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Apple Watch: Tips and Tricks!

2015-05-03
hey what's going on guys a mark and sang it from TechnoBuffalo and in today's video we'll be sharing with you 10 tips and tricks for you new shiny Apple watch now these are just some tips and tricks but if you guys want a full tour of the UI you can check out John's video which we will leave a link down below our Apple watch review is also up on our channel so if you guys haven't had a chance to watch it yet make sure to check that out as well so number one is how to take a screenshot on your Apple watch let's say you want to show off to your friends that you walked over 10,000 steps today you can take a screenshot on your Apple watch by quickly pressing both the side button and the digital crown you'll then see that screenshot on your photos app on your iPhone number 2 is how to hard reset your Apple watch no device is ever perfect and if for example your Apple watch freezes you can hard to reset your watch by holding down both the side button in digital crown for at least 10 seconds until you see the Apple logo number 3 is how to force close an app let's say an app is lagging or isn't properly working you can force close an app to restart it now to do this press and hold down the side button until the power-down sliders appear and release the button press and hold the side button again until the app disappears and you're back to the home screen launching the app again will start fresh and that's how you force closed an app number 4 is how to quickly delete apps on your Apple watch now I personally have a pretty messy home screen I actually need to organize my setup but in the Apple watch you can't really put an app in a folder and organize them instead you can delete them by holding on an icon and pressing the X button it'll ask you if you want to delete the app and after that the app is gone on your Apple watch however it's not gone forever you can always bring it back if you want through the Apple watch app on your iPhone number 5 is how to move apps around on your home screen so just like any other iOS device you can move the icons around by tapping and holding on an icon and moving them it's super simple and works really well on this tiny screen you can also use your iPhone to rearrange your apps by going into the Apple watch app and going into a play out and here is where you can move your apps around number 6 is clearing all of your notifications so when you swipe down on your Apple watch you can see all the notifications you have received and instead of swiping each notification away individually you can actually use force such to dismiss all the notifications would just one tab just press and hold down the notification on the screen and a new action will pop up asking if you want to clear all notifications number seven is to set a default city for your weather the weather app on the Apple watch can check a variety of cities and your current location but if you want a quick weather look up in glances and on your watch face you'll want to pick a specific city head on over to the Apple watch app on your iPhone then go to weather default city and here's where you can choose which city you want to set as your default if you want to add a city or remove a city you can do so by going to the weather app on your iPhone number eight is pinging your iPhone if you can't find your phone around the house and you swore you had it in your hands a minute ago you can quickly ping your iPhone using your Apple watch by swiping up to your glances and tapping on the ping iPhone button brand said you do however have to be in proximity of your phone and once you press the button you'll hear the iPhone ringing and you're all set number nine is zoom mode on the Apple watch if you find it hard to swipe around the small tiny icons on the Apple watch or just can't see all together you can actually turn on accessibility to zoom on your watch to activate this feature launch the Apple watch app on your iPhone then go to general accessibility accessibility shortcut from here you can choose the zoom feature when you triple click on the digital crown number 10 is to adjust the intensity of the haptic feedback when you receive certain notifications the Apple watch will tap your wrist using its taptic engine and if you find you have t'k feedback to be a little too much or a little too soft you can adjust intensity of to have to feedback and you can do this either on your Apple watch or on your iPhone so to change it on your Apple watch go to settings sound and haptics then scroll down and adjust a ringer and alert haptic slider to change it on an iPhone open the Apple watch app go to sounds and haptics and just a haptic strength slider to your preferred level now as an added bonus we thought we'd also show how to quickly customize your default replies when replying to a message if we head on over to the Apple watch app and go to messages default replies here you can add your custom replies to anything you'd like also when sending an animated emoji through the watch if you force touch the emoji the emoji will turn from yellow to read instantly and that's about it if you have any other tips you'd like to share with us that we didn't cover leave them in the comment section down below if you guys found this video helpful make sure to give it a thumbs up and we will see you guys in the next one
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