1.04.2020

How to order an iPhone: The best tips to simplify your digital life

People are lining up to try the new iPhone 11 Pro smartphone on September 20, 2019 in an Apple store in Hong Kong. (Photo by NICOLAS ASFOURI / AFP) NICOLAS ASFOURI / AFP / Getty Images
Despite a lot of storage space, iPhones can easily get saturated (AFP / Getty Images)

There is an old adage known as the Parkinson's Law that adapts to the time available.

The same applies to the data stored in your phone. Once upon a time we had 8 GB or 16 GB of storage on our devices and we did it. Now the high-end iPhone comes with half a terabyte of memory.

Even if you haven't finished it yet, there are several ways you can make Marie Kondo your phone and make it a bit less stressful in 2020.

Let's start with the basics.

Remove apps you don't use

PARIS, FRANCE - MAY 12: In this photo illustration, the logos of the applications Snapchat, Facebook, Twitter, Messenger, Instagram and LinkedIn are displayed on the screen of an Apple iPhone on May 12, 2018 in Paris, France. Given the anger of dissatisfied users, the Snapchat application canceled some changes that were announced in the application's presentation in late 2017, the parent company Snap Friday announced. Snap, which is accumulating financial losses, announced last November that it would redesign this popular application among teenagers to attract new users and advertisers. Snapchat is a free photo and video sharing application available on Snap Inc.'s iOS and Android mobile platforms. (Photo by Chesnot / Getty Images)
How many applications do you really use per day? (Chesnot / Getty Images Photo Illustration)

How many applications do you really use every day? Generally, the average user only interacts with about 10 people a day. When you are not using the applications, they only take up space on your phone.

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Apple has a very easy way to automatically clean up unused applications with a hidden option in the settings. To activate it, go to Settings, press iTunes and App Store and finally press "Download unused applications".

This saves the data and documents associated with the applications, but the programs themselves are removed. Alternatively, you can manually remove old applications by long-clicking the icon and then clicking the "x" in the corner.

Automatically delete old messages

SIPA USA via PA Images The iPhone 11 Pro Max and other recently launched Apple products will be exhibited in an Apple store in Cupertino, California on September 20, 2019 (Photo by Yichuan Cao / Sipa USA).
Keep your news up to date (Yichuan Cao / Sipa USA)

If you've collected messages that are several years old, some of which contain video, image, or audio files as attachments, you may see a lot of clutter.

These can be sent quickly with an option to automatically delete messages that are longer than 30 days or more than a year. To activate it, press Settings, go to Messages and look for the "Keep Messages" option where you can choose a year or 30 days to delete.

Remove duplicate images

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 20: Customers look at the latest iPhone models in the Apple Store on September 20, 2019 in Sydney, Australia. Apple's latest iPhone 11 has two rear cameras, including a wide-angle camera. (Photo by Jason McCawley / Getty Images)
So many photos (Jason McCawley / Getty Images)

Apple doesn't have a custom option to delete duplicate photos. However, there are third-party options that you can use to prevent you from manually returning through your photo stream to delete them one by one.

One of the top rated applications for this task is the Mac Photos Duplicate Cleaner application, which extracts dual-use photos and removes them from your iPhone when you use the iCloud Photo Library.

You can also optimize the photo storage stored on your phone. Basically, your iPhone can save them in a smaller file size, which means you save them in a lower resolution.

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The higher resolution image is saved to iCloud and every time you see the image it is downloaded from the cloud. All you have to do is go to your settings and scroll to the photo application. Then the option "Optimize iPhone storage" is displayed in the menu.

Change the WhatsApp settings

ANKARA, TURKEY - DECEMBER 10: The WhatsApp logo appears on a smartphone screen in this illustrated photo taken in Ankara, Turkey, on December 10, 2019 (Photo by Ali Balikci / Agence Anadolu / Getty Images)
WhatsApp can clog your phone (Ali Balikci / Anadolu Agency / Getty Images)

When you download WhatsApp, the application has a default configuration for storing all the media sent in a chat in your storage. Then you have the picture or video in the WhatsApp memory and back in the memory of your phone.

All you have to do to stop this is to go to WhatsApp and click on the Settings and then on the Chats and then choose not to automatically save the media in the filmstrip.

Also check how much storage space a cat costs by clicking on the cat name at the top of the conversation. There you can delete the chat media to free up space on your phone.

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