THE FIELD GUIDE / 18 GUIDES

iPhone & iOS

Make everyday settings work for you.

Illustrative iPhone, charging cable and photographs on a warm stone desk

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Before you clear space, know what you’re deleting

A practical order for reclaiming iPhone storage without treating your photo library as disposable.

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5 GUIDES

Space, power & connections

Understand capacity and hardware before replacing something.

iPhone & iOS

Before you clear space, know what you’re deleting

A practical order for reclaiming iPhone storage without treating your photo library as disposable.

7 min read · obi

iPhone & iOS

Offload, delete or remove download?

Three similar-looking actions, three very different effects on your data.

5 min read · obi

iPhone & iOS

Battery care without the charging myths

Focus on temperature, charging behavior and evidence before changing your routine.

5 min read · Luce

iPhone & iOS

Why a cable can charge a device but fail to move files

Connector shape is only one part of a connection.

4 min read · Luce

iPhone & iOS

The 2023 iPhone 15 USB-C change, explained for a mixed drawer of cables

The connector changed across the range. Data capability still depended on the model and cable.

4 min read · Luce

6 GUIDES

Everyday routines

Small workflows for attention, travel and household tasks.

iPhone & iOS

Build a Focus that lets the right people through

A small permission list is easier to understand than a complicated silence rule.

4 min read · magic

iPhone & iOS

A quieter iPhone without missing the useful alerts

Sort notifications by what you need to do, not by how loudly an app asks.

4 min read · magic

iPhone & iOS

Your first useful Shortcut: a small packing checklist

Build a manual workflow you can inspect before trusting it with anything more consequential.

5 min read · obi

iPhone & iOS

Prepare offline Maps for the part of the trip without signal

Download the route area, test the destination and keep the limitations visible.

5 min read · Luce

iPhone & iOS

Set Screen Time limits with exceptions you understand

Separate a pause in entertainment from access to communication and essential tasks.

5 min read · obi

iPhone & iOS

The 2023 grocery-list change: organize the shop before you reach the aisle

Use Reminders' automatic sections as a starting point, then adapt the list to the way you shop.

5 min read · obi

4 GUIDES

A more usable interface

Make the screen and controls fit the task.

iPhone & iOS

Make an iPhone easier to read and easier to touch

Change one source of friction at a time, then test the task you were struggling with.

4 min read · magic

iPhone & iOS

The iOS 16 Lock Screen: a useful idea from 2022

Use the customizable Lock Screen as a small information surface, not a second Home Screen.

4 min read · magic

iPhone & iOS

What iOS 18 changed in 2024: a Control Center organized by task

Use groups and control sizes to reduce hunting, not to display every available switch.

4 min read · magic

iPhone & iOS

What iOS 18 changed in 2024: arrange a Home Screen around actions

Use flexible placement and appearance choices to make the important apps easier to recognize.

5 min read · magic

2 GUIDES

Language & spoken input

Move carefully between speech, text and languages.

iPhone & iOS

From a voice memo to a usable working note

Keep the recording, check the words and make edits without losing the original thought.

5 min read · jean

iPhone & iOS

The useful 2022 change in Live Text: pause a video and read it

Extract a small piece of visible text, then verify the characters that matter.

5 min read · jean

1 GUIDES

Privacy & ongoing relationships

Review access as your use of a service changes.

iPhone & iOS

What Safari Profiles added in 2023: a boundary between browsing tasks

Separate research and personal sessions while keeping the limits of that separation clear.

5 min read · obi

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