{"id":5498,"date":"2016-02-19T12:43:30","date_gmt":"2016-02-19T12:43:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/?p=5498"},"modified":"2016-02-19T12:43:30","modified_gmt":"2016-02-19T12:43:30","slug":"10-ios-tricks-and-tips-that-will-change-your-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/02\/19\/10-ios-tricks-and-tips-that-will-change-your-life\/","title":{"rendered":"10 iOS tricks and tips that will change your life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Smartphones have made our lives ridiculously easy. From finding somewhere on maps to keeping in touch with everyone, life is pretty sweet at the moment. Honestly, how did people survive before 2007?<\/p>\n<p>Believe it or not, you can make your life even easier with a few handy shortcuts and tricks hidden in iOS. Here are 10 of our favourites; share yours in the comments!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Enter your email address instantly with the @@ shortcut<\/h3>\n<p>If you hate entering your email address in forms over and over again, this is the shortcut for you.<\/p>\n<p>Keyboard shortcuts are a useful part of iOS that a lot of people don\u2019t know about. They allow you to replace phrases, email addresses and passwords with just a couple of letters or symbols. It\u2019s like autocorrect, except it won\u2019t transform innocent messages to your mum into expletive-laden rants.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s how to set up a text shortcut, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imore.com\/how-to-setup-text-keyboard-shortcuts-iphone-ipad-ios\">as outlined by iMore<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>Go to <strong>Settings<\/strong>, then <strong>General<\/strong>, then <strong>Keyboard<\/strong><br \/>\nTap <strong>Shortcuts<\/strong> then tap <strong>Add New Shortcut<\/strong><br \/>\nType the phrase you want to replace in <strong>Phrases<\/strong><br \/>\nType the shortcut you want to use in <strong>Shortcut<\/strong><br \/>\nTap <strong>Save<\/strong> in the top right corner<\/p>\n<p>Our favourite text shortcut of them all is <a href=\"https:\/\/rocketink.net\/2014\/09\/ios-@@-shortcut.html\">the @@ shortcut dreamt up by RocketINK<\/a>. It\u2019s a genius way to enter your email address with just a couple of keys: just set your email address as the phrase and @@ as the shortcut. You can then set up other email addresses to @@@ and so on.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Set up custom iMessages for calls you can\u2019t answer<\/h3>\n<p>Sometimes you can\u2019t answer the phone for a good reason. Rather than picking up and trying to explain why in hushed tones, set up a custom iMessage to insta-reply.<\/p>\n<p>Just go to <strong>Settings &gt; Phone &gt; Respond With Text<\/strong> and customise the default options iOS provides. When someone calls, just tap \u201d\u02dcmessage\u2019 and tap your custom response to send the message instantly.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Assign custom vibrations to your friends<\/h3>\n<p>Stop giggling at the back.<\/p>\n<p>The iPhone\u2019s standard vibration only lets you know that someone\u2019s calling. With custom vibrations, you can set custom rumbles for different people.<\/p>\n<p>Go to <strong>Contacts then tap on the person you want to set a custom vibration for<\/strong>. Scroll down to the <strong>Vibration<\/strong> field and choose from the list of preset vibrations. Alternatively, you can create your own by tapping on the screen. Just don\u2019t go too wild.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Practice good grammar with the double space full stop<\/h3>\n<p>Good grammar isn\u2019t dead, despite what some people say.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of switching to the symbols keyboard to find a full stop, <strong>double tap the space bar when you come to the end of a sentence<\/strong>. iOS will give you a lovely full stop and a space to start typing your next sentence. It\u2019s the little things that save the most time.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Manually enable Low Power Mode to survive the day<\/h3>\n<p>Low Power Mode is an absolute lifesaver and much more practical than that horrendous case Apple released, which surely has to go down as the ugliest thing to emerge from Cupertino.<\/p>\n<p>Your iPhone will prompt you to enable low power mode when you\u2019re running out of juice, but it\u2019s also useful if you need your phone all day and you won\u2019t have access to a power socket.<\/p>\n<p>To enable it manually, go to <strong>Settings &gt; Battery<\/strong> and select <strong>Low Power Mode<\/strong>. This will disable a lot of syncing, background app activity and some animations, as well as reducing the amount of time before your phone goes into standby mode.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Sort your notifications<\/h3>\n<p>Whether you\u2019re a group by app sorta person or a sort by time sorta person, iOS has you covered.<\/p>\n<p>Go to <strong>Settings &gt; Notifications<\/strong> and you\u2019ll have the option to either sort notifications by \u201d\u02dcRecent\u2019 or \u201d\u02dcManual\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>As the name suggests, \u201d\u02dcRecent\u2019 will sort your notifications by the time they arrive. &#8216;Manual&#8217; allows you to group them by app, which is extra handy if you want to get rid of all your Facebook Candy Crush requests in one go.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Block out the world with Do Not Disturb<\/h3>\n<p>Is there anything worse than being awoken from a blissful slumber by some drunk mate declaring their undying love for you?<\/p>\n<p>End these irritating-but-actually-quite-sweet disturbances by going to <strong>Settings &gt; Do Not Disturb<\/strong> and setting a time frame during which no calls or texts will arrive.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t worry if there\u2019s an emergency: you can set it up so calls and messages from \u201d\u02dcFavourites\u2019 still arrive, as well as allowing calls if someone tries to ring a set number of times in a three minute window.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Cure email anxiety with Reply Notifications<\/h3>\n<p>Waiting anxiously on a response to an important email is hell: the anticipation, the constant refreshing, the wondering why they haven\u2019t responded.<\/p>\n<p>iOS has a cure: message-specific notifications. Just go to the email thread, <strong>tap the flag at the bottom left of the screen<\/strong> and select <strong>Notify Me<\/strong>. You\u2019ll know as soon as you get a response, letting you get on with your day without worrying. Well, kinda.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Find your phone even when it\u2019s dead<\/h3>\n<p>Thanks to the magic of iCloud, you can send the last known location of your iPhone just before it dies.<\/p>\n<p>Go to <strong>Settings &gt; iCloud &gt; Find My iPhone<\/strong> and toggle <strong>Send Last Location<\/strong> to on. Before your phone dies, it will transmit its last location.<\/p>\n<p>Then, go to iCloud.com, click Find My Phone and your device will appear on a map.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Select all of your photos with a swipe<\/h3>\n<p>Individually selecting photos to delete or share is for chumps. If you\u2019ve got iOS 9, you can now <strong>select photos en masse by swiping your finger over them<\/strong> like the all-powerful photo-managing god that you are.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Tired of your iPhone or planning to upgrade? <strong><a title=\"Sell iPhone\" href=\"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/sell-mobile-phones\/sell-my-iphone\">Sell iPhone<\/a> with musicMagpie<\/strong> and get paid on the same day we receive it! 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