iPhone Background Sounds Keep Stopping? 6 Fixes
Stop Sounds When Locked sits at the bottom of the screen and does exactly the wrong thing for sleeping. Plus a repeating timer, ducking, and one unfixed case.
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Talk to Siri Greyed Out on iPhone? One Restriction
Screen Time greys the row, and the section that holds it was renamed from Allowed Apps to Intelligence and Siri, which is why old advice misses it.
iPhone Screenshots Not Saving to Photos? What Changed
The preview is full screen now, and the X on it cancels the shot rather than closing the preview. Plus the filter that hides screenshots you did save.
iPhone Medication Reminders Not Working? 6 Fixes
Critical Alerts is hidden until Follow Up Reminders is on, and it is the only setting that sounds through a Focus or a muted phone. Five more causes.
iPhone Tapback Not Working? Why It Arrives as Words
Apple lists Tapbacks for iMessage and for neither RCS nor SMS, so a green bubble turns a heart into a sentence. Sorted by what you are actually seeing.
iPhone Photos Search Dead and Indexing Your Library?
Indexing only runs while the iPhone is locked and on power, and Apple only says so on a page about the Duplicates album. What that means for you.
Unable to Add Recovery Contact on iPhone? 7 Fixes
The alert blames iMessage, but the check runs on the exact detail you tapped. Pick their email instead of their number, and clear six other blockers.
Ask to Buy Requests Not Coming Through? 7 Fixes
An expired card on the organizer account stops the requests, even for free apps, and that is on no Apple page. Six more causes that are.
Billing Problem With a Previous Purchase? 6 Steps
It means an unpaid balance, and it blocks free downloads too. Six steps in Apple order, starting with how to find the actual amount you owe.
iMessage Background Not Showing or Changing? 6 Answers
A conversation background belongs to the conversation, not to you, so anyone in the chat can change it for everyone. Apple says so in two notes nobody reads.