Posts Tagged ‘iOS 7’

I’ve recently been delivering some bespoke iOS training courses across London and realised that there were quite a few useful tips and tricks that I was demonstrating, which long time users of iPhones and iPads were just were not aware of. So, to continue in Amsys’ ongoing mission to ‘spread the Apple love’, I thought I would jot a few down here for everyone – in-case others have missed these too! Keyboard/Typing tips (Using iOS onscreen keyboard): 1) Using Caps Lock: Double-tap the ‘Shift’ key in the onscreen keyboard for caps lock, the Shift key’s icon will change to be… read more →

Once of the most exciting features announced alongside iOS 7, and the one that has received very little publicly is iBeacon. So what is iBeacon? iBeacon is a new service that is part of iOS 7’s core location services. This service allows any iOS device that supports Bluetooth 4.0 to find and locate other Bluetooth Low Energy devices. By using iBeacon, a device can start transmitting its location, other iBeacon devices can locate them without using GPS or Wi-Fi location services. The range varies but can be up to 100 feet depending on the device. So once your phone is… read more →

We’re pleased to announce that our app, Revise IT, has now been updated to Mavericks 10.9 Certifications and is available to download from the App Store today, for free! This latest version, has been updated for iOS 7 and is packed full of new test questions and extra features (some of which were requested by users from previous versions) such as the ability to share your results with your friends and colleagues on Twitter and Facebook. New to this Update: OS X Support Essentials 10.9 OS X Server Essentials 10.9 Mac Integration Basics 10.9 Rewritten for iOS 7 (new interface… read more →

I have been using Mail on my iPhone since iOS 1, however I didn’t become a fan of the app until Apple released iOS 7. Now it looks good, and allows for the customisation of my mailboxes. Once I had setup all my accounts and started Mail for the first time, it looked quite confusing due to all the different mailboxes and accounts that were listed. However, all of this can be taken care of with the use of one button in the top right corner called “Edit”. I love the fact that I can get rid of all my… read more →

Once of the most exciting features announced alongside iOS 7, and the one that has received very little publicly is iBeacon. So what is iBeacon? iBeacon is a brand new service that is part of iOS 7’s core location services. This service allows any iOS device that supports Bluetooth 4.0 to find and locate other Bluetooth Low Energy devices. By using iBeacon, a device can start transmitting its location, other iBeacon devices can locate them without using GPS or Wi-Fi location services. The range varies but can be up to 100 feet depending on the device. So once your phone… read more →

With the release of iOS 7 last month, Apple radically overhauled their mobile operating system with a completely new design. I’ve been busy over the past few weeks having a real good play with iOS 7, tracking down all the new features and looking at all the things that an IT tech may need to know to support this new iOS across the Apple Mobile product range. The result of my research was the creation of a fantastic new course for technicians who would like to learn what the mobile devices and new iOS can do, how they do it,… read more →

Love it or hate it, iOS 7 has introduced a radically new user interface to the Apple iOS devices. Whatever you think about the change of interface, there are some great new features available. For me, one of the most useful additions is the ability to view timestamps for individual text messages. Have you ever had a text conversation with someone and found that there’s only a timestamp every now and then on the messages? Prior to iOS 7, previous versions of iOS would usually group together messages sent only a few minutes apart, displaying them with a single timestamp.… read more →

So the wrapping has come off iOS 7. If you look past all the eye candy there are quite a few new features aimed at businesses. A lot of these features cover a broad spectrum in helping businesses support and deploy iOS devices. Here is a list of what I think are some of the more important ones. 1. The App Store Volume Purchase Program One of the biggest complaints has always been about the purchase of business required apps for employees. This has always been a bit of a mine field. Because apps are assigned to an AppleID, normally… read more →

Back in September Apple released the biggest update to the iOS software with iOS 7. All of our iOS development courses have been updated by our mobile development team to iOS 7. You can find out how the courses have changed and, more importantly, all the new features and development techniques that will be taught! Objective-C courses Both the beginners and Advanced Objective-C courses have been updated to include Xcode 5 as well as incorporating any changes to the language that Apple introduced this year. If you are brand new to iOS development then both of these courses give you a… read more →

Following yesterday’s keynote at WWDC, we wanted to share with you which newly added features and updates we’re most looking forward to and why… we would also love to hear your thoughts, so let us know in the comments section below! Daryl McCartney – Apple Trainer OS X Mavericks Multiple Display Feature. Big issue since full screen apps were that you could only use 1 display at a time and this change alone is majorly significant. Also the fact they have added Extended Display to Airplay through your Apple TV where 10.8 only had a mirroring. I’m really looking forward… read more →