Slow running iPhone? Here’s the first thing you should check to fix it - Tom’s Guide
Apple Could Shake Up Party Planning with This New Service - iDrop News
Discover the Power of Apple Watch with these Essential Apps - Lifewire
How to Organize All Those iPhone Photos Once and for All - Real Simple
Why Slide Over is my favorite iPadOS Superpower - 9 to 5 Mac
Hackers Love this Common Password Mistake
Slow running iPhone? Here’s the first thing you should check to fix it
Have you noticed that your new iPhone seems to be running a little slower than expected, even after you delete a bunch of files? A recent report from 9to5Mac has revealed the possible reason.
While there are many reasons why an iPhone could slow down, one of the main culprits is surprisingly putting the device in Low Power mode.
Apple's Low Power mode works by limiting several actions in the background, but also changes how the phone utilizes its chip.
Instead of using both the efficiency and performance cores, Low Power mode drastically reduces the iPhone's performance by focusing on efficiency cores to get stuff done.
https://www.tomsguide.com/phones/iphones/slow-running-iphone-heres-the-first-thing-you-should-check-to-fix-it
Apple Could Shake Up Party Planning with This New Service
While there weren’t too many surprises in last week’s iOS 18.3 release, which seems to be more focused on fixing bugs and patching security holes than adding new features, Apple may have hidden something else in there that it could unveil in the coming weeks.
In early January, the folks at 9to5Mac found evidence of a new “Apple Invites” app in the second iOS 18.3 beta. The code suggested the app would be designed to help organize meetings and events — kind of like Apple’s own version of Evite or Mixily.
https://www.idropnews.com/rumors/apple-could-shake-up-party-planning-with-this-new-service/238780/
Discover the Power of Apple Watch With These Essential Apps
The Apple Watch brings your phone's functionality to your wrist. Countless apps are available that help boost the device's usefulness and functionality. Here are our picks for the best Apple Watch apps to make your life easier and more fun.
https://www.lifewire.com/best-apple-watch-apps-8783045
How to Organize All Those iPhone Photos Once and for All
Unless you're a pro at digital decluttering, you can probably agree that the only app more daunting to clean up than your email is your photo library. With the average iPhone holding over 140GB of storage, it's easy to rack that number up into the hundreds or thousands. What's not so easy is trying to find the exact photo you're looking for amidst all the random snaps of cute pets, random screenshots, and delicious brunch spreads.
https://www.realsimple.com/work-life/technology/organizing-time-savers/how-to-organize-photos-on-iphone
Why Slide Over is my favorite iPadOS superpower
I’ve used an iPad Pro as my primary computer for nearly 10 years. And over that time, iPadOS multitasking features have changed a lot. But there’s one such iPad tool I depend on that’s been around since the start, and only improved with time: Slide Over.
The basics of Slide Over in iPadOS
Slide Over is one of a variety of multitasking tools Apple has built into iPadOS.
It’s the feature that lets you store iPhone-sized apps just off the edge of the screen so you can quickly ‘slide’ them into and out of view.
This is different from Split View, where you’re building a fixed setup of two apps side by side. It also differs from Stage Manager, which is arguably the most powerful iPad multitasking feature.
Slide Over has changed some over the years, but the current iteration works a lot like your iPhone’s multitasking system.
https://9to5mac.com/2025/02/18/why-slide-over-is-my-favorite-ipad-superpower/
Hackers Love This Common Password Mistake—Here's How To Stay Safe!
You probably have dozens of passwords to remember for various websites and apps. It can get so difficult to create new, complex passwords for every one of the sites you visit (using a password manager can definitely help). Unfortunately, hackers are on standby just waiting for you to make some of the most common password mistakes. It’s important that you stop making this one mistake — you have a lot to lose if things go wrong. Your personal information, including banking and credit card numbers, can fall into the wrong hands. Here’s the common password mistake that hackers love — and how to stay safe.
Reusing Passwords for Different Websites
Even though it’s difficult to create unique passwords for every site you frequent, it’s necessary. If you use the same password for several or all sites, the minute that password falls into the wrong hands, they’ll be able to access information from every other website, too.
If you can’t fathom making up passwords, use Password Manager, which comes up with intricate and complex passwords that are far more difficult for hackers to figure out than your dog’s name and a few random numbers.
Enable Two-Factor Authentication
In addition to never reusing passwords and creating more complex ones, it’s a solid idea to enable two-factor authentication for any site that allows it. This requires that you put in your complex password as well as a code sent to your phone or email.
You may even want to consider doing away with numerical passwords altogether and using biometrics so that your phone reads your fingerprint or uses facial recognition to give you access to your device. This step makes it even more difficult for hackers to access your phone and its data.
