iPhone Tips & Lessons
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Classes on the iPhone4 Lessons
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New in iOS 184 Lessons
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My Favorite New Features in iOS 179 Lessons
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New Reminders App Features in iOS 17 - My Favorites!
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Unlock the Power of Shared Passwords on iOS 17 and your iPhone!
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New Notes App Features on the iPhone with iOS 17 - My Favorites!
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Interactive Widgets & Standby with iOS 17
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Easily Switch search engines in Safari on the iPhone - New in iOS 17!
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Simplify the iPhone and it’s apps with Assistive Access
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Simplify PDF Form Completion on the iPhone with Autofill - New in iOS 17
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New Messages App Features in iOS 17 - My 4 Favorites!
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Edit and customize your Contact Poster and Photo on iOS 17
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New Reminders App Features in iOS 17 - My Favorites!
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New Features Introduced with iOS 16 Lessons23 Lessons
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Learn about the Reimagined Lock Screen on the iPhone with iOS 16
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What's new in Contacts on the iPhone with iOS 16
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What's New in Reminders with iOS 16 on the iPhone
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Track your Medications in the Health App with iOS 16
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View and Copy Wi-Fi Passwords and Delete Known Networks on your iPhone
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Show the Battery Percentage on an iPhone with iOS 16
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Translate Text with the Camera on the iPhone
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New Filters and a Streamlined Setup for Focus on the iPhone with iOS 16
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Lift the Subject from the Background in a Photo on the iPhone with iOS 16
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What's New in Notes with iOS 16 on the iPhone
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Add Haptic Tap Feedback to the iPhone Keyboard
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Edit, Undo Sends, and Dictate in Messages with iOS 16
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Change Notification Styles on the iPhone with iOS 16
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Apple Introduces Smarter Dictation on the iPhone with iOS 16
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Emergency Reset and Manage Sharing & Access with Safety Check on the iPhone
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Prevent the Sleep/Wake button from Ending Calls on the iPhone
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Unsend, Schedule, and Set Reminders in Mail on the iPhone
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Pin, share, and create start pages for tab groups, and share settings with Safari
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Multi-stop Routing and Scheduled Times in the Maps app with iOS 16
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Detect Duplicates, Copy Edits, and Lock Folders in Photos on the iPhone with iOS 16
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What's New in the Weather App on the iPhone
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My Favorite New Features in iOS 16 on the iPhone
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How to Create and Manage a Shared Library in Photos
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Learn about the Reimagined Lock Screen on the iPhone with iOS 16
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Getting Started on the iPhone18 Lessons
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Home Button Features
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iPhone Side Switch and Volume Controls
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Sleep/Wake On/Off Button Features
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Navigating the Home Screen
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Searching your iPhone
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Today View
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Notifications and the Notification Center
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How to find a lost app on your iPhone
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Accessing and Customizing the Control Center
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Taking Screenshots
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Emergency SOS and Medical ID
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Saving Usernames and Passwords
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Navigate between Home Screens
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Accessing and Searching the iPhone's Settings
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Backing Up your iPhone to iCloud
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Arranging Apps and Creating Folders for Apps
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Switching and Quitting Open Apps
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iPhone Text Replacement: The Ultimate Time-Saver
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Home Button Features
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iPhone with Face ID Lessons10 Lessons
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iPhone Basics43 Lessons
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Change the Brightness on the Flashlight
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Access App Features from the iPhone Home Screen
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Move the Cursor on the iPhone
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Transfer from an iCloud backup without having to purchase more space
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Using the Keyboard
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View and Manage Storage
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Using Cut, Copy, and Paste
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Sharing Files including using AirDrop
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Battery Management Options
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Viewing Screen Time and Adding Restrictions
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Scrolling with the New Scrollbar
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Optimized Battery Charging
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Gestures for Cursor, Cut, Copy, and Paste
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Using QuickPath or Slide-to-Type
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Privacy Options
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Dark Mode
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Tips for why you may be receiving Intermittent Phone Calls
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Wallet and Apple Pay
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Siri's New Compact Design
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Drawing with Shape Detection
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New Date and Time Picker
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Navigate App History Stack
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Quickly Switch Networks from the Control Center
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Enable Caps Lock
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Access AirDrop Settings through the Control Center
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Create Alarms from the iPhone's Homescreen
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Access App Store Updates from your Homescreen
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Name That Tune on the iPhone
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Wireless Charging Is Wildly Inefficient
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Mute Notifications for an Hour or for the Day
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Schedule Notifications to be delivered in a Notification Summary
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Keep those Lenses Clean
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iPhone’s Emergency SOS Auto Call Feature
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Correct How Siri Pronounces Names
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Master Your Sleep Routine with iPhone: A Guide to Setting Up Sleep Schedules
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iPhone File Management: Removing a Download vs Deleting - What's the Difference?
