Sunday 29 October 2017

How to Enlarge iPhone Icon on Home Screen

“App icons on my iPhone home screen is too small, so it’s hard for me to find the one i need, and sometimes it will make my eyes dizzy. How could i make those icon bigger? Is there any ways can help us enlarge iPhone icon on home screen?”

Generally, old people would like to read bigger words as well as bigger app icon on home screen. Fortunately, there is a feature on iPhone can help us with it, that is Zoom feature, but it make everything larger, and we’ll have to scroll our screen to find the one we need. See below steps.

Enlarge iPhone iCon on Home Screen

Here, we’ll use Zoom feature to help us enlarge iPhone icon on home screen, and you can follow below steps.

1.open your iPhone and go to Setting--General--Accessibility.

2.Then find Zoom option, turn it on, then your iPhone icon will become bigger.

Or you can follow below method to enlarge iPhone app icon on home screen.

1.Open your iPhone, and go to Setting--Display & Brightness--View.

2.Then in display zoomed screen, tap on Zoomed--Set on the top right corner.

3.Now click “Use Zoomed”, and confirm with “Zoomed”, then your iPhone screen icon will be larger.



Disable Zoom Setting on iPhone

If you don’t need large app icon on your home screen any more, you can also turn off zoon setting to close it.

1.Open your iPhone, and go to Setting--General--Accessibility

2.then find Zoom option and turn it off, when it’s off, the icon will be with grey color.

Turn off Zoom in iTunes

We can also turn off zoom feature on iTunes, see below steps.

1.Launching your iTunes, and connect your iPhone with PC.

2.When it’s recognized, click iPhone image icon.

3.Now tap on “Configure Accessibility” on the right page, and select “Neither” to turn off zoom.



Tips: when you lost or deleted some of your iPhone data without backup, or you want to extract your data from iTunes and iCloud backup selectively, you can come to iRefone for help.

And you can check below article for reference:

Retrieve Lost iPhone Messages

Wednesday 25 October 2017

Ways to Backup iMessages on iPhone

If you’re still wondering how to backup your iMessages on iPhone, now don’t hesitate to view this article. From this page, you’ll learn some ways to backup iMessages on iPhone.

iMessages is similar with Message app, but they’re different. iMessage can help us send out messages view Wifi and it’s free. Also we don’t need to insert some SIM card and we can send iMessages, so we can also use it on iPad. In this way, it becomes favorite for many people, and then it may contain many important data. In case to keep them safe forever, we’ll need to learn some ways to backup iMessages on iPhone. Follow below page.

Screenshot iMessages

When the iMessages you need to backup are with text and without photos, files and audio, you can screenshot them and save them to your photo album or PC.

1.Now open your iMessages and find the one you need to backup.

2.Then press power button and home button together to screenshot it.

3.And you can repeat this process, after screenshot all the iMessages, you can find them from your photo album.

4.if you need, you can connect your iPhone with PC and copy those screenshots to your PC.

Backup iMessages on iCloud

Also we can backup those iMessages on iCloud, firstly you will need to make sure if your iCloud storage is full.

1.Connect your iPhone with Wifi, go to Setting--iCloud, log in it with your Apple ID and password.

2.Then turn on iCloud driver and message button. Tap on “Backup” at the bottom, and confirm with “Backup Now”.

Backup iMessages Selectively with iRefone

If there are plenty of iMessages on your iPhone and you want to selectively backup them, you can come to iRefone for help.

iRefone is a professional iOS data recovery software, it can backup as well as recover more than 16 kinds of files, including contacts, notes, messages, photos, reminders, calendars, call history, WeChat messages ect. Also it can help us extract data from iTunes and iCloud backup selectively.

Now you can download and install the free trial version to have a try.



Step 1. Run iRefone, connect your iPhone with PC. Tap on “Recover from iOS Device”, click “Start”.



Step 2. Then new interface will show up, and there will be many data icon there. Find and click “Message” icon, and it will be scanned by iRefone.



