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{ How to delete } What is Documents and Data on iPhone

September 27, 2018 by themacsmack Leave a Comment

Hello guys! Hope you all would be fine. Today we here with 2 very important question.

Do you know?

What Is Documents and Data on iPhone?
How to delete documents and data on iPhone?

We are living in an era of technology. I rather call it the era of the cell phone. A small iPhone in your hand means you are having the knowledge of the entire world in your hands and you can now have access from anywhere to everywhere.

Am I right?

Multiple communication software/apps have such controls on our cell phone that we despite unwanting them can’t ignore them.

Take the example of facebook messenger, WhatsApp, IMO, botim, skype bla bla bla. In my openion there would be millions of groups of WhatsApp. I don’t know how many times a day I have to block multiple groups on my iPhone. They are just unstoppable.

The tragedy comes here that they are equipped with millions of pics/videos that blow away your cell-phone storage and you keep on getting the disturbing msg from you iPhone that

“YOUR STORAGE IS FULL”

Got my point?

What I am trying to say is that keeping this thing in mind, I have tried to find the solution of this thing. And when I started I came to know about the documents and folders.

So,

I thought to share it with you people. You must know that “what are documents and folders on iPhone” and “how to delete documents and folders on iPhone”. It is not always easy to clean up your iPhone every day because you don’t want to delete everything from your cell phone.

But there is always a solution if we try to find out and that’s why we are here for you. If you work smartly, the things would be easier for you. Have you people noticed a category in your iPhone with the name “Documents and Data” occupying a huge amount of space.

I was astonished to see that the Documents and data take approx 11 GB of the total space. Oh, God. This much space. What is in it that takes so much? Have you ever considered what is Documents and Data on iPhone is and if you can clear it to free up space? If you would be able to do that, you will have 11 GB of free space that would be all yours.

That’s the main purpose of writing this article for you people. As in this article, I’ll explain to you what is Documents and Data on iPhone & How you can free the space in your iPhone by deleting the documents and data.

So let’s start –

What is Documents and Data on iPhone?

Just like “Other on iPhone,” Documents and Data is a much confusing part of your iPhone storage that turns out to be an annoyance when you run out of space. A lot of users ask one persistent question: What is Documents and Data on iPhone? I’ll answer it here in the simplest way possible.

An important question must be striking your head that, what is basically stored in this documents and data folder that takes so much of space. So to clear you. Don’t worry at all folks. Documents and Data on iPhone is nothing but iPhone’s browser history, cookies, logs, caches of photos and videos, database files and more compiled and gathered up by the apps.

If you never or don’t clean those regularly, they can become a big problem for your device. Also, the total file size of Documents and Data on iPhone can even exceed the actual size of the associated app.

One very important question as well before we proceed further.

Why is “Documents and Data” Present on iPhone and what will be the impact of it if we delete it.

How much astonishing this thing is that the actual files don’t take so much space than the useless, browser history, cookies, logs, caches of photos and videos. Here I would like to clear one very important misconception.

All those files are not completely useless, still, you can clean them to free up space. The major part of Documents and Data on iPhone is stored cache.

But why do apps need to store cache?

The apps store cache to improve your user experience. As for examples, when you search for anything in Safari, the web browser keeps a record of it in the cache which allows you to access it instantly next time.

Similarly, YouTube keeps a record of your watch history to recommend the type of videos that you like watching.

There are several other instances too, but now we should move to our main motive: How to delete Documents and Data on iPhone 7, 8, X to free up space.

How to delete Documents and Data on iPhone?

iOS allows you to check out how much storage each app’s data has consumed on your device. Once you have taken a quick check of the space consumed by apps, you have various options to get rid of their associated data.

If you are using iOS 11, you can simply offload unused apps without having to delete their data. The best part is when you reinstall them, their data is automatically restored. Therefore, you can use this very handy feature to free up a good amount of space on your device without having to clean up the important data.

What if you want to perform a complete cleanup? If this is the case, you can delete the app along with its entire documents and data.

Offload unused apps

Follow these steps in order to Offload unused apps:

Step-1: Open the Settings app on your iPhone. Now tap on General.

Step-2: Next, tap on iPhone/iPad Storage.

