iPadOS 17.4 Settings You Need To TURN OFF Now!
Summary
TLDRThe video script offers an in-depth look at iPadOS 17's new features, highlighting the enhanced Spotlight Search, customizable lock screen, and Apple Music's crossfade setting. It also covers privacy and battery-saving tips, such as turning off notifications during screen sharing, managing location services, and adjusting background app refresh. The script emphasizes user control over data privacy with features like iMessage contact key verification and personalized ad settings.
Takeaways
- 🔍 **Spotlight Search**: Quickly find apps, contacts, and messages by using Spotlight Search on iPadOS 17.
- 🔒 **Lock Screen Customizability**: iPad users can now customize their lock screens similar to iPhone users.
- 🎵 **Apple Music Crossfade**: Adjust or turn off crossfade for a more artist-intended listening experience.
- 👀 **Screen Sharing Notifications**: Avoid unwanted notifications during presentations by managing settings.
- 📅 **Scheduled Summary**: Group and deliver notifications at specified times to reduce interruptions.
- 👓 **Screen Distance Feature**: Protect your eyes from myopia and strain by setting a minimum screen viewing distance.
- 🎧 **Reduce Loud Audio**: Control headphone volume to protect hearing, even in noisy environments.
- 🔉 **Sound Check**: Even out the volume between tracks for a smoother listening experience.
- 💾 **iCloud Recommendations**: Manage your iCloud storage by deleting inactive backups and optimizing your digital life.
- 🔕 **Siri Activation**: Prevent accidental Siri activations by adjusting settings to listen only for 'Hey Siri' or turning it off completely.
- 🪧 **iMessage Contact Key Verification**: Enhance message privacy with a feature that ensures only intended recipients can read your messages.
Q & A
What is the new feature in iPadOS 17 that allows you to search for content quickly?
-The new feature in iPadOS 17 that allows quick searching for content is Spotlight Search. It lets you find apps, contacts, and text messages by simply typing a keyword.
How can you access Spotlight Search on an iPad running iPadOS 17?
-You can access Spotlight Search by swiping down from the middle of the screen, which will open up the search interface.
What is the benefit of using Spotlight Search from the lock screen?
-Using Spotlight Search from the lock screen allows you to search for content without having to unlock your iPad, providing a quicker way to find what you need.
Can you search for settings using Spotlight Search in iPadOS 17?
-Yes, in iPadOS 17, you can use Spotlight Search to find settings quickly, such as searching for 'auto lock' to access the auto-lock setting directly.
What new customization feature has been added to the iPad lock screen in iPadOS 17?
-iPadOS 17 has added the ability to customize the lock screen, similar to what was introduced for the iPhone last year. Users can press and hold on the lock screen and then swipe right to add or customize widgets.
Why might someone want to turn off the crossfade feature in Apple Music?
-Someone might want to turn off the crossfade feature in Apple Music to avoid disrupting the emotional flow of a song with the abrupt start of a new track.
What is the purpose of the 'scheduled summary' feature in iPadOS 17?
-The 'scheduled summary' feature in iPadOS 17 groups notifications together and delivers them at a specified time, preventing interruptions and allowing users to manage their notifications more effectively.
How does the Screen Distance feature in iPadOS 17 help protect your eyes?
-The Screen Distance feature uses the TrueDepth camera to detect if the iPad is closer than 12 inches to the user's face for an extended period, potentially reducing the risk of myopia and eye strain.
What are the 'Reduce Loud Audio' and 'Sound Check' settings in Music Settings of iPadOS 17?
-The 'Reduce Loud Audio' setting limits the volume of songs to a safe level to protect hearing, while 'Sound Check' evens out the volume between tracks to prevent sudden loud or quiet changes.
How can you manage iCloud backups to save storage space in iPadOS 17?
-In iPadOS 17, you can manage iCloud backups by going to Settings > [Your Name] > iCloud > Recommended for You, where you can delete inactive backups that you no longer need.
What is the 'iMessage contact key verification' feature in iPadOS 17 and how does it enhance privacy?
-The 'iMessage contact key verification' feature in iPadOS 17 ensures that messages are only accessible to the intended recipient by using a unique key that both parties possess, preventing unauthorized access to messages.
