Navigating the Music app with one hand
By Charles Starrett
Senior Editor, iLounge
Published: Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Tip Category: iPhone, iPod
For those of you with smaller hands, you may have noticed that it’s not always easy to reach the back button on iPhone and iPod touch Music app’s Now Playing screen when you’re holding the device one-handed. Luckily, Apple has built-in another form of navigation: simply swipe to the right on this screen and the app will return to the menu you were last looking at, letting you easily choose another song. It’s not the most complicated tip, but if you ever need it, it sure comes in handy.
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I’ve been using an iPhone since the first one and I never knew about that tip. I thought I knew everything.
Posted by NapMan on June 21, 2011 at 7:04 AM (PDT)