iPhone hacks do the rounds online almost every day, and most of the time, 'hack' is a strong word (yes, I know my iPhone can be used to take photographs). But every now and again something takes me by surprise – such as this ingeniously simple trick.
To select a bunch of emails, messages or reminders, it turns out you don't always have to hit 'Select' then individually tap everything you want to highlight. There's a much simpler way – and it only takes two fingers. (In the market for a new phone? Check out the best iPhone 13 deals available now.)
The Verge's Jon Porter discovered the trick (which might, I will admit, be familiar to a few iPhone users – but it's news to Jon and me!) yesterday and shared a screen recording on Twitter (below). Rather than the multi-step process of tapping select, then ticking various items, we can simply scroll down with two fingers.
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Unfortunately, it doesn't look like the trick works on every app. As Porter points out, it's absent from the Clocks app (and could have been pretty useful for deleting a build-up of single-use alarms). And there are plenty of third-party apps that don't use it – perhaps because the developers simply don't know it exists.
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Daniel John is Design Editor at Creative Bloq. He reports on the worlds of design, branding and lifestyle tech, and has covered several industry events including Milan Design Week, OFFF Barcelona and Adobe Max in Los Angeles. He has interviewed leaders and designers at brands including Apple, Microsoft and Adobe. Daniel's debut book of short stories and poems was published in 2018, and his comedy newsletter is a Substack Bestseller.
