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How to View/Unblock Blocked People on Facebook Using Mobile

Want to find all the people you have blocked in your Facebook account? If so, Facebook keeps a list of all your blocked users, which you can access and use to unblock a user if you want.

RAYMOND OGLESBY @RaymondOglesby2
March 22, 2022

Want to find all the people you have blocked in your Facebook account? If so, Facebook keeps a list of all your blocked users, which you can access and use to unblock a user if you want. Let’s explore how to do this.

This is for mobile phones using Facebook. Screenshots are from iPhone XR

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To check your blocked people list on your iPhone, iPad, or Android phone, we can use the Facebook app.

First, open the Facebook app on your phone. In the app, tap the Hamburger icon (the three horizontal lines). On an iPhone and iPad, the icon is in the bottom right-hand corner. On Android, you will see the icon in the top right-hand corner. Refer to the below image:

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Accessing the Hamburger icon

Next, scroll the Menu screen to the bottom and tap Settings & Privacy. See the below image:

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Accessing Settings & Privacy

Now, in the expanded menu, tap Settings. See the following image:

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Accessing Settings

Next, in the Audience and Visibility section, choose Blocking. Refer to the below image:

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Selecting Blocking option

Now, on the Blocking page, you will now see a list of people you have blocked in your account. To unblock someone, next to their name, tap the Unblock option. See the below image:

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Selecting to unblock a person

Next, on the message that opens, confirm your action by taping Unblock. Continue to unblock others or exit Settings. See the following image:

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Confirming to Unblock a person

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How to Remove a Credit Card from Your Amazon Account on Mobile

If your credit card has expired, or you simply do not wish to use it for Amazon purchases, it’s easy to remove your credit cards as well as any other payment methods from your Amazon account on a mobile phone. Let’s see how this is done.

RAYMOND OGLESBY @RaymondOglesby2
March 10, 2022

If your credit card has expired, or you simply do not wish to use it for Amazon purchases, it’s easy to remove your credit cards as well as any other payment methods from your Amazon account on a mobile phone. Let’s see how this is done.

Note: Keep in mind that removing a payment method does not cancel any open orders that use that payment method.

This is for mobile phones using Amazon. Screenshots are from iPhone XR

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To get rid of an unused payment method from your phone, first, open the Amazon app.

In the Amazon app’s bottom bar, tap the User icon. Refer to the below image:

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Selecting the User icon

Next, scroll down the page to the Your Account section, then tap Your Payments. See the below image:

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Selecting Your Payments option

Now, choose the credit card or any other payment method to remove. See the following image:

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Selecting a credit card to remove

Next, at the top right-hand corner, tap Edit. Refer to the below image:

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Selecting to Edit the credit card

Now, scroll the Edit Payment Method page to the bottom then tap Remove From Wallet. See the below image:

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Selecting to remove the credit card

Next, tap Confirm in the Remove Confirmation prompt. See the following image:

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Confirm your removal

And Amazon has now removed your selected payment method.

You may want to check Google Chrome as well if you have saved an expired or unwanted credit card there.

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It’s Not Necessary to Close iPhone Apps

If you are constantly closing apps on your iPhone while attempting to speed things up or save battery life, you are doing the opposite and making your iPhone perform worse.

RAYMOND OGLESBY @RaymondOglesby2
March 9, 2022

If you are constantly closing apps on your iPhone while attempting to speed things up or save battery life, you are doing the opposite and making your iPhone perform worse. Let’s explore why.

This is for the iPhone

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iPhone and Resources

If you are like us, you might be familiar with how apps run on a Mac or a Windows PC. On those platforms, if an application is running in the background, it can still be using up CPU cycles or taking up RAM. Conventional wisdom says that closing those programs will make your Mac or PC perform better. Refer to the below image:

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iPhone Multitasking

On an iPhone, things work differently. When you switch away from an app, the app enters a suspended state, and iOS automatically frees up CPU cycles and RAM that were devoted to running the app. iPhone’s automatic resource management is so good that you never need to worry about an app paused in the background slowing down the app you are using in the foreground. On our iOS 15.2, we have 237 apps running in the background with no problems.

Officially, Apple says “You should close an app only if it’s unresponsive.”

Re-launching Apps Hurts the System

In fact, when you force an app to close on your iPhone, it will not only slow down your app experience but will also use up more battery life. That’s because, once an app is closed completely, it needs to re-launch and reload all of its resources the next time you open the app. That takes extra CPU power, which uses up your battery faster. Re-launching a completely closed app is also slower than switching quickly to a suspended app.

