iOS 18 Settings To Turn OFF Now! (Important!)
Summary
TLDRThe video offers a comprehensive guide to iOS 18's new settings, focusing on privacy, battery optimization, and cost savings. It covers charge limit adjustments for battery longevity, managing subscriptions to cut unnecessary expenses, and navigating privacy settings to protect personal data. The tutorial also touches on optimizing cellular data use, Wi-Fi security, app organization, and camera quality settings. Viewers are encouraged to subscribe for more detailed guides on specific features.
Takeaways
- 🔋 **Optimize Battery Life**: Limit iPhone charging to 90% to extend battery longevity.
- 📱 **Personal Information**: Adjust communication preferences to reduce unwanted emails.
- 💸 **Subscription Management**: Review and cancel unnecessary subscriptions to save money.
- 📶 **Cellular Data**: Switch to LTE for better battery life and potentially faster speeds in areas with poor 5G signal.
- 📈 **Data Mode**: Utilize 'Low Data Mode' to conserve battery by limiting background data usage.
- 🔒 **Wi-Fi Security**: Disable 'Ask to Join Networks' to protect against potential hacking attempts.
- 🛍️ **App Store Settings**: Customize App Store settings to prevent unwanted app downloads and video autoplay.
- 📸 **Camera Quality**: Disable 'Prioritize Faster Shooting' for higher image quality in rapid photo sessions.
- 🔇 **Keyboard Feedback**: Turn off keyboard sounds and haptic feedback to save battery life and reduce noise.
- 📲 **Notifications**: Manage app notifications to prevent interruptions during activities like puzzles or games.
Q & A
What is the main focus of the iOS 18 update discussed in the script?
-The main focus of the iOS 18 update is to introduce new settings that optimize privacy and battery life.
Why shouldn't lithium-ion batteries be charged to 100% and stay there for long periods?
-Lithium-ion batteries don't like to be charged all the way to 100% and stay there for too long because it can decrease the battery's longevity.
What is the purpose of the 'charge limit' slider in iOS 18?
-The 'charge limit' slider allows users to set a maximum charging level (like 90%) to prevent the battery from reaching 100% and staying there for extended periods, thus maximizing battery longevity.
What is the benefit of turning off certain communication preferences in the Settings app?
-Turning off certain communication preferences can reduce the number of emails received daily, providing a quieter inbox.
How can users save money by managing their subscriptions in iOS 18?
-Users can review and cancel unnecessary subscriptions to save money, and they can keep the service until the end of the paid period without renewal.
Why is it recommended to switch to LTE instead of 5G if the 5G signal is not strong everywhere?
-Switching to LTE can provide better battery life and potentially faster speeds if the 5G signal is not consistently strong, as weak signals can drain the battery trying to maintain a connection.
What is the 'low data mode' setting and how can it help with battery life?
-The 'low data mode' setting reduces background data usage for certain tasks, similar to low power mode, and can help extend battery life by pausing battery-intensive activities until connected to Wi-Fi.
Why should users be cautious about joining random Wi-Fi networks?
-Joining random Wi-Fi networks can expose users to security risks, such as man-in-the-middle attacks, where hackers can spy on users and steal information.
What is the benefit of turning off 'app downloads' in the App Store settings?
-Turning off 'app downloads' prevents apps downloaded on one Apple device from automatically appearing on others, helping to keep each device's app library organized.
Why is it advised to turn off 'prioritize faster shooting' in the camera settings?
-Turning off 'prioritize faster shooting' ensures that image quality is not sacrificed for speed when taking multiple photos in quick succession.
What is the purpose of the 'always on display' feature, and how can it be customized for better battery life?
-The 'always on display' feature shows useful information at a glance without significantly affecting battery life, as it intelligently turns off in certain situations like when the phone is face down or in a pocket. It can be customized by turning off the 'show wallpaper' option to focus on displaying useful information.
