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iPhone® For Dummies®, 8th Edition
by Bob LeVitus, Edward C. Baig
iPhone For Dummies, 8th Edition
Introduction
Introduction
About This Book
Foolish Assumptions
Icons Used in This Book
Beyond the Book
Where to Go From Here
Part I: Getting Started with the iPhone
Chapter 1: Unveiling the iPhone
The Big Picture
The iPhone as a phone and a digital camera or camcorder
The iPhone as an iPod
The iPhone as an Internet communications device
Technical specifications
A Quick Tour Outside
On the top and side
On the bottom
On the front
On the back
Status bar
Home Sweet Home Screen
The first Home screen
The second Home screen
Chapter 2: iPhone Basic Training
Activating the iPhone
Turning the iPhone On and Off
Pointing a finger at Touch ID
Continuing the setup
Locking the iPhone
Mastering the Multitouch Interface
Discovering the special-use keys
The incredible, intelligent, and virtual iPhone keyboard
Anticipating what comes next
Finger-typing on the virtual keyboards
Correcting mistakes
Choosing an alternative keyboard
Cutting, copying, pasting, and suggesting
Multitasking
Navigating beyond the Home Screen
Organizing Icons into Folders
Searching
Notifications
Chapter 3: Synchronicity: Getting Stuff to and from Your iPhone
A Brief iCloud Primer
The Kitchen Sync
First things first: About iPhone backups
Sync prep 101
Syncing Your Data
Syncing contacts
Syncing calendars
Advanced syncing
Synchronizing Your Media
Ringtones, music, movies, and TV shows
Podcasts, iTunes U, and books
Photos
Manual Syncing
Chapter 4: Understanding the Phone-damentals
Making a Call
Contacts
Favorites
Recents
Keypad
Visual voicemail
Recording a greeting
Voice dialing
Receiving a Call
Accepting the call
Rejecting the call
Replying with a text message
Blocking callers
Avoiding disturbances
Choosing ringtones
While on a Call
Juggling calls
Making conference calls
Handing off calls
Seeing Is Believing with FaceTime
Part II: The PDA iPhone
Chapter 5: Taking Control of Your iPhone
Controlling Control Center
Summoning Siri
Figuring out what to ask
Using dictation
Correcting mistakes
Making Siri smarter
Voice Dialing
Chapter 6: Texting 1, 2, 3: Messages and Notes
Getting the iMessage
You send me: Sending text messages
Alert: You’ve got messages
Being a golden receiver: Reading and replying to text messages
MMS: Like SMS with media
Group messaging has never been better
Taking Note of Notes
Chapter 7: Eight Indispensible Utilities
Working with the Calendar
Year view
Month view
Day view
Week view
List view
Adding Calendar Entries
Letting your calendar push you around
Displaying multiple calendars
Responding to meeting invitations
Subscribing to calendars
Sharing a family calendar
Calculate This
Punching the Clock
World clock
Alarm clock
Stopwatch
Timer
Voicing Memos
Making a recording
Listening to recordings
Trimming recordings
Adding a title to a recording
Reminding me
Packing Passbook
Dropping in on AirDrop
Keeping in Good Health
Part III: The Multimedia iPhone
Chapter 8: Get in Tune(s): Audio on Your iPhone
Introducing the iPod inside Your iPhone
iTunes Radio
Playlists
Artistic license
Song selection
Share and share alike
Taking Control of Your Tunes
Going with the (Cover) Flow
Flow’s not here right now
Customizing Your Audio Experience
Finding even more choices
Setting preferences
Setting a sleep timer
Using your voice to control your music
Shopping with the iTunes Store app
Chapter 9: “Smile”: Taking Pictures with Your iPhone
Taking Your Best Shot
Keeping Things in Focus
