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iOS 12 Supported Devices List

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Now that Apple has unveiled iOS 12, the question many people have on their mind is whether or not their current iPhone or iPad will be compatible with the iOS 12 operating system.

The good news is that if your iPhone or iPad is even reasonably new, then it will likely support iOS 12. Read on to see the full iOS 12 supported devices list to see if your particular iOS device is compatible with the latest system software version.


Apple has said that all devices which support iOS 11 will also support iOS 12. In other words, if your iPhone or iPad wants to run iOS 12 and it can currently run iOS 11, you’re good to go for the new version. This makes sense since many of the improvements to iOS 12 are performance and optimization related, though there are certainly some new features too.

iOS 12 Compatibile Devices List

The following list is from Apple, detailing all iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch devices which are compatible with iOS 12. If your device is on this list, it will support the system software version. If your device is not on the list, it will not be able to run iOS 12.

iPhone models supporting iOS 12

  • iPhone X
  • iPhone 8
  • iPhone 8 Plus
  • iPhone 7
  • iPhone 7 Plus
  • iPhone 6s
  • iPhone 6s Plus
  • iPhone 6
  • iPhone 6 Plus
  • iPhone SE
  • iPhone 5s

iPad models supporting iOS 12

  • 12.9-inch iPad Pro 2nd generation
  • 12.9-inch iPad Pro 1st generation
  • 10.5-inch iPad Pro
  • 9.7-inch iPad Pro
  • 9.7-inch iPad 6th generation (2018)
  • iPad 5th generation (2017)
  • iPad Air 2
  • iPad Air
  • iPad mini 4
  • iPad mini 3
  • iPad mini 2

iPod Touch models supporting iOS 12

  • iPod touch 6th generation

If your device is on the supported hardware list and you feel like playing around with iOS 12, you will find iOS 12 beta 1 is available to download now as a developer beta, while the public beta will debut sometime in the coming months.

The final version of iOS 12 is expected to launch this fall. Typically Apple debuts new iOS system software around the same time a new iPhone comes out, so obviously whatever new iPhone models debut will also support the iOS 12 operating system, whether that’s iPhone SE/2, iPhone 9, iPhone 11, iPhone X Plus, or whatever else they are labeled as.

iOS 12 isn’t the only new operating system debuting however, and if your a Mac user you may want to check the list of macOS Mojave compatible Macs to see if your Mac computer will run the 10.14 release of system software too.

Source: OSX Daily

June 5, 2018 0 comment
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The Fastest Way to View Old Messages on iPhone and iPad

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The Messages app of iPhone and iPad will hold onto basically all text messages and iMessages that have been sent and received through the app on that particular device unless the message threads were either deleted manually, automatically removed, or not not restored through a backup. This means you can browse through very old messages on any iPhone or iPad if necessary, just by opening the Messages app of iOS, choosing a message thread, and scrolling up to view older and older messages through that particular chat history.

But scrolling up to read through old Messages can be a slow and tiresome process. Fortunately a simple tip can help speed up the task and help to view old messages on an iPhone or iPad.


Pro tip: if you already know the content of the old message you’re looking for, use the Messages Search feature on iPhone or iPad to find it directly. Of course not everyone knows the message content they’re looking for in an older message, or maybe they’re just browsing old messages for another reason, in which case the trick below is the fastest way currently available to read through and find old Messages on an iOS device.

How to View Old Messages on iPhone or iPad the Fastest Way

  1. Open the Messages app in iOS
  2. Choose the Messages thread you want to read or view old messages from by tapping on it
  3. When the message thread is active on the device screen, tap at the very top of the display near where the clock is located (on iPhone X with the screen notch protruding into the top of the screen, you can tap the notch instead)

    4. Tap top of screen to view old messages in iOS

  4. Wait for the little progress indicator to show up and when it goes away, tap the top of the screen again

    5. The iOS loading indicator

  5. Repeat this top tapping trick to continue loading older messages until you find the old message(s) you were looking for

That’s it. Just keep using that tap-at-the-top trick until the messages load.

