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7 Awesome Apple Watch tricks
Apr 30, 2024
More Apple news: http://www.cultofmac.com The Apple Watch doesn’t need to prove itself to you. And contrary to popular belief, it doesn’t need a “killer app” to make it indispensable. In fact, the Apple Watch is an awesome device all on its own, with a ton of tricks up its sleeve, like controlling your big screen TV and finding your iPhone, even in the dark. Here are 7 killer things you can do with an Apple Watch that prove it’s worthy of a place on your wrist. iPhone Wallpaper http://bit.ly/1Ny7030 Follow us! Twitter: https://twitter.com/cultofmac Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cultofmac Instagram: https://instagram.com/cultofmac/
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The Apple Watch doesn't need to prove itself to you, and contrary to popular belief, it
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doesn't need a killer app to make it indispensable. In fact, the Apple Watch is an awesome device all on its own, with a ton of tricks up its
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sleeve like controlling your big screen TV and finding your iPhone even in the dark
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Here are 7 killer things you can do with your Apple Watch that prove it's worthy of a place on your wrist. 1
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Lose your iPhone much? You can use its ping feature to find your lost precious with an audible sound, and even
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a flashing LED if you need it. Here's how. Raise your Apple Watch and press the digital crown until you're at the watch face
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Swipe up from the bottom to activate glances. Swipe across to the left until you see the glance with airplane mode, do not disturb
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and notifications. Tap on the lower left icon on that glance, which looks like an iPhone with sound lines
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either side of it. This will then ping your iPhone, which will emit a pinging sound
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If you're in a dark room, you can also make your iPhone's LED flash strobe to help you
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find it. To do this, follow the previous steps, but instead of tapping the ping button, hold it down
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Your iPhone's flash will get into the act. Heck, it even works if your iPhone is on silent mode
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You can of course check the status of your Apple Watch battery on your wrist, but it's
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even easier to discover how much Apple Watch juice you have left right from your iPhone
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Just swipe down from the top of your iPhone screen to invoke the notification centre
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If you're not already on the today tab, tap it to the top of your screen
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If all is set up correctly, you should see the list of connected devices and their battery
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levels at the top. If not, swipe all the way down to the bottom, tap edit and find batteries in the do not
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include section. Tap on the green plus symbol to the left of the batteries and then use the three horizontal
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lines to drag the batteries to the top of your list. Of course, you can do this the other way around
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Using a third party app, you can check the battery life of your iPhone on your Apple Watch
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There are a number of apps that do this, but power is one of the best
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Install the app on the App Store using your iPhone. Then launch the Apple Watch app and find power in the list of apps and then tap on it
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Enable both options for show app on Apple Watch and show in glances
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If you want, you can scroll back up to the glances and place power in the position you'd like
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If you're looking to meet up with a buddy, the Apple Watch lets you send your exact location
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to anyone with iMessage without ever having to pull your iPhone out of your pocket
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Raise your watch and press the digital crown. Tap on the messages app icon and then tap into a messages conversation
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Next, do a force touch press on the conversation screen. A little menu will pop up with a reply, details and send location button
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It's this latter one you'll need to tap. When you do, your current location as defined by your iPhone's GPS will go to the recipients
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you're conversing with. If you've got a slew of notifications and don't want to be swipe tapping them away one
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at a time, all you need to do is force touch on the notification screen
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This will bring up a clear all button. Simply tap on that button and your long list of notifications will disappear ready for
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the next round. Might as well get those wrist tunes on the big screen right
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Using Airplay and Apple Watch is pretty simple and it's a great way to listen whether you
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use a HDTV or a Bluetooth speaker. Launch the Apple Watch music app and start a song playing either from the songs you've
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moved over to your wrist or via the connected iPhone playlists. If you tap Airplay, you'll see a list of available output options, like Apple TV or any other
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Airplay capable speaker you have in the house. Is it a huge deal to type in a password to log into your Mac desktop? No
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But getting a tap on your wrist the minute you wake up your Mac is not only convenient
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but awesome. For this you'll need to download the Mac ID app for iOS which is £3.99 on the App Store
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and the free OS X companion app. Once downloaded and installed, launch Mac ID on your iPhone or iPad and follow the instructions
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To unlock your Mac with an iPhone or Apple Watch, simply wake up your Mac and your Apple
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Watch or iPhone should instantly ask you to issue the unlock. With this app, you can also remotely lock your Mac by going into the app on your iPhone
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or iPad, then choosing the Mac and the option you'd like. You can even wake it up and unlock it remotely as long as it isn't fully asleep, or closed
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if you're using a MacBook. Well, there you have it, 7 awesome Apple Watch tricks to give some new uses to your Apple Watch
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