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Save Documents Anywhere with Print Dialog on the iPhone
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Save a Document as a PDF from Your iPhone with Ease
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Combine and Compress Files on the iPhone
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Too Many iPhone Notifications? Reduce Distractions with Focus Profiles!
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Trackpad on the iPhone? Find out how in under 2 minutes!
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Enable Display Zoom for larger Icons & Bigger Text on your iPhone
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Unlocking Your iPhone's Potential: 11 Tips and Tricks Revealed!
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Change the Brightness on the Flashlight
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Home Screen Basics on the iPhone10 Lessons
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Accessing and Editing the Today View
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Add Widgets to your Home Screen
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Hide Home Screens
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Edit Widgets
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Creating and Editing Widget Stacks
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Using Smart Rotate with Widget Stacks
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Creating and Editing Smart Stacks
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Looking for More Widgets? Be Sure to Launch Seldom-Used Apps
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Add and Organize Websites Like Native Apps on iPhone
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iPhone Standby Mode
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Accessing and Editing the Today View
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Working with Apps on the iPhone26 Lessons
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Deleting Apps
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App Store: Updates and Interactions
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Find My App: Find my Friends and Find my iPhone
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Using Apple Pay and Apple Cash
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Long-Pressing on App icons
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Delete and re-add Apple Apps
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Offloading Apps
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Moving Multiple Apps
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App Library
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Set where to download your Apps
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App Clips
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Tips to Quickly Open the Camera
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View Expired Passes in the Wallet App
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Find App Updates and Delete Apps through the App Store
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Lock PDF's by adding a Password
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Set Where New Apps download to on the iPhone
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Prevent In-App Rating & Review Notifications
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Manage App Subscriptions from the iPhone
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Discover New Features in your Apps on the iPhone
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Access Your Mac's Files on Your iPhone
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Search for text within web pages in Safari on the iPhone
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Find your Lost iPhone Apps!
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3 Tips on How to Block Annoying Texts on iPhone
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Are Your iPhone’s Photos a mess? Organize them with CleanMyPhone!
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9 Tips for Working with Apps on the iPhone
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Discover How to Free Up Your iPhone Storage Space
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Deleting Apps
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iPhone Settings24 Lessons
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Automatic iOS Software Updates
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Wifi Networks and Wifi Settings
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Settings to Help make the iPhone Easier to Read
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Reset Options for the iPhone
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Do Not Disturb Options
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Privacy Settings
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Adding Parental Controls
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Changing Notification Sounds
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Save Battery life with Low Power Mode
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Manage App Store Subscriptions
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Change Notification Banner Style
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Delete iOS System Updates
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Set your Default Browser
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Set your Default Mail App
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Private Wi-Fi Addresses
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Low Data Mode
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After Upgrading to iOS 15, Check Do Not Disturb in Focus Settings
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View your Battery Usage by App
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Display Incoming Calls as a Banner or in Full Screen
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Save Space on Your iPhone with These Photo Storage Tips
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Ensure your memories persist after you pass away with a Legacy Contact
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The App Privacy Report on the iPhone: Discover what Data is being accessed by your apps
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Passwords App for the iPhone? Yes! Learn how in 5 mins!
