3 Tips For An iPhone User To Help Save Time and Be a Power User

DISCLAIMER: iPhones or any other smartphone for that matter, are not distracting. It is the user that suffers from these symptoms. In this post, we have found ways to use iPhones more efficiently to reduce distraction.

We are not going to talk about Do Not Disturb (DND) or any of those common tips you see elsewhere. This is a quick post to help reduce distractions while you are using your iPhone by reducing the number of steps to get into that specific task you need your phone for.

1. Use Spotlight Search for… everything!

Spotlight is a very good on-device search interface. It is very underrated too as people think it's only for searching apps and some files on your Apple device. With iOS 15, you can invoke Spotlight search by swiping down right from the lock screen making it even more easier to access it. But that’s not it. Here’s a list of things Spotlight can do on iPhone:

• Searching word definitions: You can search up word definitions and assuming you at least have a single language dictionary downloaded on your device, it will give you word definitions along with their usage in noun form, verb form, phrases, and some word links. Time to ditch those fat dictionaries in your house.