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Screenshot : Jake Peterson As a company, Apple prides itself on operating users’ privacy in mind. But for some time now, its security solutions surrounding iCloud have been milquetoast. While some data you back up to iCloud was end-to-end encrypted, like Health data, Apple held the decryption keys to other data, like iMessages, photos, and notes. The benefit there was Apple could help you retrieve much of your important data if you lost your Apple ID login, but Apple having the theoretical power to read our messages didn’t sit well with many people. Advanced Data Protection for iCloud fixes the issue (for the most part). With it, the number of data types end-to-end encrypted in iCloud backups jumps to 23. Mail, Contacts, and Calendar are the big three that aren’t E2EE, but at least now, Apple doesn’t have the keys to the rest of your data. You can learn more about Advanced Data Protection for iCloud from our post here . https://www.tausiinsider.com/11-of-the-best-new-ios-16-...

Finally . Anyone running iOS 16 (or macOS Ventura, for that matter) can edit or undo iMessages they send in error . When you send an iMessage, you have 15 minutes to edit it, after which time the message will lock itself in. Be warned, though: Any edits you make will be visible in an edit history available under a convenient “Edited” tag, so this feature is best for making small corrections you’d usually fix with a follow-up message. If you’d rather cover up a message entirely, delete it instead. You have two minutes after sending a message to remove it from your device and the devices of others in the chat. Of course, they have the same power, too. https://www.tausiinsider.com/45-of-tausiinsiders-favorite-iphone-hacks-of-2022/?feed_id=327058&_unique_id=6410f00c74c23

Photo : Kicking Studio ( Shutterstock ) Just as you’d service your car to keep it running smoothly, an annual review of your iPhone can prevent a lot of issues in the long run. Phones accumulate a ton of digital cruft, and since a more organized device works better for longer, take the start of a new year as your opportunity to clear it all out. Your iPhone may feel brand new again by the time you’re done. Delete the apps you don’t use anymore We all download a host of apps that are almost never used. If you have a bunch, consider uninstalling them to save space and bandwidth. Unused apps can make your phone slow sometimes, and they keep downloading updates automatically, which can eat into your internet plan’s limited bandwidth. You can go to Settings > General > iPhone Storage and select Enable next to Offload Unused Apps . This will free up a lot of space. Next, you can scroll down on the storage settings page, swipe towards the left on apps that you don’t use, and sele...

Photo : morrowlight ( Shutterstock ) On a computer, selecting multiple things at the same time is easy—y ou obviously click and drag to highlight whatever you want. On your iPhone, though , it’s a different story. Depending on the app, your obvious options are to hit “Select All” or choose the “Edit” button and tediously tap away at each item you want to select. But, as it happens, your iPhone has a hidden trick that lets you select items in bulk: Instead of tapping to select multiple items, you can use a simple swipe to breeze through your selection. As long as the app supports it, take two fingers and swipe over the items you want to select, and iOS will select those items . You can even drag down to the bottom of the screen to scroll and select, or lift off the screen and repeat the gesture to highlight another group of items. It’s a lot of fun. Once you’ve selected multiple items, you can tap and hold the screen to reveal bulk actions like delete, share, and copy. Right now...

Photo : mokjc ( Shutterstock ) These days, iPhones are huge . Aside from the minis (which Apple no longer makes), most iPhones are difficult to properly use with one hand— and some even with two. If you’ve recently switched to a larger iPhone and are struggling to adapt to its size, t here are some steps you can take to make your new phone easier to use. Change how you hold your iPhone Smaller iPhones are far better suited to one-handed use than their larger counterparts. If you’re used to gripping your iPhone with one hand, the sad fact is you’ll likely enjoy your phone more if you switch to a two-handed grip for more tasks. If you can’t kick the one-handed habit, though, here’s what to try next. Take advantage of Siri more often Rather than attempt to stretch your fingers for every task on your iPhone, delegate some of them to Siri. Siri can be frustrating to use, but it’s quite good for basic tasks like setting reminders, playing music, or creating alarms. You can even hang u...

