But your fingerprint now bypasses the need to type in a four-digit code in many situations. With the new fingerprint ID system on the iPhone 5S, there's no longer a reason to avoid protecting your phone with a passcode. Just prepare to put up with some ads, unless you subscribe to Apple's iTunes Match for $25 a year.Īpple's new iPhone fingerprint scan tech: The end of passcodes? 02:18 The service will try to find other songs like them.īest of all, it's free. You can also create new stations based on specific songs or artists. You can ask the service to play more songs like it or remove that song from future playlists entirely.
Then fine-tune your picks by hitting the star when a tune is playing. Create music stations by choosing some genres you like. Click on the Music icon at the bottom of each home screen, then choose "Radio" at the bottom. Before, the vocal instructions were limited to driving directions in Maps.Īpple's new streaming music service, iTunes Radio, is easy to find. And Siri will speak out turn-by-turn directions when walking.
Just for fun, you can give Siri a sex change by going to the settings, choosing "General," then "Siri," then "Voice Gender." You can now use Siri to change phone settings and return recent calls. You shouldn't have to with voice search, but fixing one letter is still easier than having to type in the entire phrase. Once you have the moment or set of photos chosen, another menu will pop out from the bottom, giving you such choices as sharing by email, Facebook, Flickr or text messaging.įrustrated with Siri's inability to hear what you're trying to say? Instead of repeating yourself over and over, you can click "tap to edit" to make the change manually. It's tricky because it's easy to miss and hit "Select" above it instead. You can share entire moments, by hitting "Share" on the right side of that header. But it's better than having hundreds of unorganized photos.įrom any moment, collection or year, click on the header on top of the photos to pull out a map showing all the places you've been, with the number of shots taken at each. It's all automated, so you can't reorganize shots if you would rather break a collection into two. Collections will then be grouped by year. Several moments will be grouped into a collection, such as a vacation to Europe. The new Photos app organizes your photos into moments, based on when and where you took the photos. With the Safari browser, for instance, you can use the left and right swipes in place of the back and forward buttons. Not every app will respond, but many will. From various Apple apps, try swiping from the left or the right. Swipe down from anywhere else on the screen to get a search box. Tap on "All" or "Missed" near the top to get recent notifications from Gmail, Facebook and other services. You'll see the day's highlights, including the weather, appointments and stock quotes. Swipe down from the top edge to get the Notification Center. You need the volume buttons for the ringer and alerts. There's a volume control, but only for audio and video playback. It also gets you to key apps such as the flashlight feature and the clock. It gives you easy access to frequently accessed settings such as Airplane Mode and Wi-Fi. Whether locked or unlocked, swipe up from anywhere else along the bottom edge to get the Control Center.
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