Step 3. Wait a few seconds for scanning, then you can preview and choose iMessages you need, tap on “Recover to PC”.



For more related issue, you can check below article for reference:

How to Delete iMessage Contacts on iPhone 7

Sunday 22 October 2017

Turn on Camera Shutter Sound on iPhone 7

“iPhone 7 camera shutter sound is so annoying when i take pictures for baby, it always make them awake, so i ask my friends to turn it off. Now i want to turn on camera shutter sound on my iPhone 7, how could i do it?”

iPhone 7 has a new camera with high megapixel quality, so many people would like to use it to take photos. And when we take photos with it, some people would like it to have shutter sound so that they can know the photos have been taken successfully, then they would take more. While some people don’t need shutter sound, as it may disturb the object they’re taking photos with. Here, we’ll show you how to turn on your camera shutter sound on iPhone 7, read it and learn more.



Turn on Volume of iPhone 7

The simplest way for us to turn on camera shutter sound is to turn on the volume of our iPhone 7.

Now press your volume up, which is on the left top side of your iPhone 7 until it goes with highest level.

Then when you take photos with your iPhone camera, it will make shutter sound.

On the other hand, when you want to turn off you camera shutter sound, you can turn off your volume on iPhone 7.


Disable Live Photo Mode

When our camera is with live photos mode, it won’t make any shutter sound, when we turn it off, there will be shutter sound.

Now open your camera app, and there will be a image icon with several circle there, if it’s with yellow color, tap on it and turn it with grey color.

Then live photos mode will be turned off, and your camera will be with shutter sound when take photos.

Tips: when you need to backup your photos on iPhone 7 selectively, or you lost and deleted some of your iPhone data with or without backup, you can come to iRefone for help.

iRefone is a professional iOS data recovery software, it can help us recover as well as backup more than 16 kinds of files, including contacts, notes, messages, photos, reminders, calendars, call history, WeChat messages ect. Also it can help us extract data from iTunes and iCloud backup selectively, and it allows us to preview them before restoring.

Now you can download and install the free trial version to have a try.



And you can refer to below article for detailed information:

Extract New Year Photos from iCloud

Wednesday 18 October 2017

Recover iPhone X Data

It has been more than one month that iPhone X is attracting our attention, and many people are willing to get one. But like we use other iPhone, we may also lost some data on iPhone X. How could we recover iPhone X data?

Also some people who have some experience of losing their iPhone data, they may know that they can backup their iPhone data on iTunes or iCloud, but how could you restore them when you lost those iPhone data? Now we’ll focus on show you how to recover your lost data on iPhone X, read it and learn more.

Recover iPhone X Data from iTunes Backup

So when you have some backups on iTunes, we can help you restore those data from your iTunes backup, but it doesn’t support us to restore them selectively.

1.Launching your iTunes, connect your iPhone X with PC.

2.Then go to Files--Summary, and you’ll see your backup files there on the left side bar.

3.Choose the backup files you need, tap on “Restore Backup” on the right page, and confirm with “Restore”.



Recover iPhone X Data from iCloud Backup

Also if you have done backup on iCloud, we can also help you restore your iPhone data from iCloud backup, please note it will need us to erase all content and settings.

1.Connect your iPhone with Wifi, log in iCloud with your Apple ID and password.

2.Then go to Setting--General--Erase All Content and Settings, when all content and settings are erased, go to set up assistant with a hello screen.

3.Swipe to begin the set up progress, choose the backup files you need, tap on “Restore Backup”, and confirm with “Restore”.



Recover iPhone X Data with iRefone

This method is suitable for you have no backups, and you need to recover your lost iPhone X data selectively, then you can come to iRefone for help.

iRefone can also help us extract data from iTunes and iCloud backup selectively, and it allows us to preview them before restoring. Also it can help us backup them selectively.

Now you can download and install the free trial version to have a try.



Step 1. Run iRefone, connect your iPhone X with PC. Tap on “Recover from iOS Device”, and click “Start”.