So, instead of increasing performance and saving battery life, regularly closing apps on iPhone will actually do exactly the opposite.

There is one exception. Sometimes a background app can check for new information. If that app is programmed improperly, it might use more battery life than usual. If an app is abusing its resources in the background, you might see evidence of it in the Battery section of the Settings app. In that case, do not force-close. Instead, you can disable Background App Refresh in Settings. Head to:

Settings > General > Background App Refresh

Here, you can turn it off on an app basis.

When to Close Apps

Despite everything we just wrote, there are still a few legitimate reasons you might need to force-close an iPhone app. If an app stops responding or is not working properly, it’s a good idea to bring up the App Switcher and close the app completely. To do so, you will need to perform a different action depending on the type of iPhone you have:

  • On iPhone X or later: Swipe upward from the bottom of the screen toward the middle of the screen, then lift your finger.
  • On iPhones with Home buttons: Double-press the Home button located below the screen.

When the App Switcher opens, you will see thumbnails of apps that are suspended in the background. To force-close an app, swipe its thumbnail upward, off the screen. See the below image:

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Force-close an app by swiping it up

When the app disappears, the app has been completely closed. The next time you tap its icon, it will re-launch itself.

Even though Apple allows you to force-close apps in this manner, doing so should be a very rare occurrence. iOS takes care of multitasking in an efficient way. 

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How to Make a Shareable Facebook Post

If you are the type of person who often makes long, informative posts on Facebook, you have probably gotten the request, “Can you make this shareable?

RAYMOND OGLESBY @RaymondOglesby2
March 8, 2022

If you are the type of person who often makes long, informative posts on Facebook, you have probably gotten the request, “Can you make this shareable?

This is for mobile devices. Screenshots are from iPhone XR

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Facebook’s sharing feature is a great way to allow users to spread posts, in their entirety, from the original source, instead of just reposting.

Make Individual Post Shareable

First, find the post you want to make shareable and click the three dots (the Menu icon) in the upper right-hand corner. Refer to the below image:

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Accessing the menu

Next, in the pop-up menu, tap Edit Privacy. See the below image:

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Accessing Edit Privacy option

Now, in the Edit Privacy menu, tap the checkbox next to Public, then tap Done. See the below image:

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Set Privacy to Public

And you are all set. Your friends and followers will now see a Share button beneath your post. They can click this button to share your post wherever they want.

You will have to repeat this process for each post you want to make shareable.

Make All Posts Shareable

You can make all posts sharable when creating a post by tapping on the Select Audience button. Refer to the below image:

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AccessingSelect Audience

Next, in the Edit Audience menu. select Public, then tap Done. See the below image:

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Selecting Audience to Public

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How to Set Facebook’s Dark Mode on iPhone

Facebook’s dark mode on iPhone turns your entire social media experience dark, giving profiles, pages, newsfeeds, and everything else, a sleek appearance.

RAYMOND OGLESBY @RaymondOglesby2
JMarch 3, 2022

Facebook’s dark mode on iPhone turns your entire social media experience dark, giving profiles, pages, newsfeeds, and everything else, a sleek appearance. Let’s explore how to set this feature.

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First, launch the Facebook app on your phone.

Next, in the app’s bottom bar, tap the hamburger Menu icon (the three horizontal lines icon). Refer to the below image:

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Accessing the Menu

Now, on the Menu page, in the top-right corner, tap Settings & Privacy (the gear icon). See the below image:

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Accessing Menu Settings

Next, on the Settings & Privacy page, from the Preferences section, select Dark Mode. See the following image:

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Accessing Dark Mode option

Now, a Dark Mode page will open. Here, you have various ways to control the mode:

  • On: Enable this option to activate dark mode in the Facebook app.
  • Off: Turn off dark mode with this option.
  • System: This option uses your phone’s default mode, which means if you have enabled dark mode on your iPhone, the Facebook app will also use dark mode. The same applies to light mode.

Refer to the below image:

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Enabling Dark Mode

And instantly, the Facebook app will turn dark. See the below image where we have the dark mode set to System. See the below image:

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Your Facebook in Dark Mode

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Zig Ziglar

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How to Find iPhone’s Hidden Photos

Did you hide some photos on your iPhone but you are not sure where those photos are? It’s easy to see those hidden photos on an iPhone.

