6 iPhone Hacks You Didn't Know About
It's been a while since the release of the last iPhone and its time to start thinking about how you can use it better. iPhone users have a wealth of hacks at their disposal to make ordinary daily tasks easy. This guide is going to introduce you to the main iPhone hacks you need to know about.
Take Notes Better
Notes is an app that you'll use regularly to take down notes. Now it's time to become a master note taker. The latest version of iOS has brought along an important update. You can now use Notes to format, make lists, add bullet points, and even make sketches.
Just tap on the plus sign to bring up the different options to allow you to do all this. Believe it or not, most people are not even aware of this new feature. It wasn't heavily advertised by Apple, so it should come as no surprise.
Search Like Never Before
The iPhone keyboard is designed to make typing faster. You can use it like a keyboard, but switching in and out of the different keyboard screens can make typing in a website difficult. Since you are using Safari you can just tap the period next to the spacebar and it will automatically complete the web address for you.
It may seem like a redundant hack, but this can save you a lot of time, especially when using it becomes second nature.
Grouping Your Notifications
If you're not glued to your phone all the time it can feel like your phone is being constantly bombarded. This becomes a problem when you're working with Facebook and Instagram because those updates can completely clog up your notifications feed. In fact, most people, when faced with this, will just tap the 'X' to get rid of them all.
Just the same way companies group their products, a better way of doing this is to group the same notifications together. Just go to the Settings section of your iPhone, find the Notifications option, and you can choose the option of grouping notifications by app.
Save Your Attachments
Saving attachments doesn't happen automatically, so if you lose Internet later you can't look back at any attachments you thought you'd downloaded. Furthermore, if you regularly clean out your inbox it would be nice to have the attachment on your phone so you can use iPhone data recovery on it later.
Saving attachments is easy. When you're in your Mail app just press and hold the attachment in question. You'll receive a small sub-menu that will allow you to download the attachment. It will be saved to your phone and will stay there even if you delete the original email.
Charge Your iPhone Faster
Anyone who owns a smartphone knows that if you don't constantly have it on flight mode the battery is going to drain extremely quickly. The fact is you can find yourself charging your phone multiple times every day, particularly as it starts to get older.
This happens because battery technology has failed to keep up with smartphone technology. Apps that require more power are draining the battery faster than ever. So far there's no fix to the problem. But if you can charge your phone faster you can make it less painful.
The easiest way to make your smartphone charge faster is to turn on airplane mode when charging. Just swipe up and select it. The reason why this happens is because the smartphone is using less power when it's not connected to any network.
On a side note, you can stop it from draining so fast in the first place by keeping airplane mode on.
Get Shortcuts Fast
A lot of long-term smartphone users are unaware that if they swipe up they can select a number of shortcuts, including the calculator, Wi-Fi, flight mode, and the flashlight. What makes it such an effective hack is you don't have to unlock your phone to turn on these options.
Conclusion
These hacks are going to help you make the most of your iPhone. Whether you're an entrepreneur trying to be more productive or a teenager with too much time on their hands, these hacks should be a crucial part of your repertoire.
What do you think is the best hack in this guide?
