IOS is a very powerful operating system. The iOS 8.1 has some amazing new features, but if you do not explore it you will definitely miss something. So if you do not have a manual some things will remain secret.
Below we will describe some features of iOS 8.1 you may have never met.
- Swipe your finger left to right (swipe) on an e-mail to reveal it button "Mark as unread".
- Swipe right from left to right to highlight or delete the message. There is also an "More" option for replying, forwarding, deleting, and so on.
- Make a large sweep from right to left to delete your e-mail.
- To change swipe options go to Settings> Mail, contacts, calendars>
Swipe Options, then set it to "Swipe left" or "Right" for whatever you want. - Drag down to your inbox to reveal a search box.
- If you want to delete the entire inbox, click "Edit" on the top right, then "Mark All."
- Go to mail> Mailboxes> Edit and select "Unread" to see all your unread emails.
Discover what consumes your battery
The battery in the iPhone never lasts as long as you would like, but we will describe a way to find out which applications have "put their hand" to do so.
Go to Settings> General> Usage> Battery usage to find out which apps have used the battery the most in the last 24 hours or the last 7 days.
Hide your Favorites and Contacts from App Switcher
Practical feature or just a visual settlement? If you need the feature you can turn it off by going to Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendar, scrolling down to “See App Switcher.”
Hide and Show automatic suggestions for the QuickType keyboard
The Apple keyboard shows some suggestions as you type. If you do not want to use them just press and hold the automatic suggestion bar and drag it down where the keys are to hide it.
If you later change your mind, you can bring it back by dragging up from the top of the keyboard.
Safari
- Swipe left and right on the program screen browsing to navigate back and forth through your browser history.
- If you do not like the fact that Safari displays recommended results in your searches, go to Settings> Safari> Search Engine Suggestions and turn off the feature.
- You can set up DuckDuckGo as default search engine, from the path Settings> Safari> Search engine and make this search engine default.
- Safari pre displays the top of the search results, to make your browsing faster. However, if you use mobile data, the feature will be a bit expensive. If you want to turn it off you can do it from Settings> Safari> Preload Top Hit and move the switch to the off position.
- If you type an application name in the Safari URL box, it will display two frames. One will show the app if you have it installed and the other will have Apple App Store connections with the apps you do not have.
Find your iPhone or iPad, even if the battery is empty.
A really useful feature that can help you locate your iPhone or iPad that has come to a corner.
To enable this feature, go to Settings> iCloud> Find My iPhone and set "Send Last Post" to ON.