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Daily Tip: How to purchase more iCloud storage
Now that you’re running on iOS 5 with iCloud and creating OTA backups, you might find you’re quickly blowing through the 5GB that Apple gives away from free. While you can turn off some individual things, like Camera Roll backups, to save space, if you’re backing up multiple dev...
How to manually start an iCloud backup
Running iOS 5 and iCloud and wondering how you can manually trigger a backup? iCloud will automatically backup at some point during the day when you’re on Wi-Fi, but if you need to replace or restore your phone, or you know you’ll be leaving for a while and want to make sure the backu...
How to set up iTunes Wi-Fi sync for Windows
Tired of tethering to iTunes and wondering how to get Wi-Fi sync set up on Windows? Luckily with iTunes 10.5 and iOS 5 it’s easy to get the Zune guys to stop teasing you. Here’s how: Make sure your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch is connected to your Wi-Fi network and running iOS 5. (He...
Daily Tip: How to protect your iPhone or iPad with a Passcode Lock
New to iOS, worried about the security of your iPhone or iPad, and wondering how to set a Passcode Lock for better protection? While the current version may not be perfect, it provides a number of real advantages over just leaving your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad unlocked. It’s also easy to...
Daily Tip: How to add phonetic spelling to a contact for Siri
Wondering how to get Siri to better understand and pronounce your contact’s names? Sometimes adding phonetic spelling will solve the problem. A good example of this is my name. Siri is pronouncing it as A-lie, as in the cake is a lie. Here’s how to set up a phonetic spelling to a name...
Daily Tip: How to organize Reminders Lists in iOS 5
On iOS 5 with the nifty new Reminders app and wondering hot to set up a a few Lists to keep yourself a better organized? Reminders makes it dead simple to do this and it’ll sync all your lists across all your iOS devices and Macs. To create a new list in reminders you’ll need to perfo...
How to remove a Siri-created relationship
If you have used Siri to add a relationship on your iPhone 4S(http://www.tipb.com/iphone-4s) you may be wondering how to go about removing it. Maybe you had someone labeled as a girlfriend or boyfriend and need to remove that relationship. While Siri can’t remove relationships (yet) itself,...
Daily Tip: How to turn on AirPlay Mirroring
Wondering how to turn use AirPlay Mirroring on your new iPhone 4S or iPad 2? Air Play Mirroring is one of the great features of iOS 5 and enables you to mirror your screen on your second generation Apple TV. Here’s how to get it started.First off we need to make sure AirPlay is enabled on t...
How to get Siri to correctly pronounce your name or call you something else
Trying to figure out how to get the iPhone 4S‘s Siri virtual personal assistant to say your name properly? One of Siri’s abilities is to learn who you are and refer to you by your first name. However, many of us have names that Siri does not how to pronounce correctly. Or perhaps you ...
How to setup iMessage on your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch
Wondering how to setup iOS 5′s new iMessage service on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch? Using iMessage you can send text messages, photos, video and much more to other iMessage users around the world, all over your existing data connection. That’s right, no texting plans or charges n...