Step 2. Then we’ll enter the new interface with many data icon and media icon that iRefone can recover, find and click “Contact” icon for example. And it will be scanned by the software.



Step 3. Wait a few seconds for scanning, then you can preview and choose contacts you need, tap on “Recover to PC”, and choose folder path to save them.



Remark: also iRefone can help us extract data from our iTunes and iCloud backup selectively, and it doesn’t need us to erase all content and settings.

For related steps, you can refer to below article:

Extract WeChat Recall Messages from iCloud Backup

View iPhone Reminders from Backups

“iPhone reminders help me save my bad memory, and i always take some reminders when there is something important. Now i want to view some of my iPhone reminders from backups, how could i do that?”

Usually we use reminders to help us keep record of our plans which is need to do, and it will reminder us when time is up. And in order to keep them safe, we’ll do some backups. Now here, we’ll show you some ways about how to view iPhone reminders from your backups.

As iTunes and iCloud doesn’t allow us to view iPhone data directly, so we’ll need to restore them firstly. Now when with the help of iRefone, we can view and extract iPhone data directly and selectively from our backups. Also it can help us recover our lost iPhone data even we didn’t do any backup.

Now you can download and install the free trial version to have a try.



View iPhone Reminders from iCloud Backup

Firstly, we’ll see how to view iPhone reminders from iCloud backup selectively, and if you need, you can also restore them without erasing all content and settings.

Step 1. Run iRefone, choose “Recover from iCloud Backup”, and log in it with your Apple ID and password.



Step 2. When log in, we can see your backup files on iCloud. Find the one you need, and click “Download” at the end of the files you need.



Step 3. After downloading, we’ll enter the new interface with many data icon and media icon that iRefone can recover, find and click “Reminder” icon, and it will be scanned by the software.



Step 4. Wait a few seconds for scanning, then you can preview and choose reminders you need, tap on “Recover to PC”, and choose folder path to save them.



View iPhone Reminders from iTunes Backup

Now we’ll see how to view iPhone reminders from iTunes backup directly.

Step 1. Run iRefone, choose “Recover from iTunes Backup”, then all your backup files on iTunes will show up.



Step 2. Then new interface with many data icon and media icon will show up, find and click “Remidner” icon, and it will be scanned by iRefone.



Step 3. Wait a few seconds for scanning, then you can preview reminders you need. If you want to restore them, you can tap on “Recover to PC”.



For more similar issue, you can refer to below link for more information:

Recover Missing iPhone Contacts Name

Sunday 15 October 2017

The Difference Between iPhone 8 and iPhone X

Today we’re going to talk about the difference between iPhone 8 and iPhone X, then when you’re hesitate to make your decision and don’t know which one to buy, you can follow this article and know some difference between iPhone 8 and iPhone X.



Now we’ll see the difference through below several features, read it and have a check.

Price

Firstly, we can notice that the price for iPhone 8 and iPhone X is quite different.

iPhone 8 starts $699, while iPhone X starts $999, which is 300 USD higher. Which is really big difference for most people who don’t have enough budget for a phone.

Design

Then we can see the difference from its appearance that iPhone 8 just looks similar as former iPhone, such as iPhone 7.

While iPhone X removed Touch ID, which is with full screen now, and supports facial recognition.

Also the screen size for iPhone X is much bigger than iPhone 8.

Material of Screen

The screen tech for iPhone X has been improved, which is with OLED now. It makes our iPhone has more deep resolution, and more true color.

While iPhone 8 is still with LCD screen tech, which has been used since iPhone 6 and iPhone 6s.

Camera

Also the rear camera for iPhone 8 and iPhone X is different.

The rear camera for iPhone X can help us do portrait mode, which makes us feel more fan with it. While the rear camera for iPhone 8 is still with seven megapixels.

From those features we can see there are not much main difference between them, so iPhone 8 is a good choice for me. But if you like new design, and which means a lot to your, iPhone X is your best choice.

Tips: when you want to backup your old iPhone data selectively, or you lost some of them occasionally, iRefone can help you with it.

