Translate Words & Phrases from Foreign Languages with iPhone & Word Lens

Have you ever been somewhere with something written in a foreign language and wondered what the heck it said in your own language? Or, have you ever looked at a sign, book, or printed text somewhere, and wished you could instantly translate that something into the language of your choice? With your iPhone and the free Word Lens app, you can, and it kind of works like magic. Yes I know that sounds like hyperbole, but Word Lens is genuinely impressive, and no amount of screen shots or video does the app justice, you really have to see it in action yourself.

Word Lens is incredibly simple to use and it works on any iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch with a camera, here’s what you’ll want to do to see how it works:

1. Get Word Lens free from the App Store and then launch the app on the iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
2. Tap the top text to download the language translation pack you want to translate for – these are all free (thanks Google!)
3. Point the Camera at the text to convert, and like magic, the text translates live and immediately on screen to the language that was selected

Remember earlier when I said it works like magic? It really kind of does, I highly recommend trying it out yourself, but the animated gif and screen shots below offer a general idea of what to expect. At the very moment the iOS camera is pointed towards words or text, the translation begins, keep the camera steady and it finishes, this short video demonstrates the effect:

You’ll notice in the video that as the camera moves from the printed pamphlet text over a keyboard, the character recognition briefly takes a few keyboard symbols and interprets them as words, but then corrects itself and just changes the appropriate keyboard text.

(Here’s a shorter version as an animated gif if the above video doesn’t work):

The Word Lens effect is kind of like wearing magic goggles that translate foreign languages for you, taking anything written and visible from the camera from one supported language into another and back again. Because Word Lens uses character recognition, it’s best used with printed text of some sort, whether that’s a book, pamphlet, magazine, flyer, road sign, a high resolution digital screen, (maybe even foreign apps?), or whatever else.

Word Lens currently supports the following foreign language translation, available through the app:

• English to and from Spanish
• English to and from Russian
• English to and from Portuguese
• English to and from Italian
• English to and from French
• English to and from German

Each extra language pack is available as a free additional download (it says purchase, but the price is $0 from the App Store, nonetheless you have to log into your Apple ID anyway). So load up your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, and hit the road or books, this app is awesome!

Word Lens is so cool that Apple chose to feature it in the “Powerful” iPhone commercial a while back. And, great for all of us consumers, very soon after that commercial ran the Word Lens app was bought by Google, who turned the app into a completely free download.

Whether you’re planning on traveling, learning a foreign language, or just curious what some sign says or would say in another language, grab Word Lens and you have an instant visual translator in your pocket. If you’re heading abroad or to the classroom, don’t leave home without it!

Source : osxdaily[dot]com

iPhone 6 Back Logo Will Not Feature A LED Indicator Light

Recently, we received proof from our supplier that  a metal insert is being produced for the iPhone 6, and that it will not feature an LED indicator light as proposed in many articles in the past. The idea was first brought up weeks ago when many blogs stated that the small recess in leaked back housing could be used to house an LED the back of the phone. Having our hands on the brand new iPhone 6 shell we compared it to the previous years iPad mini model and determined that Apple will most likely not feature a glowing apple logo.

Here is the metal filling piece seen in last years iPad Mini. We have received information regarding the production of a metal filling for the iPhone 6.

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iPhone 6 Unboxing Rear Shell In Depth Video & HD Photos

Over the last few weeks we have seen many rumored leaks of the new iPhone 6, many which proved to be fake. Recently, we got our hands on a legitimate backing of the 4.9 inch iPhone 6 model straight from the supply chain in China. With it we produced a full video featuring the shell and demonstrating many of the new changes from the 5s and comparing it to the shells that we received last year.

Some of the biggest changes seen in the new 4.9 inch design can be seen in the layout of the volume buttons. The buttons on the iPhone 6 are wider and thinner and  closer resemble the iPhone 3G/3GS other than the fact that they are separated.  The bottom of the device features a slightly different design than the iPhone 5S. To the left of the lightning connecter is a small hole for the microphone. The right side features a similar speaker grill which is only a single column of smaller holes. Below are some pictures comparing the two.

