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How to Check iOS Feature Availability Per Country

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Have you ever wanted to know if a particular iOS feature is supported in your country, or perhaps a country you are traveling to with an iPhone or iPad?

As you may know, some iPhone and iPad features are limited to specific countries. This can be for varying reasons, perhaps due to initial feature availability, regional restrictions or laws, or the availability of necessary resources for a particular feature to work. Additionally, often new iOS features roll out in a few select countries first, and then release into other countries as time goes on, as is the case with Apple Pay or Apple News or Siri.

If you’re wondering if a particular iOS feature is available in your country, you can find out rather easily by going to a little-known Apple website to confirm feature availability for iOS versions on iPhone and iPad.

How to Check iOS Feature Availability For Specific Countries

  1. Open any web browser from any device or computer
  2. Go to the iOS Feature Availability page on apple.com here
  3. Find the feature you are interested in and click on it to see the country list that supports that feature

For example, you can go to that link, then click on ‘Apple Pay’ to see the latest list of countries where Apple Pay is supported.

Check iOS feature availability per country

Even if a feature is not yet available in a particular country or region that does not mean it never will be. Apple works to bring features to new regions constantly, and as time goes on more and more countries typically support more features.

It’s important to note this is feature availability, which can differ per country, and not feature compatibility, which can differ per device and iOS version. It’s quite possible that a feature is technically compatible with the iOS device and version that is installed on say a particular iPhone or iPad, but that the country the device is registered and used in does not support that feature.

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May 25, 2019 0 comment
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How to Import Photos from Camera / SD Card to iPhone

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Want to transfer photos from a digital camera to iPhone? You can easily import photos and video from a digital camera or SD card to an iPhone with the help of an appropriate adapter and the super simple iOS Photos import procedure. This tutorial will walk through the steps to copy images and media from an SD card or camera to an iOS device.


To be able to successfully transfer and import photos from a digital camera or SD card to the iPhone, you will need the following:

Assuming you have those prerequisites met, you’ll be able to copy images from the digital camera or SD card to the iPhone. And in case you were wondering, yes all of this is the same on iPhone as it is on iPod touch and iPad, so long as the iOS device has a Lightning port.

How to Import All Photos from Camera / SD Card to iPhone

Ready to import and copy photos from the SD card / camera to iPhone? Here’s what you’ll want to do:

  1. Connect the Apple Lightning to SD Card Camera Reader adapter to the iPhone lightning port at the bottom of the phone

    2. The Apple lightning to SD card reader

  2. Insert the SD Card into the Apple Lightning to SD Card Camera Reader
  3. Wait a moment and Photos app will launch automatically on the iPhone *
  4. Tap on “Import All” in the corner of the Import screen of Photos app **

    5. How to import all photos from camera or SD card to iPhone

  5. When the “Import Complete” screen appears, choose to “Keep” the photos on the SD card / camera, otherwise choose Delete if you want to permanently remove them from the attached SD card

    6. Choose to keep or delete the photos from the SD card

All photos that were copied and imported from the SD card will now appear in the Photos app on the iPhone. You can find them in the general Camera Roll section or in the Photos section, though do note that the default Photos sorting view is by date and so if the images are from different dates they may not appear at the very bottom of the Photos app screen.

You can also choose to browse the imported photos by going to the Photos app “Albums” view and then selecting the “Imports” album.

The Imports Photos album contains images imported to iPhone

* Sometimes the Photos app does not automatically open when the SD card or digital camera is connected to the iPhone, if that happens manually open the Photos app and choose the “Import” tab.

** Optionally, you can manually select specific photos to import by tapping on them individually at the Import screen so that they a green checkmark appears overplayed on them, but for most users they’ll probably want to import all photos from the SD card to the iPhone.

If you have a digital camera that uses a different sort of memory card rather than an SD card, you’ll want to either use an adapter, or use the USB adapter for the iPhone instead. Fortunately most digital cameras have standardized around the SD card and so that will apply for most users who want to import pictures from a camera or SD card to their iPhone.

This walkthrough is obviously focused on the iPhone, but everything is basically the same on iPod touch and iPad, assuming they have a Lightning port anyway. If you’re a Mac computer use than you can also transfer images from iPhone, camera, or memory card to the Photos app on Mac too.

