Change the Search Engine Safari uses on the iPhone.

Change the Search Engine Safari uses on the iPhone

Do you want to change which search engine Safari uses on your iPhone? See how easy it is in this video! You can use Google, Yahoo, Bing, and DuckDuckGo (my personal favorite).

Learn how to open a web page in Reader View in Safari.

How to open a web page in Reader View in Safari on the iPhone

Tired of trying to read an article in Safari on the iPhone and you can’t because of all the ads and the way it is formatted? See how to open it up in Reader View to make it easier to read!

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Get more detail from the Weather App on the iPhone

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Did you know you could get more weather detail from the Weather app on the iPhone? Just open the Weather app and go to the location you need more detail on. From there, tap on the Weather Channel icon in the lower left corner. Safari will open to weather.com and you’ll be able to see more weather detail for your selected location.

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How to Load the Desktop Version of a Web Site on an iPhone

Did you know that some Web sites have separate desktop and mobile versions? The reason is in theory each version provides the best browsing experience for its platform. That sounds good in theory, but in some cases, the mobile Web sites sometimes leave out necessary features or hide content. That’s especially annoying if you’re browsing on an iPad, where the desktop site would work fine. If you run across such a site while browsing in Safari on the iPhone or iPad, you can ask for its desktop version. To access the Desktop version, press and hold the Reload button at the right side of the address bar, and then tap Request Desktop Site. If the site allows such a request, as do Wikipedia and the New York Times, the desktop version loads (to read the small text, you may need to pinch out to zoom the page).

Have an iPad? This also works well on the iPad!

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Want to change your Email Signature from “Sent from my iPhone”?

When you use Apple’s Mail app on your iPhone to send email, the default signature is “Sent from my iPhone.” The iPad is not much different as it’s default signature is “Sent from my iPad.” If you’d prefer to change it to something more personal and not advertise the fact you have an iPhone or iPad with every email you send, don’t bother poking around in the Mail app itself. Instead, go to Settings > Mail > Signature, where you can change the signature to anything you like. You can also delete it entirely. If you have multiple email accounts configured, such as one for work and one for home, you can also set a different signature for each of these accounts in the Mail settings.

Have an iPad? This also works well on the iPad!

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