And yes if you’re going far back in time to a message thread from several years ago, it will take a lot of consistent tapping on the top of the screen, waiting for that loading cursor to finish and go away, then tapping again. You can keep tapping until you reach the very beginning of the message thread, assuming it hasn’t be deleted or otherwise not maintained on the device in question.

This is a pretty straight forward and simple trick that utilizes the longstanding hidden scroll feature of iPhone and iPad devices that allow you to top at or near the top of the screen to immediately scroll to the very top of an active iOS app, webpage, document, or as you can see here, a conversation in Messages app.

It’s worth pointing out that this is not the only way to view and read old messages, whether iMessages or text messages, on an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, but the other methods will require the usage of a computer, iTunes, and USB cable to connect with, so that an unencrypted iOS device backup can be made, which can then be accessed and browsed through directly by going through the iPhone Messages database backup file – admittedly that’s quite a bit more advanced, and since it requires a computer and iTunes it may not be suitable for all users looking to read through old messages. There are also some third party apps that can make that computer based process easier, though that’s beyond the scope of this article.

Do you have any other tips, tricks, of methods of viewing and reading old messages on an iPhone or iPad? Share them with us in the comments below!

Source: OSX Daily

May 9, 2018 0 comment
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How to Use the Fast & Private CloudFlare DNS on iPhone or iPad

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If you’re interested in using the Cloudflare DNS service on an iPhone or iPad, you’ll find it’s a fairly easy configuration process to setup your iOS device to use the ultra-fast and privacy-focused DNS service. This tutorial will detail that setup process.


If this sounds like Greek, then here’s a super quick background: DNS is what associates an IP address (like 1.1.1.1) to a domain name (like Cloudfare.com), you can think of it a bit like a directory service. That lookup and association process takes a small amount of time to complete. Thus, using a faster DNS provider can make DNS lookups a bit faster, and may offer a subtle performance boost to internet usage. Additionally, with CloudFlare DNS, that process is apparently not logged with your IP and the data is not sold or used to target ads, which makes it a bit more private than some other DNS providers and some ISP default DNS. If you’re interested in learning more, you can find more info on the Cloudfare blog.

If some of this sounds familiar to you it’s probably because we covered how to use Cloudflare DNS on Mac OS, but by request we’re now covering how to setup the same DNS service on an iOS device like an iPhone or iPad. You can custom configure DNS on virtually every iOS device ever made, so it does not matter what version your particular iPhone or iPad is running.

How to Setup Cloudflare DNS in iOS

If you have ever changed DNS settings on an iPhone or iPad before then this process will be familiar to you, except of course you’ll be using the Cloudflare DNS IP addresses. If you’re unfamiliar with the steps, here they are:

Note: if you have any pre-existing custom DNS configuration, be sure to make note of those settings before making any adjustments.

  1. Open the “Settings” app in iOS

    2. Settings icon

  2. Tap on the “Wi-Fi” option in settings

    3. How to use Cloudflare DNS on iOS

  3. Tap on the “(i)” button next to the currently connected Wi-Fi router name

    4. How to use Cloudflare DNS on iOS

  4. Under the DNS section, tap on “Configure DNS”

    5. How to use Cloudflare DNS on iOS

  5. Tap “Manual” under the Configure DNS section
  6. Under “DNS Servers” tap on “Add Server” and enter the following IP address:

    7. 1.1.1.1

  7. Tap on “Add Server” again and enter the following IP address:

    8. 1.0.0.1
    How to use Cloudflare DNS on iOS

  8. Tap on “Save” to keep the Cloudflare DNS settings
  9. Exit out of Settings and use the internet on your iPhone or iPad as usual

The DNS settings change should take effect immediately and not require any additional action, nor rebooting, but if you’re having connectivity issues after making any adjustments then a restart of the device or clearing DNS caches on iPhone or iPad may be helpful. If you still don’t get a connection, make sure the syntax is entered correctly, and if that still fails then delete the entries and go back to your default DNS settings.

