Making Technology Work For You: A Guide To The IPhone
Make sure you can find your iPhone should you ever lose it. Preregister with the free Find My iPhone app. Then, if you do lose it you can track it. You can also lock it out or even wipe it clean. You can also have it ring loudly and display a message.
If you’re an advanced message-sender who needs extended text options like letters with accent marks, the iPhone has you covered. Simply tap and hold a letter on the on-screen keyboard and a set of accented alternatives will pop up. Just remember to slide your finger directly to the accented letter you want. Lifting your fingertip will make the menu disappear.
If you do not want to worry about capitalization when you are typing a text message to a friend, you can turn on the auto-capitalization feature. This feature is found under Settings->General->Keyboard and is the first option when you open up this section. This will help you save a lot of time and improve your grammar through texts.
Control your iPhone music without going to your music app by simply sliding your app bar once to the right. There you’ll be treated to a mini music control system that includes play and pause, next and previous buttons. You can even get quick access to whatever app is currently playing music in the same area.
Make sure to set a password for your iPhone to prevent any unauthorized people from getting access to your information. If you lose your phone, no one will be able to see anything you have saved to your phone. This is particularly useful if you have a habit of leaving your phone unattended while others are around.
Do you need to be able to fast forward or rewind music and video? If you press and hold the skip button, this is a much more effective way of doing so instead of just pressing the skip button. You can get to any frame of the video or part of the song that you need to in no time at all.
If you find an app that you like and want for your iPhone, look at the cost. Chances are that there is a free or cheaper equivalent that does the same thing. This way, you can get the same desired functionality, but save yourself, all or some of your money.
Do not waste time by trying to delete any of your unwanted mails individually. the best thing to do is to go to your Inbox, press the Edit button and select all of the messages you want to rid if. Once you do that, press Delete and they will all be eliminated at the same time.
Lock you iPhone before putting it into your pocket, purse or luggage. If you do not, it might activate while enclosed. This will just drain the battery for the whole time it is not in your hands, so that when you do pick it up again, you might find it dead or nearly dead.
Always keep your iPhone apps updated so that they can continue to work correctly as time goes by. It can be a pain to update each one individually, so it would help to use the “Update All” option. This will save you a lot of time, and it will keep everything in good working order.
If you accidentally drop your iPhone into some water, do not turn it on right away or you can permanently damage it. Dry the phone with a towel and sit it in a bowl of rice overnight. This will help draw out all of the water that may have gotten into hidden areas.
If you are using a Bluetooth device with your iPhone, turn it off unless you are using it. You will have to go into the settings on your phone to do this. A Bluetooth connection that is constantly on can drain your battery fast, and it might leave you stuck without an useful device if you do not happen to be near a charger when your battery dies.
If you find yourself needing reminders at certain locations during your day, set up a few location-based to-do’s in the iPhone’s Reminders app. Then, when you reach the specific location, your iPhone will remind you to do whatever it is you are constantly forgetting. Location-based reminders can also be set by using Siri.
Do you need to mark an important email for later? Tap it and choose ‘mark as unread’. This email will then appear as a new message. This is a good way to remind yourself to check an email again, for instance, if you need to download an attached file or call a phone number later.
There are not many product developments in recent memory that have had the sort of iconic effect of the iPhone. Anyone wishing to experience the full force of the device’s potential must take the time necessary to educate themselves completely about what it can truly do. Keep the preceding information close at hand, and you can do just that.
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