By Conner Carey
Periods come at the end of almost every sentence, which means we’re doomed to continually tap the Numeric Keyboard button on the iPhone or iPad Numeric Keyboard. But, it turns out there’s a text shortcut for typing a period with only the space bar.
By Conner Carey
A little known trick of the Apple Watch is that you can use it as your shutter remote for taking pictures with your iPhone. When you open the Camera app on your Apple Watch, you’ll see whatever the iPhone’s camera can see. This is perfect for taking family photos since you can station the iPhone on a tripod, join the group, and tap the button or activate the three-second timer right from your Apple Watch. Here’s how to take iPhone photos using your Apple Watch.
Do you regularly call extensions for your work or personal phone calls? If so, you're probably sick of dialing through phone trees to get to the person you want to reach. We'll show you how to dial an extension on iPhone to skip the whole phone-tree nonsense, and how to add an extension to a phone number in Contacts for later use.
This tip works of iPhones running iOS 15 and newer. Find out how to update to the latest version of iOS.
What is an extension number? An extension is an extra set of numbers that you can add onto the end of a phone number to reach a specific person. You'll most often want to use an extension to reach a specific person at a company with a large number of employees. So how do you dial an extension? We'll start by showing you how to dial an extension on your iPhone. Then, in the next section, we'll cover how to add an extension to a phone number in iPhone contacts. Here's how to dial an extension on iPhone:
That's all there is to it! Now, you know how to dial an extension on your iPhone. If you'd like to learn how to add an extension to a phone number already saved to your Contacts, keep reading!
Related: How To Redial a Phone Number on Your iPhone
If you plan to regularly call a phone number extension, we'll show you how to add an extension to a phone number and save it in your Contacts. That way, the next time you go to dial the extension, it will already be saved as it needs to be dialed. To learn more iPhone tips and device hacks, sign up for our free Tip of the Day newsletter. Now, here’s how to add an extension to a phone number in your iPhone Contacts:
Now you how to dial an extension on iPhone before you even get to the operator, and you can also add an extension to a phone number in your iPhone Contacts as well.
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The reminders app is my favorite way to easily remember events coming up. Often, I’ll ask Siri to set a reminder for me. When you add a time or location to your reminder, you’ll get a notification at the perfect moment. Usually to edit this information in the Reminders app, you need to tap the blue “i” next to the reminder. But with 3D Touch (only on iPhone 6s and later), you can skip all that and quickly jump into editing. Here’s how to edit reminders with 3D Touch.
Related: 10 Tips for Using 3D Touch to Make Your Life Easier
Open the Reminders app.
Either create a reminder or find one you want to edit.
Activate 3D Touch with a hard press on the reminder you want to edit.
Two options will appear: Remind me on a day and Remind me at a location.
Tap the one you want to edit.
You’ll be directed to the place where you can choose the date or location and the feature will already be turned on.
By Rheanne Taylor
Gone are the days when sharing photos and videos meant tediously transferring them from your camera to your computer via wires and SD cards. Thanks to email, AirDrop, and the ability to upload content directly to social media, sharing memories with your friends and family has become easier than ever. Apple has taken that ease even further, allowing you to instantly send photos and videos directly from the Messaging app. Here’s how to instantly send photos in messages.
By Conner Carey
By default, your iPhone or iPad will continually check for new mail and immediately "push" it to your device as a notification. This ensures you get new emails as soon as they arrive. However, the Push setting can also end up draining more battery since your device is checking for new emails continuously. Here's how to change your mail Fetch settings iphone and save a little more battery.
By Conner Carey
The process of deleting contacts on iPhone is not obvious. Unlike other apps on iPhone that let you tap Edit and multi-select for easy deletion, the option for deleting contacts on iPhone is hidden within each Contact’s information card. But once you know how to delete one, it’s easy. Here’s how to delete a contact on iPhone.
By Abbey Dufoe
You may have noticed that your Message alerts sound twice: once when you get the message and again two minutes later, if you haven't opened it yet. If this isn’t your cup of tea, there’s an easy way to change it. Repeat Alerts can be found and changed in the Settings app. You can choose to set repeat message alerts from never all the way up to 10 times. Here’s how to turn off repeat message notifications.
By Alex Cequea
For the average iPhone user, there’s just never enough power. Seriously, if I’m away from an outlet for too long, I start to go into a mild panic attack. In all these years of mobile innovation, Apple has not yet been able to crack the code to unlimited battery life. Sigh. Maybe on the iPhone 10?
