More Apple How-To
- 13 May 2011
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How-Tos: How to tether an iPhone for free
If you're internet goes down, then utilising your smartphone's 3G connection by connecting handset to your PC (a process known as tethering) is a great way to get back online.
- 04 May 2011
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How-Tos: Dealing with iPhone duplicates
Reader Michael Beaudoin is frustrated with an iPhone that has too much information on it. He writes:
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How-Tos: How to view battery usage on an Apple iPhone
Smartphones are known for zapping their battery power pretty quickly . However, most handsets, including Apple's iPhone, offer a battery usage option that displays which services or functions of the phone are using the most battery life. Here's how to view your battery usage statistics.
- 02 May 2011
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How-Tos: Clearing up iPhone sync confusion
Reader Simon Tanner was caught unaware by the not-entirely-clandestine relationship between his iPhone and Yahoo. He writes:
- 26 April 2011
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How-Tos: How to convert videos into an iPhone compatible format
As well as being great for staying in touch on the move, smartphones are also great entertainment devices and allow users to listen to music and play back videos on their handset. Appleās iPhone is no different, although it only supports video files in the MP4 format.
- 18 April 2011
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How-Tos: How to set up Microsoft Exchange email on an Apple iPhone
Smartphones are so-called because they allow access to lots of different activities as well as texting and calling. These include the ability to surf the web from your handset and even sync your device with an email account to read and send messages from your mobile phone. Apple's iPhone is no exception. They can easily be configured to access your email account. We show you how.
- 08 April 2011
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How-Tos: How to uninstall apps from an iPhone or iPad
With literally thousands of apps in the iTunes app store, iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch users, might find themselves a bit download-happy when it comes to installing third-party software on their smartphone.
- 26 March 2011
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How-Tos: Tip: don't rely on your iPhone alarm on Sunday morning
As the UK springs forward to British Summer Time this weekend the important question for many iPhone owners is: Will my alarm go off at the right time, or even at all?
- 15 March 2011
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How-Tos: How to use the Personal Hotspot function in iOS 4.3
Want to use the Personal Hotspot feature included in iOS 4.3 on your iPhone 4? Macworld UK tells you which packages and plans will let you do so.
- 29 December 2010
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How-Tos: How to: The Top 10 Tech Tutorials of 2010
One of the key functions of the PC Advisor website is to help technology users. We offer free tech support in the Helproom Forum, and hundreds of technology tutorials both big and small. Search around on PC Advisor and you'll find advice on everything from ultra-techie niche problems, through simple home entertainment setup to tips on keeping your PC in tip-top condition.
- 18 September 2010
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How-Tos: How to use an Apple iPad for business
Are you considering using the Apple iPad in business? Here's what you need to keep in mind.
- 12 August 2010
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How-Tos: How to restore an iPhone
I've bought a number of apps for my iPhone via iTunes and the App Store. To avoid draining the battery by downloading apps directly to the handset, I'd like to connect my iPhone to my Windows XP PC using USB and transfer them over. However, when I connect the phone its icon doesn't appear on the desktop (although it does charge up). I've tried updating iTunes, restarting the PC and using a different USB port, all to no avail.
- 04 June 2010
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How-Tos: How to jailbreak the iPad
The iPad has recently been jailbroken. Even if you've held off jailbreaking your other iPhone OS devices, the iPad's substantially faster hardware and difficult-to-define "3rd device" role make the best case yet for jailbreaking as we discover.
- 28 May 2010
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How-Tos: How to buy an Apple iPad - Apple iPad FAQs
The Apple iPad launches in the UK on 28 May 2010, with demand expected to be sky high. How do you choose the right model, how much will it cost and where should you buy it? Here we answer all of those questions, as well as explaining how to utilise the 3G connectivity of your Apple iPad, and how much that will cost.
- 19 April 2010
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How-Tos: How to buy an iPad from the US
With Apple announcing a further delay to the iPad in the UK, a lot of our readers have been asking us about the process of importing an iPad from the USA to the UK.
- 23 March 2010
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How-Tos: How to install Apple iTunes on Windows 7
My three-month-old Acer Z5610 all-in-one PC runs Windows 7. I recently tried to install iTunes, but AppleMobileDevice refuses to play ball. Acer blames Apple; Apple blames Acer. With my brand-new PC unable to run such a common application, I'm seriously considering returning it under the Sale of Goods Act.
- 07 November 2009
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How-Tos: How to sync data between your computing devices
Working on the go means you probably use a number of different devices every day, from a desktop PC, to a laptop and smartphone. However, it can be hard getting the various products to talk to each other. We show you the three easiest ways to sync your computers and mobile devices.
- 22 August 2009
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How-Tos: How to Build your own Apple 1
There's no doubt the Apple 1 is an iconic computer. We decided to re-create this classic machine with the help of an unassembled kit. Find out how we got on.
- 06 August 2008
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Video: How to sync iTunes with your non Apple MP3 player
Sync your iTunes music with a non-iPod player. If your iPod went to the great electronics graveyard in the sky, you replaced it with a non-Apple MP3 player and your music library still sits inside iTunes, here's how to get it all back.
- 07 May 2008
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How-Tos: How to install and configure NetTrooper
The widespread use of wireless to connect multiple home PCs to the internet is a blessing for convenience, but can be a nightmare in terms of security. Here, we look at how to auto secure your home network.
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