On/around 20July2024, I found this app Anytrans that lets me copy music, pictures, and videos between my iPhone and MacBook or PC.  I bought the family option (lets me load the app on 5 PC/Macs and unlimited iPhone/iPad devices).

The app is AnyTrans and it's available on https://www.imobie.com/anytrans/; they also offer other apps for Android phones, and more.
They offer an educational discount.

You want to offload all pictures and videos from the iPhone to the MacBook or iMac.
It is fastest to copy the pictures to the Macbook/iMac first. Then you can copy them to a memory stick (thumb drive) or similar.

1. Create a directory to store them.
   1. Maybe in the Pictures directory (or a shared directory, but remember where, you'll need it later)
   2. Name using datecode and whose phone info
      1. For example: 20201021 Eunice iPhone
2. Connect the iPhone to the Macbook/iMac using a standard Lightning USB cable
3. Authenticate: Use finger or unlock code (password).
   1. Need to do on iPhone and also on Macbook/iMac
   2. You may need to do this several times
4. Run application Image Capture
   1. Press Command-spacebar, type capture, and double click on image capture.app
      1. The ⌘ key is the Command key
5. See: the iPhone is listed under Devices
6. Go to Import To: and select the directory you just created
7. Import All

This may very well take some time but you see a dialog showing the progress.
Note that after the copy, the files may not be accessible from other computers.  It turns out this is likely a permissions issue.  To solve this, do some or all of the following, using Terminal on the iMac/MacBook.

• Change permissions for the directory. If it is Shared/XXX then cd Shared; chmod 777 XXX
  • I did this and it wasn't enough
• Change permissions for the files in the directory: cd XXX; chmod 666 *
  • Access worked right after doing this. This may be all that's needed?

Digested from 20231209 conversation with Apple rep in store.

You have a number of songs on your MacBook that you want to put on the iPhone.  You don't want to sync all songs, you only want to transfer a number of them.

1. Import songs into Music app.
   1. Command-O
   2. Select songs
   3. import
2. Still in Music app, select songs to be sent to iPhone
3. Sync [just these songs?] and choose your iPhone as destination.

As of 20231211 I haven't tried this yet.  I'll update these steps once I do.
If you have any comments or suggestions, let me know.

To transfer a single note (ie, sending one note at a time)

1. On your iPhone, open your Notes app. 
2. Tap one note, tap the three dots inside a circle in the upper right corner
3. Select "Send a Copy" and then choose "Email"
4. Send

To copy more than just one note at a time, you need to install software to do this.
Alternatively you can go to iCloud.com, login, and edit or view your notes and copy them to your computer.

Some applications smi found via DuckDuckGo search, that may help at a cost.  Prices are as of 2/4/2024, Windows computer use.  I'm not making any recommendations as I haven't tried any of these.

But I just entered it on my iphone yesterday and had no problems accessing gmail; but today it asks me again.  From an article in imobie here are their suggestions.  Most relate to asking for Apple password, but article says "Keeps asking for password error".

1. Restart the iPhone. (This worked for smi 20191109, was able to access email a few mins after the reboot)
2. Press/hold top button till slider appears, slide it to turn off your iPhone completely.
3. Then press/hold the top button to turn it back on.
4. Update to the latest iOS version.
5. Sign out of iCloud and then log in.
6. Settings > me > iCloud > at the bottom tap Sign out > enter password > Turn off.
7. Tap Sign Out on upper right corner > Sign out again to confirm. Wait a while then Settings > Sign in to your iPhone > enter Apple ID and password > tap Sign in on top right > Enter your iphone passcode.
8. Make sure iCloud is still working
9. Reset your Apple ID password
10. Settings > me > Password & Settings > Choose change password
11. Enter current password, new password, and confirm > tap change or change password.
12. Reset network settings. Settings > General > Scroll down and set Reset > tap Reset Network Settings.
13. (Their last choice is to restore your iPhone without data loss.  Uh-uh, I'm not doin' this.)

