After years of neglect, Apple has finally begun to take the Contacts app seriously on iPhone. It’s strange to think that an app built around phone numbers would be so neglected by Apple's first phone.

You can add one or more emergency contacts to your iPhone so that they can be easily contacted (or contact you) in urgent situations. This takes five minutes to set up, but it could be one of the most ...

You're going to die, someday. Here's how to set up a Legacy Contact in iOS and iPadOS to allow a trusted contact access to your Apple account after you're gone. Dealing with a death is traumatic, and ...

The images and files you have on iCloud don’t have to be locked away forever if you pass away. Photo: Cult of Mac Thanks to a new feature in iOS 15.2, you can designate legacy contacts so your loved ...

Let’s face it, in these digitally connected times, we store nearly all of our most important files and precious memories on our smartphones, tablets, and in the cloud. This puts everything at our ...

You can add another layer of personalization to your contacts by adding their relationship to you on your iPhone. Here is how to set that up. The Contacts app allows you to keep the phone number, ...

While writing “Comparing the Classic and Unified Views in iOS 26’s Phone App” (10 November 2025), I commented that the Unified view’s Calls screen was more attractive if you had contact posters for ...

Apple used to have the idea that when we died, our Apple ID and our iCloud data should go with us. Their terms and conditions said explicitly, “Upon receipt of a copy of a death certificate your ...