Monday Productivity Pointers

- [Instructor] My name is Jess Stratton. And welcome to this week's edition of Monday productivity pointers. If you're using iOS 13 on your iPad or iPhone, you can use context tools. Context tools are menus that will appear when you tap and hold on icons or other objects. You can also use this in the control center. That is what appears when you swipe from the top down on the top right-hand side of the device. A great thing about context tools and it's easy to forget that we can do this which is why and deciding to focus on it this week, is that it can change according to where you are. Let's take, do not disturb as an example. Now you can always turn, do not disturb on anytime you like by tapping this icon, which is very easy. You just have to remember to tap it to turn it back off again. But do not disturb can also look at the contents of your calendar. And the context menu changes when you tap and hold on it. According to my calendar, I'm in a meeting from 3:00 to 4:00 PM, which is right now, it knows that. So I can tap do not disturb until the end of this event. It will automatically put itself on do not disturb and remove it when the meeting's over. I can also set do not disturb for an hour until this evening or until I leave the current location that I'm in. I'll set it to end when I leave this location. There's other things that you can tap and hold on. For example, the networking section. Here I can tap and hold and quickly toggle WiFi, Bluetooth, or AirDrop on or off. If I tap and hold AirDrop, I can choose whether or not, I want to have receiving off, contacts only, or everyone? Don't forget, you can always customize what's in the control center. By going to settings, tapping control center on the left, and tapping customized controls. You can remove an item in that menu by tapping the red circle. You can add items by tapping the green plus sign, for example, an Apple TV remote. Now, when you swipe down there it is. You can also tap and hold to drag things like the flashlight strength and the brightness of the screen. You can slide up and down with your finger by tapping and holding. Let's look at some examples on the home screen. You can tap and hold Notes to quickly create a new note. Another one of my personal favorites is Maps. If you tap and hold Maps, you can automatically mark your location. You can also your location to somebody by a text or email. Now I know we're all trying to get outside. So this is great if you're hiking and want to remember where you are or you want somebody to meet you exactly where you are. Not every app has a context menu. For example, if you tap on something and you only see the basic options that you could do with any other app then it probably doesn't have any context tools. But it's always worth tapping, holding on new things. Don't be afraid. You may discover something really cool that you can do that you never realized. Once again, my name is Jess Stratton and this is Monday productivity pointers.