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Automatically Set Do Not Disturb based on your Location
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Automatic iOS Software Updates
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Accessibility Options on the iPhone11 Lessons
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Back Tap Accessibility
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Sound Recognition
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Using the iPhone as a Magnifier
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Zoom Control in Accessibility
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See what has changed in apps that have been automatically updated
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Play Background Sounds
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Add Button Shapes to Buttons
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View all the Display & Text Size Options available
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Change Display & Text Size with Per-App Settings
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Use your iPhone to control your iPad effortlessly from anywhere in the Room
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iPhone Background Sounds (iOS17)
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Back Tap Accessibility
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Lessons for Older Versions of iOS3 Lessons
Tips to Quickly Open the Camera
Learn how to quickly open the Camera on your iPhone from the lock screen and how to select a mode from the Camera app icon.
Did you know their are several ways to quickly open your camera without going to the Camera app? Or that you cold go directly to Portrait mode or video directly from the Camera app icon on your iPhone’s Home screen? I take a look a the different ways to quickly get to your camera and the different modes in this video for the iPhone.
Video Transcript (video also has closed captions):
In this video, we’re going to look at a few different ways to easily access our camera without first opening up the Camera app. As an example, we can easily open up our camera from our lock screen, or when we’re looking at our home screen, and we see the Camera app, we can easily switch to a different mode, such as video mode or portrait mode, without actually first opening up the Camera app. Let’s see how we can easily access our camera on the iPhone. Let’s go to my iPhone.
Now, right now, my iPhone is asleep. This is an iPhone X. If I wanted to access the camera and maybe take a video, the first thing I would need to do is I would need to tap on it, being it’s an iPhone with Face ID, I swipe up, and then I need to go to the camera. And now I swipe over to the right to get to my video.
Well, there’s an easier way to get to the camera, particularly when your iPhone is asleep. I’m going to put my iPhone back to sleep. Now, what I need to do is just need to tap on it to wake it up. But instead of swiping up, I just swipe over to the left, and now I’m looking at my camera. I can easily switch between my different lenses by swiping to the left or right. So that’s one way of quickly getting to the camera. While your iPhone is asleep, all you have to do is just tap on it and then swipe over to the left.
We can also tap and hold on this little icon here. If I just tap on it, it doesn’t do anything. You’re going to see a grows, but it doesn’t do anything. What I need to do is just tap and hold on it or long-press on it. Then when I let go, it opens up the camera. So that’s another way of quickly accessing the camera.
When your iPhone is unlocked, I’m going to swipe up here; my iPhone is unlocked. If you want to open up your camera to take a portrait photo, or maybe you want to take a video, instead of opening up and then sliding back and forth, what you can do is tap and hold on this or long-press on it, we get a pop-up menu, and from here, I can take a portrait selfie. This is going to use the front-facing camera. I can take a portrait photo using the rear-facing camera. I can also record a video as well as take a selfie. I just tap on any one of these. Let’s go with record a video. We can see it opened straight up to video mode. I’m going to swipe up. If I tap and hold on this, and then I go to take portrait, it’s going to go straight to portrait mode.
Those are some of the different ways we can access our camera without actually opening up the Camera app. When our iPhone is locked, we just tap on it to wake it up, and then we swipe over to the left to get to our camera. We can also long-press on the camera icon in the lower right-hand corner to open up our camera. When we use this method, we do not have to unlock our iPhone. When our iPhone is unlocked, if we long press on the camera icon, we can also go to our different modes, such as portrait mode and video mode. Just long-press on the camera icon, you’ll have a menu that pops up and select what mode or what lens you want to switch to.
So that’s how we can easily access our camera without actually opening up the iPhone’s Camera app.