How to Enable/Disable Auto App Update in iOS 9

The feature of Auto App Update has been added since iOS 7 and it don’t need users to check if there is an update version of the app. But turn on the automatic update can lead to several issues like consuming battery or taking more memory. Some update issues can also slow down the app. So many users have asked me how to disable the Auto App Update on the iOS devices.
Here is the quick guide of it and the steps are very easy.

How to Enable/Disable Auto App Update in iOS 9
Step 1. Navigate to Setting in you iPhone/iPad
Step 2. Tap iTunes & App Store
Step 3. Below the Password Settings, there is the AUTOMATIC DOWNLOADS
Step 4. To turn Auto App Update off, you can switch the Music, Apps, Books and Updates to off.

Note: The Auto App Update is enabled by default.

That’s it. It’s really easy and quick. What’s more, on this page, you can use another option - Use Cellular Data. If you turn off it, the App Store will only use WiFi connection when you need to download the updates of app. So if you don’t want to use too much your cellular data, you can disable this feature.

Related Tip: How to Enable/Disable Night Shift Mode on iOS 9.3

Troubleshoot iPhone not Ringing Incoming Calls & Messages

Have you ever had the experience that an iPhone is not ringing or making alert sounds out of the blue, and missed many urgent incoming calls? I really did and I have searched many tips to solve this. This issue was even asked by some iPhone 6 / 6 Plus users.
Firstly, Make sure the "Ringer and Alerts" volume is not muted, you can go to Settings > Sounds And turn up the volume by sliding the volume button to right.

If it doesn’t work, the following solutions you may give it a try:
1. Check and Clean the iPhone Receiver
Check your iPhone receiver is good by playing a song or videos, and make sure your iPhone receiver is clean. The iPhone receiver is easily exposed to dirt and dust. You can use a soft thing (like a toothpick) to dig out the dust and dirt.

2. Turn off the “Mute Button”
Check to see if the mute button has been enabled on the iPhone. If you can see an orange strip next to the button, then the mute button is enabled. Once it turns on, you are unable to hear any sounds while receiving calls and messages. Make sure it is turned off.

3. Turn off the “Do Not Disturb” Mode
When the DND mode is on, the iPhone could be completely silent and cannot see all the alerts, notifications, calls and others. So you need to turn it off and you will be back to receiving calls and messages notifications.

4. Reboot your iPhone
Sometimes the iPhone would have some unknown bugs/errors or other something wrong, one of easy and fast solutions is to reboot iPhone. Usually, the “No Sound” problem can be fixed after turning on iPhone again.

5. Erase All Content and Settings
If those ways above don’t work, you can contact the Apple services by going to their official website and see if there are any other ways to solve it. If you don’t want to do that, you can do this only as a last solution because it can be quite a hassle. Navigating to Settings > General > Reset > Erase All Content and Settings. Make sure that you backup your iPhone via FonePaw iOS Transfer, or you will lose all of your data on iPhone.

What’s more, some people said that it was a Bluetooth DAB radio controller app installed. And turned off Bluetooth and the phone sound will return.

That’s it. If you have any other solutions, please share them in the comments below.

How to Move iTunes Library to An External Drive

If you are using iTunes and you want to backup and restore your iTunes Library. Firstly, you can back up your iTunes library by consolidating your library into one folder, and then copying the folder to an external drive.

Part 1. Consolidate Your iTunes Library
Firstly, consolidation ensures all of your the items in your library are in one place. So you will be recommended to consolidate your iTunes Library before moving your iTunes library to an external storage.

1. Open iTunes on your computer and go to iTunes Preferences:
On Mac: Choose iTunes > Preferences.
On Windows: Choose Edit > Preferences.
2. Click Advanced.
3. Make sure the option to "Copy files to iTunes Media folder when adding to library" is selected.
“When you select this option and add files to iTunes, iTunes places copies of the originals in the iTunes Media folder. The original files are left in their original locations.”

If you’d like to save space on your computer, you can delete the original files after you confirm that they're in the iTunes Media folder.
4. Click OK and choose File > Library > Organize Library.
5. Select the option to "Consolidate files” and click OK.

Part 2. Move iTunes folder to External Drive
To copy all the items in your iTunes library including the iTunes Library file that holds all your playlists, playcounts, ratings, and other data to your external drive:
1. Quit iTunes and locate your external drive.
Mac: On the desktop or Finder sidebar.
Windows: In My Computer.
2. Locate your iTunes folder: By default, the iTunes folder is located in:
Mac: Finder > username > Music
Windows XP: \Documents and Settings\username\My Documents\My Music\
Windows Vista: \Users\username\My Music\
Windows 7 or 8: \Users\username\Music\
“If the iTunes folder is not in the default location listed above, find the iTunes folder by following these steps:
(1)Open iTunes Preferences:
Mac: Choose iTunes > Preferences.
Windows: Choose Edit > Preferences.
(2)Click Advanced.
The location of your iTunes folder will be listed in the "iTunes Media folder location" box.”

3. Drag the iTunes folder to your external drive. This can take a while if you have a lot of items.

Part 3. Restore your iTunes Library
When you need to restore the iTunes Library backup from your external drive to your computer, you can follow these steps:
1. Quit iTunes and locate your external drive.
Mac: On the Desktop or Finder sidebar.
Windows: In My Computer.
2. Drag the iTunes folder (backed up earlier) from your external drive to whatever location you desire on your internal hard drive. It is recommended that you choose the default location for the iTunes folder, which is:
Mac: Finder > username > Music
Windows XP: \Documents and Settings\username\My Documents\My Music\
Windows Vista: \Users\username\My Music\
Windows 7 or 8: \Users\username\Music\
3. While holding down the Option key on Mac or Shift key on Windows, open iTunes.
4. When the Choose iTunes Library message appears, click the Choose Library button.

5. Select the iTunes folder you just moved to the internal hard drive.
6. Click Choose on Mac OS X or Open on Windows.
7. Then choose the iTunes Library file inside.
Now your iTunes Library has been restored.

If you think the process is too complicated, you can also use FonPaw iOS Transfer to move the data on iTunes Library to new computer. This way can be much easier to help you move iTunes Library.