50 Really Useful IPad Tips And Tricks

IPhone owners are appreciative of the fact that iOS allows them to tap or drag the cursor in order to change or delete a specific word in a text message, but it can be a surprisingly difficult task to perform. Burst Mode: Users can snap photos in Burst mode by either holding their finger on the shutter or on the volume key to take a burst of photos as the action happens. Swipe up to get Control Center, hit the round button, and you get a 3-second countdown to the iPhone recording all the moves you make on screen—you'll be able to tell from the red banner at the top.

Among the new skills it's learning this year, Siri in iOS 12 is capable of finding one of your devices nearby and playing a sound on it. To try this feature, ask Siri to "find my iPhone" and the assistant will tell you whether or not it was able to locate it nearby.

Simply hold down a letter on the keyboard and a number of special characters associated with that key will appear. Learn how to get the most out of an iOS keyboard, including using its AutoCorrect, shortcuts, and trackpad mode Domains features. To do so, simply tap and hold on the app icon until it starts wiggling and then tap the "x".

One of the best new features hidden in iOS is Screen Recording. The new mobile OS works with iPhone 5s and higher, iPad mini 2 and up, and the 6th-gen iPod touch. If you're typing, you'll find the little "A" App Store icon to the left of the text field. But these days, the key letters appear in lowercase until you press Shift.

Tap iPhone Language to set the iPhone's primary language (for menus, button labels, and so on). Time will tell how long the barrier will hold up. Following the Mythbusters method of testing, we pushed the keyboard to failure with the higher-grit particulate we used last time : sand.

How to find Apple's curated playlists: The "For You" tab found in the menu bar along the bottom is a place where you can go to in order to find music suggestions hand-selected by the Apple Music team. Tapping on a result card or "Share" will input the link wherever you're typing, and tapping "Play," the arrow icon, and so on will open it up in YouTube, Safari, etc.