For detailed steps, you can check below article for reference:

Backup Text Messages on iPhone SE

Wednesday 11 October 2017

Duplicate Still Photos from Live Photo on iPad

“My niece use my iPad take many live photos, and some of them are my favorites. But i don’t like live photos, how could i duplicate still photos from live photo on iPad?”

Live photo feature on our iPhone iPad camera is new, and at first, many people would like to try it. But also some people don’t like it, because they take much more storage space, and they’re not actual videos ect. So they would like to duplicate still photos from live photos on iPad. Here, we’ll show you some steps about how to do it.

Duplicate Still Photo from Live Photo on iPad

Now let’s see how to duplicate still photo from live photo on iPad, see below steps.

1.Now open your Photo app on your iPad, and find the live photos you need to transfer them into still ones.

2.Click “Share” button at the left bottom, then there will be several options show up, find and click Duplicate--Duplicate as Still Photo.



3.Then the new created still photo will appear in your camera roll, and you can repeat this process.

Turn Off Live Feature

Also if you don’t like live feature, you can turn it off when you take photos.

Now open your camera, and you can see a image icon with several circle, when it’s with yellow color, tap on it, and turn it with gray color, and it will be turned off.

Then take the photos with your camera, and it will be a still photo.

Tips: when you need to backup your live photo or still photos on your iPhone iPad, or when you want to extract them selectively from your iTunes or iCloud backup, you can also come to iRefone for help.

iRefone is a professional iOS data recovery software, it can recover as well as backup more than 16 kinds of files, including contacts, notes, messages, photos, reminders, calendars, call history, WeChat messages ect.

And for detailed steps, you can refer to below article for checking:

Access Group Messages from iCloud Backup

Sunday 8 October 2017

Sync Photos Between iPhone and Mac

“Photos are my favorites, and i always save some photos on my iPhone and Mac, how could i sync photos between iPhone and Mac? Then i can check those photos both on my iPhone and Mac.”

Usually when we plug our iPhone with Mac, it will pop up options to upload photos to Mac. But what if it doesn’t work? Do you want to know other ways about how to sync your photos between iPhone and Mac? Now see below steps and learn some methods.

Sync Photos Between iPhone and Mac with iCloud Photo Library

iCloud photo library is a great feature that it allows us to view photos between all our iOS device, including iPhone, iPad ,iPod and Mac. And if you want to sync photos between iPhone and Mac with iCloud photos library, firstly you’ll need to set up your iCloud photo library on all your iOS devices.

1.Open your iPhone, connect it with Wifi, and make sure the battery power is enough.

2.Go to Setting--iCloud--Photos, then turn on iCloud Photo option.



3.Also you can see other two options under iCloud Photo, that is Optimize iPhone Storage and Download and Keep Originals.

Optimize iPhone Storage can help us upload our full resolution images to iCloud, also it will replace the photos on our iPhone to take up less storage space.

Download and Keep Originals help us access our full resolution images on iPhone even we don’t have an internet connection.

4.Then you’ll see your photo album renamed “All Photo”, and upload it now.

Sync Photos Between iPhone and Mac with iRefone

Also we can come to third-party iOS data recovery software iRefone for help, it can help us sync photos from iPhone to Mac selectively and easier.

iRefone is a professional iOS data recovery software, it can not only help us recover lost iPhone data, but also help us transfer and backup iPhone data selectively. And it can be compatible with iPhone, iPad and iPod.

Now you can download and install the free trial version to have a try.



Step 1. Run iRefone, connect your iPhone with Mac. Choose “Recover from iOS Device”, and click “Start”.



Step 2. Then we’ll enter the new interface with many data icon and media icon that iRefone can recover, click “Photo” image icon, and it will be scanned by iRefone.



Step 3. Wait a few seconds for scanning, you can preview and choose photos you need to sync, tap on “Recover to PC”, and choose folder path to save them.



For more similar issue, you can check below article for reference:

View Family Photos from iCloud on Mother’s Day