October 2013 Meeting - iOS 7 New Features and Changes

Apple's new iOS7 was released prior to the October meeting. A review of the significantly different design and features of iOS7 was provided. The iOS7 platform offers many new features that provide direct support to the newest ipad 4 and the iPhone 5c and 5s.

A few of the new features discussed:

• The new "flat" 2D design with brighter colors. 

• Swipe down from the middle of your home screen to search your ipad.

• The settings area has many reorganization and new feature changes. The cellular screen is at the top level of settings now. You can determine whether or not individual apps should receive data. By default all apps do. If you have limited data, turning off cellular data for some apps, may help conserve your data.

• Go to Settings > Sounds to explore dozens of new system sounds and ringtones.

• Create customized shared photo streams.

• Do Not Disturb Settings has gotten an update. You can now choose to silence calls and notifications only when your device is locked.

• To Switch between opened apps, double-click the home button and click the thumbnail of the app you want to view. 

• To close an app, double-click the home button to see thumbnail views of all open apps. Drag the thumbnail up to close the app. 

• You can now add an unlimited number of apps to any folder.

• You can allow automatic update of apps: Go to Settings > iTunes & App Store > Automatic Downloads to turn it on.

• iOS7 added AirDrop, allowing you to share files directly with devices connected to the same WiFi connection.

• Radio is added in iTunes, allowing you to add and play radio stations of your choice.

• You can close a Safari tab by clicking on the x button, or simply swipe it to the left.

• Enable/Disable Bold Text or Change Font Size System-wide by going to Settings > General > Text Size and adjust the font size to your liking.

• In iOS 7, you can simply use swipe gestures to go back a screen, rather than pressing that pesky back button on the display.

• iOS 7 supports dynamic wallpapers, in short: animated wallpapers. Go to Settings > Wallpapers & Brightness > Choose Wallpaper > Dynamic, and there you’ll see a bunch of animated wallpapers which respond to your device’s movement.