From MakeUseOf

1. Restart your iPhone.  See step #1 in previous article.
2. Update iOS if it's not most recent
3. Update your apps. Manually (via App Store) or automatically (Settings > me > iTunes and App Store, look under Automatic Downloads section, toggle Updates to on.)
4. Force-close an app: double-press home button, swipe up on the app to force-close.
5. Reset network settings (see step #6 in previous article)
6. Reset all settings or do a Factory reset.  I'm not going to describe this as it's not something I plan to do; visit the article and look at their steps 6 and 7 if you feel you need this.

It appears to be easy.  You'll use Quick Start to transfer your data.

Note that it will take maybe several hours to complete this so schedule the transfer appropriately.

But first, backup your iPhone

From https://osxdaily.com/2020/11/16/how-transfer-data-old-iphone-to-iphone-12/

1. Power on old iPhone and place it physically near new iPhone.
2. Make sure old iPhone is connected to Wifi and has Bluetooth turned on.
3. Power on new iPhone and wait at "Quick Start" screen
4. On old iPhone, tap Continue when you see the "Set up new iPhone" screen
5. In a moment, an animation will appear on the new iPhone screen; when you see this hold old iPhone so that animation is shown in the old iPhone device's camera viewfinder
6. On new iPhone, enter old iPhone's passcode when requested
7. (If new phone allows it) Set up Face ID on new iPhone if you want else skip this step
8. Select "Transfer from iPhone" on new iPhone (it's not recommended to download from iCloud)
9. Both phones will display "Transferring Data" with estimated time to completion
10. When transfer is complete, new iPhone is ready to use and has all data copied from old iPhone to new iPhone
11. You need to physically transfer the SIM card from old iPhone to new iPhone
12. You may need to contact your cell provider to enable the new iPhone using its IMEI - they will help you do this
13. (Of course if you want to get rid of old iPhone you'll need to reset it to factory settings)

You may also need to do more setup on the new iPhone, you'll be prompted for what's needed. For example, you'll need the 3 or 4 digit security codes for credit cards in your wallet.

See also https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210216 but first:

• If you have an Apple Watch, be sure to unpair your Apple Watch from your old iPhone
• Make sure you have a backup of your device, you should have done this earlier.
• Have your Apple ID and password ready
• Physically transfer your SIM card from old iPhone

Also see: https://youtu.be/_CVzm_vNHpY

You can transfer all data from your iPad mini 5 to your new iPad mini 6 using one of the following methods:

• Quick Start (recommended)
• iCloud Backup & Restore
• Mac/PC Backup & Restore

Requirements: Both iPads must have iOS 12.4 or later, and Bluetooth and Wi-Fi enabled.

1. Turn on your new iPad mini 6 and place it near your old iPad mini 5.
2. Your old iPad will display a Quick Start screen offering to set up the new device.
3. Tap Continue on the old iPad.
4. Use your old iPad to scan the animation on the new one.
5. Follow the on-screen instructions to set up Face ID or Touch ID.
6. Choose “Transfer from iPad” when prompted.
7. Keep both iPads plugged in and close to each other until the transfer is complete.

This method transfers:

• All apps and app data
• Photos, messages, and settings
• Apple ID and iCloud settings
• Wi-Fi passwords and more

Use this if the iPads aren’t both available at the same time or you prefer using iCloud.

1. Go to Settings > [your name] > iCloud > iCloud Backup.
2. Tap Back Up Now and wait for the backup to finish.

1. Turn it on and follow setup instructions.
2. Choose “Restore from iCloud Backup” when prompted.
3. Sign in with your Apple ID and select the latest backup.

⏱️ Note: Restore time depends on your Wi-Fi speed and how much data you have.

Use this if:

• Your iCloud storage is full
• You want to encrypt your backup (to include Health data, passwords, etc.)

1. Connect the old iPad to your Mac (or PC with iTunes).
2. macOS Catalina or later: Open Finder.
3. macOS Mojave or earlier / Windows: Open iTunes.
4. Select your iPad in the sidebar.
5. Choose: “Back up all of the data on your iPad to this Mac”
6. Optionally enable “Encrypt local backup”.
7. Click Back Up Now.

