Oct 26th 2021
iOS Today 573
iOS Settings You Might Have Missed
Hosted by
Mikah Sargent,
Rosemary Orchard
Display Zoom, Text Replacement, QR Code Scanner, more
New episodes every Thursday.
Rosemary and Mikah detail some of the most often overlooked or underestimated iOS settings.
- Enable Display Zoom to increase the Keyboard Size
- Custom Text Replacement
- Hide Sports Scores in the TV App
- Sleep Timer for Playback
- Scan QR Codes with the camera
- Search a Safari web page
- Hide People in the Share Sheet
- Offload Unused Apps
- Phone Codes for iOS
- Hide Notification Previews
News
- 20th Anniversary of the iPod
- iOS 15 brings new Announce Notifications feature for Siri, here’s how it works
- Apple Music begins rolling out new mood and activity playlists; here’s how to find them
- Apple updates App Store Guidelines in response to class-action lawsuit from developers
- EpocCam now lets you use your iPhone as a webcam with AR Snap Lenses
- Apple One Premier expanding to 17 new regions starting next week
Shortcuts Corner
- Daniel (the listener who asked for help setting up a Shortcut for automated audio playback in conjunction with the Books app) reported back with an update: Rosemary's Shortcuts suggestion worked wonders!
- Marshall wants to create a Work Focus that's tied to a specific Calendar event.
Feedback & Questions
- Edwin wants to disable AirPlay playback controls from automatically appearing on their iPhone.
- Steve has a 4th-generation iPad with 16GB of storage and wants to make use of the device in their home. Steve asks for suggestions to repurpose the older tablet.
App Caps
- Rosemary's App Cap: Elsewhen
- Mikah's App Cap: Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
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Links
- Enable Display Zoom to increase the Keyboard Size
- Custom Text Replacement
- Sleep Timer for Playback
- Search a Safari web page
- How to use secret codes on iPhone
- Hide Notification Previews
- 20th Anniversary of the iPod
- Tony Fadell Reflects on Creating the iPod Ahead of Device's 20th Anniversary
- 2001 Revisited: the iPod Introduction
- iOS 15 brings new Announce Notifications feature for Siri, here’s how it works
- Apple Music begins rolling out new mood and activity playlists; here’s how to find them
- Apple updates App Store Guidelines in response to class-action lawsuit from developers
- EpocCam now lets you use your iPhone as a webcam with AR Snap Lenses
- Apple One Premier expanding to 17 new regions starting next week
- Shortcut: Add Event During Work Hours (Simple)
- Shortcut: Add Event During Work Hours (Advanced)
- How many Thursdays?
- How to Hide iPhone Lock Screen Playback Controls for AirPlay
- elago Home Hub Mount
- HomeCam for HomeKit
- Elsewhen
- Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown