Title. I checked extension list in Safari and indeed Honey is not present, but I am 100% sure I did not installed it before so now I wonder how did it even get to my iPhone in the first place. Any suggestions?

It’s annoying

Its so unconventional and i need to do so many extra steps just to get what i want. Like before everything used to be so clean and organized and i knew where to find everything, now its sooooooo hard to find what im looking for. Idk i just wanted to say that because its just so annoying

Help with switching from Android to iOS – Photos, NAS, and Music

Hi everyone,

I’m a long-time Android user currently using a Android on Samsung Galaxy S21, Galaxy Watch, Windows, and an iPad 6th gen. I’m considering switching to an iPhone to simplify my life, but I’ve hit a few roadblocks I can’t seem to solve.

1. Moving photos from iOS to NAS (without Apple Cloud)

I want my photos to stay in a folder structure on my NAS and to be moved, not just copied.

I understand that currently iOS blocks third-party apps from accessing photos (that's why there are no apps that have two-way sync, but are limited to backing up and then deleting what was backed up from the phone) - I don't exactly want that. And I heard somewhere that it should be possible in future iOS versions ( https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission/113163726247010286 ) but again I didn't notice that it would be a big topic, which it probably should be, and that confuses me a bit.

1a) Current setup on Android:

I use the FolderSync Pro app to sync my photos to OneDrive (where I have 40 GB of storage). It’s a two-way sync: I have albums (folders) on my phone, and when I move a folder from OneDrive to the NAS, the sync ensures the photos are also removed from my phone. For example, if I batch resize a certain album, the photos will also be synced to the phone and overwrite the originals. OneDrive serves as temporary storage, from time to time I move old albums (folders) to the NAS.

1b) Problems on iOS:

On iOS, I’ve encountered the following issues:

• iCloud Photos on Windows Photos cannot be moved (Ctrl+X), only copied and then deleted. When I try to move them, I get the error: "Error 0x8007017B: The operation is not supported by the cloud sync provider." (dozens of topics on the apple forum for this error, many years ago and unresolved) I’ve tried working around this with Total Commander, but it sometimes breaks the sync. Additionally, iCloud for Windows doesn’t handle updates well (e.g., if I edit a photo on Windows, the change doesn’t sync back to iCloud unless I create a duplicate of photo).
• Shortcuts automation I couldn’t figure out how to save files to OneDrive or other sync providers (like Syncthing or Synology Drive).
• PhotoSync – transfer photos Moving photos works, but it requires being on the same LAN and using a Windows app. The process feels overly complicated and more like a last-resort solution.

2. Syncing music and finding a player on iOS

I often listen to recorded Twitch streams (music) and delete the files after I’m done listening.

2a) Current setup on Android:

I use Synology Drive (previously Resilio Sync) for two-way syncing of music files. When I move a file to a folder on my NAS, it syncs automatically to my phone. If I delete the file on my phone, it’s also deleted from the NAS. This setup works perfectly for me.

I would have to find a way to two-way sync music files (around 500MB per file) to the phone - that probably won't be a problem. But I'm afraid the problem will be how to continue playing the files and working with them from the player.

2b) Requirements for a music player:

I need a music player that can:

• Play local music files (probably from folder of synch provider like Synchthing?)
• Allow me to delete files directly from the player (and have them removed from both the phone and NAS).
• Remember the last played position for all files (since Twitch streams can be 2, 3, or even 5 hours long).
• Have a visualized seek bar that shows where there’s speech versus music, making it easy to skip around (like this: https://media.invisioncic.com/r156363/monthly_2024_01/Screenshot_20240119-173151_Gallery.jpg.89374ad377122b1df8929591e04ea0a8.jpg ).

On Android, I use Poweramp, which meets all these needs.

Can anyone help me figure out how to accomplish these things on iOS? Or is it safe to say that iOS simply isn’t the right platform for me? I find it hard to believe these tasks should be this difficult, but I haven’t been able to solve them yet.

Thanks a lot in advance!

You might have “send as text message turned off”, but this doesn’t apply to RCS. So let’s say you sent a video to someone but they weren’t in an area with coverage temporarily, unlike iMessage where it’ll wait for them to come online, RCS on iPhone just sends it as an expensive MMS instead. I can’t find a valid reason why they’ve done this, other than to kick people who use RCS in the teeth.

on iOS 18 onwards;

1. goto Settings
2. goto Apps at the bottom of Settings
3. go to iMessage(Messages)
4. go to "

   

   " at the middle of the page
5. select your preferred address
6. do this with ALL other Apple devices.

The keyboard lag, together with I'd say the keyboard volume bug, are things, that exist for years now when it comes to iOS. People who don't notice it, are usually people who anyway have no clue what's going on when it comes to technology. Which is fine too.

However, many notice it and the forums are FULL of it, and every year, when Apple releases new phones, the forums get filled again with those complains and even I am pretty much annoyed by now, since I got myself a new iPhone after using for roughly a year an older android phone from a friend, to see that nothing has changed.

So besides some stupid vodoo fixes, such as resetting the dictionary, turining this and that off, which changes things for 10 hours before it goes back to s****:

Is anyone here, with some developer insights when it comes to iOS and has any idea, what actually the root cause or problem of this is?

