Here are several several setting changes that reduce companies' ability to see where you are, what you're doing and what you're interested in. Companies include Apple, Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, Tiktok and Amazon.

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5 iPhone Features That Will Make Your Life Easier

December 17th, 2021

You no doubt have an iPhone to make you life easier. Here are a few feature you probably don't know about that can help a bit more.

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9 iPhone Safari Settings You Need to Change

December 6th, 2021

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iPad Not Charging? Here's the Fix!

November 16th, 2021

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5 Awesome iPhone Settings!

July 9th, 2021

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9 iPhone Settings You Need to Turn Off Now (2021)

April 2nd, 2021

iPhones have changed since the last Payette Forward installment of "What to Turn Off Now." In particular 5G is available and configurable even on older phones. David and David guide you through the features you don't need that intrude on your privacy and waste you're battery's life.

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Secret iPhone Feature: Back Tap!

March 31st, 2021

David and David demonstrate how to activate and use the accessibility feature 'back tap' on your iPhone. They share several of the features you can apply to back tap and why you might want to use back tap to activate them. And they show you how to use the back tap feature if your iPhone is in a protective case.

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16 iPhone Battery Tips That Really Work! 2021

March 6th, 2021

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4 iPhone GPS Settings You Need to Turn Off Now

February 26th, 2021

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8 iPhone Settings You Should NEVER Change

February 17th, 2021

If you want to disable your iPhone that's your business. But if you want to save yourself a trip to the Apple store and avoid looking stupid to an Apple Genius PAYette attention. Here are settings that keep your iPhone operating properly and are easy to change but not always so easy to change back.

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The Truth About 5G Battery Life

October 28th, 2020

Apple uses 'system on a chip' design to maximize battery life by including as many functions as possible on a single chip. Unfortunately on its 5G phones, as of October 2020, the 5G modem is on a separate chip which means the phones consume more power when using 5G.

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7 Reasons to Get a VPN Now: The Truth!

October 6th, 2020

In summary the advantages of a VPN come from your greater anonymity especially geographic anonymity. When you have a VPN you can appear to be in a different location if that suits you. As a result you may receive fewer targeted advertisements, better rates on hotels and airlines, avoid local sport blackouts, etc.

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8 iOS 14 Settings to Turn On Now

September 29th, 2020

Here are eight Iphone features suggested by David and David that are not turned on by default but you will probably what to turn on. These features will help you improve privacy, sharing between devices, battery life, memory (by reducing photo file sizes) and a few other things.

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My iPhone Got Wet! How to Fix iPhone Water Damage.

June 5th, 2020

Use rice to dry your iPhone. No. No. No. This is one of several obvious ways to dry your iPhone that are wrong and will only make things worse. Clearly your best solution is prevention with a waterproof pouch and frequent backups. Failing that, here's the best way to dry out your iPhone.

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iPad Not Connecting to WiFi? Here's the Real Fix.

March 5th, 2020

If wi-fi isn't working on your iPad there are a few quick things to try: (1) in Settings turn off wi-fi on the iPad and turn it back on, (2) turn the iPad off and back on, and (3) turn off or unplug your router then turn it back on. Hopefully you're now good but if not there are more things to try.

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Wi-Fi Greyed Out on iPhone? Here's the Fix.

March 2nd, 2020

Before diving into troubleshooting David and David explain how to turn on wi-fi in case it happens to be off. Now, before turning to a hardware repair try these: (1) turn the phone off and back on if you haven't tried that already, (2) reset network settings, David shows you how, (3) DFU restore which they will do for you at the Apple store before recommending a repair or replacement.

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iPad Not Charging? Here's the Real Fix!

June 29th, 2018

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My iPad Won't Turn On! Here's the Real Fix.

May 17th, 2018