My Top 10 iPhone Tips for Seniors 2023

[@j.g.8494]

I'm a "senior". Your video has been saved on a playlist of mine entitled "iPhone" and it goes on TOP of my list. Unlike other iPhone presenters on KZbin, you speak with a slow, deliberate voice that is much appreciated by a beginner like myself. And you explain everything clearly. A TRUE teacher!

[@EllensTipsForiOS]

Thank you JG!! 😊

[@pennyhamm8204]

Thank you for explaining everything in a slow easy to follow format

[@EllensTipsForiOS]

Thanks so much for watching Penny!

[@nicoladavis3570]

Thank you Ellen for such easy to understand tips. I have already recommended your vlog to friends.

[@EllensTipsForiOS]

Thank you so much Nicola! I appreciate your support.

[@lawnmowerman2199]

Truly do appreciate all the time work and effort that you put into these videos! My wife and I have used android for 20 years and know nothing about the iPhone except our grand children always thought our phones were broke because we didn’t have FaceTime so….. now Papaw fixed their phones🎉 Thanks again for sharing your knowledge with us. We truly appreciate it!!

[@EllensTipsForiOS]

That’s awesome!! I appreciate you taking the time to watch! Your grandkids must think Papaw’s cool now!

[@Ltmotley]

Appreciate you so much. You are wonderful in explaining and demonstrating helpful information. I learn a lot from you, and you also have a great voice. Thank you for all you do.

[@EllensTipsForiOS]

I appreciate that Ltmotley! Thanks for watching.

[@EL-bz9up]

I really like the way you explain things. Tip number two adding bold or large print to each each app I had never heard about all these years. Thanks.

[@EllensTipsForiOS]

Glad it was helpful!

[@gailfuson4790]

Thank you very useful information

[@EllensTipsForiOS]

Thank you for watching Gail!

[@mskulagal]

Ellen, great tips and very helpful!

[@EllensTipsForiOS]

So glad it was helpful mskulagal!

[@calvinsmyth]

Thank you for your time and commitment to provide this information.

[@EllensTipsForiOS]

Thank you for taking the time to watch! Appreciate your support Calvin!

[@kennymatheson]

You keep me updated in a helpful and positive way. Thank you

[@EllensTipsForiOS]

I'm so glad Kenny! Thanks for watching.

[@goodie3shoes]

As always excellent video 🎉. Thanks

[@EllensTipsForiOS]

So nice of you goodie3shoes!

[@marianemes72]

Oh, I didn't know about the Safari's automated tab closing. Thank you!

[@EllensTipsForiOS]

Happy to help Maria!!

[@robintrevison3566]

Ellen you are awesome! speaks clearly & slowly

[@EllensTipsForiOS]

Thank you Robin!

[@Teresa-K]

Hi Ellen, I rewatched this video and still learned a new tip. I’ve been frustrated with the print being so small in one of my apps. I learned how to increase the print by going in to per app settings and increasing the text. Makes me happy! You’re the Best!! Love and Kindness, Teresa

[@EllensTipsForiOS]

Glad it was helpful Teresa!! Thanks for rewatching!

[@marloes2533]

Hi Ellen. Thanks for the tips. It is always very easy to understand, how you it explain

[@EllensTipsForiOS]

Thanks so much Wim! I appreciate you taking the time to watch.

[@marksteddom6941]

Lots of good tips. Thanks for sharing!

[@EllensTipsForiOS]

Thanks so much Mark!

[@ashokpanvalkar]

Excellent tips. Thanks

[@EllensTipsForiOS]

Thanks so much Ashok!

[@debreale5236]

Thank you for this really helpful video, Ellen! You’re awesome!

[@EllensTipsForiOS]

Thanks Deb! Appreciate your support.

[@MarcP5267]

Thanks for this. You always explain things simply.

[@EllensTipsForiOS]

Thanks Marc!!

[@Powerstroke98]

Thanks for this, much appreciated! I most liked the 'Favorites' in the phone app, so I could add my wife & daughters. I didn't add a bunch of widgets, but did go through the settings as you did, all making things a little easier. I noticed another fellow senior showing how to add 'Shortcuts' for the many features, of which I still have to set for easy access. Thanks for your time and effort!

