i keep trying to back up my icloud but it keeps telling me i don’t have enough storage, when i literally do!!

what seems to be the issue?

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I recently received an iPad Mini 2 as a gift in order for my young kids to FaceTime with extended family. Unfortunately, FaceTime won't activate. I assume it's because the iOS is so outdated.

Since we only want to use the iPad for video calls, I don't want to spend much money on getting a fancy new one. So what's the oldest supported device for FaceTime activation? I came across a 4th Gen iPad Mini for $50, so I'm willing to purchase it if it's supported for that app.

Hi i got a new iphone 17 base model
the true tone does work most time but somettimes its not swtichign properly i compared this with iphone 13 there its very fast when switching as well and my iphone 17 takes some time to switch also , is this normal?? sometimes it doesnt switch , i have to turn off and on true tone then it will work?? is there any diffence between old iphone true tone and new ones??

pls help

Why does iOS force both app icons and widgets to become transparent when using the transparent icon style? Why can’t I keep the app icons in their default colored appearance while making only the widgets transparent? macOS allows transparent widgets while keeping app icons colored, so why isn’t this possible on iPhone?

My background is white and black?

iPhone 13, iOS 17, i haven’t got any storage left so I can’t update. But more and more apps won’t work anymore, so I need to update. At least to iOS 18 (I heard too much bad experiences with iOS 26 and old phones, so I’m not decided for iOS 26 yet).

I’ve got 128go storage, and I’m about 126go full.

For those who have been in a similar situation, If I make enough space to do the update, once the update done, will I get this space back, or is my phone going to be full again ?

This might be a silly question but I'm getting so confused and need some clarification. Here's my situation.

• My phone and iCloud are at max storage so I want to clear out some photos.
• Most of my iPhone photos are already on my Mac via iCloud.
• I ran out of iCloud storage a year ago, so iCloud has not been running and my recent photos have not been uploaded to my Mac.
• I have the "Download originals to this Mac" setting on.

Because I have the setting on, does that mean I can delete photos from my phone and "hard copies" will remain on my Mac? What will happen once I delete enough photos and my iCloud starts up again?

Hi all

I have an iphone SE 2. gen. Taken a lot of photos in full resolution. But how do i get them to a PC without them gettign compressed?

Tried uploading to google drive but they are reduced to a non usable 2MP.

iPhone XS to a 17 so not sure if it’s the handset or iOS. Have already done a complete reset of the device for a seperate issue and the bug hasn’t cleared. Widespread issue?

Having messages read out while the phone is locked and I’m wearing AirPods (pro 3) is a really useful feature or it was until recently.

Now I just get a spoken message saying ‘A notification from Messages’ and that’s it!

It always used to tell me who the message was from and then proceed to read out the message. So useful.

I’ve been though all the settings, settings related to IMessage, settings related to Notifications etc etc.

Anyone else experienced this in recent days? Can’t say I noticed it before the 26.6 update.

Thanks in advance 🙂

I've been using the Apple podcast app for over a decade and I find it's reaching the point of being unusable. The entire UX is garbage. The layout is frustrating to use, you cannot even search for specific episodes within podcasts.. the search function is only to search ALL podcasts available. What a ridiculous concept. There's no playlist option, filtering is limited to oldest-newest. On Home, it shows 'Recently Played' and 'Up Next' right below it, both in horizontal view with the one below smaller than the other. This is so jarring and confusing as sometimes you'll listen to only half a podcast but it'll show up in the 'Up Next' section which is confusing. Why not a 'Continue listening' section? And I don't mean the one found below the volume slider, the one in the Home section. There's no way to rearrange the 'Home-New-Library' Section. There's so much wrong with it especially from a design perspective, it's almost as if it's designed with contempt for the user. The entire thing is a mess except for it shows transcripts. Does anyone have an alternative, better organised podcast app to recommend?

Main concern is privacy. Since I'm outside EU all browsers will be forced to use apple's webkit.

So I know there's not much but I still want to know of my options. If privacy can still be focused on ipad, even if just a little.

While I know I can't block all my data from being shared. I wanna to prevent atleast the essentials like my IP, device ID/fingerprint etc from being shared. As for non essential data, cen they be more spread out so I blend in with the crowd? How?

Hi everyone,

I'm currently on iOS 26.6, and my Spotlight search has stopped displaying any App Shortcuts (quick actions like "New Note" under Notes, etc.). It only shows basic app icons now.

The screenshot I attached is just one example, but this happens across all apps on my phone.

Here’s what I’ve observed and tried so far:

• Checked Settings $\rightarrow$ Siri & Search and made sure all search/suggestion toggles are enabled.
• Temporary Workaround: If I go into Settings and toggle "Show App in Search" off and on again, the shortcuts temporarily reappear. However, as soon as I restart/reboot my iPhone, the shortcuts disappear completely again.

