10 ways to solve the frustration of the iPhone

Life Hacker [Japanese version] Reprinted from the article published on October 31, 2021

For most people, the work of iOS is excellent, but there are still a lot of trivial frustration.However, with a small amount of effort, you can solve most of the problems in that kind of problem and make your iPhone your own.

This time, let's introduce the 10 problems that are often troubled and their solutions.

1.Delete unnecessary Apple apps

Every iPhone has a set of Apple apps, but there are many things that are useless.

You should delete unnecessary apps.

What I deleted immediately was the "hint" app.After that, Apple's "Map" and "Podcast" apps are also deleted.

The App Store has a wonderful app to replace Apple apps.

The Apple's "Podcast" app is definitely a low level, so first check out the list of iPhone's best pod cast apps.

Other,

・ "Memo" app ➞ "Bear"

・ "Pages" ➞ "Microsoft Word" and "Google Document"

・ "Map" ➞ "Google Maps"

There are alternative apps such as.

2.Set the default browser and email client

Fortunately, iOS can choose default browsers and email clients.

If you don't like "Safari" or "email", you should replace it with another better app.

Instead of "Safari":

・ "Firefox"

・ "Chrome"

・ "Duckduckgo"

Instead of the "email" app:

・ "Outlook"

・ "Spark"

・ "Gmail"

Even if you can use "Safari" as a default browser, you can open the link directly in the app using the wise extension of the third party.

Rather than opening the Twitter link in the official app, using the Safari extension of "Tweetbot" can make "Tweetbot" a default Twitter app.

Similarly, Reddit links can be opened directly in "Apollo".

3.Block the banner of the smart app on the website

If you do not use a specific app on the iPhone, you may feel annoying to display the banner of the app on the top page of the website.

For example, Google in Safari without using a Google app.When you go to COM, you will see a banner to use the app.

Thankfully, if you use "Unsmartifier", you can easily eliminate all the banners of such apps displayed in Safari.

4.More comfortable browsing using Safari extensions

As mentioned above, Safari's extensions bring a new and wonderful aspect to browsing.You should definitely try "the best Safari extension of the iPhone".

Lifehacker's favorite is "PipFier", "Keyword Search", and "Stopthemadness Mobile".

5.Disable search for lock screen

In iOS 15, you can search for the app without unlocking the iPhone lock screen, and you can launch the app quite quickly.

However, if you do not use this function, it will only get in the way to check your favorite wallpaper and time.

In that case, you can disable searching the lock screen.

Disable "Today's Display and Search" in "Settings> Face ID and Passcode".By the way, check out how to solve the most frustrating iOS 15.

6.Reduce spam using "notification summaries"

Almost all apps will send a large amount of spam, abusing the notification.

If you are disgusted with the notifications that come clearly, but it's still difficult to stop the notification, you can send such a large amount of notification once a day.

The "notification summary" sends a notification digest at the selected time, so you can limit the distracted factors.

7.Use another backup service

First of all, iCloud offers the most seamless backup for the iPhone.

However, in the case of free, there is only 5GB capacity, and the latest iPhone storage is at least 128GB, which is not enough.

ICLOUD is worth the charge and use it for backup of data, but I think it's a good idea to use another backup service in case you can no longer access the iCloud account.

As a second backup, you can connect your iPhone to your Mac and back up with Finder, or use Windows iTunes for backup.

If you want to add a cloud storage service for backup, you can use Google Drive (free of 15GB for free).

You can also check out articles on free and inexpensive best cloud services to see if there is a service that suits you.

8.Disable siri

Apple is improving, but Siri is still a major weak point in the Apple Ecosystem.

If you want to use a smarter voice assistant, use "Google Assistant" or "Alexa".This audio assistant is not as easy to access as the iPhone Siri, but the work is very good.

To disable Siri, go to "Settings> Siri and Search" and disable "Hearing" Hey Siri "" and "Press the home button to use Siri".

9.Customize the layout of the home screen

The home screen of the iPhone cannot be customized so flexibly, so even if you want to place an application icon in the four corners of the home screen, you can not do so yet.

However, you can change the layout of the home screen using a widget creation app or a widget included with the iPhone.

It's not the best solution, but it's not monotonous.When the layout can be changed, try to freely change or delete the arrangement of the home screen.

10.Disable automation notification

The last problem is a big problem for heavy users.

Apple's "Shortcut" app can create a great automation routine on the iPhone.If you do such an automation, you will receive an annoying notice that informs you that automation is being implemented.

If there is one or two iPhone automation, I don't think it's so annoying, but for heavy users who have set a large amount of automation, it's a serious problem.

Apple does not easily disable this notification, but there is a workaround.Go on the iPhone to "Settings> Screen Time> All Activities".

Scroll down to the notification, and if the "shortcut" is not displayed, tap "Increase the display".You will notice that nothing happens even if you tap the "shortcut".

To fix this, return to the screensh time screen, tap the arrow to the left of "this week" at the top, and immediately tap the right arrow.Then go to the "shortcut" and disable "permit notification".

Source: App Store L