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Emma Rosemurgey

Clever iPhone hack lets you take a screenshot by tapping the back of your phone

For most of us, our iPhone camera albums are filled with screenshots, hilarious memes to messages you don't want to forget.

But, while most of us are used to clicking both the side button and the volume up button at the same time to take a snapshot, it turns out that Apple has invented a simpler method - and we can't believe we didn't know.

When the tech giant introduced its iOS 14 update last year, it included a new option which allows iPhone users to take a screenshot simply by tapping the back of the phone.

The feature, called Back Tap can actually be used for a range of different things, depending on what you choose, such as opening the Control Centre, or enabling Accessibility features.

The feature is fittingly called Tap Back (SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

How to use iPhone Back Tap

1. Make sure your iPhone has updated to iOS 14. You can do this in Settings > General > Software Update.

2.To set up Back Tap, head to Settings > Accessibility

5. Tap Double Tap or Triple Tap to Pick an action

6. To set up Double Tap to take a screenshot, simply tap Screenshot

7. Now when you double tap the back of your iPhone, your smartphone will take a screenshot!

Since it was introduced, people have been calling the shortcut the 'coolest' thing about the software update, and we can't believe that more people didn't know it existed.

While we're on the subject of screenshots, it turns out there's another nifty hack that allows you screenshot entire webpages in on PDF file and it's such a life-saver.

All you have to do is screenshot the top of an article, before opening the screenshot from the preview that pops up. At the top of the preview there should be two tabs, labelled 'screen' and 'full page'.

If you opt for the full page option, it allows you to scroll the full page and save it as a PDF.

Genius.

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