Mini Cooper automobiles have the option to be fully configured to a geek/techie’s liking. One feature they offer is the Mini Connected add-on, this lets you connect your smartphone or media player via Bluetooth or USB to access the media and other features. I’ll outline how to pair a bluetooth phone to your Mini Connected system and also enable the Office feature (if your phone supports them).

Switching the default search engine in Safari is one of the most common frequent configuration changes that iPhone and iPad users make.

Setting your iOS device to DFU mode forces it to connect to iTunes without loading operating system or the boot loader.

Many users wish that Apple would granted them the ability to hide stock applications without the need to jailbreak. By visiting a special website, this is possible.

In the latest version of iOS, users are able to rotate, remove red-eye, crop, and perform one-click auto enhance of their pictures.

The Newsstand app is annoying to some users. Although many people never use this application, Apple does not give you the option of hiding the app. By following these steps, you can hide this app even without jailbreaking your iPhone.

Apple’s iCloud services allow you to back up your phone’s settings and restore them with each phone wipe. However, if you share the same SIM card between multiple devices, it makes sense to keep a copy of your contacts on your SIM card. These steps are also required if you are moving your contacts from [...]

With retina-enabled graphics, many apps are growing in size. Figuring out which applications are consuming space on your iPad or iPhone can be accomplished by following the steps in this tutorial.

Apple provides the first 5GB of iCloud storage for free. That may be enough if you are using your Apple ID on only one device. If you have more devices linked or if you just have a lot of data, you will need to consider increasing your amount of iCloud storage.

The default view on the iBooks animation is known as Book and is intended to simulate turning through the pages of an actual book. However, some people have problems with it freezing and making the iBooks app frustrating. By following these instructions, you can change the animation to scrolling instead. This loads the entire book [...]