Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Introduction
About This Book
Foolish Assumptions
Icons Used in This Book
Beyond the Book
Where to Go from Here
Part 1 Meet Your 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
The iPhone as your lifeline
Technical specifications
A Quick Tour Outside
On the sides
On the bottom
On the front
On the back
Status bar
Home Sweet Home Screen
The first Home screen page
The second Home screen page
Outside the Utilities folder
Inside the Utilities folder
App library and Home screen widgets
The dock (all Home screen pages)
Chapter 2 iPhone Basic Training
Activating the iPhone
Turning the iPhone On and Off
Pointing a finger at Touch ID
Facing up to Face ID
Continuing the setup
Locking the iPhone
Mastering the Multitouch Interface
Discovering the special-use keys
One-handed keyboard
The incredible, intelligent, and virtual iPhone keyboard
Anticipating what comes next
Correcting mistakes
Choosing an alternative keyboard
Cutting, copying, pasting, and replacing
Multitasking
Navigating beyond the Home Screen
Organizing Icons into Folders
Visiting App Library
Watching Widgets
Proactive Searching
Notifications and Today View
Customizing the Lock Screen
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 Contacts and Calendars
Synchronizing Your Media
Music, movies, TV shows, and podcasts
Music and music videos
Movies
TV shows, podcasts, books, and audiobooks
Photos
Manual Syncing
Chapter 4 Understanding the Phone-damentals
Making a Call
Adding contacts
Setting up favorites
Viewing the Recents list
Dialing with the keypad
Accessing voicemail visually
Recording a greeting
Voice dialing
Receiving a Call
Accepting the call
Announcing the caller
Rejecting the call
Replying with a text message
Blocking callers
Silencing unknown callers
Avoiding disturbances
Choosing a ringtone
While on a Call
Juggling calls
Making conference calls
Handing off calls
Seeing Is Believing with FaceTime
Part 2 The PDA iPhone
Chapter 5 Taking Control of Your iPhone
Controlling Control Center
Summoning Siri
Figuring out what to ask
Siri shortcuts
Using dictation
Correcting mistakes
Making Siri smarter
Typing to Siri
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
Massive multimedia effects
SharePlay via Messages
Group messaging has never been better
Send texts by emergency SOS via satellite
Taking Note of Notes
Chapter 7 Twelve Indispensable Apps and Utilities
Working with the Calendar
Year view
Month view
Day view
Week view
List view
Adding Calendar Entries
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
It’s a Wallet
Dropping in on AirDrop
Controlling Lights, Locks, and More
Using the iPhone in the Car
Unlocking the Car
Measuring Things
Translating Text or Speech
Keeping in Good Health
Part 3 The Multimedia iPhone
Chapter 8 Music to Your Ears: Audio on Your iPhone
Introducing Your iPhone’s Music Player
It’s music, just not your music
My Music Is Your Music
A library without library cards
Play it again, list
Share and share alike
Home Sharing features
Family Sharing feature
Taking Control of Your Tunes
Customizing Your Audio Experience
Play all songs at the same volume level
Choose an equalizer setting
Setting a sleep timer
Using your voice to control your music
Listening to Podcasts with the Podcasts App
Shopping with the iTunes Store App
Chapter 9 “Smile”: Taking Pictures with Your iPhone
Taking Your Best Shot
Making Photos Come to Life
Keeping Things in Focus
From the front to the rear — and back
Firing up the flash
Night mode
Using zoom
Two (or three) rear cameras are better than one
Shooting closeups (iPhone 13 Pros and 14 Pros only)
Applying filters
Binging on burst shooting
Using the self-timer
Tracking Down Your Pictures
Choosing albums
Viewing all your photos
Making memories
iCloud Shared Photo Library
Categorizing your pics
Adding captions and gathering information
Searching for pictures
Sharing albums
Admiring Your Pictures
Maneuvering and manipulating photos
Launching slideshows
Storing pictures in the (i)Cloud
Editing and Deleting Photos
Livening Up Live Photos
Leveraging Live Text
More (Not So) Stupid Picture Tricks
