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| # Underdocumented iOS Functions (Stuff you wish someone had told you how to do a long time ago) | ||
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| Howdy folks. I realized the other day that I have just stumbled upon so many of the most basic functions I use in iOS. Stuff like showing timestamps in iMessage (swipe right-to-left on a conversation) needs to be more obvious to the average user, imo. | ||
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| Anyway, I’m working on a list of stuff I wish I knew how to do in iOS long ago and I was hoping some of you might have ideas to contribute. | ||
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| Thank you! | ||
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| [permalink](http://reddit.com/r/ios/comments/l5p7ly/underdocumented_ios_functions_stuff_you_wish/) | ||
| by *AsphaltApostle* (↑ 40/ ↓ 0) | ||
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| ## Comments | ||
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| - You can tap on the top status bar (time or wifi/cell/battery) to scroll back to the top of a webpage, app, or whatever. Really usually. Although sometimes you do it by mistake hehe but very useful! ⏤ by *Epickid976* (↑ 35/ ↓ 0) | ||
| - And on Apollo for Reddit you can tap it again to go back to where you were. ⏤ by *ryangaston88* (↑ 31/ ↓ 0) | ||
| - Holy shit. ⏤ by *Punkrockguy33* (↑ 5/ ↓ 0) | ||
| - I didn’t know that. Thank you! It works on Tweetbot too. ⏤ by *AppleEvangelist* (↑ 2/ ↓ 0) | ||
| - LYER ⏤ by *throneofdirt* (↑ 2/ ↓ 0) | ||
| - This is big brain time ⏤ by *krishdemperor* (↑ 1/ ↓ 0) | ||
| - Woah!! Thanks for the tip! ⏤ by *Epickid976* (↑ 1/ ↓ 0) | ||
| - I hate when I accidentally do that in the Reddit app! ⏤ by *JigglinJello* (↑ 2/ ↓ 0) | ||
| - Dude... ⏤ by *ordinary_citizen* (↑ 3/ ↓ 0) | ||
| - My number one source for all things pertaining to a new release [iBooks](https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewBook?id=1515995528) ⏤ by *itsallahoaxbud* (↑ 11/ ↓ 0) | ||
| - I was astonished to discover this just a few weeks ago, as I am definitely the owner’s manual-reading type and have been using iOS since the very beginning. I just wish there was a way to access it outside of the Books app (tried to convert it to a PDF with no luck.) ⏤ by *AsphaltApostle* (↑ 4/ ↓ 0) | ||
| - https://support.apple.com/en-ca/guide/iphone/welcome/ios ⏤ by *smarthome_fan* (↑ 5/ ↓ 0) | ||
| - Press and hold the space bar so you can move the cursor wherever you want. ⏤ by *TheBr0fessor* (↑ 9/ ↓ 0) | ||
| - This one is definitely important, especially for those of us that actually used and loved 3D Touch. ⏤ by *AsphaltApostle* (↑ 9/ ↓ 0) | ||
| - I don’t need to specifically press the spacebar. Anywhere on the keyboard works. ⏤ by *flekkzo* (↑ 2/ ↓ 0) | ||
| - Hmm. I use swipe on the iOS keyboard and it only works with the space bar for me. ⏤ by *TheBr0fessor* (↑ 4/ ↓ 0) | ||
| - Only if you have a 3D Touch phone. Newer phones require you to press the space bar. ⏤ by *jaimepapier* (↑ 3/ ↓ 0) | ||
| - You can then press a second finger on the keyboard (/trackpad) to select text, but the selecting is done with the initial (spacebar) finger. ⏤ by *melbigsonasthebeaver* (↑ 3/ ↓ 0) | ||
| - I didn’t know you could use that to select the text *at all*! This changes *everything*! ⏤ by *jaimepapier* (↑ 2/ ↓ 0) | ||
| - [Apple make an app specifically for this - Tips.](https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/tips/id1069509450). Might save you compiling a list. ⏤ by *Cha7lie* (↑ 14/ ↓ 0) | ||
| - Tips is a lot better than it used to be, but it still leaves a lot to be desired imo. ⏤ by *AsphaltApostle* (↑ 5/ ↓ 0) | ||
| - some tips are missing, unfortunately ⏤ by *Jkirpalani* (↑ 9/ ↓ 0) | ||
| - Back tap ⏤ by *SonOfLiberty27* (↑ 7/ ↓ 0) | ||
| - How ⏤ by *DiomedesAuRa* (↑ 3/ ↓ 0) | ||
| - Settings > Accessibility > Touch and scroll all the way to the bottom. ⏤ by *AsphaltApostle* (↑ 3/ ↓ 0) | ||
| - Misread that as a method to scroll all the way to the bottom of the page. That’s what I want. ⏤ by *herjaxx* (↑ 1/ ↓ 0) | ||
| - I'm relatively new to iOS so I'm constantly discovering new things Coming from Android, I really missed the back button in the bottom nav, and in iOS I hate having to tap on the back arrow on the top left part of the screen. Things got a little better when I learned that when an app is using horizontal screen transitions, you can swipe from the rightmost part of the screen to the left to achieve the same thing. | ||