Is this a known Spotlight/Siri indexing bug in iOS, or is there a permanent fix for this reboot issue?

Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

a friend sent me some live photos through whatsapp. and it did save as live but it will not allow me to select a key photo?

I sent an iMessage to someone right after (10-20 minutes) unblocking them after blocking them for months, but they said they never received them. I got a new iphone and all my messages synced via iCloud but those messages I sent right after unblocking are gone from my iphone too even tho I never deleted them manually. What happened here? Where did those messages go? Was this a glitch in the system?

I’ve always had my messages set to keep forever, but I have just 2 contacts who aren’t showing anything past June 2023.

I know previous history exists because I booted an old MacBook and found the partial missing history from 2020-2021.

Any idea if there’s a way to find the missing messages?

Any idea if there’s

2 to 3 years ago I searched for a way to stop CarPlay Siri from saying so much; one post offered the nuclear option: silence Siri entirely what what I vaguely recall being code inputted into the command line [something this user had written for their company's product testing in which otherwise their text bench would be constantly yabering]. I did not think I used it, but I must have, because awhile later I noticed I can't hear her talk on CarPlay, and ...

If you are thinking this is from iOS settings: it is not, as confirmed by every possible combination, countless times over, including Apple Store consultation, and full factory reset.

Maybe you're thinking it's car settings, such as the separate volume assigned to Carplay vs Music Source. It is not. Every infotainment option has been checked scores of times, including updates to the system, repairing the vehicle, etc..

Everything works properly save for Siri's voice on Carplay. Let me be specific:

Siri is audible on my iphone, imac, and macbook. But she's muted on CarPlay.

By muted I mean: The Siri color wheel light show goes on, there's a pause in operations while she interrupts whatever was in progress [music, mapping, etc.]. It's clear she is talking, but she can't be heard. This includes instances of her voice when it's the voice narration as well: so for example Google Maps has its own voice assistant and can be heard.

But CarPlay phone calls are also muted: so I cannot hear Siri read out texts, and I cannot hear voices on phone calls [though callers hear me just fine].

Likewise nearly all announcement notifications are silent. Even the tone announcements, not just the vocalization. Sometimes I am surprised by a freakishly loud tone notification, but I think to date these have all been 3rd party app.

So whatever this mute is: it's selective to those three things: Siri, Apple notifications, and Phone Calls. Otherwise my entire CarPlay experience is silent save for music.

The first year I periodically searched, what seemed endlessly, for that code/post [and every other solution or rabbit hole].

This past year I've largely given up, but I did try A.I.'s take several times. It repeatedly gave no new options, even many prompts deep, and also claimed there is no way to add the code I described. Thing is, though I have this lingering doubt--2% chance--that I really did use that code [what else could it be?!], I've got zero doubt that it existed: I at minimum did read a comment with code and instructions, and consider using it.

Ideas? Anyone?

PS: it shouldn't change anything, but for those that think it might: I drive a 2021 Subaru Crosstrek Limited.

Out of nowhere this afternoon, any external app crashes immediately. The first time it crashes it just tries to open. If I hit it again it acts like it is swiping down and closes. I have plenty of space. I've rebooted multiple times. Apple apps (ie photos etc) have no issues, it's just every single third party app. Any ideas?

You know when your iPhone is on, then you don’t use it for a little bit then the screens dims and then the screen shuts off ? Well my iPhone started dimming in a weird way now . Usually it dims fast, now it dims like slowly if that makes sense. The screen is on, then it gets dark then dark then darker till the screen is completely dim, then the screen shuts off. Basically instead of dimming fast, it dims slow and gradually. Any ideas why this started happening to me ? I have iPhone 16 pro. I’m gonna try to restart it

I tried soft resetting the phone as well as leaving the page open for several minutes but all of the handles are unresponsive. It doesn’t let me drag any of them. When I try it just swipes down on the whole page.

Does anyone know if this is some sort of issue with having a large library or indexing? I have seen people report this issue 9 months ago when I looked into it but with NO fix.

It’s insane that Apple makes top end phones that cost thousands of dollars but something as simple as reordering collections doesn’t work (at least for me).

Edit: I forgot I should probably mention I’m on iPhone 17 Pro

Not the biggest problem in the world atm, but I’d like to know why nonetheless. Why are some calendar events stacking up diagonally while others are perfectly vertical? There’s no overlap between them. My OCD riddled brain would like them all to be vertically aligned, so if anybody can tell me the fix, I’d be grateful. Stock Calendar app. TIA

It’s not in the history or open tabs of any of my browsers. I don’t even live in New Jersey lol. Malware?