Due to a much larger form factor, the iPhone 6′s power button has been moved to the side on the device above the sim tray. Many other phones at a larger size also have the power button on the side including the Samsung Galaxy S5. Below are some pictures comparing the two.

Our copy of the iPhone 6 has a cut out for the Apple logo on the back. This is most likely because Apple plans to add a glowing indicator on the back.

Thanks for checking out our coverage of the iPhone 6, make sure to check out FreeAppLife where you can get paid applications and gift cards for free by trying new apps.

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Introduction to Auto Layout

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Editor’s note: If you’ve downloaded the Xcode 6 beta and played around with it, one thing you may notice is the change of Interface Builder. The default view controller is now wider and doesn’t look like an iPhone 5. When you position a button in the center of the view and run the app, it doesn’t look good. The button is not centered properly.

What’s wrong? How can you make it right? The answer is Auto Layout. Auto Layout is a constraint-based layout system. It allows developers to create an adaptive interface that responds appropriately to changes in screen size and device orientation. We seldom talk about Auto Layout in our tutorials. Some beginners find it hard to learn and avoid using it. Starting from Xcode 6, you should learn to love Auto Layout. Apple is expected to release 4.7-inch and 5.5-inch iPhone 6 this fall. Without using Auto Layout, it would be very hard for you to build an app that supports all screen sizes.

So starting from this week, we’ll publish a series of articles about Auto Layout. We’ll start with the basics.

Enter the introduction of Auto Layout by Ziad.

I know that there are many developers who hates Auto Layout, maybe because it’s relatively new or it’s hard to use for the very first time. But believe me, once you get comfortable with it, it becomes one of your greatest tools that you can’t live without when developing your app. In this tutorial, I will give you a very brief introduction of Auto Layout.

Why Auto Layout?

Auto Layout is a way that lets developers create user interface by defining relationships between elements. It provides a flexible and powerful system that describes how views and the UI controls relate to each other. By using Auto Layout, you can get an incredible control over layout, with a wide range of customization, and yield the perfect interface.

Auto Layout is a fantastic tool. It does things that earlier technologies could never dream of. From the edge case handling of creation of reciprocal relationships between views, Auto Layout introduces immense power. What’s more, Auto Layout is compatible with many of Apple’s most exciting application programming interfaces (APIs), including animations, motion effects, and sprites.

Okay, let me give you an example and hopefully you’ll have a better idea why Auto Layout is needed. In Storyboard, you place a button right in the center of the view. Run the app on both iPhone Retina (3.5-inch) and iPhone Retina (4-inch) simulators.

You’ll end up with the above results and it turns out that the button isn’t centered when running on a 3.5-inch device.

Why? What’s wrong with it?

Without using Auto Layout, the UI controls (e.g. button) we layout in the Storyboard is of fixed position. In other words, we “hard-code” the frame origin of the control. For example, the “Press Me” button’s frame origin is set to (104, 255). Therefore, whether you’re using a 3.5-inch or 4-inch device, iOS will draw the label in the specified position. This explains why the “Press Me” button was not displayed properly on a 3.5-inch iPhone, for which the screen height is different.

Obviously, we want to the app look good on both 3.5-inch and 4-inch iPhone. And this is why we need Auto Layout.

How To Use Auto Layout in Interface Builder

Before we show you how to fix the alignment issue in the example, let’s have a brief walkthrough of the Interface Builder and get to know how Auto Layout can be applied.

First, set up a new project based on the Single View Application iOS app template. In the project options, choose iPhone for the device family, save the project, then open the Storyboard. You will notice a menu at the bottom-right corner. The buttons in the menu are related to Auto Layout. You can use for alignment, sizing, spacing and resolving constraint issue.

• Align – Create alignment constraints, such as aligning the left edges of two views.
• Pin – Create spacing constraints, such as defining the width of a UI control.
• Issues – Resolve layout issues.
• Resizing – Specify how resizing affects constraints.

