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Travelling with Your iOS Device
Date: 20th April 2018
Duration: 35:34
Show ref: SCOM0727
Following on from episode SCOM0719 - Travelling with your Mac, we take a look at how you can optimise your iOS device for security and privacy. We also learn how to configure a VPN to secure your network connections whilst out and about.
In addition, we look at the implications of using your iPhone or iPad as you primary camera and what steps you can take to backup your photos and videos when you are away from a decent Wi-Fi connection.
Affinity Photo on iPad
Date: 21st July 2017
Duration: 55:31
Show ref: SCOM0649
We've previously covered Affinity Photo for the Mac but as announced in the 2017 WWDC keynote, Affinity Photo for iPad has now been released.
In this tutorial, Allison Sheridan walks us through Affinity Photo for iPad, the powerful image editor and Art & Design tool from Serif. This isn't a simplified version of the desktop app, but rather a full-featured version optimized for iOS and iPad.
Since we've already covered Affinity Photo for macOS in tutorials 560, 565, and 603, this tutorial focuses on the interface rather than how every single tool works.
++ Apps for Activity
Date: 16th June 2017
Duration: 43:11
Show ref: SCOM0639
Whether you're already athletic, or if you want to get into better shape with the help of the Apple Watch, these ++ apps from Cross Forward Consulting might enhance your activity tracking.
The Apple Watch comes with both standard Workout and Activity apps that can show metrics on the watch as well as on the iPhone. Unfortunately, you can't control what metrics you see on the Apple Watch whilst doing a workout. With Workouts++ you can create custom watch faces for each type of workout you do, allowing you to display different metrics and even graphs on the Apple Watch.
In this tutorial, Allison Sheridan demonstrates the configuration of Workouts++ using real workout data, as well as how to use the information collected from your workouts in Activity++ and Pedometer++.
Whether you're an athlete, or just want to get more active, these apps will help make your workouts more fun.
Tip - Misc. iPhone Tips
Date: 13th June 2017
Duration: 06:19
Show ref: SCOM0638
This week's Tip video includes three separate tips for iPhone users:
How to add favourite contacts to the Today View for quick access.
Using Low Power Mode to extend your battery life.
Managing App Store downloads using 3D Touch.
Things 3
Date: 9th June 2017
Duration: 44:42
Show ref: SCOM0637
Things 3 is the latest update to the popular task management application by Cultured Code, and is is currently receiving rave reviews. So much so that we've been inundated with requests to cover it on ScreenCastsOnline!
Things 3 is available for the Mac, iPhone, and iPad and includes syncing between all three platforms. Redesigned from the ground up, Things 3 has with a brand new UI design, along with many new features and enhancements which we cover in this screencast.
UPDATE: Things 3 has just been awarded an Apple Design Award at WWDC 2017!
Numbers Update - 2017
Date: 2nd June 2017
Duration: 42:33
Show ref: SCOM0635
In the second of this occasional series, we take a look at the changes to the latest version of Apple's premiere spreadsheet application: Numbers for macOS and iOS.
With lots of extra features, Numbers is still the best way to crunch numbers and present them beautifully!
Also in this episode, we take a look at protecting your Apple ID using two-factor authentication. This is due to a mandatory requirement starting June 15, 2017, for any third-party apps to use app-specific passwords if they access iCloud services.
IOS Automation - Part 2
Date: 28th April 2017
Duration: 49:05
Show ref: SCOM0625
iOS offers less options for automation than the Mac due to sandboxing, which limits what apps can do. But there are still some powerful automation tools available if you understand how the basic building blocks work.
In Part 2 of this iOS automation series, we dive deeper into automation workflows for iOS and give you several specific examples of how to implement these yourself. We walk you through some important concepts (like setting/calling variables and using prompts for text entry), and show you step-by-step how to construct these workflows for yourself.
In this tutorial we demonstrate:
How to get around the lack of a share sheet in Mail
How to append Amazon links to an Evernote note
How to create multi-step workflows like using AirDrop to send screenshots to your Mac and then automatically delete them from your iOS device
How to integrate prompts and set variables for use in iOS automation workflows in Workflow and Launch Center Pro
How to send multiple tasks to OmniFocus from Drafts and create OmniFocus project templates in Workflow
How to use Editorial to automate writing tasks and use Python scripts inside of Editorial workflows
Clips - Create & edit videos in a flash
Date: 21st April 2017
Duration: 42:25
Show ref: SCOM0623
Recently launched by Apple, Clips is a brand new way to capture and edit video on your iPhone or iPad.
iMovie is great, but sometimes you just want to assemble a short video to post quickly to your favourite social media service, share with iCloud Photo sharing or just email to someone.
Clips allows you to rapidly capture live video, photos, or video and photos in your iCloud Photo library and create a mini movie with just a few taps. You can annotate your movie with live titles, just by talking, as well as adding stickers, filters, emojis and more in a flash.
Despite seeming a very simple application, Clips actually has some hidden depths, and allows you to do much more than can you imagine.
iOS Automation - Part 1
Date: 31st March 2017
Duration: 62:00
Show ref: SCOM0617
Automation is key to productivity but iOS offers less options for automation than the Mac. This is mainly due to sandboxing, which limits what apps can do, and how they can interoperate. However, there are still some powerful automation tools available if you take time to understand how the basic building blocks of automation on iOS work.
In Part 1 of this iOS automation series, we introduce you to iOS automation via app extensions, and explain how URL schemes work. We also show you how to use URL schemes in some common iOS automation applications, to give you a solid knowledge base for automating your own iOS workflows.
In this tutorial we demonstrate:
Examples of app extensions like the 1Password Touch ID extension and the TextExpander third-party keyboard
How URL schemes are constructed on iOS
How x-callback-url allows you to string actions together
Adding actions to Drafts via the actions directory and carpeting them from scratch
Creating Launch Center Pro actions using the Action Composer
Building and launching workflows via the Workflow app, Notification Center widget, and app extension
Since the tutorial was recorded, Apple have now acquired the Workflow app and made it available for free on the App Store. Perhaps we'll see more Workflow like features built into future releases of iOS!
Tip - macOS & iOS - Apple Photos - Keywords
Date: 7th March 2017
Duration: 05:32
Show ref: SCOM0610
Tip Video - We have covered Apple Photos in depth on ScreenCastsOnline, but in this short tip video, I want to revisit how to create and manage metadata with your iCloud Photo Library.
On both the Mac and iOS, Apple Photos is getting smarter by applying machine learning technology on the device, to automatically categorise photos. However, there are still instances when you want to add your own personal metadata in the form of titles, descriptions, keywords or location information.
In this tip video, I focus on adding title and keyword metadata via the Info Panel and the Keyword Manager.