If you’re not sure if you want to use Cloudflare DNS, or you aren’t sure that Cloudflare DNS will be any faster than your current DNS, you can access a site like DNS Performance to see how the performance is for your general region of the world. It’s not going to be faster for everyone, but for some users it may be. Setting custom DNS settings can often lead to speedier wi-fi use on iOS devices and computers, so it’s worth investigating for many users.

As for the privacy aspect of Cloudflare DNS, the company says they will not log IP addresses, sell your data, or use any of that data to target ads. Whether or not that is appealing to you likely depends on your views of internet privacy in general, but it may be of interest to some users. It’s not a VPN nor will it anonymize internet usage in anyway, but it may offer some additional privacy during DNS lookups and DNS resolving behavior when using the internet from an iOS device configured to use the service.

Of course this walkthrough is geared towards iPad and iPhone users, but if you’re on a Mac and the topic interests you, then you can follow instructions to use Cloudflare DNS on Mac OS too.

Source: OSX Daily

April 14, 2018 0 comment
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How to Search Email on iPhone and iPad Mail

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Did you know the Mail app for iOS has a Search feature? Indeed the iPhone and iPad Mail apps have a search capability, but it’s not visible by default and instead the functionality is hidden behind a gesture, and thus many users don’t even know a find feature exists for emails on their iOS devices.

If you ever need to search for an email on an iPhone or iPad, the hidden Search feature in Mail for iOS is going to make your task much easier. You can use it to search by any word, name, or term, and it’ll search all inboxes or a specific inbox to quickly find any email by the provided search terms.

How to Search Emails in iOS Mail App

Want to find an email on an iPad or iPhone? No sweat, here’s how to access the hidden Search functionality:

  1. Open the Mail app on the iPhone or iPad

    2. Mail icon in iOS

  2. From the primary inbox view, swipe or pull down on a message, this will reveal the hidden “Search” box

    3. Swipe down to find the Search feature in Mail for iOS

  3. Tap into the “Search” field

    4. Tap into Search feature in IOS Mail

  4. Type in the Search box a name, email address, term, phrase, word, date, to search emails for matches

    5. Find searched emails on iPhone and iPad through search results of Mail app

Any emails that match the term you searched for will show up in the list below. In the example above we searched an inbox for the word “turkey” and found a handful of emails that showed to match that word.

The Mail search feature in iOS is fast and should turn up emails that match your search terms quickly, though the speed may depend on your iOS devices age as well as the internet connection, and possibly even the email accounts being used.

By default the Mail search feature on iPhone and iPad will search all inboxes that are in the email account, but if you have multiple email account configured or add another email account to iOS Mail app, you can go to those email inboxes first within iOS Mail and narrow down the search by inbox as well.

It’s worth noting that accessing the search feature in Mail app for iOS is also the same gesture as summoning Spotlight and web search from iOS Home Screen, searching Messages in iOS, searching in Reminders for iOS, searching in iOS Settings and it’s also the same gesture necessary to reveal the hidden search capability in Notes for iOS too.

But before declaring that a downward drag gesture is the universal search feature in iOS, recall that not all search functions in iOS are hidden and tucked behind a pull-down gesture, for example, searching on a webpage in Safari for iOS uses the Sharing button as a starting point instead, and searching Photos on the iPhone and iPad is accessed by tapping on a magnifying glass icon. There is not always consistency with how to access a search function in the iOS world, which can also explain why some users aren’t aware of the search features existing in many apps at all.

Source: OSX Daily

March 20, 2018 0 comment
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How to Tag Files on iPhone and iPad

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Using file tags can help to arrange, organize, and prioritize documents, files, and data. Now that iOS has a dedicated Files app for the iPhone and iPad, you might find it helpful to know that you can tag any items, files, documents, images, or anything else stored within the Files app of iOS, much like you can tag files in the Mac Finder. And perhaps best of all, if the tagged files are stored in iCloud Drive, they will sync to other iOS devices and Macs as well, with that same tag.

Tagging files in iOS is a simple process, but it’s easily overlooked. This tutorial will show you how to tag a single file, how to tag multiple files, and how to view tagged files in the iOS Files app.


