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HOW TO
02/19/2025 5:07 pm

The Ultimate Guide to Freeing Up Storage Space on Your iPhone

Although your iPhone does not offer an option to upgrade internal storage space using a memory card, as some Android phones do, there are plenty of things you can do to clear up storage so you can put everything you want on your device and stop getting those Storage Almost Full alerts. You may not b ...more

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02/14/2025 6:36 pm

How to Intercept Images from a Security Camera Using Wireshark

It's common for IoT devices like Wi-Fi security cameras to host a website for controlling or configuring the camera that uses HTTP instead of the more secure HTTPS. This means anyone with the network password can see traffic to and from the camera, allowing a hacker to intercept security camera foot ...more

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02/14/2025 6:29 pm

How to Use the Chrome Browser Secure Shell App to SSH into Remote Devices

Many guides on Null Byte require using the Secure Shell (SSH) to connect to a remote server. Unfortunately for beginners, learning to use SSH can become a confusing mix of third-party programs and native OS support. For Chrome OS users, using SSH is even more difficult. We'll fix this by using the C ...more

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02/14/2025 6:01 pm

How to Locate and Exploit Devices Vulnerable to the Libssh Security Flaw

Computers all over the world rely on a program called "libssh" to use the SSH communications protocol, which allows trusted users to log in and administer computers remotely. Due to a flaw in libssh, fooling a computer into granting SSH access is as easy as telling it you already have permission. Th ...more

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02/14/2025 5:52 pm

How to Exploit Recycled Credentials with H8mail to Break into User Accounts

Many online users worry about their accounts being breached by some master hacker, but the more likely scenario is falling victim to a bot written to use leaked passwords in data breaches from companies like LinkedIn, MySpace, and Tumblr. For instance, a tool called H8mail can search through over 1 ...more

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NEWS
02/11/2025 3:50 pm

Super Bowl Ads 2025: AI Commercials in the Spotlight

For decades, Super Bowl ads have been used as a launching platform for new products, devices, and even technologies. In Super Bowl LIX, it took center stage in the exploding AI space. Until now, the tech crowd has ravenously ingested much of the most pertinent AI news. The innovators and early adopt ...more

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02/05/2025 11:26 pm

Feel Who's Calling or Texting with Custom Vibration Alerts on Your iPhone

Staying connected with the people who matter most is easier when you can instantly distinguish their calls or messages — even without looking at your iPhone. That's where custom vibration patterns for alerts come in handy. They're perfect when you need a tactile way to identify who's calling or text ...more

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NEWS
02/04/2025 10:41 pm

Everything We Know About iOS 19 So Far

The first beta version of iOS 19 is still months away, but Apple has been hard at work getting the next-gen iPhone software ready for developer testing. And we already know of a few potential changes and updates you can expect to see. Codenamed "Luck," iOS 19 is being developed alongside macOS 16 (" ...more

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NEWS
01/31/2025 10:58 pm

160+ New Emoji Are Coming, Including Bigfoot, Distorted Face, and Apple Core

The Unicode Consortium is already hard at work on the next batch of emoji, but don't get too excited just yet. It may be a while before you see these new characters, which include an apple core, orca, and hairy creature, on your devices. Unicode 17.0, with its Emoji 17.0 update, isn't expected to be ...more

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01/31/2025 6:59 pm

340 Keyword Triggers for iMessage Full-Screen Effects

One of the coolest aesthetic features of iMessage is its animated message effects. If you're like many users, you might even have discovered them by accident, where wishing your friend a "Happy Birthday!" or congratulating them on a promotion unexpectedly flooded your screen with balloons or confett ...more

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01/16/2025 5:54 pm

Keep Your Night Vision Sharp with the iPhone's Hidden Red Screen

Night Shift, Dark Mode, Reduce White Point, and Zoom's Low Light Filter all help reduce the harmful effects on your body's clock that bright iPhone and iPad screens have at night. But there's another option on iOS and iPadOS that turns your entire display red, and it's useful for so much more than j ...more

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01/16/2025 5:50 pm

VSCO 101: How to Use the Selfie Camera on Your Android Phone

If you love to take selfies and post them online for all the world to see, then it's important to ensure that you are always sharing your best side. It's pretty common for people to just open up their stock camera app and snap a quick photo, wherever they may be — but there's a bet ter camera you co ...more

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01/15/2025 11:44 pm

How to Predict Traffic with Google Maps

Google Maps makes it easy to find the best routes, and one of its most useful tools is the ability to set departure and arrival times directly in the mobile app. While this feature was initially exclusive to the desktop site, it’s now fully integrated into the app for both iPhone and Android. This a ...more

