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Q&A: How can I make thumb typing easier on my iPad?

Posted on March 8, 2023

Question from Pauline:  I have a question for you Rick.

I’ve been using a 7 inch Android tablet for my Facebooking but the battery recently went bad in it.

Instead of buying another Android tablet I decided to try an iPad. I ended up buying a 10.9 inch model which is a bit larger than what I was used to.

I didn’t know what to expect because I’d never owned anything from Apple before, but I found out that I really love it.

I’m having one problem though. I could hold the 7 inch tablet by its sides and type with my thumbs, but I can’t do that with the larger iPad because the keys are spread out too far.

Do you know if there’s a way to make it easier to type on my new iPad using my thumbs? Maybe by using an app, perhaps?  [Read more…]

Teach Siri how to pronounce a contact’s name correctly

Posted on January 13, 2023

Apple’s Siri virtual assistant certainly makes using an iPhone a lot easier, but just like us humans Siri has a few quirks.

One Siri quirk that drives me up the wall is how she tends to mis-pronounce some names on the Contacts List. For some reason it just grates on my nerves.

The good news is you can train Siri to pronounce difficult names correctly, using one of the two methods listed below: [Read more…]

Q&A: Do you think I should Jailbreak my iPhone?

Posted on December 15, 2022

Question from Jamie:  My mom recently bought me my first iPhone.

It took me a while to get used to it but now that I have, I really like it.

My question is should I jailbreak it?  [Read more…]

Q&A: Can I set an iPad to give a visual alert for new notifications?

Posted on September 17, 2021

Question from Gloria:  Hi Rick. I hope you can help me find a solution to a problem we’re having with my husband’s iPad.

He recently started using Facebook to keep in touch with the grandkids and some of our other family members.

The problem is he’s completely deaf and he can’t hear the notification alerts when someone sends him a message on the iPad.

Is there any way to have it light up with every new notification?

Rick’s answer:  [Read more…]

Warning: You need to update your iPhone and iPad right now

Posted on September 14, 2021

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Apple has just released an emergency update to iOS 14.8 and iPadOS 14.8 to patch a very serious security flaw.

In a nutshell, this flaw allows NSO Group’s really nasty Pegasus spyware to infect Apple devices that are running one of the affected versions of iOS.

[Read more…]

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