[@EllensTipsForiOS]

Glad it was helpful!

[@SusanAllard-gg6wy]

Thank you so much for these tips!

[@EllensTipsForiOS]

You are so welcome Susan!

[@madhulikagoenka3904]

Thank you Ellen for the very useful tips. God bless you.

[@EllensTipsForiOS]

Thank you so much Madhulika!

[@karenkatmom3635]

Thank you, so much!! Changing the text size, I was able to use an app, better, because it was too big (from the app itself), so now I can read everything when the app opens. I sincerely appreciate the time you took to make this video! I subscribed + will watch other videos that your have made.

[@EllensTipsForiOS]

Karen, I am so glad it was helpful! Thank you for subscribing and watching!

[@ic7505]

Hi Ellen, I always learn something new. Thank you for making things much simpler

[@EllensTipsForiOS]

Thanks so much Isabel!

[@WillNewcomb]

Such a great selection of recommendations. Thank you.

[@EllensTipsForiOS]

Hi Will, thanks so much! Appreciate you taking the time to watch.

[@janisripple754]

Hello I have vision issues especially with I phone your suggested fixes will be useful. I especially like your voice - slower speech is helpful to this senior 🙋‍♀️☕️

[@EllensTipsForiOS]

Thanks so much Janis! I’ll try and keep simple. Thanks for watching.

[@jeanjohnson380]

This was very helpful thank you so much! Keep them coming and have a great day!

[@EllensTipsForiOS]

Thank you Jean! I’ll do my best!

[@ChristineB9046]

Thank you Ellen for your videos! I am fairly new at this technology jargon as I got myself a new Iphone 11 just last Christmas so going on one year soon. I don't use it that much but thanks to your very helpful videos, I am now less afraid to use it. I am a "young" senior (soon to be 68 years young) and I am just waiting for the Black Friday sales to get myself an Apple watch, oh my god!!! What fun I will have!!! I really appreciate what you are doing for people like me who are a tidy bit unsecure when using those tech gadgets! You are a treasure of information! Cheers from Quebec, Canada! 🥰

[@EllensTipsForiOS]

You made my day Christine! Thanks so much for your kind words. You’ll love the Apple Watch ⌚️ I love that you want to try new technology! That’s what keeps us young.

[@ChristineB9046]

@@EllensTipsForiOSLooking forward to learning more with you! 😃

[@ChristineB9046]

@@EllensTipsForiOS Hello again Ellen, I am turning to you for advice on purchasing my first Apple watch since the Black Friday's sales are finally here in Canada. However, I am a bit disappointed as I thought that the price would go down considerably but they haven't gone down that much here in Canada! So, my choice is between the Apple watch SE (2nd generation, the latest model) and the Apple series 9. I see that the series 9 has the ECG feature which the SE doesn't have but is it really worth spending almost double the price just for this extra feature, which is the one that seems to make a big difference between the two for me. I can get the SE for CAD$230 but the Series 9 is CAD$495. There is a big difference between the two so I would really appreciate your advice on this dilemma because I am a newbie (I just got my first Iphone 11 last Boxing Day!) and I am also going to be 68 years-young soon, so I want to make sure I am making the best investment possible. So, your input would be very valuable to me! Thank you!

[@EllensTipsForiOS]

Hi Christine sorry I’m a little late here. If you don’t need the ECG function I would absolutely consider the SE. That’s the watch I most recommend because it’s more affordable for most people.

[@ChristineB9046]

@@EllensTipsForiOS Thanks Ellen for your input. I was leaning toward the SE as well, so thank you very much for your input and Happy Thanksgiving weekend to you from Canada! 🥰

[@barryporter6993]

Thank you.

[@EllensTipsForiOS]

You're welcome Barry!

[@Sebastiaosegundo]

Ellen, you're amazing!

[@EllensTipsForiOS]

Appreciate your support Sebastião!!

[@abysss56]

Excellent, thought i knew about note this is awesome

[@EllensTipsForiOS]

Thank you!

[@lcook0825]

Thanks for a great video Ellen.