Chapter 10 Starring in a Blockbuster: Video on Your iPhone
Finding Stuff to Watch
Playing Video
Shooting Video
Going slow
Going fast
Going cinematic (iPhone 13s and 14s only)
Capturing stereo
Editing what you shot
Editing cinematic video
Sharing video
Watching video on TV
Augmented reality
Restricting video and other usage
Part 4 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
Starting up the start page
Keeping tabs of tabs
Looking at lovable links
Book(mark) ’em, Danno
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
Translate web pages
Private Browsing
Sign in with Apple
Smart Safari Settings
Chapter 12 The Email Must Get Through
Prep Work: Setting Up Your Accounts
Setting up your account
Setting up an email account with the big guys
Setting up an account with another provider
Setting up corporate email
See Me, Read Me, File Me, Delete Me: Working with Messages
Reading messages
Filtering mail
Managing messages
Threading messages
Searching emails
Don’t grow too attached to attachments
More things you can do with messages
Darling, You Send Me (Email)
Makin’ messages
Sending an all-text message
Sending a photo with an email
Saving an email message to send later
Formatting text in an email
Using the formatting and attachments toolbar
Adding Live Text
Adding attachments
Marking up attachments
Replying to or forwarding an email message
Settings for sending email
Setting your message and account settings
Checking and viewing email settings
Altering account settings
Chapter 13 Tracking with Maps, Compass, Stocks, Weather, and Files
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: Contacts, Recents, Guides, and Favorites
Contacts
Recents
Guides
Favorites
Smart map tricks
Get route maps and driving directions
Get traffic info in real time
Get directions for walking, bicycling, public transportation, and ride share
Get 3D views
Do more on the Info screen
Find your direction
Dude, where’s my car?
Indoor maps
Contemplating the Compass
Taking Stock with Stocks
Adding and deleting stocks, funds, and indexes
Details, details, details
Charting a course
Weather Watching
Keeping Track of Documents with Files
Part 5 The Undiscovered iPhone
Chapter 14 Setting You Straight on Settings
Sky-High Settings
All about you
Airplane mode
Wi-Fi
Bluetooth
Cellular
Emergency SOS
Report, Sound, and Appearance Settings
Notifications
Control Center
Focus/Do Not Disturb
Privacy
Sounds
Happy Home button (iPhone 7, 8, and SE models)
Brightening up your day
Auto-lock
Home Screen
Wallpaper
In General
About About
Software update
Storage
Background App Refresh
Siri & Search
AirPlay & Handoff
Picture-in-Picture
CarPlay
VPN & Device Management
Battery
Touch ID/Face ID & Passcode
App Store
Wallet & Apple Pay
Screen Time
Date & Time
Keyboard
Fonts
Language & Region
Dictionary
Accessibility
Reset
Phoning in More Settings
Promoting harmony through Family Sharing
Sorting and displaying contacts
Nothing phone-y about these settings
Find My
Chapter 15 Apps-O-Lutely!
Finding Apps
Browsing for apps
Finding more information about an app
Checking out the details screen
Reading reviews
Downloading an app
App Library
Updating an app
Deleting and Organizing Your Apps
Deleting an app
Organizing your apps
App clips
Apple’s Arcade
Books, Newspapers, and Magazines
Books app
Newspapers and magazines
Newspaper and magazine apps
News app
Chapter 16 When Good iPhones Go Bad
iPhone Issues
But first . . .
Recharge your iPhone
Restart your iPhone
Reset (force restart) 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 6 The Part of Tens
Chapter 17 Ten Appetizing Apps
Shazam
ProCam 8 by Tinkerworks Apps
OmniFocus
Evernote
Noizio
IMDb
Libby
Waze Navigation
BeCasso
Clubhouse
Chapter 18 Ten Helpful Hints, Tips, and Shortcuts
Use QuickPath for Speed and Accuracy
Autocorrect Is Your Friend
Connect a Hardware Keyboard
Assault on Batteries
Tricks with Links and Phone Numbers
Share the Love . . . and the Links
Choose a Home Page for Safari
Create Ringtones for Free in GarageBand
Getting Apps Out of App Switcher
Taking a Snapshot of the Screen
Index
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