point they can either Accept or Decline), as well as anyone else in
close proximity with AirDrop set up.
Please note: AirDrop can be a battery drain since it uses Bluetooth so
you might want to turn the function off when you’re done using it.
Share a location in Maps using AirDrop
Want to let someone you’re meeting know where you’ll be? Now you
can do so through AirDrop. With AirDrop turned on, go to Maps,
tap the share button and tap the contact you want to share with.
Share Moments
In iOS 7, photos are sorted into Moments, which makes sharing
groups of photos easier. Go to the moment you want to share and
select the blue Share button. From there you can either share the
current moment or several moments. If there are a few photos,
you can share through email, message, Flickr, Facebook or iCloud.
If there are a lot of photos you will only be able to share through
message or iCloud.
Skip to last year’s photos
Finding old photos is much easier in iOS 7 than it was in iOS 6.
Now you can tap Years in your Photos app and find the year you
want to view. From there, you will be taken to the earliest photos
taken in that grouping.
Set up Photo Stream
Photo Stream allows you to upload photos to the iCloud as you
take them. Photos will automatically sync to your other iCloud
devices once connected to WiFi. Go to Settings > Photos &
Camera and slide the My Photo Stream to green.
You can share a Photo Stream, too, by tapping Shared in the
Photos app and tapping the plus button to add contacts you want
to share with.
Take a still while video recording
A white button will appear as soon as you begin recording a video.
Tap that white button anytime you want to take a still photo. The
stills will have the same 16:9 aspect ratio as your video, rather
than the lesser quality 4:3 aspect ratio in standard photo mode.
Take a panorama
In the Camera app, swipe left until you get to Pano mode. Once
you tap the shutter, move your phone in the direction of the arrow
until you fill up the bar or tap the shutter again.
Take a square shot
Open the Camera app, swipe left once to get to Square mode and
take a pic. It’s that easy.
Edit a photo
enhance, add one of eight new filters, crop, rotate or reduce
red-eye. Another great feature is that even after you’ve saved the
edited photo, you can still go back in and revert to the original.
Use Burst Mode
Burst Mode is great for taking a series of photos at rapid-fire
speed. Perfect for sporting events or for taking pictures of
anything in motion, to operate in Burst Mode, tap and hold the
shutter in your Camera app.
“Play it again, Sam.”
While the Music app has gotten a makeover in iOS 7, the repeat
album option seems nowhere to be found. Don’t worry, it’s still
around. In the Music app, go to the More tab in the bottom right,
scroll until you find the album you want to listen to, open it to get
to the track list. Click a song, at which point you will see Repeat
in the bottom left corner with a list of options, one of which is
Repeat Album. Tap and enjoy a particular album again and again.
Access the spirit level
iOS 7 is moonlighting as a general contractor. To help with your
DIY construction projects, open Compass and swipe from left
to right to calibrate. From there, you have two functionalities to
choose from. The first is to place the phone on the surface you’re
working with, say, for instance, a shelf, and once the perfect
decline, incline or equilibrium is achieved, the screen will turn
green. The second functionality is to be able to measure when
something is perfectly perpendicular. Simply stand the phone or
tablet upright.
View list view in calendar
Wondering where your List view of appointments went in iOS 7?
They’re still there. In Calendar, tap the magnifying glass and your
list will populate for the coming days and weeks.
See daily, weekly, monthly calendar appointments
The Calendar app in iOS 7 will show you your appointments for
the day when you first open the app. To see how the rest of your
week looks, tap the date bar at the top to toggle between days.
To look at your entire month, tap the month in the upper left
corner. A grey dot will appear beneath the dates where you have
appointments.
To see a few days’ worth of appointments, turn the phone so you’re
looking at it in Landscape mode, and, as mentioned above, you can
tap the magnifying glass in order to activate List view where you can
search for appointments or simply scroll through an endless list.
We will continue to look at more tips and tricks for iOS 7 next month.
Story by Megan McClure
Apple’s new Photos app allows you to apply edits by going to
the photo you want to edit and tapping the Edit button in the
top right. From there you’ll be in edit mode where you can auto
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