Step-3: Now, tap on the app of which you want to clear the data. Here, we’ll pick Whatsapp as an example.

Step-4: You can see two options now: Offload app and Delete app. Tap on the Offload app option. You’ll be able to restore its data when you re-install it.

Delete app

Follow these steps in order to Delete app:

Step-1: Open the Settings app on your iPhone. Now tap on General.

Step-2: Next, tap on iPhone/iPad Storage.

Step-3: Now, tap on the app of which you want to clear the data. Here, we’ll pick Whatsapp as an example.

Step-4: You can see two options now: Offload app and Delete app. Tap on the Delete app option. You can’t restore the data of the app after it is deleted. So, think well before using this option.

Clear Documents and Data of Specific Apps from iCloud on iPhone

What if you don’t wish to clean the Documents and Data on iPhone of every single app present? In this case, you can remove the saved data from specific apps from iCloud. You can prevent your precious iCloud storage from being piled up for space by getting rid of the redundant files.

Note: It will wipe out all the data from the cloud and connected devices. Most importantly, it can’t be undone.

Follow these steps:

Step-1: Open the Settings app on your iPhone, and then Tap on your profile.

Step-2: Now Tap on iCloud and then, Tap on Manage Storage.

Step-3: Next, tap on the app whose data you want to remove from the cloud and then, Tap on Delete Data. Finally, Tap on Delete to confirm.

Done.

Quick Tip: Allow only selected or few apps to store their data in iCloud. This way you can manage your storage in a better and efficient way.

Some other ways to clean up Storage

Deleting the Document and Data might be the better option to free up space. Though there are some other ways too, using which you can clean your storage. Take a look at these.

Clean up Music, Movies & TV Shows, and Thumbnail Cache

All your iTunes purchases are part of the media. It’s usually present under the Audio/Video part of your storage, but some of it goes to Documents and Data on iPhone. This may include thumbnail cache or related files. You can simply clean those. Another great thing you can do to clear cache is to remove all music from your iPhone and then re-sync it through your computer.

Clean up old email and attachments

The simplest way to clean the old email, attachments and the piled up cache is to remove the account and then, add it back again. Follow these steps:

Step-1: Open the Settings app and then, Tap on Accounts & Passwords.

Step-2: Now, Tap on Email account.

Step-3: Next, Tap on Delete account and confirm.

Step-4: Finally click on Add new and add your account back.

Clean up apps regularly

The best way to prevent your iPhone from running out of space is to clear out the cache and other redundant data of apps on a regular basis. Most apps like Safari, Dropbox, WhatsApp, and Twitter let you easily eliminate such data.

Concluding Remarks

Today we have seen that the documents and folder takes the vital portion of the storage of your phone. And these documents and folder are nothing but just temporary cache, cookies, history files while can’t be regarded as useless.

These files can be easily removed to free the space of your cell phone by using very simple and easy process. If you didn’t understand that don’t worry, read the article again.

I would rather suggest you to keep the article in front of you and follow the procedure step by step and you will have the solution.

If you like my article, do let me know in the comments section and if you have any further questions fell free to ask me. I am here to help you people.

Keep smiling 😊

Methods to Fix iPhone Not Charging Issues

September 26, 2018 by themacsmack Leave a Comment

Everyone buys iPhone with lots of joy and excitement because it is a very sophisticated and one of the finest phone on planet earth.

Am I right?

But how does it feel when the cellular device who you bought with great excitement start disturbing you? This really hurts when the iPhone shows charging issues because you have spent a huge amount in buying iPhone.

Don’t worry at all, it is also an electronic gadget, the fault can come at any point, due to any reason, but we are here to provide you with the solution.

Right?

If you are having issues with charring you iPhone. I have covered all the points in this article that will help you to solve the charging issue of your iPhone. NO matter either you are having iPhone X, iPhone 6, iPhone 7, iPhone 8.

Do you know that?

Apple has always been very smart in manufacturing its products. If you carefully compare Apple products to its competitors, you will find that Apple products are very smooth, eye-catching, attractive, sophisticated.

