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iPhone Efficiency and Power Habits, a free technology course on Tomo

iPhone Efficiency and Power Habits

Like Duolingo, but for iPhone Efficiency and Power Habits. Tomo turns the whole topic into a game you play five minutes a day, until it actually sticks.

For the part of you with thirty open tabs that never became anything.

21 levels across 4 sections, about 42 minutes end to end, roughly 8 days at five minutes a day. It moves through Speed and Navigation, Workflow and Automation, Media and Privacy, and System Health. It assumes you already know the basics.

21 bite-size levelsAbout 5 minutes each

Free forever · No credit card · iPhone & Android

Pip the Pixel, the guide who teaches the iPhone Efficiency and Power Habits course
iPhone Efficiency and Power Habits
with Pip the Pixel
21
Levels
4
Sections
5
Min/day
What you'll learn

Key ideas in iPhone Efficiency and Power Habits

  • Swiping down on the Home Screen opens the Spotlight search bar
  • A long-press on the spacebar blanks the keys and enables cursor drift
  • Spotlight performs live currency and unit conversions as you type
  • The trackpad mode allows for character-perfect placement in text blocks
  • Spotlight can search for specific data inside apps like Notes or Mail
  • Lifting your finger locks the cursor into its new position
  • Using Spotlight as a utility tool rather than just an app launcher
  • Activating the hidden trackpad mode for text editing
  • Back Tap is located in the Accessibility menu under Touch settings
  • Swiping down on the bottom edge of the screen triggers Reachability
  • The iPhone uses the accelerometer to detect taps on the back glass
  • Reachability shifts the entire UI halfway down the display
  • Users can assign different system tasks to double versus triple taps
  • Tapping the empty space at the top returns the screen to full view
  • Configuring and using Back Tap for accessibility shortcuts
  • Haptic Touch on the Camera icon lets you jump straight to 'Take Selfie'
Why not just Google it

You've tried the other tabs

Wikipedia

Thirty open tabs. Four facts you actually kept.

YouTube

You watched. You nodded. By Sunday it was gone.

ChatGPT

One answer, then back to scrolling.

Online courses

Eight weeks. You meant to finish. You didn't.

Tomo gives iPhone Efficiency and Power Habits the Duolingo treatment: levels, streaks, and quick quizzes that test what you just learned. That game loop is what the tabs above never had, so it's the one you actually finish.

Try a question

Here's what playing it feels like

A real question from this course. Take your best guess.

Mastering the Hidden Gestures

Imagine you need to find a lost file instantly. What gesture summons the Spotlight search bar from your Home Screen?

Get it right to open this lesson and 20 more in the app.

Course map

Where iPhone Efficiency and Power Habits takes you

Move beyond the basics and transform your iPhone into a high-performance tool. Learn to automate repetitive tasks, master hidden navigation gestures, and secure your digital life with professional-grade settings.

  1. 1

    Speed and Navigation

    • Navigating with Precision
    • Text Input and Selection Mastery
  2. 2

    Workflow and Automation

    • Focus Modes and Contextual Screens
    • Shortcuts and System Automation
  3. 3

    Media and Privacy

    • Advanced Media Management
    • Privacy and Security Hardening
  4. 4

    System Health

    • Battery and Storage Optimization

4 sections · 7 units · 21 levels. Built to play, not to enroll.

How it's taught

You pick the voice

This course
The Storyteller

iPhone Efficiency and Power Habits is taught in the The Storyteller style: every lesson is a story. Want a different feel? In the app you can spin up the same topic in any of Tomo's teaching styles. Same facts, totally different vibe.

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