Running low on space? Let your iPhone handle it:
Image: AppleiPhone owners have been dealing with storage issues for years. There are TWO methods to work around this. Make your way to Settings > General > iPhone Storage.
This section will display a breakdown of what’s eating your space and how to get rid of the problem. You’ll notice it has an Offload Unused Apps feature that lets your iPhone manage storage for you.
Enabling it will automatically remove rarely-used apps when it’s getting crowded.
The data associated with the apps deleted by your phone will be saved, letting you download them again and pick up where you left off.
You can further maximize local storage on your iPhone if you don’t mind having smaller media files on your handset.
To achieve this, head towards Settings and tap on your name that appears right at the top of the display. Now scroll down and tap on iCloud.
Move down to Photos and enable iCloud Photos. Then pick Optimize iPhone Storage to save space on your device.
The heavy, full resolution photos and videos you take will then automatically be stored in your iCloud account. Their smaller, space-saving copies are left on your iPhone.
You can download the originals any time you want by signing into your iCloud account.
Light up your iPhone for notifications:
The iPhone does not have notification lights because Apple does not seem to think their customers want this feature.
There is a sort of workaround for this minor irritation for those of you who need to be visually alerted to a text or incoming call.
Mind you, it’s a very unsatisfactory solution to the problem. Fire up Settings > Accessibility > Audio/Visual. Scroll all the way down to LED Flash for Alerts.
Your camera’s LED flash unit will go berserk when you receive an incoming call and will flash four times for a message.
This option is meant to be of assistance to the hearing impaired. But it might also come in useful for those in a noisy environment.
It’s a simple way to make sure you notice an alert when the sound and vibration can’t serve the purpose.