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this video I'm going to share with you
10 tips about how to use your iPhone to
get things done more quickly and save
you time and so in light of that I'm
going to keep this intro very short and
sweet let's get into it
one of the great things about typing on
your computer is the ability to use the
mouse or touchpad to move your cursor to
a specific point in the text when you
need to make a change quickly and
accurately well you can do that on your
iPhone as well and it's actually really
easy to do when typing simply press and
hold the space bar and then move your
thumb around on the screen as you do
this the cursor will move around the
text field allowing you to quickly move
around the text and make changes as
needed in my experience you can do this
with pinpoint accuracy dropping the
cursor exactly where you need it saving
you a ton of time in the process
is there anything as frustrating as
getting part way through a complicated
calculation on your calculator only to
input the wrong number you've got no
option but to cancel and start again
right wrong you can edit the number and
carry on as usual so long as you know
what you're doing when in the calculator
simply swipe across the number display
and you'll remove one number at a time
keep doing this until you've removed
enough to be able to carry on as usual
it doesn't matter if you swipe from left
to right or right to left here by the
way both swipes give the same result
control center is a feature on your
iPhone that allows you to quickly access
important settings and functions with
just to swipe up from the bottom of your
screen or a swipe down from the top
right of your screen on a phone like the
iPhone 14 you can access the control
center and quickly turn on or off the
torch or flashlight whatever you call it
adjust the brightness of your screen
control music playback you can access
frequently used apps like the calculator
and the camera without having to go to
the home screen you can also use it to
connect to Wi-Fi networks or toggle
airplane mode on or off with just a tap
control center is fully customizable so
you can add or remove shortcuts to the
features that you use most and you would
do this by going to settings then
scrolling down until you see Control
Center and tapping in there this screen
is essentially split into two with the
section up at the top called included
controls and that's where you can view
the functions you've already got
included in control center while down at
the bottom you have more controls and
these are the options you can choose to
add to add a function function simply
tap the green plus next to it and it
will be added to your control center
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there are going to be some things on
your iPhone that you don't need to
interact with you just need to quickly
view maybe the calendar or a list that
you use often or perhaps the weather and
in those cases adding a widget to your
home screen could be a great time saver
to see which widgets are available for
your device and to add widgets in do the
following from the home screen tap and
hold for a moment to go into what's
known as jiggle mode where all of the
apps on your home screen will begin to
jiggle about you'll then see a plus icon
in the top left of the screen tap on
this then scroll down many Apple first
party apps offer widgets apps like mail
calendar weather find my there are loads
to choose from here but third-party apps
may also offer widgets as well it's
really a case of scrolling through and
seeing if anything here takes your fancy
when you find an app you're interested
in adding tap to see the options
available to you again this will vary
depending on the app but many apps will
offer widgets of different sizes some
only taking up a couple of app squares
some taking up half your screen so you
can pick and choose and find something
that works for you you may also find
that when you've added a widget whilst
still in jiggle mode if you tap on the
widget you can change some of the
options associated with that widget so
for example if I take the world clock
widget and then tap on the widget whilst
in jiggle mode I then have the option to
choose which cities to include and what
order they should be in this of course
allows for really detailed customization
of widgets so you can find ones that
work for you and your requirements
Force touch is a feature on newer
iPhones that allows you to interact with
your phone in a more intuitive and
efficient way the way that you do this
will depend on the model of phone that
you're using on the iPhone 10s for
example you would do this by applying
more pressure on the screen as you push
down on an app tile on an iPhone like
the 14 pro you would do this simply by
tapping and holding on an app tile for
just a second until you feel the haptic
feedback tap of the screen Force touch
allows you to access hidden menus
preview content and more
Force touch can save you tiny amounts of
time but used often that save time can
add up so here for example with the mail
app rather than me tapping to open the
mail app then tapping on the new mail
button I can use Force touch to bring up
this contextual menu then choose new
message or here on Twitter if I want to
create a new tweet not all apps have
Force touch functionality but many do
and you should have a look to see if an
app that you use supports it
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Spotlight search is a handy feature
that's available on every iPhone and it
can save you a lot of time with this
feature you can search for anything on
your device including contacts emails
files and apps all in one place simply
swipe down from the middle of your home
screen or press the home button on older
devices or if you're using iOS 16 or
newer you should be able to tap the
search button at the bottom of your home
screen then simply start typing your
query the results will appear instantly
and you can tap on any result to go
straight to that app or file so here for
example if I type in the term contract
at the top you can see that I can search
the web for that term or Associated
terms but then below that there are any
files in the files app that contain the
word contract further down that there
are settings and right down at the
bottom I can even search within a
specific app
we all spend a lot of time typing things
on our iPhones and we've probably all
got certain words or phrases that we
type out quite often it would make sense
therefore to be able to type out these
words or phrases at the push of a button
or two and text replacement allows you
to do exactly that
text replacement is a feature that
allows you to replace a shortcode with a
longer phrase or sentence so a really
common example that people use is being
able to type the phrase at at and that
would automatically swap out for your
email address you can use this for
whatever you like though you can set up
text Replacements by going to the
settings app on your iPhone tapping on
General then keyboard and then text
replacement from there you can add new
text Replacements by typing in the
phrase and shortcuts of your choice
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the world is slowly but surely going
digital but there will still be times
where you're expected to sign a document
and send it on you can do this entirely
on your iPhone if you wish without the
need for a printer or a pen or even
paper
first up take a picture of the document
my recommendation would be to use the
notes app to do this is you can take a
scan of the image with your phone rather
than a photo open Notes create a new
note then tap the camera button and
choose scan documents position the
document flat on a contrasting
background and tap the shutter button to
take the scan on the next screen you can
adjust the borders of the scan and
either retake it or choose keep scan
then choose save to insert the scan into
the note
with that done you're then going to want
to tap on the PDF that's been created
and then tap on the share button in the
share sheet choose markup tap the plus
button in the lower right of the screen
and then choose signature if you're
doing this for the first time you'll be
prompted to insert your signature using
your finger you might find it easier to
rotate your phone to landscape mode to
do this and you can pinch and push to
zoom in and out as you wish when you
press done your signature will be
inserted you can then move it around on
the document and resize it as you need
to to get it exactly where you need it
to be
if you ever find yourself getting quite
deep into the menus of settings on your
iPhone or perhaps you're browsing the
web and you want to jump back several
Pages rather than tapping the back
button multiple times simply tap and
hold for a second the available Back
Pages will show in a list and you simply
tap on the one that you want to get to
your iPhone will jump you right there
how many times have you opened your
camera app wanting to take a video but
your camera app is in the photo option
it takes a moment for you to realize
then you have to swipe across to the
video mode and by that time it's
possible that whatever you were trying
to catch a video of has been and gone
try this instead when you open the
camera app and you find that it's set to
photos tap and hold on the shutter
button for a moment your iPhone will
begin recording video rather than taking
a picture you can either let go once
you've finished recording the video or
if you want to record for longer simply
swipe from left to right to lock the
shutter button in place and then your
iPhone will operate exactly as it would
have if you'd gone to video mode and
started recording
so there you go 10 tips for saving your
time on your iPhone what do you think
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