23 Secret IPhone Tips And Hacks That You Didn't Know About

This is another iPad Basics tip that seems to come up often in forum and support discussion threads: what to do when the space bar key is missing from the iPad's keyboard in the Safari browser app. To do so go to Settings > Music and then toggle off Show Apple Music. Most third-party keyboard apps also give you instructions on how to install them if you launch the keyboard app directly. While it's not universally supported, you can use rich formatting in a number of iOS apps including Mail, Notes and third-party apps like WhatsApp to make certain sections of text stand out.

And you wonder why Apple is replacing entire top case assemblies—including batteries—when they only really need to replace the keyboard. Sure, you can press Command-Shift-4 to select an area to capture to the Desktop (Command-Shift-3 saves the whole screen as a file on the Desktop), but if you add the spacebar you'll access more options.

It is worth adding that this is not the only hidden feature in iPhones, the iOS 12 also comes with a bunch of features that Apple didn't really highlight at the time of WWDC 2018 or during the iPhone launch. Typing is a lot easier and faster with a real keyboard.

One of the best new features hidden in iOS is Screen Recording. IOS The new mobile OS works with iPhone 5s and higher, iPad mini 2 and up, and the 6th-gen iPod touch. If you're typing, you'll find the little "A" App Store icon to the left of the text field. But these days, the key letters appear in lowercase until you press Shift.

When you tap Add New Keyboard, you'll see your newly downloaded keyboard's name. So, for instance, with All Controls on, tabbing around on a Web page includes not only the search and other text fields on a form, but all its clickable spots, while the spacebar clicks” the selected item.

The shift-swipe trick is nice, but there's an even faster move to master: double tap the space bar to get a period and space. You can also use the shift key as you would on a regular keyboard, by holding Shift and tapping the letter you want to capitalize.