Jul 18th 2024
iOS Today 711
Tips & Tricks You Might Have Missed
Personalized vibrations, Live Captions, Reply button
In this episode of iOS Today, hosts Mikah Sargent and Rosemary Orchard unveil a treasure trove of hidden features and advanced tips for iOS and iPadOS devices. From transforming your on-screen keyboard into a precision text-editing tool to customizing contact notifications, the hosts cover many practical tips to enhance your Apple device experience. They also explore photo editing tricks, Wi-Fi password sharing, live captions in FaceTime, and creating shortcuts for health management.
- Keyboard tricks:
- Using the spacebar as a trackpad for precise text editing
- Quick-switching between letters, numbers, and symbols without changing keyboards
- Contact customization:
- Setting personalized vibrations and ringtones for important contacts
- Managing emergency bypass settings to prioritize notifications
- Photo management:
- Copying text from screenshots when apps don't allow selection
- Applying consistent edits across multiple photos
- iOS 17 features:
- Streamlined two-factor authentication with automatic code-filling
- Customizable home screen layouts and focus modes
- Communication enhancements:
- Live captions in FaceTime calls
- Replying to specific messages in iMessage threads
Feedback:
- Discussion on authentication for the new iPhone mirroring feature
Shortcuts Corner:
- Medication reminders:
- Creating a shortcut to set alarms for medication schedules
- Nutritional tracking:
- Developing a custom shortcut to log dietary information in the Health app
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Links
- Turn the onscreen keyboard into a trackpad
- Bypass Silent Mode for Emergency Contacts
- Custom vibration per contact
- Copy and paste photo edits
- Automatically fill in one-time verification codes on iPhone – Apple Support (UK)
- Hide homescreen pages
- Share the wifi password
- Turn on Live Captions in a FaceTime call on iPhone – Apple Support
- Reply to specific messages on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch - Apple Support
- Log Diet Info To Health shortcut
- Foodnoms is a better nutrition tracking app