You go to film something that matters and the phone refuses. The storage bar is a strip of colors with no instructions, and the obvious fix, deleting photos, is the one that can cost you memories. Open Settings › General › iPhone Storage, read which category is largest, and start with things you can download
iPhone storage full: what to delete first, in the right order Read More »
Most missed emails are not buried in 10,000 unread newsletters. They are the three messages you meant to answer on Tuesday and the reply you were waiting for that never came. A weekly review catches those first. Once a week, spend ten minutes checking promises due soon, processing a few open messages, clearing one batch
A 10-minute weekly email review Read More »
The first mail rule most people write is “delete everything from this store.” It works until the store sends a refund confirmation. Good rules move mail somewhere you can glance at, and they live in the right place for the account they sort. For iCloud email, create rules in iCloud (on iPhone or iCloud.com) so
How to set up iCloud and Mac Mail rules Read More »
On a phone, “Select all” in Gmail sounds final. On Android it selects up to 50 messages, and you have to tap it again for the next 50. Clearing a few thousand emails that way takes a long time and is easy to lose track of. In the Gmail app, search for the mail you
How to delete multiple Gmail messages on your phone Read More »
iCloud Mail promises 30 days in Trash. That holds on iCloud.com, but the Mail app on your iPhone or Mac can be set to erase deleted mail sooner, and one checkbox on the website erases it instantly. Check those settings before a big cleanup, not after. Go to icloud.com/mail, select the emails (Command-click on a
How to delete a batch of messages in iCloud Mail Read More »
Yahoo gives you less time to change your mind than most email services. Its help pages say mail in Trash is deleted after 7 days, and a restore request only covers mail lost in the last 7 days. A Yahoo cleanup needs a check right after each batch, not a month later. On a computer,
How to delete Yahoo Mail messages in reviewed batches Read More »
Ticking the box at the top of Gmail looks like it selects everything. It selects one page, usually 50 conversations. The link that appears after you tick it is what reaches the rest, and that link is where most accidental mass deletions happen. On a computer, search for the mail you want to remove, tick
How to bulk-delete Gmail messages on a computer Read More »
Apple Mail on iPhone has a Select All button, but it hides in a view many people never open. And if your account shows Archive instead of Trash, you can tap through hundreds of emails and still have every one of them in the account. Open the mailbox, tap More (the three dots) › Select,
How to delete multiple emails in Apple Mail on iPhone Read More »
Clicking unsubscribe in one newsletter sometimes stops that newsletter and nothing else. The same store keeps sending sale alerts, order surveys and a weekly digest, because each is a separate mailing list. In Gmail, open More (or the menu on a phone) and choose Manage subscriptions, then click Unsubscribe next to a sender to leave
How to unsubscribe from unwanted email in Gmail Read More »
Inbox Zero gets sold as a number. The idea behind it is simpler and more useful: every message gets a decision, and the decision lives somewhere you will look again. Use the inbox only for mail you have not dealt with yet. Move commitments to a task list, waiting items to a follow-up list, and
Inbox Zero: a workable system for deciding what happens next Read More »
