"iphone" Help and InformationHow can I keep my Apple iPhone cellphone data secure?
I love my shiny new iPhone, but I'm totally concerned someone will steal it, find all my personal information and steal my data. What can I do to prevent it from being lost?...
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I've been hearing a lot of buzz about the new Skype for the iPhone 3G, but am a bit lost about how to download specific applications onto my phone. Can you show me all the steps?...
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As part of my work, I take tons of screen captures on our test Apple iPhone for documentation, but my boss wants me to use SEO friendly file names and it's a huge hassle to rename them one by one....
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I've been using my Apple iPhone 3G for a few weeks now and am pretty darn impressed with all it can do and with the zillions of apps in the iTunes Application Store. This afternoon, however, I saw someone else...
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Just heard about the slick Skype for iPhone and want to get it and install it. Well, I can get it by downloading it from the App Store, but can you step me through configuring the Skype application so I...
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The purpose of cases are to protect and so it should be no surprise to find out that plastic protective cases for laptops and phones get dinged up and scratched. The advancement in plastic materials, however, and ability to pour...
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I don't know how it changed, but suddenly the default search engine on my Apple iPhone 3G is Yahoo, not Google. Now I like Yahoo as much as the next guy, but I really want Google back. How the heck...
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Hi Dave. I'm hugely enamored of the Google Maps feature on my Apple iPhone, but there's one thing that baffles me: how do I reset the "current location" as a starting or ending point when I'm using the phone for...
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What the heck, I got a note from Apple that I need to update my carrier data on the Apple iPhone? What's it all about?...
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I find myself in hotel rooms more often than the average person and it never fails that the music I want to listen to, the music on my computer or iPhone, is available if I want to use headphones or...
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i have a problem with my iphone 2g 8gb. the phone was working just fine, until i downloaded the call me application from cydia, i turned off & now it wont turn fully on, the screen only freezes showing the...
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If you're highly mobile, if you travel to trade shows or just walk around campus all day, or perhaps if you take long plane flights, you already know that for all the great features of the Apple iPhone, extended battery...
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I've gone through an amazing number of iPhone cases in the last year or so, between the ten or so I reviewed for the first gen iPhone and the cases I've been sent for the newer 3G phone. At first,...
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One of the many different gizmos we were given at the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show was a slick little portable speaker system from long-time audio component firm Altec Lansing. Imagine a device not much bigger than a 2-inch tall Coke...
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What does an "m" appearing before "www" mean? Seems like here lately, when I get online and go to yahoo, I am seeing the "m" appear... what I am seeing come out of nowhere is: http://m.www.yahoo.com What is that m...
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I've been reading all of your extensive iPhone help on the site and found it a great boon to learning how to do things. I can't find any info on how to set up my phone to require a code...
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If you're like most people, you've found yourself at least once in the situation where you have your music library on an old computer that's the system you used to sync with your fancy iPod. No problem, until you get...
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I've gone to the Consumer Electronics Show for years, and generally the innovations there are because something is bigger, faster or brighter (think TVs and audio gear). Occasionally you'll find a company that's rethought a common object -- like, say,...
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Day Two of the huge Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, and we decided to check out the Central and North halls of the unimaginably massive Las Vegas Convention Center. The Central Hall seemed to be dominated by large...
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What's going to be the big announcement at Macworld this year, Dave? You have an inside track on these things, right?...
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So I want an iPhone but AT&T’s service is just too expensive! There must be a better way! I have a Windows PC not a Mac, by the way. Do I need a Mac running Mac OS X to unlock...
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Thanks for all the help re: adding a Google search box to web site... BUT, what I really want to do is have a button that when clicked will submit a SPECIFIC querry to google from within my web page....
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I found "Image Capture" (you didn't mention it was an application, so I searched and found it) and tried what you suggested. When I click on download, however, nothing happens. Tried this with just one photo selected, as well as...
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I got a text message from AT&T telling me that I can now connect my iPhone up to the AT&T wifi network at Starbucks for free. Nice, but I've heard it's convoluted. Can you document it so I know how...
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I'm going back and forth on whether to spend the money and buy myself an Apple iPhone. In a lot of ways it seems like a very cool phone, and certainly it has far more features than my clunky old...
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My wife and I have a series of ideas for Apple iPhone Apps, but are not even close to programmers... What would you recommend for us? I am trying to start with writing a document that outlines the Apps...games. From...
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If you've been on a plane flight in the last decade, you've doubtless seen people with huge headphones on their ears from Bose, headphones that would cut out most of the background noise even if they weren't using noise-canceling technology....
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I am quite frankly baffled why a huge company like Google would pay a bunch of programmers to develop yet another web browser, when we have Internet Explorer for Windows from Microsoft, Safari for Mac OS X from Apple, and...
