Anti-virus programs run in the background on your computer at all times in order to protect you from threats as they occur and to perform scheduled activities. These activities, however, can sometimes ...

Apple has been granted a patent (number 11,422,769) that shows the company wants to make it easier to switch between sound, silent, and mute modes on its various devices. An electronic device such as ...

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) has acknowledged a recurring issue with iPhone alarms failing to sound, following complaints from users on social media platforms like Twitter and TikTok. A History of Alarm ...

For those times when you don’t want to be disturbed For those times when you don’t want to be disturbed If you want to keep your Apple Watch from disturbing you with alarms, notifications, or any ...

A study found that iPhone users who put their devices on silent often check their phone the most compared to users who don't. Shutterstock Changing one thing on your iPhone settings could eradicate ...

If you want to silence your iPhone 15 Pro or iPhone 15 Max, you have to go about it a little differently than you would on an iPhone 15, iPhone 15 Plus, or an older iPhone model. Silent Mode is useful ...

Keep your Apple Watch from dinging in the library. Image: D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac If your group chat or work messages start blowing up in the middle of a meeting, you’ll want to know how to ...

As someone who can't remember the last time their phone was on ring (or even vibrate at this point, thanks to Do Not Disturb), figuring out how to silence my Apple Watch was high on the agenda upon ...

A malfunctioning mute switch could be very annoying, especially when you want your iPhone to silence the incoming notifications in a meeting, classroom, or at the dinner table. The alert slider or ...

While digging through the Android 13 Developer Preview 1 build, we’ve spotted that the in-built “Silent mode” now completely disables haptic feedback across almost all areas of your Pixel device.

Facebook announced Thursday a new feature designed to help reduce distractions from the social network by letting users temporarily mute push notifications. Called “Quiet Mode,” the new setting can be ...