158 - iOS Features 11 Years Ago Still Used - With Guests Patrice Brend’amour and Jeff Gamet

The latest In Touch With iOS with Dave he is joined by Patrice Brend’amour and Jeff Gamet. We discuss 8 features introduced in iOS4 11 years ago that are still used today. How toRename AirTags, running shortcuts to automate you waking up. What faces and complications we use on the Apple Watch. Apple One Bundle is it till worth the cost and which ones do we have, iOS14.7 beta 5 fixes wifi issue plus more. 

The show notes are at InTouchwithiOS.com


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Topics

Our new Guest Patrice like us Apple Stuff Patrice has. 

Beta this week. iOS 14.7 Beta 5 was released. iOS15 Beta 2 and Public beta is still in full swing. Thoughts on iOS15 so far. 

Apple Seeds Fifth Betas of iOS and iPadOS 14.7 to Developers and Public Beta Testers

Latest iOS 14.7 beta fixes bug that caused certain network names to disable your iPhone's Wi-Fi

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Apple Seeds Fifth Beta of tvOS 14.7 to Developers

Apple Seeds Fifth Betas of iOS and iPadOS 14.7 to Developers and Public Beta Testers

Faces and complications what do we use on the Apple Watch

Navigating the App store finding what you want in apps.

The LIDAR app Jeff “discovered:” Canvas Pocket 3D Room Scanner ‎Canvas: Pocket 3D Room Scanner on the App Store

We haven't talked about the Apple One Bundles in a while how do you sign up for them and are they valuable. How to Sign Up For an Apple One Bundle on an iPhone

“Apple One” subscription plan

These 8 iOS 4 Features We're Still Using 11 Years Later. Its hard to believe it's been 11 years since iOS 4 was released and there were some great features that were added that were revolutionary. We continue to use them and take them for granted but they are as valuable today. 

Multitasking

Spellcheck

Home Screen Folders

Game Center

Custom Wallpapers

AirPlay

Retina Display

FaceTime

Tips 

How to Rename AirTags

Jeff’s How to do Everything with AirTag: How to do Everything with Apple’s AirTag

How to run shortcuts automations when you wake up

Hide your Photos and Videos in iOS

Apps

Transloader for Mac, iPhone and iPad

Our Host

Your Host Dave Ginsburg  is an IT Professional With over 22 years experience working with Mac and Windows as well as iOS devices. He is also President of The Suburban Chicago Apple Users Group


About our Guests

Patrice Brend’amour loves to create podcasts, automations or software. She also enjoys working with diverse sets of people, leading them to success and making a tiny difference in the world. Which she does as VP of Development at a Healthcare Software provider. She can be found at https://the-patrice.com and her podcast Foodie Flashback at https://foodieflashback.com

Jeff Gamet is a podcaster, technology blogger, artist, and author. Previously, he was The Mac Observer’s managing editor, and Smile’s TextExpander Evangelist. You can find him on Twitter and Instagram as @jgamet and YouTube https://youtube.com/jgamet

About our Co-Host

Co-Host Warren Sklar @Wsklar is an IT Consultant and moderator of the Mac To The Future FaceBook Group with over 3000 members talking about all things Apple. Request to join this group to be among people who love Apple.