Outlines
🔋 Optimizing Battery Life and Privacy in iOS 18
The script introduces iOS 18's new settings aimed at enhancing privacy and battery life. It guides users through the updated battery section, emphasizing the importance of not fully charging lithium-ion batteries to 100% for extended longevity. The narrator suggests using the new charge limit feature to cap charging at 90%. Additionally, tips are provided for managing communication preferences to reduce unwanted emails and reviewing subscription services to avoid unnecessary expenses. The script also touches on a new subscription price increase feature, allowing users to maintain their current plan rates despite price hikes.
📶 Cellular Data and Wi-Fi Settings for Enhanced Performance
This section discusses optimizing cellular data usage by choosing LTE over 5G for better battery life and performance, especially in areas with weak 5G signals. The video suggests turning off 5G standalone and 'allow more data on 5G' for further battery savings. It also introduces 'low data mode' as an alternative to low power mode, which reduces background activities to conserve battery. The script advises against enabling iCloud backup over cellular to prevent data overuse and potential slowdowns. Lastly, it warns against connecting to unfamiliar Wi-Fi networks to protect against hacking attempts.
🛠️ Customizing App Store and Camera Settings for Personal Preference
The video script delves into the App Store settings, recommending the disabling of automatic app downloads across devices and video autoplay to preserve battery life. It also advises turning off in-app ratings and reviews prompts to avoid interruptions. Moving to camera settings, the narrator suggests disabling 'prioritize faster shooting' for better image quality and 'Apple ProRes' to save storage space, unless professionally necessary. The script hints at an upcoming video detailing new camera settings in iOS 18 and encourages viewers to subscribe for updates.
🔒 Enhancing Privacy and Battery Efficiency Through System Settings
This part of the script focuses on privacy and battery life by adjusting settings related to tracking, photo and contact access, analytics, and advertising. It advises against granting apps like TikTok full access to photos and suggests using limited access instead. The narrator also covers the importance of turning off various switches under 'analytics and improvements' and 'Apple advertising' to prevent data collection and enhance privacy. The script concludes with a discussion on location services, emphasizing the need to limit apps' access to location data to 'while using the app' or 'never' to protect privacy and save battery.
📧 Mail, Messages, and Safari Settings for Better User Experience
The final section covers settings within the Mail, Messages, and Safari apps. For Mail, it recommends turning off push notifications and setting fetch intervals to reduce battery drain. In Messages, it advises keeping 'low quality image mode' off to ensure full-quality image sharing. For Safari, the script suggests disabling 'preload top hit' to prevent unnecessary data and battery usage. Additionally, it recommends turning off 'privacy preserving ad measurement' for better security, despite the potentially misleading name, and leaving other advanced settings unchanged to avoid website functionality issues.
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Keywords
💡iOS 18
💡Privacy
💡Battery life
💡Optimized Battery Charging
💡Charge limit
💡Subscriptions
💡5G
💡Data mode
💡iCloud Backup
💡App Store
Highlights
iOS 18 introduces new settings for optimizing privacy and battery life.
The battery section in Settings has been redesigned with a new charge limit feature.
Lithium-ion batteries should not be charged to 100% for extended periods to maintain longevity.
Optimized battery charging in iOS 18 is not as effective as expected, leading to the charge limit slider.
Setting a charge limit at 90% can help maximize battery longevity.
Turning off certain communication preferences can reduce the number of emails received.
Reviewing and canceling unnecessary subscriptions can save money.
Subscription price increase notifications can be managed to avoid unwanted charges.
Using LTE instead of 5G can improve battery life and potentially speed.
Turning off 5G standalone can enhance battery efficiency.
Low data mode conserves battery by delaying background tasks until connected to Wi-Fi.
Disabling iCloud backup over cellular data prevents large file transfers that consume battery and data.
Turning off 'Ask to Join Networks' can protect against man-in-the-middle attacks on public Wi-Fi.
Controlling app downloads and video autoplay in the App Store can save battery and improve organization.
Adjusting camera settings, such as turning off 'Prioritize Faster Shooting', can maintain image quality.
