Table of Contents
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 7
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 side 12
On the bottom 14
On the front 15
On the back 15
Status bar 16
Home Sweet Home Screen 19
The first Home screen 19
The second Home screen 21
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
Continuing the setup 29
Locking the iPhone 29
Understanding Pressure-Sensitive Touch 31
Mastering the Multitouch Interface 32
Discovering the special-use keys 33
The incredible, intelligent, and virtual iPhone keyboard 35
Anticipating what comes next 35
Finger-typing on the virtual keyboards 36
Correcting mistakes 39
Choosing an alternative keyboard 40
Cutting, copying, pasting, and replacing 40
Multitasking 43
Navigating beyond the Home Screen 45
Organizing Icons into Folders 46
Proactive Searching 47
Notifications and the Today View 48
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 57
Sync prep 101 58
Syncing Your Data 62
Syncing contacts 62
Syncing calendars 63
Advanced syncing 64
Synchronizing Your Media 64
Ringtones, music, movies, and TV shows 65
Podcasts, iTunes U, and books 68
Photos 69
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 81
Voice dialing 83
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 89
Making conference calls 90
Handing off calls 91
Seeing Is Believing with FaceTime 91
PART 2: THE PDA iPHONE 95
CHAPTER 5: Taking Control of Your iPhone 97
Controlling Control Center 98
Summoning Siri 100
Figuring out what to ask 101
Using dictation 103
Correcting mistakes 103
Making Siri smarter 104
Voice Dialing 105
CHAPTER 6: Texting 1, 2, 3: Messages and Notes 107
Getting the iMessage 107
You send me: Sending text messages 109
Alert: You’ve got messages 110
Being a golden receiver: Reading and replying to text messages 112
MMS: Like SMS with media 115
Massive multimedia effects overhaul 116
Group messaging has never been better 118
Taking Note of Notes 119
CHAPTER 7: Ten Indispensable Utilities 121
Working with the Calendar 121
Year view 122
Month view 123
Day view 123
Week view 123
List view 124
Adding Calendar Entries 125
Letting your calendar push you around 129
Displaying multiple calendars 130
Responding to meeting invitations 130
Subscribing to calendars 131
Sharing a family calendar 131
Calculate This 132
Punching the Clock 133
World clock 133
Alarm clock 134
Stopwatch 135
Timer 136
Bedtime 136
Voicing Memos 137
Making a recording 137
Listening to recordings 138
Trimming recordings 138
Adding a title to a recording 139
Reminding me 139
It’s a Wallet 142
Dropping in on AirDrop 143
Controlling Lights, Locks, and More 144
Using the iPhone in the Car 145
Keeping in Good Health 146
PART 3: THE MULTIMEDIA iPHONE 147
CHAPTER 8: Get in Tune(s): Audio on Your iPhone 149
Introducing Your iPhone’s Music Player 150
It’s music, just not your music 151
My Music Is Your Music 154
A library without library cards 154
Play it again, list 156
Share and share alike 158
Taking Control of Your Tunes 160
Customizing Your Audio Experience 162
Setting preferences 162
Setting a sleep timer 164
Using your voice to control your music 165
Shopping with the iTunes Store app 166
CHAPTER 9: “Smile”: Taking Pictures with Your iPhone 167
Taking Your Best Shot 168
Making Photos Come to Life 170
Keeping Things in Focus 170
From the front to the rear — and back 172
Firing up the flash 172
Using digital zoom 173
iPhone 7 Plus only — two rear cameras are better than one 174
Applying filters 175
Binging on burst shooting 176
Using the self-timer 178
Tracking Down Your Pictures 179
Choosing albums 180
Making memories 181
Categorizing your pics 183
Searching for pictures 184
Sharing your photos 185
Admiring Your Pictures 187
Maneuvering and manipulating photos 187
Launching slideshows 188
Storing pictures in the (i)Cloud 190
Editing and Deleting Photos 191
More (Not So) Stupid Picture Tricks 194
CHAPTER 10: Starring in a Blockbuster: Video on Your iPhone 199
Finding Stuff to Watch 200
Playing Video 201
Shooting Video 205
Going slow 208
Going fast 209
Editing what you shot 209
Sharing video 211
Watching video on TV 211
Restricting video and other usage 212
PART 4: THE INTERNET iPHONE 213
CHAPTER 11: Going On a Mobile Safari 215
Surfin’ Dude 215
Exploring the browser 216
Blasting off into cyberspace 216
