Scrubbing Through a Song

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The term “scrubbing” comes from the world of video editing, and it basically means that once a video is playing, you can grab the progress bar’s slider knob and quickly move (scrub) it forward or backward through a video’s timeline, seeing the video in fast speed as you move in either direction. The iPhone has this too, but your iPhone’s scrubbing isn’t just for video—you can scrub forward/backward through a song, podcast, audiobook, music video, etc., and you can not only go fast, but can also go very slowly and precisely if you want. You do this using the progress bar that appears onscreen (shown above circled in red) ...

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