Welcome to iPhone 101, a single point of success for new iPhone users, and for veterans who know new users and need a quick and helpful place to point them. This time Tekzilla Daily went and did the heavy lifting for iPhone beginners, with a quick how-to video showing Apple’s multi-touch gesture for “swipe to delete”.

In any app that supports it, such as email, SMS, or iPod, you can simply touch the item you want to delete, briskly swipe your finger horizontally across the item, and a red “delete” button will appear allowing you to banish the item from your iPhone forever.

It can be a little tricky at first. Too slow and you might open or launch the item instead. Too quick and it may ignore you. But after a few tries, you should be happily ditching anything you no longer feel the need to keep with you.

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iPhone 101: How to Swipe to Delete Email, SMS, or Media on your iPhone

Tekzilla co-host Veronica Belmont explains the step-by-step process of converting an iTunes song into a ringtone… right in iTunes.

Check out the video for all the details, and Tekzilla Daily for many more helpful how-to’s. Text highlights after the jump!

1. Go to Preferences (under iTunes on Mac, Edit on Windows)
2. Set import settings to AAC
3. Select the song you want to use as your ringtone
4. Right click and choose “Get Info” (cmd/ctrl-i)
5. Pick the Option tab
6. Set the start and stop time for your ringtone (no more than 30 seconds total!)
7. Right click the song again and choose “Create AAC Version”
8. When your 30 second extract pops up in iTunes (under the same name, check carefully!), select it
9. Right click the new 30 second extract and choose “Reveal in Finder/Windows Explorer (cmd/ctrl-r)
10. Change the extension from .m4a to .m4r
11. Import or drag and drop it back into iTunes, and voila, you have your new ringtone!

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