I Can See Clearly Now 219
Opening multiple web pages at a time 219
Looking at lovable links 221
Book(mark) ’em, Dano 222
Altering bookmarks 225
Viewing open pages on other devices 226
Letting history repeat itself 226
Launching a mobile search mission 227
Saving web pictures 228
Reading clutter-free web pages 229
Private Browsing 229
3D Touch and Safari 230
Smart Safari Settings 231
CHAPTER 12: The Email Must Get Through 233
Prep Work: Setting Up Your Accounts 234
Setting up your account the easy way 234
Setting up your account the less easy way 234
See Me, Read Me, File Me, Delete Me: Working with Messages 239
Reading messages 239
Filter mail 241
Managing messages 242
Threading messages 244
Searching emails 245
Darling, You Send Me (Email) 249
Makin’ messages 249
Settings for sending email 257
Setting your message and account settings 258
Special Mail options on 3D Touch models 261
CHAPTER 13: Tracking with Maps, Compass, Stocks, and Weather 263
Maps Are Where It’s At 263
Finding your current location with Maps 264
Finding a person, place, or thing 265
Views, zooms, and pans 266
Timesaving map tools: Contacts, Recents, and Favorites 268
Smart map tricks 270
Contemplating the Compass 274
Taking Stock with Stocks 275
Adding and deleting stocks, funds, and indexes 276
Details, details, details 277
Charting a course 277
Weather Watching 278
PART 5: THE UNDISCOVERED iPHONE 281
CHAPTER 14: Setting You Straight on Settings 283
Sky-High Settings 284
Airplane mode 284
Wi-Fi 285
Bluetooth 286
Cellular 288
Report, Sound, and Appearance Settings 289
Notifications 289
Control Center 290
Do Not Disturb 290
Privacy 290
Sounds 292
Happy haptics (iPhone 7 and 7 Plus) 293
Happy Home button (iPhone 7 and 7 Plus) 293
Brightening up your day 293
Auto-lock 294
Wallpaper 295
In General 295
About About 295
Software update 296
Storage & iCloud Usage 296
Background App Refresh 297
Siri 297
Handoff and Suggested Apps 297
CarPlay 297
VPN 298
iTunes Wi-Fi sync 298
Spotlight search 298
Battery 299
Touch ID & Passcode 299
Restrictions 300
Date & Time 301
Keyboard 302
Language & Region 303
Dictionary 303
Accessibility 303
Reset 306
Phoning In More Settings 307
iCloud 307
Promoting harmony through Family Sharing 307
Twitter 308
Facebook 308
Flickr and Vimeo 309
Sorting and displaying contacts 309
Nothing phone-y about these settings 309
Find My iPhone 311
CHAPTER 15: Apps-O-Lutely! 313
Using Your Computer to Find Apps 314
Looking for apps from your computer 314
Getting more information about an app 318
Downloading an app to your computer 320
Updating an app from your computer 320
Using Your iPhone to Find Apps 321
Looking for apps from your iPhone 321
Finding more information about an app 322
Downloading an app to your iPhone 322
Updating an app from your iPhone 324
Deleting and Organizing Your Apps 324
Deleting an app 324
Organizing your apps 326
Books, Newspapers, and Magazines 329
iBooks for your iPhone 330
Newspapers and magazines 330
CHAPTER 16: When Good iPhones Go Bad 333
iPhone Issues 334
But first 334
Recharge your iPhone 335
Restart your iPhone 336
Reset your iPhone 336
Remove your content 337
Reset your settings and content 337
Restore your iPhone 338
Renew your iPhone with Recovery mode 339
Problems with Calling or Networks 340
Sync, Computer, or iTunes Issues 342
More Help on the Apple Website 343
If Nothing We Suggest Helps 346
Dude, Where’s My Stuff? 347
PART 6: THE PART OF TENS 349
CHAPTER 17: Ten Appetizing Apps 351
Shazam 352
TurboScan 353
TripCase 354
Evernote 356
Bill Atkinson PhotoCard 357
IMDb 358
Tunity 359
iTunes U 360
Waze 361
WebMD 362
CHAPTER 18: Ten Apps Worth Paying For 365
Akinator the Genie 365
Comics 366
OldBooth 368
Action Movie FX 369
WordsWorth Pro 370
iTeleport 372
Baseball Statistics 373
Dark Sky 374
Wallet 375
Heads Up! 376
CHAPTER 19: Ten Helpful Hints, Tips, and Shortcuts 379
Do the Slide for Accuracy and Punctuation 379
Autocorrect Is Your Friend 380
Auto apostrophes are good for you 381
Make rejection work for you 381
The Way-Cool Big Red Audio Scrubber Tip 383
Tricks with Links and Phone Numbers 384
Share the Love and the Links 385
Choosing a Home Page for Safari 385
Storing Files 386
Create Ringtones for Free in GarageBand 387
Getting Apps Out of the Multitasking Screen 389
Taking a Snapshot of the Screen 390
INDEX 391
