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iPhone 6 tricks you don't know, but you should

Smartphones have become our life companions, but we change them like shirts. It's a good thing that subscription relationships are not as ultimate as marriage. Or is it? Anyway. Every new iPhone offers something new, better, and the flexible iPhone 6 is no different. He easily became the king of the sales charts and Santa Claus has a long list of new owners. There is also a long list of all the tricks it offers that you should know.

Smart phones we change so quickly that we don't even really recognize them when we do replaced by newer and smarter ones. Obviously, we don't want reality to enter the relationship and realize that we have a dinosaur in our pocket. Regarding iPhone 6 we still have some time before we send it to the museum, but until then it would be nice to give it to him a chance to prove himself, not only as a fashion trend, but as ours assistant. Of course, there are manuals for it, but in practice, knowledge of tricks that deliver a better user experience using a shortcut works best.

Turn on Accessibility if you have small children

Access prevention
Access prevention

Today, the greater part of the measures in the name of safety. It is no different in the field of mobile telephony, where we can become victims of abuse in an instant. But if we often blame ourselves with our naivety (we fall for marketing tricks) and you are in favor phishing we don't have much to blame, but we can prevent 100% at least something. That our younger children don't inadvertently erase something. Today they are telephones toy number 1 even with baby teeth, and even though they often know technology better than the elderly, they sometimes like to (un)intentionally delete something (a contact, a file, etc.). To avoid this, go to Settings and click on General. Select Accessibility and turn it on Guided access (Guided Access). A seemingly insignificant function, but it prevents at least one "intruder" from painting where he shouldn't.

Improve your password

Password confirmation
Password confirmation

As always, something terrible has to happen next before we take concrete action. This is the case only after the intrusion has occurred iCloud data center, which stores the data of Apple users, the latter tightened its security policy and limited password attempts. But after the hail, it is too late to ring the bell and the people found themselves naked in the clearing. In order to prevent such "break-ins", we don't need to hire security programs and their virtual bodyguards, but just strengthen our password, preferably alphanumeric, which is much more difficult to decipher. To do this, you need to disable the preset "Simpe Passode" (sub Settings/General/Passcode Lock), which limits you to PIN code protection, i.e. four numbers.

Teach Siri the correct pronunciation of certain words

Correct pronunciation
Correct pronunciation

Siri digital assistant is the right hand of iOS 7 and 8. Apart from being a girl for everyone, she is also polyglot, but he does not speak Slovenian. Fortunately, most of us know at least a little English, so you can use it. But while we know English, we don't necessarily sound like one a native speaker and sometimes we pronounce the word differently. In such a case, Siri will give you the wrong answer and then the correct sentence will come "That is not how you pronounce a… (say the question word here)”. It will give you alternative words from which you can choose the right one and thereby correct the "mistake".

Which app eats the most battery (iOS 8 only)

Economical battery consumption
Economical battery consumption

Battery autonomy has become a profitable bait for the marketing hook in recent years when it comes to mobile devices, as more and more customers are falling for it. This is where iPhone users felt inferior to non-users Samsung Galaxy, which is why Apple has reserved a special function for the six that exposes the most greedy among applications when it comes to battery. And before you even activate the case, let us sadden you with the knowledge that the biggest threat to the battery is the mobile version Facebook. Turn it on under General/Usage/Battery Usage. This way, you will be able to check daily who drains your smartphone the most and use smart moves to extend the time between charges.

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Time Lapse Guide (iOS 8 only)

Not even the iPhone escaped the Time Lapse mania
Not even the iPhone escaped the Time Lapse mania

Because it's today photography an integral part of the use of a smartphone, great movements are also taking place in this area. Thus, the new operating system offers a feature "Time Lapse Guide", which allows you to capture a series of photos with just one long click, but unlike the classic press on the icon capture, offers these features personified rhythm painting, i.e. the possibility of determining the speed interval. To train it, search for “Time Lapse” in the camera app.

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