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If you upgraded your iPhone or iPad to iOS 8.1.1 only to find that your ringtones or text tones had gone missing, you aren't alone. Unfortunately, this seems to be a common problem around iOS update time. However, there are a few ways you can try and get them back, and even better — something you can do to help prevent lost ringtones and text tones from ever bothering you again! 1. Sync with iTunes The easiest solution is to sync ringtones and text tones back from iTunes. Of course, that only works if you've synced them to iTunes in the first place. However, if you normally plug your iPhone or iPad into iTunes in order to sync movies or other content, or you use i…

It's that time of the year again — time for everyone here at iMore to share our favorite things in the hopes it gives you some ideas for both the Black Friday sales and the holiday season. We've already posted the mighty Mobile Nations gift guide, which has something for everyone, but we also wanted to do something more personal. (We are people, after all, and tech alone cannot contain us!) So, whether you're looking for a gift idea, trying to find an excuse to treat yourself, or are simply curious about what all of us here have been using throughout the year, we've got you covered — with a few of our favorite things! Hardware Retina 5K iMac Apple has bro…

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Dell is now shipping its previously announced $2,500 UltraSharp 27 Ultra HD 5K Monitor through its online store. The display sports the same 5120 X 2880-pixel Ultra HD resolution that we saw on Apple's recent Retina 5K iMac. However, Dell is pricing its monitor-only solution at the same price as Apple's all-in-one, which includes a full computer running OS X Yosemite. The Dell UltraSharp 27 Ultra HD 5K requires two cables and two ports to connect, and even then it's still unclear whether or not a Mac could support it as a single, logical screen at 60 Hz. If not, low refresh and potential tearing down the middle would be deal-breakers for most. The Dell display com…

Sprint is offering their loyal customers some fairly substantial discounts for the holidays, including discounted device leasing, free service, and accessory discounts. Of course, it's Sprint defining "loyal" here, though customers that have been deemed worthy of the title have started receiving emails about the offers. Here's what Sprint's offering… A 16GB iPhone 6 or Samsung Galaxy S5 for just $5 a month and $0 down; normally they're both $20 monthly (that's $360 off over the 2-year course of payments). You can add a new line, pay the remainder of the current month, and then get that line of service free of charge for 12 months, all with unlimited talk, mes…

The biggest shopping day of the year is fast approaching. They call it Black Friday, the day after American Thanksgiving, and while the origin of the name as the point where retailers' balance books shift from being in the red (running a loss) for the year to black (profit!) is dubious (any business that's losing money for 11 out of 12 months probably won't be around for next year's sales), the day still sees numerous retailers across the country offering substantial deals on a wide range of products. What follows are our hand-picked best deals for this year's Black Friday sales. We don't believe in recommending sub-par quality products, regardless of if they're a few …

Ecamm's Call Recorder for FaceTime is a Mac app that does what its name implies. The Mac OS X application records both sides of your FaceTime video calls so you can preserve your FaceTime memories. An added benefit with Call Recorder for FaceTime is that it can also handle recording for phone relay calls. This way, if you get a call on your iPhone and answer it via your Mac thanks to the relay feature of iOS and OS X, you can record audio calls that way as well. Call Recorder adds recording controls to FaceTime on the Mac, capturing both audio and crystal clear video. It also does a great job recording Handoff Phone Relay calls via iPhones. Call Recorder for Fa…

You may not realize it, but the new Apple A8 processor on the latest iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus can handle 4K video playback even though the smaller Apple phone has a native resolution of 1334 X 750 pixels while the larger Plus model has a 1080p Full HD display with 1920 X 1080 pixels. Though you won't get a pixel-for-pixel output on the phones' screens, the A8's ability to handle 4K playback means that users who sideload 4K content would be able to still watch it on their phones. Discovery of the ability to play back 4K content on the phone was reported by TUAW: The iPhone 6 and 6 Plus can play 4K video right out of the box thanks to its A8 chip. The discovery…

U.S. District Judge Denise Cote had approved Apple's agreement to settle its case where the iBooks-seller was accused of conspiring with five different publishers to raise e-book pricing for customers. The $450 million settlement had received preliminary approval back in August, and now the judge has fully approved it asking Apple to pay $400 million to as many as 23 million iBooks customers and $50 million to attorneys. As was reported by Reuters: During a hearing in Manhattan, U.S. District Judge Denise Cote approved what she called an "unusual" accord. It calls for Apple to pay $400 million to as many as 23 million consumers if the company's appeal of a ruli…

Apple has added the ability to upload photos to the iCloud Photo Library through iCloud.com. While this ability was added to the iCloud beta website a couple weeks ago, website uploads are now available for anyone using the iCloud Photo Library beta on their iOS device. iCloud Photo Library arrived alongside iOS 8.1 in October. It allows you to upload photos and videos from your iOS devices, using your iCloud storage to hold as much as possible. For more on iCloud Photo Library, be sure to check out our guides, such as how to enable it on your iOS devices, and how to upload on the web. Source: iCloud Continue reading...

