Mac|Life

All the new controls…

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Lo w power mode (iPhone)

Tap to shut down certain functions – see Settings > Battery – and slow the rate of power consumptio­n. Do not disturb while driving (iPhone) This feature for driving more safely normally kicks in automatica­lly (see page 35), but this starts it manually.

Vo ice memos (iPhone)

Tap this to go to the Voice Memos app, or hold it for options to start a recording or play back the last one.

WalleT (iPhone)

Tap to open Wallet to use Apple Pay or another card there. Hold it to check your last transactio­n.

Apple tv remote

This opens a built-in remote control, with a menu to choose an Apple TV, plus a Siri button for tvOS.

Access ibility shortcuts

This opens a panel containing shortcuts to various accessibil­ity features that might be useful – or necessary!

Magnifier

Tap to open the magnifier mode added in iOS 10, without you having to triple-click the Home button.

Guided Access

This takes you to Settings > General > Accessibil­ity > Guided Access so you can configure this parental control and lock your child into one app and restrict capabiliti­es.

Text Size

This opens a slider which adjusts the text size in apps that support iOS’s Dynamic Text resizing feature.

Notes

Tap to create or append to a note, depending on your settings. Hold to start one of various kinds of note.

Screen recording

Tap to record your device’s screen output. After a short countdown, the top bar turns red. Tap this control again or the bar to save to the Videos album in Photos.

alarm, Stopwatch & Timer

Tapping takes you to the relevant tab in Clock. As in iOS 10, you can hold/press Timer to reveal presets; sadly there are no such shortcuts on the new controls.

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