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Helpful Tips, Tricks, and How Tos for New iPhone Owners

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Did you get a new iPhone 11, 11 Pro, or 11 Pro Max for the holidays? If so, make sure to take some time to browse through this article, which is packed with helpful tips, tricks, and guides for the iPhone 11, 11 Pro, 11 Pro Max, and earlier iPhone models.

Whether you're new to iPhone or have upgraded to a new model, there's likely to be something in here for you. There are hundreds of features and hidden tricks available on the iPhone, so it can be easy to forget the full range of what the iPhone can do.

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Below, we've rounded up our most useful iPhone-related how tos and tutorials, both for general iPhone usage and for getting used to iOS 13.

Tips for Beginners
Using iOS 13
For iPhone 11 and 11 Pro Owners
Must-Read Security Tutorials
Hidden Tricks
In-Depth Guides

We have in-depth guides on many of the features found on the iPhone as well as Apple's services and iOS features, so make sure to check those out if there's a particular aspect of the iPhone that you're interested in learning more about.Selling Your Old iPhone

If you're planning to sell or give away your old iPhone now that you have a new model, make sure to check out our detailed guide on how to cleanly erase your old devices to get rid of all your data.

Videos

Over on our YouTube channel, we've shared quite a few videos filled with useful tips and tricks related to the iPhone, all of which are well worth watching to get acquainted with features you might not know about or might have forgotten. We've also got some great comparison videos comparing the cameras of various smartphones.










More Info

Know a super useful iPhone tip that other MacRumors readers might not be aware of? Make sure to share it in the comments below.

For more info on Apple's latest iPhones, and the iOS 13 operating system, make sure to check out our detailed roundups: iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, iPhone 11 Pro Max, and iOS 13.

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If it were me the tips would start off…

Tip #1 - Get AppleCare before taking it out of the box
Tip #2 - Get full insurance coverage before taking it out of the box
Tip #3 - Get a protective cover before taking it out of the box
Tip #4 - Put the cover on the phone as the first thing you do (you will drop it - it only a matter of when)
 
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How do you copy a photo from a Mac to an iPhone? I am running High Sierra.

For example, I have a photo on my Mac's desktop and I want to copy this to my iPhone. Drag-and-drop.

I tried to drag-and-drop the photo when the iPhone is connected to Photos. It doesn't work.

I can't do it through iTunes.

Currently, when I take a picture with the iPhone it show's up in Photos on the Mac through iTunes. But, if I edit the photo on the iPhone it does not update it in Photos.

If I edit a picture on my Mac, how do I copy this picture to the iPhone?
 
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How do you copy a photo from a Mac to an iPhone? I am running High Sierra.
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I use AirDrop.

1) Enable AirDrop on both your iPhone and Mac.

2) Control-click your photo's icon in the Mac's finder and then select Share -> AirDrop. That will bring up a menu where you can select your iPhone. Make that selection and the photo will then be sent to your iPhone's Photos library.

As an aside, some macOS apps, such as Preview for example, will let you AirDrop a displayed photo from within the app using the Sharing icon in the app's menu bar.
 
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How do you copy a photo from a Mac to an iPhone? I am running High Sierra.
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- Consider updating to Mojave. There is no reason not to, as long as your hardware is capable of it.
- If your photo is on the iMac-desktop it is also in the "Desktop"-folder on your iPhone (look into the "Files-App"!)
- You can use AirDrop to push files to another device in your vicinity over the air (no need to be both your devices, it also works with friend's Apple devices nearby, even with strangers).
- Do NOT store photos outside the "Photos-App" i.e. somewhere in the filesystem. Virtually all programs (on macOS) and Apps (on iOS) that are capable of manipulating photos and are also capable to open and save them straight out/into the Photos-App - no need for silly Windows-like file-pushing throughout the filesystem. The Photos-App takes care that all devices are synchronized.
- iTunes is JUST for music anymore. Do NOT force/expect it to do things it isn't intended for (anymore).
 
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The tip I need is to get my new XR (and my mac mini) to stop constantly asking for an iCloud password I lost ages ago. They're both logged in to my new account, but won't let me log out of the old one without the password...the password I don't have :rolleyes:
 
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