Delete Apple’s apps, unlock your
device with a tap, add multiple
languages and configure the lockscreen
Delete Apple’s built-in apps
Apple’s latest mobile operating system
iOS 10 is the first version to let users
remove most of the built-in apps. In
all, 23 apps can be deleted from your
device (see apple.co/2dJsAk0for the full list).
Of these, you should certainly remove
the Home and Watch apps unless you
have ‘smart’ and household devices
(such as thermostats) or wear an Apple
Watch. To remove an app, press its icon
for a few seconds (until the icon begins
to shake) and a grey cross will appear at
its top left. Tap the cross, then tap
Remove. If you want to restore a deleted
app, open the App Store and find it
using the search bar.
Customise your lockscreen
Perhaps the biggest improvement is that
the lockscreen now shows widgets. Tap
the home button when your display is off
and slide your finger across the screen
(from left to right). Widgets are similar to
Live tiles in Windows 8 and 10 Start
screens. So, for example, the news widget
shows the latest headlines from the News
app, and the Calendar widget displays
your upcoming appointments.
To add more widgets, tap the circular
Edit icon (you might be prompted to
enter your passcode). Tap the green ‘+’
symbol next to any widget to add it and
you’ll see the app move into the ‘Right
column’ section (which means it will
appear on the right of your lockscreen).
To rearrange a widget and shift it left
or right, long-press the three horizontal
lines to the right of it and drag it to where
you want. To delete a widget, tap the red
‘-’ symbol, then Remove (see screenshot
above).
Unlock with a single tap
using Touch ID
To accommodate the new customisable
lockscreen (see previous tip) iOS 10 has
removed the traditional swipe method of
unlocking your iPhone or iPad. Instead,
you now have to press the homescreen
button once to turn the screen on, then
press it again to unlock the device. This
may sound simple enough, but the extra
button press takes some getting used to. If
you have an iPhone 5s (and later) or iPad
Air 2 (or later) and find this irritating, you
can revert to one-touch unlocking using
Touch ID (Apple’s fingerprint-sensing
technology). Tap Settings, General, then
Accessibility and move the ‘Rest finger to
open’ slider to the right. You can now
unlock your device by touching the home
button and keeping your finger on it until
it unlocks.
Set up multilingual typing
If you speak a foreign language or like to
throw the odd foreign word into your
emails and text messages, you probably
get irritated when your iPhone identifies
them as incorrect and uses the nearest
English-language equivalent. With iOS 10
you can now tell your device you intend
to use words from multiple languages.
Tap Settings, General, then Dictionary
and select the languages you want to use
(a tick will appear next to them). To
remove a language, simply tap it.
Find the hidden volume controls
Another change in iOS 10 is to the
Control Centre (this opens when you drag
your finger up from the bottom of the
screen). Unlike in previous iOS versions,
you won’t see the volume control and the
move-to next-track option (if you’re
playing music). To access them swipe
your finger across the Control Centre
from right to left.
‘Write’ a text message
iOS 10 lets you add a personal touch to
text messages by scribbling across your
phone or tablet’s screen with your
finger tip or a pen. To do this, open the
Message app and tap the key with a
squiggle on it (see screenshot, on an
iPhone you will have to hold it in
landscape orientation). This opens a
blank box where you can write your
message. Tap Done when you’ve
finished.
You can remove mistakes by tapping
Undo, or scroll to the right by tapping
the grey arrow. By default, a message
written in this way will be a black and
white, but you can produce a more colourful message by tapping the heart
icon (above the keyboard). Tap the dot
of colour on the left to change the
colour of your scribbles and tap the
blue up arrow to send the message.
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