Outlines
🔍 Spotlight Search Enhancements in iPadOS 17
The paragraph introduces new features in iPadOS 17, focusing on Spotlight Search. Users can quickly access apps, contacts, and messages by simply swiping down and typing in the search bar. A humorous example is given where searching for 'cat' brings up a photo of a cat named Shaka. Spotlight Search can also be accessed from the lock screen, adding convenience. Furthermore, users can now search for settings directly from Spotlight, exemplified by searching for 'auto lock' to quickly access and change the setting. The paragraph also touches on the new lock screen customization feature, allowing iPad users to personalize their lock screens similar to iPhone users. The summary ends with a bonus tip about setting the iPad to 'never' auto-lock, which is useful for screen recording but not recommended for everyday use.
🎶 Apple Music Settings: Crossfade and Screen Sharing Notifications
This section discusses two Apple Music settings: crossfade and screen sharing notifications. Crossfade is a feature that blends tracks for a smooth listening experience, but the speaker suggests turning it off to avoid disrupting emotional songs with abrupt transitions. The settings for crossfade are detailed, allowing users to choose the duration of the crossfade effect. The paragraph also advises viewers to join the channel for free PDFs and guides. Additionally, it covers how to prevent notifications from popping up during screen sharing, which could be embarrassing or unprofessional. The speaker provides a step-by-step guide on navigating the settings app to disable notifications during screen sharing.
👀 Screen Distance Feature and Music Settings for Better Audio
The paragraph begins with the introduction of the Screen Distance feature in Screen Time, designed to protect users' eyes by ensuring they maintain a safe distance from the screen, using the iPad's TrueDepth camera. The feature is particularly beneficial for children to prevent myopia and reduce eye strain for all users. The speaker then discusses two music settings: Reduce Loud Audio, which caps the volume at a safe level to protect hearing, and Sound Check, which evens out the volume between tracks. The speaker shares personal preferences for these settings, opting to keep them off to preserve the original audio experience. The paragraph concludes with a mention of iCloud recommendations for cleaning up digital life by deleting inactive backups.
📱 Privacy and Battery Optimization Settings
This section covers various privacy and battery optimization settings in iPadOS 17. It starts with instructions on how to manage Siri activation to prevent accidental triggers. The speaker then discusses Apple advertising and how users can control personalized ads. The paragraph continues with iMessage contact key verification, a privacy feature that ensures the security of messages by verifying the recipient's public key before opening. The process is currently manual but is expected to improve in the future. The speaker also touches on analytics data and its impact on battery life, suggesting turning off certain analytics to save battery. The paragraph concludes with advice on managing location services to maintain privacy and extend battery life, recommending turning off 'always' tracking for non-essential apps.
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Keywords
💡iPadOS 17
💡Spotlight Search
💡Lock Screen Customizability
💡Crossfade
💡Screen Sharing
💡Scheduled Summary
💡Screen Distance
💡Reduce Loud Audio
💡iCloud Recommendations
💡iMessage Contact Key Verification
💡Background App Refresh
Highlights
iPadOS 17 introduces new settings and features.
Spotlight Search can be accessed from anywhere, including the lock screen.
Spotlight Search can now be used to find settings within iPadOS.
iPadOS 17 brings lock screen customizability similar to the iPhone.
Apple Music's crossfade feature can blend tracks but might not be suitable for all playlists.
Notifications can be turned off during screen sharing to prevent privacy leaks.
Scheduled summary in notifications groups app alerts together at set times.
Screen Distance feature uses TrueDepth camera to ensure users maintain a healthy distance from the screen.
Reduce Loud Audio and Sound Check features in Music Settings can improve audio experience.
iCloud recommendations can help clean up digital life by deleting inactive backups.
Siri can be configured to prevent accidental activations.
Apple advertising can be personalized or turned off entirely.
iMessage contact key verification ensures secure messaging.
Analytics data collection can be turned off to save battery life.
Apps can be prevented from tracking users across apps and websites.
Location services can be managed to preserve battery life and privacy.
Background app refresh can be selectively turned off to save battery.
Transcripts
iPadOS 17 just got an awesome new update. Here are the new settings we need to talk about.
Let's dive in.
So you're chilling on the couch with your iPad and you really want to show your friend
that funny photo of your cat yawning. Let's swipe down from the middle of the screen.
We're gonna open up Spotlight. And now I can just type cat, C-A-T.
And then we get suggestions at the top. And if I scroll down,
I can see a bunch of photos of cats here and I'll tap on Shaka there.
She's such a pretty girl. With Spotlight Search on iPad,
you can quickly find whatever you're looking for. Apps, contacts, and yes, even that text
in the message you got from an Apple employee complimenting your YouTube channel.
What's even cooler is that you can summon Spotlight Search
from anywhere, even from the lock screen when you're too lazy to go the whole nine yards
and actually unlock your iPad. And in iOS 17, you can also search for settings.
