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Hi, everyone!  This is Lara Hammock from the Marble Jar channel and in today’s video, I will share 6 secret features in the iOS mail app that I have stumbled upon over years of using it! iOS Mail is a pretty basic app. Apple has added some functionality to it over the years, but it is still pretty bare bones. Even though I have tried out other mail apps, I keep coming back to iOS Mail — maybe because I like the integration with other iOS functions, maybe because I’m used to the way it works. Either way, I’m going to share some of the secrets that I’ve learned over the years.  Some you may know — some may be new!  First up 1 - Shake to Undo Okay — this is a basic iOS feature that works across all of its apps, but I feel like it is particularly important to know when working in Mail. If you accidentally delete a bunch of text, which I do ALL THE TIME, you can undo by shaking your device. This is a little less important since recently Apple added an undo button th...

Hi, everyone!  This is Lara Hammock from the Marble Jar channel and in today’s video — I’m doing a quick public service announcement for all the iPhone 6 users who experienced a slow down after installing iOS 11.  I still have an iPhone 6.  iPhones are expensive and there had been really no reason to upgrade. EXCEPT that I downloaded iOS several months ago and my phone slowed to a crawl.  Did this happen to you?  My iPhone is not my primary device — I use my iPad much more, but I use it while I’m out and about to check texts, make appointments, and check my to do list. All of these activities became so slow that it was almost pointless to even use my phone for anything other than taking phone calls. Here are some real timing that I clocked: 19 seconds to open iMessage to view a text  22 seconds to open Google Calendar, even longer to actually edit or add an appointment  Up to 30 seconds to open a note in Evernote Incoming calls would ring o...

Hi, everybody! This is Lara Hammock from the Marble Jar channel, and in today’s video I’ll share our new anniversary ritual – the annual state of the marriage OR our annual marriage performance review. My husband and I just celebrated our 20th year anniversary.  We are not big gift givers.  Nor are we people who have extensive rituals for anniversaries. March is a great getaway month, so we used to travel for anniversaries, but the arrival of children 16 years ago put an end to that. This year we tried something a little different than usual. But one that I think will become a part of our anniversary every year. We did a state of our union evaluation.  OK — I know this sounds a little clinical and therapeutic. But why is it that marriage is the one part of our lives where we don’t devote energy to regular review and fine-tuning?  After all, we take our cars into the shop for regular maintenance, we have annual performance reviews for our job performance, and...