These attributes make people apple fans. Same is the case with the apple battery charging technique. As you put your phone to charging, the initial 80% charging is very quick and takes usually very less time. As the charging reaches 80% the phones become stable and you will find that your apple Lithium-ion battery gets slow in charging.

This is a smart charging move by Apple, the logic behind this Is that when the battery is exhausted you need to get it back to show optimum performance very quickly. And you must have noticed that when the battery cross 65%-70% mark in charging you feel cool. That now you can easily use your cell phone because such percentage Is also more than enough to restore your suspended activities.

Isn’t it? See we have told you.

So it is a tip from my side that if you can’t stay away from your phone for a long period of time. Charge your iPhone till 80% because Apple has set up it battery and charging mode in such a way that, it reaches 80% very fast and after that the charging becomes slow.

Let me also share with you the reason of slow charging after 80%.

The IOS usually bound charging above 80% when the safe threshold of the battery temperature is reached. This technique where on hand increase the battery life, while on the other hand lets you get out and about sooner.

Now let’s discuss the issues that you face with iPhone charging. The issues I am going to highlight are based on my research ON THE net, my personal experience and through messages I received from my people. I’ll address the most common issue faced by the people. That is;

iPhone plugged in but not charging

You don’t need to worry at all. Such kind of minor problems is common in every phone. We just need to solve the issue so that will give you the peace of mind and joy.

Before going further, let’s check out, what can be the possible reasons behind the issue.

Right?

Many times it happens that the issues that seem like giants to us are very minor and simple, you just need to pay a little bit attention in solving them.

There are possibilities that;

The charging pin may be damaged.
The power socket might be damaged.
As the iPhone battery is packed inside, you can’t pull it out to check, might be your battery is fully drained.
Phone temperatures have crossed the optimum level while charging due to high voltage fluctuations.
The charging cable might have an issue in it. (It might be old and not charging your phone properly)

HOW CAN YOU FIX IT?

I have provided step by step process, that will guide you to solve the problem.

What I would recommend.

Be patient and be very careful. Try each method one by one, very carefully. The will also help you to understand your phone more. In addition, you will also find the root cause of the problem that is disturbing you.

TIP: Remember, problems can occur at any time, it just depends upon the way, how you take it and solve it.

Change the Charging Cable

Use a new charging cable or borrow from a friend that charging cable that is working fine on other mobile phones.

You can check your charging cable by putting it to another iPhone and check either its charging that one or not.

Many users assume that there isn’t any hardware problem with their phone. Chances are your iPhone charger is not working properly. Therefore, you should try another iPhone charger in order to fix your problem.

Also, I would recommend you to check your cable by putting it to charging iPhone of your friend, fellow, family members. As all the charger of all the variants of iPhone and the charging cable is same. So it will be tested there.

Take a close look at both the ends of USB. Apple lightning cables are prone to fraying especially at the end that connects to your iPhone. If you see visible signs of wear, it might be time for a new cable.

There is also the possibility that your cable would be fine, but the issue would be with the charger so I would say to check your charger in the same way described above.

Don’t forget to check your iPhone port

Charging means flow of current from the wire to your cell phone. This requires neat and clean terminals. If your iPhone port would have dirt around it, or the input cable terminals would be dirty, there is also the possibility that your find might now get charged.

Another possible issue is that your iPhone port is damaged. Dirt or dust may get added to the port if working outside for a long time. Not to worry with this problem, you can clean it gently with tissue paper or linen cloth.

Remember: Never push it too hard, just do it gently with the soft and clean cloth.

Take a flashlight and look at the charging port in the bottom of your iPhone because dirt, dust, debris might be preventing the lightning cable from making a solid connection to your iPhone.

Restore your phone to DFU mode (Software Problem)

I would only recommend you this method if you like playing with your phone and you have experience of handling the issue.

DFU – basically is known as Device Firmware Update. It usually helps you to resolve your problem of iPhone not charging. DFU is used by devices to update to a new firmware version.

Given below Is the step by step guideline to solve the charging issue.

