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First time iPhone user, any and all Tips, Tricks and Recommendations? (self.ios_community)

submitted 1 year ago by mayas to c/ios_community

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I'll be getting an iPhone pro in a week or two, and have been an android user since forever. Never used any apple products before, this will for now be a secondary work phone for me. I'll also have their Apple One? service.

Looking for app recommendations, tips, tricks any and all suggestions anyone might have for a first time iOS user, to make the transition a little smoother and a little fun.

Thank you all.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (11 children)

I switched earlier this year.

Shortcuts app:

Shortcuts has Tasker vibes. You can do a lot with it, especially automation.
Lmk if you’re a Google Home user. You can setup Shortcuts so that Siri passes on commands to Google Assistant.
You can even customize the Action button to run a Shortcut. I’ve got mine to check if it’s connected to my home WiFi, then toggle bedroom lights; if connected to work WiFi, then… etc.
Take advantage of Focus modes (Work, Sleep, etc.) because Shortcuts can use that as a condition.

Apple TV: Ted Lasso is worth watching.

3rd party apps worth mentioning:

QuickScan. Completely free, with optional donations. Create multipage OCR’d PDFs with your camera.
~~Brave~~ Vivaldi browser mainly for ad-free YouTube.
Paperback if you read manga, manhwa, etc.

Lemmy apps: Voyager is the most frequently updated and smoothest, but it lacks some QoL features that I enjoy in other apps, such as Thunder. Give all of them a try.

Sleep alarm with gradually increasing volume: you need to use the 1st party Health app to set up your nightly alarm.

Additional settings:

Back Tap. You can customize double tap and triple tap with a limited set of actions.
Reachability. Top of the screen temporarily shifts down.
Haptic Touch. Set to Fast so that long presses don’t take so long to activate.

[–] mayas 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hey thanks! Really useful info!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I just found out Brave is a crappy company and has done shitty things. Been using Vivaldi and in place of it.

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