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| Another thing I learned was swiping down on the homescreen to bring up a search field, where you can search for apps, settings, see siri suggested apps, search the web, and more. This was a total game changer for me. ⏤ by *Jkirpalani* (↑ 3/ ↓ 0) | ||
| - Its called Spotlight ;-) ⏤ by *[deleted]* (↑ 3/ ↓ 0) | ||
| - Kind of an odd one but if you go in the share sheet and hold an app, it’ll say “Share with app”. But I have yet to find a nifty use case for this since it seems to provide the exact same functionality as just tapping it. | ||
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| Also in the share sheet, though, you can tap and hold on a suggested contact which will bring up a “Suggest Less” option — which is obviously more useful in comparison. | ||
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| Edit: Thanks for the award! :) ⏤ by *SimShade* (↑ 3/ ↓ 0) | ||
| - Well, I’ve definitely got to include [adding captions to photos and videos](https://www.macrumors.com/how-to/add-captions-photos-iphone-ipad/). ⏤ by *AsphaltApostle* (↑ 1/ ↓ 0) |
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| # Your thoughts on third-party Mastodon clients for iOS | ||
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| I’ve finally started working on a guide to third-party Mastodon clients on iOS in light of the official app’s upcoming release and I was hoping to hear from current Mastodon users on their preferences/any other thoughts they might have on mobile clients. Please do share! You’ll be doing me a favor. | ||
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| [permalink](http://reddit.com/r/Mastodon/comments/mxymr1/your_thoughts_on_thirdparty_mastodon_clients_for/) | ||
| by *AsphaltApostle* (↑ 17/ ↓ 0) | ||
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| ## Comments | ||
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| - Toot is just a joy to use. It has a little too much sometimes (it actually contains little mini games...which really aren't needed), but the experience of using it has some really clever UI twists. ⏤ by *mikepictor* (↑ 7/ ↓ 0) | ||
| - Toot’s great, too. That’s what I was using before trying Metatext, and I have absolutely nothing bad to say about it except that it doesn’t feel as “native” as Metatext. | ||
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| Others I’ve tried: | ||
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| - Amaroq: Hasn’t been meaningfully updated in ages. | ||
| - Mast: _So_ much promise, but the author is also writing the popular new Aviary app fo Twitter and seems to be concentrating on that. | ||
| - Mercury for Mastodon: I love it, but iPhone only. It operates in “zoomed in to fill the screen” mode on iPad and that ruins it for me. | ||
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| Honorable mention: | ||
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| - Linky: Not for _reading_ Mastodon, but brilliant for _posting_ to it. It’s my go-to for sharing web pages I stumble across, and I’ve scripted Drafts.app to automate Linky so that I can write a toot in Drafts and easily share it. ⏤ by *GummyKibble* (↑ 2/ ↓ 0) | ||
| - Toot! and Metatext are definitely my two favorite. ⏤ by *moonizsenpai* (↑ 3/ ↓ 0) | ||
| - >Linky: Not for reading Mastodon, but brilliant for posting to it. It’s my go-to for sharing web pages I stumble across, and I’ve scripted Drafts.app to automate Linky so that I can write a toot in Drafts and easily share it. | ||
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| Thank you so much for your thoughts, for one. | ||
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| For two, I am a Drafts user and would be very interested in that Action if you've shared it publicly. If not, no worries at all. ⏤ by *AsphaltApostle* (↑ 2/ ↓ 0) | ||
| - It’s an action with a single step: | ||
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| linky://x-callback-url/compose?text=[[draft]] | ||
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| (I have another action to post from my Mac but it’s a lot more complex.) ⏤ by *GummyKibble* (↑ 2/ ↓ 0) | ||
| - I’m loving Metatext right now. It looks like a native app on both iOS and iPadOS. ⏤ by *GummyKibble* (↑ 6/ ↓ 0) | ||
| - That’s very good to know, thank you! I don’t have an iPad (or easy access to one,) so I particularly appreciate that insight. ⏤ by *AsphaltApostle* (↑ 1/ ↓ 0) | ||
| - I’m using Amaroq, which works well but is missing support for polls. ⏤ by *cheesy_the_clown* (↑ 3/ ↓ 0) | ||
| - I've been pretty happy with amaroq ⏤ by *Agitated_Rent_2089* (↑ 2/ ↓ 0) |
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