[@EllensTipsForiOS]

You’re welcome Larry!! Thanks as always for watching.

[@sandradeangelo1874]

Thank you so much, great video

[@EllensTipsForiOS]

Thank you Sandra! I appreciate you taking the time to watch.

[@miguelosorio6062]

Thanks for the tips, Ellen. Do you know how to set a preferred number of a contact with more than one phone number? Can't see any option for that on IOS 17 :-( Thanks in advance.

[@EllensTipsForiOS]

This is how Apple says it can be done: To make one phone number the primary when a contact has multiple numbers, you will open the Phone App and Choose the Contacts tab. Tap and hold the Call button right below the contact photo and choose the phone number you want as the primary. This will save the primary number when you choose to call. Hope it helps!

[@Joyce-Barker]

i accidently removed my file folder on iphone..i tried the method you shown for safari and it did not show me anything for this last week.so ichecked my ipad and the same thing..going quitley crazy..think am to old

[@EllensTipsForiOS]

Have you tried downloading the Files app from the App Store!

[@denisef1153]

Thank You. I’m sharing this with so many people. Very helpful.

[@EllensTipsForiOS]

You’re welcome Denise! Thanks so much for sharing.

[@crystalfulton7684]

Wow. Love your tips. So easy to understand

[@EllensTipsForiOS]

Glad you like them!Thanks for watching Crystal.

[@ingriddowns5999]

Thank you so much for your video. I have a lot to learn. Cheers

[@EllensTipsForiOS]

Glad to help Ingrid! Thanks for watching.

[@sallynolan5928]

Thank you - this was very helpful indeed.

[@EllensTipsForiOS]

Glad it was helpful Sally!

[@617539]

Thank you, I thought I was pretty good on my phone, but looking at your video I have learned something and you are never to old to learn.

[@EllensTipsForiOS]

Thanks so much! Great to hear!

[@javtimestwo]

These videos are fun because there are so many tips you are sharing and they are easy to follow. Thank you for the setting ringtone to max volume-Time and time again with my new iPhone I feel that my ringtone would be so quiet and now I can fix that issue. Just wondering if you can show us all how to drop a pin properly or how dropping a pin can be advantageous on some occasions? Thank you 👏🏽

[@EllensTipsForiOS]

Thanks so much Jav Jav! Appreciate the video suggestion! I may handle that in a Q&A.

[@air-ren]

you're awesome for this.

[@EllensTipsForiOS]

I appreciate that!! Thanks for watching.

[@tomp8922]

Very helpful, Thank You!

[@EllensTipsForiOS]

You're welcome! Thanks for watching!

[@anurag.tensordev4032]

must say your voice is very soothing, the video is very informative as well. i am very new to ios and this is very helpful even for a young person like me. wonderful video.

[@EllensTipsForiOS]

Thank you so much!!

[@lorenz681]

Have you ever set up an iPhone with Assistive Access? I tried it on an SEv3 but it's not made for such a small screen

[@EllensTipsForiOS]

Sorry I haven’t.

[@lorenz681]

@@EllensTipsForiOS it appears it would be good for people that want an extremely simple phone, it turns an iPhone into something that resembles a jitterbug phone

[@Teresa-K]

Hi Ellen, I always learn something I didn’t know from your videos. Thanks for all the useful tips. I don’t have ios 17. Do you suggest I upgrade to ios 17? What are the advantages? Thanks as always. Kindness, Teresa

[@EllensTipsForiOS]

Yes I do Teresa! It’s always good to wait until the first update or so comes out so they can squash the bugs. Thanks for watching.

[@Teresa-K]

Hi Ellen, Ever since I changed my text to larger text my calendar time has been off when I add an appointment/event. My time on my home screen is correct, but I’m in EST and it now has PST in the calendar when I enter an appointment. Have you experienced this and do you know how to change it back to EST? Thanks, Teresa

[@EllensTipsForiOS]

Sorry I’m so late getting back to you. I didn’t see the message. Try this Teresa: open-up settings -> scroll down to Calendar settings. Once there, touch “Time Zone Override.” Set to your time zone. This will also lock the event dates and times to the phone's selected time zone.

