How To Manage Notifications On Apple Watch

Notifications on your wrist can be very helpful. It's convenient to get the information you need at just a raise of a wrist. But notifications when set up wrong can be anything but useful - they can be annoying! Which is why it's important to take the time to properly set up the Notification settings for your iPhone and Apple Watch.

The type of useful notifications are the things that give you important time relevant information - like; messages, reminders, calendar alerts, phone calls, possibly fitness alerts (if you are really into that) and maybe some social media alerts - like messaging apps.

To adjust Notification settings for your Apple Watch, you'll need to open the 'Apple Watch' app on your iPhone.

Make sure you are on the 'My Watch' page, then tap 'Notifications'. The Apple Watch is normally set to mirror notifications from your iPhone, but if you let slide a lot of notifications (specially from unimportant third-party apps) on your iPhone - you may want to redefine what you let through to your wrist.

The Notification settings are divided into Apple apps and third-party-apps. Now just simply go through the list of all your apps and decide whether or not you want that apps notifications to alert you on your Apple Watch.

The other important thing to know is - how to mute notifications. For when you don't want distractions - like when you are in a important meeting, at the cinemas, or maybe on a date - you should put your Apple Watch in Do Not Disturb mode.

To activate Do Not Disturb mode, from your watch face, slide up from the bottom of the screen. On the 'Settings' glance pane, tap the Crescent Moon button - this will switch on Do Not Disturb mode. The settings for Do Not Disturb will mirror your iPhone. You can set repeat calls to alert you or your favorites list. To adjust those settings, go to 'Settings > Do Not Disturb' on your iPhone.  

How To Delete Notifications On Apple Watch

When you miss a notification on Apple watch, a red dot will appear at the top of your watch face screen. Swipe down on your watch face to show all missed Notifications. There is also a few ways to clear the missed notifications on the Apple Watch. 1. Click and view the Notification. 
2. Swipe across the Notification to the left, then tap the Clear button. 
3. Or, to clear ALL Notifications, Force Touch the screen, then tap the 'Clear All' button. 

How To Get Twitter Notifications When A Certain User Tweets - iOS Tip

Want to know when a certain Twitter user posts a new tweet? It's really simple to set up. And just to clarify, this will not alert you every time anyone you follow updates, that'd be really annoying! You'll only receive a notification when the people you choose, tweet.

To get a notified when a particular Twitter user updates, on your iOS device (iPhone, or iPad):

1. Go to the persons profile in the Twitter application that you want the notification from.

2. Tap the Settings gear button. 

3. Now tap Turn on notifications. 

4. Confirm if asked. 

To switch off the alerts, go back to their profile, tap the settings button and the option to switch off the notifications will be there. 

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Get Notified When Your Favorite YouTube Channel Updates - iOS App Tip

A new feature added to the YouTube app on iOS allows users to get notifications when their favorite Channels are updated.

A new bell icon has been added to your subscriptions' YouTube channel - that when pressed, allows notifications to be sent to you.

The first thing you may need to do is make sure you have notifications enabled for the YouTube app, in your iOS Notifications Settings. You can do this by going to: Settings > Notifications > YouTube.

Then in the YouTube app you can customize your Notifications settings. Tap the Hamburger Menu (Three Horizontal Lines), then the Settings gear, then tap Notifications.

You can choose to allow; occasional subscription updates, recommended videos, and comments and replies. To get notified from a certain YouTube channel - go to their page, then tap the 'Bell button' next to the 'Subscribe button'. This can be undone by pressing the 'Bell', again.