10 clever tricks that can make your iPhone and iPad a lot more functional and fun
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We know that you’ve had your iPhone and iPad for a while and we also know that you haven’t gone through the manual that’s probably still in the box your device came in. But you still know a great deal about your device and that’s the thing about gadgets, you need to play around to learn how to truly use them and to personalize them to your liking. Here are 10 clever settings that will make using your iPhone or iPad more enjoyable.
1. Efficient Alerts
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Go to Settings >> Sounds >> Ringtone >> Vibration. Or from your contacts list, press Edit and select the Vibration option for your contacts.
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2. All devices act as one
You can be alerted for your phone calls on all your Apple devices through Facetime. Yes it’s not just your phone that gets the call, you can get the call alert on your Mac or iPad while watching a movie or working. But for that you need to be signed in to Facetime on all devices.
Go to Settings>> Phone>> Calls on other devices>> Turn On
3. Use a keyboard
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Your iPhone and iPad do so much more than make or receive calls. And typing directly on the touch screen for a long period of time can be a bit difficult and if you would prefer to use a standard keyboard, Apple lets you use keyboards made by other companies or by third party providers, as long as you're using iOS 9.3.2.Go to Settings >> General >> Keyboard >> Keyboards >> Add a New Keyboard.
4. VoiceOver
Your gadget can read the words on your Apple device out loud with VoiceOver. VoiceOver will not only read each letter as you're typing a text or email, but it will tell you who's calling you, how much battery life is left, what apps are you using and more. It can also read directions to you in maps, have your camera give you description of the photo and much more.
To turn it on, go to Settings >> General >> Accessibility, and turn on VoiceOver. You have the option to practice with VoiceOver, including setting a speaking rate. Once enabled, to use VoiceOver from your iOS device, press the Home button three times.
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5. Zoom InYou can easily zoom in on your pictures in your gallery but here’s a trick to zoom in on anything on your screen even pictures that your friends post on Facebook or Instagram.
Go to Settings >> General >> Accessibility, and turn on Zoom. Use three fingers to double tap on the screen to zoom in and out of applications like Mail, Safari and your Home and Lock screens. And to zoom in while watching videos, just pinch in and out with two fingers, like you do with photos.
6. Make text bigger and bolder
Despite the iPhone’s large screen size and the iPad's larger displays, it's not always easy to read the tiny print on websites and menus. Fortunately, you can make your Apple display easier to read.
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Go to Settings >> General >> Accessibility. To bold the text, tap on the Bold Text button. To make the text bigger, tap Larger Text >> Larger Accessibility Sizes and move the slider to adjust the size of the font.7. Caption them all
If you want things captioned, it can be done in the font, size and colour of your choice. Closed captioning is extremely useful if you want to enjoy a show or movie without disturbing anyone around. Captioning, or Subtitles, is available on most Apple devices using iOS 9.3.2. It's easy to set up.
Go to Settings >> General >> Accessibility, and turn on Subtitles & Captioning.
8. Customise all Buttons
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To differentiate the apps on your phone easily you can add outlines and shapes to the app’s button making it easier for you to spot it among screen full of apps.To enable them, go to Settings >> General >> Accessibility, and turn on Button Shapes.
9. Use-Quick charge-Use
iPhone users probably know this but with trying all of the tricks above, this trick can come handy as your phone battery will take the load. So if you want to quickly charge your device to get back to business you can charge it on Airplane mode. iPhone and iPad will recharge about 25 percent faster if they put them in Airplane Mode and plug them into a wall outlet.
10. Camera
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This one is for your friend who is fascinated with your iPhone’s camera. They can use it too and without your permission. All you have to do is just press and drag up the camera icon on the right side of the screen to activate camera and get clicking without the pass code.Image source
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