10 bad iPhone default settings you should change today
BY ALBERT KHOURY,
Your iPhone has many configurable settings, some of which make life
easier. Others control apps or features you never use. And others still
are not worth the battery drain.
Apple technically asks you to opt-in to some settings when you set up a
new iPhone, but you might miss these steps in your excitement to get
your phone up and running.
We can usually opt-out or disable these settings, but it’s not always
easy. Well, we’re here to change that. Here are 10 settings to adjust ASAP.
1. System Services — Many apps or services use your location when they
don’t need to. Go to Settings > Privacy > Locations Services and scroll
down to System Services. Tap it and go through the list. Settings like
Cell Network Search, Networking & Wireless and Setting Time Zone don’t
need to be on unless you’re traveling to a different country. If you’re
not using Homekit, turn that off too. NOTE: Do not switch off Emergency
Calls & SOS or Find my iPhone.
2. Significant Locations — Apple remembers where you were and makes
suggestions based on those locations. Go to Settings > Privacy >
Locations Services > System Services, then Significant Locations. Hit
the Clear History button while you’re here.
3. Product Improvement — Apple’s not paying you to improve their
products, are they? Go to Settings > Privacy > Locations Services >
System Services and turn off all Product Improvement options.
4. Allow Friends to Find You — People with your phone number or email
address can find you on Apple Music. Go to Settings > [your name] >
Media & Purchases > View Account. You may have to enter your password or
verify yourself with Face ID. Switch off Allow Friends to Find You.
(NOTE: You need to be subscribed to Apple Music to see this setting.)
5. Allow Apps to Request to Track — This setting automatically denies
any new app tracking requests. Companies like Facebook don’t like this.
Go to Settings > Privacy > Tracking and turn off Allow Apps to Request
to Track.
6. Share iPhone Analytics — Why would you want Apple to share your data
with others? Go to Settings > Privacy > Analytics & Improvements. Turn
off Share iPhone Analytics.
7. Personalized Ads — Companies don’t need to know so much about you to
serve ads. Turning off this setting won’t get you irrelevant ads, as
there are other ways for advertisers to track you. At least put a limit
to their efforts. Go to Settings > Privacy > Apple Advertising and turn
off Personalized Ads.
8. Location Services — Some apps default location services to Always.
Must they know where you are at all times, if at all? Go to Settings >
Privacy > Location Services. Change the settings for each app to While
using the App or Never.
9. In-App Ratings & Reviews — You can always leave a review when and as
you see fit. You don’t need a prompt! Go to Settings > App Store and
turn off In-App Ratings & Reviews.
10. Fetch New Data — Do you check your email every second? No. Do you
need your phone to constantly drain your battery by checking for new
messages? Again, no. Go to Settings > Mail > Accounts and select Fetch
New Data. Toggle off Push. Don’t worry — you can get new data whenever
you open a mailbox. You can set how often your phone checks on new data
in the Fetch section at the bottom of the page.
BONUS: Do you want all your apps to constantly download content and use
cellular data while draining the battery? By default, all apps have
background refresh On. But do Facebook, Instagram, and Images need this?
No way!
Go to Settings > General > Background App Refresh. If you don’t want any
apps to refresh in the background, you can turn Background App Refresh
off. But you probably don’t want to do that since some apps actually
need to refresh.
Instead, scroll through the list of all your apps on the Background App
Refresh page and toggle off each app you don’t want to refresh
automatically. With that done, you may have to wait a few seconds for
updates whenever you open an app. That’s the only sacrifice. And it’s
worth it!
https://www.komando.com/smartphones-gadgets/bad-iphone-default-settings/852908/?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=totd&utm_content=2022-08-20
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