Introduction 1 About This Book 1 Foolish Assumptions 1 Icons Used in This Book 2 Beyond the Book 2 Where to Go from Here 3 Part 1: Getting to Know Your iPhone 5 Chapter 1: Buying Your iPhone 7 Discover the Newest iPhones and iOS 12 8 Choose the Right iPhone for You 11 Decide How Much Storage Is Enough 15 Understand What You Need to Use Your iPhone 16 Where to Buy Your iPhone 17 What's in the Box 18 Take a First Look at the Gadget 19 Chapter 2: Exploring the Home Screen 21 What You Need to Use iPhone 22 Turn On iPhone for the First Time 23 Meet the Multi-Touch Screen 24 Say Hello to Tap and Swipe 27 Display and Use the Onscreen Keyboard 31 Keyboard shortcuts 32 The Shift key 33 Emojis 35 Flick to Search 35 Chapter 3: Getting Going 37 Update the Operating System to iOS 12 37 Learn App Switcher Basics 39 Examine the iPhone Cameras 40 Discover Control Center 41 Lock Screen Rotation 45 Explore the Status Bar 45 Take Inventory of Preinstalled Apps 47 Lock iPhone, Turn It Off, or Unlock It 52 Chapter 4: Beyond the Basics 55 Charge the Battery 56 Sign into an iTunes Account for Music, Movies, and More 57 Sync Wirelessly 59 Understand iCloud 62 Turn on iCloud Drive 64 Make iCloud Sync Settings 65 Browse Your iPhones Files 66 Chapter 5: Managing and Monitoring iPhone Usage 69 Meet Screen Time 70 Create Some Downtime 73 Allow Certain Apps During Downtime 74 Set App Limits 75 Set Content and Privacy Restrictions 79 Part 2: Beginning to Use Your iPhone 83 Chapter 6: Making and Receiving Calls 85 Use the Keypad to Place a Call 86 End a Call 87 Place a Call Using Contacts 88 Return a Recent Call 90 Use Favorites 91 Receive a Call 93 Use Tools during a Call 94 Turn On Do Not Disturb 96 Set Up Exceptions for Do Not Disturb 97 Reply to a Call via Text or Set a Reminder to Call Back 98 Change Your Ringtone 98 Chapter 7: Organizing Contacts 101 Add a Contact 102 Sync Contacts with iCloud 104 Assign a Photo to a Contact 106 Add Social Media Information 108 Designate Related People 110 Set Individual Ringtones and Text Tones 112 Search for a Contact 113 Go to a Contact's Website 115 Address Email Using Contacts 116 Share a Contact 118 View a Contact's Location in Maps 120 Delete a Contact 121 Chapter 8: Communicating with FaceTime and Messages 123 Understand Who Can Use FaceTime 124 Get an Overview of FaceTime 124 Make a FaceTime Call with Wi-Fi or 3G/4G (LTE) 125 Accept and End a FaceTime Call 128 Switch Views 129 Set Up an iMessage Account 130 Use Messages to Address, Create, and Send Messages 132 Read Messages 133 Clear a Conversation 134 Send Emojis in Place of Text 135 Use the App Drawer 136 Send and Receive Audio 139 Send a Photo or Video 140 Send a Map of Your Location 141 Understand Group Messaging 142 Activate the Hide Alerts Feature 143 Chapter 9: Using Handy Utilities 145 Use the Calculator 145 Find Your Way with Compass 147 Record Voice Memos 150 Trim a Voice Memo 153 Share a Voice Memo 155 Chapter 10: Making Your iPhone More Accessible 157 Set Brightness 158 Change the Wallpaper 159 Set Up VoiceOver 161 Use VoiceOver 163 Use iPhone with Hearing Aids 167 Adjust the Volume 168 Set Up Subtitles and Captioning 170 Manage Other Hearing Settings 171 Turn On and Work with AssistiveTouch 172 Turn On Additional Physical and Motor Settings 173 Focus Learning with Guided Access 174 One-Handed Keyboard 176 Chapter 11: Conversing with Siri 179 Activate Siri 180 Understand All That Siri Can Do 183 Get Suggestions 185 Call Contacts 186 Create Reminders and Alerts 187 Add Tasks to Your Calendar 188 Play Music 189 Get Directions 190 Ask for Facts 192 Search the Web 193 Send Email, Messages, or Tweets 194 Use Dictation 194 Translate Words and Phrases 195 Type Your Commands or Questions 197 Get Helpful Tips 198 Part 3: Exploring the Internet 199 Chapter 12: Browsing with Safari 201 Connect to the Internet 202 Explore Safari 203 Navigate among Web Pages 205 Use Tabbed Browsing 207 View Browsing History 208 Search the Web 210 Add and Use Bookmarks 211 Save Links and Web Pages to Safari Reading List 213 Enjoy Reading More with Safari Reader 215 Add Web Clips to the Home