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You can disable Siri, Passbook, and messages from the lock screen
22 Apr 2013
David Chartier
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If you have a passcode on your iOS device, you can disable some of Apple’s core features from working on your lock screen. Go to Settings
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iPhone displays no reply options for callers with blocked numbers
28 Mar 2013
David Chartier
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iOS 6
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phone calls
In iOS 6, Apple added options next to the ‘slide to answer’ bar to silence a call and automatically reply with a custom text message.
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The volume slider on the iPhone lock screen has a reflection, animation
09 Mar 2013
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iOS 6.1
If you double tap the home button while your iPhone is off, it brings up the music controls – this is nothing new. However, in iOS 6.1,
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Apple Maps helps you find north again
12 Feb 2013
David Chartier
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Tap the location marker in Apple Maps on iOS and it will pinpoint you. Tap it again and you’ll enter a compass mode that rotates the map
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iOS 6 grammar helps with it’s and its
04 Feb 2013
David Chartier
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its
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language
iOS 6 has gotten smarter with a whole bunch of common grammar hangups, one being it’s and its. If you begin a sentence with
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How to quickly silence a call and reply with a message
01 Feb 2013
David Chartier
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In iOS 6, you can now silence a call and quickly reply with an iMessage or SMS to let the caller know what’s up. You can also set a
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iOS 6.1 brings new locked screen player controls
28 Jan 2013
David Chartier
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iOS 6.1
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polish
Apple released iOS 6.1 on Monday, January 28 2013 and added a number of changes. One undocumented change is new player controls on the lock
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iOS shows a Print Center in the App Switcher while you print
28 Jan 2013
David Chartier
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App Switcher
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iOS 5
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iOS 6
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Print Center
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If you print a document from any app, you can open the App Switcher (double-tap the Home button) to see the Print Center. It’s basically a
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iOS 6 uses ‘Define’ instead of ‘Definition’ in the text selection popup
07 Dec 2012
David Chartier
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Previous versions of iOS use the noun “Definition” to invoke the dictionary. This has been changed to “Define”, which
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Messages lets you disable Airplane Mode, no Settings necessary
15 Nov 2012
David Chartier
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Airplane mode
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iOS 6
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Messages
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Settings
If Airplane Mode is enabled and you open Messages, an alert will let you turn data on right there instead of making you open Settings. As far as
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