iPhone For Dummies
12th Edition
Published on 18. December 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
416 pages
978-1-119-52009-2 (ISBN)
Description
Looking for iPhone essentials? Look no further!
When you carry an iPhone, you carry the power to get things done. Your pocket-sized device can keep you in touch with your friends, connect you to the world, maintain your schedule, access movies and music, and record your life in pictures and video. And that's just scratching the surface of what an iPhone can do!
iPhone For Dummies offers the insight of two longtime Apple experts on how to master iPhone basics then move on to the coolest and most useful apps-and everything in between.
Get coverage of the latest version of iPhone and iPhone Plus
Get the lowdown on iOS X's tools and applications
Load up your iPhone with fun and useful apps
Fix common problems with ease
If you're new to the iPhone and want to take an approachable beginner's boot camp, you've come to the right place!
When you carry an iPhone, you carry the power to get things done. Your pocket-sized device can keep you in touch with your friends, connect you to the world, maintain your schedule, access movies and music, and record your life in pictures and video. And that's just scratching the surface of what an iPhone can do!
iPhone For Dummies offers the insight of two longtime Apple experts on how to master iPhone basics then move on to the coolest and most useful apps-and everything in between.
Get coverage of the latest version of iPhone and iPhone Plus
Get the lowdown on iOS X's tools and applications
Load up your iPhone with fun and useful apps
Fix common problems with ease
If you're new to the iPhone and want to take an approachable beginner's boot camp, you've come to the right place!
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Edward C. Baig is the personal technology columnist for USA Today. Bob "Dr. Mac" LeVitus is the tech columnist for the Houston Chronicle. The two have paired on all previous editions of this book as well as iPad For Dummies.
Content
Introduction 1
About This Book 1
Foolish Assumptions 2
Icons Used in This Book 2
Beyond the Book 3
Where to Go from Here 3
Part 1: Meet Your iPhone 5
Chapter 1: Unveiling the iPhone 7
The Big Picture 8
The iPhone as a phone and a digital camera or camcorder 9
The iPhone as an iPod 10
The iPhone as an Internet communications device 10
Technical specifications 11
A Quick Tour Outside 12
On the top and sides 12
On the bottom 13
On the front 15
On the back 15
Status bar 16
Home Sweet Home Screen 18
The first Home screen 19
The second Home screen 20
The dock (all Home screens) 22
Chapter 2: iPhone Basic Training 23
Activating the iPhone 24
Turning the iPhone On and Off 26
Pointing a finger at Touch ID 27
Facing up to Face ID 29
Continuing the setup 30
Locking the iPhone 31
Understanding Pressure-Sensitive Touch 32
Mastering the Multitouch Interface 33
Discovering the special-use keys 35
One-handed keyboard 36
The incredible, intelligent, and virtual iPhone keyboard 36
Anticipating what comes next 37
Finger-typing on the virtual keyboards 37
Correcting mistakes 41
Choosing an alternative keyboard 42
Cutting, copying, pasting, and replacing 42
Multitasking 44
Navigating beyond the Home Screen 45
Organizing Icons into Folders 46
Proactive Searching 47
Notifications and the Today View 49
Chapter 3: Synchronicity: Getting Stuff to and from Your iPhone 53
A Brief iCloud Primer 54
The Kitchen Sync 56
First things first: About iPhone backups 56
Sync prep 101 58
Syncing Your Data with iTunes 62
Syncing contacts 63
Syncing calendars 64
Advanced syncing 64
Synchronizing Your Media 65
Music, movies, TV shows, and podcasts 66
Photos 68
Manual Syncing 70
Chapter 4: Understanding the Phone-damentals 73
Making a Call 74
Contacts 74
Favorites 76
Recents 78
Keypad 79
Visual voicemail 79
Recording a greeting 82
Voice dialing 82
Receiving a Call 83
Accepting the call 83
Announcing the caller 83
Rejecting the call 84
Replying with a text message 84
