THERE are plenty of ways that your iPhone can be a universal tool for anything that you might need in your life, but there are probably a few that you don’t know about.
Apple has continued to update their mobile devices and gadgets time and time again to include more features that help their customers.
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Now, Apple’s support team has released a video on YouTube that has at least five useful tips that are essential to making your life easier, including a handy swipe-to-delete feature.
1. You can swipe to delete numbers in Calculator
According to Apple Support, with the most recent updates to iOS on your device, there’s a way to swipe away numbers in the Calculator application.
If you happen to make a typo and enter the wrong digit while using the application, you can swipe left or right above the number at the top of the screen to erase it.
Additionally, Apple Support noted that you can take those correct numbers and even copy them to paste somewhere else later.
2. iMessage has a feature to pin shared content
Secondly, you might not know that iMessage now allows you to pin any kind of shared content in a chat if you have iOS 15 or later.
All you have to do, per Apple Support, is ‘touch and hold’ the item, link, or photo that you want to pin and then tap the ‘Pin’ selection button in the small dropdown menu.
The pinned content will then appear at the top anytime you search in iMessage or the ‘Details’ area of your text exchange.
Not to mention, it will also appear on apps that support the ‘Shared with You’ feature.
3. You can stack the widgets on the Home Screen
Another interesting and useful feature for organization’s sake is the ability to stack widgets on your Home Screen, per Apple Support.
In the video, they show a visual of how you can simply drag and drop widgets like for Calendar or Podcasts list on the top of one another.
All you have to do is press and hold in an empty area of the screen, and drag on drop the widgets layer-by-layer.
However, it’s important to remember that they must be the same size as one another.
4. Selecting multiple photos at once to move
It also might be valuable to know that moving photos on your iPhone around to different applications isn’t too difficult anymore.
It might take more than one finger, and even more than one hand, but all you have to do is press and hold on to the first photo until you feel a tapping sensation, per Apple Support.
Then, keep holding that photo and drag it away, still holding your finger there.
Using another finger, select a different photo and drag it onto the first one you’re holding down.
This should start stacking them, and you can do it as much as you like until you’re set, then drag and drop them in a specific area.
5. Text Replacement could save you serious time
Lastly, Apple Support detailed a ‘text replacement’ feature in their video that could be a major time-saver for you.
All you have to do to start is go to ‘General’ in Settings, then tap ‘Keyboard,’ where you should then see ‘Text Replacement.’
You can then select the ‘Add’ button in the top right corner of the screen, which should allow you to type out a common phrase that you use.
There’s also a ‘Shortcut’ feature right under it, where you can then abbreviate that phrase.
After you tap ‘Save,’ anytime you go back to iMessage and type in that abbreviation, the full phrase will show up as an option.
Although this might only save you a few seconds, it could be useful in a time crunch.
The Apple Support video also holds at least five more features that may be of some benefit.
For more related content, The US Sun has coverage of a way that your iPhone can also be used to relieve stress.
Additionally, The US Sun has a story on an Apple whiz who claims there are still at least three mind-blowing iPhone tips that no one knows.
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