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5 Ways to Get the Most Out of your CONTACTS APP READ THIS IN 2 MIN"Get Your Free App" in 1 minYour iPhone's (This may apply to android ) Contacts App Is More Powerful Than You Realize. Here Are 5 Ways to Get the Most Out of It FEBRUARY 15, 2019 Youâre not the only one who silently laments spending time searching through the Contacts app on your iPhone or other iOS device, hunting for that one person you barely remember yet need to get in touch with for whatever reason. It only gets worse when you realize their information is either incorrect, outdated, or not where you thought you saved it. Whether youâre looking for a co-worker, a client, an acquaintance, or a long-lost friend you bumped into at a party, itâs helpful to keep whoâs who in order in your Contacts app. And you just might find that the Contacts app is far more powerful when you take the time to get the most out of it. Hereâs how. Add more contact infoFilling out contact information beyond a personâs name, email, and phone number might seem like overkill, but doing so can make Siri a more powerful tool when it comes to connecting with people. By entering peopleâs addresses, nicknames, phone numbers, and what kind of relationship you have with them, you can ask Siri to do things like âcall my brotherâ or âtell my teddy bear Iâm running late.â Adding contactsâ address info also makes it easier to see how long itâll take to get to your friends house by asking Siri instead of searching in your Maps app, or worse, asking your friend to remind you for the millionth time. Organize your contacts into groupsGot a book club group youâve got to text? Canât remember all of their names? Thatâs where grouping contacts comes in. iPhone users can manage their grouped contacts either in iCloud or via the Contacts app on the Mac using the Groups feature, which syncs across your devices. Groups are perfect for sending messages to multiple co-workers, family members, or your weekly Fortnitesquad all at once, without worry of accidental exclusion. Select a default contacts listWhether you depend on Apple, Google, or your workâs email server to store your contacts, make sure theyâre all in the same place. For that, picking a default contacts list is a lifesaver, and will help you mitigate problems like duplicate names, outdated entries, and general location disorder in your Contacts app. In your iPhoneâs Settings app, hit the Contacts section, then select Default Account. If youâve got multiple accounts added to your iPhone, selecting a default will send every future contact you add to the account of your choice. You can also exclude the contacts section of the accounts stored on your iPhone by selecting each account and unchecking the Contacts icon. Make yourself a contacts card worth sharingWhile you most certainly have a contact entry for yourself in your digital address book, chances are it has sensitive info youâd rather not hand off to someone you just met. Information like contacts, relationship connections, and addresses are usually private, so donât fret if youâre hesitant about giving it away. Instead, make a contact card to share with new acquaintances specifically designed for winning friends and influencing people. In your Contacts app, make a new entry filled with fewer, and more public-friendly, details â you may only want to share your work number or your personal number, for instance, and you may or may not want to share your social media handles. If you really want to make an impression, write a description of your first meeting in your contactâs notes area before you send it, ensuring neither of you forget your beginnings. And donât forget to add a photo. To share your contact card or that of a friend, find it in your iPhoneâs Contacts app, scroll to the bottom, and select Share Contact. You can AirDrop your contact card, too. Use your Macâs Contacts app to get organized insteadThe Contacts app in macOS offers another route when it comes to sharing your contact info without divulging sensitive content. In the Contacts app, visit Preferences, and select vCard. There you can enable a âprivate me card,â which lets you pick and choose which bits of information you want to share and what you want to hide. While itâs a great solution to fixing the issue on a Mac, enabling a private me card will not hide your sensitive contact info if shared via your iPhone or other iOS device. Write to Patrick Lucas Austin at patrick.austin@time.com.  Facebook Employees Had Access to 'Hundreds of Millions' of Users' PasswordsThe Brief Newsletter  Š 2019 TIME USA, LLC. All Rights Reserved. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy (Your California Privacy Rights). These links are to an external site that may or may not meet accessibility guidelines. |
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Some landline and cellular providers currently offer call blocking tools, but phone subscribers must opt-in to use them. The FCC's rule lets service providers block calls as a default. ÂChairman Pai explains part of an FCC robocall ruling that clarifies that providers may offer their customers the choice to opt-in to tools that block calls from any number that does not appear on a customerâs contact list or other âwhite listsâ. Â This option would allow consumers to decide directly whose calls they are willing to receive. Consumer white lists could be based on the customerâs own contact list, updated automatically as consumers add and remove contacts from their smartphones. Â ÂOne possible use for this would be in support of elderly relatives, who are too often targets of robocall scams these days. Â If you set up a list of phone numbers for your grandmother or grandfather, they could know that whatever calls they do get are coming from trusted people: loved ones, their doctor, their pharmacy, and the like. |
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