Tips and Tricks: The iPhone and iPad are powerful devices that can do pretty much anything except cook for you. Here's a collection of useful tips and tricks you can try with your device. These hidden gems can help you get the most from your iPhone and iPad.
Setting Up Parental Controls.
You can create parental controls that limit what your child can or can't do on their device. You can restrict the ability to install or delete apps, disable current apps (like Safari or Camera), and specify the rating of apps, movies, and music that can be played or down-loaded. To set parental controls, open Settings>General>Restrictions, tap Enable Restrictions, and set a password (you'll be prompted to enter it twice). From there you can customize the parental control settings to your liking.
Getting a Deleted App Back on Your Device.
You can remove apps from your devices, but they don't actually get deleted from the cloud. If you accidentally delete an app from your device, simply open the App Store, tap on the Updates tab, and tap on Purchased (on the iPad, there's a "Purchased" tab). Here, you'll be able to see all the apps you've ever purchased, even if you've deleted them before.Tap any app to download again.
Disable In-App Purchases.
If you don't want your child (or someone acting like a child) to rack up a large bill on your device through in-app purchases, you can disable the feature and save yourself a headache. Open Settings> General>Restrictions> Enable Restrictions. Create a password and enter it twice, and scroll down to Allowed Content and turn In-App Purchases to the Off position.
Changing the Name of a Folder.
Once you start accu-mulating apps, you'll need to organize them into folders to avoid having to scroll through lots of screens to find them. To create a folder, simply tap and hold any app, and drag it on top of another one once it starts wiggling. This will automati¬cally create a folder with a default name (usually the name of the app category). Changing the name of any folder is equally as easy. Just tap and hold any app icon, and once the icons start wiggling, tap on the folder, and then tap the folder name. The keyboard will pop up and you can edit away.
Send an App as a Gift.
When holiday season comes around, you'll probably find a lot of your friends and family sport¬ing an iPhone or iPad (possibly from last holiday season). Instead of buying them a new gadget, you can send them apps from the App Store as gifts. Simply open an app through iTunes on your computer or through the App Store icon on your device. Find the Gift This App option (it's an additional option next to the app price in iTunes, and under the app ratings on your device). You'll need to sign in with your Apple ID, and fill out the recipient's name and email address.
iMessage Overseas.
An international data plan can be very costly. If you're traveling overseas, use iMessage to stay in communication with anyone with an iPhone, iPad, or iPad touch. The iMessage service lets you send and receive text messages, and it is free all over the world as long as you're connected to Wi-Fi (just make sure that the iMessage text bubbles are blue. If they are green, then you're sending SMS messages, which require a cellular data plan).
Scroll Quickly to the Top
Navigating a web page with Safari on your iPhone or iPad can feel slow if you have to keep swiping up and down to read the text.To speed up your web surfing, you can tap along the very top of the browser window (where the carrier, time, and battery life is displayed), and you'll zoom to the top of the page in a flash.
Use Your iPhone as a TV Remote.
You can turn your iPhone into a universal TV remote with a free app and an Apple accessory. You'll need to download blinQ TV, and buy an infrared emitter (called the "Q") for $9.99. When you download the app, you'll get an option to order the Q. The app will allow your iPhone to control different types of TVs, DVD players, receivers, and amplifiers.
See Larger Email Previews.
When you open your email via the Mail app, you'll be able to read a snippet of each message through a small preview. You can control the size of the preview by opening Settings>Mail, Contacts, Calendar>Preview (under the Mail section), and selecting the number of lines from each email you wish to see as a preview. You can select from one to five lines of preview space.
Find the Hidden Apostrophe in the iPad.
Keyboard The iPad keyboard has a slightly different layout than that of the iPhone, and there are some hidden characters that aren't very obvious. If you tap and hold the comma/exclamation mark key, for example, you'll see an additional option for an apostrophe. Just slide your finger towards the apostrophe, and let go to select it.
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