Let me search for auto lock. It's a lot faster way
to get to where you want to go. I can tap on that and I have it set to never.
Bonus tip, don't set your iPad to never. We set it like that for the screen recordings
that we do for these videos. It's useful, intuitive,
and a little bit like showing off just like your cat wearing sunglasses.
In iPad OS 17, iPad users can now officially be late
to the party with lock screen customizability. Last year, iPhone users got the ability
to customize lock screens, and now iPad users can too.
Using it is simple. Press and hold on the lock screen,
and now I'm editing it. Then you could swipe to
the right and hit the plus icon to customize it to your liking.
We're not going to go into a huge amount of depth here
because we have a whole video that goes over everything
you can do, but some of these are actually pretty cool.
Next, let's talk about a setting in Apple Music that you might think is cool, crossfade.
It's the setting that makes your tracks blend into each other like a smoothie of sound,
but here's my hot take. You might actually want to keep crossfade off.
Let's open the settings app and scroll down to music.
Tap on that, and then check this switch out next to crossfade, and here you can choose
how long you want it to be, anywhere between one and 12 seconds.
Crossfade can be cool for certain playlists, but it can also be kind of a buzzkill.
Imagine you're deep in the emotional finale of a power ballad, and suddenly,
crossfade ushers in a peppy pop song like a clown at a funeral.
My recommendation is to give crossfade the silent treatment by turning it off
and keep your musical experience just as the artists intended,
but there is a good type of crossfade. Maybe you're not a member,
but you want to fade into being a channel member to get free PDFs and free walkthrough guides
of all the settings we talk about in this video and others.
Well, click the join button below to join our channel.
Next, let's dive into one of those I wish I knew this sooner moments on your iPad,
turning off notifications while screen sharing. Picture this, you're presenting to your boss
or heaven forbid, your in-laws, and suddenly notifications pop up
revealing your late night online shopping habits or your penchant for watching cat videos.
Not exactly the professional or family friendly image
you were going for, right? So here's the step-by-step guide
on how to avoid those red face moments. Let's head to the settings app
and tap on notifications. Next, tap screen sharing.
I'll turn it on just to show you what it looks like.
Allow notifications while using share play or screen mirroring.
To save yourself from potential embarrassment or having to explain why you're
getting notifications from hot cheese deals weekly,
just flip the switch to turn it off. Next, it's time to venture into the world
of scheduled summary. And trust me, this is a journey worth taking.
We'll head to settings and we're already in notifications.
So I'll tap back to notifications and I'll tap on scheduled summary
and I'll turn the switch on. We get a pretty little
explanation of what it does. I'll just tap continue here.
And first you can choose which apps you want in the summary.
You're going to see a lot more apps here than I am with a lot more options and a lot more
notifications. But what I love
about this is that it will show you which apps are the most annoying
and those are the ones you should choose to add to the summary so they stop
interrupting you. Let's pretend that
tips was actually driving me crazy here. I'll tap on that and also tap on FaceTime.
Actually, I won't do that because I do want to know
if somebody's trying to FaceTime me, right? And I'll try the health app here
and add two apps. And I like the
default summary times of 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. Turn on notification summary and there you go.
And the bonus in here is that you get to see an ordered list of which apps
are annoying you the most. By flipping this switch, you're telling your iPad,
hey, let's group these notifications together and deliver them at a time
when I'm mentally prepared for them, shall we? Next, we'll explore a new feature
that's like a bodyguard for your eyeballs that makes sure you have enough personal space,
the Screen Distance feature in Screen Time. I'm in the Settings app, so on the left side,
I'm gonna come up here to Screen Time and tap on that.
Then on the right, tap on Screen Distance here and I'll tap Continue to set it up.
At first, why is this fancy-schmancy feature necessary?
Well, snuggling up too close to any screen or even a thrilling page turner of a novel
might crank up your risk of myopia, especially for children
and just plain old eye strain for the rest of us. The Screen Distance feature on iPad
uses the TrueDepth camera, the same whiz-bang tech behind Face ID.
If you don't have an iPad with Face ID, you may not see this feature.
This clever camera is like a measuring tape. It senses if your iPad tiptoes closer
than 12 inches to your face for too long. Next, let's talk about two
features in Music Settings that can make your audio experience smoother
and less like going to an elementary school band concert,
Reduce Loud Audio and Sound Check. First, let's discuss how to tame
those rowdy decibels with Reduce Loud Audio.
Let's head to Settings and this is something that's moved recently.
I'll tap Sounds on the left, scroll all the way to the bottom
and then tap on Headphone Safety and this is where you'll see Reduce Loud Audio
and Reduce Loud Sounds over a set decibel level. I can tap this switch to turn it on.
