Speaker 1: One hundred and one Handy Tech Tips for the iPhone.
Speaker 1: Are you ready to feel more in control of your device?
Speaker 1: What's going on? I'm rich Dmiro. This is Rich on Tech.
Speaker 1: If you've listened to this podcast for any period of time,
Speaker 1: you're probably familiar with the fact that I've written a book.
Speaker 1: Months ago in the summer, I released it as an
Speaker 1: e book. It was called one hundred and one Handy
Speaker 1: Tech Tips for the iPhone. But one of the biggest
Speaker 1: questions I got when I released that e version of
Speaker 1: it was where is the Android version? Well, okay, I
Speaker 1: didn't really answer that one yet, but the other question
Speaker 1: I got was where is the paperback version? And I'm
Speaker 1: happy to announce that, yes, one hundred and one Handy
Speaker 1: Tech Tips for the iPhone is now available in paperback
Speaker 1: on Amazon. So let me answer the other question about Android. So, yes,
Speaker 1: I love Android just as much as I love the iPhone.
Speaker 1: The problem with Android is that there are so many
Speaker 1: phone specific versions of the software. So let's say I
Speaker 1: wrote it for Samsung. Well, anyone who has a Pixel
Speaker 1: wouldn't be happy. Let's say I wrote it for the Pixel.
Speaker 1: Anyone has a Samsung wouldn't be happy. If I wrote
Speaker 1: it for Samsung. People with LG's wouldn't be happy, or motorolas.
Speaker 1: So I've got to figure out a way to do
Speaker 1: maybe a very popular version of Android, like say the
Speaker 1: Samsung SAS nine and maybe the Note nine. That's my
Speaker 1: thought in the future. But that's not what I'm talking
Speaker 1: about today. Today is all about iPhone. So I went
Speaker 1: back through the book and I added new tips and
Speaker 1: all the great new features in iOS twelve. Then I
Speaker 1: went back and revised the rest of the tips so
Speaker 1: that they're even simpler to understand. I got a lot
Speaker 1: of feedback from the first book, but I even had
Speaker 1: to cut some of the tips out of the book,
Speaker 1: which was really tough for me. This is not a
Speaker 1: book for the power user, although after you read it
Speaker 1: you will feel like one. This is a book for
Speaker 1: the everyday person. Remember I'm on TV stations around the nation,
Speaker 1: radio podcast. I get a lot of questions about the iPhone.
Speaker 1: It's right up there with how do I cut the cord?
Speaker 1: And what should I name my baby? Well, okay, nobody
Speaker 1: asked me that last one, but if you're curious, I
Speaker 1: have some thoughts on that. One hundred and one hand
Speaker 1: de textips for the iPhone covers everything that's new in
Speaker 1: iOS twelve, like how to create a memoji that looks
Speaker 1: just like you, how to take control of your notifications.
Speaker 1: Think about it before, who would ever take the time
Speaker 1: to go into settings and tweak notifications for every individual app? Well, now,
Speaker 1: if an app is bugging you, you can just swipe
Speaker 1: left on one of its notifications, hit that new managed button,
Speaker 1: and you can have them delivered without any sort of sound,
Speaker 1: or just turn them off completely. It's so easy. It's
Speaker 1: stuff like that that I talk about in the book.
Speaker 1: I also show you how to set up screen time,
Speaker 1: which can be powerful. It can reveal just how much
Speaker 1: you're picking up your phone and which apps you're using
Speaker 1: the most. You can also limit the time you get
Speaker 1: to use certain apps or categories of apps each day. Personally,
Speaker 1: I'm trying to limit the amount of time that I
Speaker 1: spend walking and looking at my phone. That's a big
Speaker 1: thing I want to do in twenty nineteen. So if
Speaker 1: you see me walking and looking at my phone, just
Speaker 1: give me a little pat in the back and say, Rich,
Speaker 1: come on, you gotta stick with it. Now. Your kids
Speaker 1: are gonna hate this, but you can also control their
Speaker 1: phones and iPads right from yours. Now they have this
Speaker 1: new feature called family limits under screen time. This is fantastic.
Speaker 1: You can even make it so they get a certain
Speaker 1: amount of time each day for Netflix and games, and
Speaker 1: then after that time's up, those apps will not work
Speaker 1: until the next day. Or they can request there's a
Speaker 1: time extension from you, which you can approve right from
Speaker 1: your Apple Watch or your phone or your iPad. Or
Speaker 1: you can do what I do and just deny it.
Speaker 1: By the way, one hundred and one handy tech tips
Speaker 1: focuses on what you can accomplish on the iPhone without
Speaker 1: adding a bunch of new apps. This is all native functionality,
Speaker 1: with the exception of one tip, which has to do
Speaker 1: with ways and Google Maps in CarPlay. I show you
Speaker 1: how to turn your iPhone into a virtual measuring tape
Speaker 1: with the new augmented reality app called Measure. I show
Speaker 1: you how to set up AUTOFIL passwords, which you definitely need. Yes,
Speaker 1: your phone can create strong passwords and store them for you.
