My iPhone

Brad Miser has written extensively about technology, with his favorite topics being the amazing “i” devices, especially the iPhone, that make it possible to take our lives with us while we are on the move. In addition to My iPhone, Twelfth Edition, Brad has written many other books, including My iPhone for Seniors, Fifth Edition. He has also been an author, development editor, or technical editor for more than 50 other titles. Brad is or has been a sales support specialist, the director of product and customer services, and the manager of education and support services for several software development companies. Previously, he was the lead proposal specialist for an aircraft engine manufacturer, a development editor for a computer book publisher, and a civilian aviation test officer/engineer for the U.S. Army. Brad holds a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering from California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo and has received advanced education in maintainability engineering, business, and other topics.

• Chapter 1: Getting Started with Your iPhone 3Getting to Know Your iPhone’s External Features......3Getting to Know Your iPhone’s Software................8Using Your Fingers to Control Your iPhone..9Going Home.....................9Touching the iPhone’s Screen...... 10Working with iPhone Apps............ 16Using the Home Screens.................. 24Using the iPhone Plus’s Split-Screen.............. 26Working with the Control Center...................... 27Working with the Notification Center........... 30Using Siri Suggestions........................ 34Using the Do Not Disturb Mode........................ 36Using Airplane Mode.. 38Meeting Siri................... 39Using Shortcuts......... 40Understanding iPhone Status Icons............... 42Turning Your iPhone Off or On... 43Sleeping/Locking and Waking/Unlocking Your iPhone........................ 45Working with Face ID or Touch ID..................... 48Setting Volume........... 50Chapter 2: Using Your iPhone’s Core Features 53Working with the Settings App.......... 54Using the Settings App on Any iPhone....... 54Searching for Settings........................ 55Using the Settings App on an iPhone Plus..... 56Connecting to the Internet Using Wi-Fi Networks.................... 57Connecting to Open Wi-Fi Networks............. 58Connecting to Public Wi-Fi Networks............ 61Disabling Automatic Prompting........................ 64Forgetting Wi-Fi Networks.............. 65Connecting to the Internet Using Cellular Data Networks........................ 66Configuring Cellular Data Use..... 69Working with Text............ 74Working with Predictive Text....... 75Working with Keyboards.................. 75Using Emojis................. 78Correcting Spelling as You Type 79Editing Text.................... 81Selecting, Copying, Cutting, or Pasting Text. 82Correcting Spelling After You’ve Typed....... 84Dictating Text............... 85Drawing in Text.......... 87Using Widgets..................... 89Searching on Your iPhone....................... 92Working with Siri Suggestions............ 94Working with Notifications.................... 96Working with Visual Notifications..................... 97Working with Other Types of Notifications.100Printing from Your iPhone....................101Chapter 3: Setting Up and Using an Apple ID, iCloud, and Other Online Accounts 105Configuring an Apple ID........................106Obtaining an Apple ID....................107Signing In to Your Apple ID........108Changing the Personal Information Associated with Your Apple ID.......111Changing Your Apple ID’s Password and Security Settings............115Changing Your Apple ID’s Payment and Shipping Information.116Changing the Devices Using Your Apple ID........................118Configuring and Using iCloud..........119Configuring iCloud to Store Photos.............121Enabling iCloud to Store Information on the Cloud....124Configuring Your iCloud Keychain................125Configuring Your iCloud Backup.....................126Configuring iCloud Drive..............127Managing Your iCloud Storage........................128Setting Up Other Types of Online Accounts on Your iPhone................130Configuring an Exchange Account...............131Configuring a Google Account135Configuring Other Types of Online Accounts...137Setting Up an Online Account that Isn’t Built In..............138Setting How and When Your Accounts Are Updated..........140Configuring How New Data Is Retrieved for Your Accounts..........141Chapter 4: Customizing How Your iPhone Works 145Configuring Notifications.....................146Using the Settings App to Configure Notifications......146Configuring Notifications from Notifications.....................154Configuring Do Not Disturb...............155Configuring Screen Time.......................159Configuring Downtime, App Limits, a Screen Time Passcode, and Screen Time Sharing.....160Setting Content & Privacy Restrictions.....165Using Screen Time173Configuring the Control Center......175Configuring the Widget Center.......178Setting Keyboard, Language, and Format Options...............180Setting Keyboard Preferences..180Creating and Working with Text Replacements...............184Setting Language and Region Preferences.185Setting a Passcode and Face ID or Touch ID.188Configuring a Passcode and Face ID (X Models).............189Configuring a Passcode and Touch ID (non-X Models)......................197Customizing How Your iPhone