Innehållsförteckning för October 2022 från iPhone User Magazine

Have you installed iOS 16 yet? I remember when iOS updates first came out it was wise to wait a little bit before installing them, just in case. Reports of updates bricking iPhones were probably widely exaggerated, but it always felt like a good idea to wait a week or two until any bugs had been ironed out. These days I just dive right in and install them as soon as I can. And I did the same with iOS 16. The result? My iPhone has a whole new lease of life. My favourite feature of iOS 16 is the new lock screen, and all the things you can do with it. Just tap and hold anywhere on the lock screen then tap the Customize button to start having fun adding…

1 Create a Lock Screen Swipe down over the top-left corner of the screen to display the Lock Screen, then tap and hold on it. Tap the ‘+’ to add new Lock Screen. You can now choose a wallpaper for the Lock Screen from Apple’s suggestions. 2 Customise the look Swipe up to see the categories of wallpaper, and left over a category to see the further options. To choose one, tap it. Some wallpapers have different options. To see them, swipe left over the screen. Tap Add to select one. 3 Create your look If you don't like any of the suggestions, you can choose your own photo from your Library, or specify the precise colour you want to use. To do that, tap one of the circles at the top of…

1 Activate Shared Library Tap the Settings app to open it, then Photos and, under Library, tap Shared Library. Tap Get Started, then Add Participants to start typing the name of a contact. When the person you want to add appears in the list, tap their name. 2 Add more people If you want to share the library with more than one person, tap Add to include the first contact and then, on the Add Participants screen, tap Add Participants and repeat the selection process. Tap Next when you’re done. 3 Choose what to share You now have three choices: you can share all your photos and videos, in which case they will all be moved to the Shared Library; you can choose by people or date; or you can do this manually.…

No longer an also-ran when it comes to messaging, Mail in iOS 16 includes a number of other features that should make wrangling your emails easier. One of the biggest features is for forgetful types like us – Mail should now remind you when you’ve forgotten to add a recipient or include an attachment you said you’d include, before you tap the Send button. You can also Unsend emails you sent too hastily (another faux pas of ours). You can also be more easily reminded of any follow-ups that you need to attend to. Never heard back from Gary in accounts about your expenses? Not only can you set reminders that will enable you to chase this up, but you can also easily issue a follow-up when you don’t quite…

As with every update to iOS, the main features aren’t the whole story. There are a ton of smaller features and updates that should make using your iPhone more productive and more fun. Photos We covered the new shared libraries in Photos already, but there are a few more additions to that app. The new duplicate detection feature automatically identifies two of the same image in albums, making it easier to clean up your library. There’s also a batch-editing feature that enables you to make changes to one photo and apply those changes to other photos in your library. You can also undo or redo multiple edits. The Hidden and Recently Deleted albums are locked by default, and need Face ID, Touch ID or a passcode to unlock them. There…

When the late Stephen Wilhite created the GIF format in 1987, he could have had no idea of the impact his invention would have 30 years later. The term has become synonymous with short animated clips used to convey a message or emotion, usually one that captures the cultural zeitgeist, on social media platforms and messenger apps. Most of these apps enable you to tap a button and search for popular GIFs created by others, but there’s nothing to stop you from creating your own. You can do it from within Apple’s own Photos app on iPhone or iPad, but the options are pretty limited – allowing you to turn a Live Photo into a looping or bouncing animation. To harness all the creative options offered by the format, you need…

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That time of year has come round again. Summer has turned to autumn and Apple has launched a brand-new version of iOS, in this case version 16. It’s the nearest thing you can get to a new iPhone without actually, well, buying a new iPhone. As usual, this new iOS features As usual, this new iOS features improvements and additions, and this time many of them are focused on allowing you to customise your iPhone, whether it’s in the way it looks or how you use it. You can now create your own custom Lock screens using your Photos or images created by Apple, plus add widgets from your favourite apps. You can even change the font and colour of the clock. You can now unsend messages in Mail and…

IN-DEPTH | iOS 16 Superguide iCloud Shared Photo Library We've long been able to create shared albums in the Photos app, as a way to share photos with others. However, in order to give others access to photos, you had to manually put them in the Shared Library. Now, in iOS 16, you can choose to create an entire shared library. It's up to you how many photos from your own library you add, but once you've added them, everyone who has access will be able to see them, as well as edit, caption, favourite and even delete the photos. They will also be able to add their own. You can share a library with up to five people, and the shared library sits alongside your Personal Library, although photos…

IN-DEPTH | iOS 16 Superguide Edit or Unsend sent messages Hasty typists rejoice! The next time you write a text in Messages and pepper it with typos, iOS 16 will give you the ability to undo your mistakes (without having to clarify in a follow-up message what you meant to say…). There are caveats though: First, you have just 15 minutes to correct a sent message before your text “Fanpy comming to the pob tonite?” is preserved for posterity; second, the recipient will need to be running iOS 16 too. To correct a sent message, long-press it, then tap Edit from the contextual menu that appears. You can also Unsend sent messages – this is the perfect face-saver for those times when you drunkenly text your ex from the ‘pob’……