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HOW TO
01/10/2025 6:15 pm

iOS 17.2 Has 60 New Features and Changes for iPhone You Won't Want to Miss

Apple just released its biggest update to iOS 17 yet, and there are 60 exciting new changes for your iPhone. With iOS 17.2, you get a brand new app, more Apple Music enhancements, upgrades in Messages, and a new security feature that was announced last year, as well as changes for Weather, notificat ...more

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HOW TO
12/30/2024 11:46 pm

Set Vocal Shortcuts on Your iPhone for System Actions, Shortcuts, and More

Voice Control has long been a cornerstone of hands-free convenience on iPhones, but for users with unique speech patterns or atypical speech, standard recognition systems often fall short. Apple's solution? Vocal Shortcuts. While this innovation is a game-changer for those with speech differences, i ...more

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12/23/2024 10:34 pm

Apple Just Made Voice Memos Better with Layered Recording

Apple introduced layered recordings in Voice Memos back in September, and the feature finally arrived with the latest update for the iPhone 16 Pro and 16 Pro Max. This exciting addition transforms the app into a versatile tool for musicians and storytellers, making it easier than ever to craft songs ...more

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12/19/2024 10:35 pm

Add FaceTime Animated Effects with Secret Hand Signals

Apple's Messages app has long had visual effects you could apply manually after long-pressing the send button, and there are even hidden keywords you could use to trigger full-screen effects automatically. FaceTime can also give you some full-screen effects to play around with during video calls, bu ...more

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12/18/2024 6:20 pm

How to Export and Import Safari Borwsing Data

Apple has introduced a valuable new tool for Safari that lets you export or import browsing data such as bookmarks, history, extensions, credit card information, and usernames and passwords. This makes it easy to move your data between Safari and other browsers like Brave or Orion, create a backup a ...more

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HOW TO
12/11/2024 4:56 pm

A Beginner’s Guide to Visual Intelligence on iPhone

In a new update, the iPhone 16 lineup is finally getting Visual Intelligence, a feature that lets you instantly gather information about anything around you just by snapping a picture. Integrated into the Camera Control button on iOS 18.2, released December 11, Visual Intelligence gives you access t ...more

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12/11/2024 4:46 pm

How to Prevent Loud Audio Mishaps from Your iPhone or iPad's Speakers

A new iPhone and iPad setting gives you control over how loud your device's built-in speakers get, which can help you avoid being startled by loud auto-playing videos, waking up someone sleeping nearby, hurting your ears, or degrading your speakers' quality and performance. You could already reduce ...more

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HOW TO
12/11/2024 4:39 pm

Setting Default Apps on Your iPhone or iPad Just Got a Lot Easier

Since 2020, you've been free to set your preferred web browser and email app as the default on your iPhone or iPad. Now, four years later, Apple is expanding this flexibility in the U.S., allowing even more apps to be set as defaults for specific actions. Plus, there's now a centralized menu to mana ...more

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HOW TO
11/01/2024 7:27 pm

Your iPhone's Hidden Back Tap Button Has 6 More Actions Available with iOS 18

There are more actions available for the Action button, but only a handful of iPhone models have that button. However, there is another button with new features you can use, and you can access all the fresh features on any iPhone model that can run iOS 18. The button in question is Back Tap, which i ...more

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HOW TO
11/01/2024 7:08 pm

Experience Music on Your iPhone Like Never Before with Music Haptics

Feel your music on iPhone like never before with Music Haptics on iOS 18, a feature that syncs vibrations to every beat, bass drop, and melody for an immersive, tactile experience that brings music beyond sound. Apple's latest accessibility innovation transforms your iPhone into more than just a mus ...more

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10/28/2024 9:15 pm

Remove Unwanted Objects, People, and Distractions in Apple Photos

Editing out unwanted objects, people, and distractions from your photos just got a lot easier on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac. Before, you would have to use apps like Google Photos or Snapseed to erase background distractions or perform spot healing, but it's now a native feature in Apple's Photos app ...more

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HOW TO
10/28/2024 5:54 pm

Record Phone Calls and FaceTime Audio Calls on Your iPhone with iOS 18.1

Recording phone calls has always been tricky due to legal, ethical, and technical considerations. With iOS 18.1, Apple brings your iPhone a native call recording feature that simplifies this process while addressing privacy concerns. There are a few things to know about call recordings on iOS 18.1. ...more

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10/15/2024 8:22 pm

Easily Share Episode Links with Start Times in Apple Podcasts

Jumping right into the most captivating part of a podcast episode can make all the difference when sharing episodes with others. But this functionality has never been available in Apple Podcasts — until now. Starting with iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and macOS Sequoia 15, released on Sept. 16, you have access ...more