1. Turn on your new iPad and choose “Restore from Mac or PC” on the setup screen.
2. Connect it to your computer.
3. Choose your backup and click Restore.

• Use Quick Start for easiest full-device transfer.
• Use iCloud if both iPads aren’t available together.
• Use Mac/PC backup for large data or encrypted backups.

When moving from an iPad mini 5 to an iPad mini 6, not all transfer methods handle Health data, passwords, and game saves equally. These types of data are encrypted or app-specific, so special settings may be needed.

1. On the old iPad:
   1. Go to Settings > [your name] > iCloud.
   2. Enable:
      1. iCloud Backup
      2. Health
      3. Keychain
   3. Tap Back Up Now to create a fresh backup.

1. On the new iPad:
   1. During setup, choose Restore from iCloud Backup.
   2. Sign in with the same Apple ID.

1. Open Finder (macOS Catalina or later) or iTunes (older macOS or Windows).
2. Select the old iPad and check:
   1. "Encrypt local backup"
   2. Create a password you’ll remember.
3. Click Back Up Now.
4. On the new iPad, choose Restore from Mac/PC during setup.

• Only encrypted backups include:*
  1. Health data
  2. Safari history
  3. Wi-Fi passwords
  4. Website logins

1. Turn on the new iPad and place it next to the old one.
2. Use Quick Start, and choose "Transfer from iPad" (not iCloud).
3. Must meet:
   1. Both iPads are on iOS 12.4+
   2. Same Apple ID
   3. Wi-Fi and Bluetooth enabled

• This method will transfer everything, including Health data and passwords.*

• Games that use iCloud sync (like Apple Arcade) transfer automatically.
• Other games store saves locally:
  1. These are included in all methods if the app stores data locally.
  2. Encrypted Mac/PC backup or Quick Start is the safest for game data.

To ensure you get *everything* — including passwords, Health data, and games:

• ✅ Use Quick Start and choose “Transfer from iPad”, or
• ✅ Use a Mac/PC backup with "Encrypt local backup" enabled

This is adapted from NYT July 27, 2022

With iPhones, users can open the settings app and enter the privacy menu to change how they share data about their app use and location. (Apple technically asks people to opt in to some of these settings when they activate a new iPhone, but these steps can easily be missed. These tips would disable the data sharing.)

• Select Privacy > Location Services, tap System Services and toggle off iPhone Analytics and Routing & Traffic to prevent the device from sharing geodata with Apple for improving Apple Maps.
• Select Privacy > Tracking and toggle off Allow Apps to Request to Track. This tells all apps to not share data with third parties for marketing purposes.
• Select Privacy > Apple Advertising and toggle off Personalized Ads so that Apple can’t use information about you to serve targeted ads on its App Store, Apple News and Stocks.
• Select Privacy > Analytics & Improvements and toggle off Share iPhone Analytics to prevent the iPhone from sending device data to Apple to improve its products.

You have a DVD stored as an ISO image and you want to play it on your iPhone or iPad.
To create the ISO file using MacOS go here

I understand that the application VLC supports this.

But I cannot figure out how to get the ISO to play on an iPad.

Go to Settings > Battery > Battery Health See: Maximum Capacity

This digested from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBqSGUDOPOI

• Settings > Privacy and Security (or just Privacy)
• Scroll down to and select Analytics & Improvements
• Select Analytics Data
• There are many files there, find the most recent Analytics (or if none, Analytics-Never) dated file, and open it.
• You need to search for a string in this file.  I'll copy the file to iCloud and edit it with TextEdit to do the search.
  • Send it to Files, and put it in iCloud
  • Open Finder (or go to iCloud) and find the file Analytics-Never- you just copied there
  • It has extent .synced. Change this to .synced.txt
  • Open with TextEdit
• Find string last_value_cyclecount.
• It appears like "last_value_cyclecount":587.  This means that the battery has gone through 587 cycles.
• According to Apple Support https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208387, a battery should retain 80% capacity at 500 cycles.
• So your battery capacity is: 100-(cyclecount*20/500)

Examples

It is delicate but not overly complex.

