1 00:00:04,480 --> 00:00:06,960 Speaker 1: One hundred and one Handy Tech Tips for the iPhone. 2 00:00:07,000 --> 00:00:09,479 Speaker 1: Are you ready to feel more in control of your device? 3 00:00:09,640 --> 00:00:12,680 Speaker 1: What's going on? I'm rich Dmiro. This is Rich on Tech. 4 00:00:13,000 --> 00:00:15,400 Speaker 1: If you've listened to this podcast for any period of time, 5 00:00:15,400 --> 00:00:17,800 Speaker 1: you're probably familiar with the fact that I've written a book. 6 00:00:18,200 --> 00:00:20,360 Speaker 1: Months ago in the summer, I released it as an 7 00:00:20,440 --> 00:00:22,400 Speaker 1: e book. It was called one hundred and one Handy 8 00:00:22,400 --> 00:00:24,720 Speaker 1: Tech Tips for the iPhone. But one of the biggest 9 00:00:24,760 --> 00:00:27,280 Speaker 1: questions I got when I released that e version of 10 00:00:27,320 --> 00:00:30,560 Speaker 1: it was where is the Android version? Well, okay, I 11 00:00:30,560 --> 00:00:32,640 Speaker 1: didn't really answer that one yet, but the other question 12 00:00:32,680 --> 00:00:35,800 Speaker 1: I got was where is the paperback version? And I'm 13 00:00:35,840 --> 00:00:38,440 Speaker 1: happy to announce that, yes, one hundred and one Handy 14 00:00:38,440 --> 00:00:41,480 Speaker 1: Tech Tips for the iPhone is now available in paperback 15 00:00:41,600 --> 00:00:44,960 Speaker 1: on Amazon. So let me answer the other question about Android. So, yes, 16 00:00:45,080 --> 00:00:47,400 Speaker 1: I love Android just as much as I love the iPhone. 17 00:00:47,680 --> 00:00:49,680 Speaker 1: The problem with Android is that there are so many 18 00:00:49,720 --> 00:00:52,920 Speaker 1: phone specific versions of the software. So let's say I 19 00:00:52,920 --> 00:00:55,200 Speaker 1: wrote it for Samsung. Well, anyone who has a Pixel 20 00:00:55,200 --> 00:00:57,480 Speaker 1: wouldn't be happy. Let's say I wrote it for the Pixel. 21 00:00:57,560 --> 00:00:59,840 Speaker 1: Anyone has a Samsung wouldn't be happy. If I wrote 22 00:00:59,840 --> 00:01:02,880 Speaker 1: it for Samsung. People with LG's wouldn't be happy, or motorolas. 23 00:01:03,040 --> 00:01:04,480 Speaker 1: So I've got to figure out a way to do 24 00:01:04,560 --> 00:01:07,800 Speaker 1: maybe a very popular version of Android, like say the 25 00:01:07,840 --> 00:01:12,240 Speaker 1: Samsung SAS nine and maybe the Note nine. That's my 26 00:01:12,360 --> 00:01:14,040 Speaker 1: thought in the future. But that's not what I'm talking 27 00:01:14,040 --> 00:01:17,440 Speaker 1: about today. Today is all about iPhone. So I went 28 00:01:17,480 --> 00:01:19,000 Speaker 1: back through the book and I added new tips and 29 00:01:19,080 --> 00:01:21,680 Speaker 1: all the great new features in iOS twelve. Then I 30 00:01:21,760 --> 00:01:23,600 Speaker 1: went back and revised the rest of the tips so 31 00:01:23,640 --> 00:01:25,680 Speaker 1: that they're even simpler to understand. I got a lot 32 00:01:25,680 --> 00:01:27,880 Speaker 1: of feedback from the first book, but I even had 33 00:01:27,920 --> 00:01:29,720 Speaker 1: to cut some of the tips out of the book, 34 00:01:29,720 --> 00:01:31,840 Speaker 1: which was really tough for me. This is not a 35 00:01:31,840 --> 00:01:34,080 Speaker 1: book for the power user, although after you read it 36 00:01:34,080 --> 00:01:35,920 Speaker 1: you will feel like one. This is a book for 37 00:01:35,959 --> 00:01:39,200 Speaker 1: the everyday person. Remember I'm on TV stations around the nation, 38 00:01:39,440 --> 00:01:42,680 Speaker 1: radio podcast. I get a lot of questions about the iPhone. 39 00:01:42,760 --> 00:01:44,520 Speaker 1: It's right up there with how do I cut the cord? 40 00:01:44,640 --> 00:01:47,160 Speaker 1: And what should I name my baby? Well, okay, nobody 41 00:01:47,160 --> 00:01:49,360 Speaker 1: asked me that last one, but if you're curious, I 42 00:01:49,360 --> 00:01:51,480 Speaker 1: have some thoughts on that. One hundred and one hand 43 00:01:51,480 --> 00:01:53,840 Speaker 1: de textips for the iPhone covers everything that's new in 44 00:01:53,880 --> 00:01:56,480 Speaker 1: iOS twelve, like how to create a memoji that looks 45 00:01:56,560 --> 00:01:59,280 Speaker 1: just like you, how to take control of your notifications. 