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First time iPhone user, any and all Tips, Tricks and Recommendations? (lemmy.world)
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I'll be getting an iPhone pro in a week or two, and have been an android user since forever. Never used any apple products before, this will for now be a secondary work phone for me. I'll also have their Apple One? service.

Looking for app recommendations, tips, tricks any and all suggestions anyone might have for a first time iOS user, to make the transition a little smoother and a little fun.

Thank you all.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

I switched earlier this year.

Shortcuts app:

  • Shortcuts has Tasker vibes. You can do a lot with it, especially automation.
  • Lmk if you’re a Google Home user. You can setup Shortcuts so that Siri passes on commands to Google Assistant.
  • You can even customize the Action button to run a Shortcut. I’ve got mine to check if it’s connected to my home WiFi, then toggle bedroom lights; if connected to work WiFi, then… etc.
  • Take advantage of Focus modes (Work, Sleep, etc.) because Shortcuts can use that as a condition.

Apple TV: Ted Lasso is worth watching.

3rd party apps worth mentioning:

  • QuickScan. Completely free, with optional donations. Create multipage OCR’d PDFs with your camera.
  • ~~Brave~~ Vivaldi browser mainly for ad-free YouTube.
  • Paperback if you read manga, manhwa, etc.

Lemmy apps: Voyager is the most frequently updated and smoothest, but it lacks some QoL features that I enjoy in other apps, such as Thunder. Give all of them a try.

Sleep alarm with gradually increasing volume: you need to use the 1st party Health app to set up your nightly alarm.

Additional settings:

  • Back Tap. You can customize double tap and triple tap with a limited set of actions.
  • Reachability. Top of the screen temporarily shifts down.
  • Haptic Touch. Set to Fast so that long presses don’t take so long to activate.
[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Shortcuts app is wayyy more advanced that what i begginer should do on iphone. Its “end game stuff”. Wouldnt recommend at the beggining in any curcimstances.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hey thanks! Really useful info!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I just found out Brave is a crappy company and has done shitty things. Been using Vivaldi and in place of it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Voyager is the most frequently updated and smoothest, but it lacks some QoL features

What features if I may ask? Thanks in advance!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

As someone who moved from Android to iOS this year, I miss the reachability of being able to swipe back from either side of the screen. Like many of the other Lemmy apps, Voyager lets you customize gestures for Posts and Comments. I disabled swipe-right because that’s iOS’s Back gesture, but I still need to start from the very far left edge of the screen in Voyager. Some other apps, after having disabled those swipe-right gestures, allow me to swipe back without having to reach the far left edge. It’s way more comfortable for me as a right handed user.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh, full screen swipe back? That is definitely a feature I’m interested in bringing to voyager. Thank you for your reply!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Hey just wanted to say I love Voyager! The iOS app is a bit better as far as responsiveness to gestures than wefwef was since it was bound by webkit I know. It’s actually my main app for Lemmy currently probably mostly because it’s just the perfect design (rip Apollo) other apps leave me wanting different post and comment appearances or overall feel even if they boast more features or customization.

P.S. not sure if it’s placebo but I swear the back swipe is more likely to trigger if I do it higher up on my screen closer to where the actual back button appears on the topleft. Full screen swipe back would be great!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Thanks 🙏