The Files app is available on all iPhone and iPad devices running iOS 11 or later. The tutorial here is demonstrated on an iPhone but the behavior is the same on an iPad too.

How to Tag Files in Files App for iPhone and iPad

You can tag any file quickly from the iOS Files app by following these steps:

  1. Open the “Files” app on the iPhone or iPad

    2. Open the Files app

  2. Navigate to the file(s) you wish to tag and tap on the file you want to tag

    3. Open the file you want to tag

  3. From the file preview, tap the Sharing button, it looks like a box with an arrow flying out of it

    4. Tap to Share for tagging

  4. Tap the “+Tag” button in the sharing panel

    5. How to tag a file in iOS

  5. Choose the file tag(s) you want to use by tapping on them, then tap on the “Done” button

    6. How to tag a file in iOS for iPhone and iPad

That’s it, your selected file will have been tagged with the tag of your choice.

If you’re syncing data with iCloud, then the file tags will sync over to other devices shortly. And yes if you tag a file from iCloud Drive on the Mac, that tag will sync with the associated file to iPhone or iPad as well via Files app.

How to Tag Multiple Files in iOS Files App

You can also tag multiple files at the same time from the Files app in iOS, here’s how that works:

  1. Open the Files app in iOS
  2. Navigate to the files you want to tag, then tap the “Select” button in the corner of the Files app
  3. Now tap to select each file you want to tag
  4. Tap the Sharing icon and then tag the files as desired, choosing “Done” when finished

Whether you tag one file or many files is up to you.

How to View Tagged Files in iOS Files App

Of course you can easily see the tagged files from the iOS Files app as well. This is also where the power of file tagging can be extra useful, because you can use file tags to quickly see and edit items you have tagged, without having to navigate to wherever their original location is in the Files app or file system.

  1. Open the ‘Files’ app and go to the main Browse screen to your root directory selection
  2. Scroll down to find the “Tags” section, then tap any tag to see the files matching that tag

    3. Where tagged files are located in iOS Files app

Note that on the iPad the Browse section will be in the Files app sidebar if the device is orientated horizontally.

For Mac users reading this and wondering about tagging directly in the Finder of Mac OS, or from within iCloud Drive, you can tag files on the Mac with drag and drop, or with a file tag keyboard shortcut, and remove tags just as well too.

While tagging is fairly new to the iOS world with Files app, the Tags feature has been around on the Mac for a very long time, where it used to be called “Labels” before rebranding as Tags in more recent Mac OS releases. Anyway, enjoy your tags!

Source: OSX Daily

February 28, 2018 0 comment
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How to Make iPhone Speaker Louder Sounding with EQ Settings

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The built-in iPhone speaker is fairly loud as is, but if you want your iPhone speaker to sound even louder than you’ll likely enjoy this tip.

By adjusting iOS Music equalizer settings, you can boost the sound output volume of music playing from the iPhone (or iPad and iPod touch) speakers, giving the impression of louder music.


This is quite easy to test yourself, and it’s easily reversible if you decide you’re not a fan of how things sound.

How to Make iPhone Speaker Sound Louder

This works the same on iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.*

  1. Open the Music app on iPhone or iPad and start playing any song, radio station, or album
  2. Be sure the iPhone audio volume is set loud, just toggle the volume up until it’s maximized
  3. Exit Music and now launch the “Settings” app in iOS
  4. Go to “Music” settings

    5. Music settings

  5. Now go to the “EQ” settings in Music section

    6. Make iPhone sound louder

  6. Choose the “Late Night” EQ setting (Optionally, test the “Loudness” setting as well, then use which sounds better to your ear)

    7. Make iPhone sound louder

Do you hear the difference? You should. The Late Night and Loudness Equalizer setting appear to adjust the softer components of a song or music to be, well, louder. The effect can be subtle or not depending on the type of music you’re listening to, but regardless it should be noticeable.

* Note the effect is going to be noticed only through the Music app, and not other audio output apps or sources on the device that don’t pass through the Equalizer settings of Music app.

