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How to install apps on iphone | Technotech Inside

1. From the Home screen, tap App Store.
2.  To install apps, you must sign in with your Apple ID or create one.
3. To browse the App Store, tap Apps (at the bottom).
4. Scroll then tap the desired category (e.g., Top Paid, New Apps We Love, Top Categories, etc.).
    To search for apps by name, tap Search (at the bottom) then enter the name of the app.
5. Tap the app.
6. Tap GET then tap INSTALL.
    If there's a charge for the app, tap the price (e.g., $1.99) then tap BUY.
    If you have a compatible iPhone with Face ID enabled, double-tap the Side button then look at the screen to authenticate.
7. If prompted, sign in to the iTunes Store to complete the install.

How to reset AirPods | Technotech Inside

How to reset AirPods | Technotech Inside

Resetting your AirPods is usually the fastest way to get them back to peak performance. We show you a couple of ways to make this so 

If you're experiencing problems with your AirPods, such as strange battery drains or intermittent audio, it could be that they need resetting. Yes, the classic 'turning it off and on again' as sung in unison by IT support technicians the world over.

But how can you do this on a device that has nary a button in sight? In this article we show you the quick way to reboot your wireless earbuds.

If you're waiting for the expected update to Apple's hugely popular headphones, then you might also want to read our AirPods 2 release date rumours roundup.

Manually resetting your AirPods

Since their introduction in September 2016, AirPods have gone on to be a huge success for Apple, with the majority of reviews heaping praise on the earbuds for their simplicity and reliability.

Our own Lewis Painter remarked in his AirPods review, "Sound quality is excellent, the auto play/pause function is great, the accuracy of the Siri controls is a pleasant surprise and call quality is impressive."

Of course, this can feel a bit frustrating to read if your AirPods won't connect to your iPhone, or the charge lasts for less time than it normally would.

It should be a case of just opening the charging case and letting the Apple software do its thing. But, if this isn't the situation for you, there's a quick method you can try to get things back on track.

On your iPhone go to Settings > Bluetooth and tap the option for your AirPods. From the menu that appears select Forget This Device.

Place the AirPods into the charging case, close the lid, then wait for around 15-20 seconds. The muttering of incantations is entirely optional at this point.

When sufficient time has passed, open the lid once more, then press and hold the setup button on the back of the case. The status light should flash an amber colour a few times, then start flashing white.

Now, hold your iPhone close to the case and follow the instructions that appear on the screen. Hopefully your AirPods should connect without issue.

What to do if your AirPods won't charge

Before making a trip to the genius bar to get your AirPods looked at, here are some simple checks you can try.

First, ensure that all of your cables are firmly connected and that the charging case and its supplied charger are plugged in correctly. Next, place your AirPods in the charging case, again being careful that they are seated correctly.

Try charging the case for around 15 minutes. After this, but while still keeping the charger connected and the AirPods inside, open the lid and hold the case close to your iPhone.

Wait a couple of seconds and you should see the AirPods status windows appear. Look to see if there is a charging icon (the little lightning bolt) next to the AirPods.

If not, you might have a hardware problem that requires technical assistance. In this case, contact Apple Support to arrange an appointment.

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How to download YouTube videos to iPhone & iPad | Technotech Inside

How to download YouTube videos to iPhone & iPad | Technotech Inside

We show how to download a YouTube video and save it on your iPhone or iPad for offline viewing

Downloading a YouTube video to your iPad or iPhone is actually pretty easy once you know how, and essential if you want to watch clips offline. Plus, it's incredibly annoying when something good gets removed from YouTube, and you'll be glad you saved a copy.

There are several ways to download YouTube videos directly to your iOS device, generally using third-party apps. It should be noted, however, that such apps often don't last long on the App Store; search for 'YouTube download' to see the latest options, but check the reviews to make sure they're legitimate.

In this tutorial we're going to take a slightly different approach, using a more general file-management app called Documents (which is on its sixth version, and is unlikely to be removed from the store any time soon) and using an online service to do the actual downloading.

These methods should work on most iOS devices, and we can confirm that they work in every version of iOS from 8 to 11; it should work fine on the iOS 12 beta too. (Note, however, that the Documents method - while it still works in the UK - may not work for US readers.) If you'd rather save those clips to your desktop, take a look at How to download YouTube videos to your Mac.