Blocking callers 85
Avoiding disturbances 85
Choosing ringtones 86
While on a Call 88
Juggling calls 90
Making conference calls 90
Handing off calls 91
Seeing Is Believing with FaceTime 92
Group FaceTime 95
Part 2: The PDA iPhone 97
Chapter 5: Taking Control of Your iPhone 99
Controlling Control Center 100
Summoning Siri 102
Figuring out what to ask 104
Siri shortcuts 105
Using dictation 106
Correcting mistakes 106
Making Siri smarter 106
Type to Siri 107
Chapter 6: Texting 1, 2, 3: Messages and Notes 109
Getting the iMessage 109
You send me: Sending text messages 111
Alert: You've got messages 112
Being a golden receiver: Reading and replying to text messages 112
MMS: Like SMS with media 115
Massive multimedia effects 116
Group messaging has never been better 120
Taking Note of Notes 120
Chapter 7: Ten Indispensable Utilities 123
Working with the Calendar 123
Year view 124
Month view 125
Day view 125
Week view 125
List view 126
Adding Calendar Entries 126
Letting your calendar push you around 130
Displaying multiple calendars 131
Responding to meeting invitations 131
Subscribing to calendars 132
Sharing a family calendar 132
Calculate This 133
Punching the Clock 134
World clock 134
Alarm clock 135
Stopwatch 136
Timer 137
Bedtime 137
Voicing Memos 137
Making a recording 138
Listening to recordings 138
Trimming recordings 139
Adding a title to a recording 140
Reminding me 141
It's a Wallet 143
Dropping in on AirDrop 145
Controlling Lights, Locks, and More 146
Using the iPhone in the Car 147
Measuring Things 148
Keeping in Good Health 148
Part 3: The Multimedia iPhone 151
Chapter 8: Get in Tune(s): Audio on Your iPhone 153
Introducing Your iPhone's Music Player 154
It's music, just not your music 154
My Music Is Your Music 158
A library without library cards 158
Play it again, list 159
Share and share alike 162
Taking Control of Your Tunes 163
Customizing Your Audio Experience 166
Setting preferences 166
Setting a sleep timer 168
Using your voice to control your music 168
Shopping with the iTunes Store App 170
Chapter 9: "Smile": Taking Pictures with Your iPhone 171
Taking Your Best Shot 172
Making Photos Come to Life 174
Keeping Things in Focus 175
From the front to the rear - and back 176
Firing up the flash 177
Using digital zoom 177
Two rear cameras are better than one 178
Applying filters 179
Binging on burst shooting 180
Using the self-timer 182
Tracking Down Your Pictures 182
Choosing albums 183
Making memories 185
Categorizing your pics 187
Searching for pictures 188
Sharing your photos 189
Admiring Your Pictures 191
Maneuvering and manipulating photos 191
Launching slideshows 192
Storing pictures in the (i)Cloud 194
Editing and Deleting Photos 195
Livening Up Live Photos 198
More (Not So) Stupid Picture Tricks 200
Chapter 10: Starring in a Blockbuster: Video on Your iPhone 205
Finding Stuff to Watch 206
Playing Video 207
Shooting Video 211
Going slow 214
Going fast 215
Capturing stereo 215
Editing what you shot 215
Sharing video 216
Watching video on TV 217
Augmented reality 217
Restricting video and other usage 218
Part 4: The Internet iPhone 219
Chapter 11: Going on a Mobile Safari 221
Surfin' Dude 221
Exploring the browser 222
Blasting off into cyberspace 222
I Can See Clearly Now 225
Opening multiple web pages at a time 227
Looking at lovable links 228
Book(mark) 'em, Dano 229
Altering bookmarks 231
Viewing open pages on other devices 232
Letting history repeat itself 233
Launching a mobile search mission 233
Saving web pictures 234
Reading clutter-free web pages 235
Private Browsing 235
3D Touch and Safari 236
Smart Safari Settings 237
Chapter 12: The Email Must Get Through 241
Prep Work: Setting Up Your Accounts 242
Setting up your account the easy way 242
Setting up your account the less easy way 242
See Me, Read Me, File Me, Delete Me: Working with Messages 247
Reading messages 247
Filter mail 248
Managing messages 249
Threading messages 252
Searching emails 253
Darling, You Send Me (Email) 258
Makin' messages 258
Settings for sending email 265