Works with Apps...................204Configuring Your iPhone to Download and Maintain Apps..........205Using the App Store App to Find and Install iPhone Apps.............207Searching for Apps....208Browsing for Apps210Downloading Apps...213Customizing How Your iPhone Works with Shortcuts........215Working with the Shortcuts App....................217Remind Me at Home218Heading to Work....225Chapter 5: Customizing How Your iPhone Looks and Sounds 231Customizing Your Home Screens...231Moving Icons Around Your Home Screens..232Creating Folders to Organize Apps on Your Home Screens...........234Placing Icons in Existing Folders.....................236Configuring the Home Screen Dock...........238Deleting Icons..........240Setting the Screen’s Brightness, Lock/Wake, Text, View, and Wallpaper Options.....241Setting Screen Brightness, True Tone, and Night Shift Using the Settings App..243Setting the Screen Brightness and Night Shift Using the Control Center..244Setting Auto-Lock and Raise to Wake........247Setting Text Size and Bold...........248Setting Text Size Using the Control Center.249Choosing a View.....250Setting the Wallpaper on the Home and Lock Screens.....................252Choosing the Sounds and Vibratory Feedback Your iPhone Uses...257Chapter 6: Managing Contacts 263Setting Your Contacts Preferences........................264Creating Contacts on Your iPhone265Creating New Contacts from Email..............266Creating Contacts Manually.......268Working with Contacts on Your iPhone............275Using the Contacts App.................276Accessing Contacts from Other Apps........279Managing Your Contacts on Your iPhone.......281Updating Contact Information282Deleting Contacts.284Chapter 7: Communicating with the Phone and FaceTime Apps 287Configuring Phone Settings...............287Making Voice Calls........290Dialing with the Keypad................292Dialing with Contacts.......................292Dialing with Favorites......................294Dialing with Recents295Dialing from the FAVORITES Widget............296Managing In-Process Voice Calls....297Entering Numbers During a Call.....................299Making Conference Calls...............300Using Another App During a Voice Call...304Receiving Voice Calls..305Answering Calls......306Answering Calls During a Call..309Managing Voice Calls.309Clearing Recent Calls........................310Adding Calling Information to Favorites.311Using the iPhone’s Headset for Calls...........312Using Visual Voicemail....313Recording a New Greeting..........313Listening to, Reading, and Managing Voicemails...........316Finding and Listening to Voicemails...........317Listening to and Managing Deleted Voicemails..............319Communicating with FaceTime......321Configuring FaceTime Settings........................322Making FaceTime Calls....................324Receiving FaceTime Calls..............327Managing FaceTime Calls.............328Adding Animojis and Filters to FaceTime Calls.................330Adding an Animoji to a FaceTime Call.......331Applying a Filter to a FaceTime Call.............334Working with Group FaceTime (Future iOS12 release).......................336Chapter 8: Sending, Receiving, and Managing Email 339Configuring Email Accounts...............340Setting Mail App Preferences............340Working with Email.....345Receiving and Reading Email...348Receiving and Reading Email on an iPhone Plus............354Using 3D Touch for Email..............356Sending Email..........358Using Mail’s Suggested Recipients................362Replying to Email..363Forwarding Emails365Managing Email..............366Checking for New Email.................367Understanding the Status of Email...............368Managing Email from the Message Screen.368Managing Email from an Inbox........................369Managing Multiple Emails at the Same Time.....................372Organizing Email from the Message Screen.......................374Organizing Email from the Inbox...................375Viewing Messages in a Mailbox.......................377Saving Images Attached to Email..................379Filtering Email..........380Searching Your Email........................382Working with VIPs.384Designating VIPs....384Accessing VIP Email...385Managing Junk Email.......................386Marking Junk Email...386Chapter 9: Sending, Receiving, and Managing Texts and iMessages 389Preparing the Messages App for Messaging390Setting Your Text and iMessage Preferences......................390Blocking People from Messaging or Texting You............396Sending Messages........398Creating a New Message and Conversation........................399Sending Messages in an Existing Conversation...............403Applying Effects to Messages You Send..405Including Photos or Video You’ve Recently Taken inMessages You Send....................407Including Photos or Video Stored in the Photos App in Messages You Send....................409Taking Photos or Video and Sending Them in Messages.................410Using Digital Touches in Messages You Send....................413Using Other Apps within Messages.............417Managing Apps in Messages....418Adding Content from Apps to Messages You Send.....420Adding Stickers to Messages.....421Adding Animojis to Messages..423Including Instant Audio in Messages You Send...............425Adding Your Location to Messages You Send....................426Using Quick Actions to Send Messages...427Receiving, Reading, and Replying to Messages.......................428Receiving