Disabling Apple ProRes in camera settings can save iPhone storage space.
Turning off keyboard sounds and haptics can slightly improve battery life.
Customizing lock sounds and button settings can prevent accidental volume changes.
Notifications for screen sharing can be disabled to prevent unwanted interruptions.
Adjusting display settings like 'Always On Display' can show useful information without significant battery drain.
Privacy settings, such as turning off app tracking, can protect personal information.
Limiting app access to photos and contacts can prevent misuse of personal data.
Disabling background app refresh can save battery by controlling when apps update.
Configuring mail settings to fetch data at intervals rather than using push can conserve battery.
Disabling 'Low Quality Image Mode' in Messages ensures images are sent at full quality.
Managing Safari settings, like turning off 'Preload Top Hit', can save data and battery.
Turning off 'Privacy Preserving Ad Measurement' in Safari can enhance security.
Transcripts
iOS 18 is finally here with a bunch of new Settings
that are important to optimize for your privacy and battery life.
And to make things more interesting, Apple hit the shuffle button
in iOS 18's Settings app. So things are in different
places than they used to be, but we'll walk you through that.
Let's dive in. We'll start in Settings
and let's open the completely redesigned battery section
and then tap on charging. Let's talk about charge limit.
The first thing to understand is that lithium ion batteries,
like the one in your phone, don't like to be charged all the way to 100%.
And if you do charge it to 100%, they don't like to stay there for too long
because that can decrease your battery's longevity.
In the past, Apple built optimized battery charging
where your iPhone would charge all the way to 80% overnight
and then try to time it so that when you woke up, the battery was at 100%.
But that never really worked as well as Apple had hoped.
So they built in this charge limit slider. If you have good battery life
and you want to maximize your iPhone battery's longevity,
instead of using optimized battery charging, take this slider and let's
just drag it down to 90%. You'll still have more than enough battery
to make it through your day and you'll keep your iPhone battery healthy
for as long as possible. And pro tip, remember you turned this setting on,
especially when your friends come to you complaining that their iPhone
only charges to 80% or 90%. You can say, it's not broken.
You just turned this setting on. Next, let's tap back to battery
and then back to the main page of Settings and tap on your name at the top of the screen.
Then tap personal information and tap communication preferences.
And I'll turn off these three switches to cut down on the number of
emails I get every day. Now let's save some money.
I'll tap back in the upper left-hand corner of the screen,
back again, tap on subscriptions and in here, take a look through this list
and make sure you're not paying for any subscriptions
you don't need to be paying for. You can see how many I've canceled
in just the past year. To cancel one of these,
just tap on the subscription and then tap cancel subscription.
And the good thing about this is that you get to keep all the time
that you've already paid for. It's just not gonna renew
at the beginning of the next month. You can always reactivate the subscription.
These companies make it easy for you to give them your money.
And a cool new feature I just found out about subscription price increase.
Can I get to pay a dollar more a month? Check this out.
If I tap see all plans to view all the available plans,
I can say, eh, I'd rather not pay $12.99. I'll just keep paying $11.99 per month.
Double-click to subscribe. There's no guarantee that
that's gonna work for you, but it worked for me.
Check out the other available plans on your subscriptions.
You could save money. We go through a lot of Settings in these videos
pretty quickly. If you wanna print out
a PDF and go at your own pace, consider joining our channel.
Just click the join button below. Next setting, I'll tap back to subscriptions,
back to Apple account, back to Settings, then tap cellular and tap on
cellular data options. And let's talk about 5G.
If you don't have a great 5G signal everywhere you go,
tap LTE. It might actually be faster, true story.
And I guarantee you will get better battery life. And while you're here,
make sure to turn off the switch next to 5G standalone.
There is no reason not to use 4G LTE if it's available.
Let's tap back to the previous menu and then I'll tap on data mode.
Unless you have terrible Wi-Fi, stay away from allow more data on 5G.