Note that, since the launch of iOS 11, you can record the screen of your iPhone or iPad and anything that is playing, including YouTube video. This may be a simpler workaround that following the following tutorial. If you prefer this method, read How to record your iPhone or iPad screen.

Open Savefrom.net in Documents 6

We're going to use a website called Savefrom.net and the app Documents 6, which between them will allow you to download a YouTube video then transfer it to Photos. Once a video is in Photos it's easy to view and share further.

Install Documents 6; you can download it from the App Store. Once it's installed, open the app and click on the browser icon, which looks like a small compass. (On iPhone this is in the bottom righthand corner; on iPad it's in the lefthand menu.)

Type "savefrom.net" (without the quote marks) into the address bar at the top and you'll open the website.

Enter the YouTube URL

Now you need to enter the correct URL for the video you want to save.

If you've got the video open in Safari (or any other iPhone or iPad browser) you just need to hold down your finger on the top URL address and then tap Copy. If you're viewing it in the YouTube app, hit the share icon and select Copy Link.

Now re-enter Documents 6 and paste the URL into the white rectangular box at the top of Savefrom.net. (Tap within the white box, hold down your finger and tap Paste.)

Once you've added the URL you'll see a thumbnail of the video, some quality options and a big green 'Download' button, which you can hit when you're happy that everything is right.

Save and download video

You'll now see a save dialogue box. Feel free to rename the file (which will by default take the video's title in YouTube) and select Save.

Your video will now start to download. Remember that you might be downloading a large file, so ensure you're on a Wi-Fi connection or have enough data on your iOS device to deal with it.

If you open the Downloads section of the app (it's a downward-pointing arrow; on iPad this is at the top right corner) you can see the video downloading, with an X to cancel; once it's finished this X will be replaced by a little eye.

Move the video to Photos

Documents 6 has a section called, well, Documents. To open this you may need to tap the three-line 'hamburger' icon at the top left to open the side bar, then hit Documents. From this section, tap Downloads, and you'll see downloaded videos complete with thumbnails and more information. Our newly downloaded video is there.

We're going to move the video into the Photos app, and this can be done easily by just dragging and dropping. Tap and hold the video, and drag it on to the Documents label, and then on to Photo Albums, and finally All Photos or another album of your choice.

(Depending on your settings and whether you've done this before, you may be asked to give Documents 6 permission to access Photos; agree to this. If you need to change these permissions in future, open the Settings app and tap Privacy > Photos, then tap the slider next to Documents.)

Open the Photos app and you'll see your downloaded video. You can go to Albums > Videos to make it easier to find. (In the past we've sometimes found that it is filed by the date when it was posted to YouTube rather than when it was downloaded, but that appears to have stopped in more recent versions of the app.)

Use your Mac or PC

If you have access to a Mac or Windows PC, you can use an alternative - and arguably simpler - method to download a YouTube video to your iOS device.

Head over to Softorino. We're going to use Softorino YouTube Converter, a free, easy-to-use tool which enables you to simply copy and paste a YouTube URL. 

To use the program you'll need to download it, install it and then register it through a valid email address. The process is very quick and you'll be soon able to use the software.

The Softorino YouTube Converter is easy to use: simply copy a YouTube URL and the program will automatically detect it. If it doesn't, paste the URL into the app, select a video quality setting or just select 'Audio only'. Then select the iPhone logo and connect your device to your Mac or PC.

Once connected, you'll need to 'Trust' the program and your computer. If the program doesn't pick up your iOS device, unplug and reconnect it.

Once you see your iOS device, hit the 'Convert & Transfer' button and the video will start downloading and then automatically transferring to your device. Once it's complete you'll find the YouTube video in your 'Videos' app on your device. As it downloads a native file, you can also resume your video at the place you left off, even if you close the video.

Is downloading YouTube videos legal?

We mentioned earlier that apps which specialise in downloading YouTube videos tend to 'disappear' from time to time. This is because such apps are often used for shady purposes.

From an ethical point of view, bear in mind that the author has worked hard to create the video and is entitled to place advertising on it to earn some money. By downloading the video you're preventing both Google (which owns YouTube) and the video creator from profiting from this work.

You will also be violating YouTube's terms and conditions: the service stipulates that you should view its video using official apps, the website or embeds on other websites, and specifies that "the data is intended for real-time viewing and not intended to be downloaded (either permanently or temporarily), copied, stored, or redistributed by the user".

The main issue legally is that you absolutely must not attempt to profit from any videos you download for which you don't own the copyright - this is for personal use only.

