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    iPhone 15 Pro Can newer iPhones take voice and Siri commands while music is playing?

    A friend of mine was showing his new Google Pixel 9 XL and he was able to use voice commands to pause or stop music that is playing, videos that are playing, etc. When I'm doing the same things on my iPhone XR it doesn't hear me so I have to physically touch the screen to stop anything that is...
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    Is there accessibility feature that can remove the 3 dots up top or make them not function?

    I stupidly upgraded to iPad ios 15 because I know eventually they will stop signing it and i will get stuck. My ios 14.7 was having a storage glitch that was eating all my space,so I went to 15 to fix it since I really liked it on my phone. Big mistake. There’s these 3 dots in the top middle of...
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    iPhone hacking using accessibility shortcuts/settings?

    Hi everyone. I am new here because I have a specific question related to a confounding situation with my personal Apple devices over the past three months. I have been dealing with very strange behavior and potential remote access on several of my brand new & updated phones, all of which have...
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    Wrong System Voice Speak Text and Alerts - Catalina

    I just set up a new Mac mini that came with Catalina and I cannot get System Voices to work correctly. Have downloaded enhanced Ava, Siri Female, Siri Male, and Tom. Whenever I set the System Voice to either Siri voice, Speak Text (from right click) and System Announcements use a crappy voice...