iPhone Best Practices

Lost your iPhone? Don’t worry—with the proper setup:

  1. You can make it BEEP to help you find it.
  2. If lost outside the home, you will be able to physically see where it is on a live map.
  3. Whoever finds it can see a message on the screen with a number to call or email to return.
  4. If it’s lost for good, you won’t loose all your phone contacts, mail, and calendar appointments.
  5. If it’s been stolen, you’ll be able to quickly lock it down and wipe all the data off of it remotely.
  6. If you replace or upgrade your device, you’ll be able to quickly restore or set it up with everything exactly the way it was on your old phone.

Just Imagine…

With your smartphone, desk/laptop computer, and  iPad configured properly, all devices work in sync. With a few new tools and a little training, you’re new functionality will include:

  • Having the same contact, mail, and calendar info on all of your devices (always synchronized and backed up).
  • Using 1Password to organize and access all your different online accounts with different, super-long passwords you never have to remember.
  • Being able see, find, and organize every document you’ve ever made on any device.
  • Never having to worry about paying for and updating virus software ever again.
  • Using Google docs for free instead of paying for Microsoft Word and Excel.
  • Being able to video chat for free with other people anywhere in the world.
  • Using bookmarks to organize website pages you want to visit again.
  • Having all your devices back up automatically every night so you don’t loose your data ever.
  • Understand how to fix your devices if they slow down or stop work working completely.
  • Learning how to share a pin on Google maps.
  • Organizing favourite YouTube videos properly.
  • Knowing when you’re about to be hacked and avoiding being hacked.

Reality Check

O.K. You’ve opened up your wallet and invested in some fancy new equipment. Don’t close it just yet! Now is also the time for a small paradigm shift where you budget WITHOUT HESITATION for a few new, regular expenditures (like cable, car insurance, or Starbucks), including:

  • $2.99/month for 1Password subscription
  • 1.99/month for additional iCloud storage
  • 9.99/month for DropBox storage (if you have tons of data)
  • AppleCare on whatever new device you buy from Apple (whatever it costs, as extended as possible)