There’s a lot your iPhone can do, so these are the 10 iPhone tips you should know.
Hey friends! I’m Tasia Custode and welcome back to my YouTube Channel where I share
tech tips and app reviews. Today’s iPhone tips are all about efficiency.
So if you’re ready to learn some iPhone tips and tricks you might not know, then let’s go.
First up is Live Text. You’ve probably heard about Live Text when iOS 15 came out,
but what is it really? Well, there are a couple of real-world practical applications for Live Text,
including copying text from an image.
So, when you’re in your camera app, you can just point your camera to
any bit of text and wait for your iPhone to identify the text.
You’ll get yellow lines around the text on screen, and you’ll also have a little live
text icon on the bottom right. Just tap in that icon to select the text. From here,
you can copy the text to paste it into another application, like notes. It’s as easy as that.
But that’s not all you can do with live text. Oh no. You can also translate text using.
You’re going to start this process much the same way, by using your camera to identify
text, tapping on that live text option in the bottom right,
but this time, let’s tap on the arrow to the right of our first three options,
then tap on translate. And just like that, the text is translated.
This trick works in about a handful of different languages right now.
And you can use live text on an already existing photo.
So you don’t always have to be taking the photo in order to do this, you can pull a photo from
your photos app, and if there is readable text in it, your iPhone will provide you the same options.
By the way. Live Text works on iPhone XS,
XR, or later with iOS 15 or later. Alright, hidden iPhone tip number 2: scan and sign documents. Yes,
using just your iPhone and your built-in Notes app. This has saved me in a pinch many times.
From a Note, tap the camera button on the bottom. Then, tap on ‘scan
documents’. Position the document you want to scan in view and the scan will
automatically happen. If there are multiple pages, continue to scan those in the same way.
Then, just tap save in the bottom right when you’re done.
And now that your document is scanned, what if you need a signature on it?
Well that’s no problem you can do that too. Yes, really!
All you have to do is tap on the document in the note. Then tap on the share button and from here
tap on Markup. Then, tap the plus button in the bottom right and tap on signature. Here,
you can add a saved signature or you can create a new signature. Once you’re done,
you can adjust the size of the signature box and drag it wherever you need it on the document.
Once you’re done, just tap done. Your document is now signed. How neat is that?
Alright, iPhone tip number 3 is to send your location via text. This is so quick. You don’t
have to go into Maps and create a dropped pin and then share your location. No.
Instead, all you have to do is type in I’m at, and right here under your
text bar is your current location. You can just tap on that and it will automatically
send your location. This is so helpful if you’re meeting friends, or in a bind
and need help or even if you want to remember where you’ve parked your car, it’s just great.
And speaking of Messages, you can pin content in Messages. Again, this is starting in iOS 15.
So let’s say you’re sharing a lot of info in a convo, from that Messages thread, tap and hold on
the item you want to pin and then tap on the Pin option. This Pinned content will be elevated in
the detailed view of a conversation, in messages search, and apps that support shared with you.
This makes it a heck of a lot easier to reference that item in the future.
Coming in at number 5 - you can easily jump to your first photo in your photos app. Ya,
instead of scrolling all the way back to the top as if we have that much time in our day.
From your photos app, tap on the top middle edge of your screen and blamo, you are taken
right to the top of your photos, just like that. If you want to quickly pop back down to your most
recent photo, just tap on the library tab in the bottom left. You’ll be instantly popped back down.
Hidden iPhone feature number 6 is to track your phone even when it’s off.
Ya. So you know how you can use Find My to track your iPhone? Well, if you’re extra like me and
want to be able to track your phone even while it’s off, it’s just a quick settings change.
From Settings, tap on your Apple ID at the top. Then tap on Find My. Here at the top where it says
find my iPhone - tap on that. Now in this screen, you want to make sure all three
options are toggled on, but specifically, it’s this middle option here that says ‘find
my network’. This will allow you to locate your iPhone even when it’s off. Yes, please.
OK iPhone tip number 7 has been a complete
game changer for me when it comes to dragging and dropping apps more efficiently. So the best way to
describe what I mean is to just show you. Which, duh, this is a video, and that’s why you’re here.
So you know how typically when you want to move an app, you hold down
on it then drag it precariously to another screen and inevitably,
you go to far or it takes multiple attempts to drop the app where you want it? Major frustration.
Well, that’s because we’ve been doing it wrong this whole time.
So rather than trying to do it all with one hand, just hold on the app like you normally would,
but use another finger to swipe
through your screens until you find where you want your app to go, then drop it in place.
I know! Can you believe?
Talk about a time-saver and also just a sanity saver.
But moving into tip number 8 - you can actually select multiple apps at once to move.
So, tap and hold on an app like you normally would, but this time, while you’re still
holding on that app, tap and hold on another app, then another app, and as many apps as you want
to move at once. They’ll all be grouped together here and you’ll know how many you’ve selected
based on the number in the top right of the app group. Then, you can just use that little
second-hand swipe feature to swipe to the screen you want and drop multiple apps at once. Woah.
And speaking of doing multiple things at once,
you can close multiple applications at once. That is, if you ever close your apps.
So you know how if you tap and swipe from the bottom, you can swipe through all your open
applications, and then swipe up on an app to close them? Well, why waste time closing one at a time?
You can actually close multiple apps at once. So, here we have 3 open apps on screen so I’m going to
take 3 fingers and rest them one over each open app, then swipe up to close all three at once.
Or say you want the ones on either end here closed, but not the one in the middle,
well just swipe up on both and they are gone, but the middle one remains.
I love me some swipe tips, so tip number 10 is to swipe to erase a digit in the calculator app.
So let’s say you are a completely normal human being who accidentally entered
the wrong digit into your calculator while completing an equation. Well,
all you have to do is swipe left or right at the top of the screen to erase it. This will erase one
digit at a time for you so you can enter in the correct digit and continue on with your equation,
rather than having to start all over. Amen!
And if you’ve watched this far, you deserve a bonus tip for your time! So keeping in the swipe
theme, you can also use this little swipe trick in Notes to indent your text. Here’s what I mean.
Let’s say you’re writing a checklist in Notes,
well, just swipe right on the bullet point line you want to indent. The more you
swipe the more indented it will be. And you can swipe left to move it back if you want.
This works for these bullet points, by the way, and not text in the body of your notes.
So if you want to learn even more iPhone tips and tricks,
you can explore the links in the description below. Happy swiping.
So those are my picks for the 20 iPhone tips you should know.
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