Other than the Auto Layout menu, Apple has made it flexible for developer to setup Auto Layout by using Control+drag. You simply control-drag from any view to another view to set constraints between each other. When you release the mouse, it presents a list of possible constraints for you to select from.

Once you setup a constraint in a view, the constraint line is displayed in either in orange or blue. The orange constraint lines indicates that there are insufficent constraints and you need to fix it.

The blue constraint line indicates that your view layout is being setup correctly and there is no ambiguity.

Sometimes after you create the constraint, the Interface Builder outline view shows a disclosure arrow. The red arrow also indicates that there are conflicts or ambiguities. Click the disclosure arrow, and you’ll see a list of the issues. The issues are displayed on a scene-by-scene basis. Typical issues include missing constraints, conflicting constraints and misplaced views.

In the Size Inspector, you can view a list of all the constraints that have been added. These constraints appear in a section called “Constraints”.

In addition to the size inspector view, the constraints also appear in the Interface Builder Outline under the corresponding view.

Auto Layout Example – Center a Button or Image

By now, you should have a basic understanding of Auto Layout and how you can configure constraints. Let’s consider the example again and see how we can center a button or an image.

As mentioned before, Auto Layout is a constraint-based layout system. It allows developers to create an adaptive interface that responds appropriately to changes in screen size and device orientation. Okay, it sounds good. But what does the term “constraint-based layout” mean? Let me put it in a more descriptive way. Consider the “Press Me” button again, how do you describe its position? Probably you’ll describe like this.

The button should be centered both horizontally and vertically, regardless of the screen size.

Here you already define two constraints (centered horizontally and centered vertically). These constraints express rules for the layout of label in the interface. Auto Layout is all about constraints. The constraints, however, are expressed in mathematical form. For example, if you’re defining the position of a button, you might want to say “the left edge should be 30 points from the left edge of its containing view.” This translates to button.left = (container.left + 30).

Okay, that’s quite enough for the Auto Layout concept.

Now let’s see how to center an image view in the middle of the screen regardless of the screen size and orientation (portrait / landscape).

Assuming you’ve added an image view and placed it in the center of the view, the first step is to add the width and height constraints. In this example, we’ll show you how to use Auto Layout menu to apply the constraints. Select the image view and then click the Pin icon in the Auto Layout menu. Select height and width, then hit the “Add 2 constraints” button.

You may notice that a red arrow appears in the Interface Builder outline. This tells us that there are some constraint problems with our image view. Xcode can help us fix them. Simply click on that red arrow, followed the red indicator and finally click “Add missing constraints”.

Okay, we have set the size constraints. Next we’ll set another constraint to centre the image view even if the users rotate the device to landscape orientation. To do that, select the image view and click the Alignment icon in the Auto Layout menu. In the pop-over menu, select both “Vertical center in container” and “Horizontal center in container” options, followed by clicking the “Add Constraints” button.

Now you’re ready to test your app. Compile and launch the App. Try to switch between portrait and landscape mode. You will see that the image view stays centered.

Here we just demonstrate how to use Auto Layout menu to add constraints. You can do the same thing by using control-drag. The below image illustrates how it can be done.

Auto Layout Example – Login Button

As you know, the display of iPhone 5 and iPhone 4 are of different size. It will need some tweaks to support both screen size. Consider the below login screen, the login button is placed at the bottom of the view. If you haven’t applied Auto Layout, the app may not be able to display the login button on a 3.5-inch device.

So how can you resolve this issue? Again, to fix that we need to setup a constraint to make it stay to the bottom of the screen. On top of that, its width should be changed when it’s in the landscape mode.

First we’ll add a size constraint for the height of the button. We only add a constraint for the height as the width will change depending on the device’s orientation. control-drag vertically the button and choosing “height”, then fix the ambiguity in the Interface Builder Outline by adding all the missing constraints.

To ensure the button maintains the same distance from the sides of the view (whether it’s in portrait or landscape mode), we need to add another constraint. Control-drag from the button to the left side of the superview and select “leading space to the container”. Repeat the same procedure for the right side and select “trailing space to the container”.

The last step is to add a constraint such that the button stays to the bottom of the view. Control-drag from the button to the bottom of the superview and select “bottom space to bottom layout”.