Speaker 1: It can even log into your apps for you. You
Speaker 1: can find this feature under Settings then Passwords and Accounts
Speaker 1: than AUTOFILL passwords, Group FaceTime can now accommodate up to
Speaker 1: thirty two people at once, although every time I try
Speaker 1: this with my family members they never answer, so hope
Speaker 1: you have lots of friends to try this out with.
Speaker 1: I also explain series shortcuts, although personally I have yet
Speaker 1: to find a good use for them, but if you
Speaker 1: find some good ones, please share them with me. I'm
Speaker 1: always interested in this stuff. I wrote one hundred and
Speaker 1: one handy tech tips with everyone in mind. I've had
Speaker 1: beginners tell me how they love how simple the tips are,
Speaker 1: and even iPhone experts have come back to me saying, yep, rich,
Speaker 1: I got a hand it to you. You definitely taught
Speaker 1: me some new tricks that even I didn't know about.
Speaker 1: I love hearing that you're gonna get so much more
Speaker 1: out of your phone, like setting up the all important
Speaker 1: medical ID. This let's first responders access critical information about
Speaker 1: your health and even dial your loved ones without having
Speaker 1: to unlock your phone. This is sort of like setting
Speaker 1: up an ice contact a couple years back, but this
Speaker 1: is so much better. I walk you through the process
Speaker 1: of setting this up in the health app. You can
Speaker 1: look for it under the medical ID tab at the bottom.
Speaker 1: My wife started reading a advanced copy of the book
Speaker 1: and she texted me, Oh my gosh, I love the
Speaker 1: tip about the medical ID. I already set it up
Speaker 1: and I was like, cool, very good. And there's so
Speaker 1: much more. I mean, there are one hundred and one
Speaker 1: handy tech tips in all, but don't tell anyone there's
Speaker 1: actually one hundred and two. There's a final tip that
Speaker 1: tells you how to reset settings on your phone in
Speaker 1: case something's wonky or factory restore. That's like the whole
Speaker 1: thing is erased if you want to sell it. And
Speaker 1: did you know there's even a setting that will rearrange
Speaker 1: your home home screen to the way it looked out
Speaker 1: of the box, then put all of the rest of
Speaker 1: your apps in alphabetical order. Now, personally, this would be
Speaker 1: a nightmare scenario for me, as I've spent a lot
Speaker 1: of time dealing with those wiggly apps and arranging them
Speaker 1: just so. But you never know. You're gonna love learning
Speaker 1: these tips and sharing your newfound knowledge with your friends.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna show you some old favorites, like how to
Speaker 1: turn your iPhone into a magnifying glass, probably one of
Speaker 1: the most popular tips I've ever shown on TV and Facebook.
Speaker 1: You can find that feature in the Accessibility settings. I
Speaker 1: also show you the secret way to erase one calculator digit. Well,
Speaker 1: it's not that much of a secret, just wipe left
Speaker 1: or right on a digit after you type it. You
Speaker 1: can also learn how to have your phone say who's
Speaker 1: calling out loud? Stop those annoying Wi Fi pop ups,
Speaker 1: and learn the fastest way that I know how to
Speaker 1: see which movies and TV shows are actually downloaded your device,
Speaker 1: which involves opening the TV app and just flipping your
Speaker 1: phone into airplane mode. Did you know that you can
Speaker 1: scan documents into PDFs? Just start a new note and
Speaker 1: hit the plus sign above the keyboard to see the
Speaker 1: option to scan, and you could even add your signature
Speaker 1: in markup. Your iPhone can even store your signals. You
Speaker 1: can easily sign documents over and over. One final tip
Speaker 1: I think you'll really enjoy how to close all of
Speaker 1: your open Safari tabs at once. Just open Safari, then
Speaker 1: press and hold the overlapping box icons in the lower
Speaker 1: right hand corner of your screen. You'll then see an
Speaker 1: option to close all open tabs, along with the number
Speaker 1: of tabs you have open. And when I showed this
Speaker 1: tip on TV, oh my gosh, I got so many
Speaker 1: emails for a few months from excited folks telling me
Speaker 1: how many tabs they had open and how they loved
Speaker 1: feeling so efficient in closing them all. One hundred and
Speaker 1: one handy tech tips for the iPhone now available in
Speaker 1: paperback on Amazon with speedy prime shipping. It's the one
Speaker 1: with the blue cover that's updated for iOS twelve and yes,
Speaker 1: there is a kindle version this time around too. But
Speaker 1: you're gonna love having your phone right next to the
Speaker 1: paperback book as you explore all the things you never
Speaker 1: knew you can do on your iPhone. This is gonna
Speaker 1: make a great gift for the holidays. Think about that
Speaker 1: person in your life who struggles with their iPhone, or
Speaker 1: who you think should know more about how to use it,
Speaker 1: or the person who you're always answering questions for about
Speaker 1: the iPhone. A lot of that work can be offloaded
Speaker 1: just by giving them a copy of this book. I
Speaker 1: hope you enjoy reading my book as much as I
Speaker 1: enjoyed writing it, and please let me know what you think.
Speaker 1: You can find me at richontech dot TV. Check the
Speaker 1: show notes for a link to the book, and thank you,
Speaker 1: as always so much for listening. I'm Rich Demiro I'll
Speaker 1: talk to you real soon.