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HOW TO
09/27/2024 8:10 pm

How to Schedule Messages to Send Later Automatically Using iMessage

You could already schedule an email to send on a specific day and time in Apple's Mail app, but that functionality is now also available in the Messages app. What's even better is that scheduled messages sync across your iPhone, iPad, and Mac, something you don't get in the Mail app. To schedule tex ...more

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09/24/2024 10:34 pm

How to Attach Almost Any File Type to Notes on Your iPhone or iPad

It's no secret that Apple's Notes app supports attachments such as photos, videos, and web links, as well as other file types like PDFs, word documents, spreadsheets, locations on a map, and audio tracks. While images, videos, and document scans are simple to add on an iPhone or iPad, other file typ ...more

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HOW TO
09/20/2024 6:58 pm

21 iPhone 16 Pro Features You Won't Find on Apple's iPhone 16 or 16 Plus

The new iPhone 16, 16 Plus, 16 Pro, and 16 Pro Max are worth upgrading to, but if you want more advanced features, especially for the camera, you may want to take a closer look at the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max. While all four 2024 iPhone models have the new Camera Control button, 48 MP Fus ...more

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09/20/2024 6:47 pm

22 Features the iPhone 16 and 16 Pro Models Have That Other iPhones Don't

While many of the features in the iPhone 16 and 16 Pro series build on what we've seen in previous iPhone models, Apple has packed the 2024 lineup with iOS 18 and plenty of fresh upgrades worth considering. The iPhone 16 Pro and 16 Pro Max boast several groundbreaking features, like a 6.9-inch displ ...more

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09/17/2024 10:56 pm

AirPods Are Getting Even Better Thanks to iOS 18

If you're an AirPods user, things are a lot better with iOS 18 and iPadOS 18. If you're not, it may finally be time to grab yourself a set of AirPods, especially if you're into privacy and gaming. Apple's iOS 17 and iPadOS 17 gave AirPods new features like Adaptive Audio, Conversation Awareness, Per ...more

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09/17/2024 5:25 pm

Your Lock Screen Just Got 13 Times Cooler with iOS 18 and iPadOS 18

Apple's most significant software updates for iPhone and iPad in 2024 have massive changes for apps like Calculator, Messages, and Notes, but iOS 18 and iPadOS 18 also have exciting new features for your Lock Screen. There are plenty of new Lock Screen widgets to take advantage of, more Lock Screen ...more

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09/16/2024 7:47 pm

How to Lock and Hide Apps on Your iPhone or iPad — The Official Way

You can lock practically any app on your iPhone or iPad behind biometric or passcode protection. And we're not talking about using any funky workarounds, either. There's now an official Apple way to protect sensitive apps and their data. It even safeguards your personal information, keeping it out o ...more

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HOW TO
08/29/2024 10:58 pm

This Is What Happens to Your iPhone Every Time You Turn On Low Power Mode

When you enable Low Power Mode on your iPhone, it's not always clear what measures it's taking to reduce battery drain and conserve power. Changes to energy-hungry features you use daily may be immediately noticeable, but some things you frequently use may be disabled or reduced without any apparent ...more

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HOW TO
07/30/2024 11:46 pm

iPhone Browsers That Support 'Add to Home Screen' for Web Apps and Bookmarks

Safari isn't the only web browser on your iPhone or iPad that will let you add icons to your Home Screen for progressive web apps and website bookmarks. Apple gave developers the key to its "Add to Home Screen" feature, and your favorite iOS or iPadOS web browser may already support it. Since iOS 16 ...more

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HOW TO
07/16/2024 2:50 pm

Instagram 101: How to Share Videos to Instagram Stories Past 24 Hours

If you want to share a video to Stories — but it's over 24 hours old — it may seem like you can't, but there's actually a simple hack on how to do just that. The way to get around Instagram's 24-hour restriction is to post your video while on airplane mode. This might seem like it doesn't make sense ...more

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HOW TO
06/25/2024 3:02 pm

Update Your iPhone Calculator's Look with These Easy Color Mods

If you're anything like me, you use the Calculator app on your iPhone like fifty times a day, and you're sick of the same user interface it's had since iOS 11 came out. While you can't mod the button shapes and sizes, there is a way to breathe new life into your calculations with some Calculator the ...more

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06/25/2024 3:01 pm

How to Fix the Broken iOS 11 Calculator on Your iPhone

If you've running iOS 11.1 through iOS 11.1.2, whether you have an iPhone X or an iPhone 5S, you'll notice that Apple's Calculator app can't keep up with your calculations. That's a because a bug has seriously slowed it down so that operation buttons won't always trigger when you press them. Luckily ...more