What was long considered impossible has now been a reality for almost four years: iPhone owners are allowed to pick their own default apps for core functions such as email, phone, messaging, and web ...

Apple released iOS 18.3 in January, and that update brought some bug fixes to your iPhone. But when Apple released iOS 18.2 in December, that update made it easier to change your iPhone's default apps ...

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Default privacy settings in popular mobile apps seem like a convenience, allowing you to use a single setting to control the level of privacy—who can see which actions you take—across all of the app’s ...

Apple will let users easily set new default keyboard and password managers or even delete the App Store app. Apple will let users easily set new default keyboard and password managers or even delete ...

iOS 18.2 includes a new "Default Apps" section that can be found in the Settings app, which can be used to manage your default apps for the iPhone. This is a feature that Apple promised would be ...

Microsoft has made it harder to choose which apps handle standard file types. Follow these steps to set default apps for all your documents, images, music files, and more. I've been testing PC and ...

There are plenty of ways you can tweak Windows and macOS to better suit your preferences and tastes—from changing the wallpaper to managing how programs launch—but one bunch of settings that are ...

One of iOS 18's best new features isn't just for users in the EU after all. Spotted by 9to5Mac in the first iOS 18.2 developer beta, the update will give "all users worldwide" the ability to set new ...

The last few years have seen Apple open up its ecosystem more than any of us previously thought possible, and part of that means you can now change your iPhone’s default apps with relative ease. For ...