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Apple's titanium Apple Card is fairly thick and feels a bit heavier than a typical metal credit card, so it should stand up to everyday wear and tear. But if your ‌Apple Card‌ does get damaged, you can always request a replacement. The same goes can be said if the worst happens and your ‌Apple Card‌ is lost or stolen. (If your card isn't in your possession, you might also want to lock it). The...

Apple's titanium Apple Card has a traditional magstripe on the back and a built-in chip, but unlike typical credit cards, there's no card number or expiration date on the front, and no CVV or signature space on the back. All of this information is stored in the Wallet app on your iPhone, which makes ‌Apple Card‌ more secure than other credit cards. That said, if your card is lost or stolen...

Once you've ordered a titanium Apple Card, it will be posted to you free of charge and you'll receive a notification on your iPhone when it ships. When your new titanium ‌Apple Card‌ arrives, the first thing you need to do is activate it. To do so, you'll need an ‌iPhone‌ that's capable of using Apple Pay and running the latest version of iOS. If you own an ‌iPhone‌ X or earlier, follow...

Once you've ordered a titanium Apple Card, it will be posted to you free of charge and you'll receive a notification on your iPhone when it ships. When your new titanium ‌Apple Card‌ arrives, the first thing you need to do is activate it. To do so, you'll need an ‌iPhone‌ that's capable of using Apple Pay and running the latest version of iOS. If you own an ‌iPhone‌ XS, ‌iPhone‌ XS Max, or...

If you've taken up the Apple Card offer in the Wallet app on your iPhone, it's worth ordering a physical titanium ‌Apple Card‌. Keep reading to learn how you can go about ordering one if you didn't elect to have one sent when you signed up for ‌Apple Card‌. The titanium ‌Apple Card‌ can be used to make purchases anywhere that Mastercard is accepted. It's made entirely from titanium and comes laser...

When a new titanium Apple Card is shipped to a customer, Apple sends it in a special wallet-style packaging which contains an NFC tag. This tag initiates the link between the physical ‌Apple Card‌ with the digital one in the Wallet app on your iPhone, and makes activating the card as simple as possible. If the packaging that your new ‌Apple Card‌ was delivered in has been damaged or you...

Web browsing on your iPhone and iPad is designed to be a smooth and enjoyable experience, and not one cluttered by annoying ads, which can take up valuable screen space, slow down webpage loading times, and eat up valuable bandwidth. That's why Apple's Safari mobile browser includes native support for third-party content blockers. Content blockers prevent ads like popups and banners from...

Web browsing on your iPhone and iPad is designed to be a smooth and enjoyable experience, and not one cluttered by annoying ads, which can take up valuable screen space, slow down webpage loading times, and eat up valuable bandwidth. That's why Apple added native support for content blockers to its Safari mobile browser. Content blockers offer a simple one-click solution for preventing ads...

Web browsing on your iPhone and iPad is designed to be a smooth and enjoyable experience, and not one cluttered by annoying ads, which can take up valuable screen space, slow down webpage loading times, and eat up valuable bandwidth. That's why Apple's Safari mobile browser includes native support for third-party content blockers. Content blockers prevent ads like popups and banners from...

With the release of iOS 13, Apple added a Download Manager to the mobile version of its Safari browser that's similar to the one found in Safari for Mac and Safari for Windows. It helps you keep track of any currently downloading files and can be used to navigate to the storage location of your downloads. By default, Safari's Download Manager saves files in the "Downloads" section of the...

With the release of iOS 13, Apple added a Download Manager to the mobile version of its Safari browser that's similar to the one found in Safari for Mac and Safari for Windows. The feature helps you keep track of any currently downloading files and can also be used to navigate to the storage location of your downloads. By default, the Download Manager file list is cleared after one day,...

If you've ever used the desktop version of Safari, you'll likely be familiar with the browser's Downloads pane, which helps you keep track of any currently downloading and downloaded files. With iOS 13, Apple has brought a similar feature to the mobile version of its Safari browser in the form of the Download Manager. Now, when you choose to download a file, such as an image or document, a...

In iOS 13, Apple has added new functionality to its Safari mobile browser that makes it easier for you to manage how many tabs you have open at the same time. The number of active browser tabs in Safari can quickly get out of hand on iPhone because of the way the browser displays tabs in a vertical array when viewed in the popular portrait orientation. Hyperlinks that open websites in a new...

With the release of iOS 13, Apple introduces some additional features to its native Safari mobile web browser. One of the most welcome new changes in Safari is the ability to customize a range of settings for individual websites. Like Safari on Mac, the Website Settings section allows you to configure different viewing and security options for specific websites, and Safari then applies them...

In the Safari browser for iOS 13, Apple has added a new Website View menu that brings together useful options for browsing web pages, making them less challenging to navigate and easier on the eyes. The Website View menu includes one-tap settings that let you change text size options, request the desktop version of a website, and more. Here we're going to check out the new Hide Toolbar...

Most popular websites these days come in both desktop and mobile versions, with the latter rendering content in a more responsive fashion for a consistent browsing experience across a variety of tablet and smartphone screens. Mobile-friendly websites are often stripped down and streamlined for easier navigation, with the result that some full-page content isn't displayed at all. Even when it...

In the Safari browser for iOS 13, Apple has added a new Website View menu that brings together useful options for browsing web pages, making them less challenging to navigate and easier on the eyes. This article introduces you to the Website View menu's text size controls, which allow you to adjust the font size of a web page. In many cases, these controls work even if the website doesn't...

iPhone battery health became a hot topic in 2018, after Apple was found to be quietly throttling the processor speeds of iOS devices that have degraded batteries to prolong their life as long as possible. Apple responded to concerns about this background behavior by issuing a software update for iOS 11 that introduced a Battery Health feature, providing more information about the state of a ...

Powerbeats Pro wireless earphones offer up to nine hours of listening time and up to six hours of talk time on a single charge. Apple's Beats-branded buds also charge very quickly -- you can get one and a half hours of listening time by putting them in their case for just five minutes, or leave them in for 15 minutes and you'll get four and a half hours' worth. The PowerBeats Pro case itself ...

Apple has doubled down on its privacy features in iOS 13, giving iPhone and iPad users a more granular view of how apps access their location information. On Apple devices, the location services that apps can tap into use GPS, Bluetooth, and crowd-sourced Wi-Fi hotspot and cellular mast locations to determine your approximate location. The good news is that iOS 13 makes you more aware of how...