[@Teresa-K]

@@EllensTipsForiOS Thanks so much Ellen I think that worked. I appreciate you getting back to me. I haven’t been able to go to A T & T to see if they could help me because I recently had back surgery with complications. Doing better it’s just going to take time. Hope you have a Wonderful Holiday Season! Thanks again. Kindness, Teresa

[@EllensTipsForiOS]

I’m glad that worked Teresa! I hope your recovery goes smoothly from here and that you are back to doing all the things you did before the surgery. Happy Holiday Season to you as well.!

[@kenb.9976]

Thank you for this video

[@EllensTipsForiOS]

My pleasure! Thanks for watching!

[@dianebrown5914]

My name is Diane and I am blind. I use Voiceover. I have heaps of Apps, and have them all in folders, so my home screen is not so cloged up. I must say, I am one of the lucky ones as I know braille and can text at any time. It's great to be able to braille on my iPhone. As for Siri, I use it all the time.

[@EllensTipsForiOS]

Hi Diane, thanks so much for sharing your story!

[@suzannechai6092]

Excellent video

[@EllensTipsForiOS]

Thank you very much!

[@brendacr39]

It was excellent.

[@EllensTipsForiOS]

Thank you Brenda!

[@khalidrashid5632]

Please show transcript

[@EllensTipsForiOS]

The transcript is there Khalid. It’s in the description. Hope that helps.

[@faranakshahsahebi3816]

Please make a video about different and interesting app

[@EllensTipsForiOS]

What are you looking for?

[@dundeepolice991]

I label you as a professional , can you make a video showing a health app on iOS, connecting to an iPad (app) google sheets , installing the daily blood pressure readings into google sheets. Thank you.😊

[@EllensTipsForiOS]

Take a look at this app it might do everything you need. apps.apple.com/us/app/health-export-csv/id1477944755

[@EL-bz9up]

Ha ha my Siri keeps doing what you say to do both on my phone and my iPad. It’s almost too sensitive unless I need it.

[@EllensTipsForiOS]

🤣😂🤣 Sorry

[@MusiceWoman]

how to find settings?

[@EllensTipsForiOS]

Settings is an app on your iPhone and iPad. Are you looking for specific settings?? If so what are you looking for?

[@MusiceWoman]

thanks for trying to help me. ...found settings but do not know how to go from photo page to main screen on the iPhone?@@EllensTipsForiOS

[@EllensTipsForiOS]

Depending on the type of iPhone.. if your iPhone uses FaceID just swipe up from the bottom of the screen in any app and it will take you to the home screen. If using an iPhone with a button on the bottom just push the button and that will return you to the Home Screen. Hope that helps.

[@MusiceWoman]

thank you so much :)@@EllensTipsForiOS

[@TFerretti]

I reuse the tips by ellen for seniors

[@EllensTipsForiOS]

Great to hear!!

[@ElseMalling-ed6ci]

Jeg kan ikke høre,hvad der bliver sagt

[@EllensTipsForiOS]

I’m not sure why you’re having this issue. I’ve not had any complaints. Can you increase your volume? Thanks for reaching out. Sorry

[@brentnearhood8874]

Thanks! Ellen

[@EllensTipsForiOS]

You’re so welcome!

[@janinasimons8533]

Beautifully done, BUT I dont want to be controlled by an AI, fancy using siri,,,, yea gads I am going back to Android before I become connected and rely on PC instead of GOD give brain. WOW.... Thank You beautifully done and explained, but I prefer my freedom that is that that I have and not willing to give it up for anyone.... MAYBE one day I will have no choice but today I do have, and it is no thanks I will use the brain that was gifted me and not give it away to an ???? whatever it is. Blessings

[@EllensTipsForiOS]

Good for you! Choices are good!

[@lcook0825]

Thanks for such a great video Ellen.

[@EllensTipsForiOS]

Thanks Larry much appreciated!

[@paulinefriar6916]

You're so helpful. Thank you very much

[@EllensTipsForiOS]

Happy to help! Thanks for watching!

[@lizlemon9632]

Excellent info. Thank you.

[@EllensTipsForiOS]

Glad it was helpful Liz! Thanks for watching.