RAYMOND OGLESBY @RaymondOglesby2
March 2, 2022

Did you hide some photos on your iPhone but you are not sure where those photos are? It’s easy to see those hidden photos on an iPhone. Let’s explore how this is done.

Note: Respect other people’s privacy when using this knowledge, as they have their own reasons for hiding photos on their iPhones.

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View iPhone’s Hidden Photos

To view your hidden photos, first, launch the Photos app on your iPhone. At the bottom of the Photos app, tap Albums. Refer to the below image:

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Accessing photo Albums

Next, on the Albums page, scroll down to the bottom. There, in the Other Albums section, tap Hidden.

On certain iOS versions, the Hidden album is located in the Utilities section as shown below.

Note: If you do not see the Hidden album option, the album itself might be hidden. To enable it, follow the steps in the section below.

See the below image:

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Accessing the Hidden option

Now, the Hidden album screen shows all your hidden photos and videos. If none is displayed, you have no hidden photos or videos. See the following image:

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Selecting a hidden photo

Next, to unhide a photo or video, tap that item on the list. When the item opens in full-screen, in the bottom left-hand corner, tap the Share icon. Refer to the below image:

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Accessing the Share icon

Now, in the Share menu, tap Unhide. See the below image:

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Unhide your photo

Next, your selected photo or video is now visible to everyone in Photos.

If you are not finding the photos you were looking for, consider trying to recover deleted photos on your iPhone or iPad.

Enable the Hidden Album

On iOS 14 and later, you can turn off the Hidden album in the Photos app. To re-enable that album, you will have to change an option in your iPhone’s Settings.

To do so, first, open the Settings app on your iPhone and tap Photos. See the following image:

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Accessing Photos

Next, toggle the Hidden Album option to ON. Refer to the below image:

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Enable Hidden Album option

Now, your album is now visible in the Photos app, and you can access your hidden photo(s).

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How to Drag and Drop Browser Links to Desktop

In four major browsers; Chrome, Edge, Firefox, and Safari; on Windows, Mac, and Linux, you can easily drag and drop a shortcut link to a website straight to your desktop.

RAYMOND OGLESBY @RaymondOglesby2
JMarch 1, 2022

In four major browsers; Chrome, Edge, Firefox, and Safari; on Windows, Mac, and Linux, you can easily drag and drop a shortcut link to a website straight to your desktop. Let’s see how easily this is done.

This is for PCs, Macs, and web browsers. Screenshots are from Windows 10

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Create Shortcut Using Chrome, Edge, and Firefox

To create a desktop web shortcut, first open a Chrome, Edge, or Firefox browser window and navigate to the site you want to create a shortcut from. In the address bar at the top of the window, click and drag the Padlock icon (located to the left of the address) out of the browser window, or drag and drop the URL address onto your desktop. Refer to the below image:

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Drag to create a shortcut on the desktop

Next, as soon as you click and drag, you will see the title or address of the website besides your pointer. When you are hovering over the desktop, release your mouse button, and a shortcut icon will be created. To use the shortcut, double-click it at any time, and the site will open in your default browser.

This shortcut does not have to stay on your desktop either; you can move it to any folder on your PC.

Create Shortcut Using Safari on Mac

To make a desktop web shortcut on a Mac, first, open a Safari browser window and navigate to the site you want to create a shortcut to.

Next, in that window, hover your mouse cursor over the address bar at the top of the window, and a small Plus (“+”) icon will appear on the far left side. Click and drag the Plus icon onto your desktop and release your mouse or trackpad button. A shortcut icon will appear. See the below image:

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Drag to create a shortcut on Mac

Now, you can double-click the shortcut icon, and your default browser app will open and automatically load the website stored in the link.

By the way, this is not the only drag-and-drop trick you can do with browsers. Most browsers also allow you to drag tabs between open windows of the same browser.

How to Drag Tabs Between Browser Windows

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If you learn from defeat, you haven’t really lost.

Zig Ziglar

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How to Block iPhone Text Message Notifications from Unknown Senders

Even if you are already filtering unknown senders in Messages on iPhone, you still might see notifications every time you get a text from an unknown number. To stop that and silence the annoying notifications, you will need to make a change in Settings.

RAYMOND OGLESBY @RaymondOglesby2
February 24, 2022

Even if you are already filtering unknown senders in Messages on iPhone, you still might see notifications every time you get a text from an unknown number. To stop that and silence the annoying notifications, you will need to make a change in Settings. Let’s explore how to do this.