From the front to the rear — and back
Firing up the flash
Using digital zoom
Applying filters
Binging on burst shooting
Using the self-timer
Tracking Down Your Pictures
Choosing albums
Categorizing your pics
Organizing your places, faces, and events
Searching for pictures
Sharing your photos
Admiring Your Pictures
Maneuvering and manipulating photos
Launching slideshows
Storing pictures in the (i)Cloud
Editing and Deleting Photos
More (Not So) Stupid Picture Tricks
Chapter 10: You Oughta Be in Pictures: Video on Your iPhone
Finding Stuff to Watch
Playing Video
Shooting Video
Going slow
Going fast
Editing what you shot
Sharing video
Watching video on TV
Restricting video and other usage
Part IV: The Internet iPhone
Chapter 11: Going On a Mobile Safari
Surfin’ Dude
Exploring the browser
Blasting off into cyberspace
I Can See Clearly Now
Opening multiple web pages at a time
Looking at lovable links
Book(mark) ’em, Dano
Altering bookmarks
Viewing open pages on other devices
Letting history repeat itself
Launching a mobile search mission
Saving web pictures
Reading clutter-free web pages
Private Browsing
Smart Safari Settings
Chapter 12: The Email Must Get Through
Prep Work: Setting Up Your Accounts
Setting up your account the easy way
Setting up your account the less easy way
Setting up corporate email
See Me, Read Me, File Me, Delete Me: Working with Messages
Reading messages
Managing messages
Threading messages
Searching emails
Darling, You Send Me (Email)
Makin’ messages
Settings for sending email
Setting your message and account settings
Chapter 13: Tracking with Maps, Compass, Stocks, and Weather
Maps Are Where It’s At
Finding your current location with Maps
Finding a person, place, or thing
Views, zooms, and pans
Timesaving map tools: Favorites, Recents, and Contacts
Smart map tricks
Contemplating the Compass
Taking Stock with Stocks
Adding and deleting stocks, funds, and indexes
Details, details, details
Charting a course
Weather Watching
Part V: The Undiscovered iPhone
Chapter 14: Setting You Straight on Settings
Sky-High Settings
Airplane mode
Wi-Fi
Bluetooth
Cellular
Report, Sound, and Appearance Settings
Notifications
Control Center
Do Not Disturb
Privacy
Sounds
Brightening up your day
Wallpaper
In General
About About
Software update
Usage
Background App Refresh
Siri
Handoff and Suggested Apps
VPN
iTunes Wi-Fi sync
Spotlight search
Auto-lock
Touch ID & Passcode
Restrictions
Date & Time
Keyboard
Language & Region
Accessibility
Reset
Phoning In More Settings
iCloud
Promoting harmony through Family Sharing
Twitter
Facebook
Sorting and displaying contacts
Nothing phone-y about these settings
Find My iPhone
Chapter 15: Apps-O-Lutely!
Using Your Computer to Find Apps
Looking for apps from your computer
Getting more information about an app
Downloading an app to your computer
Updating an app from your computer
Using Your iPhone to Find Apps
Looking for apps from your iPhone
Finding more information about an app
Downloading an app to your iPhone
Updating an app from your iPhone
Deleting and Organizing Your Apps
Deleting an app
Organizing your apps
Books, Newspapers, and Magazines
iBooks for your iPhone
Newspapers and magazines
Chapter 16: When Good iPhones Go Bad
iPhone Issues
But first . . .
Recharge your iPhone
Restart your iPhone
Reset your iPhone
Remove your content
Reset your settings and content
Restore your iPhone
Renew your iPhone with Recovery mode
Problems with Calling or Networks
Sync, Computer, or iTunes Issues
More Help on the Apple Website
If Nothing We Suggest Helps
Dude, Where’s My Stuff?