46 00:01:59,480 --> 00:02:01,720 Speaker 1: Think about it before, who would ever take the time 47 00:02:01,760 --> 00:02:05,200 Speaker 1: to go into settings and tweak notifications for every individual app? Well, now, 48 00:02:05,240 --> 00:02:07,400 Speaker 1: if an app is bugging you, you can just swipe 49 00:02:07,480 --> 00:02:10,400 Speaker 1: left on one of its notifications, hit that new managed button, 50 00:02:10,520 --> 00:02:12,760 Speaker 1: and you can have them delivered without any sort of sound, 51 00:02:12,880 --> 00:02:15,400 Speaker 1: or just turn them off completely. It's so easy. It's 52 00:02:15,440 --> 00:02:17,360 Speaker 1: stuff like that that I talk about in the book. 53 00:02:17,720 --> 00:02:19,359 Speaker 1: I also show you how to set up screen time, 54 00:02:19,400 --> 00:02:22,040 Speaker 1: which can be powerful. It can reveal just how much 55 00:02:22,040 --> 00:02:24,160 Speaker 1: you're picking up your phone and which apps you're using 56 00:02:24,200 --> 00:02:26,600 Speaker 1: the most. You can also limit the time you get 57 00:02:26,639 --> 00:02:30,359 Speaker 1: to use certain apps or categories of apps each day. Personally, 58 00:02:30,400 --> 00:02:31,960 Speaker 1: I'm trying to limit the amount of time that I 59 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:34,959 Speaker 1: spend walking and looking at my phone. That's a big 60 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:36,639 Speaker 1: thing I want to do in twenty nineteen. So if 61 00:02:36,639 --> 00:02:38,680 Speaker 1: you see me walking and looking at my phone, just 62 00:02:38,680 --> 00:02:40,320 Speaker 1: give me a little pat in the back and say, Rich, 63 00:02:40,360 --> 00:02:43,160 Speaker 1: come on, you gotta stick with it. Now. Your kids 64 00:02:43,160 --> 00:02:45,079 Speaker 1: are gonna hate this, but you can also control their 65 00:02:45,080 --> 00:02:47,640 Speaker 1: phones and iPads right from yours. Now they have this 66 00:02:47,680 --> 00:02:50,880 Speaker 1: new feature called family limits under screen time. This is fantastic. 67 00:02:51,120 --> 00:02:52,520 Speaker 1: You can even make it so they get a certain 68 00:02:52,560 --> 00:02:55,320 Speaker 1: amount of time each day for Netflix and games, and 69 00:02:55,360 --> 00:02:58,119 Speaker 1: then after that time's up, those apps will not work 70 00:02:58,240 --> 00:03:00,239 Speaker 1: until the next day. Or they can request there's a 71 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:02,520 Speaker 1: time extension from you, which you can approve right from 72 00:03:02,520 --> 00:03:05,080 Speaker 1: your Apple Watch or your phone or your iPad. Or 73 00:03:05,120 --> 00:03:07,440 Speaker 1: you can do what I do and just deny it. 74 00:03:07,880 --> 00:03:09,720 Speaker 1: By the way, one hundred and one handy tech tips 75 00:03:09,760 --> 00:03:12,560 Speaker 1: focuses on what you can accomplish on the iPhone without 76 00:03:12,600 --> 00:03:15,640 Speaker 1: adding a bunch of new apps. This is all native functionality, 77 00:03:15,680 --> 00:03:17,680 Speaker 1: with the exception of one tip, which has to do 78 00:03:17,720 --> 00:03:20,480 Speaker 1: with ways and Google Maps in CarPlay. I show you 79 00:03:20,520 --> 00:03:22,799 Speaker 1: how to turn your iPhone into a virtual measuring tape 80 00:03:22,840 --> 00:03:25,880 Speaker 1: with the new augmented reality app called Measure. I show 81 00:03:25,919 --> 00:03:29,520 Speaker 1: you how to set up AUTOFIL passwords, which you definitely need. Yes, 82 00:03:29,600 --> 00:03:32,600 Speaker 1: your phone can create strong passwords and store them for you. 83 00:03:32,840 --> 00:03:34,960 Speaker 1: It can even log into your apps for you. You 84 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:37,800 Speaker 1: can find this feature under Settings then Passwords and Accounts 85 00:03:37,880 --> 00:03:41,280 Speaker 1: than AUTOFILL passwords, Group FaceTime can now accommodate up to 86 00:03:41,320 --> 