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Question from Carol: Hi, Rick. I hope you’re doing well. I need your help with a problem I’m having if you don’t mind.
I had a stroke a little over a year ago and it affected my eyesight. My recovery went well and I’m doing a lot better, but I still don’t see nearly as well as I used to.
One of the biggest problems I have is reading the text on my iPhone. It would help a lot if I could make the letters bigger.
Can you tell me if that’s possible and how to change it if it is? [Read more…]
Have you ever desperately needed to make a voice call with your iPhone, but the cellular signal at your location was so poor that the call wouldn’t go through?
Most of us have at one time or another, and it’s frustrating to say the least.
The next time that happens, check to see if there’s a WiFi network available that you can (safely) access.
If so, you might be able to enable WiFi Calling on your iPhone and place your call over the Internet. [Read more…]
Do you have a phone? If you do (and who doesn’t these days) it’s a good bet that you receive a robocall every now and then.
Even worse, if you’re one of the unlucky folks whose number has found its way onto an active caller list you probably receive several of these irritating calls per day!
Robocalls are incredibly frustrating because there’s really very little you can do to prevent them from coming in, but you can manage them and prevent them from causing you a bunch of grief.
Question from Debby: A couple of months ago I bought my first smartphone.
I absolutely love it, but I got a huge bill yesterday because they said I went over my monthly data allotment by several gigabytes.
I do watch a lot of videos every day, but I didn’t realize it would cause me to be charged extra.
My daughter said I need to use Wi-Fi instead of cellular data but I don’t want to get hit with a big bill for that too. She said using Wi-Fi is free, but I want to be sure since I can’t afford another huge bill.
So will I be charged extra if I use Wi-Fi to watch my videos? [Read more…]
Like most households these days, yours probably has one or more old smartphones and/or tablets that were retired to a junk drawer after upgrading to a new device.
Well, here’s a little tip for putting those outdated, but completely functional devices to good use… [Read more…]