Setting your message and account settings 267
Special Mail options on 3D Touch models 270
Chapter 13: Tracking with Maps, Compass, Stocks, Weather, and Files 271
Maps Are Where It's At 271
Finding your current location with Maps 272
Finding a person, place, or thing 273
Views, zooms, and pans 274
Timesaving map tools: Contacts, Recents, and Favorites 276
Smart map tricks 278
Contemplating the Compass 283
Taking Stock with Stocks 283
Adding and deleting stocks, funds, and indexes 284
Details, details, details 285
Charting a course 285
Weather Watching 286
Keeping Track of Documents with Files 287
Part 5: The Undiscovered iPhone 289
Chapter 14: Setting You Straight on Settings 291
Sky-High Settings 292
All about you 292
Airplane mode 293
Wi-Fi 294
Bluetooth 295
Cellular 297
Emergency SOS 298
Report, Sound, and Appearance Settings 299
Notifications 299
Control Center 299
Do Not Disturb 300
Privacy 301
Sounds 303
Happy Home button (iPhone 7 and 8 models) 303
Brightening up your day 304
Auto-lock 305
Wallpaper 305
In General 306
About About 306
Software update 307
Storage 307
Background App Refresh 307
Siri & Search 307
Handoff 308
CarPlay 308
VPN 308
iTunes Wi-Fi sync 309
Battery 309
Touch ID/Face ID & Passcode 310
iTunes & App Store 312
Wallet & Apple Pay 312
Screen Time 312
Date & Time 314
Keyboard 315
Language & Region 316
Dictionary 317
Accessibility 317
Reset 320
Phoning In More Settings 320
Promoting harmony through Family Sharing 320
Sorting and displaying contacts 321
Nothing phone-y about these settings 321
Find My iPhone 323
Chapter 15: Apps-O-Lutely! 325
Finding Apps 326
Browsing for apps 326
Finding more information about an app 327
Downloading an app 328
Updating an app 328
Deleting and Organizing Your Apps 329
Deleting an app 329
Organizing your apps 331
Books, Newspapers, and Magazines 332
Books (formerly iBooks) app 333
Newspapers and magazines 334
Chapter 16: When Good iPhones Go Bad 337
iPhone Issues 338
But first 338
Recharge your iPhone 339
Restart your iPhone 339
Reset (force restart) your iPhone 340
Remove your content 341
Reset your settings and content 341
Restore your iPhone 342
Renew your iPhone with Recovery mode 343
Problems with Calling or Networks 344
Sync, Computer, or iTunes Issues 346
More Help on the Apple Website 347
If Nothing We Suggest Helps 348
Dude, Where's My Stuff? 350
Part 6: The Part Of Tens 351
Chapter 17: Ten Appetizing Apps 353
Shazam 353
Action Movie FX 355
Halide 356
Evernote 357
Bill Atkinson PhotoCard 358
IMDb 359
Libby 360
Waze 360
BeCasso Photo Editor 361
Dark Sky Weather 362
Chapter 18: Ten Helpful Hints, Tips, and Shortcuts 365
Do the Slide for Accuracy and Punctuation 365
Autocorrect Is Your Friend 367
Auto apostrophes are good for you 367
Make rejection work for you 367
Assault on Batteries 367
Tricks with Links and Phone Numbers 369
Share the Love and the Links 370
Choose a Home Page for Safari 370
Like a Time Machine for iPhone Backups 371
Create Ringtones for Free in GarageBand 372
Getting Apps out of the Multitasking Screen 375
Taking a Snapshot of the Screen 376
Index 379
About This Book 1
Foolish Assumptions 2
Icons Used in This Book 2
Beyond the Book 3
Where to Go from Here 3
Part 1: Meet Your iPhone 5
Chapter 1: Unveiling the iPhone 7
The Big Picture 8
The iPhone as a phone and a digital camera or camcorder 9
The iPhone as an iPod 10
The iPhone as an Internet communications device 10
Technical specifications 11
A Quick Tour Outside 12
On the top and sides 12
On the bottom 13
On the front 15
On the back 15
Status bar 16
Home Sweet Home Screen 18
The first Home screen 19
The second Home screen 20
The dock (all Home screens) 22
Chapter 2: iPhone Basic Training 23
Activating the iPhone 24
Turning the iPhone On and Off 26
Pointing a finger at Touch ID 27
Facing up to Face ID 29
Continuing the setup 30
Locking the iPhone 31
Understanding Pressure-Sensitive Touch 32
Mastering the Multitouch Interface 33
Discovering the special-use keys 35
One-handed keyboard 36
The incredible, intelligent, and virtual iPhone keyboard 36