IN-DEPTH | iOS 16 Superguide Share tab groups with others Tab Groups – which first appeared in macOS Monterey, iOS 15 and iPadOS 15 – are a great way to curate regularly used web browser tabs. And now you can share them! New to the latest Apple OS are Shared Tab Groups. As the name suggests, this enables you to create a collection of web browser tabs and share them with others. The recipients can also add their own tabs to the shared tab group, making collaboration easier. Not only that, but you can manage Shared Tab Groups as you would with any other shared resource – decide who can take part in a share, add or remove people, and instigate a FaceTime or Messages chat about them from within…

1 Add to Control Centre Go to the Settings app and tap Control Centre. Scroll down until you see Quick Note under More Controls, tap the ‘+’ next to it. Tap and hold on the three lines next to Quick Note, and drag it into the position in the list you want. 2 From Control Centre In any app, swipe down from the topright corner of the screen, tap the Quick Note icon (a note with a scribble on it). Start typing or dictating your note, or paste text, or add a photo. Tap Save to save the note when you’re done. 3 Use the Share menu In any app that uses the Share menu, tap Share. Swipe up until you see ‘Add to New Quick Note’. Type or dictate your note then…

1 Get started Download GIF Maker by Momento from the App Store and launch it. Follow the instructions on-screen to select categories you’re most interested in. On the next screen you’ll see the images GIF Maker has chosen from your Library. 2 Create a GIF Scroll through the images until you find one you want to use, then tap it. The next screen is the Editor, where you’ll create your GIF. Tap ‘Aa’ to add text to the GIF and type the text you want to add on the keyboard. 3 Edit the text To change the font, tap the font name at the top of the screen. Tap it again to cycle through available fonts. Tap the coloured dot to change the text colour. Tap outside the text to exit the editor.…

Widgets 1 Lock Screen widgets are similar to the widgets already available on the Home Screen. They pull data from apps and display it in a predefined space on the Lock Screen. You can choose which apps to display when you customise the Lock Screen. Developers can make widgets for their own apps, just as they can for Home Screen widgets. There are two size options and you can fit two large, four small or one large and two small widgets on the screen. Notifications 2 Notifications on the Lock Screen are now more subtle and less intrusive. They slide up from the bottom so they don’t interfere with widgets, which sit under the clock. There are three new options for displaying widgets: Hidden hides them until you tap the…

Shared Photos libraries have some neat features. For example, when you take a photograph with the Camera app, you can choose which library – personal or shared – to save it in. And you can also set a shared library as the default. Even more impressively, Photos uses Bluetooth proximity to detect if anyone you share a library is close by when you’re, say, at an event, for instance. If you have the Camera app set to upload to a shared library automatically, it will only do so if it detects someone you share with is close by. You can also choose to ’Share When at Home’, which automatically adds photos and videos from the Camera when you’re at home, even if no one you share a library with is…

1 Forgotten attachments When you send an email in Mail, it will remind you when you’ve forgotten to include an attachment. Here Mail is prompting us to include an attachment because we wrote ‘attached’ in the message but didn’t add anything. 2 Set a reminder Need to chase an email you sent, but kind of forgot? You can now add a reminder after the event to do exactly that. Swipe left on the sent email, tap More, then swipe down and choose Remind Me from the menu. 3 Custom reminders In the Remind Me menu, choose an option: Remind Me in 1 Hour; Remind Me Tonight; Remind Me Tomorrow; or Remind Me Later. You can also use the options in step 2 and 3 to remind you to reply to emails you’ve received.…

After creating a secure repository for your web and other passwords in iOS 15, iPadOS 15 (Settings > Passwords) and in macOS (System Preferences > Passwords), Apple is now planning to do away with them altogether - if Passkeys is anything to go by that is. Passkeys uses biometric tech to create passwordless logins, enabling you to use Face ID or Touch ID on supported websites. Websites will need to update their code and few have done so – but that will no doubt change. Passkeys will sync with iCloud Keychain, so passwordless logins will be available across your devices. And it will work with apps too. With Touch ID and Face ID available on Macs, iPhones and iPads, the future looks secure.…

Dictation has been significantly improved. Tap the microphone to start speaking and iOS will punctuate your speech automatically, recognising where it should put any commas and full stops. You can also add emoji by speaking the name of the emoji followed by “emoji”. When you stop speaking, you can type at the cursor, or move the cursor and edit text. When you start speaking again, the dictation will restart at the cursor. You’ll notice a microphone icon with an ‘X’ next to it hovering over the cursor. Tap that and the dictation will end. Siri Shortcuts in third-party apps are now available as soon as you install the app. Previously, developers could include intents with their apps, but you’d have to create Shortcut actions yourself. Now, complete actions can be…

REVIEW | iPhone 14 Pro & Pro Max While the regular iPhone 14 doesn’t stray too far from last year’s formula, the iPhone 14 Pro is a more ambitious release. It comes with a bunch of fresh features that make the £1,099 price seem almost reasonable – until you realise that’s a £150 jump from last year and only buys you 128GB of storage. Those with big pockets and even bigger storage needs can pay £1,640 for the 1TB model. There’s also a larger Pro Max variant for £100 more. Both are available in Deep Purple, Gold, Silver or Space Black. Admittedly, when you first take the phone out of the box there's not much innovation on display. With their stainless steel frames and brushed glass backs, the two phones…