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7 More Awesome Apple Watch tricks
Apr 30, 2024
More Apple news: http://www.cultofmac.com Thanks to my original Apple Watch tricks video surpassing 500,000 views, here's 7 more awesome Apple Watch tricks! Original 7 Awesome Apple Watch tricks - https://youtu.be/HTc9N5INdys Follow us! Twitter: https://twitter.com/cultofmac Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cultofmac Instagram: https://instagram.com/cultofmac/
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Hey what's up guys, Steve from Calls of Mac here and in this video I'm going to be revisiting
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my most popular video to date, 7 awesome Apple Watch tricks by following up with, well, 7
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more Apple Watch tricks. So let's get started. If you're tired of your iPhone blaring at you in the morning, to then fumble about and
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hit the snooze button and fed up of having the distraction before you go to bed, the
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Apple Watch has the answer thanks to nightstand mode. Here's how to use it to help get your sorry butt out of bed in the morning
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First, tap into your Apple Watch's alarm app and set an alarm with a force press to the
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screen, toggle an already existing alarm to on or just ask Siri to do it for you
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Nightstand mode should be enabled by default, but if it's not working, check the settings
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app, then general and nightstand mode to toggle the feature on. Then place your Apple Watch on its side with the digital crown facing up and connect your
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Apple Watch to the charger. If you want to show off your watch face customisation or the screen of one of the games you're
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playing, sure you can take a picture with your iPhone, but an even easier option is
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to take a screenshot. To do so, simultaneously press both the side button and digital crown
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You'll get a flash of white and a little camera shutter sound. Then your screenshot will show up in the photo roll on the iPhone you paired with your watch
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The default calendar view on Apple Watch is a list of upcoming events for the current day
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But what if you want it to look less like a list and more like a calendar on your iPhone or Mac
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Launch the Apple Watch calendar app and when you see a list of events, push a little bit harder for a forced touch on the screen to see your view options
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Tap on day view to see your calendar with the same colours you've set up on your iPhone and or Mac
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You can then swipe up and down the day or swipe left or right to change days
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To get back to list view, force touch on the calendar screen in day view and choose list
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Your view choice will remain on your Apple Watch until you change it yourself
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Messaging is one of the best use cases for Apple Watch. You get a message, you dictate a reply and you get on with your day
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Apple has included several pre-written responses for you to use when you're just too busy to
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dictate a response or just don't want to talk to your Apple Watch
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Though they're pretty awful. Thankfully you can change these canned responses to better reflect your personality and style
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Launch the Apple Watch app on your iPhone and then swipe down to find the messages preferences
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in the app. Once there, tap on the default replies section and you'll see the screen with all the built
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in replies. Tap into the default reply you want to customise and type in a message that makes better sense
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for you. Apple's smartwatch doesn't come with much on board storage but that doesn't mean you're
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screwed when it comes to the Apple Watch music. You can add your own playlists and listen to your favourite tunes using Bluetooth or
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Airplay speakers. To get the songs you want, create a playlist on your iPhone or iTunes then beam it over
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to your Apple Watch. Once your playlist is created, launch the Apple Watch app on your iPhone, tap music
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and then select sync playlists. Choose the playlist you want to sync and wait for songs to transfer then hit play
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If an app on your Apple Watch crashes, you can force quit it as you can on your Mac
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To force quit a frozen app, hold the power button until the power off screen appears
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Then push and hold the digital crown. The app will then close and when you reopen the app it will open from fresh
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If you're an Apple TV user, you can send your Apple Watch tunes to the big screen as
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I showed you in the previous video but you can also control your Apple TV right from
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your wrist. To do so, click on the settings on your Apple TV, then click on remotes and devices and
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click on the remote app. You should then see your Apple Watch in a list of pairable devices
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Click on it to get to the screen with 4 spaces for a numerical code. On your Apple Watch, click the digital crown to see your apps, then tap the remote app
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Once there, tap add device and enter the 4 digit code you see on your Apple Watch into
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your Apple TV. Once successfully paired through Bluetooth, tap on the Apple TV you want to control and
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treat the little watch screen the same as you would your touch surface on your Siri remote
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Swipe up, down, left or right to move your selection to the big TV and tap on the menu
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button to go back a screen. Tap the play pause button to do just that and tap the little menu icon in the upper
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left to go back to your list of paired devices. Well, that's it for this video
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If you've not seen the first one, I'll make sure to leave a link in the description down below
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