MacLife - UK (2019-12)

Control Centre

The simplest way to turn off both Wi–Fi

and Bluetooth in iOS is to open Control Centre.

Press the symbols for Wi–Fi and Bluetooth (the

stylised fan and runic B) and they’ll turn from

blue (on) to grey. Active connections will drop.

Bring them back

To turn them back on, just do the same

thing and the icons will turn blue again. This

means you can still use AirDrop, Handoff,

AirPlay and your Apple Pencil — none of these

will work without Wi–Fi or Bluetooth.

THE RELEASE OF iOS 11 in

2017 made some changes to

the way Wi-Fi and Bluetooth

worked on iOS devices, and it

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Manage Wi–Fi and Bluetooth

We cut through the wireless confusion caused by iOS changes

GENIUS TIP

To enter Airplane Mode,

which cuts off all wireless

communication on your

device, open Control

Centre and tap the plane–

shaped icon.

REQUIRES

iOS 11 or later

YOU WILL LEARN

How to manage Bluetooth

and Wi–Fi connections,

switch audio outputs and

share passwords

with AirDrop

IT WILL TAKE

5 minutes

HOW TO Control your connections

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