iOS Frustrations

[Barks]

Recently moved to iPhone after several years with an S8.

Very slick, everything works well etc but Apple’s paternalistic approach to the software side of things is starting to become very obvious.

Is there honestly no way to ‘select all’ in iOS? Let me give you some examples:

1) You can’t close all apps as on Android you have to swipe up one at a time
2) You can’t remove all messages you have to select each and every one
3) Same with emails, photos etc. On the subject of emails, if you have multiple inboxes you can’t have a global inbox and refer to sent items as you can on android (again, annoying)
Etc etc

Is there really no way of doing this? Is this a patent issue or something or have Apple just decided they’re not going to let the user do this?

 

[Deleted member 77746]

1) You can’t close all apps as on Android you have to swipe up one at a time

It manages the apps itself you don't need to close all.

2) You can’t remove all messages you have to select each and every one

To remove all you just swipe right on the message and delete.

3) Same with emails, photos etc. On the subject of emails, if you have multiple inboxes you can’t have a global inbox and refer to sent items as you can on android (again, annoying)
Etc etc

No, you can mass delete.

 

[Barks]

It manages the apps itself you don't need to close all.


To remove all you just swipe right on the message and delete.


No, you can mass delete.

I don’t understand. There is still no way of deleting everything in messages or emails. Your method of swiping only does one at a time.

Understand the point about iOS managing background apps but clearly they missed the point it will drive OCD people up the wall!

 

[Deleted member 77746]

I don’t understand. There is still no way of deleting everything in messages or emails. Your method of swiping only does one at a time.

That's strange. In emails I can mass delete "select all" delete. As for the messages no there isn't a delete all but there is a 30 day grace period of automatic deletion in settings.

 

[Squink]

If you do a two finger tap on the messages screen I believe it lets you select multiple message conversations for deletion.

I'm on Android at the moment so unable to confirm I've remembered it right.

 

[Funky-Melon]

Generally have always considered Apple to be a fair chunk behind the rest but have been tempted to change myself as been with android for the last 10 years now and fancy a change.

Have to ask, have Apple implemented a notification LED or AOD display yet like Samsung have had for the last 6+ years? I don't think I'd cope having to wake the screen all the time to check if I've missed anything.

 

[Squink]

AOD's are immensely useful and not nearly widely enough available. Apple do not have an aod setting and I believe you do have to wake the screen to check for notifications.

 

[Funky-Melon]

That's a no go for me then

Could perhaps live with just a notification LED that I could assign colours for certain notifications but no LED and no AOD is a bit mad on such an expensive device.

Since Apple use AMOLED displays now theres no real reason why they can't do it.

 

[Alpherah]

To delete all messages you swipe left on the message stack (from the screen where you can see the last message from everyone) and select delete.

For email select edit - select all - delete

 

[mrochester]

To delete all messages you swipe left on the message stack (from the screen where you can see the last message from everyone) and select delete.

For email select edit - select all - delete

Or to delete messages tap edit, mark all the conversations you want to delete, then tap delete.

 

[mrochester]

Generally have always considered Apple to be a fair chunk behind the rest but have been tempted to change myself as been with android for the last 10 years now and fancy a change.

Have to ask, have Apple implemented a notification LED or AOD display yet like Samsung have had for the last 6+ years? I don't think I'd cope having to wake the screen all the time to check if I've missed anything.

Apple Watch solves this.

 

[Squink]

Apple Watch solves this.

And they come free with every iPhone

 

[mrochester]

And they come free with every iPhone

Well of course not.

 

[Rimsy]

Apple Watch solves this.

That's the beauty of apple. Have managed to convince the masses that the above is an acceptable solution to their shortcomings.

 

[Squink]

That's the beauty of apple. Have managed to convince the masses that the above is an acceptable solution to their shortcomings.

And that removing a headphone jack so they can sell you a set of £250 wireless earphones is "courage".

 

[mrochester]

That's the beauty of apple. Have managed to convince the masses that the above is an acceptable solution to their shortcomings.

You realise the watch does more than that, right?

 

[mrochester]

And that removing a headphone jack so they can sell you a set of £250 wireless earphones is "courage".

Funny how every other manufacturer has followed Apples lead and Apple are still the company to take the flack for it. I guess courage was the right word.

 

[Squink]

I guess courage was the right word.

The word you're looking for is "greed" and no, apple aren't the only company guilty of it.

 

[Funky-Melon]

Apple Watch solves this.

Lol, spend £1200 on a phone and to solve the lack of features that a £200 Samsung has, you have to spend £250+ on their watch.....great logic.

Edit: £250, this is Apple, what was I thinking, just googled....£400+

 

[mrochester]

The word you're looking for is "greed" and no, apple aren't the only company guilty of it.

I don’t really understand how it’s particularly greedy. Companies are there to generate revenue and profit. Their very existence is to be greedy (to generate revenue and profit for their shareholders).