I am pretty sure Apple has taken notice of that a lot and if it would be so easy to fix, it would have been fixed and we would see an iOS keyboard as fluid as something like gboard.

But that is not the case, so there must be a much deeper and significant underlying problem here. Maybe the way the keyboard works, goes deeply back to some of the core logic of how iOS works in genreal and in order to change how the keyboard works when it comes to its problems, would mean, to pretty much re-write almost the entire iOS from the ground.

This is what I often think, but let me hear your thoughts.

Thanks in advance.

I keep turning on the one handed feature whenever I try to switch keyboards

Hi! Any app for duplicate the screen of iphone in the ipad?

Thanks!

Bought my in-laws new phones and it thinks I’m replacing mine, which I’m not.

i just got the new phone for christmas. i love it, it has a lot of great features. my only problem is that text looks so insanely ugly now and i don’t know how to fix it. i can’t stand it. i can read stuff, but all of my text is condensed and certain fancy symbols that i used to like are now small and have kind of lost the entire reason i liked them to begin with. it’s driving me a little crazy, and i just need to know if there is any possible way for me to default my text back to older versions.

Hi everyone,

I’m helping a friend with their child’s iOS setup and could use some advice:

• Current Setup:
  • iPad: Signed in with Apple Account 1 (Child), managed through Family Sharing.
  • iPhone: Signed in with Apple Account 2 (Adult), not part of Family Sharing.
• Goal: The iPhone should be signed in with Apple Account 1 (Child) so both devices are under Family Sharing. Ideally, we want to do this without losing any data or apps on the iPhone.
• Questions:

1. Is it possible to log out of Apple Account 2 on the iPhone and log in with Apple Account 1 (Child) without losing data or apps?
2. Are there any downsides (e.g., losing access to apps or content purchased with Apple Account 2)?
3. What additional steps should we take to ensure the iPhone fully integrates with Family Sharing?

Thanks in advance for your help!

TL;DR: Helping a friend switch their child's iPhone from Adult Apple Account to Child's Apple Account without losing data – is it possible? Downsides?

I am preparing for my first marathon and I am looking for the best way to follow a training plan, using my iPhone and Apple Watch. My goal is to find a solution that works 'as natively as possible', meaning ideally only using first-party Apple apps or the least amount of third-party apps. I have checked the Apple Fitness app, but there do not seem to be any training plans available there.

Do you have any suggestions or solutions you can recommend which would meet my requirements?

I got a Bluetooth heart rate monitor for Christmas. Was hoping to use it to continuously track heart rates during workouts. Ideally even get a notification if I am outside target heart rate. I can’t find any app that will do this without an Apple Watch though. Should I return it?

I recently tried adding my debit card to Apple Wallet and it just showed the screen up top. I'm under Family Sharing too if that changed anything. Any help would be appreciated!! 😃😃

I use a wifi tablet paired to my iphone in my car for navigation. Previously I've been using an 8 year old cheap android tablet. It worked flawlessly. I've upgraded to ipad mini 6th generation wifi.

Both google maps and IOS maps are unusable for navigation they start off okay but 50 meters down the road the triangle/arrow marker disappears and just becomes a large circle and the location updates get worse and worse the further I drive. The I pad doesn't seem to no my precise location.

If I just use my phone that its paired to its fine. If I switch back to old android tablet its fine. So it appears to be something in the Ipad.

Location settings for both Google maps and IOS Maps are set to 'on whilst using' and precise location is toggled on.

All the toggles are on in system services.

Is this due to to wifi only ipdad not having a GPS chip? Would have thought it could the location from the router which in this case is my iphone and its reporting accurately.

Anyone else try to message others with speech to text via CarPlay and Siri just says that she can’t give directions, I need to allow location settings etc whenever I say anything? I can say Hello in a text and it brings up errors with my location.

It used to work but now it does that every time.

Weather widget on lockscreen gone? I thought there was something before. I’m on iOS 18.2

I don’t want to delete any old conversations and I have a lot of iCloud storage (2tb) and it isn’t an issue on any other of my devices.

i can see all available subscriptions here, which usually can’t be accessed from the actual app, but i get to this page through the subscriptions page on my profile in app store. i used to know a way where you could access this page through any app page (app page meaning the second photo), even if it wasn’t downloaded. i can’t seem to figure it out now, does anyone know how🙏🙏

I’m trying to show contact photo in imessage but it’s missing

Hello,

I have a problem for which I can't find a solution. I shoot my YouTube videos with my iPhone 15 Pro Max. They last about twenty minutes, and I'd like to shoot them in cinematic mode with background blur.

Problem? I can shoot them, but exporting them to my computer for video editing is a real obstacle course. You have to wait several hours for the “preparation” to take place, and then export it. It's impossible to waste so much time. That's why I thought there must be a way of using the video in cinematic mode more quickly, for example by exporting it directly to an external SSD. I can't seem to find the solution. Can you help?

The aim is that once I've shot it, I'll be able to edit it on my MacBooc Pro and not have to wait 3 hours for it to be prepared.

Thanks for your feedback.

I noticed this when I first updated to iOS 18.2 when it was initially released: the marketing materials for the new mail app show that the new icons have profile pictures. (see image below). We have these boring profile pictureless symbols that don't say much. (see image) Will we get the profile pictures shown off in Apple's marketing materials, and if so, when will they be shown?