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My phone, your phone, iPhone—the fully updated guide to the latest models and iOS updates
Apple seems to update its iPhone at the speed of light, and Dummies helps you keep up. iPhone For Dummies, 2022 Edition includes the newest features available with iOS 15, released in 2022. This version also covers all iPhone models available in 2022 including the iPhone 12, iPhone 11, iPhone XR, and iPhone SE. Whether you have a new iPhone or an older iPhone, you've got this book to walk you through everything your phone can do.
The iPhone is a music player, a gaming system, a computer, and a mobile phone all wrapped up in one pocket-sized package. Your device can keep you connected, help you be productive, and provide endless hours of entertainment. iPhone For Dummies offers the insight of two longtime Apple experts on how to make the most of your iPhone and its updated features.
Ring! Ring! Pick up—it's your new iPhone calling.
Edward C. Baig is the former Personal Technology columnist at USA Today and current contributing writer at AARP. He makes frequent appearances on TV, radio, and podcasts and is the author of Macs For Dummies.
Bob “Dr. Mac” LeVitus has written or cowritten over 90 popular computer books, including macOS Monterey For Dummies and GarageBand For Dummies. He has also written for the Houston Chronicle and Mac Observer for over twenty years.
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 11
Technical specifications 11
A Quick Tour Outside 12
On the sides 12
On the bottom 13
On the front 14
On the back 16
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 25
Pointing a finger at Touch ID 26
Facing up to Face ID 28
Continuing the setup 29
Locking the iPhone 30
Mastering the Multitouch Interface 31
Discovering the special-use keys 32
One-handed keyboard 34
The incredible, intelligent, and virtual iPhone keyboard 35
Anticipating what comes next 35
Correcting mistakes 38
Choosing an alternative keyboard 38
Cutting, copying, pasting, and replacing 39
Multitasking 41
Navigating beyond the Home Screen 42
Organizing Icons into Folders 44
Visiting the App Library 44
Watching Widgets 45
Proactive Searching 46
Notifications and Today View 48
Chapter 3: Synchronicity: Getting Stuff to and from Your iPhone 51
A Brief iCloud Primer 52
The Kitchen Sync 54
First things first: About iPhone backups 55
Sync prep 101 57
Syncing Your Data with iTunes or Finder 62
Syncing contacts 63
Syncing calendars 63
Advanced syncing 64
Synchronizing Your Media 64
Music, movies, TV shows, and podcasts 65
Photos 68
Manual Syncing 69
Chapter 4: Understanding the Phone-damentals 71
Making a Call 72
Adding contacts 72
Setting up favorites 74
Viewing the Recents list 76
Dialing with the keypad 77
Accessing voicemail visually 77
Recording a greeting 80
Voice dialing 80
Receiving a Call 80
Accepting the call 81
Announcing the caller 81
Rejecting the call 81
Replying with a text message 82
Blocking callers 83
Silencing unknown callers 83
Avoiding disturbances 84
Choosing a ringtone 85
While on a Call 86
Juggling calls 87
Making conference calls 87
Handing off calls 89
Seeing Is Believing with FaceTime 89
Part 2: The Pda Iphone 95
Chapter 5: Taking Control of Your iPhone .97
Controlling Control Center 98
Summoning Siri 101
Figuring out what to ask 103
Siri shortcuts 104
Using dictation 105
Correcting mistakes 105
Making Siri smarter 105
Typing to Siri 106
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 110
MMS: Like SMS with media 113
Massive multimedia effects 114
Group messaging has never been better 118
Taking Note of Notes 119
Chapter 7: Twelve Indispensable Apps and Utilities 121
Working with the Calendar 121
Year view 122
Month view 122
Day view 122
Week view 124
List view 124
Adding Calendar Entries 125
Displaying multiple calendars 128
Responding to meeting invitations 129
Subscribing to calendars 129
Sharing a family calendar 129
Calculate This 130
Punching the Clock 131
World clock 131
Alarm clock 132
Stopwatch 133
Timer 133
Voicing Memos 134
Making a recording 134
Listening to recordings 134
Trimming recordings 135
Adding a title to a recording 135
Reminding me 138
It’s a Wallet 141
Dropping in on AirDrop 143
Controlling Lights, Locks, and More 144
Using the iPhone in the Car 144
Unlocking the Car 145
Measuring Things 145
Translating Text or Speech 146
Keeping in Good Health 147
Part 3: The Multimedia Iphone 149
Chapter 8: Music to Your Ears: Audio on Your iPhone 151
Introducing Your iPhone’s Music Player 152
It’s music, just not your music 153
My Music Is Your Music 156
A library without library cards 156
Play it again, list 158
Share and share alike 160
Taking Control of Your Tunes 162
Customizing Your Audio Experience 164
Setting preferences 164
Setting a sleep timer 165
Using your voice to control your music 166
Listening to Podcasts with the Podcasts App 167
Shopping with the iTunes Store App 169
Chapter 9: “Smile”: Taking Pictures with Your iPhone 171
Taking Your Best Shot 171
Making Photos Come to Life 174
Keeping Things in Focus 174
From the front to the rear — and back 176
Firing up the flash 176
Night mode 177
Using zoom 177
Two (or three) rear cameras are better than one 178