Do you know of any other helpful tips, tricks, or methods of importing and copying pictures from a camera or SD card to iPhone? Share with us in the comments below!

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May 23, 2019 0 comment
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How to Turn Off Auto Capitalizing Words on iPhone and iPad

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The iOS keyboard defaults to having a setting that automatically capitalizes a new word that is typed after the end of a sentence. This auto-capitalization applies to the first character of any word typed after a period, and while many iPhone and iPad users love this feature since it can make typing faster on iOS keyboards, some users may not like it.

If you want to disable the automatic capitalization of words after a period in iOS, read on to learn how to do do so.

Note the auto-capitalization feature is different from the auto-correct feature on iPhone and iPad, though many users confuse the two. In fact, they two different features controlled by two different settings. If you are looking to turn off auto-correct in iOS then blah.asdlfasdl

How to Stop Automatically Capitalizing Words at the Start of Sentences in iOS

To turn off auto-capitalization of words at the the start of a new sentence, or after a period, simply do the following:

  1. Open the “Settings” app in iOS
  2. Go to “General” and then to “Keyboards”
  3. Find “Auto-Capitalization” and turn that OFF

    4. How to turn off auto capitalization of words in iOS

  4. Exit Settings

Now when ending a sentence and starting a new one, or inserting a period and typing a word, the letter starting the word won’t automatically capitalize by default. Whether to have this setting turned off or on is going to be entirely a matter of personal preference, so use what you like best on your iPhone or iPad.

Note: If you use an iPad with external keyboard, you might have noticed the settings changes don’t carry over when using the hardware keyboard. That’s because there are actually distinct settings specific to hardware keyboards connected to iPad, so if you wish to apply the changes to the hardware keyboard too than go to the Hardware Keyboards settings section, where you can also go about disabling auto-correct on iPad hardware keyboard and toggling the automatic period setting if desired too.

How to Enable Auto-Capitalization on iPhone and iPad

To enable the auto-capitalization of words at the start of a sentence or after a period, which is the default setting in iOS, do the following:

  1. Open the “Settings” app in iOS
  2. Go to “General” and then choose “Keyboards”
  3. Locate the “Auto-Capitalization” setting and turn that ON

Again you can have separate settings for iOS keyboards that are hardware versus the onscreen software keyboard, but that different really only applies mostly to iPad users who use hardware keyboards. But if you want consistency between your keyboarding experiences, you might choose to make the change in both locations.

This obviously applies to the iPhone and iPad, but you’re turning this feature off because you don’t like it at all, you might be interested in turning off auto-capitalize words on Mac too.

Source: OSX Daily

May 22, 2019 0 comment
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How to Set a Do Not Disturb Keyboard Shortcut on Mac

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Want to toggle Do Not Disturb mode on the Mac with a keyboard shortcut? You can easily enable a custom keyboard shortcut to turn on or off Do Not Disturb mode in MacOS, and we’ll show you how to set it up.

Do Not Disturb mode on the Mac is one of the best features you can use if you want to focus on a task, and not be distracted by the myriad endless notifications and alerts that pop up on the Mac. Enabling and disabling the feature with a keyboard shortcut offers a quick way to toggle the feature off or on as quick as possible and at any time.

How to Set a Do Not Disturb Keyboard Shortcut on Mac

To be able to toggle Do Not Disturb off or on by keyboard shortcut on Mac, you’ll need to enable a keyboard shortcut for it first. Here’s how to do that:

  1. Go to the  Apple menu and select “System Preferences”
  2. Go to “Keyboard” and then choose the “Shortcuts” tab
  3. Select “Mission Control” from the Shortcuts options
  4. Locate “Turn Do Not Disturb On/Off” and make sure that is checked to be enabled
  5. Click directly to the right of “Turn Do Not Disturb On/Off” and then press a keyboard shortcut combination to set as the Do Not Disturb keyboard shortcut

    6. How to set a Do Not Disturb keyboard shortcut for Mac

In the example here, the keystroke combination SHIFT FN F10 was set as the keyboard shortcut for enabling and disabling Do Not Disturb mode.

