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Find types o f e mails q uickly its apps with a n ew feature t hat l ets you
and c hange your settings monitor h ow much data, c all m inutes
There’s an easy way to quickly fi nd and t exts you’ve used over the p ast f our
specific types o f e mails in iOS’s months. O pen t he app t o s ee three g raphs
Mail app. Open the a pp, t hen t ap – D ata (in G B), V o ice ( in minutes) and
Inbox a t t he top l eft t o s ee your emails (in Texts ( total n umber) – w hich d isplay
the l eft-hand column on an iPad). At the what you’ve used in your current b illing
bottom left, y ou’ll s ee a s mall circular cycle. At the b ottom o f t he graph, you’ll
icon with three l ines (see screenshot see h ow many days it is before your data
right). Tapping i t d isplays a ll your Unread allowance renews.
emails. H owever, i t’s e asy t o c ustomise Tap a ny of the t hree graphs to see y our
this button t o s ee other e mails. F irst, t ap usage o ver t he past four months as bars.
the s mall circular icon, t hen t ap the At the t op, y ou’ll s ee your average
Unread link a t t he bottom. monthly a nd highest consumption. Th e
Y o u’ll see s ix options in the F ilter red l ine a t t he top i ndicates y our d ata
pop-up menu (see screenshot right). By limit. I f y ou regularly exceed your limit,
default, Unread is the o nly o ne ticked, you s hould consider s witching to another
but you c an select any o f t he filter o ptions mobile plan or using G oogle’s n ew app,
you w ant t o i nclude here. W hen y ou’ve Datally ( see B est N ew Apps below), which
finished, tap the D one b utton. Y o ur email ANDROID & i OS will help you s ave m obile d ata.
list w ill now c hange t o r eflect t he changes Keep an eye o n t he amount of
you m ade. From now o n, whenever you mobile data y ou use ANDROID & i OS
tap the c ircular icon, y ou’ll s ee the e mails To see h ow much mobile Create a p hoto collage
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To change the M ail a pp’s default time, o pen S ettings, t ap There are a ny number of
settings, y ou need to open the S ettings ‘Network & I nternet’, ‘Mobile d ata’, then apps that let y ou create a
app o n y our d evice, then tap Mail. H ere, ‘Data usage’. O n i OS, t ap ‘Mobile d ata’, collage from your photos,
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of lines in your email m essage preview much data you’ve used in the c urrent doesn’t i nclude adverts a nd has a w ide
from the d efault two, and c ustomise what calendar month. By default, this starts on range o f l ayout and c ustomisation options.
swiping a cross e mails in your list d oes. the fi rst d ay of the m onth, b ut you s hould Install and o pen t he app ( Android www.
By default, all s ent e mails have a ‘ Sent change this to the d ate f rom w hen y our snipca.com/26415; i OS www.snipca.
from my iPad/iPhone’ signature. To mobile service p rovider b ills you. Y o u c an com/26416), then tap Collage.
change this, s croll t o t he bottom of Mail check t his d ate b y o pening your service Y o u’ll see s everal photo f olders on the
in Settings, t ap Signature, delete the provider’s a pp or by contacting them. left (Camera, Screenshots, W hatsApp,
default t ext a nd type what you w ant. Three (Android www.snipca.com/26411; Facebook, etc). Select the r elevant folder,

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