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How to clean install macOS | Technotech Inside

Want to clean install macOS on your Mac? Here's how to download and install a fresh copy of Mojave - and if you need to, High Sierra, Sierra, El Capitan, Mojave, Yosemite or some earlier version of OS X

In this article we're going to show you how to perform a clean install of macOS. This is often a handy option if your Mac is slow or otherwise misbehaving.

We'll start by showing how to do this for the latest version of macOS (macOS Mojave, at time of writing), before moving on to the far tricker business of installing a clean copy of High Sierra, Sierra, El Capitan, Mojave, Yosemite or some earlier version of OS X. If that's what you're looking for, it may be worth taking a look at another article where we focus on that entirely: How to download and install old versions of OS X on a Mac.

What you need

You'll need an 15GB or larger removable USB flash drive to hold the installer file for our chosen version of macOS. (We're going to erase it, so make sure it doesn't contain any valuable data.) You will also need admin privileges.

Before you start, remember to back up, just in case something goes wrong. Full instructions here: How to back up a Mac.

Ready? Let's get started.

Format the drive

We're going to re-download the installer file for our chosen version of macOS and store it on a USB stick or external drive. The drive you use needs to be formatted as a Mac OS Extended (Journaled) volume with a GUID Partition Table.

To format the drive, go to Applications > Utilities and open Disk Utility.

Select the drive and click Erase. (The name of the disk needs to be "Untitled", if the Terminal commands below are to work, so rename it if necessary.)

Select Mac OS Extended (Journaled) as the format type.

If your Mac is using APFS (which it may be if you are running High Sierra or Mojave), select APFS from the list of options.

If it's available choose GUID Partition Map from the Scheme options.

Click Erase.

Click Done.

Get the Mojave install file

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If you're reinstalling the latest version of macOS, our next step is easy: just go to the Mac App Store and search for its name. At time of writing, that means macOS Mojave, which you can jump to via this link.

Hit Download or Get (depending on the version of the Mac App Store you are using).

You may get a warning message at this point, telling you that this version of macOS 'is already installed on this computer. Would you like to continue?' Click Continue, then enter your Apple ID and password. The installer file will be multiple GB, Mojave is 5.7GB, for example, so downloading can take a while.

When it's finished downloading the installer will launch automatically, but we don't want to use it yet, so press Command + Q to quit out of the installer.

Find the installer file (if will be located in the Applications folder, or you could search for it using Spotlight (command + Space and start typing Mojave).

If you are just wishing to install Mojave, you can skip the next step, where we'll be showing how to dig up the installer file for an older version of Mac OS X.

Get the install file for an older version of Mac OS X

For older versions of Mac OS X it's a bit harder to get the install file: Apple doesn't offer downloads of outdated OS versions through the normal store front, and searching for the name won't find what you're looking for.

The installers for some versions of macOS can be found in the Purchased section of the App Store. Log into the Mac App Store with the Apple ID you used and click Purchased in the menu bar along the top. Scan down the list of apps you've purchased or download for free (which is in order of when you downloaded them) and find the name of your chosen version: El Capitan, Yosemite or whatever. Click download.

However, there are a few reasons why this may not work for you:

• If you have already installed Mojave on your Mac you cannot get old versions of the Mac OS from the new Mac App Store.
• If you are running High Sierra you will not be able to get Sierra via the App Store.
• You won't find the version of macOS your Mac shipped with in the Purchased section of the App Store.
• And you won't find versions of macOS in the purchased section if you never installed that version.

For more advice on getting hold of older editions of Mac OS, see How to download and install old versions of OS X on a Mac.

Create a bootable USB disk

Next we need to create a bootable USB disk so that we can install a new copy of macOS on the Mac from the flash drive. We've got full instructions on how to do that here - How to make a bootable Mac OS X install drive - but we'll run through the basics again. We're going to create the bootable drive using Terminal, which you can open by pressing Command + Space bar and typing Terminal.

Connect the removable drive to your Mac, and make sure it's called Untitled - rename it if necessary.

Create a bootable USB disk: Terminal

Open the Terminal application on your Mac (find it by searching using Command + Space and typing Terminal)

Now copy and paste the following text into Terminal:

sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Mojave.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/Untitled -- /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Mojave.app

Press Return.

Enter your password (you won't see the password appear).

When the bootable drive is prepared you will see the word Done. It can take a while.

