today i found out a few more tricks or tip for iOS 8 usage .
did you know you could close more than one app at once in multitask ?
save off line maps when going overseas, saving your overseas data usage !
DND ( Do Not Disturb ) my favourite part of iOS 8. still not many people use this feature or even heard of it . i set mine from 1am-9am and allow calls from favourites only. so i get good night sleep unless you are in my favourite’s list ( my family ) . use it in a cinema , meeting , hospital …..or at a night out with your buddies !
Find your phone even when the battery has run out
We’ve all done it – dropped our phone down the back of the sofa or left an iPad buried under a pile of magazines. Now a new feature for Find my iPhone and Find my iPad means you can track down your list iOS 8 device even if the battery has gone dead. Go to Settings, iCloud, Find my iPhone/iPad and select Sent Last Location. If you then lose your device and the battery runs out or it has no signal then you can quickly check to see where it is. Panic over.
Close multiple applications at once
If you want to shut down multiple apps, you don’t have to do them one at a time. Instead, bring up the task switcher (double-tap the home button or, on iPad, swipe up with four fingers). To shut down an app you just use your finger to fling it off screen; however, you can use two fingers to shut down two apps and three fingers to shut down three apps. Be careful with this feature, as the app management is so good on iOS that you don’t need to close apps to save on battery power.
Shake to undo
Ever made a typo, deleted a word by mistake or sent an email into the Junk folder when you didn’t want to? Don’t panic, just as most computers let you undo any mistake by pressing CTRL-Z (Windows) or Apple-Z (Mac), the iPhone and iPad let you do the same thing just by shaking your device. You’ll get a pop-up asking if you want to undo your last action, which includes typing (or deleting words), deleting emails and sending emails to junk. It works across the system on a lot of, but not all, apps, so next time you make a mistake, just give your device a good old shake.
Delete a number
If you’ve accidentally added an extra number into your calculations, you don’t have start all over again, as you can delete one character at a time with a simple swipe. On the number display just swipe from right-to-left or left-to-right and you’ll delete a single character. We find that right-to-left worked a little better for us, while the opposite action wasn’t always picked up.
Google Maps offline maps
If you’re going somewhere without internet access or you don’t want to run up huge roaming bills while on holiday, saving maps offline can really help. There are a lot of aricles out there telling you that you have to type ‘OK Maps’ into the Google Maps app to save an offline map. While that will work, it’s a dumb way of doing it, as the iPhone and iPad apps have a proper offline mode, which is easier to use. Tap the search bar and look for the area you want to save. Tap the search bar again and select Save map to use offline. Pan and zoom around the map, until you’ve got the entire area you’ll need covered (Google Maps will save all zoom levels, so you’re just lining up where you want the borders of your offline map to be). Tap Save, give your map a name and click Save, and you’re done.
Notes
Notes is a great app for putting your thoughts and lists down, and then sharing them via iCloud to your other iOS and OS X devices. Here, we’re listing all of the top tips for that app.
Add photos to Notes
You can now include photos when making notes, to-do lists and reminders in Apple’s iOS 8 Notes app. Open the Notes app and start typing to create a note. When you want to add a photo long press on the screen and tap ‘Insert Photo’. You can then chose and scale the photo you want to add and put it into your note. This is especially handy if you need to include a photo of some details you’ve scribbled down or an article from a paper or magazine. It’ll also save you from having to type out notes if all you need to remind yourself is a picture.
iPad and iPhone Do Not Disturb
Do Not Disturb (DND) is one of our favourite features. It stops your phone or tablet from making any noises if people call, FaceTime or message you. While a silent mode can do that, Do Not Disturb is a little more advanced. Go to Settings, Do Not Disturb to configure it.
Here you can tap Allow Calls From, and choose if you want to allow Everyone, No One, Favourites or a specific group of Contacts. We use Favourites. To add someone to Favourites go to Contacts, search for their name, tap to open the contact and select Add to Favourites.
You can turn DND on manually by swiping up from the bottom of the screen and tapping the moon icon. You can also set a schedule in Settings. Finally, the default action for DND is to turn on the ringer if someone calls twice within three minutes, as it assumes that this is an emergency. It’s probably worth leaving this option alone, but you can disable it if you really don’t want anything coming through.
