The 14 tricks for the iPhone of these 2 weeks [episode 2]

The bi-weekly appointment with the tricks is back, this time they are tricks purely dedicated to those who have an iPhone. There are 14 even if in reality there is an additional bonus video where I talk about how to understand if your Facebook account has been hacked, given the recent vicissitudes that have happened to the social network.

In fact, in this article, we are going to summarize these tips and tricks by talking about them briefly so that you can have everything at your fingertips in this article. For immediate feedback, however, as always, I suggest you take a look at the video you see above:

Send high quality photos on WhastApp

We all know by now, WhatsApp puts quality in the last place and the photos we send are compressed in a shameful way! So what to do if you need to send a photo in high quality (or in maximum quality)? The procedure is longer but still simple: go to the gallery on your iPhone, select the photo you want to send and from the "Share"Choose the mouth"Save to file". Now in the WhatsApp chat press the "+"On the left of the keyboard (as shown in the video above) select the item"Document”And choose the photo you just transformed a little while ago. Now the photo is in maximum quality.

Watch a video with PiP (Picture in Picture)

Some apps allow video playback in PiP. One of them is Google Chrome: go to YouTube, for example, then choose a video and once opened go to the settings at the bottom right and select "Desktop mode". Once this is done, the video will be played in full screen and by tapping on the screen with your finger, a will appear small icon above which allows you to enable the PiP (as shown in the video above). Now you can watch your YouTube video while using your smartphone. Did you know this iPhone trick?

YouTube music off screen

Using Safari, go to YouTube and search for the playlist you want to listen to. Run it and set the full screen for the newly started music video. At this point close the screen (as shown in the video above) returning to the Home and that's it. At this point, lower the drop-down menu and press "play”In the music widget (even if no title appears). The music will continue to play even if you are not actually watching YouTube and will continue to play even when the screen is off!

Fix mirror selfies on iPhone

If you try to take a selfie with your iPhone and the photo is mirrored, there is a quick trick to fix it: go to the Settings and get on "Camera". From here enable "Flip front camera". Simple!

Find out if your Facebook account has been stolen

As many of you will know, they have been stolen as well 533 million accounts Facebook and there is a simple procedure to find out if yours is among them. Visit this web page and enter the email or phone number with which you registered on Facebook. If the result is “Oh no – pwned!” it will mean that unfortunately your data are no longer safe, unfortunately.

Create GIFs with your iPhone photos

With this trick we will see how it is possible to create a GIF starting from the photos in the gallery of your iPhone: go to the app commands, then in Gallery and select "convert photo to GIF". Returning to the Home of the Commands app you can now use this command to create GIFs: iPhone will ask you to select photos from your gallery and once you have created the GIF you can immediately save it.

IPhone tricks for writing

Your iPhone is equipped with many small tricks that make writing a lot easier. Among these is undoubtedly:

• Scroll words: by holding down the space bar while typing in a text, your keyboard will become a real “touchpad” to scroll the cursor freely in the text. Convenient!
• Select a word: simple, double tap on it with your finger!
• Select a phrase: simple, press three times on one of the words that make up the sentence.
• Select a paragraph: just as simple, press four times on one of the words that make up the paragraph.

Download YouTube videos or music (iPhone / Android)

To do this, open the browser (Safari or Chrome for example) and connect to this site: in the search bar that will appear in front of you, simply paste the link del video youtube you want to download. By clicking on "Search”Finally, after a few seconds you can download the entire video (button DOWNLOAD VIDEO) or just the background music (button MP3 DOWNLOAD). All downloaded files will go to the Downloads folder located via the app "Fillet”Then choosing the folder iPhone and finally Download.

Exchange photos / files between Android and iPhone

The first thing to do is go to this site (Snapdrop.net) and do it on both the Android smartphone and the iPhone, remembering to connect both devices to the same WiFi network. Now the two devices will "detect" each other and from one you can exchange files with the other, and vice versa. Harnessing the power of Wifi connection, the file exchange will be very fast and above all very simple.

Record a video secretly on iPhone

To secretly record a video on iPhone, just open the Camera, start recording a video and then lower the drop-down menu. In this way, he will look at the screen of your iPhone and will not notice that the smartphone is recording a video.

Spotify free your iPhone or Android

Go to the Play Store or the App Store and download eSound: this app is totally legal and free and browsing its menus you will notice an interface very similar to that of Spotify with miles and thousands of songs available for listening in a totally free way. Ah, and you can too download the songs and then listen to them offline.

Beware of the SMS asking to track a package

If you have received one or more SMS asking you to click on a link to track a package that should arrive, well DO NOT CLICK absolutely that link. It is an attempt to Phishing, a fraud and they will probably ask you to enter personal details and credit cards. Don't do it.

Level / meter / height application on iPhone

Through the application "Metro”On the iPhone, you can quickly and easily measure some distances objects around you. It can also be exploited to use the livelli and on the most recent iPhones (12 Pro onwards) it is also possible to measure the height of a person simply by framing it.

Create a video with background music

To do this is quite simple: open a music player (such as Spotify or Apple Music) and start playing a song. Now enter the app Gallery of your iPhone e press and hold the shutter button then slide your finger to the right to create a video. By doing so you will be recording a video while the music you set is playing in the background.

Create a video from photos

To do this, go to the app Gallery iPhone and choose, from the albums, the item "Live Photo". From here, all you have to do is select all the photos that will be part of the video (in short, the slideshow) and finally select the share button at the bottom left, choosing the item "Save as video”And that's it!

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