Now, you can build and run the project on any devices. Thanks to Auto Layout. The login button should display correctly on 3.5-inch iPhone. And the login button scales proportionally when the device is rotated.

What’s Coming Next

In this tutorial, we covered the basics of Auto Layout using Interface Builder. I hope you start to love Auto Layout after going through the tutorial and examples. Auto Layout is very powerful once you manage the basics. You’ll be able to build adaptive UI to fit multiple screen sizes. In the upcoming tutorials, we will cover more Auto Layout examples and show you how to use Auto Layout programmatically.

For your complete reference, you can download the Xcode project from here.

What do you think about the tutorial and Auto Layout? Leave me comment and share your thought.

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Unlock the iPhone 5S with a Fingerprint & Touch ID, Reliably

Touch ID and the iPhone fingerprint reader has been around for a while now, but a great feature that seems to not get much use is the ability to unlock an iPhone with a touch and a fingerprint – that means not having to enter the passcode when you want to unlock the iPhone. Instead, you just rest your finger or a thumb against the Home button, and the screen unlocks automatically. Whether some users have this Touch ID feature turned off, have trouble with the feature working as intended, or simply don’t know it exists, who knows, but it’s easy to set up and it does work quite well if you use a particular trick to improve the fingerprint recognition.

With that in mind, here’s how to get fingerprint based unlocking enabled and, perhaps more importantly, working reliably well so that it will unlock on every attempt.

Note: you’ll obviously need an iOS device that has Touch ID support and a fingerprint reader for this to work. As of now that’s the iPhone 5S only, but rumors indicate that basically every future iOS device from iPhone 6 to new iPad models will have the Touch ID feature built-in too.

Enable Touch ID Fingerprint Unlock

1. Open the Settings app and then go to the “General” section
2. Tap on “Passcode & Fingerprint”
3. Choose “Fingerprints”
4. Be sure that “Passcode Unlock” is set to the ON position

Once you have the fingerprint unlock feature enabled, you’ll want to be sure you have the fingerprints registered with Touch ID that you regularly use to wake the screen and unlock the iPhone. For me, that’s my thumb, but for some users it could be a pointer finger, middle finger, or whatever else.

Improving Touch ID Fingerprint Recognition Reliability

To make the fingerprint reader extra reliable, you’ll want to add fingerprints as usual, but with a twist; use the same finger twice (or more) during the setup process, but register them as different fingers:

1. Choose “Add new fingerprint” and follow the instructions with the primary fingerprint you want to use
2. Run through the add fingerprint setup again with a different finger
3. Finally, run through the ‘add new fingerprint’ process yet again, this time using the same finger that you used in the first step, your primary unlocking finger, but at a slightly different angle

Exit out of Settings when you’re finished or you can instantly try it out by locking your iPhone and testing it out again by just holding the finger over the Home button Touch ID sensor. With the same finger added multiple times but at slightly different angles, it should perform much better.

To be clear, this does not stop the iOS passcode feature from working or disable it, you can still enter the passcode to unlock the device if you want to. In fact, if the Touch ID sensor fails to recognize a fingerprint, or if you haven’t used the TouchID feature in a few days, you’ll have to use the normal passcode to unlock the iPhone anyway.

Source : osxdaily[dot]com

How to Remotely Disable iCloud Activation Lock from an iPhone

iCloud Activation Lock is a feature that allows users to lock down an iPhone (or iPad) and require the entry of an Apple ID before the device becomes usable again. It’s part of the excellent Find My iPhone service and is extremely useful for many reasons, but it can also be a real pain if you or someone else obtained an iPhone that has another Apple ID attached to it and is then ‘locked’ to that account with an activate request, because until that activation lock is removed it will be prevented from general usage or login with another Apple ID.

So what should you if you longer have possession over the iPhone, but you still want to remove the Activation Lock and disconnect it from your Apple ID and iCloud account? Or what should you do if you bought an iPhone from someone else, and it has an activation lock attached to their Apple ID?