Plug your iPhone X or iPhone 8 into your Mac or PC.
Make sure iTunes is running.
Turn Off your iPhone X or iPhone 8 (if it isn’t already).
Press and hold down the On/Off button on the right side of your iPhone for 3 seconds.
Press and hold down the volume down button on the left side of your iPhone while still holding down the On/Off
Keep holding both buttons down for 10 seconds. (If you see the Apple logo, you’ve held them too long and will need to start again.)
Let go of the On/Off Button but keep holding the volume down button for about 5 seconds. (If you see the “Plug into iTunes” screen, then you’ve held it too long and will need to start again.)
If the screen stays black, that’s it! Your iPhone should now be in DFU mode

Hard reset your iPhone

The 3^rd method that I’ll share with you guys is the hard rest method.

If your phone is not charging due to software related issues, then trust me, this will work for you guys.

How to Hard Reset your iPhone

Older Models like, iPhone 6S & 6S plus: Press and hold the Power Button and Home Button together until the apple logo appears.
iPhone 7 & iPhone 7 plus: Press and hold the Power Button and Volume Down Button together until the apple logo appears.
iPhone 8, 8 Plus & iPhone X: Quickly press and release the Volume up button. Quickly press and release the Volume down button. Press and hold the Power Button until the apple logo appears.

If Nothing Works – Apple Stores are there to assist you.

I have tried to provide you the solution that you can easily do by sitting at your home. Obviously, you are not the technical people or you don’t have tools available at your home so that you will open and solve the issues.

I have discussed with you all the possible solutions. But still, if the problem persists then, better to visit the people that have all the tools and expertise. If none of the above solutions works with your iPhone then you should visit your nearby Apple store for further help.

It is also possible that the issue in your phone would be of technical nature that required hardware replacement, or any such solution, that you can not try at home with your iPhone and you should not take it lightly, it may lead to a big problem.

If nothing works. Get it checked by the certified professional.

Concluding thoughts

I personally hope that you have liked the way I have tried to find the solution to our problem.

What I believe.

We can just try and we must have to try. It’s not that you will run to the apple store all the time while facing such minor issues. If you have iPhone you should have the little knowledge of fixing such small issues.

I fully hope that the above solutions might prove helpful in solving your issue of iPhone not charging.

You must have noticed that there are not many options to solve this error. If it is software related, you can easily fix by following the above methods.

But if your charging port is damaged, there’s nothing big that you can do. You should visit the support center to get your iPhone charging issue fixed.

Carefully follow the step by step process and I fully hope that you will be free from the trouble. I’ll be looking to read from you guys in the comment section either your issue got resolved.

Also, let me know in comments that either this article was helpful to you in any means. If your reply would be yes, I’ll be more then pleased that my efforts work for you.

Take good care of yourself and I’ll meet you in the next fix. If you have another issue with you iPhone feel free to share your problem, I’ll be more then happy to provide a solution to that.

Keep Smiling & Sharing 😊

Password Protect any Folder on Macbook Easy Steps

September 26, 2018 by themacsmack Leave a Comment

Security and Privacy (Password Protect Folder in MAC) are 2 such concerns that every individual wants to have in his/her MacBook. AM I right? What if tell you the secret of keeping your personal stuff in a secret folder that no one can access without your permission.

You must be thinking that your MacBook remains locked with your security code then why do you need, a secret folder. Just imagine that are you the only user of your laptop? The Question arises here. Are you sure that no other people will use your MacBook?

Don’t your friends take it for use? How long can you keep yourself away from your MacBook? It’s never your own sometime. You must have some private files and photos which you don’t want to share with everyone.

Therefore, you always need a secret folder for your work. But the Question here is that how to keep your folder password protected.

Just consider that, how would you feel when all your stuff would be secure in a secret folder that would be password protected. You would have peace of mind when your friends, kids or family member would have your MacBook in their hands.

You must be having a question in your mind that

“Is it really possible to password protect a folder in mac?” if yes then “How to password protect a folder in mac?”.

Yes, it is! Now let find out how.

There are 2 ways, I’ll tell you both ways, you will have to find out yourself. In which category do u fall.

Paid
Unpaid

The market is full of programs that offer the same functions. Let’s check out the paid and unpaid ways that you can use to keep your stuff secret with a password. There is a built-in method which allows folders to be turned into protected disk images.