Standard is a pretty good option, but low data mode is one of my favorite
hidden sleeper Settings on iPhone. It's kind of a substitute for low power mode.
It shuts down some of the most battery intensive things
that happen in the background of your iPhone and just waits to do them
until you're connected to Wi-Fi again, which is a win across the board.
And last tip for the cellular section of Settings, I'll tap back and I'll tap back again.
And I'm gonna scroll down to iCloud backup. Unless you never connect to Wi-Fi ever, ever,
there is no reason to have the switch turned on because these giant file sizes
both burn through your battery and your high speed data cap.
And if you go over that data cap, even with unlimited data,
your plan is gonna slow down. Speaking of Wi-Fi, let's go to Wi-Fi, good segue.
Tap back to Settings and then tap on Wi-Fi, then scroll all the way to the bottom
and you have to wait a second and then tap on ask to join networks.
I recommend turning this off because random Wi-Fi networks
are one of the easiest ways a hacker can spy on you
and steal your information using what's called a man in the middle attack.
We're not gonna get into that, but suffice to say that if you're at Starbucks,
it's safe to use Starbucks Wi-Fi, but it's not safe to use some random network
called Netgear or something like that at Dave's Coffee Shop
because who knows who's in charge of that. Tap back in the upper left-hand
corner of the screen and go back to Settings
and let's scroll all the way to the bottom and tap on app store.
There are a couple important Settings in here that are gonna make your life easier.
First, let's turn off the switch next to app downloads
so that when you download an app on your iPad, it doesn't automatically show up on your iPhone
and vice versa. This helps keep your devices organized.
Typically, I don't want things appearing everywhere.
Then scroll down to video autoplay. Tap on that to open it up and just turn this off
so that when you're using the app store app, your iPhone doesn't start randomly playing videos
that drain your battery life and tap back to app store
and make sure the switch next to in-app ratings and reviews is turned off.
This just makes your life a little bit easier because now an app doesn't open up
and immediately ask you to give a five-star review.
You could do that if you want to. I don't wanna be forced into it.
Next, some awesome camera Settings. Let's tap back in the upper
left-hand corner of the screen and scroll up to camera and tap on that.
There are some awesome new Settings in here, most of which are things I'm gonna
recommend you turn on, which is not this video.
It will be the next one. So if you wanna get one little notification
when that video comes out, hit the subscribe button,
but there is a setting to turn off. And if you scroll to the bottom,
it's prioritize faster shooting. Intelligently adapt image quality
when rapidly pressing the shutter. I'm gonna turn this off.
Now, maybe you're taking a lot of quick shots at your son's football game to capture the action.
The problem with this setting is that it sacrifices image quality for speed.
So when you go to zoom in and your son's awesome catch,
if this setting is turned on, you're gonna have a less high
quality photo to work with. So in my opinion,
I always want the photos that I take with my iPhone
to be as high quality as possible. I recommend turning it off.
One more camera setting to talk about, scroll up here to formats and then scroll down
and turn off Apple ProRes unless you really know what you're doing
and are okay using all the space on your iPhone to take one video.
If you wanna see a whole video about the new iPhone camera Settings in iOS 18,
let us know in the comment section below and we'll make it.
Next up, let's tap back to camera in the upper left-hand corner of the screen
and go back to the main page of Settings, then tap to open up sounds and haptics,
scroll all the way to the bottom, then tap on keyboard feedback.
And right now I have sound turned on and haptic turned on.
First off, turn off sound please for everybody else.
I hate those keyboard sounds. And haptic are the little buzzes that you feel
when you tap on the keyboard. This is okay.
Some people like them, some people hate them. I turn them off, saves battery life.
Pretty much all the Settings we talk about in this video
save battery life. And we'll tap back
in the upper left-hand corner of the screen and I'm gonna tap to turn off
the switch next to lock sound. I don't need to hear that lock sound.
While we're here, let's scroll to the top and I wanna talk briefly about
change with buttons, which is a setting that
everyone who owns an iPhone should understand.