00:03:43,360 Speaker 1: thirty two people at once, although every time I try 87 00:03:43,360 --> 00:03:46,080 Speaker 1: this with my family members they never answer, so hope 88 00:03:46,120 --> 00:03:47,600 Speaker 1: you have lots of friends to try this out with. 89 00:03:47,960 --> 00:03:51,240 Speaker 1: I also explain series shortcuts, although personally I have yet 90 00:03:51,280 --> 00:03:52,960 Speaker 1: to find a good use for them, but if you 91 00:03:53,040 --> 00:03:55,280 Speaker 1: find some good ones, please share them with me. I'm 92 00:03:55,280 --> 00:03:57,760 Speaker 1: always interested in this stuff. I wrote one hundred and 93 00:03:57,800 --> 00:04:00,320 Speaker 1: one handy tech tips with everyone in mind. I've had 94 00:04:00,320 --> 00:04:02,960 Speaker 1: beginners tell me how they love how simple the tips are, 95 00:04:03,200 --> 00:04:06,400 Speaker 1: and even iPhone experts have come back to me saying, yep, rich, 96 00:04:06,440 --> 00:04:08,400 Speaker 1: I got a hand it to you. You definitely taught 97 00:04:08,400 --> 00:04:10,440 Speaker 1: me some new tricks that even I didn't know about. 98 00:04:10,480 --> 00:04:12,720 Speaker 1: I love hearing that you're gonna get so much more 99 00:04:12,720 --> 00:04:14,720 Speaker 1: out of your phone, like setting up the all important 100 00:04:14,720 --> 00:04:18,400 Speaker 1: medical ID. This let's first responders access critical information about 101 00:04:18,400 --> 00:04:20,880 Speaker 1: your health and even dial your loved ones without having 102 00:04:20,920 --> 00:04:23,279 Speaker 1: to unlock your phone. This is sort of like setting 103 00:04:23,360 --> 00:04:25,360 Speaker 1: up an ice contact a couple years back, but this 104 00:04:25,440 --> 00:04:27,640 Speaker 1: is so much better. I walk you through the process 105 00:04:27,680 --> 00:04:29,600 Speaker 1: of setting this up in the health app. You can 106 00:04:29,600 --> 00:04:32,159 Speaker 1: look for it under the medical ID tab at the bottom. 107 00:04:32,440 --> 00:04:35,280 Speaker 1: My wife started reading a advanced copy of the book 108 00:04:35,320 --> 00:04:37,440 Speaker 1: and she texted me, Oh my gosh, I love the 109 00:04:37,440 --> 00:04:39,599 Speaker 1: tip about the medical ID. I already set it up 110 00:04:39,640 --> 00:04:41,760 Speaker 1: and I was like, cool, very good. And there's so 111 00:04:41,880 --> 00:04:43,880 Speaker 1: much more. I mean, there are one hundred and one 112 00:04:43,960 --> 00:04:46,400 Speaker 1: handy tech tips in all, but don't tell anyone there's 113 00:04:46,440 --> 00:04:49,080 Speaker 1: actually one hundred and two. There's a final tip that 114 00:04:49,120 --> 00:04:51,080 Speaker 1: tells you how to reset settings on your phone in 115 00:04:51,120 --> 00:04:54,640 Speaker 1: case something's wonky or factory restore. That's like the whole 116 00:04:54,960 --> 00:04:57,520 Speaker 1: thing is erased if you want to sell it. And 117 00:04:57,600 --> 00:04:59,719 Speaker 1: did you know there's even a setting that will rearrange 118 00:04:59,720 --> 00:05:01,440 Speaker 1: your home home screen to the way it looked out 119 00:05:01,480 --> 00:05:03,279 Speaker 1: of the box, then put all of the rest of 120 00:05:03,320 --> 00:05:05,920 Speaker 1: your apps in alphabetical order. Now, personally, this would be 121 00:05:05,960 --> 00:05:08,520 Speaker 1: a nightmare scenario for me, as I've spent a lot 122 00:05:08,560 --> 00:05:11,120 Speaker 1: of time dealing with those wiggly apps and arranging them 123 00:05:11,160 --> 00:05:13,800 Speaker 1: just so. But you never know. You're gonna love learning 124 00:05:13,880 --> 00:05:16,720 Speaker 1: these tips and sharing your newfound knowledge with your friends. 125 00:05:17,040 --> 00:05:18,880 Speaker 1: I'm gonna show you some old favorites, like how to 126 00:05:18,880 --> 00:05:21,200 Speaker 1: turn your iPhone into a magnifying glass, probably one of 127 00:05:21,240 --> 00:05:24,080 Speaker 1: the most popular tips I've ever shown on TV and Facebook. 