Won't show the pictures. I talked with apple support no solution.

Does anyone know what app this is?

Would you suggest Document and text scanning apps that are precise?

I got it downloaded but when i go to install the update it says its unable to do so

Hey everyone, is it possible to find out a retrospective location of my phone? I have lost it somewhere a few days ago and miraculously, someone found it and returned it to my workplace and I have no idea how. I haven’t noticed that anything suspicious would have happened to it but I just can’t figure out how this person managed to get my work place and return it to my name. I’m super curious where the phone has been in the meantime tho. I have tried googling but without Google Maps tracking feature on, it seems to be almost impossible. Any tricks from the tech community? Thanks!

I've been thinking about the link preview feature in Apple iMessage. When we send links, a preview is automatically generated. I'm concerned that this could pose a potential security risk. When someone clicks on a link, the website owner can see the user's IP address, which could be exploited through IP loggers or malicious code.

Additionally, the link preview downloads images, which might also contain harmful code.

Is there a way to disable the link preview in iMessage? I’ve heard that this might be possible with the "Lockdown Mode" feature, but is there an option to turn off the link preview even if that mode isn’t activated?

The badge says that I have 113 new emails however I open the app and it says I have like 8…

I switched from Gmail app to apple mail app following iOS 18.2 release because I thought it was good now but clearly it still has problems after all these years. Unless all of these bugs it has been having are new issues that came with 18.2 and could potentially get fixed?

Google can't find anything about it. I've checked everywhere in the Mail settings. Nothing.

My YouTube PiP stopped working yesterday.

I updated the app.

I checked my YouTube settings and PiP IS on.

I checked my device settings, PiP IS on.

I tried restarting the app.

I tried deleting and redownloading the app.

I do not have a VPN on, and PiP is free where I live.

Still nothing! Any ideas??

Ever notice how not every new feature that Apple announces is coming to your current iPhone?

Apple intelligence is only available to certain devices, and it’s available to all of the devices that support iOS 18. Certain features require an amount of computational processing power in order to function, which older devices do not have.

As an example: StandBy mode is available on all iPhone models that support iOS 17 or later. However, the always-on feature of StandBy mode is limited to iPhone 14 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro, and iPhone 16 Pro models. Also, Messages via satellite used to be only available for iPhone 14 models, and not every device that is capable of getting iOS 18 isn’t gonna get it. You guys remember when the Dynamic Island was announced with the iPhone 14 Pro? Well, that feature was ported over to the iPhone 15 base models, so that’s an example of how you’ll eventually get certain features that used to be exclusive to certain models. (Although “pro” models have camera features that aren’t present in the base models).

The solution is to just wait 5 years, and then the next phone that you’ll get will have the accumulated “exclusive” features over the course of those 5 years. It’s the solution to Apple’s gatekeeping of iOS features.

Every single hardware and software company is vulnerable to this “life hack”, because they gotta keep releasing ever-newer products, hence why they say “best ever phone;laptop” etc. The companies will always be regurgitating the same “this is the best [insert device name here] we have ever made!”, and you guys will be thinking “yeah, sure. You say that every year”.

Don’t worry that you’re missing out on some features, and that you feel like you are missing out. You’ll eventually get them so you can watch each feature’s old trailer from 4 years ago shrug. Trying to always have the latest and greatest is like “running against the wind”. Just wait a couple of years and you’ll be using apple intelligence by just getting a new phone after a while.

This is an unintended consequence of the “always improving” trope for technology companies.

Apple wasn’t like this, and they did try to make it so all or most of the devices get feature-parity.

Does anyone know if you can change the display order in albums? The camera roll does like before, newest photos at the bottom of the camera roll.. if you swipe past the bottom and tap on an album like favorites, now the display order is the opposite.. newest photos are at the top and scroll down to see older photos. is there a way to set it so both the camera roll and the albums display in the same order, so it's the same scroll direction?

More and more bugs every day

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Tried posting this in the icloud subreddit but there is no way to post an image to describe what I'm talking about. All the sudden this morning, none of the number 5 will display in any of my icloud notes (on a chrome web browser). It keeps making this weird symbol. If I look at the note summaries to the left, the 5 will show up fine, but when I open the note it looks like the attached. Any ideas? Cannot figure out how to fix it. The 5s will work as shown in the subject line, but all of those symbols are basically what happens when I type a "5"

I use a lot of numbers in my notes, so this is a huge inconvenience to not be able to read anything :(

I would like to make a custom alarm clock longer than 30 seconds, so is there any way to do that?

Can someone explain how Find My and the new Activation Lock thing in ios 18 actually works when the phone is off since I can't find any actual info on the internet. From what I've gathered if someone steals the phone and turns it off you can track it for up to 24 hours if there's another iPhone nearby, but it doesn't say how close that iPhone has to be to my phone, how long it has to stay near my phone in order for me to get a location on Find My, how fast the person can be going next to my phone because what if they're in a car going past my phone, will that register? Also does the other iPhone that's near my phone have to have bluetooth on? What if the person doesn't have an internet connection, will it send me the location on my Find My app when that person connects to the internet? Also if it really is 24 hours or more because I got a location after like 5 days from my phone being turned off. Also can I go near that location with another iPhone will it immediately register the location on the Find My app? Also how does the new Activation Lock thing that's been introduced in ios 18? Is it enabled automatically and does that mean that if they try to sell it for parts when the other person puts the parts in another phone they cant do anything because those parts are locked to my icloud which essentially renders the stolen phone useless? And also does an esim stay on the motherboard so if they do decide to put the motherboard in another phone and they turn it on will my phone automatically connect to the internet since it had data enabled before it was stolen (and it cannot be turned off since my control center has been disabled from the lock screen)

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There a few other posts here that are similar to my issue but not the same. I set up all my work apps to come through while the Work Focus is enabled and blacked all personal. All seems great except for Teams which is the most important for my office communication. I tested it without the Focus enabled and all is fine. Anyone else running into the issue with Team specifically?