Part VI: The Part of Tens
Chapter 17: Ten Appetizing Apps
Shazam
SoundCloud
TripCase
Evernote
Bill Atkinson PhotoCard
IMDb
Spotify
iTunes U
Waze
WebMD
Chapter 18: Ten Apps Worth Paying For
Akinator the Genie
Comics
OldBooth
Action Movie FX
WordsWorth Pro
iTeleport
Baseball Statistics
Dark Sky
Wallet
TurboScan
About the Authors
Cheat Sheet
More Dummies Products
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iPhone® For Dummies®, 8th Edition
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Table of Contents
Introduction
About This Book
Foolish Assumptions
Icons Used in This Book
Beyond the Book
Where to Go From Here
Part I: Getting Started with the iPhone
Chapter 1: Unveiling the iPhone
The Big Picture
The iPhone as a phone and a digital camera or camcorder
The iPhone as an iPod
The iPhone as an Internet communications device
Technical specifications
A Quick Tour Outside
On the top and side
On the bottom
On the front
On the back
Status bar
Home Sweet Home Screen
The first Home screen
The second Home screen
Chapter 2: iPhone Basic Training
Activating the iPhone
Turning the iPhone On and Off
Pointing a finger at Touch ID
Continuing the setup
Locking the iPhone
Mastering the Multitouch Interface
Discovering the special-use keys
The incredible, intelligent, and virtual iPhone keyboard
Anticipating what comes next
Finger-typing on the virtual keyboards
Correcting mistakes
Choosing an alternative keyboard
Cutting, copying, pasting, and suggesting
Multitasking
Navigating beyond the Home Screen
Organizing Icons into Folders
Searching
Notifications
Chapter 3: Synchronicity: Getting Stuff to and from Your iPhone
A Brief iCloud Primer
The Kitchen Sync
First things first: About iPhone backups
Sync prep 101
Syncing Your Data
Syncing contacts
Syncing calendars
Advanced syncing
Synchronizing Your Media
Ringtones, music, movies, and TV shows
Podcasts, iTunes U, and books
Photos
Manual Syncing
Chapter 4: Understanding the Phone-damentals
Making a Call
Contacts
Favorites
Recents
Keypad
Visual voicemail
Recording a greeting
Voice dialing
Receiving a Call
Accepting the call
Rejecting the call
Replying with a text message
Blocking callers
Avoiding disturbances
Choosing ringtones
While on a Call
Juggling calls
Making conference calls
Handing off calls
Seeing Is Believing with FaceTime
Part II: The PDA iPhone
Chapter 5: Taking Control of Your iPhone
Controlling Control Center
Summoning Siri
Figuring out what to ask
Using dictation
Correcting mistakes
Making Siri smarter
Voice Dialing
Chapter 6: Texting 1, 2, 3: Messages and Notes
Getting the iMessage
You send me: Sending text messages
Alert: You’ve got messages
Being a golden receiver: Reading and replying to text messages
MMS: Like SMS with media
Group messaging has never been better
Taking Note of Notes
Chapter 7: Eight Indispensible Utilities
Working with the Calendar
Year view
Month view
Day view
Week view
List view
Adding Calendar Entries
Letting your calendar push you around
Displaying multiple calendars
Responding to meeting invitations
Subscribing to calendars
Sharing a family calendar
Calculate This
Punching the Clock
World clock
Alarm clock
Stopwatch
Timer
Voicing Memos
Making a recording
Listening to recordings
Trimming recordings
Adding a title to a recording
Reminding me
Packing Passbook
Dropping in on AirDrop
Keeping in Good Health
Part III: The Multimedia iPhone
Chapter 8: Get in Tune(s): Audio on Your iPhone
Introducing the iPod inside Your iPhone
iTunes Radio
Playlists
Artistic license
Song selection
Share and share alike
Taking Control of Your Tunes
Going with the (Cover) Flow
Flow’s not here right now
Customizing Your Audio Experience
Finding even more choices
Setting preferences
Setting a sleep timer
Using your voice to control your music
Shopping with the iTunes Store app
Chapter 9: “Smile”: Taking Pictures with Your iPhone
Taking Your Best Shot
Keeping Things in Focus
From the front to the rear — and back
