MalcolmChalmers

Tag: iphone

  • iOS Mail not syncing with Outlook

    I’ve stuck with the built in mail app for my iPhone 7, it works OK for my purposes, most of the time. Every now and again if I delete or move emails in Outlook on my desktop, they will stay in my Inbox on my iPhone. I will update, refresh, restart all of that and…

  • iPhone 7 Frozen

    I got my iPhone stuck somehow today, it wouldn’t respond to touches and then wouldn’t turn off/sleep. When I held the power/sleep button down for a few seconds (10?) it displayed a “loading circle” and sat there. I then discovered that if you that to force restart the iPhone 7, you have to press the…

  • How do I hide iTunes video purchases on iPhone ?

      Settings > videos > Show iTunes Purchases Music > My Music > Artists (middle of screen) > Only Downloaded Music > Cancel / Home

  • Configure gmail to delete and not archive mail on iOS devices

    When you add a gmail account to an iOS device, the default “swipe left” action when discarding email is to archive the email, whereas for all other accounts (i.e. hotmail) the default action is delete. If you want to change that, here’s how. Tap Settings Tap Mail, Contacts, Calendars Tap Gmail Tap Account Tap Advanced…

  • How do I hide iTunes music purchases on iPhone ?

    The ability to enable/disable showing iTunes purchases still exists, but it’s now in the iTunes app itself. Launch the app and then click on the pull down which allows you to select iTunes listings like by artist, album. In the picture below, tap the red Artists word just below the album art. This will bring…

  • Trouble syncing iTunes Videos

    One of the main reason I purchased my iPod Touch was to watch videos on the train on the way to work. And this has been work out great for me. One of the small problems I had was there seemed to be certain show that it didn’t want to sync properly. I have the…

  • Malcolm’s Tech Tips is now iPhone Compatible

    Thanks to Chris at Real FreeBSD Tips I found a WordPress plugin called WPtouch that makes my blog look great on the iPhone/iTouch. My blog looks like it should when viewed from a desktop system, but when viewed from an iPhone/iTouch it looks like this:

  • My 15 Favorite iPhone/iTouch Apps

    I really like my iPod Touch, it’s the most usefull PDA type device I have ever owned. It is so usefull and easy to use. There are loads (25,000?) of applications available for it , here are some of my favorite: Application Toodledo [iTtunes] – List / to do management eWallet [iTunes] – Password management…

  • Working From Your iPhone

    While I only have an iTouch (iPod Touch) myself, I do use it quite allot and find it a very useful tool. Elliott at Mashable has a good list of application to Better Web-Working From Your iPhone. I can personally recommend Toodledo [iTtunes], I use it allot and think it is well worth the $3.99