iOS Today 613

Your iPhone and iPad are more capable than you may know! Mikah and Rosemary are here to walk through helpful hidden abilities that allow you to multitask better, copy/paste text with gestures, undo a calculator mistake, adjust the slow-motion portion of your videos, and more!

• Multitasking in iPadOS with Split View, Side Over, and Center Window
• Finger gestures for copying and pasting text
• Trimming video length and extending/shortening slo-mo sections
• Accessibility Shortcut options that are handy for anyone

News

• Live Activities now available in the beta 4 version of iOS 16 
• Apple makes changes to unsending/editing texts in iOS 16
• Apple has released an official video aimed at guiding people who are switching to iPhone

Shortcuts

• Russ wants to convert a Mac shortcut into a button on his Stream Deck device
• Ken wants to know if the Arrive & Leave shortcuts require manual input during Wi-Fi activation
• Mikah recommends Camelcamelcamel for tracking Amazon prices

Feedback & Questions

• Tracy wants to know if there's a way to simplify an Apple Watch for an 80-year-old mother while keeping the time/date/call features
• Stephen thinks that Apple's Continuity Camera feature should be applied to the iPad

App Caps

• Rosemary: Focused Work
• Mikah: Speeko

 

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Links

• iPadOS Multitasking Gestures
• Cut, copy, and paste gestures
• Adjust the slowmo playback in a video after you've recorded it
• Use a triple click on the power/home button to trigger an accessibility shortcut of your choice
• Live Activities now available in beta
• Apple puts greater restrictions on iMessage editing and unsending following backlash
• Apple preps Android switchers for iPhone 14 with new explainer video
• Take Control of Shortcuts 2.0 has shipped!
• Is Comcast’s Xfinity swapping your settings? No, but it can seem that way
• Camel Camel Camel
• Focused Work
• Speeko