This is for the iPhone. Screenshots are from iPhone XR

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First, open Settings (the grey gear icon, usually on your Home Screen). Refer to the below image:

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Accessing Settings

Next, on Settings, scroll down and tap Notifications. See the below image:

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Accessing Notifications

Now, in Notifications, tap Messages. See the following image:

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Accessing Messages

Next, in Messages notification settings, scroll down to the very bottom and tap Customize Notifications. Refer to the below image:

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Selecting Customize Notifications

Now, in Customize Notifications, flip the toggle beside Unknown Senders to the OFF position. See the below image:

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Disable Unknown Senders

Next, exit Settings. Now, we want to enable Filter Unknown Senders. Head to:

Settings > Messages > Filter Unknown Senders

and flip the toggle to ON. See the following image:

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Enable Filter Unknown Senders

Now, you will no longer receive notifications when unknown senders text you.

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Jack Welch

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How to Locate Downloaded Files on iPhone or iPad

If you have downloaded files to your iPhone or iPad, accessing them might be confusing. There’s a special folder where iOS and iPadOS store downloads, and you can find it via the Files app.

RAYMOND OGLESBY @RaymondOglesby2
February 23, 2022

If you have downloaded files to your iPhone or iPad, accessing them might be confusing. There’s a special folder where iOS and iPadOS store downloads, and you can find it via the Files app. Let’s find out how to locate downloaded files.

This is for the iPhone and iPad. Screenshots are from iPhone XR

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First, locate the Files app on your iPhone or iPad. The quickest way to do this is with Spotlight Search. Swipe one finger down from the middle of the Home screen, and then type Files. In the search results, then tap the Files icon. Refer to the below image:

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Locating the Files app

Next, select the Browse tab at the bottom. See the below image:

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Accessing the Browse tab

Now, tap On My iPhone or On My iPad, depending on which device you are using. The list under Locations will vary depending on which apps you have installed, but your device will always have an On My [Device] listing. See the following image:

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Selecting On My iPhone option

Next, you will see a list of folders which will vary depending on what apps you have installed. Generally, most people save files to the Downloads folder, so tap this folder. Refer to the below image:

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Selecting the Downloads folder

Now, you will see a list of all the files you have downloaded. During the download process, you can save a file to a folder other than Downloads. If you do not see the file you are looking for, tap the Back arrow at the upper left-hand corner, and then tap another folder. See the below image:

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Selecting a downloaded image

Next, once you locate the file you want, you can tap it to preview it, or tap and hold it to open a pop-up menu. Then, you can move, copy, or rename the file, along with other operations. See the following image:

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The image options

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Beware of geeks bearing formulas.

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How to Stop Websites Asking For Your Location in Safari

Websites in Safari often bug you to let them access your location services to detect where you are. You can turn off those prompts on iPhone and iPad and even prevent the browser from accessing location services altogether.

RAYMOND OGLESBY @RaymondOglesby2
February 22, 2022

Websites in Safari often bug you to let them access your location services to detect where you are. You can turn off those prompts on iPhone and iPad and even prevent the browser from accessing location services altogether. Let’s explore this feature.

This is for iPhone and iPad using Safari. Screenshots are from iPhone XR

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Disable Location Requests in Safari

First, open the Settings app on your iPhone or iPad, then scroll down and select Safari. Refer to the below image:

Location 1
Accessing Safari

Next, scroll down till you see the Settings For Websites section then tap on Location See the below image:

Location 2
Accessing Location

Now, select Deny. See the following image:

Location 3
Disable using Safari Location

Next, Safari will automatically block websites from pushing those prompts that ask for your location.

Disable Location Services in Safari

If you want to prevent Safari from accessing location services entirely for all websites, you can disable its access.

Note: Keep in mind that you will not get to use your iPhone’s location at all in Safari. You may want instead to disable precise location services and allow apps to see only your approximate location.

First, open the Settings app on your iPhone or iPad and select Privacy. Refer to the below image:

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Accessing Privacy

Next, tap Location Services. See the below image:

Location 5
Accessing Location Services

Now, select Safari Websites. See the following image:

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Accessing Safari Websites

Next, select the Never option under the Allow Location Access. Refer to the below image:

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Disable Safari Websites

After disabling this, websites will not get to use location services in Safari on your iPhone or iPad.

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Do more than you are being paid to do, and you’ll eventually be paid more for what you do.

Zig Ziglar

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