128 00:05:24,320 --> 00:05:27,080 Speaker 1: You can find that feature in the Accessibility settings. I 129 00:05:27,120 --> 00:05:30,280 Speaker 1: also show you the secret way to erase one calculator digit. Well, 130 00:05:30,320 --> 00:05:32,280 Speaker 1: it's not that much of a secret, just wipe left 131 00:05:32,320 --> 00:05:34,400 Speaker 1: or right on a digit after you type it. You 132 00:05:34,400 --> 00:05:36,120 Speaker 1: can also learn how to have your phone say who's 133 00:05:36,120 --> 00:05:38,680 Speaker 1: calling out loud? Stop those annoying Wi Fi pop ups, 134 00:05:38,920 --> 00:05:40,960 Speaker 1: and learn the fastest way that I know how to 135 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:44,280 Speaker 1: see which movies and TV shows are actually downloaded your device, 136 00:05:44,680 --> 00:05:47,040 Speaker 1: which involves opening the TV app and just flipping your 137 00:05:47,040 --> 00:05:49,600 Speaker 1: phone into airplane mode. Did you know that you can 138 00:05:49,600 --> 00:05:52,520 Speaker 1: scan documents into PDFs? Just start a new note and 139 00:05:52,600 --> 00:05:54,640 Speaker 1: hit the plus sign above the keyboard to see the 140 00:05:54,680 --> 00:05:57,560 Speaker 1: option to scan, and you could even add your signature 141 00:05:57,640 --> 00:06:00,440 Speaker 1: in markup. Your iPhone can even store your signals. You 142 00:06:00,440 --> 00:06:03,920 Speaker 1: can easily sign documents over and over. One final tip 143 00:06:03,960 --> 00:06:05,719 Speaker 1: I think you'll really enjoy how to close all of 144 00:06:05,760 --> 00:06:09,120 Speaker 1: your open Safari tabs at once. Just open Safari, then 145 00:06:09,160 --> 00:06:11,800 Speaker 1: press and hold the overlapping box icons in the lower 146 00:06:11,880 --> 00:06:14,000 Speaker 1: right hand corner of your screen. You'll then see an 147 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:17,080 Speaker 1: option to close all open tabs, along with the number 148 00:06:17,080 --> 00:06:19,200 Speaker 1: of tabs you have open. And when I showed this 149 00:06:19,279 --> 00:06:21,640 Speaker 1: tip on TV, oh my gosh, I got so many 150 00:06:21,680 --> 00:06:24,599 Speaker 1: emails for a few months from excited folks telling me 151 00:06:24,839 --> 00:06:27,400 Speaker 1: how many tabs they had open and how they loved 152 00:06:27,480 --> 00:06:30,720 Speaker 1: feeling so efficient in closing them all. One hundred and 153 00:06:30,720 --> 00:06:33,240 Speaker 1: one handy tech tips for the iPhone now available in 154 00:06:33,320 --> 00:06:36,719 Speaker 1: paperback on Amazon with speedy prime shipping. It's the one 155 00:06:36,720 --> 00:06:39,720 Speaker 1: with the blue cover that's updated for iOS twelve and yes, 156 00:06:39,760 --> 00:06:42,200 Speaker 1: there is a kindle version this time around too. But 157 00:06:42,240 --> 00:06:44,360 Speaker 1: you're gonna love having your phone right next to the 158 00:06:44,400 --> 00:06:47,279 Speaker 1: paperback book as you explore all the things you never 159 00:06:47,320 --> 00:06:49,560 Speaker 1: knew you can do on your iPhone. This is gonna 160 00:06:49,560 --> 00:06:51,440 Speaker 1: make a great gift for the holidays. Think about that 161 00:06:51,520 --> 00:06:54,240 Speaker 1: person in your life who struggles with their iPhone, or 162 00:06:54,279 --> 00:06:56,400 Speaker 1: who you think should know more about how to use it, 163 00:06:56,640 --> 00:06:59,200 Speaker 1: or the person who you're always answering questions for about 164 00:06:59,200 --> 00:07:01,560 Speaker 1: the iPhone. A lot of that work can be offloaded 165 00:07:01,760 --> 00:07:03,560 Speaker 1: just by giving them a copy of this book. I 166 00:07:03,560 --> 00:07:05,720 Speaker 1: hope you enjoy reading my book as much as I 167 00:07:05,800 --> 00:07:08,440 Speaker 1: enjoyed writing it, and please let me know what you think. 168 00:07:08,560 --> 00:07:12,120 Speaker 1: You can find me at richontech dot TV. Check the 169 00:07:12,160 --> 00:07:14,000 Speaker 1: show notes for a link to the book, and thank you, 170 00:07:14,080 --> 00:07:17,120 Speaker 1: as always so much for listening. I'm Rich Demiro I'll 171 00:07:17,120 --> 00:07:18,160 Speaker 1: talk to you real soon.