THERE’S a clever way to move iPhone photos around that you may have not realised.

It involves using a secret finger gesture to quickly copy and paste images.

You can "pinch and spread" photos directly into a WhatsApp chat

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You can “pinch and spread” photos directly into a WhatsApp chatCredit: Apple / TikTok / oumar_dr

Normally sending a photo would involve tapping into the share menu and going through various iPhone sub-menus.

But there’s another clever option that you might not know about.

It was shared on TikTok by @oumar_dr, where it’s racked up hundreds of likes.

First, open an image – it could be in your browser or in the Photos app.

Then pinch three fingers together.

This is actually a little-known Apple gesture to “copy” an image.

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Next go into an app where you want to send the image – like WhatsApp.

Hit the chat bar where you’d normally enter text, and then spread three fingers outwards – like the opposite of a pinch.

This is how you quickly “paste” an image, or text if you prefer.

That’s not all

That’s not the only quirky method of moving photos.

Simply go into your Photos app and hold your finger down on a photo.

Then without release, navigate to a Messages chat and drop the image on the char bar.

The photo you chose will then appear in Messages.

You can even select and hold multiple photos at once.

And lots of apps support this feature, so you can share to multiple places.

It doesn’t just work from the Photos app either.

Late last year, we revealed how you can also share iPhone photos from other places – including Google Images in a web browser.

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