Install from installer drive

Now we'll install a fresh copy of macOS from the installer drive.

With the boot drive connected, start up - or restart - your Mac while holding down the Option key (also known as Alt). This will take you to Startup Manager. Choose to install your chosen version of macOS from the external drive.

Select 'Disk Utility' and your hard drive, then Erase.

Go back to the main menu and choose Install macOS.

Once installation is complete, you can restoring apps and settings from your backup, or download them again manually. Remember that you won't want to recover a Time Machine backup if you don't want to copy over all the setting and preferences associated with your old system.

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How to Hide Apps on any iPhone, iPad, iPod | Technotech Inside

How to Hide Apps on any iPhone

1. Locate the app you want to hide.
2. Press and hold the app until it grows slightly larger than its normal size.
3. Move the app onto its own screen.
4. Hide the app on a screen by surrounding it with other apps.
5. Hide the app in a folder for added privacy.
6. Name the folder something low-key, like "Miscellaneous."
7. Fill the screen with folders of multiple apps to bury the app even deeper.
8. Press the home button to lock everything in place.

            

Step-by-Step Guide With Screenshots

                  Locate the app, and press and hold it until all the apps start to wiggle. | Source

1. Locate the app you want to hide.

Press and hold the app until all the apps wiggle.

You'll also see an 'X' on the top left corners of the apps.

Hold your finger against the app again until it gets about 25 percent larger. | Source

2. Press and hold the app again so that it gets slightly larger.

The app will grow about 25% larger than its normal size.

Move the app onto its own screen. | Source

3. Move the app onto its own screen.

While still pressing down on the app, move it to the right edge of the current screen to move to the next screen.

Keep moving it to a new screen until it is on a screen by itself.

You can go all the way out to 15 screens (for iOS 7 and newer) or 11 screens (for iOS 6 and older), but after you press the Home button to lock your apps in place, that app will automatically be moved to the next immediate screen following the last occupied screen.

For example, if you have four occupied screens, even if you move an app to the last page, it will automatically be moved to the fifth screen when you lock the apps in place.

Move other apps you don't use onto that screen as well. If you don't have many apps, download some more. | Source

4. Hide the app on a screen by surrounding it with other apps.

With all the apps still wiggling, surround the app you want to hide with random apps you may not use as much.

The more full screens you have, the harder it'll be for someone to find the app. You can fill up to 15 screens with apps (for iOS 7 and newer), or up to 11 screens (for iOS 6 and older).

Depending on your screen size, each screen can hold either 24 apps (4.7+ in), 20 apps (4 in), or 16 apps (3 in)—not including the spaces on the dock. That equates to anywhere from 179 to 363 possible apps you can surround your secret app with, assuming you have enough memory on your phone.

Move the apps into the same folder. | Source

5. Hide the app in a folder for added privacy.

Take it a step further by creating an inconspicuous folder to nestle the app in.

While the apps are still wiggling, drag any one of the apps and place it directly on top of another app. The two apps will be moved into the same box, creating a folder. The bottom app will flash twice, after which a folder will open up.

Continue dragging other apps into the folder. You'll want the secret app to be at least on the second page of the folder.

Each page of a folder displays up to nine apps. Each folder can theoretically hold up to 135 apps (for iOS 7 and newer), up to 16 apps (for iOS 5 and 6), or up to 12 apps (for iOS 4 and older). Again, the more apps you add to a folder, the harder it will be to find the app you're hiding.

 

Think of really vague or general category names that would fly under the radar. | Source

6. Name the folder something low-key, like "Miscellaneous."

You'll want create a folder name that won't stand out too much or clue people in on what you've hidden inside.

To rename a folder, tap the 'X' on the right side of the top bubble. This will open up the keyboard.

Type in any category name that won't catch the eye or draw too much attention.

Create as many folders as you'd like—on as many screens as you'd like—to hide your app even further. | Source

7. Fill the screen with folders of multiple apps to bury the app even deeper.

Create a maze of folders and apps people will have to dig through to find the app you're hiding.

If you fill a screen with folders—including the four spaces on the dock—and you fill each folder with multiple apps, just imagine how hard it would be to find your hidden app.

It'll be that much harder if you filled all the possible screens with folders, each with multiple apps (assuming you have enough memory on your phone).

8. Press the home button to lock everything in place.

You're done!

Now you have peace of mind knowing you've created a whole mess of apps people will have to search through to find your hidden app.