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I'm always on the go and seem to constantly bump into interesting and weird situations. I'd love to be able to take those photos and share them with my friends on Facebook, but I don't know how to connect my...
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Okay, so your article yesterday about Genius playlists in iTunes (see How to Create Genius Playlists in iTunes 8) has me intrigued and I'd like to experiment with it. But on my iPhone. Is that a possibility? That is, can...
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I really love Miley Cyrus and want to turn her great song "Life's What You Make It" into a ringtone for my Mom's cellphone so that when I call, she hears Hannah Montana (well, Miley) singing, letting her know that...
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I love my iPhone and have been having all sorts of fun playing with it. What I want to do, however, is assign custom ringtones for some of my friends. Ultimately, of course, I'd like to have specific songs for...
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I've been reading your cool iPhone app developer series on your business blog and am inspired to dig into the Apple iPhone SDK and write a few games. I'd love to charge a few bucks for my games, but want...
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I am just sick of all these stupid helper apps that launch every time I start up Microsoft Windows XP!! Half of them are for hardware or utilities that I don't even use any more! How the heck do I...
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Man, it was one of those crazy moments. I realized a split second after it was too late that I'd just driven over my cellphone. I checked it out and, surprisingly, the phone didn't seem damaged at all, except it...
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I've heard from a lot of people - including you, Dave - that interviews are a great way to add high-value content to your blogging efforts, and while I have a pretty good idea how to interview someone, I don't...
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I just bought a new 3G Apple iPhone and now want to give my old iPhone to my brother-in-law. He's even ready to pay for it. Problem is, I want to wipe it clean so he gets a pristine phone....
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I have a couple of movies in iTunes that look great when I view them on my computer, but when I copy them to my new iPhone, I can't watch them: the phone complains "format not supported". How can I...
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I just heard that there's a software update for the Apple iPhone 3G. I want it! But I'm confused: how do I update the software on my phone?...
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I just upgraded from a first generation Apple iPhone to a shiny new 16GB white iPhone and am excited to switch over completely. All my data, phone book, etc are on the old system, though, and I am perpetually anxious...
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Now that I have a shiny new iPhone, I've gone a bit wild adding applications from the iTunes Application Store. So many applications that it's out of control. Now I want to delete some, but each time I delete them...
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I'm excited to add the many new capabilities and improvements to my beloved Apple iPhone, but have heard that the jump from 1.1.4 to 2.0 completely wipes your phone. Can you show me how to step through this firmware upgrade...
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I just downloaded the latest version of iTunes, all excited about being able to finally get to the Apple Applications Store and grab some new stuff for my iPhone, but when I restart, it's not there?!...
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My iPhone is being very weird: when I plug it into my iMac the computer doesn't seem to recognize it any more. How do I fix it so I can be a happy iPhone user again?...
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Now that I've learned about Twitter, I want to start monitoring what people are saying about both my company products and those of my competitors. Is there some decent tool to do this? Twitter certainly doesn't have that capability!...
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I have a RAZR with Verizon and keep lusting after the Apple iPhone. Now that they have a new 3G phone coming out, do you think I should terminate my contract a few months early and get one?...
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I'm a big fan of Bluetooth, but not Bluetooth headsets. I know, it's probably a bit goofy, but I can't help think that it's a bad idea to have a wireless electronic device hooked over your ear and beaming random...
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Is there any way to figure out the last time that Google visited my Web site? This would also be helpful when I analyze competitor's sites too......
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I keep thinking that Google would hide this, but is there any way to figure out the last time that the Google search engine spider (Googlebot) visited a specific Web page? That'd be particularly useful for competitive research......
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If you travel as frequently as I do, you've probably learned a few things about life on the road, tips that help you avoid problems and ensure that fluffy pillows are the biggest complaint you have, not lost data or...
Continue reading about Review: Highly Portable Backup Solutions for on the Road How do I get started in Mac programming?
I used to program my TRS-80 in BASIC when I was in high school, and took a class in Pascal in college. Now I want to try to write applications for my Mac but don't know where to start. Help!...
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My digital camera has a cool feature: it can take little movies. They're not as good as a real video camera, but my kids love mugging for me and the results are often quite hilarious. Like "America's Funniest Home Videos"...
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I had my old Mac laptop, an iBook, stolen and now that I have a new one, I realize that I can't get the music off my Apple iPhone which is driving me crazy! Is there some way to sync...
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I have a Mac mighty mouse [ed note: actually, it's an "Apple Mighty Mouse"] device and am going crazy without my right-click capability. Is there some solution or something I can hack, or am I stuck having to buy something...
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I am a big fan of my Apple iPod, but I can't figure out how to have it automatically download the most recent podcast from the podcasts I subscribe to. I think there's something I can do in iTunes to...
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I think we're kindred spirits, Dave. I spend way too much of my time on the Internet Movie DB and would like to cut out a step: is there any way in Firefox that I can have the little search...