Fortunately you don’t need to worry, because there is a pretty easy way to remotely disable Activation Lock from an iPhone or iPad using iCloud.com, though, fair warning here, you must remotely erase the iPhone to complete the process. Yes, that means anything on the iPhone will be lost in the process, so you wouldn’t want to do this with a device that has stuff on it you want to keep without backing it up first.

The iCloud based locking feature is most often encountered with an iPhone, but it applies to the iPad and iPod touch as well.

Disable Activation Lock on iPhone / iPad from iCloud

You (or whoever has the Apple ID) will need access to a web browser and the internet to be able to do this, they do not need physical access to the iOS device to remove the iCloud lock with this method:

1. Go to iCloud.com and log in with the associated Apple ID
2. Go to “Find My iPhone” and wait for all devices to be found / located



3. Select the iPhone in question that you want to disable Activation Lock for*



4. Choose “Erase” and enter the Apple ID



5. Confirm to erase the device – there is no turning back if you confirm this, everything on it will be removed



6. When the phone is finished erasing, choose “Remove from Account” to completely disable iCloud Activation Lock and to remove that device from the Apple ID iCloud account – this is important do not forget to choose “Remove from Account”

* Note: if the iPhone / iPad / iPod touch has already been erased or is offline and shut off, it will appear as greyed out and offline in the Devices list shown on iCloud.com. If that’s the case, simply select it and choose the “Remove from Account” option, the device won’t need to be erased twice.

With the iPhone erased, and, this is important – removed from the Apple ID account – it will set itself up as new and allow anyone to enter a new Apple ID and use the device as new.

The great thing about this method is that it can be done remotely. This means that if you bought a used iPhone online or from someone that later locked down the iOS device for some reason or another, you can simply contact them and walk them through the unlocking process with iCloud. They don’t need to do anything with the actual device since it’s all handled online through Apple’s iCloud service.

Of course if you know the Apple ID holder in real life, you can just have them log into the associated account directly on the device to unlock it that way too, but obviously that’s not going to be as convenient unless they’re nearby. If you go that route, be sure they proceed further to either reset iOS to factory settings or just toggle the switch to disable Find My iPhone in Settings.

How Do I Disable Activation Lock if I Don’t Know the Apple ID Password?

If you (or whoever has the Apple ID) don’t know the password to the Apple ID account that is tying the iPhone up with the iCloud Lock, you (or them) will need to reset the password associated with the account. This is also easy, it’s just a matter of answering a few questions to confirm the identity of the account holder first.

To get that process started, simply go to https://iforgot.apple.com/ and enter the appropriate details to reset the password associated with the Apple ID. Once the password has been reset, you can then log in to iCloud.com with the new Apple ID password to disable the activation lock using the sequence outlined above. This can also be done remotely.

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New Features In iOS 8 Beta 4

Today, Apple released their fourth iOS 8 beta. Here are some of the biggest changes.

Tips

In this new update many things were added, including a new default application named  tips. The app acts as an interactive guidebook that helps users figure out more complicated options that are available on iOS. While it might not mean much to a tech savvy audience, we all know someone that could benefit from it. The downside however is the fact that it is a default application and can not be removed from the home screen.

Control Center

Control center was given a visual change, when options are toggled on they will appear  white.

Keyboard

The keyboard was updated to feature a better version of speech to text which displays text live. For a better description watch the video.

Handoff

You can now turn handoff on or off via the settings application. Handoff allows devices to work continuously and load or display the same content instantly. More Info

A few additional things were changed including the icon for Safari bookmarks, the emoji key, and added phone settings.

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How to Quit Multiple iPhone Apps Simultaneously in iOS with Multitouch

If you ever need to quit out of more than one app on the iPhone, or quit a bunch of apps quickly in iOS, using a handy multitouch swipe gesture at the iOS multitasking screen is enough to quit apps simultaneously. This works really well to quickly clear out the multitask bar of all running apps if you need to for whatever reason, and you can quit as many apps at a time as that fit on screen (and that you can fit fingers onto), which usually means killing running apps in groups of three.

