camera roll or follow the image link. Apple even places ...

iPhone 101: Batch mail deletion

by Dave Caolo (Jul 16th, 2008)

Here's a very handy feature of the iPhone 2.0 software. Previously, deleting many email messages at once was a real pain. You could either swipe across your messages one at a time (invariably selecting a few by accident), or enter edit mode and select a message, touch the Delete button and then ...

iPhone 101: Taking screenshots

by Cory Bohon (Jul 10th, 2008)

With the advent of the new iPhone firmware 2.0, users who have installed it report that you are now able to easily take and share screenshots of your iPhone -- all without downloading any additional software. To take a screenshot, just hold down the home button while quickly pressing the sleep/wake ...