Here at Metodix, we always strive to get the most out of our devices, and since the new iPhone’s are about too be announced in about two months, we think that it is a perfect time, to learn a few new tricks, that simplifies the way we are using our devices.
So if you are looking too get some new tips or you may be interested how to make your life just a tad bit simpler, this article is the way to go!
3D Touch is a real helper when it comes to the keyboard
We all know about 3D touch, right? One of the best invention that Apple came up in conjunction with the tactic engine, does two make quite a pair, when it comes down to the user experience.
Not only that it feels good, it also works great! And one of the most useful cases that we can think of has to be the option to move the cursor around the text, that comes really handy when you have to type long paragraphs of text, long email, or just an apology to your girl friend, because you will be once again late for that dinner date, we have all been there before, right?
Clearing the notification can be a bit of a pain
If you get a lot of notifications during the day, it can get a bit clunky in that area, even tho Apple will probably fix this with the release of the iOS12, that software is still in beta, and not anyone can afford to be a beta tester for Apple’s new features.
So what can you do about it right now? You can force press on the Clear All Notification, and that will get rid of all of the notifications at once (d00h). And by all we don’t mean not just the older ones, but also the recent, very helpful indeed.
Arranging the icons on the homescreen
That comes especially handy when you first set-up your new iPhone!
We know how time consuming it can be getting the things look like just the way you want them too. And when it comes to the iPhone (non-jailbroken) changing the wallpaper and moving the icons around is pretty much the only thing you can do, regarding the visual part of the user experience.
So how can you make this process a bit faster?
Just long press on one of the icons you want to move, so you get into wiggle mode, once the icons start do wiggle keep holding down one of the icons and with other finger start pressing the icons you want to move, that way they will form into a pile or a stack and you will be able to move more icons at the same time, easy huh?!
Currency conversion right on the homescreen
So if you travel a lot, or you just have to deal with multiple currencies this is a golden tip!
It’s very easy to convert the currencies from one to another using your iPhone, and it’s even easier if you can do it from the homescreen, search screen to be exact.
What you have to do is to pull down to search, and then all you have to do is to write the currency you want to convert from, to the currency you want to be converted too! For example from Hungarian Forint to Euro!
Bonus tip: You can do that for the weather as well, so if you travel from Europe to US, and you don’t have any idea how much is 97 Fahrenheit in Celsius, now you know! (It’s 36.11 Celsius, you are welcome.)
Close all of the tabs in Safari
Sometimes it can get a bit crowded if you are using Safari on the daily basis, and if you don’t know how to close all of the tabs at once, it will be quite time consuming to get back to clean state.
So how can you close all of the tabs at once?
Just tap on the icon on the bottom right, and the popup menu will appear, you will find some more actions that just to close all of the tabs at once — Close all, close this tab, new private tab and the new tab. Simple? yes. Effective, very!
Search on the page
It’s fairly easy to search for a word on the windows desktop, or on a Mac.. But it gets a bit tricky to search on the iHandheld.
So in order to find a word all you have to do is to press on the url, and type in the word you want to search for, then you just scroll down and press on the word you are trying to find under the “On This Page” This one was a life saver more than a few times!
Compass app is on roids
Sometimes it might come in handy to check the level, and guess what? You can do it from the compass app!
All you need to do is to swipe left once you’re into compass app, and the level will appear! As you use the level, your iPhone’s accelerometer and gyroscope are used to stabilize the interface as your device moves. The interface turns white and green when you hit a perfect 0º level surface, but any other time, it will be a white and black interface.
3D Touch the torch in control centre
Using the control centre is a fast way too do things on the iDevices. Here is a tip how to get even more out of it: Long press on the tiles to expend them, for example long pressing on the torch icon will open the menu from which you can control the intensity of the flash!
Get to the numbers, really fast
In order to access the numbers when you’re typing something and you need to access them fast, just press down on the “123” key and slide to the number you want to type!
That works for putting in all of the other signs, like coma, question mark, @, etc.. very easy.
Shake to undo
If you are typing in hurry, you’re bound to make some mistakes, lucky there is a easy way to delete that wrong paste, or that un-understandable word you just typed.
All you have to do is just shake your phone, and the popup menu will appear asking you, if you want to undo the action!
There you go, a 10 useful tips to get your life just a tad bit easier when using your iDevice!
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