First off, this switch only has to do with your ringtone
and alerts like your alarm clock. When the switch is on,
you can use the volume buttons in the side of your phone
to adjust the volume of ringtones and your alarm clock.
When it's off and I prefer it to be off, so I'll tap that switch.
You set the volume of your ringtone and your alarm clock right here with the slider,
but you can still use the volume buttons to control the volume of
everything else on your phone. The reason I like to have the switch off
is that when I turn down the volume of a YouTube video,
for instance, I don't want my alarm clock volume also going down so that I don't
wake up tomorrow morning. This is kind of a safety feature for me
and that's a plant. You put that back, smash it off the table.
Next, a quick detour to notifications. So I'll tap back to Settings
and then I'll tap on notifications because it's right here.
And then I'm gonna tap on screen sharing and just turn off allow notifications right here.
Cause I don't want my text messages appearing on the screen
when I'm doing a New York Times crossword puzzle with my friend.
Next, let's head to display Settings. So I'll tap back in the upper
left-hand corner of the screen and back again to the main page of Settings.
Then I'll tap on display and brightness, which is right there.
Then I'm going to scroll down and tap on always on display.
I love always on display because it doesn't
really affect your battery life that much because the truth is it's not actually always on.
Your iPhone intelligently turns it off if your phone is for instance,
face down on the table or if it's in your pocket.
But I don't like the way it comes out of the box. I recommend turning off show wallpaper
because the whole point of always on display for me
is that it shows me useful information at a glance,
not to show me a crappier version of my wallpaper. Next, let's tap back
the upper left-hand corner of the screen. You'll notice that I have auto lock set to never,
which is a bad idea and true tone turned off. This is only because we're
recording a video right now. These are not my normal Settings.
Next, let's step back to Settings and talk about one of the most important sections
of this video, privacy, which if we scroll down,
we will find with the hand, tap on privacy and security.
First things first, let's tap tracking and turn off the switch at the top
next to allow apps to request to track. This is another quality of life setting.
I'll tap back to the main page of privacy and we're going to talk about
two of the most important things on your phone, your photos and your contacts.
What happens when you give an app access to all of your photos or contacts?
Well, it opens the flood gates and allows that app to do
whatever the heck it wants to with all that information.
TikTok pre-uploads your photos to their servers to make it faster to use,
but really it's just sending all your photos to China.
So let's scroll down to photos and tap on that and then scroll all the way down
and check out our Settings here for TikTok. I'll tap on that.
And TikTok currently has full access to all of the photos on my phone.
I don't want that. So I can choose limited access
and then choose which photos or videos I want to give TikTok access to,
or just choose none, which is the right choice for you
if you're not making TikToks and uploading them. Let's tap back in the upper
left-hand corner of the screen and scroll all the way to the bottom
and let's open analytics and improvements. Make sure that all these switches are turned off
and there are more and more of them every day. I'll just come up to the top.
When you turn off the main switch, it turns off a lot of the
other ones automatically, but just go through the list.
Let's let Apple improve their own products. I'll tap back again
in the upper left-hand corner of the screen and tap Apple advertising
and turn off the switch here next to Personalized Ads.
Now let's talk about GPS. I'll tap back in the upper
left-hand corner of the screen, scroll all the way to the top,
tap on location services. We've talked about this before,
but it's just as important as ever for your privacy
and your battery life. Go through this list,
watch out for anything that says always, because that means an app would have access
to your location all the time, even when you're not using the app,
even when the phone's in your pocket. We don't want that.
It's a big battery drain or two. We've talked about this one before
and I'm sure I'll talk about it again. So I'm just gonna keep zipping through here
and tap on system services. There are some new options in here,
but as I always say, the only ones I recommend keeping on
are compass calibration, emergency calls and SOS, find my iPhone, satellite connection and
share my location. Last time we said
you might wanna keep system customization on because Apple says for optimized
battery charging to work, you need to have this setting turned on,
but now we're not using optimized battery charging.
