Scam guides
Plain-English guides to phone and text scams: how they work, the red flags, and exactly what to do.
How to See Location History on Your Own Google Account
Google Timeline now lives on your phone, not the web. How to open it, back it up, find out what happened to old history, and delete or export it.
How to Set Up Focus Modes on iPhone
Set up Do Not Disturb, Sleep, Work and custom Focus modes, choose who gets through, automate them and stop calls sneaking past.
How to Recover a Hacked Facebook Account
The official route back in, what to do when the hacker changed your email and phone, and how to lock the account down so it doesn't happen again.
How to Find Your Car in a Parking Lot
Use Apple Maps, Google Maps, your car's app or a tracker to find where you parked, and the photo habit that beats GPS in multistorey car parks.
How to Read a Phone Bill’s Call Details
What every column on an itemised bill means, how to spot premium texts and third-party charges, how to block them, and how to dispute a charge.
How to See Cleared Notifications on iPhone
iPhone keeps no log of cleared notifications, but the message, call or order behind them is usually still findable. Here's where to look.
How to Back Up Your Signal Chats
Signal skips your phone's normal backup. Here is how Secure Backups, on-device backups and phone-to-phone transfer work, and why the recovery key matters.
How to Stop Photos From Filling Your Storage
The camera, chat-app and clean-up settings that stop photos and videos eating your phone's storage, plus a ten-minute monthly routine.
How to Screen Record a Video Call
Record Zoom, Teams, Meet, FaceTime and WhatsApp calls with consent, know what each method captures, and fix silent or black recordings.
How to Find Lost AirPods or Earbuds
Find missing AirPods, Galaxy Buds or Pixel Buds: ring each earbud, locate the case, read the map correctly and know what to do if one is gone for good.