Firing up the flash
Using digital zoom
Applying filters
Binging on burst shooting
Using the self-timer
Tracking Down Your Pictures
Choosing albums
Categorizing your pics
Organizing your places, faces, and events
Searching for pictures
Sharing your photos
Admiring Your Pictures
Maneuvering and manipulating photos
Launching slideshows
Storing pictures in the (i)Cloud
Editing and Deleting Photos
More (Not So) Stupid Picture Tricks
Chapter 10: You Oughta Be in Pictures: Video on Your iPhone
Finding Stuff to Watch
Playing Video
Shooting Video
Going slow
Going fast
Editing what you shot
Sharing video
Watching video on TV
Restricting video and other usage
Part IV: The Internet iPhone
Chapter 11: Going On a Mobile Safari
Surfin’ Dude
Exploring the browser
Blasting off into cyberspace
I Can See Clearly Now
Opening multiple web pages at a time
Looking at lovable links
Book(mark) ’em, Dano
Altering bookmarks
Viewing open pages on other devices
Letting history repeat itself
Launching a mobile search mission
Saving web pictures
Reading clutter-free web pages
Private Browsing
Smart Safari Settings
Chapter 12: The Email Must Get Through
Prep Work: Setting Up Your Accounts
Setting up your account the easy way
Setting up your account the less easy way
Setting up corporate email
See Me, Read Me, File Me, Delete Me: Working with Messages
Reading messages
Managing messages
Threading messages
Searching emails
Darling, You Send Me (Email)
Makin’ messages
Settings for sending email
Setting your message and account settings
Chapter 13: Tracking with Maps, Compass, Stocks, and Weather
Maps Are Where It’s At
Finding your current location with Maps
Finding a person, place, or thing
Views, zooms, and pans
Timesaving map tools: Favorites, Recents, and Contacts
Smart map tricks
Contemplating the Compass
Taking Stock with Stocks
Adding and deleting stocks, funds, and indexes
Details, details, details
Charting a course
Weather Watching
Part V: The Undiscovered iPhone
Chapter 14: Setting You Straight on Settings
Sky-High Settings
Airplane mode
Wi-Fi
Bluetooth
Cellular
Report, Sound, and Appearance Settings
Notifications
Control Center
Do Not Disturb
Privacy
Sounds
Brightening up your day
Wallpaper
In General
About About
Software update
Usage
Background App Refresh
Siri
Handoff and Suggested Apps
VPN
iTunes Wi-Fi sync
Spotlight search
Auto-lock
Touch ID & Passcode
Restrictions
Date & Time
Keyboard
Language & Region
Accessibility
Reset
Phoning In More Settings
iCloud
Promoting harmony through Family Sharing
Twitter
Facebook
Sorting and displaying contacts
Nothing phone-y about these settings
Find My iPhone
Chapter 15: Apps-O-Lutely!
Using Your Computer to Find Apps
Looking for apps from your computer
Getting more information about an app
Downloading an app to your computer
Updating an app from your computer
Using Your iPhone to Find Apps
Looking for apps from your iPhone
Finding more information about an app
Downloading an app to your iPhone
Updating an app from your iPhone
Deleting and Organizing Your Apps
Deleting an app
Organizing your apps
Books, Newspapers, and Magazines
iBooks for your iPhone
Newspapers and magazines
Chapter 16: When Good iPhones Go Bad
iPhone Issues
But first . . .
Recharge your iPhone
Restart your iPhone
Reset your iPhone
Remove your content
Reset your settings and content
Restore your iPhone
Renew your iPhone with Recovery mode
Problems with Calling or Networks
Sync, Computer, or iTunes Issues
More Help on the Apple Website
If Nothing We Suggest Helps
Dude, Where’s My Stuff?
Part VI: The Part of Tens
Chapter 17: Ten Appetizing Apps
Shazam
SoundCloud
TripCase
Evernote
Bill Atkinson PhotoCard
IMDb
Spotify
iTunes U
Waze
WebMD
Chapter 18: Ten Apps Worth Paying For
Akinator the Genie
Comics
OldBooth
Action Movie FX
WordsWorth Pro
iTeleport
Baseball Statistics
Dark Sky
Wallet
TurboScan
About the Authors
Cheat Sheet
More Dummies Products
Guide
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