Keeping Up With Technology: Iphone Secrets And Advice

August 27, 2015
AppNews

TIP! Save time by omitting the ‘WWW’ and ‘.com’ from the URL while using your iPhone to browse online.

Who doesn’t have an iphone these days? The iphone is one of the most popular pieces of technology of our lifetime, but learning to use it can be tricky. If you don’t know how to use your iphone yet, keep reading. There are many tips here to help you become an expert quickly.

TIP! Is your iPhone simply pestering you with way too many notifications? You can shut them off by following these steps. Start by selecting Settings and then selecting the notifications bar.

Your iphone is like a small GPS. Mapping software comes with your iphone so that you can immediately start pinpointing locations without having to worry about adding an app. This makes it easy to find your way home, or locate somewhere new if you have never been there before.

TIP! If you download an application that will let you upload your files to the iPhone, you can utilize it as a device for storage. This allows you to add different types of multimedia to your iPhone.

If you’re searching the web with your iphone, you don’t have to type out the “.com” of the web address. Just put the main address – anything before the .com – to navigate to the site you want. While it may not seem like much, doing so will save you a lot of time over the life of your phone.

TIP! The iPhone gives you the flexibility of being able to capture a picture directly from the cord your headphones. The first thing you’ll want to do is line up the shot you want.

You can easily message much faster using this simple trick. When a suggested word pops up on the screen that you don’t want, just tap on the screen and it will disappear. You do not even have to tap the small “x” that is found at the word’s end.

TIP! Use this tip to send text messages more quickly. If you want to avoid suggestions from the dictionary, tap the screen anywhere to ignore it.

Would you like to insert a letter with an accent into your text? Here is how to find them. Touch the letter you wish to alter, and hold. Shortly, a box will appear that has a group of extra keys. This place lets you type anything you want!

TIP! Privacy comes into play when using Siri. Apple records virtually all voice prompts to Siri and stores them on an internal server.

A great way to maximize the utility of your iphone is to take advantage of its multimedia capabilities. Some of these include downloading television episodes or different comedy clips from websites.

TIP! Take photos with you iPhone without messing up the image by shaking it too much. Just use the volume control that is on the cord of your headphones.

Most iphone users take full advantage of their phone’s built-in camera. After some heavy photography sessions, though, it can be tough to sort through all the snapshots in your Camera Roll. You can use the album feature to organize your pictures so you can find them easily. This can make it a lot easier to location specific photos.

Apple Retains

TIP! You may well feel that your iPhone’s word suggestions cost you more time than they save. If you’re texting or using email on your phone, simply tap any part of the screen to get rid of the suggestion box.

Beware of talking to Siri too much on your iphone, if you care about your privacy. Apple retains recordings of a majority of voice prompts said to Siri which Apple retains on an internally-hosted server. This is to improve the program’s speech recognition capabilities, and they keep the files secured. However it’s best to be aware that any time you speak to Siri, you may be recorded.

TIP! You probably already know your phone can set reminders based on certain times. However, you may not be aware that location-based reminders are also possible.

Change the sounds on your phone so you can hear clicking when typing. This can allow you to hear what you are typing so that you are aware of when the phone is reading what you have to say.

TIP! You only need one hand to snap a photo with your iPhone. Do this by simply getting the frame how you desire it, and press the button that says + volume.

Your iphone can take pictures one-handed. Do this by simply getting the frame how you desire it, and press the button that says + volume. There’s no difference in the resulting picture’s quality when you take it this way.

TIP! Have you ever been interrupted with an unimportant notice while you were busy using your iPhone. You may want to finish what you are doing before tending to the notice.

Now that it’s possible to multi-task with your iphone, you don’t have to drop everything when a fresh notification arrives. Before paying attention to the notification, you may feel like finishing what you were originally doing. Notifications can be removed in an instant. Simply swipe it with your finger when the pop-up appears.

TIP! Scrolling back to the top part of any page that you visit while using the iPhone can seem like such a hassle. You don’t have to! You can go straight back to the beginning of a web page by tapping the status bar (where the clock appears) on top of the screen.

Here’s a handy little hint when you’re on your iphone and you’ve reached the bottom of a long web page. You don’t have to! Tap the bar on the top of the page and it will bring you to where you started. This works on apps and other pages with long screens.

TIP! Think about purchasing an app for battery management. There are many different options, and they can tell you what apps and actions use the most power.

One great thing to do with your iphone is to use the Facebook app. Lots of people do not know that it is incredibly easy to access Facebook with the iphone.

TIP! If you want to type faster on your iPhone, program in word shortcuts. Go to Settings, go under General, look under Keyboard, and then Add New Shortcut.

To type with greater efficiency, establish shortcuts on the iphone. From the “settings” menu, go to “general, then to “keyboard”, and from there to “add new shortcut.” This can help you add shortcuts to phrases and words you commonly use by inputting acronyms or abbreviations. Then, when you type in the shortcut code, the whole statement that is related to the shortcut will appear before your eyes.

TIP! You can access favorites and iPod controls instantly at the same time. Simply navigate to “Settings,” choose “General,” and then click the home button.

Taking screenshots is simple with your iphone. Pressing the power and home buttons at the same time will allow you to do this. Just press them for a second and a screenshot will be taken of the screen that is displayed.

TIP! You can easily send photos to family and friends using your iPhone. Two options are available to achieve this.

As you can see from these basic tips and tricks, there is a lot to learn about the marvelous iphone. It’s time to put that knowledge to use. Apply what you’ve learned, and you will soon find that you’re mastered one of the most popular pieces of technology today.

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