Screen 216 Save Images to Your Photo Library 217 Send Links 218 Adjust Privacy Settings 219 Print Web Pages 222 Understand iCloud Tabs 223 Chapter 13: Working with Email in Mail 225 Add an Email Account 226 Manually Set Up an Email Account 227 Open Mail and Read Messages 229 Reply To or Forward Email 231 Create and Send a New Message 234 Format Email 235 Search Email 236 Mark Email as Unread or Flag for Follow-Up 238 Create an Event from Email Contents 239 Delete Email 240 Organize Email 242 Create a VIP List 243 Chapter 14: Expanding Your iPhone Horizons with Apps 245 Explore Senior-Recommended Apps 246 Search the App Store 248 Get Applications from the App Store 249 Organize Your Applications on Home Screens 251 Organize Apps in Folders 254 Delete Apps You No Longer Need 255 Offload Apps to Keep Data 256 Update Apps 259 Chapter 15: Socializing with Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram 261 Find and Install Social Media Apps 262 Create a Facebook Account 263 Customize Facebook Settings for Your iPhone 265 Create a Twitter Account 266 Create an Instagram Account 267 Part 4: Enjoying Media 269 Chapter 16: Shopping the iTunes Store 271 Explore the iTunes Store 272 Find a Selection 274 Preview Music, a Video, or an Audiobook 276 Buy a Selection 278 Rent Movies 280 Use Apple Pay and Wallet 282 Set Up Family Sharing 282 Chapter 17: Reading Books 285 Discover E-Reading 285 Find Books with Apple Books 286 Explore Other E-Book Sources 288 Buy Books 290 Navigate a Book 291 Adjust Brightness in Apple Books 293 Change the Font Size and Type 294 Chapter 18: Enjoying Music and Podcasts 297 View the Library Contents 298 Create Playlists 300 Search for Music 302 Play Music 303 Shuffle Music 305 Listen with Your Earbuds 306 Use AirPlay 306 Play Music with Radio 307 Find and Subscribe to Podcasts 308 Play Podcasts 311 Chapter 19: Taking and Sharing Photos 313 Take Pictures with the iPhone Cameras 314 Save Photos from the Web 318 View an Album 319 View Individual Photos 320 Edit Photos 321 Organize Photos 323 View Photos by Years and Location 324 Share Photos with Mail, Twitter, or Facebook 326 Share a Photo Using AirDrop 328 Share Photos Using iCloud Photo Sharing 330 Run a Slideshow 331 Delete Photos 332 Chapter 20: Creating and Watching Videos 333 Capture Your Own Videos with the Built-In Cameras 334 Play Movies or TV Shows with TV 335 Content from third-party providers 336 Content from iTunes 338 Turn On Closed-Captioning 340 Delete a Video from the iPhone 341 Chapter 21: Playing Games 343 Purchase and Download Games 343 Challenge Friends in Game Center 346 Chapter 22: Navigating with Maps 347 Go to Your Current Location 348 Change Views 349 Zoom In and Out 351 Go to Another Location or a Favorite 353 Drop a Marker (or Pin) 354 Find Directions 356 Get Turn-by-Turn Navigation Help 358 View and Share Information about a Location 360 Add a Location to a Contact 362 Find Local Places with Nearby 363 Part 5: Living with Your iPhone 365 Chapter 23: Keeping on Schedule with Calendar and Clock 367 View Your Calendar 368 Add Calendar Events 371 Add Events with Siri 372 Create Repeating Events 372 View an Event 374 Add Alerts 374 Search for an Event 376 Create a Calendar Account 376 Use a Family Calendar 379 Delete an Event 380 Display Clock 381 Delete a Clock 382 Set an Alarm 383 Set Bedtime and Waking Alerts 384 Use Stopwatch and Timer 386 Chapter 24: Working with Reminders and Notifications 389 Create a Reminder 390 Edit Reminder Details 391 Schedule a Reminder by Time or Location 392 Create a List 394 Sync with Other Devices and Calendars 395 Mark as Complete or Delete a Reminder 396 Set Notification Types 398 View Notification Center 400 Work with Notifications in Notification Center 401 Get Some Rest with Do Not Disturb 403 Chapter 25: Troubleshooting and Maintaining Your iPhone 405 Keep the iPhone Screen Clean 406 Protect Your Gadget with a Case 407 Extend Your iPhone's Battery Life 408 Deal with a Nonresponsive iPhone 409 Update the iOS Software 410 Restore the Sound 412 Get Support 413 Find a Missing iPhone 414 Back Up to iCloud 417 Index 421