Photo : Thanes.Op ( Shutterstock ) Apple went all-in on eSIM with the iPhone 14 line up , removing the option for SIM cards from their smartphones for the first time. In theory, there should be plusses there: There’s one less moving part to worry about on the phones now, which can both improve water resistance, and eliminate the risk of something happening to the SIM card. However, this transition brings its own problems, some you might be experiencing right now. iMessage activation unsuccessful One big issue popping up on eSIM iPhones is a problem with iMessage and FaceTime activation. When you initially set up your iPhone, everything seems to work fine, including eSIM activation. However, when you try to send off iMessages or place a FaceTime call to a friend, you find it doesn’t work. Dive into the Settings app, and you’ll see an annoying “iMessage Activation Unsuccessful” message. The first time I heard about it was from a friend on their iPhone 14, and I wasn’t able to fix it...

Photo : oasisamuel ( Shutterstock ) I recently picked up a new iPhone, and for the most part, I love it. What I didn’t love was not having my iMessages on my new iPhone synced up with my other Apple devices. Sure, my new phone had my most recent messages, but from there, things got weird. For example, most of the messages I saw when I first opened many of my chats were from 2017 , which isn’t ideal. Luckily, I have managed to fix  this problem, and so can you. iMessages sometimes fall out of sync across your Apple devices For some reason when you set up a new iPhone or Apple device and try to sync it with Messages stored in iCloud, your new device might not download all of the available messages. You’ll see messages you sent that day, but then run into messages from years ago, with nothing in between. It’s possible your phone is still be downloading your iMessage library, which, depending on how large it is, might take a long time. However, if you don’t see any indication that yo...

Photo : Daria Gromova ( Shutterstock ) When you want to back up your iMessage chats, iCloud is a severely limited option. It’s good for syncing your chats across devices, and to avoid sudden data loss, but that’s about it. Anyone who has ever tried to find a particular message from years back, especially if that message contains a photo or video, knows there’s a lot of room for improvement. While we wait for Apple to improve iCloud for Messages on its own, check out these better alternatives for exporting and managing your iMessages. Use a third-party app to export iMessage data There are plenty of apps that allow you to export iMessages easily to a Mac or a PC. Some that jump out to us are iMazing or Keepster . With both of these apps, you’ll have to connect your iPhone to your Mac or PC and back up the texts to your computer. While iMazing is more focused on letting you save or print texts, Keepster lets you convert your messages into a book, but both are good, easy apps for ba...

Photo : Hadrian ( Shutterstock ) While your iPhone does a lot , it’s first and foremost a phone . If it can’t connect to your cellular network, it won’t be much better than an iPod touch. In the past, moving your phone number from one iPhone to another was relatively simple: You pop the SIM card out of your old iPhone, and pop it back into the new one. However, these days, Apple has moved to eSIM. The iPhone 14 lineup doesn’t have an option for a physical SIM card, so your only option is this embedded SIM. In theory, there’s nothing wrong with that. However, it could go very wrong. When I tried setting up my new iPhone, I went through Apple’s steps to transfer the eSIM from my old iPhone to my new one. No matter what I did, it just kept failing. With a physical SIM, I could move from phone to phone, iPhone or Android, with ease. With eSIM, I was stuck looking at a $1,000+ paperweight. You can do what I did: Restart both iPhones, reset your network setting. But the best solution he...

Screenshot : Jake Peterson As a company, Apple prides itself on operating users’ privacy in mind. But for some time now, its security solutions surrounding iCloud have been milquetoast. While some data you back up to iCloud was end-to-end encrypted, like Health data, Apple held the decryption keys to other data, like iMessages, photos, and notes. The benefit there was Apple could help you retrieve much of your important data if you lost your Apple ID login, but Apple having the theoretical power to read our messages didn’t sit well with many people. Advanced Data Protection for iCloud fixes the issue (for the most part). With it, the number of data types end-to-end encrypted in iCloud backups jumps to 23. Mail, Contacts, and Calendar are the big three that aren’t E2EE, but at least now, Apple doesn’t have the keys to the rest of your data. You can learn more about Advanced Data Protection for iCloud from our post here . https://news.winestle.com/11-of-the-best-new-ios-16-2-f...