You may already be aware of this, since it’s really just a modification of the single swipe up to quit an app trick that was newly introduced in the redesigned 7.0 release of iOS, but the multitouch ability to close out of groups of apps together is apparently lesser known, and the feature continues on through iOS 8.

Quitting Multiple Apps on iPhone at the Same Time with iOS Gestures & Multitasking

1. Bring up the multitasking screen by double-tapping onto the iPhone home button



2. Swipe up with two or more fingers, placing each on an app preview panel, and pushing them off the top of the iPhone screen



3. Repeat the same swipe up movement with multiple fingers to quit all apps

For best results, you’ll want to swipe over to where three apps are visible at a time – thereby allowing for three apps at a time to be quit – otherwise the home screen panel remains visible on the left side, and you’ll only be able to swipe up onto two apps at a time.

For best results you’ll want to use three fingers spread apart a bit, which moved quickly can clear out a huge amount of running apps in just a few seconds. This is definitely much faster than swiping up one-by-one on each individual app in the multitasking preview panel.

The animated gif below shows what this multitouch quit trick looks like:

This particular multi-touch swipe trick works the same on any iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, so long as they are running a modern version of iOS, from 7.0 onward and iOS 8. Prior versions of iOS also supported a variation of a different multitouch method of quitting multiple apps at the same time, but rather than using a swipe-up gesture at the multitasking panel, they used the older style task bar with multiple touch points to exit out of groups of apps. It’s hard to say which is easier to learn, but the swipe-up trick is simple and intuitive once you become aware of it, and it’s certainly more forgiving than trying to tap on the small touch targets of the little (x) button that existed in older versions of iOS.

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Quickly Turn Off the iPhone Alarm Clock with a Swipe

The iPhone Clock app has replaced many bedside alarm clocks out there, fitting since many of us sleep with an iPhone on a bed stand anyway. While most users know that you can snooze / sleep the iPhone alarm by just tapping on the screen or pressing one of physical buttons on the phone (volume buttons, home, power), fewer know this handy little trick to quickly turn off the alarm completely.

All you need to do turn off the alarm clock is swipe to unlock the iPhone.

This is different than what most users do, which is to swipe to unlock their phone and then enter the passcode, under the assumption that the entire sequence is necessary to turn off the alarm for the day rather than simply snooze it. But all of those steps aren’t necessary to disable the iPhone alarm clock from blaring sounds and noise, instead all you need to do is swipe to unlock the phone. That’s it. There’s no need to enter the passcode and actually unlock the phone to shut up the alarm, just swiping to the pass locked screen alone is sufficient to disable it. This is actually what the little swipe text says if you look carefully at it, not that you’re spending much time reading the swipeable text at 6:30am when you’re late to work, but it’s there.

The obvious downside to learning how easy this is is the potential for oversleeping, at least if you’re like me and have a tendency to fumble around in a groggy state, since taking this to muscle memory could mean swiping to shut the alarm up and then a continued sleep through some important event… oops. So maybe it’s best remembered when the iPhone is sitting on a desk or dresser across the room, and not bedside.

Source : osxdaily[dot]com

Prevent Volume Buttons from Changing the Ringer & Alert Levels on iPhone

If you’ve ever let a child play with your iPhone, you know that every physical button probably gets pressed a few million times, often repeatedly. There’s obviously little harm in that by itself, but a fairly common scenario is that a parent hands their iPhone to their kid to play a game or watch a video, and then gets the iPhone back to put back in their pocket not thinking much of it. Then a few hours (or days) pass, and uh oh, the parent discovers they have been missing out on phone calls, text messages, alerts, and email chimes, because the phone isn’t putting out any sound at all, despite the mute switch not being activated. Hmm!

The cause of this is fairly simple; the volume buttons on the side of the iPhone. Fortunately, Apple thought of this exact scenario, and they came up with what I like to call ‘parent mode’ for the Volume Buttons, which lets you set a a volume limit through iOS software Settings while simultaneously disabling the hardware volume buttons from actually changing the volume level.