So the Late Night EQ and Loudness EQ setting sounds louder, but does it sound better? That’s purely a matter of personal taste, ear, and opinion, but to me it doesn’t sound as good as the other EQ settings tuned to specific music genres. But it does work in a pinch if you want to make the iPhone or iPad music sound louder, and without having to use an external speaker or other audio output source.

This obviously applies to iOS, but if you’re on a computer you can do the same thing manually and make songs play louder in iTunes on a Mac or PC (or softer too) by adjusting equalizer settings directly in iTunes as well.

Oh and by the way, if you did this and music still sounds quiet, you should check to see if you set a maximum volume limit in iOS Music at some point in time, since that may limit the sound volume output of iPad speakers and iPhone speaker.

Even if this trick does sound louder, it won’t necessarily sound better, because the internal iPhone and iPad speakers are limited by their small size. Thus if you really want much louder and better sounding music output from an iPhone or iPad, you’ll want to get a nice set of external speakers or a Bluetooth stereo, or connect to an existing speaker system by using the bundled Dongle 3.5mm to Lightning adapter (or use a third party dongle if you want to listen to music while simultaneously charging the iPhone). Having a nice set of external speakers just can’t be beat for audio quality, regardless of EQ settings.

And if you’re in a real bind but don’t have access to external speakers, well you can make your own! Sort of… and I know this is going to sound goofy, but you can make a Do-It-Yourself set of iPhone speakers out of paper towel roll and plastic cups or even putting it into a glass… each of those tricks will absolutely make the iPhone sound louder by directing the speaker output… sort of like shouting into a cave or through a tube yourself. It’s not going to look pretty, but it’ll do the trick.

Do you have any other tips for making an iPhone or iPad speaker sound louder, or better? Share them with us in the comments below!

Source: OSX Daily

February 19, 2018 0 comment
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How to Rename Files & Folders in iOS Files App

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The iOS Files app and iCloud Drive offer a file system of sorts for the iPhone and iPad. One frequently used capability of file systems is the ability to rename files and folders as necessary, and as you might expect, the Files app for iOS offers this functionality too.


Apple is quite consistent with these functionalities across their operating systems, so if you’re already familiar with renaming a file or folder on the Mac or renaming an app folder on iOS then the technique should be immediately familiar to you.

How to Rename Folders & Files on iPhone & iPad with Files App

  1. Open the “Files” app on the iPhone or iPad

    2. The Files app

  2. Navigate to the file or folder you wish to rename in the iOS Files app
  3. Tap directly on the file or folder name

    4. How to rename files and folders in iOS

  4. Use the keyboard to edit, delete, or rename the file or folder as necessary, then tap on the “Done” button to set the name change

    5. How to rename files and folders in iOS Files app

Simple, and easy.

The renaming process is the exact same whether the target item is a file or a folder.

Renaming a folder in Files app for iOS

You can rename just about anything found within the Files app and iCloud Drive, whether it’s a folder you just created yourself, a webpage PDF you created, a file that was saved from another iOS app, something copied to iCloud Drive from a Mac, or elsewhere.

Because many items in Files app are stored in iCloud and not locally, there is sometimes a slight delay with the renaming of files or folders from taking effect on other devices using the same Apple ID. For example you may change a file name of a document from an iPad in the Files app, but because it syncs through iCloud and Apple servers, it may take a moment for that change to reflect in the Files app of another shared iPhone, or even the iCloud Drive app on the Mac, any slight lag depends on the speed of the internet connections in use.

Remember, the iOS “Files” app used to be called ‘iCloud Drive’, but with the new name it also earned the ability to have files stored directly on an iOS device through apps (but not directly from user input, as of now anyway). Regardless of how the Files app is named the data stored within will be the same, and it’s the same iCloud Drive data you can access from another iOS device or Mac using the same Apple ID too.

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February 16, 2018 0 comment
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How to Save a Webpage as PDF on iPad and iPhone the Easy Way

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Want to save a web page as a PDF on iPad or iPhone? Generating PDF files of webpages and web articles is now easier than ever before in iOS, thanks to a new obvious “Create PDF” feature that is available in modern system software releases.


