Handy iOS tips APPLE SKILLS
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Refine Do Not Disturb
In Control Centre, hold a finger on
Do Not Disturb’s button (the crescent
moon) to reveal a list of time and
location-based limits. Tap one, or tap
Schedule to go to Settings and refine
Do Not Disturb’s behaviour.5
Direction of a panorama
By default, when you tap the Pano
mode in Camera, the arrow points from
left to right. You can switch it! To switch
it, and the direction you move the
camera, just tap the arrow once. Now
you can move right to left instead.6
Add another Face ID
If a change in your look – even as
small as wearing sunglasses – foxes Face
ID, or you want to give someone else
access to your device, go to Settings >
Face ID & Passcode and tap ‘Set up an
alternative appearance’.7
Keyboard as a trackpad
On any iOS 12 device, in any app that
uses the keyboard, hold a finger on the
spacebar and the keys disappear. The
keyboard then becomes a trackpad for
moving the text insertion point. Let go
and it switches back.8
Podcast skips
In iOS 12, go to Settings > Podcasts
and scroll down to Skip Buttons. Tap
either Forward or Back and choose a
duration. Now, when you press skip in the
Podcasts app it will jump by that amount,
rather than the default.9
Share passwords
Has your child lost the family Netflix
password, say? In Settings > Passwords
& Accounts > Website & App Passwords,
find the relevant account, hold a finger
on the password, tap AirDrop, then the
receiving device.10
Quiet notifications
Is an app delivering too many
notifications? When one arrives, swipe
down from it, tap the ellipsis (...), then tap
Deliver Quietly. Future notifications for
that app will be delivered straight to
Notification Centre in silence.11
Use Siri to find devices
Misplaced your iPhone, iPad or
MacBook? Tell Siri on any device signed
in to your Apple ID: Find my iPhone (or
whichever device you’re looking for). Siri
will ask you to confirm the correct device
and tell it to play a sound.12
Dial in precise times
In apps where you dial in a time
using controls like the one above, double-
tap the dial. In Calendar, this switches
from five-minute to one-minute
adjustments. It doesn’t work everywhere,
though – not in Reminders, for example.