275: Optimize Your iPhone and iPad

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275: Optimize Your iPhone and iPad

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Aug 31, 2015

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Katie and David discuss various ways you can optimize your iOS experience. From wrangling notifications to extending battery life we run through a number of tips and tricks for creating a better experience when using your iPhone or iPad.

Thanks to MPU listener Jigar Talati for help with the shownotes this week!

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Aug 31, 2015

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Learn about getting the most from your Apple technology with focused topics and workflow guests. Creating Mac Power Users, one geek at a time since 2009. Hosted by David Sparks and Stephen Hackett.

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