This time saving iPhone lifehack will absolutely blow your mind
- Publish date
- Tuesday, 20 Nov 2018, 10:00AM

It turns out there is a mind-blowing iPhone hack - known only by few - that could save you stacks of time.
… And it has us all asking: Why didn’t we know about this sooner?!
Twitter user Krissy Brierre-Davis shared her discovery, saying she felt "duped" that Apple hadn’t let people know this was a feature that could be used.
How come you guys never told me this iPhone trick? I feel duped. pic.twitter.com/2RfRhI4Y1X
— Krissy Brierre-Davis (@krissys_kitchen) November 18, 2018
"If you click and hold the spacebar, you can move the cursor instead of trying to drag the cursor itself with your fat thumb," Krissy in a snapshot of her phone.
"How come you guys never told me this iPhone trick?" she asked.
And she wasn’t the only one to be left flabbergasted by the lifehack.
"This is life-changing information," one person commented.
This is LIFE CHANGING INFORMATION. pic.twitter.com/deD3AO5QEZ
— Tofurkey Eatin' Meri (@dresserlook) November 19, 2018
OMG. This is like gliding your scissors across wrapping paper 💀🔥🙌🏼
— Andrew Lee (@andrewdlee) November 19, 2018
I was today years old when I learned this!
— CEE! (@_candiiM) November 19, 2018
— Brooke W. (@BrooklynStylez_) November 19, 2018
However, others who were already in the know said that this wasn’t anything new, saying it was brought in with Apple’s '3D touch' feature.
"All iPhones (post-iPhone 6S sans iPhone SE) showcase this behaviour on entire keyboard. Just that the action isn't click and hold but a deep press for hover and a deeper press for text selection," explained one Twitter user.
Unless this is from iPhone XR, all iPhones (post iPhone 6S sans iPhone SE) showcase this behaviour on entire keyboard. Just that the action isn’t click and hold but a deep press for hover and a deeper press for text selection.
— 17 people (@SuperRetina) November 19, 2018
One Word: manuals.
— Mockingbird (@Uncle_Zeno) November 18, 2018
Not only can you do that but while dragging the cursor, you can press down a little harder and can highlight a word or a sentence. pic.twitter.com/THnOLeLUVz
— Momo (@momodoe_) November 19, 2018
Works in Android too!
— James Brown (@ibjhb) November 19, 2018
Whether you knew this info already or not, one thing is for sure, this hack is a total game-changer!
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