Starting in iOS 16, when it’s launched later in 2022, the Hidden and Recently Deleted picture albums will immediate to your passcode to view the contents.
Delete Old Screenshots
While tapping on the Albums part within the Photos app and scrolling right down to get to Hidden, you might have observed different kinds of media that the app robotically separates out for you. Cleaning out previous screenshots or display recordings by tapping on these sections could also be a easy approach to liberate some extra storage. It’s additionally a fast approach to take away random junk from cluttering up a library of reminiscences.
Remove Apps From the Home Screen (Without Deleting Them)
I’m a minimalist with an app drawback. I really like attempting new apps, particularly writing and to-do ones, however I shortly discover myself with dozens of dwelling screens or needing to handle dozens of folders stuffed with apps. Instead, I’ve taken to deleting them from sight.
If you long-press on an app after which choose Remove App, a dialog field provides you with the choice to Delete App or Remove From Home Screen. If you take away the icon from your house display it should nonetheless seem within the App Library (swipe left till you attain your App Library). You can at all times add it again to a house display later by doing the reverse. Find the app within the App Library, press and maintain on it, after which choose Add to Home Screen.
Rearrange the Home Screen in Seconds, not Hours
Similarly, if you wish to manage your house display layouts, you’ll be able to transfer complete screens of apps with out transferring particular person icons. On the Home Screen, faucet and maintain the dots alongside the underside that signify the variety of screens you may have. The icons will jiggle for a second after which you will notice all your house screens. You can uncheck ones you now not need to see or you’ll be able to transfer every rectangle round to reorder them.
Pin Messages From Friends So They Don’t Get Lost
Within Messages, when you faucet and maintain on a gaggle or particular person message just a few selections will pop up, together with Pin. Select that and that message thread will get caught on the highest, above all the opposite messages, together with new, incoming ones. You can do that with a number of folks or teams, and it makes it a lot simpler to seek out the folks you speak to essentially the most.
Quickly Lock Your Phone for More Security
If you’re frightened about being compelled by authorities to unlock your telephone with biometrics, there’s a approach to disable Face ID and Touch ID shortly. For iPhone 8 and later, press and maintain the button on the suitable and both of the quantity buttons on the identical time for about two seconds.
Doing this may carry up a display to energy off the telephone, see Medical ID or get to Emergency SOS. Bringing up this display will even disable biometrics in order that your passcode must be reentered to get into the telephone.