TECH TRENDS
NAVIGATING THE NEW IOS 7 FOR APPLE
DOES THE NEW IOS 7 FOR IPAD, IPHONE AND IPOD TOUCH HAVE YOUR HEAD SPINNING? NEVER FEAR,
THE FOLLOWING 31 HELPFUL NAVIGATION TIPS ARE HERE, ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON MACWORLD.COM
BY KAREN HASLAM AND ASHLEIGH ALLSOPP.
Turn off Background App Refresh
With the new multitasking feature, apps automatically refresh in
iOS 7 so they’re updated and ready when you want to use them.
While a great feature, they will suck up your data, as well as your
battery life. To turn off this feature, go to Settings > General and
slide the Background App Refresh to off.
Close running apps in multitasking
Pressing and holding a running app in order to close it is a thing
of the past. Now, to close a running app in iOS 7, double tap
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the home button and drag the page preview up. This is less time
consuming than iOS 6 and allows for closing two or three apps at
a time.
AirDrop
By activating AirDrop in the Control Panel, you can easily share
photos with your contacts. By going to the photo you want to
share, tapping the Share icon and selecting AirDrop, you’ll be
able to select which contact you want to share with (they’ll then
receive a notification that you want to share a photo, at which
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