How to Turn On AirDrop on iPhone

In case you’re new to the feature, AirDrop is Apple’s file transfer feature that allows you to share files between your Apple devices. This feature works wirelessly so you don’t have to use cables to transfer your files. When you’ve finished using the feature, you can turn AirDrop off to prevent people from sending you files.

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iOS 16: How to Add Widgets to Your iPhone Lock Screen

With iOS 16, Apple introduced a complete overhaul of the iOS Lock Screen, making it more customizable than ever and able to display information-rich widgets.

Lock Screen Widgets have been the sole preserve of Android phones for a few years now, so it’s good to see that they will finally come to iPhones later this year when ‌‌iOS 16‌‌ is released in the fall. You can customize the Lock Screen with unique fonts, colors, and, for the first time, widgets, providing you with glanceable information that you can check without having to open your ‌iPhone‌’s Home Screen or the Today view.

The widgets that you can add above the time on the Lock Screen include another time zone, a set alarm, the next calendar event, a weather condition, your activity rings, the next reminder, and a chosen stock. You can insert a widget alongside the date above the digital clock on the Lock Screen.

‌Widgets‌ that can be placed below the time are more info-rich and include device battery levels, Calendar, Clock, Fitness, Home, News, Reminders, Stocks, and Weather. You can add up to four square symbol-based widgets below the time, or up to two rectangular widgets with more information, or alternatively a combination of two square widgets and one rectangular widget.

To get started adding widgets, all you need to do is unlock your ‌‌iPhone‌‌ with Face ID or Touch ID, and then long press on the Lock Screen to enter the Lock Screen gallery.

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iOS 16: How to Display iPhone Battery Percentage on Your Lock Screen

If you have an iPhone with a notch, you’ll have noticed that the battery level indicator in the top-right corner of the screen doesn’t show the actual percentage of battery that’s left.

With older iPhones that feature no notch, Apple includes an option within settings to toggle the percentage on or off, but if your ‌‌iPhone‌‌ has a notch, there’s no setting that will enable it.

Fortunately, there are a few other ways you can keep tabs on your ‌iPhone‌’s battery percentage. And with the advent of iOS 16, currently in beta, you can use widgets to display the battery percentage directly on your Lock Screen.

In ‌iOS 16‌, the ability to show your ‌iPhone‌ battery percentage comes courtesy of Apple’s introduction of Lock Screen widgets. The Batteries widget comes in both square and rectangular versions showing your ‌‌iPhone‌‌’s battery level, just note that only the rectangular variant displays this as a percentage.
The following steps show you how to add these widgets to the Lock Screen on an ‌‌iPhone‌‌ running ‌‌iOS 16‌‌.

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Turn Off Low Power Mode Iphone

Low Power Mode on the iPhone can extend battery life by three hours, but that comes with several significant tradeoffs. One of the capabilities your device loses while it’s in Low Power Mode is the ability to quickly load images from an iCloud photo link. If this is the case, you’ll see an iCloud link “Waiting for Photos” message.

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Reset Network Settings on iPhone

If it seems like an iCloud photo link isn’t working because your device won’t connect to the internet, and you’ve already checked your Wi-Fi or cellular connection, you need to reset network settings. This is a big deal, as it will reset your cellular settings, and you’ll need to sign back into any Wi-Fi networks you’ve joined in the past.

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