You can set any keyboard shortcut you want for this purpose, just make sure it’s unique and does not overlap with another keystroke combination or feature. Applying modifier keys like Shift, Option, Control, FN can be an easy way to avoid conflict with other keyboard shortcuts on the Mac. Whether FN SHIFT F10 works for your particular situation is going to depend on your individual Mac setup.

How to Toggle Do Not Disturb ON or OFF by Keyboard Shortcut on Mac

Once the keyboard shortcut for toggling Do Not Disturb mode is enabled, you can use it at anytime by pressing the keystroke combination you set in the above steps. In the example here, that would be pressing SHIFT FN F10, so therefore toggling the feature would be as so:

  • Press SHIFT FN F10 to enable Do Not Disturb mode instantly
  • Press SHIFT FN F10 to disable Do Not Disturb mode immediately

When Do Not Disturb mode is on, all notifications and alerts will not show up on the Mac, but they will still be contained within the Notification Center.

When Do not Disturb mode is off, all alerts and notifications will come through to the Mac as usual, showing up as pop-up alerts in the upper right corner of the screen.

Do Not Disturb mode is one of the most useful features available on the Mac and on the iOS side of things too, where using Do Not Disturb mode on iPhone and iPad can offer some peace and quiet when you’re on the go as well.

If you find yourself toggling this feature on frequently, you might want to set a schedule for Do Not Disturb on Mac to be automatically on at times of your choosing. And if you don’t like the annoying notifications at all then you can precent all notifications on the Mac by setting Do Not Disturb mode in perpetuity to be always enabled using a scheduling trick, which will make it so your Mac is never harangued by the alerts and notifications from everything under the sun.

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May 21, 2019 0 comment
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How to Export Health Data from iPhone

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The data contained within Health app on iPhone can be saved and exported for other uses. Perhaps you want to export Health app data to use in another health or fitness app, importing it to elsewhere, or maybe you want to use the raw Health data for your own purposes.

Exporting Health data from iPhone results in a zip archive that contains the raw data as gathered by Health app in XML format. This exported Health data will include any data stored or gathered by the Health app and any associated devices, including any Medical ID data, the native iPhone step counter and distance tracker, any data from an Apple Watch, and any data gathered from any third party devices that are syncing to Health app, like a smart scale or blood pressure monitor. Read no to learn how to export Health data from iPhone.

How to Export Health Data from iPhone

  1. Open the Health app on iPhone

    2. Health app icon

  2. Tap on your profile icon in the corner, it looks like a human head silhouette

    3. How to export Health data from iPhone

  3. Scroll down to the bottom of the Health profile and tap on “Export Health Data”

    4. How to export Health data from iPhone

  4. Tap on “Export” to confirm that you want to export Health data and start the exporting process, it may take a bit to complete

    5. How to export Health data from iPhone

  5. Choose the method of how you want to save or share the exported Health data: Messages, Mail, Notes, Files app, or any other *

    6. How to export Health data from iPhone

  6. Optionally, extract the exported Health data from the resulting “export.zip” file

As mentioned before, the exported Health app data arrives as a zip file containing XML files. Thus if you want to dig around in the Health data or just it for something else, you’ll probably want to extract and unzip the archive and access the raw XML files for your own purposes. Some third party health and fitness oriented apps and services can import the Health data directly from the zip archive, however.

Apple Health app data in XML extracted and exported from Health app

* Perhaps the simplest way to gain access to the raw Health app data is either to message or email it to yourself, or to use “Save to Files” and then access the data from iCloud Drive on a Mac, iPhone, or iPad.

You can also delete Health data from iPhone if you don’t want any of the stored health and fitness information to be stored on the device.

If you know of any other methods to extract and export Health data, or you know of any interesting uses of Health data, share with us in the comments below.

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May 20, 2019 0 comment
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How to Delete Spotify Cache on iPhone and iPad

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If you use Spotify for streaming music, over time you may discover the Spotify app increases local cache storage, which can sometimes grow quite large. These audio cache files can make the Spotify app appear to take up a lot of storage space on an iPhone or iPad. But fortunately Spotify offers a simple functionality hidden within the app that allows you to easily delete all local cache from Spotify, which is a very helpful tool to free up some storage space.


You can also use this trick to simply see how much storage space the Spotify cache is taking up.