Messages..428Reading Messages.....430Viewing Images or Video You Receive in Messages.....432Viewing Animojis You Receive in Messages........................435Listening to Audio You Receive in Messages......................436Replying to Messages from the Messages App...............437Replying to Messages from a Banner Alert.439Having a Messages Conversation..................440Working with Messages441Managing Messages Conversations............442Receiving and Reading Messages on an iPhone Plus.445Using 3D Touch for Messages...447Browsing Attachments to Conversations448Working with Messages from People You Might Not Know..........449Responding to a Message with Icons.........452Deleting Messages and Conversations.....453Deleting Conversations..................455Chapter 10: Managing Calendars 459Setting Calendar, Date, and Time Preferences..459Working with Calendars462Viewing Calendars and Events.462Navigating Calendars.......................466Viewing Calendars.....466Using 3D Touch for Events (iPhone 6s/6s Plus and Later)................471Adding Events to a Calendar.....473Using Quick Actions with the Calendar App (iPhone 6s/6s Plus and Later)..481Searching Calendars.482Working with Invitations...............483Sharing Calendars487Managing Calendars, Events, and Invitations....................489Chapter 11: Working with Siri 493Setting Up Siri..................494Understanding Siri’s Personality.....496Telling Siri What to Do.....................497Working with Siri Suggestions.502Learning How to Use Siri by Example.................502Using Siri to Make Voice Calls...503Composing New Email with Siri......................504Replying to Emails with Siri........506Having Messages Read to You.508Replying to Messages with Siri509Sending New Messages with Siri....................511Using Siri to Create Events...........512Using Siri to Create Reminders513Using Siri to Get Information....515Using Siri to Play Music...................517Using Siri to Get Directions.........518Using Siri to Open Apps.................519Using Siri to Translate.......................520Using Siri with Shortcuts.......................521Activating Siri Shortcuts................521Reviewing and Changing Your Shortcuts.....524Using Shortcuts......525Using Dictation to Speak Text Instead of Typing.....................525Chapter 12: Surfing the Web 529Setting Safari Preferences.....................529Visiting Websites............534Using Bookmarks to Move to Websites....534Using Your Favorites to Move to Websites...537Typing URLs to Move to Websites.................538Using Your Browsing History to Move to Websites.......540Viewing Websites..........541Working with Multiple Websites at the Same Time..............543Opening New Pages in the Background..544Opening New Pages in a New Tab................544Using Tab View to Manage Open Web Pages.....................545Opening Web Pages That Are Open on Other Devices......................547Searching the Web.......548Saving and Organizing Bookmarks.......................549Creating Bookmarks.550Organizing Bookmarks...................552Deleting Bookmarks or Folders of Bookmarks..................556Using 3D Touch with Safari.................556Sharing Web Pages......558Emailing a Link to a Web Page.559Messaging a Web Page...................560Signing In to Websites Automatically.................561Chapter 13: Taking Photos and Video with Your iPhone 565Setting Camera Preferences...............567Using the Camera App to Take Photos and Video with Your iPhone................569Taking Photos with Standard Zoom............575Taking Photos with Telephoto Zoom..........578Taking Portrait Photos.....................580Taking Panoramic Photos.............581Taking Video..............583Taking Photos and Video from the Lock Screen..............584Taking Photos and Video from the Control Center.......585Taking Photos with Quick Actions (Models with 3D Touch)..........585Scanning QR Codes...586Chapter 14: Viewing and Editing Photos and Video with the Photos App 591Configuring Photos Settings..............591Viewing, Editing, and Working with Photos on Your iPhone.................593Finding Photos to Work With by Browsing..594Finding Photos to Work With by Searching600Viewing Photos Individually......603Using 3D Touch with Photos.....606Working with Memories................607Watching and Changing a Memory’s Slideshow............610Viewing a Memory’s Photos.......612Viewing a Memory’s Photos by Place.........613Working with Burst Mode Photos..................617Editing Photos..........619Enhancing Photos619Straightening, Rotating, and Cropping Photos................621Applying Filters to Photos............623Removing Red-Eye from Photos.....................625Making Smart Adjustments to Photos......626Marking Up Photos...629Working with Photos........................634Sharing Photos via Email...............635Organizing Photos in a New Album............638Adding Photos to an Existing Album.........640Deleting Photos......642Viewing, Editing, and Working with Video on Your iPhone....................643Finding and Watching Videos...643Editing Video.............645Using iCloud with Your Photos........646Sharing Your Photos.646Adding Photos to a Shared Album...............648Working with Photo Albums Shared with You..................650Chapter 15 Working with Other Useful iPhone Apps and FeaturesONLINEChapter 16 Maintaining and Protecting Your iPhone and Solving Problems..................ONLINETOC, 9780789760395, 10/30/2018