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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…]

The most common viruses on iPhones

Posted on October 11, 2022

Every owner of a personal computer and modern gadgets knows that the Internet is becoming an increasingly dangerous space.

Despite the active work of antivirus software developers, a huge number of people are exposed to cyber attacks every day.

At the same time, there was an opinion that this applies to everyone except owners of devices on the iOS operating system. Let’s see if this is really the case. [Read more…]

Save battery life and data by disabling 5G on your iPhone

Posted on September 26, 2022

Rick’s Tech Tips

Do you have an iPhone that supports 5G cellular connectivity?

If so, disabling 5G and forcing the device to use 4G LTE instead (if you don’t really need the extra speed provided by 5G, of course) will do two things for you: [Read more…]

How to change the default search engine in Safari

Posted on July 1, 2022

Like other popular web browsers, Safari allows you to choose the default search engine you want to use when you search for something on the web with your Apple device.

Safari comes pre-configured with Google set as its default search engine, but you can easily change that to Bing, DuckDuckGo or one of several other popular search engines if you choose to do so. [Read more…]

How to assign custom ringtones for your important contacts

Posted on May 14, 2022

Rick’s Tech Tips Newsletter

By default, when people call you on your smartphone the ringtone will sound the same regardless of who is calling you.

And that can be a problem if your phone starts ringing while it’s sitting on a table on the other side of the room.

The caller could well be someone you really want to talk to, but it could also be a call you’d rather skip for the time being.

Unfortunately, the only way to find out is to stop what you’re doing and go pick up the phone.

Well, there’s an easy fix or this problem… [Read more…]