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3:22 PM
High Tech House Calls, Expert Computer Consulting
The iPhone's new Silence Unknown Callers feature is a great way to avoid annoying robo calls without having to keep your iPhone muted. Before iOS 13, iPhone users had to rely on third-party apps of varying effectiveness to block spam calls. The new feature is enabled by default, but if it's been disabled, you'll need to head to the Phone menu inside the Settings app to enable it. This is also where you will turn the feature off if you find you're missing important calls and don't want calls from unknown numbers to be silenced. Let's get started with how to silence unrecognized phone numbers on your iPhone.
Related: How to Block a Phone Number on an iPhone: Texts & Calls
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3:17 PM
High Tech House Calls, Expert Computer Consulting
iCloud acts as a repository of some data and the conduit through which other passes. For certain categories, it also retains a backup of items you delete or update. Here’s how to restore data when you’re using iCloud sync or iCloud Drive across these services.
iCloud Photos
Delete photos and videos in Photos on any device and you’re prompted that the media will be deleted from all your devices linked to the account. However, the image or movie isn’t immediately tossed. Rather, it’s put in the Recently Deleted album, which is available from all your linked devices as well. (If you don’t use iCloud Photos, the album appears only on the device you deleted the...
3:13 PM
High Tech House Calls, Expert Computer Consulting
The start of the new year is as great a time as any to take a quick tour through your iPhone’s settings and make sure you’ve customized its Emergency SOS feature to your liking. Heck, you should really take a few minutes and memorize—really memorize—how this feature works. I hope you don’t ever need it in 2020, but you’ll be glad you took some time to learn how it works if you ever do.
Make sure you’re running the latest version of iOS
First, Emergency SOS only works if you’re running iOS 11 or later. While most of you are probably running iOS 12 or iOS 13, those clinging to older iPhones might want to reconsider their “I don’t want to install a new version of iOS” mindset....
3:10 PM
High Tech House Calls, Expert Computer Consulting
Customize a display picture in your Messages app profile and you’ll be able to share the face you choose with anyone you message. As of iOS 13, you can edit your profile picture and name; simply open messages, tap the three dots at the top of the screen, tap Edit Name and Photo, and swipe left or right to select an option. You can use a memoji or animoji, your initials with a custom color, or any picture on your iPhone. Once it’s set, you can choose whether to make your profile name and image visible to everyone in your contacts list, or only to select contacts. Let’s get started.
Related: (2019) How to Hide Text Messages on iPhone by Hiding iMessages or Using Secret Texting...
