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It’s easy to add email accounts, such as iCloud, Google, Yahoo, or Outlook.com, to an iOS device. However, what if you have a self-hosted email account with a custom domain? No worries. That’s just as easy.

The Safari web browser likes showing the websites you frequently visit when you open it. On an iPhone or iPad, it shows “frequently visited sites.” On a Mac, it shows your “top sites.” You can disable this to prevent your browser from advertising ...

Apple wants to keep your iPhone and iPad up-to-date. But you may want to go back to an older operating system. This is especially true if you’re trying out a beta version of iOS on your iPhone or iPad.

When a new stable version of iOS comes out, it’s usually only possible to downgrade back to the old version for a few days, although there’s a trick you can use. It’s easier to downgrade to the current stable version if you’re trying out ...

AirDroid for Android replaces your USB cable for connecting to your PC. Transfer files back and forth, send text messages, play music, view your photos, and manage applications using a web browser or a desktop client.

AirDroid is free. It functions as a web server, allowing your Android device and your computer to communicate over the network. Getting Started

Apple just opened iOS up a little bit. It’s now possible to sideload open-source apps — emulators, for example — onto an iPhone or iPad without paying $99 per year for a developer license.

But the doors have just opened a crack. iOS still doesn’t offer the full sideloading support Windows 10 and Android do without jailbreaking. But you can now install open-source apps like the GBA4iOS emulator, even if Apple won’t allow them on ...

You’re trying to find that certain picture someone sent you a while back and you can’t remember who it was. Instead of sifting through all your text messages from everyone who could have sent you the picture, why not extract all images from your text messages?

The free “Save MMS” app does exactly that. Go to the Play store and search for “save mms”, install the “Save MMS” app, then go to the App Drawer and run the app.