80 decibels is loud as a noisy restaurant, it says.
If you're on a subway or you're traveling on a bus or on a plane,
you might need a little bit louder than that. You can safely go up to 85.
You don't wanna hang out at 90 or 95 for very long.
So 85 might be a good choice for most people. Although I am as big of a hearing safety proponent
as anyone. The way this works is you've got your song
with little spikes in the volume and what this does is it takes the spikes
which may or may not actually be harmful and squashes them so the
whole song sounds flatter. So I personally leave this off.
I think it sounds better when it's off and I'm careful to monitor my own hearing safety.
And now for you casual listeners who like your music
like you like your coffee perfectly balanced, let's talk about sound check.
This is in the music section of settings. I'll scroll down on the left to music.
Just went kind of fast there. Give you time to catch up.
Tap on music and then check out this switch here next to sound check.
This is like having a thoughtful roommate that turns down the music when it gets too loud.
No more volume roller coasters between tracks. This is going to make your experience with music
sound a little bit flatter. And that's why I leave this off.
I personally think that the way songs are mastered especially in Apple music is the way
they're supposed to be. So I always leave this off.
Next we'll talk about iCloud recommendations and how they can help you to
clean up your digital life on your iPad with iPadOS 17.
Back to the settings app. I'll scroll all the
way to the top here on the left and tap on my name or in this case, John Upphone.
Then I'm going to tap on iCloud and then this is what we're talking about.
This recommended for you section. Tap on that.
Now you might see a lot of stuff in here. The one that I pay attention
to is delete inactive backups which I can now tap review backups on.
Select this and choose delete and then delete an old backup.
A lot of people end up with backups from their iPhone 5
and their iPhone 8 because they never restored from it.
So it's just been living in iCloud for all this time.
And chances are, you're never going to use that backup.
So rather than paying Apple for more storage space sometimes you can use this feature
to save yourself some money. Thanks Apple.
Next we're going to prevent some accidental Siri activations
with this next iPhone tip. I apologize if I just
activated your Siri right now. In the settings app, I'll scroll down on the left
and go to Siri and search. Tap on that.
Then tap listen for at the top. And right now mine is configured
to listen for either Siri or Hey Siri.
If you are getting a lot of accidental activations just choose Hey Siri or you
can turn it off completely. I personally think that it's gotten better.
Thanks Siri. I personally like to leave it on Siri or Hey Siri.
It makes it easier. I've gotten used to it.
At first I was only saying Hey Siri but then I got used to just saying Siri.
Do you hear that Siri? You know, it's like you try to talk to it.
It doesn't listen. Next up we're going to talk
about Apple advertising. You might've noticed
these strategically placed ads to pop up just when you are enjoying a nice scroll
through the app store or perusing the latest
headlines in Apple news on stocks. But fear not, dear viewer.
You have the scepter of control. Let's jump into the settings app.
You guessed it. And tap on privacy and security.
Then we're going to scroll all the way to the bottom.
Choose Apple advertising. And I have personalized ads turned off.
A lot of people, when they turn this off are afraid that all of a sudden
they're going to see low quality ads. So they think, okay, I should leave it on.
But the truth is that Apple doesn't let low quality advertisers into their ad network
because Crest doesn't want to advertise alongside Joe Bob's gambling Emporium.
Because Crest is a toothpaste, it's family friendly.
So Apple wants to cater to the big spenders. Next, let's delve into what
our more privacy conscious fans are saying is the best new iPadOS 17 feature,
iMessage contact key verification. This is like a secret handshake for your messages.
In settings, I'll tap back to the main Apple ID page
and scroll all the way down to the bottom and tap on contact key verification.
What does it do? Think of iMessage contact key verification
like sending a letter in a special magical envelope.
When you write a message, it goes into this envelope
which can only be opened by the person you're sending it to.
This is because only you and your friends have the magic wands or keys
that can open these envelopes. Now I'll tap this switch next to verification
and iMessage to turn it on. Then I'll tap continue.
I wanted to let you know that every Apple device you have
that you use iMessage on has to be running a recent version of software for this to work.
So you can't have an old version on your Mac with iMessage
and then use contact key verification on your iPhone and iPad.
Now, what if an evil wizard hacker tries to create a fake wand to spy in your messages?
This is where contact key verification acts like a powerful spell that
checks every single wand before it opens the message.
When it spots a fake, it tells you, ensuring only those with the right magic keys
or wands can read your messages. Now I can show the public verification code here
and I can copy it. Now it's on the clipboard.
