Articles explaining how to get the most out of Apple’s iOS and iPadOS. Check our guides from this category if you want to master your iPhone and iPad, customize your Apple device and make your life more comfortable. It should be noted that iOS and iPadOS don’t change so rapidly but many users don’t know their devices by hearth despite they use them for a long period of time.
Many iPhone and iPad owners who have recently updated their devices to iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 faced the “Weak Security” warning in their Wi-Fi settings. Here is how to fix the problem.
The ‘Weak Security” warning in your iPhone’s Wi-Fi settings means that your Wi-Fi network is using vulnerable technologies. It either uses the WPA as authentication method or TKIP as the encryption or both at the same time.
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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.
Read moreWi-Fi Privacy Warning on iPhone or iPad. How to Remove?
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.
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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 as an empty section suggesting to open the Home app and add some accessories and scenes.
It’s a pity that you can not move it down, so if it is turned on, it is always displayed right under the brightness and volume controls.
Well, if you don’t want to see the Home Controls section in your Control Center (or perhaps you just don’t have such accessories), here is how to hide it on your iPhone. We also provide the video guide below.
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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.
Read moreGoogle DNS Servers 8.8.8.8, 8.8.4.4. Benefits & How to Use
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.
Read moreCan’t Change Auto-Lock Time on iPhone: Greyed Out 30 Seconds