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Why Apple Geniuses sometimes tell people to kill all their apps

By , Sunday, Apr 22, 2012 at 5:03 pm
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A little over a year ago I wrote a rather controversial editorial stating that iOS users don't ever need to kill all the apps in their multitasking dock (fast app switcher). Earlier this year the subject was brought back to the spotlight, with other developers and bloggers reaching pretty much the same conclusion.

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How to use multitasking gesture navigation shortcuts on the new iPad

By , Wednesday, Mar 28, 2012 at 3:09 pm
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Multitasking gestures are quick, multitouch shortcuts for navigating around your iPad. You can enable or disable them in Settings (to avoid, for example, swiping in Fruit Ninja and suddenly ending up in Mail). When they're on, however, and you're used to using them, you can really fly between your iPad apps.

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SuperSwitcher adds more functionality to the iPhone's Fast App Switcher [jailbreak]

By , Thursday, Jan 12, 2012 at 1:58 pm
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SuperSwitcher is a new jailbreak mod in Cydia that offers extended functionality and settings access to the Fast App Switcher on your iPhone.

Don't you just hate searching for your

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SwitcherCleaner helps clean up the multitasking Fast App Switcher [Jailbreak]

By , Thursday, Dec 22, 2011 at 8:56 am
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SwitcherCleaner is new jailbreak mod in Cydia that changes the behavior of the multitasking Fast App Switcher to only show apps that are actually running in the background, and keeps

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White iPhone 4 showing off prototype iOS 4 fast app switching, folder UI? [Updated]

By , Tuesday, Apr 19, 2011 at 9:50 am
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Vietnamese site Tinhte might just have gotten their hands on an official white iPhone 4 from Apple... running a previously unseen version of iOS! While it could also just be

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iOS 4.2 features: Volume slider widget for iPhone and iPod touch

By , Wednesday, Nov 3, 2010 at 12:52 am
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iOS 4.2 GM brings a volume slider widget to the iPhone and iPod touch, just like beta 1 did for iPad. Since iPhone and iPod touch have a no

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iOS 4 features: Background app killing

By , Tuesday, Aug 10, 2010 at 7:59 am
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iOS 4's new fast app switcher interface also allows you to kill both Apple and 3rd party App Store apps that may be causing problems in the background.

To access

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iPhone OS 4: orientation lock, iPod controls in fast app switcher

By , Tuesday, May 4, 2010 at 3:50 pm
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Today's iPhone OS 4 beta 3 update has brought with it some interesting new features, including a soft-version of the iPad's orientation lock and iPod controls added into the fast

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