We're just setting the limit ourselves. No more need to drain that battery
with system customization. Then as we scroll down to the bottom here,
turn off all the switches next to product improvement.
And if you wanna learn more about what all these system services actually do,
well, we have a video on that. Check out the card above,
link in the description below. Let's tap back in the upper
left-hand corner of the screen, back again and back to the main page of Settings.
Scroll up just a bit. And just like I have here on the desk,
tap on the magnifying glass next to search. We're gonna open up search
and I wanna talk about this setting, improve search.
And you thought I wasn't gonna use this. I'll tap the switch here to turn it off.
This stops Apple from collecting a list of the things
that you search for on your iPhone. And by default, they're really
collecting a lot of data here that you might not want them to have.
And you thought I wasn't gonna use this, okay. I'm gonna put this back here.
Next up is setting you'll find refreshing. Tap back in the upper left-hand corner
of the screen to Settings, scroll up just a bit, tap on general and then scroll down
to Background App Refresh and tap on that. Background App Refresh allows apps to
download new content in the background
when you're not using those apps. So it's a pretty simple concept,
but it's a battery drainer. So tap on Background App Refresh here at the top.
It's interesting they kind of grayed out the on there
and then choose either off or Wi-Fi. Don't choose cellular data
because it will drain your battery. We'll tap back in the upper
left-hand corner of the screen, back again and then back one more time
to the main page of Settings and then scroll down to mail.
We've done this before. Oh wait, mail's gone along with a whole lot
of other Settings. Where have they gone?
Well, into the apps menu. Apple relegated a lot of the apps that ship
with your iPhone to this section of Settings. Why?
Some people are saying so they don't get sued by the EU quite as much.
Let's go to mail and I will use this little alphabet
on the right side here. Just press and hold my finger on it
and drag down to the Ms. Ms.
And then I'll tap on mail. Ah, familiar territory.
Then we're gonna go into mail accounts and then fetch new data and make sure
that push is turned off here at the top. When push is turned on and an Apple lead genius
told me this in my training, your iPhone maintains a connection
to an email server asking is there mail?
Is there mail? Is there mail?
Is there mail? Is there mail?
With fetch, you decide how often your iPhone checks
to see if there's new mail. Obviously, it saves a lot of battery life.
So at the bottom here, just make sure that you choose an interval that works for you
like every 15 minutes. This just means that the mail app is gonna check
for new mail every 15 minutes or whenever you open the mail app.
So most people will never notice a difference. Next, let's tap back to accounts, back to mail,
back to apps, and then look for that familiar green icon
down here in messages. Tap on that, then scroll all the way to the bottom
and check this out, low quality image mode. Make sure that this switch is turned off.
We want to send images in full beautiful quality. So make sure the switch is
off to turn full quality on. Tap back to apps in the upper left-hand corner
of the screen and let's go down to photos with a silent P, photos.
Tap on that, scroll down to show hidden album. Make sure that this switch is turned off.
Otherwise, it's not really all that hidden. Tap back to apps and we're gonna go down
to Safari. Tap on that.
Make sure preload top hit is turned off. Whenever you do a Google search on your phone,
Safari goes ahead and preloads the top result because it thinks that's the
one you're going to click on. But that uses battery life and data
and it's just not necessary most of the time, unless you always click on the first result
and then go ahead. Scroll down all the way down here to advanced.
Tap on advanced, turn off the switch next to privacy
preserving ad measurement, a setting that Apple keeps
burying farther within the Settings app. When privacy preserving ad
measurement is turned off, it means not that it's not private,
it means that there's no ad measurement, not the privacy preserving kind.
So it's actually more secure to have this turned off
than to leave it turned on. It's a little bit ambiguously worded,
but that's what we're here for. Everything else in here though,
leave it the way it is, unless you want your websites to break on you.
Thank you very much for watching this video. We love making this video every year.
And hit that subscribe button to get a notification
in a few days when we release our video. It's kind of the opposite of this video
about iPhone Settings to turn on in iOS 18. We'll see you soon.
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