Essential Apple User Magazine May 2020

The latest high-end iPhones have excellent cameras, and a revised interface for the Camera app to help you make the most of them. The Zoom function is implemented a little differently; there’s a new QuickTake feature to let you quickly film a video without changing modes and the Burst Mode needs a new gesture too. There are new controls, including the famous Night Mode, and you can take a wider image using Capture Outside the Frame. While most of the Camera app is just like it is on other iPhones running iOS 13, these are the new features and interface changes and how to use them. Night Mode Night Mode is a brand new feature exclusive to the 11-series iPhones. If you’re taking a photo in the dark, and the iPhone’s camera…

iPhone photographers around the world were challenged to demonstrate their best work using the iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max’s Night Mode. The results were breathtaking. A curated panel of judges selected six photos from thousands of submissions worldwide, and these winning entries were equally global, having been taken in China, India, Russia and Spain. The judging panel shared their thoughts on the winning photos, explaining just why they’re so remarkable, and we now share their comments with you. Tyler Mitchell says: “This one blows my mind. I have no idea where that deep, rich red light is coming from on the tree. It almost feels like a UFO sitting above the tree, just out of frame. Absolutely beautiful composition as well.” Arem Duplessis says: “The rich red…

Dialling a number from the keypad 1 Tap the Phone app icon and then select the keypad link from the five options at the bottom of the screen. Enter the phone number by tapping the on-screen digits; the number is shown as you enter it. 2 If this number is important and is likely to be used often, tap the Add Number link found under the phone number at the top of the screen to add it to your contacts list. If not, tap the green button to make the call. 3 The call automatically connects when your contact answers the phone at their end. To end the call, tap the End Call button, the red one; you’re returned to the keypad screen and the telephone call is terminated. Making a call from your…

1 To set up and use Dark Mode, open System Preferences (the app with the grey icon showing cogs), and scroll up. Tap the Display and Brightness link; it’s in the third set of links, and has a blue double-A icon. 2 At the top of the screen, you see the Light and Dark options; tap one to choose it, immediately making the screen light or dark. This is the option you use to change the screen mode on a permanent basis to Light or Dark. 3 Under the Light and Dark pictures, there’s a switch labelled ‘Automatic’. If you want the light and dark modes to toggle automatically, turn it on by tapping this switch. Do so and an Options link appears under the Automatic switch. 4 By default, Options reads ‘Light…

Measure App in Focus 1 The back arrow undoes the last command but doesn’t clear all the points of a multi-point measurement. 2 The Clear button gets rid of all the current measurements so you can move on to the next one. 3 Measure is designed to calculate the distance between fixed points such as the length of a table or width of a chair. 4 You will need to direct Measure to the object you’d like to measure by hovering over it. 5 The + button is used to specify the start and end points that Measure should use when measuring your object. 6 The onscreen Shutter button is used to take a photo of what you’ve just measured for future reference. 7 Tap the ruler icon to access the Measure app’s object measuring feature, as…

After you’ve had your iPhone for a while, you might find it runs significantly slower than it did when it was new. Apps don’t open as quickly, menus seem sluggish and typing on the virtual keyboard just isn’t as snappy and responsive as it used to be. There are several reasons why this might be, some of them easy to fix, others a little trickier. So let’s take a look at the various ways you can give your iPhone a boost and have it running speedily and snappily again. Reboot Your iPhone Let’s start with the easiest and least intrusive tip first; reboot your iPhone. If you’ve been running it for a while, simply turning it off and then turning it on again can put an extra spring in its step. To…