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iOS 6

You can disable Siri, Passbook, and messages from the lock screen

22 Apr 2013
David Chartier
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home screen, iOS 6, Passbook, Passcode, reply with message, Siri
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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blocked calls, iOS 6, 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
Finer Author
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homescreen, iOS 6, 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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Apple Maps, iOS 6, location
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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grammar, iOS 6, its, 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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iOS 6, lock screen, Messages, phone calls, reply with message
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, iOS 6.1, iOS polish, Music app, 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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AirPrint, App Switcher, iOS 4, iOS 5, iOS 6, Print Center, printing
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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define, definition, iOS 6, iOS polish, polish, popovers
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, iOS 6, Messages, 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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