To text someone this code and this is public, I could send it to somebody else.
Right now, the whole process is very manual except for the very first part of it.
I think in the future, Apple will make it easier, but for now you have to call
your friends and say like, hey, can you read your public
verification code to me? And they're like, okay,
it's A-P-K-T-I-D-Y-M-X-M-J-U. You know, like nobody's got time for that.
Next, another privacy, but also more of a battery issue in my opinion.
Let's tap back to privacy and security and tap on analytics and improvements.
Tap analytics data and you can see that a lot of data
is actually always being collected about your iPad.
And a lot of this is normal, but let me tap back here
and let's say you had share iPad analytics turned on
and a whole bunch of these other ones turned on. Well, that's going to use your battery life
collecting this data in the background and saving it.
Is it a security risk? Maybe share with app developers could be,
but I just like to turn it off. Save yourself some battery life.
Wow, that one really doesn't want to go off. Improved fitness plus.
I just found a bug, people. You are gonna,
because you're supposed to be able to just tap the switch.
It's like, no, you're gonna help improve it. Next, we need to stop apps on your iPad
from tracking you across other apps and websites. Tap back to privacy and security
and scroll up to the top, tap on tracking. Right now I have allow apps to request
to track turned on. Chances are, if you
use your iPad more than I use this one that we only use for recording videos,
you're going to see a bunch of apps in here and you can go through and turn
them off individually, which I would recommend,
but I'm just going to turn off the switch at the top
and now apps can't even request to track you when you open them the first time.
This is one area where Apple has gotten a lot better
with privacy over recent years. Next, let's dive into the world
of location services. Tap back in the
upper left-hand corner of the screen and then tap on location services at the top.
You're going to see a lot more apps in here than I have.
And I just want to say that we're not crazy. You shouldn't turn off location services
because GPS is one of the things that makes using your iPad so great.
Some apps need your location to work, like Maps apps.
But as you scroll through your list of apps, mine's relatively short, watch out for always,
which is the worst word ever for location services,
because that means the app can always track your location
even when you're not using it. If you do see an app where always is selected,
tap on it and choose a different option like, well, using this app.
And unless you're using a Maps app, I'll tap into Maps,
turn off this switch next to precise location because the more precise your iPad identifies
where you are with GPS, the more battery it uses. Tap back to location services in the top
and then tap on system services. Rather than going through all of
these and taking forever, you could join our channel,
get the free PDF guide. I'm just going to turn off everything right here
except for compass calibration because that's what allows you
to see a little pointer in the Maps apps so you
know what direction you're going. I'm also going to turn off, let's see,
home kit, motion calibration and distance, turning off location for networking and wireless
may affect Wi-Fi and Bluetooth performance. True, if you're traveling to other countries
where Wi-Fi and Bluetooth are configured differently,
tap turn off, it's still going to work. Setting time zone, share my location,
suggestions in the search, system customization, significant locations, turn that off, turn it off.
Okay, product improvement, iPad analytics, traffic and improved Maps is off
because Apple Maps is kind of a lost cause. And if you're looking for a more in-depth video
on these settings and why you should turn them off or leave some on, we'll drop a card above
where you can click on that card to watch the video
and we'll put a link in the description too. Next, let's conquer one of the biggest
battery drain culprits out there, background app refresh.
And it lurks in the dark corners of your iPad settings.
I'll tap general on the left side of settings here,
manned, tap on background app refresh. As Apple says here in the tiny text,
it allows apps to download new content in the background
even when you're not using them. Hence the extraordinarily clever name,
background app refresh. Well, this feature sounds rather handy-dandy
and can eat through your battery because your iPad's doing
more stuff in the background. So if you want to put your apps out of diets,
they stop feasting on your battery life when you're not looking, here's how to do it.
I don't recommend turning off background app refresh at the top.
Instead, just go through and ask yourself which apps need to download new content
when I'm not using them. And if Stocks doesn't, if Podcast doesn't,
if Maps doesn't, turn it off. They're still gonna work.
It's still gonna download the content for the app only when you open it and only when you open it.
Boom, you just saved battery life. You just saved your privacy.
Maybe you just saved the day. You're a superhero.
Now, go out, tap that subscribe button, and enjoy your iPad with extra
power and extra privacy because you've earned it.
Thanks for watching. Watch this video next.
You have the scepter of control. Scepter, is that how you say that word?
Scepter?
It's the thing that the stupid king holds. I just wanna make sure I said it right.
How else would you say it? I'm skeptical.
Scepter, sounds like. Scepter, scepter.
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