Apple Shares 10 Helpful iPhone Tips and Tricks

[Idec50]

Swipe left for camera and swipe down for search is handy. I wish there was a single swipe to access App library search, which is faster than regular search (for apps) although you can swipe the "home screen" tabs left to right then swipe right to left to open it.

 

[Flight Plan]

When you need fine motor control for placing your cursor in any text-typable space (such as text messages or search windows), press and hold the on-screen space bar. Now you'll be able to move the cursor with greater dexterity.

It is my hope now that my suggestion will reduce the senseless killing of apostrophes and commas. It would be a bonus if the Oxford Comma could live a more free-range life too. Either way, my work here is done.

 

[Shirasaki]

Since iOS 15.2 update I can no longer make calls from my contacts with international dialling codes.

Apple genius (2 appointments + Apple store manager conversation - Apple Covent Garden) undertook the following tests - at no point even after requests, did they do a hardware test or ask to take user logs.

Turned on and off dial assist

Hard reset

Reset network settings

Reset all settings

Total phone wipe & reinstall as new phone (not using icloud backup)

All failed to resolve the issue.

I was advised to edit each of all my +300 contacts by removing either the international dialling code or leaving that and removing the domestic (0)……Great Apple!
Apple genius seemed uninterested but I was assured the issue would be resolved in a future update! Helpful!

1. Apple support is not helpful unless your issue falls right into their training materials. Otherwise just generic stuff all the way until you are bored or RNG saves them.
2. I mean, we cannot really reliably travel internationally without lots of bells and whistles these days lol.

Either way, it is very difficult to figure out what Apple actually think about these features and we rarely see front line articles outlining all features being removed.

 

[DeepIn2U]

iPhone Ninjas like their smell of “uh? How did you do THAT?” in the morning.

Universal search on iOS ... I cannot tell you how frustrating it is to simply and succinctly explain how to do it over the phone and people just do NOT get it.
Uggh.

 

[macdoktor]

Just curious: why don't you have the prefix stored in the contact information? Wouldn't that solve the problem? I have all my contacts saved including the country code and that always works, regardless of my current country.

What's even more annoying to me, as of iOS 15, is that the Contacts app now treats numbers with/without country codes as different numbers!?!? That's just ???!!

 

[macdoktor]

Also, quick reminder: use https://apple.com/feedback to let them know about things you don't like or that are broken. From what I've read, that's the only place anyone at Apple is actually paying attention to user feedback...

 

[soanis]

Just curious: why don't you have the prefix stored in the contact information? Wouldn't that solve the problem? I have all my contacts saved including the country code and that always works, regardless of my current country.

It's usually not about contacts, but mostly phones sourced from Google Maps and Apple Maps.
When you go back and forth between countries you tend to have this issue, since local businesses do not include country codes...

 

[Artemis70]

It's usually not about contacts, but mostly phones sourced from Google Maps and Apple Maps.
When you go back and forth between countries you tend to have this issue, since local businesses do not include country codes...

That makes sense. Plus, having to update every contact in your phonebook isn't something you should have to go through. I'm a traveler and am used to including the country code. But most people never go abroad and have no need for including the country code ever.