Apple’s biometric Touch ID system is pretty useful. It lets you use your fingerprint to pay for groceries using Apple Pay; purchase apps from the App Store; to acquire great content from iTunes; to unlock some third-party apps and as an alternative to logging into your device. And there are a few lesser known tricks to make using Touch ID even better, so read on:

Naming rights

I’m assuming most Touch ID users know they can register multiple fingerprints with the system? When you do the system’s default naming convention is ‘Fingerprint 1’, ‘Fingerprint 2’ and so on. You might want to name them so you can identify which print belongs to which record, which may be useful if you choose to delete one to make way for one of the subsequent tips. Here’s how to name your prints:

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