TECH TRENDS
NAVIGATING THE NEW IOS 7 FOR APPLE
receive a notification that you want to share a photo, at which
point they can either Accept or Decline), as well as anyone else in
close proximity with AirDrop set up.
Please note: AirDrop can be a battery drain since it uses Bluetooth so
you might want to turn the function off when you’re done using it.
Share a location in Maps using AirDrop
Want to let someone you’re meeting know where you’ll be? Now you
can do so through AirDrop. With AirDrop turned on, go to Maps,
tap the share button and tap the contact you want to share with.
Share Moments
In iOS 7, photos are sorted into Moments, which makes sharing
groups of photos easier. Go to the moment you want to share and
select the blue Share button. From there you can either share the
current moment or several moments. If there are a few photos,
you can share through email, message, Flickr, Facebook or iCloud.
If there are a lot of photos you will only be able to share through
message or iCloud.
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Does the new iOS 7 for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch
have your head spinning? Never fear, the following
31 helpful navigation tips are here, originally
published on Macworld.com by Karen Haslam and
Ashleigh Allsopp.
Turn off Background App Refresh
With the new multitasking feature, apps automatically refresh in
iOS 7 so they’re updated and ready when you want to use them.
While a great feature, they will suck up your data, as well as your
battery life. To turn off this feature, go to Settings > General and
slide the Background App Refresh to off.
Close running apps in multitasking
Pressing and holding a running app in order to close it is a thing
of the past. Now, to close a running app in iOS 7, double tap
the home button and drag the page preview up. This is less time
consuming than iOS 6 and allows for closing two or three apps at
a time.
AirDrop
By activating AirDrop in the Control Panel, you can easily share
photos with your contacts. By going to the photo you want to
share, tapping the Share icon and selecting AirDrop, you’ll be
able to select which contact you want to share with (they’ll then
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Finding old photos is much easier in iOS 7 than it was in iOS 6.
Now you can tap Years in your Photos app and find the year you
want to view. From there, you will be taken to the earliest photos
taken in that grouping.
Set up Photo Stream
Photo Stream allows you to upload photos to the iCloud as you
take them. Photos will automatically sync to your other iCloud
devices once connected to WiFi. Go to Settings > Photos &
Camera and slide the My Photo Stream to green.
You can share a Photo Stream, too, by tapping Shared in the
Photos app and tapping the plus button to add contacts you want
to share with.
Take a still while video recording
A white button will appear as soon as you begin recording a video.
Tap that white button anytime you want to take a still photo. The
stills will have the same 16:9 aspect ratio as your video, rather
than the lesser quality 4:3 aspect ratio in standard photo mode.
Take a panorama
In the Camera app, swipe left until you get to Pano mode. Once
you tap the shutter, move your phone in the direction of the arrow
until you fill up the bar or tap the shutter again.
Take a square shot
Open the Camera app, swipe left once to get to Square mode and
take a pic. It’s that easy.
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