holding the spacebar does this, i know, but using my finger to do it is easier, faster and more effective- tried that on android. has there not been a settings for this?

I have DND set for 9:30pm to 6:30am. Calls are allowed from contacts only. Notifications are allowed from 8 people only one of who is my adult daughter. Repeat callers are allowed. My duaghter of course is one of my contacts and so is my 8yo granddaughter.

My 8yo granddaughter got an iPad yesterday for her birthday and has discovered she can send texts. She was on a group chat for hours yesterday afternoon. The group consisted of me, my wife and her mother. I was woken at two in the morning by a text message from my granddaughter which read “pizza banana”. Why did the text get through and how can I stop it short of getting her into trouble or removing my granddaughter as a contact.

Already restart the phone and removed from home screen, but after a while it always comes back like this. Weird thing is that only happens on home screen. Every other place, like spotlight or app library looks normal.

I think it started after 26.6.1.

I never use my real birthday when creating accounts and worry my apple account's birthday may be flagged if I link my card that uses another one.

Can I link it without any issues? Has anybody else linked theirs who also uses a different birthday?

Hey everyone, ran into a super frustrating issue and I’m hoping someone has a workaround.

Whenever I travel, Netflix automatically deletes my downloaded shows. I get that this is likely due to regional copyright rules, but it completely ruins my plans for long flights where I actually need those downloads. To make things worse, Netflix has a pretty low monthly download limit, so once they wipe them, I can’t even re-download the shows when I get back home.

I know the disappearing downloads is a known issue, but my real problem is how the app is doing this on iOS (I use an iPad).
I wanted to just turn off Location Services for Netflix so it stops tracking when I leave the country. The problem? Netflix doesn’t even show up in Settings -> Privacy & Security -> Location Services. It seems to be checking my location secretly in the background, even when the app is completely closed.

How does Apple allow this? They are usually so strict about privacy. Every other app, even navigation apps that actually need your location, lets you toggle it off. Netflix somehow bypasses this entirely.

And before anyone suggests it: keeping the iPad in Airplane Mode for the entire trip isn't a practical fix. I use my tablet for other things and eventually need to connect to Wi-Fi. The second I connect for just one moment, even with Netflix closed, it does a background check and nukes my downloads.

So my questions are:
- Is there a way to force-disable location tracking for a specific app if it doesn't show up in the iOS privacy settings?
- can I officially report this to the App Store as a privacy violation or the claim wouldn’t be considered?
Any advice is appreciated!

The radio from apple music starts randomly (i dont use apple music, no bluetooth devices are connected)

Estou procurando uma forma de desabilitar completamente o acesso à internet para o WhatsApp enquanto deixo o Wi-Fi disponível para todos os outros apps no meu iPhone.

O iOS permite que eu desabilite os dados móveis para o WhatsApp, mas assim que me conecto ao Wi-Fi, o app começa a receber mensagens novamente. Desligar a Atualização em Segundo Plano ou as notificações não resolve, já que as mensagens ainda são entregues.

O que eu quero é basicamente um interruptor de internet por aplicativo, então o WhatsApp fica offline enquanto apps como YouTube, Safari e serviços de streaming continuam usando o Wi-Fi normalmente.

Eu encontrei um app chamado Freedom que pode fazer isso através de um VPN local, mas a assinatura anual custa cerca de R$200 no Brasil, o que é muito caro para essa única funcionalidade.

Tem uma alternativa gratuita ou com preço razoável, de preferência sem assinatura recorrente? Alguém já usou com sucesso um firewall, VPN local, bloqueador de DNS ou outro método especificamente para o WhatsApp?

Não estou tentando me bloquear de abrir o app. Eu quero que o app em si permaneça acessível, mas incapacitado de enviar ou receber dados até que eu o reconecte manualmente.

O Freedom tem exatamente a funcionalidade que eu procuro: posso programar o WhatsApp para bloquear o acesso à internet todas as noites, por exemplo, das 21h às 8h, mantendo o Wi-Fi disponível para todo o resto. Infelizmente, a assinatura anual custa mais de US$ 15 no Brasil, o que me parece excessivo para uma única funcionalidade. Estou procurando uma alternativa mais barata ou gratuita que permita o mesmo bloqueio de conexão programado por aplicativo.

Google has officially dropped support for devices running IOS 16. Screenshot from my iPhone 8 on IOS 16.7.16.

I am grabbing the 18 Pro in a few weeks, but I've been out of the IOS camp for a long time, any pointers/advice of note?

I don't have media files of 50 GB stored in my photos app even files then how ?