Shooting closeups (iPhone 13 Pros only) 179
Applying filters 180
Binging on burst shooting 181
Using the self-timer 183
Tracking Down Your Pictures 183
Choosing albums 184
Viewing all your photos 185
Making memories 186
Categorizing your pics 189
Adding captions and gathering information 190
Searching for pictures 191
Sharing your photos 192
Admiring Your Pictures 194
Maneuvering and manipulating photos 194
Launching slideshows 195
Storing pictures in the (i)Cloud 197
Editing and Deleting Photos 198
Livening Up Live Photos 201
Leveraging Live Text 203
More (Not So) Stupid Picture Tricks 203
Chapter 10: Starring in a Blockbuster: Video on Your iPhone 207
Finding Stuff to Watch 208
Playing Video 209
Shooting Video 213
Going slow 218
Going fast 218
Going cinematic (iPhone 13s only) 219
Capturing stereo 219
Editing what you shot 220
Editing cinematic video 220
Sharing video 221
Watching video on TV 222
Augmented reality 222
Restricting video and other usage 223
Part 4: The Internet Iphone 225
Chapter 11: Going on a Mobile Safari 227
Surfin’ Dude 227
Exploring the browser 227
Blasting off into cyberspace 228
I Can See Clearly Now 230
Opening multiple web pages at a time .231
Starting up the start page 232
Keeping tabs of tabs 233
Looking at lovable links 235
Book(mark) ’em, Danno 236
Altering bookmarks 238
Viewing open pages on other devices 239
Letting history repeat itself 239
Launching a mobile search mission 240
Saving web pictures 240
Reading clutter-free web pages 241
Translate web pages 242
Private Browsing 242
Sign in with Apple 243
Smart Safari Settings 243
Chapter 12: The Email Must Get Through 247
Prep Work: Setting Up Your Accounts 248
Setting up your account 248
Setting up an email account with the big guys 248
Setting up an account with another provider 249
Setting up corporate email 250
See Me, Read Me, File Me, Delete Me: Working with Messages 251
Reading messages 252
Filtering mail 253
Managing messages 253
Threading messages 257
Searching emails 258
Darling, You Send Me (Email) 261
Makin’ messages 261
Settings for sending email 271
Setting your message and account settings 273
Chapter 13: Tracking with Maps, Compass, Stocks, Weather, and Files 277
Maps Are Where It’s At 277
Finding your current location with Maps 278
Finding a person, place, or thing 279
Views, zooms, and pans 280
Timesaving map tools: Contacts, Recents, Guides, and Favorites 282
Smart map tricks 284
Contemplating the Compass 289
Taking Stock with Stocks 289
Adding and deleting stocks, funds, and indexes 290
Details, details, details 291
Charting a course 291
Weather Watching 292
Keeping Track of Documents with Files 293
Part 5: The Undiscovered Iphone 295
Chapter 14: Setting You Straight on Settings 297
Sky-High Settings 298
All about you 298
Airplane mode 299
Wi-Fi 300
Bluetooth 301
Cellular 303
Emergency SOS 305
Report, Sound, and Appearance Settings 305
Notifications 305
Control Center 306
Focus/Do Not Disturb 307
Privacy 308
Sounds 309
Happy Home button (iPhone 7, 8, and SE models) 310
Brightening up your day 311
Auto-lock 311
Home Screen 312
Wallpaper 312
In General 313
About About 313
Software update 313
Storage 313
Background App Refresh 314
Siri & Search 314
AirPlay & Handoff 314
Picture-in-Picture 315
CarPlay 315
VPN & Device Management 315
Battery 316
Touch ID/Face ID & Passcode 317
App Store 318
Wallet & Apple Pay 319
Screen Time 319
Date & Time 321
Keyboard 321
Fonts 322
Language & Region 322
Dictionary 323
Accessibility 323
Reset 326
Phoning in More Settings 327
Promoting harmony through Family Sharing 327
Sorting and displaying contacts 327
Nothing phone-y about these settings 328
Find My 329
Chapter 15: Apps-O-Lutely! 331
Finding Apps 332
Browsing for apps 332
Finding more information about an app 333
Downloading an app 334
App Library 334
Updating an app 335
Deleting and Organizing Your Apps 336
Deleting an app 336
Organizing your apps 337
App clips 339
Apple’s Arcade 340
Books, Newspapers, and Magazines 340
Books app 341
Newspapers and magazines 342
Chapter 16: When Good iPhones Go Bad 345
iPhone Issues 346
But first 346
Recharge your iPhone 347
Restart your iPhone 348
Reset (force restart) your iPhone 348
Remove your content 349
Reset your settings and content 350
Restore your iPhone 350
Renew your iPhone with Recovery mode 351
Problems with Calling or Networks 353
Sync, Computer, or iTunes Issues 354
More Help on the Apple Website 355
If Nothing We Suggest Helps 356
Dude, Where’s My Stuff? 358
Part 6: The Part of Tens 359
Chapter 17: Ten Appetizing Apps 361
Shazam 361
Action Movie FX 363
Halide Mark II Pro Camera 364
Evernote 364
Words with Friends 2 365
IMDb 366
Libby 366
Waze 367
BeCasso 369
Clubhouse 369
Chapter 18: Ten Helpful Hints, Tips, and Shortcuts 371
Use QuickPath for Speed and Accuracy 371
Autocorrect Is Your Friend 372
Assault on Batteries 373
Tricks with Links and Phone Numbers 375
Share the Love . and the Links 376
Choose a Home Page for Safari 376
Like a Time Machine for iPhone Backups 377
Create Ringtones for Free in GarageBand 378
Getting Apps Out of the Multitasking Screen 380
Taking a Snapshot of the Screen 381
Index 383
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