We've seen a few promotions from banks to get customers to start using Apple Pay, and now Chase Bank is getting in on the action by giving away music. Specifically they're offering a free early copy of David Guetta's upcoming album "Listen" to Chase customers for adding their credit or debit card to Apple Pay. The promotion is, of course, only available to Chase card holders, and runs through midnight EST on Sunday, November 23rd (i.e you have this weekend). You'll also need the Chase Mobile app installed on your iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus, as that's where you'll find the link to the free copy of the album. [/url] Continue reading...

iCloud Keychain is Apple's attempt to bring password management to the mainstream. With it, your account names, passwords, and even credit cards numbers can be safely and securely stored on your iPhone or iPad keychain, and synced across all your devices thanks to iCloud. In conjunction with Safari, it can also generate new, unique passwords, and autofill them whenever you need them. So, how does it all work? How to enable (or disable) iCloud Keychain on iPhone and iPad How to generate a password with iCloud Keychain on iPhone and iPad How to access and view passwords and credit cards stored in iCloud Keychain How to delete saved passwords from iCloud Keychain for …

We've gathered together some great discounts on iPhone, iPad, and Mac apps, accessories, and devices for you today. We'll keep showing sales that are ongoing after double-checking that they're still active and the price is the same, as well as updating the list with anything new that we find. Of course, if you spot any great deals, don't be shy - drop a tip in the comments! Today's top iOS and Mac app deals Agricola - $6.99 $2.99 Valiant Hearts - $4.99 $1.99 Sky Gamblers: Storm Raiders - $4.99 $0.99 Shadow Blade - $1.99 $0.99 Pako - $1.99 $0.99 Rayman Jungle Run - $2.99 $0.99 Things for iPhone - $9.99 Free Things for iPad - $19.99 Free Godfir…

Square will support Apple Pay at some point next year, according to its founder, Jack Dorsey. Dorsey reiterrated comments from earlier this year in which he said that Square aimed to accept all forms of payment, and that includes Apple Pay. While some have tried to play up Apple Pay as a rival of Square, Dorsey said he disagrees. From CNNMoney: "We're not building a credit card. We're not building a payment device. We're building a [cash] register, and this register accepts all these forms of payments," Dorsey told CNN in an interview. Of course, supporting Apple Pay would require new, NFC-compatible hardware from Square. No specific date for support was g…

Apple's official expanding the breadth of iAd ad system for iPhone and iPad by partnering with three established advertising firms: Rubicon Project, MediaMath, and AdRoll. The first actually posted the news two days ago, and now we're learning more about the full extent of the collaboration that will bring more advertisers into the iAd fold, possibly helping boost revenues for both developers using Apple's advertising platform and for Apple themselves. MediaMath cites 250,000 apps on iOS devices in more than 100 nations as the reach advertisers will see through them and iAd: MediaMath clients who incorporate iAd into their digital marketing efforts will be able…

iWork for iCloud has received some noteable updates recently, including more languages, fonts, and better document editing. Apple's cloud-based document editor features eight new languages, with French, German, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese, Arabic, Japanese, and Hebrew added to the mix. Apple has also added 50 new fonts, including fonts for some of these new languages. There are other changes that make editing documents easier. Documents now have a new toolbar which lets you more easily edit the name. Pages will also now let you undo deletions of section breaks when editing a document. Pages and Numbers will both also let you drag wedges from pie charts and…

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Quick, what's your walking posture like? Are you moseying around with your hands in your pockets, or are you head down towards your smartphone? Are you just doing it all wrong? That's what Arki aims to fix by using motion tracking for more than just counting steps. The Kickstarter campaign, which has been up for just over a week and is already closing in on their $100,000 goal, is geared around building a fitness tracker that uses data about how you move and the ideal walking posture to get you moving not just more, but moving more smartly. Of course, as with all Kickstarter projects there's a bit of overwhelming optimism and some pie-in-the-sky ideas here, and the b…

The Hunger Games, Mockingjay Part 1 hits theaters today_. It's the first part of the finale of the The Hunger Games saga, starring Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth and more. If you're behind, or only catching on to this great franchise now, iTunes, iBooks and the App Store can help you get up to speed. Based on the enormously popular young adult sci-fi book series, this is the third of four planned Hunger Games movies, with the finale planned for a release in late 2015. The story follows the travails of Katniss Everdeen, a young woman in a dystopian future where a group of wealthy elites control the population using sadistic battles to the death. Ev…

Deliveries, the app formerly known as Delivery Status Touch, has hit version 6.0, bringing some improtant features and updates, the least of which is the name change. The app now requires a version of iOS 8 and now features a Notification Center widget, an action extension, and better iCloud support. The Notification Center Widget in Deliveries lets you keep track of your incoming packages without needing to open the app. The app's notifications are also now interactive, letting you archive and item from the alert. Adding deliveries is faster now, as well. Enter the information you have, and the app will give you a list of options. When adding a delivery, there's a n…

Plex Home has arrived to deliver new features allowing users to have better control over sharing and their media in a multi-member family household. Users can choose who they want to share their media content with and create separate user profiles for different members of their family in Plex Home. This is enabled as Plex has moved the server management to the web app. So we set out to make Plex a better place for families with fine-grained access controls by moving all the server management inside the web app, and allowing you to easily specify the exact content ratings accessible by all your friends and family. Additionally, with more control over sharing, yo…

The iMore show brings you everything you need to know about the week in iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple! On this episode Apple has released WatchKit, what does that mean for developers and for customers? Also, "Get" is the new "Free", Lightning connectors open up, iOS 8.1.1 and Yosemite 10.10.1 go live! With Serenity, Peter, Ally, and Rene. Support the iMore show: Go to lynda.com/imore to try lynda.com free for 7 days. Download Gramory to get the Instagram you've always wanted to see! Subscribe in iTunes: Audio Subscribe in RSS: Audio Download directly: Audio Show notes What you need to know about WatchKit iOS App Store now shows a 'Get' button for its free …