• iPhone 5s
• iPhone SE 2016 battery install video by Rick Makes A1662, A1723, A1724
  • smi bought IBESTWIN, Amazon B08BCDVY2W on 20240202. It works but it's missing tweezers that are needed; the IBESTWIN link to video fails and when you get to all the videos there isn't one for iPhone SE 2016 or for any iPhone SE.

Tips when replacing battery:
Before

• Before replacing battery, discharge phone battery to 10% or less (prevents fire risk during replacement process)

During

• When removing battery from iPhone, be careful not to puncture or bend the battery
• Heat the phone w/hair dryer to loosen adhesive; or put in refrigerator to deactivate glue
• When removing adhesive, try to grab the adhesive strip with your small screwdriver turned sideways and then pull and roll the adhesive to it

After

• Rick Makes suggests: Charge battery to 100%. Let it discharge completely. Charge battery to 100%.  It's calibrated.
• Another opinion: Calibrate the new battery.
  • Drain phone till it dies.
  • Charge completely don't turn it on.
  • Then turn it on and don't touch for 30 mins.
  • Plug in the charger and let it charge for 30 mins without using.
  • When it's fully charged, your battery is calibrated.

• Tap it. Back tap on iPhone lets you select an action to execute with double or triple tapping the back of the iPhone.
  Settings > Accessibility > Touch > Back Tap.
  Maybe use: double-tap for Home, triple-tap for Camera. Others include: Flashlight and Mute, and many more.  [iOS 16 and later]
• use iPhone as 2nd camera on Mac in short, put iPhone near Mac, lock the iPhone, start your application (e.g., Zoom), and choose iPhone camera.
  You can also use its microphone.
  If a call comes in, video is paused till phone is locked again.

From Apple support guide
For iOS 17

1. Open Contacts app on your phone
2. Tap Lists in the top-left
3. Touch and hold an existing list (like All Contacts)
4. Tap Export, select the fields you want to include or select all fields, then tap Done
5. Choose a method to send or save the exported contact cards, such as Messages or Mail

If you have a voicemail with the voice of someone you want to save, for example someone who has passed away, you can save this.

1. Phone App and Voicemail (bottom right)
2. Tap on the voicemail you want to save then Share (box with arrow pointing out of it).  You can share this voicemail with AirDrop, Messages, Mail,and others.
3. Add a quick note or save to files, to save it on your phone.
4. Use AirDrop to save to your computer.

This from Kim Komando.

The iPad Mini 5 does not have a built-in Battery Health section in Settings, even on iPadOS 17 or later. However, you can still check the battery condition using a Mac or PC.

These methods also work with most other iPad models.

• Download and install iMazing.
• Connect your iPad via USB.
• Open iMazing and select your iPad in the sidebar.
• Click the Battery icon in the bottom right.
• You’ll see:
  1. Battery Health (Maximum Capacity)
  2. Cycle Count
  3. Temperature
  4. Charging Status

Note: You don’t need the paid version to view battery information.

• Works with:
  1. All iPads running iOS/iPadOS 9 or later
  2. iPad Mini, iPad Air, standard iPad, iPad Pro
  3. Compatible with both Mac and Windows

• Download coconutBattery.
• Connect your iPad to your Mac via USB.
• Open coconutBattery and go to the iOS Device tab.
• It will display:
  1. Design Capacity vs. Current Capacity
  2. Cycle Count
  3. Device Age

• Works with:
  1. Most iPads, iPhones, and iPods connected to a Mac
  2. iPads running iOS 8 or later are generally supported

• Notes:
  1. Newer iPads (e.g. iPad Pro with USB-C) may require:
     1. Trusting the Mac when connecting
     2. A proper USB-C to USB-A/C cable that supports data transfer