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Lots of web designers helpfully provide mobile-friendly versions of their sites, which appear automatically when you visit from an iPad or iPhone (or indeed from any tablet or smartphone). The trouble is that some of these mobile sites just aren’t very good they don’t provide all of the options of the full site, and can be awkward to navigate.

iOS 9 gives you the option to see the full version of many sites rather than the default mobile version. When visiting a cut-down mobile site in Safari, long-tap (press and hold) the refresh icon to the right of the address bar at the top, then tap Request Desktop Site at the bottom of the screen. Annoyingly it doesn’t work on every site, but it’s useful all the same.

For years, iPad and iPhone users have been limited to attaching photos to email messages in the built-in email app, Mail. If you wanted to attach any other file, you were out of luck.

iOS 9 finally lets you attach other files from other locations. Write your email as normal, then long-tap on the message. A black pop-up selection tool will appear. Tap the right arrow, then tap Add Attachment. Initially, you’ll be taken to your iCloud storage, but you can also attach files from other locations, including Dropbox. On the iCloud screen, tap Locations, then tap More. Any other online storage apps you have installed will be shown on the Manage Locations screen (see screenshot above).

Tap the slider to enable the app(s) you want to access Dropbox, in our example then tap Done. At this point you’ll be returned to the iCloud screen again, but click Locations once more and this time you’ll see Dropbox or your other chosen cloud service listed. Tap this, then find the file you want and tap it to attach it.

There’s a hidden way to convert any web page to a PDF file and save it to your iPhone or iPad. Open Safari and navigate to the page you want to save. Tap at the bottom of the screen, then tap the Share icon (the box with the up arrow). Scroll right in the middle section (with the coloured tiles) and you’ll find an option to ‘Save PDF to iBooks’. Tap this and the page will be converted, then opened for you in the built-in iBooks app. 

You can now annotate photos you attach to emails in Mail useful if you want to draw your recipient’s eye to something specific. Write your email, then long-tap it and select ‘Insert Photo or Video’ from the pop-up menu. Browse for the photo you want, then tap it and tap Choose. Now long-tap on the photo within the email, and the pop-up menu will appear again. This time, select Markup. You’ll see a set of tools for annotating the photo at the bottom of the screen. Select a colour and use your finger to draw the annotation on to the image. You can also click the ‘T’ icon to add text. Click Done when you’re finished, and send the email as normal.

If you use Apple’s iCloud storage service, you can add a shortcut to your online storage account on your Home screen. Tap Settings, iCloud, then iCloud Drive. On the next screen, make sure iCloud Drive is switched on, then tap ‘Show on Home Screen’ to switch this on as well.

iOS 9 comes with a new Low Power Mode, which reduces power consumption by turning off certain features, such as email fetching, background refreshing for certain apps and some visual enhancements. You’ll automatically be prompted to switch to this whenever your battery charge dips below 20 per cent. But you can also manually activate it if you want to prolong the life of your device between charges. To do so, tap Settings, then Battery and flip the switch next to Low Power Mode to on. Tap Continue you’ll notice the battery icon turns yellow.