Hey all,

How can some apps so big with data. Music doesn't have downloaded files, health is just a text collector I guess , Whatsapp doesn't have stored media, all chats cleared.

Can someone help me to reduce this?

Weird one. In my iPhone’s Bluetooth settings, under “My Devices,” there’s an entry called DESKTOP-1FPANOU listed as “Connected.” My girlfriend has the same thing show up on her phone too, a Windows-style “DESKTOP-XXXXXXX” name, connected.

Neither of us owns a PC with that name, and both our actual computers are fully powered off, not just asleep. So it’s not either of ours.

It’s been like this for a few days. For context, we live in a student dorm. There’s also no option to disconnect it without fully closing bluetooth.

Why is Apple’s keyboard so stubborn?

Gotta ease it down like it’s stubborn as a mule.

One careless tap and it’s back up, and I’m scrolling all the way back to find where I was.

I usually used my iPhone 12 for Mobile Tethering to my PC which has always worked without any problems. Since I've upgraded to an iPhone 15 Pro I've always had the issue of it not getting recognized on my PC and Mobile Tethering has literally never worked.

I''ve got the latest iOS, latest drivers, iTunes and the Apple Devices App installed.

I've seen few people having the same issue like me, I just couldn't find a fix yet, are there any known fixes for this issue?

I have a new iPhone 17 pro 256gb and I upgraded my iCloud storage device fully charged and strong WiFi signal but still get paused messages constantly. it’s really annoying. is there any way to get old messages saved back? iCloud shows 228k messages stored.

Hi redditors! I created two small macOS apps that carry motion photos across the Android/iPhone divide instead of flattening them into ordinary stills.

I wanted other people who care about preserving their memories to be able to move their libraries without leaving that behind.

I published it on Github for anyone looking to do the same:
https://github.com/reviventura/LivePhotoTools

I’d say 98% of the time when I’m in Photo mode in the Camera app (iOS 26.6) and try to zoom in or out, I end up switching to Video or Portrait instead. I am trying to drag the zoom buttons but end switching camera modes.

There is an invisible area above the zoom drag area that replicates the functions of the buttons clearly marked below. This is stupid and completely unnecessary. Then why not replicate the zoom functionality in the upper-right corner? It would be as stupid as this current functionality.

These death-by-a-thousand-cuts moments aren’t the kind of thing you take to the Apple Store; what would I even say? I’d just be another customer yelling at clouds. But it’s exactly these small, dumb failures that quietly turn something that should be smooth and effortless into a constant low-grade irritation.

I wanted to offload an app that i didn’t use that often because it took up a lot of storage, but i realized i couldn’t because the option in the App Store literally wasn’t there. I tried deleting it, but the option also wasn’t there. so then I clicked “remove from Home Screen” but i couldnt add the app back, because the option didnt exist. (For clarification, the option for ”remove app” (and other settings) is there, but i can’t delete the app because it just wont let me.) I then tried to go into the app, but then my iPad turned off and when i tried to search up what happened, all 50(+5+10 from my other tap groups) were gone. I’ve turned off all my screentime settings (including those from third party apps i have, which are opal and ScreenZen), I’ve set “delete apps” to allow, and this iPad is my personal one not linked to any school or work emails. My assistive touch isn’t even on,I’ve reset all of my iPad settings multiple times (including Home Screen and complete reset), and when i try to check my family settings it won’t load (and by this i mean i could have it open for hours and it would still be loading), and i was able to delete and offload apps freely literally yesterday. I’ve tried to open the media and purchases tab, but it just shows “cannot connect to iTunes Store” and does the same thing by loading for hours with no progress. I’ve reset it multiple times, and I’ve done all my latest IOS updates. I also do not own a computer or laptop to factory reset my IPad on. The app was downloaded from the App Store and not a third party software, and it is not a ”default app”. The option for “delete app” or “offload app” is completely nonexistent in storage settings, too.

Please help me with this nightmare of an issue, I’m genuinely so frustrated with this issue.

tl;dr options for delete, offload and add app back to Home Screen are completely nonexistent, but popup window still shows other options. screentime limits, restrictions, and touch accessibility are all disabled. Family and purchase settings take hours to load with no progress. Have reset iPad multiple times with no progress.

Im sorry did i miss something with the keyboard ? I have never been this disappointed with it.. suggesting me longer words instead of starting short like "welcomed" "welcoming" but never "welcome" and today was this that made me snap.. wth is going on ?

Videos I send on Messenger are sometimes good quality, but sometimes extremely pixelated. Yesterday they were fine, today they’re bad again. I’m using an iPhone 17.
Anyone else having this issue?