iOS Tip 76: Hide Your Photos

iOS 8 lets you hide photos from your camera roll. You can hide photos by opening a photo in the camera roll and pushing your finger down on it.
You will notice pop-up options that says “Copy” or “Hide.” When you tap on Hide, a message appears that says:”This photo will be hidden from Moments, Collections and Years but still visible in Albums.” Those photos will be hiddenunless you go to the “Camera Roll” or “My Photo Stream” folder under “Albums” in the Photos app.
If you want to unhide the photo from your camera roll, open it from the album that it is in and push your finger down on it until an “Unhide” option appears. Tap on “Unhide” and it will appear in the “Photos” streamagain.

iOS Tip 75: Filter out Unknown Contacts

A recently introduced feature in iMessage lets you filter out people who are actually in your contacts list from people who’ve just got hold of your iMessage email address and decided to ping you through it. From theMessagesentry in the Settings app you can activateFilter Unknown Sendersto keep these individuals in a separate column in iMessage (appropriately enough labelled Unknown Senders).

iOS Tip 74: Reduce Motion

Reduce screen motion on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

One of the coolest features of iOS is the use of a semi 3D-effect across almost the entire interface, including backgrounds, folders, icons, alerts and such. However, while nice to watch, this feature is really not that necessary and it can also consume quite a bit of battery life. Thankfully you can disable it completely: go to Setting>General>Accessiblity>Reduce Motion.

Where's My iPhoto

BEFORE you upgrade your computer operating system to 10.10.3 - update your iPhoto to 9.6.1. iPhoto 9.6 or earlier is not compatible with the current version of Yosemite (10.10.3). After updating to the current version of Yosemite you’ll see Photos (not iPhoto) on your dock. Photos is Apples new photo applications and is replacing iPhoto; when you launch Photos you’ll be prompted to migrate your iPhoto library to the new Photos.

The migration might take a while, depending on the number of pictures you have. Photos will migrate all your pictures, albums, slideshows etc. The only concern you might have is available space on your hard drive as after the migration you’ll have both an iPhoto and Photo library. Once the migration is complete you can delete the iPhoto library - freeing up the space.

Buy Photos for Mac: A Take Control Crash Course

This course will help you decide whether to transition to Photos right away, walks you through importing photo libraries from iPhoto and Aperture, explains the Photos interface and how you can organize your images, gets you going with the editing tools, and assists you with copying photos to iOS devices and Apple TVs. It also shows you how to create books, cards, calendars, and slideshows.

Particularly helpful is the explanation of how Photos works with iCloud, including using iCloud Photo Library to create a centralized photo library for all your devices and sharing photos with friends and family via iCloud Photo Sharing. While we now think it’s safe to turn on iCloud Photo Library, beware that it may overwhelm your Internet connection.

iPhone Tip 73: Camera Button

You can also use the volume buttons on the side of the phone as a shutter, making it feel like you’re using an actual point-and-shoot.

iOS Tip 72 - Last Location

Last location
iOS 8 will automatically send the last known location of a device to Apple when your battery is low. You can turn this feature off if you think it erodes your privacy, though it's meant to help you find lost devices and is not enabled by default. You’ll find it in Settings>iCloud>Find My iPhone (must be on)> Send Last Location in the Advanced section at the bottom of the list. This means if you drop your device in a local park, you’ve got a chance of finding it - even if it does run out of power.

iOS Tip 71 - Undelete eMail

Just deleted an email by mistake? Shake your iPhone, then tap Undo.