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Do you keep getting the annoying popup asking you to verify every time you try to download something from the App Store ? It shows up even when you’re trying to download a free app! The popup usually says something like “ Before you can make purchases, you must tap Continue to verify your payment info ” or “ Tap Continue and sign in to view billing information ”. It’s not a bug! All you need to do is enter some sort of payment information in the App Store and it will stop bugging you. Don’t worry, if you don’t have a credit card, you can select the “None” payment option to stop these popups. How to Add Payment Information To Disable Verification Required Popups Step 1 : On your iPhone or iPad running iOS 12 , open the Settings app. Step 2 : Select iTunes & App Store option. Step 3 : Tap on your Apple ID and select the View Apple ID option. Step 4 : Once you get to the Account page, tap on Payment Information . Step 5 : Here, if you have a credit card, choose the appropriate op...

While Apple isn’t too positive about the first fiscal quarter of 2019 , it sounds like the App Store continues to be a huge bright spot for the company. On Thursday, Apple officially announced that the App Store had a record-breaking holiday, with a ridiculous amount of money being spent in the digital storefront on New Year’s day. The holiday break saw customers spend upwards of $1.22 billion between Christmas Eve and New Year’s eve. And then, on New Year’s day, customers spent $322 million in just one day. That sets a new single-day record for the company. “The App Store had a record-breaking holiday week and New Year’s Day. The holiday week was our biggest week ever with more than $1.22 billion spent on apps and games, and New Year’s Day set a new single-day record at more than $322 million,” said Phil Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing. “Thanks to the inspiring work of our talented developers and the support of our inc...

While some bugs or flaws can be pretty big and lead to potential security risks , there are also the bugs that are pretty minor and are just a minor annoyance. Luckily for folks perusing the iOS App Store, the latest iOS bug is the latter and not the former. As was first reported on Wednesday by 9to5Mac , it appears that a minor issue within the digital storefront is causing some apps to appear larger than they really are. This relates to the size of the app when it comes to downloading and installing it. In some cases it looks like an app can appear to hundreds of megabytes larger than it really is. The example provided is Facebook, which shows within the iOS App Store as coming in at just over 500MB in size. However, if you do install the app and check its impact on your device’s built-in storage, it shows that the app is “only” 316MB. That’s 200MB of a difference there, which is certainly not nothing. For someone who might be trying to save space on their hand...