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Make iOS behave better
Alan Stonebridge shares nine options that everyone should
at least investigate to improve their iOS experience.
Y
our iPhone or iPad arrives
with sensible settings that
will suit most people, but it’s
wise to check the Settings
app for behaviours you might want to
tweak. From increasing the privacy of
notifications on the Lock screen to
improving familiar featureslike Look Up and Siri, we’ll help you
get a running start by highlighting
some of the most important settings
to check out.
Unless your mobile data plan
provides you with unlimited usage
every month, you should definitely pay
special attention to steps four and fiveon the opposite page. That said, you
may want to hold back on making
changes until you are sure which apps
are using too much data.
Your provider may have an app or a
web-based service that breaks down
overall data usage. However, you can
keep a close watch on individual apps
in iOS’s Mobile Data settings menu,
which lists the amount used by each
one. Those figures are cumulative, and
can be cleared by tapping Reset
Statistics at the bottom of that page. If
you intend to use this, we recommend
setting a recurring alert in Reminders
to prompt you to do so.KEEP DIGGING!
The iTunes and App Stores are nicer to
browse these days, with slick
animation and videos that autoplay –
these look great, but the latter can use
even more of your mobile data.
Not all of our tips are for brand-new
devices. If your current iPad or iPhone
is running well except for its Home
button’s reliability, don’t worry if you
can’t afford the money or downtime to
get it fixed right now – there’s a
software workaround!
Sometimes you’ll want to use Hey Siri to make life easier.
On occasions when you’d rather your iOS device wasn’t
listening for the magic phrase though, place it face down.