Any iPhone or iPad running iOS 11 or later now has the capability of creating a PDF file from any webpage in Safari through a direct feature; that means there is no more guesswork with hidden Save As PDF iOS gestures, or printing PDF 3D Touching, or forced use of iBooks (though those tricks still work if you prefer the secret approach), instead you can just directly initiate PDF creation with a simple method we will detail here in this tutorial.

This offers by far the fastest and easiest way to turn any web article or webpage into a PDF file on iOS.

How to Save Webpage as PDF on iPad and iPhone

This ‘Create PDF’ feature requires iOS 11 or newer. The walkthrough below demonstrates this capability on iPad but the feature is identical on iPhone as well.

  1. Open Safari on the iPad or iPhone

    2. Safari

  2. Visit the webpage you want to save as a PDF (for example, this webpage you’re reading right now)
  3. Tap on the Sharing button, it looks like a box with an arrow flying out of it

    4. Save a webpage as PDF on iOS

  4. From the Sharing options, scroll through to find “Create PDF” and tap on that

    5. Save a webpage as PDF on iOS by choosing Create PDF

  5. You’ll be brought to a new screen with the PDF file visible, tap on “Done” *

    6. Save a webpage as PDF on iOS

  6. Choose “Save File To…”

    7. Save a webpage as PDF on iOS

  7. From the Files app iCloud Drive browser, tap the location or Folder you want to save the webpage PDF to and then tap on “Done” to save the PDF

    8. Choose location to save the PDF of webpage to in Files app

A PDF file of the active webpage has now been created and saved to the Files app on the iPad or iPhone.

You can confirm the webpage PDF was created and saved properly by going to the “Files” app in iOS and then choosing the iCloud Drive folder or location you chose to save the PDF to.

The PDF file created from a webpage in Files app of iOS

* Before tapping on Done, you can also tap the little marker and use Markup to draw, doodle, or write on the PDF file if desired.

By default the name of generated PDF files from Safari will be in the format of “Safari – (Date of Creation) – (Time of Creation).pdf” but you can always rename it in the iOS Files app to be something more descriptive if desired.

Because Files app is also iCloud Drive, you can access the saved webpage PDF from any other iOS device or Mac that uses the same Apple ID via the Files app in iOS or via iCloud Drive on a Mac.

Oh and here’s a bonus quick tip that can help any created PDF files from Safari look a bit better: if a webpage saved as PDF is a little too cluttered, or you just want to remove any extra styling, you can use the use the Reader trick for printing webpages and articles without ads from iOS Safari and then use the Create PDF method once Reader mode has been activated on the article in question. The Reader view strips out just about all styling on a webpage and just leaves the text and images remaining, which can make for a simpler looking PDF file as well.

As mentioned before, you’ll need one of the most modern iOS releases to have access to Create PDF feature in the Safari Sharing function. You can either update to iOS 11 or later to gain this PDF creation capability, or rely on a different method of saving webpages as PDF files. Four alternative options for generating PDF documents of webpages include:

Each of those methods offers the same end result of a PDF file generated from a webpage, but with the new direct “Create PDF” option available in Safari for modern iOS it is hard to want to recommend any other choice unless your iPhone or iPad is on an older system software release.

Do you know of any other handy tips, tricks, or techniques for generating PDF files from webpages on an iPad or iPhone? Share them with us in the comments!

Source: OSX Daily

February 13, 2018 0 comment
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How to Select Multiple Photos Quickly on iPhone and iPad with a Drag & Select Gesture

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Modern versions of iOS offer a convenient dragging gesture that allows iPhone and iPad users to quickly select multiple pictures from the Photos app, without having to continuously tap on images or use the select by date method.

With the iOS drag and select gesture, you can choose as many photos as can be seen on screen, which you can then share, add to folder, move, or perform other actions with. It works very similar to clicking and dragging to select groups of files or images with a cursor on Mac and Windows computers, but given the touchscreen nature of iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch, you utilize a tap and drag instead.

