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?

 

[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!