10 Tips and Tricks for iOS 8 Apple recently announced iOS 8 and many of the biggest changes are subtle. There are however some features that are hidden. So with this in mind here are 10 tips and tricks to help you get the most out of the new OS. 1)You can hide the photos you don’t want people to see. You may have taken some photos that you would rather no one else sees and if this is so you can hide them. When you are in the Photo app just tap down on the picture that you don’t want people to see and choose to hide it. Any photos that are hidden will remain so for 30 days and they will then be deleted automatically. 2)Take a selfie with the camera selfie .In iOS 8 the camera app offers a timer which you can set to 3 or 10 seconds to ensure that you get the perfect photo every time. All you have to do is open up the camera app, press timer, and you can then choose the interval before the photo is taken. The timer may also be used with Burst mode and this means that the camera app will take 10 photos very quickly, allowing you to choose the perfect shot. 3)Android users have had predictive text on their handsets for quite some time, but this is something new to owners of iOS devices. Apple offer QuickType, which improves over time so that it will eventually be able to predict what you are typing. If this is something that you don’t want you can turn it off. All you need to do is head into Settings – General – Keyboard and then turn predictive text off using the slider. Notification Widgets 4) Apple is being more lenient now and they have allowed some apps to have widgets in the notification region. This means that with iOS 8 it’s even easier to get access to uploads in Dropbox, gain access to your reading list in Kindle and more. To enable this you can just swipe the notification region down, tap where it says today, then scroll down and finally tap on edit. This will allow you to change apps by adding or taking them away. You do have to bear in mind that not all apps that are 3rd party are supported. 5) Use your iPhone as your medical ID. iOS 8 comes with a Health app and this has a Medical ID feature. With this you can fill in all your personal health information. This allows EMS workers access to your medical history in the event that you were involved in an accident. You can fill in such details as any allergies that you have, medical conditions you have had in the past, your blood type and more. 6) Discover which app are hogging all your battery . Many people complain about the battery of their phone not lasting very long. If you are wondering what apps keep using up all the battery on your phone you can track them down if you go into Settings – General – Usage – Battery Usage and check out the apps. This will tell you which apps have been eating the most battery over the last 7 days or even just 24 hours. Nothing new for Android users. 7) You can turn the display greyscale to save battery life. If you are worried about whether your battery will last you can turn off the colourful display and make it grayscale. Just go into Settings – General – Accessibility and choose grayscale in the section where it says vision. 8) Siri is at your command faster than ever.If you want to open Siri up you would typically have to hold down the Home button on your phone. However you can make Siri more accessible as you can go into Settings – General – Siri and then turn on the option to say “Hey Siri” to wake it. You then just have to say Hey Siri and ask your query. 9) Touch ID apps .The iPhone 5S came with Touch ID security and this isn’t just for unlocking the handset on your iOS device. You can use the TouchID with apps such as Amazon, iPassword and Evernote. All you need to do is go into the settings of the respective app and then enable it. 10) Scan your credit card with the camera when using Safari. If you shop using the Safari web browser and you need to input your credit card number as you can just use the “Scan credit card” above the keyboard and then take a photo using the camera which adds the details automatically.
Posted on: Thu, 23 Oct 2014 05:00:10 +0000
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