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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.
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Question from Melissa: I dropped my Android phone and broke it so I had to replace it.
I decided I wanted to try an iPhone this time so I bought a used iPhone 14 Plus.
I like the iPhone ok but I can’t use my favorite headphones with it because there’s no place to plug them in.
Do you know of any way that I can use those wired headphones with my iPhone? [Read more…]
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Question from Melanie: My dad just bought a new iPhone 12 Pro and gave me his year-old iPhone 11.
I’ve had several iPhones in the past and it seems like they all charged a lot faster than this one. It seems like it takes forever!
My question is how can I get this phone to charge faster? [Read more…]
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Question from Susan: I was waiting to get on the subway the other day when the guy standing beside me pulled out his iPhone and asked Siri a question.
I was shocked when Siri answered him because she used a British accent. I thought that was SO cool.
Can I change my own iPhone to speak with a British accent?
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Question from Kellie: I dropped my three year old iPhone 7 Plus and cracked the screen.
The phone still works but parts of the screen are unreadable.
I’ve never really been happy with this phone so I’m just going to replace it with an Android phone when I get paid next week.
My question is how can I copy the photos I’ve taken with the iPhone onto a Lenovo laptop that has Windows 10 on it?