How to Delete Cache from Spotify on iPhone or iPad

  1. Open the Spotify app then go to Spotify Settings by tapping the gear icon in the corner

    2. How to delete cache from Spotify on iPhone or iPad

  2. Choose “Storage”

    3. How to delete cache from Spotify on iPhone or iPad

  3. Select the “Delete Cache” button *

    4. How to delete cache from Spotify on iPhone or iPad

  4. Confirm that you want to delete and clear all cache from Spotify

    5. How to delete cache from Spotify on iPhone or iPad

* Note that you can also see the total cache storage of Spotify at this Storage screen where you initiate the cache removal.

How much cache storage is taken up by Spotify depends on a variety of factors, including how often you use Spotify to stream music and audio, what audio quality settings for Spotify are in use by the app, and other factors.

While iOS does not have an empty cache functionality for either the iOS System, nor most apps (though you can clear cache in Safari for iOS), nor the “Other” storage stuff in iOS, thankfully some third party apps do have manual cache removal capabilities. Third party apps with cache clearance capabilities include the aforementioned Spotify, Google Maps, Twitter, and many more, though many others do not have that capability. You can, however, delete Documents & Data from iOS apps which can offer some relief from a storage burden if you’re running particularly tight, though that’s not an ideal mechanism.

For apps that do not have individual cache removal functionality (and most do not) you can use a silly workaround to dump cache from Instagram and other notorious storage munchers by what is effectively deleting the app and then reinstalling it again. Admittedly that is less than ideal, but until either the app developers offer built-in cache removal functionality, or until Apple adds a cache removal functionality into the System Settings of iOS, sometimes these quirky workarounds will be required.

Most users won’t really ever run into a situation where clearing cache is necessary from their devices, but if you discover storage capacity on iPhone or iPad is running tight or is full, then sometimes clearing out app caches can return a significant amount of free storage to the device, so it can be a worthwhile trick to know.

We’re obviosuly focusing on Spotify for iOS here, but it’s probably the same on Android too, though Android itself usually offers a separate built-in system cache removal functionality, something that iOS would benefit from as well.

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May 19, 2019 0 comment
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How to Use Gmail in Basic HTML Mode

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The Gmail web email client is very fancy, but some Gmail users may wish to use the much more simplified Basic HTML mode for Gmail. Basic HTML Gmail strips away the fancy actions, features, and functions as well as JavaScript from the default Gmail web view, turning Gmail.com into a much more simplified webmail experience.

The main advantage to using Gmail in Basic HTML mode is that it’s stripped down considerably and thus very fast loading with lower resource requirements, so if you’re on a lower bandwidth internet connection it can make using Gmail a better experience. Of course there are other reasons users may want to use Gmail in HTML mode as well, including for improved compatibility with specific web browsers, for using Gmail with notably older browsers or older operating systems, to simplify the interface appearance to be closer to old-fashioned Gmail, or to avoid JavaScript altogether, amongst many other reasons.

You can switch Gmail to Basic HTML view and back to Standard Gmail View at any time, this article will show you how to do that.

How to Switch Gmail to HTML Basic View

  1. Open a web browser and go to Gmail.com and log in as usual
  2. After you’re logged into Gmail, open this link to load Basic HTML Gmail: https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/h/ 
  3. Look at the top of the screen and choose “Set basic HTML as default view” to always load Gmail as Basic HTML in the current web browser

Using Gmail in HTML Simple view will remove some features from the Gmail webmail client, including autocorrect, chat, rich formatting, keyboard shortcuts, and some other functions you may like. Nonetheless, Gmail in HTML mode is highly usable and excellent for many purposes. If you’re curious what it looks like, here’s an example screenshot of Gmail in Basic HTML view:

Gmail in Basic HTML view

Note if you use multiple web browsers to access Gmail and want to use HTML view in each of those browsers, you will need to set this change in each of those web browsers individually.

How to Switch Gmail HTML View to Standard View

Of course you an always switch back from Gmail Simple HTML view to Gmail Standard View at any time.

  1. Go to Gmail.com and log in if you have not done so already
  2. Open the following Gmail URL to switch back to Standard view: https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?nocheckbrowser

Gmail Standard View is the default for Gmail web mail, with the full feature set and functionality you may have come to expect.

