Questions tagged [iphone]
iPhone is Apple's smartphone line. All iPhones are shipped with iOS, Apple’s mobile Operating System. This tag can include questions about hardware, software and accessories.
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How do I iMessage a someone I am currently on a call with?
I was recently on an iPhone call with someone who isn't in my contacts, and I needed to send them a photo via iMessage. However, I ran into two frustrating UI issues on the active call screen:
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How can I fix my syncing problem between my MacBook Air and my iPhone?
I'm having a syncing problem between my MacBook Air and my iPhone.
When I connect my iPhone to my Mac with a USB cable, the iPhone appears in Finder, but when I select it, I get the following error ...
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How much backup history does iTunes keep for local backups?
Say I backed up an iPhone to a local computer three times over the years:
1/2024
1/2025
1/2026
If I go to restore iPhone from my local iTunes backup will it always restore to the most recent backup (...
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Why am I unable to load video in the iOS Photos app?
I have an iPhone 12 mini and I’m trying to get the photos off of it (all 2,300 of them) and I have been unable to. Whenever I try to import them on my Mac in the Photos app they just don’t show up in ...
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Photos app always pausing syncing [iPhone SE MMXF3QL/A]
My workplace provided my with an iPhone SE (Model number MMXF3QL/A) I regularly use to take pictures for work activities. Whenever I then login to iCloud on my computer to check the photos, I find the ...
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Program for recent iphone on macos ventura
I need to code a small app targeting the PhotoKit api on iOS 26.1 to push photos to a nextcloud server for a friend of mine 1. Issue: while I usually use linux, I still managed to borrow a MacBook Pro ...
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iPhone 16 stuck in “already prepared” loop with Apple Configurator / MDM supervision (new supervisor won’t apply)
I’m running into a strange loop trying to supervise an iPhone 16 via Apple Configurator and an MDM server, after having previously prepared it with a different organization.
Here's what I did
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Notifications suddenly broken on iOS 26 iPhone
I've been on iOS26.2 for a while now with no issues on my iPhone 12.
Then, on Saturday, I suddenly stopped receiving almost all notifications. But the precise effect has varied by app:
Gmail: not ...
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'Tap to focus' not working consistently on iPhone 16
I've learned that my iPhone 16 Pro Max (with stock camera app) will heavily prioritize focusing on faces, if any faces are present, even if they are at the very edge of the image - so a passing ...
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AirPods ramp to "11" when volume on phone is inadvertently pushed and my hands unavailable, need strategy/workaround to avoid
This happens to me about once a month. I'm listening to music (AirPods Pro 2 + iPhone 13 Pro, iOS 26), my hands are unavailable (full or otherwise occupied (e.g. biking in traffic)) and through a ...
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How block phone notifications from unknown callers in iOS 26?
I get a lot of spam calls. I want to block all calls and notifications from unknown numbers. But while the phone does silence calls from unknown numbers, afterwards I get a notification from the Phone ...
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How can I recover my WhatsApp chat history?
I am facing a dilemma trying to recover my WhatsApp chat history after a series of phone issues and logins. I am trying to determine if my old data is still accessible on my iPhone.
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How to obtain date/time stamps from received screenshots?
Trying to figure out if there’s a way to view/obtain date, and time stands for screenshots of text conversations & photos sent from another iPhone user, to myself. It’s obviously not in the GPS ...
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Why does my phone number keep disappearing from my iPhone?
iPhone SE 2nd Generation (2020) running iOS 26.2, Straight Talk for phone service.
I've run into an issue over the past several weeks where text messages would be flagged “Not Delivered.” More ...
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Why does the Apple Pay option not appear on e-commerce websites via a non-Apple device with 3rd party browsers, despite being supported by the vendor? [closed]
I have noticed that a lot of e-commerce platforms that say they support Apple Pay don't appear to support it in non-Safari browsers / Apple devices. Many times, I'll go to the checkout option, and ...
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