How to Disable Volume Button Controls on iPhone

This prevents the hardware Volume Buttons from adjusting the Ringer & Alert volume levels only:

1. Open the Settings app on the iPhone and head to “Sounds”
2. Under ‘Ringers and Alerts’ slide the volume adjustment to whatever level you want to set, then toggle the switch for “Change with Buttons” to the OFF position



3. Exit out of Settings with the security of knowing that the volume buttons will no longer hush the phone even if they’re pressed a few billion times

You can try it out yourself by pressing the volume buttons, they will no longer impact the ringer or alert levels at all, though they will continue to change the volume of things like app, games, and playing videos.

The average iPhone user probably won’t find much use for this and may even be annoyed by their iPhone volume buttons not working to change the volume level as expected, but parents, babysitters, and educators will probably love it as one of the many tips to make their devices more kid friendly.

For what it’s worth, the iPad and iPod touch offer the same setting in iOS, but because those devices aren’t regularly used as primary contact devices, it’s a bit less useful on them when compared to iPhone. That said, all iOS devices can benefit from setting volume limits, even even if it’s just on the Music app.

Source : osxdaily[dot]com

How to Bulk Remove Many Photos on iPhone Quickly with a Date Trick

If you need to remove a bunch of pictures from your iPhone, the iOS Photos app now includes a handy group selection tool that allows for bulk modification of many images without having to resort to tapping and marking a ton of pics or any of the other deletion tricks. Instead, mass deleting many multiples of photos from the iPhone is now just a matter of selecting groups of images by collections, which are automatically arranged into dates by iOS, and this allows for simple removal of up to thousands of photos at once.

Remember that deleting pictures from the iPhone is permanent, so you’ll want to be sure you either have backed them up first, transferred them to a computer, uploaded them to a service online, or just genuinely don’t want the photos. Once you’ve deleted them, there’s no going back, at least without restoring from a complete backup made of the device.

How to Batch Remove Multiple Photos from the iPhone

The date selection trick is by far the simplest method of removing may photos at once. It’s not particularly obvious, but it is easy to use:

1. Open the “Photos” app on the iPhone



2. Choose the “Photos” tab on the bottom (the default view usually opens to Albums, the bulk delete function is limited to the Photos Collections view)
3. Locate the date(s) in the Collections view you want to bulk delete, then tap the “Select” button in the upper right corner



4. Tap on “Select” alongside each date to select all images for and to set for removal from the iPhone



5. Tap the Trash icon in the lower right corner



6. Confirm the removal of the photos by tapping “Delete (##) Photos” to instantly bulk delete all photos that were selected (note the number shown of photos that have been selected at the deletion confirmation screen, if that number does not look right do not tap to confirm the removal, instead tap on ‘Cancel’ and re-select the pictures to delete)

This will instantly remove every photo that has been selected, regardless of the total count of photos. Again, this only deletes photos that have been selected. Once you have tapped on ‘Select’ you can also tap on individual pictures to unselect them, which would cause them to be excluded from the deletion process.

Removing Every Single Photo from the iPhone

If you want to remove every single photo from the iPhone, you can use this trick. Just repeat the process as outlined above, but staying at the initial selection screen. Then simply go through and tap on the ‘Select’ button next to every date group as you scroll through the Photos Collections view. Once every date has been selected, tapping the Trash icon then “Delete” will remove every single picture from the iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.

This batch select trick is new to modern versions of iOS, prior versions of the Photos app required users to select each picture to delete manually from the iPhone (which continues to work in iOS 8, it’s just slower than this method), deleting the camera roll from the Settings app (a feature which no longer exists in modern versions of iOS at all), or even hooking the iPhone up to a computer and then deleting them all from there with the assistance of a camera utility app in OS X or Windows – that method still works too but it’s hardly convenient if you wanted to handle a bunch of pics right on the device without using a computer to intervene with your photos collection.

As you may have guessed, this quick select-by-date trick is applicable to all iOS devices, so it’s not just the iPhone that can batch delete images this way, the iPad and iPod touch can as well, the only requirement is running a modern enough version of iOS to have the Collections view, which is in both iOS 7 and iOS 8.

Source : osxdaily[dot]com