Remember, GMail Basic HTML View is intended to be a simplified and stripped down webmail client, and while it has many uses for a wide variety of situations and is excellent for low bandwidth environments offering an excellent alternative method of using the Gmail web email client, it’s not for everyone, and it’s probably not for everyday use by most users.

If you have any other interesting tips or thoughts about using Gmail in HTML basic mode, share with us in the comments below!

Source: OSX Daily

May 18, 2019 0 comment
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How to Show iCloud Status Indicator in Mac Finder

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If you’re a Mac user who relies on iCloud Drive for data syncing and cloud storage, you might appreciate knowing that you can enable an optional iCloud Status indicator in the Mac Finder.

The iCloud Status indicators in Finder can tell you if a file or folder is only in iCloud, on the local Mac, ineligible for iCloud, waiting to upload, transferring, and more. Note these iCloud Status indicators are different from progress indicators, though you can also check the progress of iCloud file uploads and downloads in Mac OS if desired.

How to Enable iCloud Status Indicator for Mac iCloud Folders

  1. Go to the Mac Finder

    2. Finder icon on the Mac

  2. Navigate to an iCloud Drive folder, or if you use iCloud Desktop and iCloud Documents to there *
  3. Switch the folder to List View (click the List view button, or go to View menu > As List)
  4. Pull down the “View” menu and choose “View Options”
  5. Check the box for “iCloud Status” to enable the iCloud Status indicator for the iCloud Drive folder

  6. Close out of View Options

Once the iCloud Status view option has been enabled, it will be visible as a column in List view. Like other sort columns, you can move it around as desired.

iCloud Status indicators in Mac Finder

You can also right click on the file list headers and choose to toggle “iCloud Status” from there, which is quicker than going to View Options preference panel.

How to show iCloud Status indicator in Mac Finder

Note if you disabled iCloud Desktop and Documents folders on MacOS so that your desktop and documents aren’t uploading into iCloud, then this iCloud status indicator feature won’t be available for those directories, and instead will be limited to iCloud Drive. This is signified by the iCloud Status option being grayed out and unselectable.

With the iCloud Status indicators enabled, anytime you are copying files to iCloud Drive from Mac or moving files to iCloud from Mac OS you will see the indicator change for those files. Likewise if there is other activity within the iCloud folders, that will show with the iCloud status indicator as well.

If you frequently put data into iCloud Drive or an iCloud enabled Documents or Desktop folder, you might want to think about adding iCloud Drive to the Mac Dock for quick access. It can also be helpful to watch upload progress of files and folders that are transferring to iCloud from the Mac.

Have any tips or tricks about the iCloud Status indicators in Mac Finder? Share them with us in the comments!

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May 17, 2019 0 comment
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How to Turn Off Auto-Correction on iPad Hardware Keyboards

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If you use a hardware keyboard with iPad you may have noticed that auto-correct and some other keyboard settings that applied to iOS are no longer taking effect. This is because the iPad has separate settings for the software keyboard onscreen, and a hardware keyboard if one is connected to the iPad, and thus <a href=”http://osxdaily.com/2015/01/06/disable-auto-correct-ios/“>disabling autocorrect in iOS</a> for the screen keyboard won’t carry over to the hardware keyboard, like a Smart Keyboard, iPad keyboard case, or external keyboard. Thus, to turn off autocorrection on iPad with a physical keyboard, you must adjust a separate setting.

We’ll show you how to disable auto-correction on iPad when using a hardware keyboard with the tablet.

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<h2>How to Turn Off Auto-Correct on iPad Hardware Keyboard</h2>

Note: You must have a hardware keyboard connected to iPad to have access to the additional Hardware Keyboard Settings in iOS.

<ol>

<li>Open the Settings app on iPad</li>

<li>Go to “General” and then to “Keyboards”</li>

<li>Choose “Hardware Keyboards”</li>

<li>Adjust the setting toggle for “Auto-Correction” to the OFF position to disable autocorrect with iPad hardware keyboards</li>

<li>Optionally, make other hardware specific iPad keyboard settings adjustments as desired</li>

<li>Exit Settings as usual</li>

</ol>

You can have the general autocorrection setting disabled or enabled, and have the hardware keyboard autocorrection setting enabled or disabled as well, or any combination of the two. So perhaps you like autocorrect on the screen keyboard on iPad but not on a hardware keyboard, you can adjust your autocorrect settings to accommodate that.

