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Q&A: How do you enable Closed Captioning on an iPhone?

Posted on February 3, 2024

Question from Elizabeth:  I have a question for you, Rick.

I bought my daughter her first phone (it’s an iPhone) and she loves watching videos on it.

The problem is she’s hearing impaired and she cannot make out a lot of the dialog that’s spoken in the videos.

I know that lots of the videos available online are closed captioned, but I don’t know how to turn “Closed Captioning” on.

Can you tell me how to do it?  [Read more…]

How to check your smartphone’s memory usage

Posted on January 24, 2024

Even premium smartphones have their limitations. As soon as the memory and space on the smartphone runs out, it will begin appear unstable, start to lag, or even freeze up or turn off.

The problem isn’t necessarily the smartphone memory, but you can easily check to see if RAM and/or storage space usage on your smartphone could be causing the issues.  [Read more…]

How (and when) to disable cellular data on your iPhone

Posted on January 18, 2024

If you use an iPhone you probably know there are two ways to access the Internet with your phone: Cellular Data and Wi-Fi.

If you’re signed up for an unlimited data plan with your cellular carrier it makes little difference whether you’re connected to the web via cellular or Wi-Fi in regards to monthly data usage.

However, if your plan only allows for a limited amount of included cellular data each month you could potentially find yourself either having your Internet access shut off or incurring some pretty hefty overage charges if you happen to exceed your data limit.  [Read more…]

Share the music you’re listening to with other iPhone users

Posted on December 27, 2023

Note: The links in this post are affiliate links.

You probably know that you can share the music you’re listening to on your iPhone with others by pairing your phone with a Bluetooth speaker, but what if not everyone in the room wants to hear it?

Well, there’s a simple solution that will let other iPhone users listen to your music right along with you on their own phones. It’s a free iOS app called Audibly, and works quite well.  [Read more…]

How to use your smartphone as a magnifying glass

Posted on December 22, 2023

Do you always have a magnifying glass handy when you need one? Nah, me neither.

But I almost always have my smart phone with me, and I’m guessing you do too.

Well guess what? You can use your phone as a magnifying glass in a pinch!  [Read more…]

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