Anticipating what comes next 37
Finger-typing on the virtual keyboards 37
Correcting mistakes 41
Choosing an alternative keyboard 42
Cutting, copying, pasting, and replacing 42
Multitasking 44
Navigating beyond the Home Screen 45
Organizing Icons into Folders 46
Proactive Searching 47
Notifications and the Today View 49
Chapter 3: Synchronicity: Getting Stuff to and from Your iPhone 53
A Brief iCloud Primer 54
The Kitchen Sync 56
First things first: About iPhone backups 56
Sync prep 101 58
Syncing Your Data with iTunes 62
Syncing contacts 63
Syncing calendars 64
Advanced syncing 64
Synchronizing Your Media 65
Music, movies, TV shows, and podcasts 66
Photos 68
Manual Syncing 70
Chapter 4: Understanding the Phone-damentals 73
Making a Call 74
Contacts 74
Favorites 76
Recents 78
Keypad 79
Visual voicemail 79
Recording a greeting 82
Voice dialing 82
Receiving a Call 83
Accepting the call 83
Announcing the caller 83
Rejecting the call 84
Replying with a text message 84
Blocking callers 85
Avoiding disturbances 85
Choosing ringtones 86
While on a Call 88
Juggling calls 90
Making conference calls 90
Handing off calls 91
Seeing Is Believing with FaceTime 92
Group FaceTime 95
Part 2: The PDA iPhone 97
Chapter 5: Taking Control of Your iPhone 99
Controlling Control Center 100
Summoning Siri 102
Figuring out what to ask 104
Siri shortcuts 105
Using dictation 106
Correcting mistakes 106
Making Siri smarter 106
Type to Siri 107
Chapter 6: Texting 1, 2, 3: Messages and Notes 109
Getting the iMessage 109
You send me: Sending text messages 111
Alert: You've got messages 112
Being a golden receiver: Reading and replying to text messages 112
MMS: Like SMS with media 115
Massive multimedia effects 116
Group messaging has never been better 120
Taking Note of Notes 120
Chapter 7: Ten Indispensable Utilities 123
Working with the Calendar 123
Year view 124
Month view 125
Day view 125
Week view 125
List view 126
Adding Calendar Entries 126
Letting your calendar push you around 130
Displaying multiple calendars 131
Responding to meeting invitations 131
Subscribing to calendars 132
Sharing a family calendar 132
Calculate This 133
Punching the Clock 134
World clock 134
Alarm clock 135
Stopwatch 136
Timer 137
Bedtime 137
Voicing Memos 137
Making a recording 138
Listening to recordings 138
Trimming recordings 139
Adding a title to a recording 140
Reminding me 141
It's a Wallet 143
Dropping in on AirDrop 145
Controlling Lights, Locks, and More 146
Using the iPhone in the Car 147
Measuring Things 148
Keeping in Good Health 148
Part 3: The Multimedia iPhone 151
Chapter 8: Get in Tune(s): Audio on Your iPhone 153
Introducing Your iPhone's Music Player 154
It's music, just not your music 154
My Music Is Your Music 158
A library without library cards 158
Play it again, list 159
Share and share alike 162
Taking Control of Your Tunes 163
Customizing Your Audio Experience 166
Setting preferences 166
Setting a sleep timer 168
Using your voice to control your music 168
Shopping with the iTunes Store App 170
Chapter 9: "Smile": Taking Pictures with Your iPhone 171
Taking Your Best Shot 172
Making Photos Come to Life 174
Keeping Things in Focus 175
From the front to the rear - and back 176
Firing up the flash 177
Using digital zoom 177
Two rear cameras are better than one 178
Applying filters 179
Binging on burst shooting 180
Using the self-timer 182
Tracking Down Your Pictures 182
Choosing albums 183
Making memories 185
Categorizing your pics 187
Searching for pictures 188
Sharing your photos 189
Admiring Your Pictures 191
Maneuvering and manipulating photos 191
Launching slideshows 192
Storing pictures in the (i)Cloud 194
Editing and Deleting Photos 195
Livening Up Live Photos 198
More (Not So) Stupid Picture Tricks 200
Chapter 10: Starring in a Blockbuster: Video on Your iPhone 205
Finding Stuff to Watch 206
Playing Video 207
Shooting Video 211
Going slow 214
Going fast 215
Capturing stereo 215
Editing what you shot 215
Sharing video 216
Watching video on TV 217
Augmented reality 217
Restricting video and other usage 218