*note for the screenshot: Both Teams and Teams classic are on the allowed list just incase that was causing the issue.

Truecaller is touting their new premium feature that allows spam call blocking on iOS 18+. Issue is, it doesn’t seem to work—at least not consistently.

Have any of you had any luck with spam call blocking on Truecaller or any other app?

I’ve had 1 spam call blocked out of around 50 spam calls. After each call, I check their database for the number, and it’s clearly marked as spam, yet Truecaller didn’t block it. It’s frustrating.

I know about the "Silence Unknown Callers" feature, but that’s definitely not a real solution here.

At this point, with the amount of manual effort required to get any use out of Truecaller, I might as well just use Begone and manually block entire phone number ranges.

Screen time resetting?

Does screen time get reset every new beta and then updating to the release version? All my devices keep getting reset: iPhone , macs, iPads. I’ve turned it on multiple times. Couple days later they are all off again.

I have a teen who needs to get up and get ready for school after I have already left the house. I usually call to check in every morning to see that she is up and getting ready for school. But on occasion if she oversleeps she doesn't answer the phone or see my texts. Especially if her phone is silenced.

Is there an app that will allow me to send a loud alarm to her phone remotely? That will tell me if she answered, turned if off, etc? Or alternatively a loud paging app that will let me ring her phone loudly even if she has it silenced or headphones plugged in?

I don't care about free. I'll pay whatever to have this service available.

I got my wife a new iphone 16 pro a few weeks ago. During set up - i texted her from my GV number to ensure text messaging was working (i had some issues during activation of the esim).

Since then, her phone is extremely confused when I text her from my normal iMessage enabled phone number. Despite not texting from GV number her not having not having a contact that contains this GV number - her phone insists that my message is coming from the GV number... And what's more - iMessage seems to think this GV number is iMessage enabled and will not send an SMS to it.

I recognize this may be a Google Voice question, but not sure what to do.

I've:

• delinked GV from my actual phone number, and uninstalled the app
• I've reset network settings on both her phone and mine
• I've deleted her esim and reactivated it
• I've deactivated iMessage many times
• I've erased and restored her phone from both backup and as a new device
• I've deleted any reference to this google voice number on both devices

Can anyone think of any reason why a phone would insist that a message (SMS, iMessage or otherwise) would come from one device but be received from another? Is there a setting I'm maybe overlooking in the GV app that is forwarding messages I sent to this other phone number which then forwards it on?

Question is 18.2 really worth updating to???

Or

Should I just wait until Apple gives us a reason to update

Is ios 18.2 really better than the previous versions?

Hi everyone! My girlfriend has a problem with her notes. She has this big note on there, its a big file. Since the update, the notes app crashes when she tries to open it. Other notes work fine, even the big ones just like it. Why cant she open this note and how do we fix it?

I tend to type the subject line of an email last, then hit send. If autocorrect is not satisfied with the subject, it will change it on sending. Is there a way to turn this off for the subject line only?

New to ios

I set up a (sleep) focus mode. I don’t want calls and messages during that time, other than favorites, which works fine

I also don’t want system sounds and I don’t want alerts, aside from my “allowed apps”

My issue is, the allowed apps only vibrate when it’s also on “silent mode”

I need my allowed apps (one of which is my cars after market alarm) to be able to make noise and actually wake me up.

So it appears my only option is to leave silent mode off for this focus mode, or else the notifications will only vibrate, even for apps I designated to allow notifications on.

Am I wrong, or is there a way around this?

Thanks

Hi there,

My mom (early 60s) will be upgrading from an iPhone 7 to an iPhone 16 soon. She's not super interested in computers but has figured out how to use her current phone for basic stuff like talk, text, camera etc but really isn't great at looking at settings or more advanced features.

She frequently makes trips up to her other small property which is in a semi-remote location with subpar cell service, so I was happy that her model will have access to the satellite SOS and messaging features.

Will this be something she'll be able to figure out on her own after some practice in an emergency if push came to shove? Does it prompt you as an option if cell service is lost? My last iPhone was a 5s so I'm unfamiliar with its ease of usage.

Thank you!

Since the most recent update I've experienced an issue with Screen Time tracking showing my Settings app as being actively used for 5-6 hours per day. It seems to be happening during sleep hours while my phone is on airplane mode. I'm not sure how this would be possible, and my average screen time is ~2 hours per day. Is there a way to see the processes breakdown of what might be going on with my Settings app?

Hi everyone,

I recently had a disturbing experience where Safari suggested a malicious link (chat.whassapy.com) while I was typing “chat.whatsapp.” The link led to a disturbing .html page containing harmful content.

Here’s what happened:

1.	I typed “chat.whatsapp” into Safari.

2.	It autocompleted to “chat.whassapy.com,” a deceptive URL.

3.	Upon visiting the site, it redirected to an https .html page hosting harmful and illegal material.

I don’t have WhatsApp installed on my iPhone, nor have I ever visited this website before. I’ve since cleared my Safari history and data, but I’m deeply concerned about why Safari would suggest such a link.

Does anyone know why this might have happened? Could this be a case of autocomplete pulling data from malicious trends or cached history?

Additionally, I want to ensure my iPhone 16 Pro Max is safe. I’ve cleared browsing data, updated my iOS, and checked for unknown profiles or apps. Are there any other steps I should take?

Thank you for any insights, and I hope Apple looks into blocking harmful links like this from appearing in autocomplete suggestions.