iPhone & iPad • TuneComp

Wi-Fi Privacy Warning on iPhone or iPad. How to Remove?

2020-07-082020-07-08 by Adam Swift

iOS 14 Beta 2 brought an extremely useful feature for improving Wi-Fi privacy & security. From now on your iPhone and iPad that run iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 respectively will use a random MAC address for every new Wi-Fi network you join. This will prevent the admin of the hotspot or server from tracking your device.

As I understood, the unique random MAC will be used for each network. This will be especially useful when connecting to public hotspots because from now on you can opt to not expose the real physical address of your Wi-Fi module.

Block Calls from Strangers on iPhone (Reject Callers Not In Contacts)

2020-07-052020-07-05 by Adam Swift

Block Calls From Strangers People Not In Contacts on iPhone

Have you ever asked yourself “How can I block calls from people that are not in my iPhone’s contacts?” The conversation topic is very interesting, especially today, when there are more and more unwanted calls every day.

Some time ago we already wrote a comprehensive tutorial on filtering incoming calls on Android. Now it’s time to explain how to block calls from strangers on iPhone with the latest version of iOS.

Note that in this guide you will find a lot of fresh and useful tips related to blocking incoming calls including voice calls from unknown people in WhatsApp and Telegram messengers. We took all our iPhones, did a lot of experiments and wrote this guide based on the results.

All screenshots taken on iOS 13.5 but all information is correct for iOS 14 as well. Looking ahead, we hasten to say that iPhone handles privacy much better that Android when it comes to rejecting and filtering incoming calls.

How to Hide Home Controls from iPhone Control Center in iOS 14

2020-07-042020-07-04 by Adam Swift

This is a very short guide for beginners who can’t find out how to hide the Home Controls section from their iPhone’s Control Center in iOS 14. The thing is that iOS 14 brought has this new section designed to quickly control your home accessories enabled by default. And in most cases it is displayed …

Google DNS Servers 8.8.8.8, 8.8.4.4. Benefits & How to Use

2020-07-072020-06-09 by Adam Swift

What is Google DNS

Google Public DNS represents two servers with IP addresses for IPv4 – 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4. 8.8.8.8 is the primary DNS, 8.8.4.4 is the secondary one. Google DNS service is free to use and can be used by anyone who has access to the Internet. You can use Google servers IP addresses as alternate DNS instead of such provided by your ISP with the purpose to resolve Internet names faster and improve your security.

Can’t Change Auto-Lock Time on iPhone: Greyed Out 30 Seconds

2020-04-072020-04-07 by Adam Swift

The Question

Why cannot I change the auto-lock timeout on my iPhone? It shows grayed out 30 seconds and accordingly my iPhone keeps locking every 30 seconds which is inconvenient for me. I’d like to increase the automatic lock time to perhaps 1 minute.

How to Transfer a Large File from iPhone to Windows 10 PC (Mac)

2020-01-292020-01-29 by Adam Swift

video file uploaded to Google Drive from iPhone 11

In this guide I will explain my favorite quick way to wirelessly transfer a large video, audio or any other file from an iPhone to a Windows 10 PC or Mac without compressing and loss of quality.

The Backstory

I hate sending videos via Telegram, WhatsApp or Viber because messengers compress files severely: decrease resolution and bitrate. This option can be okay for sending small funny videos just to laugh and forget but they will kill the quality of your vacation footage shot in 4k 60 fps. You may say: “so share it using Google Photos app”. But the majority of users use the free plan on Google Photos where videos are also being compressed. So what to do if you want to wirelessly transfer a video file from your iPhone to your Windows 10 PC or Mac without losing the original quality? Say, you are eager to edit your video file on your computer but you don’t have an opportunity to connect your devices via USB. Here is my favorite method.