12 tips to help get the most out of your iPhone 5S

Image used with permission of the copyright holder Apple excels at producing devices that are intuitive to use. The new iPhone 5S fits the usual profile, but when you have this many features packed into a device, it’s easy to miss a few things. That’s why we’ve compiled a list of useful iPhone 5S tips and tricks to ensure your smartphone is all it can be. Everything in our roundup of iOS 7 tips will be relevant to iPhone 5S owners, but we’re going to cover something different here.

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Updated on 6/16/2014. Simon Hill: Added tips for Spotlight Search, Touch ID, email and LED flash alerts.

How to set up your new iPhone 5S

If you’re upgrading from an older iPhone then it’s easy to set up your new iPhone 5S. The Setup Assistant will give you two choices. You can:

• Restore from an iTunes backup: Launch iTunes and connect your iPhone 5S using the Lightning cable to sync all your personal data.
• Restore from iCloud backup: Connect to Wi-Fi on your new iPhone 5S, sign in with your Apple ID, and all your data will sync instantly.

For people coming from another platform, the process of getting your contacts and information will be a bit more complicated. Here’s our guide on how to switch from Android to iPhone.

How to take photos quickly

The iPhone 5S’s camera and camera app have a few tricks up their sleeves. There is a small camera icon in the lower right corner of the lock screen. You can slide it up to launch the Camera app. The volume up key can be used as a shutter key. Finally, to take a series of burst photos, tap and hold the on-screen shutter button or the volume up button and your iPhone 5S will take photos at a rate of 10 per second. It even selects the best footage and groups the others into a subfolder so it’s easy to delete the flaws.

How to record slo-mo videos

The iPhone 5S boasts a slow-motion video recording option. Just load the Camera app and swipe right twice and you’ll be in Slo-Mo mode. Tap the shutter button to start and stop recording as usual. If you tap the thumbnail in the lower left corner to preview your video, you can drag markers on the timeline to specify where you want the slow motion effect to start and stop. You can make almost anything look dramatic with this effect.

How to get free copies of iWork on your iPhone 5S

The iPhone 5S comes with a suite of free productivity apps including Pages, Numbers and Keynote. You can also capture iMovie and iPhoto. To get your free iWork apps, open the App Store and search for the individual app you want in the App Store and download it. These apps used to cost $10 each, but now you can get them for free if you have a new phone.

How to take advantage of the motion processor

Apple made a big deal with the M7’s motion coprocessor and its ability to track your activity. We’re sure a lot of apps will take advantage of the features over time, but for now here’s a short list of fitness apps that work with it today: Strava Run, Argus, Weather Run, Pedometer ++ and M7 Pedometer – Steps.

How to use Siri

It may not be exclusive to the iPhone 5S, but Siri has been improved and it’s a feature worth using. You don’t need to tap and hold the Home button to launch Siri. Instead, you can go to Settings > General > Siri and turn on Raise to Speak. Now you’ll see Siri waiting for you whenever you hold your iPhone 5S to your ear. Don’t forget to tell Siri about your relationships and your home and work address so she can be more helpful. If you don’t like the way Siri says something, tell her “you don’t say it that way” and choose from three alternative options. You can also tell Siri to turn settings like Wi-Fi on and off or post an update on Facebook.

How to use Apple navigation

The Apple Maps app keeps getting better and boasts some nice features that are worth playing with on your iPhone 5S. The all-new night mode turns on automatically when the sun goes down. Tap the 3D icon to switch to Flyover view and use two fingers to tilt and rotate. Each time you tap to drop a pin and mark a location, you can tap the Quick Route button next to the location name to get turn-by-turn directions. You can also choose to share locations via AirDrop, Mail, Messages, or social media. If you still don’t like it, install Google Maps.

How to add more emoticons to your messages

You can unlock tons of emoticons and images to spice up your messages by going to Settings > General > Keyboard > International Keyboards, selecting Add New Keyboard, and selecting Emoji. Now, when you’re typing a message, you can tap the globe icon in the bottom left corner to open a panel full of emoticons to use.

How to use Spotlight Search

If you swipe down on the home screen, you’ll see a universal search bar, Spotlight Search. Avoid swiping down from the very top of the screen or you’ll open notifications. Spotlight Search is your quick shortcut to finding anything on your iPhone 5S. You don’t even have to enter your full name; the first few characters should be enough to highlight what you’re looking for. You can use it to search apps, email, your calendar, and more. If you want to filter it to focus on specific areas of your phone, go to Settings > General > Spotlight Search and you can dictate exactly what is included in the searches.

How to use Touch ID

Being able to unlock your iPhone and authorize purchases by scanning your fingerprint is a great combination of security and convenience. You can set it up and customize your settings in Settings > General > Touch ID & Passcode > Touch ID. It is possible to set up to five different fingerprints and they don’t actually have to be fingerprints. You can debate the usefulness, but people have successfully used nipples, toes, noses, and other body parts that we’ll leave to your imagination.

If you’re having problems with Touch ID, make sure the home button and your fingers are clean and dry. Hold your finger on the button without pressing it until you feel it vibrate. You can actually repeat this process several times with the same finger just by touching a slightly different part or corner on the home button, and it should map more of your finger, making it more likely to work each time.

On the Touch ID screen, if you hold your finger on the Home button, the correct input will be highlighted if your iPhone 5S recognizes it. You can swipe the entries to delete them, or you can tap Edit in the top right corner, which also lets you rename them. Sometimes deleting and re-entering your finger can help you achieve a better success rate.

How to use email shortcuts

There are a lot of great gesture shortcuts in the Mail app. Swipe from right to left to delete the message. If you want to delete or move multiple email messages, tap Edit, then select them all. To go back, swipe left-right from the edge of the screen. If you want to add a video or photo, tap and hold on an empty message and the Select, Select All menu will appear. Tap the arrow and select Insert photo or video. You can also tap and hold the New Message button to open a list of saved drafts.

How to get flashing alerts

Sometimes your iPhone 5S will be on silent or you’ll be in a loud environment, but you still want to know when a message arrives. There is no notification light on the iPhone 5S, but you can set the LED blinkers to blink as an additional warning. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility and turn on the LED flash for alerts.

That’s about it for our iPhone 5S tips, but our top iOS 7 tips are worth checking out before you go. You can also find more tips via the iPhone User Guide under Bookmarks in Safari. If you have any tips you’d like to recommend, we’d love to hear them. We’ll be updating this post regularly with the best of the bunch.

Article originally published on September 10, 2013.

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