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First, I make sure my iPhone supports eSIM, my carrier offers it, and my software is up to date, with Wi-Fi ready if needed.

Next, during setup, I choose the activation method my carrier supports. If I’m moving from another iPhone, I keep the old device nearby, tap the lines to transfer, and follow the prompts on both phones to finish Quick Transfer.

If my carrier preassigns an eSIM, I join Wi-Fi and continue until service appears.

I can also scan a QR code. After setup, I open Settings, tap Cellular, add or set up a line, and complete activation.

I’ll show you how to set up Guided Access on your iPhone or iPad so you can keep the device locked to one app.

First, open Settings, tap Accessibility, choose Guided Access, turn it on, and create a passcode or enable Face ID.

Next, review options like Time Limits, Accessibility Shortcut, and Display Auto-Lock. Then open the app you want to share, triple-click the side, top, or Home button, and choose Guided Access.

Circle areas to disable, adjust session settings for buttons, keyboard, or touch, then tap Start.

To finish later, triple-click again, enter your passcode, and tap End there.

I’ll show you how to set up Sound and Name Recognition on your iPhone. Start by opening Settings, choose Accessibility, then select Sound & Name Recognition.

Tap Sound Recognition, toggle it on, and wait for your device to download the available sounds. Tap Sounds, choose an alert like Door Knock, turn on recognition for that sound, and select a preferred Alert Tone.

Next, go back and tap Name Recognition to set up alerts for when your name is spoken aloud.

Tap Set Up Name Recognition, type your name, and record your pronunciation three times when prompted to finish the process.

I’ll show you how to create a Personal Voice and use Live Speech on iPhone. First, update iOS and find Personal Voice in Settings → Accessibility, then tap Create a Personal Voice and authenticate.

Record prompted phrases in a quiet room, use Recording or Stop at Each Phrase if needed, and preview recordings. After processing, add your Personal Voice to Live Speech under Accessibility → Live Speech.

Turn on Live Speech, add it to Control Center or Accessibility Shortcut, and save common phrases.

During conversations triple‑click the side/top button, type or pick a phrase, then tap Speak to speak aloud.

I’ll show you how to take a Hearing Test and set up the Hearing Aid feature using AirPods Pro 2+ with your iPhone.

First, update iOS and AirPods firmware and wear your AirPods. In Settings tap your AirPods, choose Take a Hearing Test, then Get Started.

Follow prompts: answer questions, confirm you’re in a quiet location, and check fit; Do Not Disturb turns on automatically.

The test plays tones left then right—tap once when you hear each. After reviewing results, tap Set up Hearing Aid if recommended, follow the setup prompts, turn it on, then customize amplification settings, left‑right balance, and tone.

I’ll show you how to set up Speak Selection on your Mac. Open System Settings, choose Accessibility, select Read and Speak, and turn on Speak Selection.

Click the Info button to customize the keyboard shortcut (default Option+Esc) and choose whether to highlight content—select Words and Sentences for word-by-word highlighting.

Choose word and sentence colors and switch Underline to Background Color to enable highlighting.

Set the Speak Selection controller to appear automatically or when you press the shortcut, click OK, open Pages, select text, and press the shortcut to have your Mac read it aloud and adjust settings as needed later.

I’ll show you how to set up and use Read & Speak on your iPhone or iPad:

First, open Settings, tap Accessibility, then Read & Speak and enable Speak Selection.

Next choose Highlighting to set the style and color for spoken text, then return to download different Voices or change the Default Language while leaving Detect Languages on for automatic detection.

Tap Pronunciations to correct tricky words and adjust the Speaking Rate slider to slow or speed the voice.

To use it, select text in compatible apps, tap the arrow until Speak appears, then tap Speak to hear the text aloud for clearer comprehension quickly.

I open Photos and tap the Collections tab at the bottom of the screen. Then I tap Layout and Reorder to choose how my Collections appear.

I can select Small Grid to shrink thumbnails and see more collections, or Large Grid to make them bigger.

To reorganize, I tap Reorder, touch and hold a collection, drag it where I want—moving Featured Photos to the top—and release.

When I’m satisfied with the arrangement I tap Done to save my changes. That’s how I personalize the Collections tab so my photos display exactly the way I like for my daily browsing comfortably.

I can record a phone or FaceTime audio call on my iPhone (iOS 18+) and get a searchable transcript in Notes: while on the call I tap More, choose Call Recording, and everyone is notified that recording has started; Notes immediately creates a new note for the transcript.

I can stop recording anytime with the Stop button or end the call to stop; when the recording finishes I tap the notification to open it.

Call recordings appear in Notes where I can play audio, view, search, edit, or share the transcript, and on supported devices Apple Intelligence also shows a helpful summary.

I need to find specific photos and videos in my library, so I use the Sort and Filter tools in Photos on iOS 26 or iPadOS 26.

First I open my Library and tap the Sort and Filter button, then tap Filter.

I pick filter options — for example, Favorites and Not in an Album — and can combine multiple filters to narrow results.

To change order I tap Sort and Filter again and choose Sort by Recently Added so items appear by when I added them.

To return to the full library I tap Filter and Remove Filters again.