Note you can also disable the double-space period shortcut for hardware keyboards, and you can also disable the automatic capitalization of the first world of a new sentence for hardware keyboards used with iPad too.

If you want to turn off autocorrect completely on iPad for every possible keyboard, then you’ll want to turn off autocorrect in Keyboard settings as well. That’s also how you <a href=“http://osxdaily.com/2015/01/06/disable-auto-correct-ios/”>turn off autocorrect on iPhone or iPad</a> in general, but again that Keyboard setting applies to the onscreen keyboard and not a hardware keyboard.

<h3>How to Enable Auto-Correct for iPad Keyboards</h3>

If you want to turn on autocorrect for hardware keyboards connected to iPad, you can just as easily accomplish that too. Connect a hardware keyboard to iPad if you have not done so already, and then simply do the following:

<ol>

<li>Open the Settings app on iPad</li>

<li>Go to “General” and then to “Keyboards”</li>

<li>Choose “Hardware Keyboards”</li>

<li>Toggle the setting for “Auto-Correction” to the ON position to enable autocorrect with iPad hardware keyboards</li>

<li>Exit Settings</li>

</ol>

Remember this setting is independent of the broader iOS autocorrect setting, and so if you want to enable autocorrect for the iPad screen keyboard too then you would do so in the general Keyboard settings of iOS.

Do you know of any other helpful tips or tricks relating to autocorrect on iPad? Maybe some tricks specific to the iPad keyboard? Share your knowledge, thoughts, and opinions on this in the comments below!

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May 15, 2019 0 comment
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How to Send Your Location on iPhone by Messages the Fast Way with a Phrase

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Let’s say you’re in a Messages conversation and you want to quickly send someone your current location from iPhone. In this scenario you might go to the Messages conversations Info / Details section and use the “Share Current Location” feature, but did you know there’s an even faster way to instantly share your current location from the iPhone Messages app that can be accessed by typing alone?

This is about as easy as it gets, and sending someone your current location this way is initiated entirely by typing a very short phrase on the iPhone within the Messages app.


That phrase to type is simply:

“I’m at“

Don’t hit send yet, but wait a moment and you’ll see a “Current Location” option show up in the Quick Type bar. Tapping that will immediately get the current location so that you can share it.

Here are the precise steps to see how it works if you’d like to try it yourself:

How to Share Current Location by Messages on iPhone the Fast Way

  1. Open the Messages app and go to any conversation or start a new one with someone else who has iMessages
  2. Type “I’m at” and then wait a moment for the QuickType keyboard to show “Current Location” and tap on that

    3. How to share Current Location from Messages on iPhone the fast way

  3. Send the message as usual to share your current location in the Messages conversation instantly

This is probably the single fastest way to send someone else your current location from the iPhone within the Messages app. It works the same on iPad too, but for most users sharing location from iPhone is probably more relevant.

You must have Location Services enabled for Messages to have access to this feature, so if you turned off Location Services at some point you will need to turn them back on again (at least at a system level for Messages).

Likewise you’ll need to make sure the Quick Type keyboard is visible too since that’s what you’ll be tapping for quick access to the current location option.

By no means is this the only way to share your location from an iPhone, and one of the most common is to use the “Share Current Location” feature from Messages on iPhone or iPad with a specific contact. But you can also use Maps, mark a spot on Maps and share that location from iOS, use Find My Friends, use Siri to get the current location, get GPS coordinates from iPhone and send those to someone with a classic GPS device or in-car GPS unit, and many third party apps also support location services if you’re using another messenger application.

On the Mac side of things this particular “I’m at” trick does not work, though a Mac user can be a recipient of the shared location. If you’re looking to share location to and from a Mac it might better to instead use Find My Friends on Mac OS to have similar functionality.

Do you know of any other helpful location sharing tricks for messages, the iPhone, or Apple ecosystem in general? Share with us in the comments below!

Source: OSX Daily

May 15, 2019 0 comment
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