Password Protect any folder on Mac using Disk Utility

If you don’t have enough money but you are desperate to avail the function. Don’t worry. Many companies offer free utilities.

Another very important thing that comes to mind is that – why to pay extra bucks just for keeping your folders password protected.

10 Steps to make your folder password protected

Thanks to Mac for offering this amazing feature that provides peace of mind. Mac OS offers an inbuilt functionality just follow 10 simple steps and you will be able to password protect any Macbook folder you create –

1st Step – Using keyboard press Command + Shift + A which will take you to the Applications folder.

2nd Step – click on Utilities Folder.

3rd Step – Double-click on disk utility.

4th Step – Click on File>New image> Image from a folder.

5th Step – Now choose the folder you want to protect and select Open.

6th Step – Now select image format option from the menu and select Read/Write.

7th Step – After that select Encryption menu and choose 128-bit AES encryption which is already recommended.

8th Step – Now finally Enter the password and click on choose.

Step 9 – Name lock disk image whatever name you want and click on save

Step 10 – Click on Done. That’s it now congratulations you’ve successfully turned your ” folder into a locked disk image”. You can now also delete your original folder if you want.

Now the question that arises here is that if the Disk utility is not Available, then what would you do to counter that?

How to Secure any Folder on MAC with Password without Disk Utility?

Laptops/Mac is not always used by the IT professionals, there are many people from different fields who need to use the laptop but are not quite familiar with the features and find it difficult to use.

I am here to provide a solution that is convenient for every single individual. I’ll not limit my target audience. I know that many people won’t find this method easy. So if you won’t find it easy, you will be definitely sad that you cant apply a password to your Macbook. Don’t worry at all.

It is Possible.

Yes, it is.

You can also protect your laptop folders with the password without disk utility. But for that, you have to spend some extra buck. There are enormous paid tools available in the market that you can use. I’ll tell you in this article about them.

These not only offer folder protection but also folder protection. In this article, I am going to discuss with you about my 2 special preferred tools which will guide you to password protect your files and folders.

These are;

Cisdem AppCrypt tool
MacFort Tool

Cisdem AppCrypt tool

Well if you are still not satisfied with the mac for tool don’t worry I got a more interesting tool for you namely Cisdem AppCrypt. This is one of the most interesting tool which offers one of the most special features that you can not only password protect your folder and files but also apps or websites. It is designed specifically for the MAC system to protect your applications and block the distracted website on Safari and Google Chrome. This tool also helps you to password protect any iPhoto, iTunes, Contacts, iMovie, Facebook or any app and website you surf on your Mac.

Just follow these simple steps to password protect any file, folder, app or any website on mac:

Step 1- Download and install “Cisdem AppCrypt tool”.

Step 2 – Complete the installation setup. After you launch the tool you will see a popup window requesting you to set a password. Enter the password and check I have read and I understand this warning and click Submit button.

Step 3- AppCrypt will lock four system applications by default. Just click OK button directly.

Step 4- Now simply click on add app option on the top left of menu bar. Now add any app and website that you want to protect. and bang on!! you successfully locked your apps, website,files and folders.

So if you are really concerned about security than you should definitely try out these methods to add a password protection on any folder on your Mac. If you still face any issues you can comment all your queries in the comment section below!!

MacFort Tool

With the help of “MacFort Tool,” you can easily password protect any files and folders on Mac. This tool is very convenient and easy to operate within a few clicks you can lock several applications data, such as iPhoto Library, Outlook etc. This tool is paid but luckily its developers are providing 15 days free trial when you register through your email.

MacFort encrypts the folder very similarly to Disk utility method But macfort can lock much more faster than disk utility method. In macFort, no one can view an encrypted vault without knowing the correct password.

Just follow these simple steps to lock any folder and files using the MacFort tool:-

Step 1- Download and install macFort.

Step 2- Finish the installation setup. After launch macFort, a popup window will appear set you to vault name and password there.

Step 3- Choose the left arrow(privacy) on the right top. Now click on the add symbol to import any files and folders you want to protect. Now Click on the button beside Location option to choose the folder. Then name it and click OK button.

For unlocking the folders, you need to double click on it or press Decrypt option and then type the password.