Author: Jesse Hollington

Since the release of iOS 6.0 last fall, Apple has gradually begun changing the rules for in-app advertising and device identification, transitioning developers to a new “Advertising Identifier” in place of the older, permanent Universal Device Ide…

If you’re an iTunes Match user, you may be happy to know that with yesterday’s release of iOS 6.1, Apple has returned the ability to not only download individual tracks from iCloud on-demand, but also to manually remove specific tracks or even ent…

Q: iOS users now have the ability to set their alarms and wake up to a song on their iPhone or iPod touch. Selecting a song is very easy, but how do you remove a song from the list of songs on the alarm menu? – Curtis A: Unfortunately, the short answe…

Apple yesterday released iOS 6.1 for the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad, citing only a few relatively minor new features and fixes. The update primarily includes expanded LTE support for specific iPhone and iPad models, Siri and iTunes Match improvements…

Q: I have just upgraded from an iPhone 4 of over 2-1/2 years to a new iPhone 5. I chose to use iTunes to transfer my data across to the new iPhone 5. Once I had completed the process, I noted that NONE of my apps had transferred across to the new phon…

Siri can be a very useful virtual assistant, but unfortunately its reliance on Apple’s servers to translate your requests means that it doesn’t always work when you’re on the fringes of network coverage or moving between a Wi-Fi and cellular net…

Native Union this year was showing off new and improved versions of its Gripster iPad case along with Switch, its new rechargeable, portable Bluetooth speaker.

The latest edition of iLounge Weekly, our weekly newsletter covering all things iLounge, will be arriving in subscribers’ inboxes early next week. iLounge Weekly is a summary of the week’s best news, reviews, and feature articles we’ve published…

With over 1,300 votes from iLounge readers, our most recent poll—“What is your favorite new feature in iTunes 11?”—has ended. Readers were asked what feature they liked most—if any—about Apple’s latest iTunes release. A significant 48 pe…

The latest edition of iLounge Weekly, our weekly newsletter covering all things iLounge, will be arriving in subscribers’ inboxes early next week. iLounge Weekly is a summary of the week’s best news, reviews, and feature articles we’ve published…

Q: I currently have a music library working on a laptop with an external hard drive. The hard drive stores the music I enjoy on an iPod classic. I would like to start a separate library of classical music to be used on another iPod classic. Can I use …

Google has released an update to its YouTube app for iOS adding support for the larger display on the iPhone 5 as well as a native iPad user interface. The new version also provides direct support for streaming videos via AirPlay without requiring Air…

Apple has released a set of updates to its iWork apps for iOS devices, adding improved compatibility with iWork for OS X and Microsoft Office documents. Pages 1.7 adds the ability to use change tracking to collaborate on documents while Numbers 1.7 ad…

Q: I manually manage all of my music, especially as it goes to my iPhone. It used to be that when looking at “Music”—either for stuff in my library on my computer, or the “Music” section of my iPhone—iTunes would tell me the total number o…

By now most iPhone, iPad and iPod touch users are probably aware that you can configure a four-digit passcode on your device to protect it from unauthorized access. For more security-conscious users, however, iOS also provides the ability to use a lon…

Although Apple’s portable media devices have always been renowned for their ease-of-use, the unfortunate reality is that like any other electronic device, sometimes things don’t work quite the way that they should. These problems can be caused by …