Blurring the background of a photo puts the emphasis on the subject while creating a beautiful in-focus effect. You can use your iPhone’s Portrait Mode to take photos with a blurred background automatically added in. Alternatively, use a photo editing app like Adobe Photoshop Express to blur the background later. This wikiHow shows you how to blur the background of a photo on your

To turn off message notifications on an iPhone, Open Settings → Tap on Notifications → Tap Messages → Toggle “Allow Notifications” to off.

Long exposure photography is perfect for capturing the effects of passing time on a moving subject. When you take a long exposure photo, moving water appears soft and silky, clouds and fog are blurred and dreamy, and lights on the night sky look like shining trails. While your iPhone's camera doesn't have a long exposure capture feature, you can easily recreate a long exposure look by

Want to send animated GIFs from your iPhone? Thanks to the #images feature in Messages, you can search for the perfect GIF right from your iPhone's keyboard! If you also want to send GIFs in apps like Snapchat and WhatsApp, or you can't find what you're looking for in #images, you can try GIPHY, a free GIF search engine that works with just about any app. We'll show you easy ways to

Is the text in your iPhone or iPad's Mail app too large or small? In iOS 13, 14, and 15, you can easily format the text of your emails using the Mail app. In this article, we’ll show you how to adjust the font size in your messages. If you’re interested in adjusting how big the display text looks in the Mail app, we’ll also go through the best ways to do that in iOS 15 versus earlier

Have you been sent a PDF to sign and return? Or do you want to add your signature to that artwork you have in a PDF format? Fortunately, this is easy to do with a built-in tool called Markup! For a more secure e-signature, you can pay a subscription fee to use Adobe Sign. This wikiHow article teaches you how to sign a PDF on an iPhone with Markup and Adobe Sign.

Do you want to make Google Maps the default navigation app on your iPhone? Unfortunately, you cannot directly change the default from Apple Maps to Google Maps. But, there are a few workarounds to make Google Maps a preferred app in most situations. This wikiHow article will show you how to set Gmail and Chrome as default apps and in doing so, make Google Maps the suggested navigation

When you visit a website on your iPhone, your browser will often display a streamlined version designed for mobile viewing. But in some cases, you might prefer to view the full desktop version of the site. By changing a few settings, you can easily switch to desktop mode in iPhone’s built-in browser, Safari. You can also view the desktop version of a website in the iOS version of

Do you need to turn off Silent mode on your iPhone? There are two ways you can do this including using the physical buttons on your phone and creating an AssistiveTouch function. This wikiHow article teaches you how to turn off Silent mode on any iPhone, including iPhone X, 11, 12, and 13.

Are you looking to change the current 9-minute snooze on your iPhone? Since there's no way to edit the default snooze, there are a few simple workarounds that you can try, like setting up multiple alarms. Fortunately, these solutions are super easy to implement. This wikiHow article will show you how you can change the snooze time on your iPhone.