Part 4: The Internet iPhone 219
Chapter 11: Going on a Mobile Safari 221
Surfin' Dude 221
Exploring the browser 222
Blasting off into cyberspace 222
I Can See Clearly Now 225
Opening multiple web pages at a time 227
Looking at lovable links 228
Book(mark) 'em, Dano 229
Altering bookmarks 231
Viewing open pages on other devices 232
Letting history repeat itself 233
Launching a mobile search mission 233
Saving web pictures 234
Reading clutter-free web pages 235
Private Browsing 235
3D Touch and Safari 236
Smart Safari Settings 237
Chapter 12: The Email Must Get Through 241
Prep Work: Setting Up Your Accounts 242
Setting up your account the easy way 242
Setting up your account the less easy way 242
See Me, Read Me, File Me, Delete Me: Working with Messages 247
Reading messages 247
Filter mail 248
Managing messages 249
Threading messages 252
Searching emails 253
Darling, You Send Me (Email) 258
Makin' messages 258
Settings for sending email 265
Setting your message and account settings 267
Special Mail options on 3D Touch models 270
Chapter 13: Tracking with Maps, Compass, Stocks, Weather, and Files 271
Maps Are Where It's At 271
Finding your current location with Maps 272
Finding a person, place, or thing 273
Views, zooms, and pans 274
Timesaving map tools: Contacts, Recents, and Favorites 276
Smart map tricks 278
Contemplating the Compass 283
Taking Stock with Stocks 283
Adding and deleting stocks, funds, and indexes 284
Details, details, details 285
Charting a course 285
Weather Watching 286
Keeping Track of Documents with Files 287
Part 5: The Undiscovered iPhone 289
Chapter 14: Setting You Straight on Settings 291
Sky-High Settings 292
All about you 292
Airplane mode 293
Wi-Fi 294
Bluetooth 295
Cellular 297
Emergency SOS 298
Report, Sound, and Appearance Settings 299
Notifications 299
Control Center 299
Do Not Disturb 300
Privacy 301
Sounds 303
Happy Home button (iPhone 7 and 8 models) 303
Brightening up your day 304
Auto-lock 305
Wallpaper 305
In General 306
About About 306
Software update 307
Storage 307
Background App Refresh 307
Siri & Search 307
Handoff 308
CarPlay 308
VPN 308
iTunes Wi-Fi sync 309
Battery 309
Touch ID/Face ID & Passcode 310
iTunes & App Store 312
Wallet & Apple Pay 312
Screen Time 312
Date & Time 314
Keyboard 315
Language & Region 316
Dictionary 317
Accessibility 317
Reset 320
Phoning In More Settings 320
Promoting harmony through Family Sharing 320
Sorting and displaying contacts 321
Nothing phone-y about these settings 321
Find My iPhone 323
Chapter 15: Apps-O-Lutely! 325
Finding Apps 326
Browsing for apps 326
Finding more information about an app 327
Downloading an app 328
Updating an app 328
Deleting and Organizing Your Apps 329
Deleting an app 329
Organizing your apps 331
Books, Newspapers, and Magazines 332
Books (formerly iBooks) app 333
Newspapers and magazines 334
Chapter 16: When Good iPhones Go Bad 337
iPhone Issues 338
But first 338
Recharge your iPhone 339
Restart your iPhone 339
Reset (force restart) your iPhone 340
Remove your content 341
Reset your settings and content 341
Restore your iPhone 342
Renew your iPhone with Recovery mode 343
Problems with Calling or Networks 344
Sync, Computer, or iTunes Issues 346
More Help on the Apple Website 347
If Nothing We Suggest Helps 348
Dude, Where's My Stuff? 350
Part 6: The Part Of Tens 351
Chapter 17: Ten Appetizing Apps 353
Shazam 353
Action Movie FX 355
Halide 356
Evernote 357
Bill Atkinson PhotoCard 358
IMDb 359
Libby 360
Waze 360
BeCasso Photo Editor 361
Dark Sky Weather 362
Chapter 18: Ten Helpful Hints, Tips, and Shortcuts 365
Do the Slide for Accuracy and Punctuation 365
Autocorrect Is Your Friend 367
Auto apostrophes are good for you 367
Make rejection work for you 367
Assault on Batteries 367
Tricks with Links and Phone Numbers 369
Share the Love and the Links 370
Choose a Home Page for Safari 370
Like a Time Machine for iPhone Backups 371
Create Ringtones for Free in GarageBand 372
Getting Apps out of the Multitasking Screen 375
Taking a Snapshot of the Screen 376
Index 379