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5 Hidden iOS Tricks
Mar 11, 2025
When using your iOS device, you can get used to doing things the same way, day after day. But sometimes there are more efficient ways of getting things done with your iPhone or iPad. In today's video, we show you five hidden iOS tricks that can transform the way you use your device. Speed up your typing, browse your music in new ways and more by using these speedy tricks. Subscribe to Cult of Mac TV to catch all our latest videos.
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we use our iOS devices daily performing
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different tasks and activities but
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though we seem to know the basic
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features here are five hidden iOS tricks
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that can make your iOS experience even
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better when listening to music in the
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native IOS app scrolling through your
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albums is as easy as rotating your
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device into the landscape mode by doing
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so all of your albums are shown across
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the screen and you can begin enjoying
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them by simply tapping them to play but
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if the automatic view is too far or even
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Too Close For You users can just pinch
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to zoom in or out of their album views
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not only a fun way to check out your
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music using this trick is also an easy
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way to get a closer look at your tunes
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and shake your playlist up on the Fly
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and when you want to go back to the view
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you're used to seeing just rotate your
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device back and it's back to normal
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going to do some web surfing on say
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Safari or Google Chrome well now when
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typing in your URLs if you want to make
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things slightly faster you can hold the
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period key to bring bring up quick
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options to automatically fill in or say.
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net simply hold the key slide over the
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option you like to choose and let go
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just like that it's automatically typed
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in and you can go to your site it may
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only cut off a few extra Taps but hey
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every tap counts so use this trick and
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get it done quicker now this next trick
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is a hidden Jam inside of your compass
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app that can come in real Handy by
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simply swiping to the left after opening
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the app you can bring up a fully
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functional level so whether you're
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building something or you're just trying
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to see if the kitchen table is straight
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don't hassle looking for a level in the
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garage pull out your iOS device and
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check it out in no time hey we all type
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a lot on our devices and keyboard
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shortcuts can be really useful well if
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you need to type a number just hold the
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numbers key slide over which number you
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want to type and let go don't waste time
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going back and forth between the letters
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and symbols keyboards just hold slide
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and keep going don't slow down for just
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a few numbers use this trick to go ahead
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and keep going and last but not least
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sure when you have a lot of apps open
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you can just slide across the open
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thumbnails but when you have a lot open
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it's kind of slow a trick I use is
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scrolling across the app icons instead
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naturally the tabs fly across the screen
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quicker than before and you can get to
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what you need faster so just start using
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these five hidden iOS tricks and enjoy
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using your iOS devices that much more
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and hey don't forget to check out more
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neat tricks and more right here on
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cat.com well there you have it there's a
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look at five hidden iOS tricks that can
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make use your iOS devices that much
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better but which tricks do you have be
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sure to go ahead and let us know about
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them all on Twitter or right down there
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in the comments section below and hey if
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you like the video go ahead and do me a
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favor and click that like button and
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days a week this has been Joshua Smith
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of ctim maac.com
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