This was a helpful thing – I finally took the time to learn
about some things that my devices could do, but I hadn’t figured out to
use. The big surprise was when I learned
to shut off open apps in my iPad – wow, didn’t realize that things stayed open
pretty much until you turn them off. I
can only imagine how confusing that would be on a device like a laptop where
you can see all of the windows, and I wonder how much battery loss those open apps might have been contributing to.
I finally learned a little about AirDrop – which I have now
shut off on both of my Apple devices because I want to make battery power last
as long as possible and that isn’t something that I think I will use much. Another interesting, but unsuited for my
daily needs, thing I explored was Siri.
I don’t use devices when I drive, so needing to look at the screen is not
a hassle for me. Plus, I must not
enunciate clearly enough to suit the OS as I often had to repeat questions
several times. And, the immediate jump
to the web when a question was not understood in the context I meant was
very disconcerting. I did find a few
things that we easier to do with Siri – adding relationships in contacts was
one – so I think I may use this on occasion if just to find out how to do
things … Siri did give clear directions on how to do things using the device
rather than my normal approach of trial and error.
The one simple thing that I learned to do (I knew it could
be done but had never spent the time to figure out how) was how to set the
music playlists on a timer. A very
useful way to track time, and, though simple, this might be the item I end up
using the most from this thing.
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