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Not to sound like a complete chowderhead, but when I have a USB disk drive hooked up to my Mac and then unplug it, I always get a scary warning. How do I avoid that and eject the drive properly...
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Saw your earlier note about creating custom Apple iPhone website icons and think it's very cool, but I'm wondering: how did you delete the icon you didn't want to keep?...
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One of the features added to the latest revision of the Apple iPhone operating system that's garnered quite a bit of attention is the ability to save Web page bookmark icons directly on the main screen of the phone. Experimentation...
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It was about four months ago that my 4GB Apple iPhone showed up and, after an initial scare that it was broken from dropping it - screen down - on a hard tile floor, connected to the network, replacing my...
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I'm a big fan of Google's Calendar program, but am finding it annoying that I have to always have my Web browser running on my Mac to remember events. Is there some sort of notification system that will let me...
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I just upgraded my G5 mac to the latest Leopard software and am leery about syncing my iPhone with my computer because I'm afraid I'll lose data. However, I really need to get the photos off the phone and don't...
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I'm slowly getting more into Facebook and just heard that there are tons of groups, just like there are on MySpace. How do I find and join a good group on Facebook?...
Continue reading about How do I find and join a Facebook group? Can I put mp3 music from Amazon's music store on my Apple iPod?
Just read about Amazon's new online music store that features millions of songs for sale without any digital rights management junk. Yeah! My question, before I jump in, can I access the store on my Mac, and if so, can...
Continue reading about Can I put mp3 music from Amazon's music store on my Apple iPod? Why do people want to "unlock" their Apple iPhones?
Maybe I'm the one dim bulb in the chandelier, but why do so many people want to unlock their iPhone, and for that matter, what does it mean to unlock the phone anyway? I can't read any Apple-related Web site...
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Okay, I read your tutorial on how to chop out a segment of a song to create a ringtone in mp3 format (see how to extract an mp3 snippet as a custom cellphone ringtone). Now I'm ready to actually find...
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I have a ton of mp3 format audio files on my Mac OS X system and want to chop a short segment out of it to use as a custom ringtone for my Apple iPhone. What's the solution?...
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Dave, I saw your earlier article about how to convert a DVD for your iPhone, but that was written for Windows XP users [see How to put your DVDs onto your iPhone]. Do you have a similar article about how...
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Amazon.com's jumped on the wagon, and Meebo has too: they automatically give you a different version of their site if you're browsing from an Apple iPhone. I want to do that too. How the heck do I detect that a...
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I have a new Apple iPhone and have been greatly appreciating all your iPhone help, but am still a bit baffled by one thing: when I send mail from my iPhone, I can see how I can Cc myself, but...
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I have a macbook pro. Recently I installed parallels desktop on it. But the problem i have is when I connect a usb device to my macbook it is not being detected in the windows parallel desktop. Also I have...
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Even though I use a variety of calendar programs, I still forget events! Darn it! Since my boss wants me to use Google Calendar instead of my current solution, I'm wondering, is there any way to get Google Calendar to...
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I have an iPhone and appreciate all its features but one: I can't use the calendar capability because I use Google Calendar, not iCal on my Mac. Is there some way that I can either manually or automatically synchronize Google...
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I know I can go to the Apple iTunes Store and buy movies to download onto my iPhone at a rather painful $10-$15 per movie but there are two problems. First, the selection is extremely limited, and, worse, I already...
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My new iPhone is the belle of the ball. In fact, it's a problem: everyone who sees it picks it up and starts playing with it. Is there some way I can enable a security code or password so that...
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I would like to know how to configure my Apple iPhone so that I can check my Google Gmail messages whenever I'd like. What's the best way to do this?...
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Just got a new Apple iPhone and bought a movie from the Apple iTunes Store so I can watch it on the phone, but it fails with "computer is not authorized to watch this movie", even though I bought it...
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I'm stumped. With my iPod I simply drag and drop the music I want to take with me from my library onto the iPod on the left side of iTunes, but my Apple iPhone doesn't allow me to do that....
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I have a new Apple iPhone and am having fun with it, but I can't figure out how to download photographs or pictures onto it. Is there some trick or technique? Also, in case it makes a difference, I don't...
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I'm psyched by all the hype and enthusiasm and am seriously considering buying a new Apple iPhone when they replenish their stock here in San Francisco, but I'm curious: do I have to go to a Cingular/AT&T store to activate...
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I spent a fair amount of time on the phone with Leslie Brooks Suzukamo, Telecom, Technology and Energy Reporter for the St. Paul Pioneer Press. Our topic of discussion? Whether the new Apple iPhone is going to be a good...
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I just bought a Blackberry Pearl, figuring it's the best phone out there until the Apple iPhone arrives, and am pleased with its ability to "push" email out to me anywhere, tapping into my main email account. Problem is, lots...
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