How to Choose Multiple Photos on iPhone & iPad with a Tap & Drag Gesture

Here’s how to use the Drag & Select Gesture to choose many photos quickly in iOS:

  1. Open the Photos app in iOS and go to any album, or the Camera Roll

    2. open THAT PHOTOS APP

  2. Tap on the “Select” button

    3. TAP ON SELECT BUTTON TO SELECT PHOTOS

  3. Now tap on the image to start, and continue to hold down while dragging elsewhere on screen to another image, lift to stop selecting images

    4. Tap and drag to select many photos at once with a simple gesture in iOS

You can both select and unselect images with drag and select (the opposite being drag and unselect I suppose), so try it out even if you don’t plan on performing any action, sharing, or moving the images in question. The animated gif below demonstrates visually how this drag-to-select gesture works:

Select multiple photos quickly in iOS with a tap and drag gesture

Once the multiple images are selected in Photos app, you can share them, transfer via AirDrop to a Mac or other iOS device, move them into different folders, save to the Files app and iCloud, and much more.

Like many other gesture related tips, this is one of those tricks that you should try out yourself and learn how it works. Once you familiarize yourself with it, you’ll see just how fast and efficient it is.

This drag-and-select trick is obviously limited to what images are visible on screen, so it may be a bit more useful for the larger screen iPhone and iPad models compared to the smaller screens. Accordingly, if you’re trying to delete many images from the devices, a better approach is still to use the select all by date trick to bulk remove photos in iOS regardless of the device, since by selecting from date you will also select images that are not visible on screen that are within the date range. Either approach is going to be much faster than tapping multiple photos one-by-one to remove them or perform another action.

Do you know of any other convenient gestures or tricks to select multiple photos at once on an iPhone or iPad? Let us know in the comments!

Source: OSX Daily

February 8, 2018 0 comment
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How to Stop Apps Downloading on All iOS Devices Automatically

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If you have more than one iOS device using the same Apple ID, let’s say an iPhone and an iPhone, you may have noticed that if you download an app on the iPhone, the same app will simultaneously download and appear on the iPad, and vice versa. This is due to an iOS feature called Automatic Downloads.

Automatic Downloads in iOS can be undeniably useful in some situations, but it can also be frustrating and unexpected, and can lead to a reduction in storage capacity on devices as they end up downloading the same apps whether you want the apps on both devices or not.

Like many iOS features, Automatic Downloads can be turned off. Once disabled, you will be able to download an app directly to an iPhone or iPad, and not have it automatically appear on the other iOS devices you own sharing the same Apple ID.

How to Disable Automatic App Downloads on iPhone and iPad

The setting for stopping automatic app downloads is the same on all iOS devices:

  1. From the home screen of the iOS device, open the “Settings” app
  2. Locate the “iTunes & App Store” section of Settings and tap on that
  3. Locate the “Automatic Downloads” section and toggle the switch next to “Apps” to the OFF position

    4. Disable automatic app downloads in iOS

For best results, and if you want to completely stop all automatic app downloads on all devices, repeat the process of disabling the setting on all iOS devices you own.

Another helpful tip after disabling this feature is to review the apps on all of your iOS devices, and then uninstall the iOS apps from the iPhone and iPad that you don’t want on each particular device. This can help to free up storage space that you may not have even known was being taken up by apps that are not in use on each device.

This can be an important setting to toggle if you frequently are running out of storage capacity on your iOS devices (and who isn’t?). For example, I have a 256 GB iPhone X that I frequently download new apps onto, and a 32 GB iPad that I use a handful of specific apps on. Because of Automatic App Downloads, the many app downloads on the iPhone X quickly consumed all of the storage capacity on the iPad which has a small fraction of the storage space in comparison.

Another option would be to just manually stop the app downloading in iOS on devices you don’t want to get apps automatically to, but that requires a much more hands-on approach.

Note you can also turn off automatic app updates in iOS within the same setting panel if desired. Or you can leave one setting on and turn the other off, it’s your choice depending on how you use your devices.

Like all iOS settings, you can also change your mind and reverse this setting if you decide you like it later. Just return to Settings > App Store & iTunes > and toggle the switch for Automatic Downloads of Apps back to the ON position again.

Source: OSX Daily

January 17, 2018 0 comment
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