iPhone: The Missing Manual, 8th Edition

iPhone: The Missing Manual, 8th Edition

by David Pogue
Released November 2014
Publisher(s): O'Reilly Media, Inc.
ISBN: 9781491947142

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Book description

With the iOS 8.1 software and the new iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, Apple has taken its flagship products into new realms of power and beauty. The modern iPhone comes with everything—camera, music player, Internet, flashlight—except a printed manual. Fortunately, David Pogue is back with this expanded edition of his witty, full-color guide: the world’s most popular iPhone book.

  • The iPhone 6 and 6 Plus. This book unearths all the secrets of the newest iPhones. Bigger screens, faster chips, astonishing cameras, WiFi calling, Apple Pay, crazy thin.

  • The iOS 8.1 software. Older iPhone models gain predictive typing, iCloud Drive, Family Sharing, "Hey Siri," the Health app, and about 195 more new features. It’s all here, in these pages.

  • The apps. That catalog of 1.3 million add-on programs makes the iPhone’s phone features almost secondary. Now you’ll know how to find, exploit, and troubleshoot those apps.

The iPhone may be the world’s coolest computer, but it’s still a computer, with all of a computer’s complexities. iPhone: The Missing Manual is a funny, gorgeously illustrated guide to the tips, shortcuts, and workarounds that will turn you, too, into an iPhone master.

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Table of contents

  1. iPhone: The Missing Manual
  2. A Note Regarding Supplemental Files
  3. The Missing Credits
    1. Acknowledgments
    2. The Missing Manual Series
      1. For the Mac
        1. For the Mac
        2. For Windows
        3. Electronics
        4. Web Technologies
        5. Life
  4. Introduction
    1. About the iPhone
    2. About This Book
      1. About the Outline
      2. About→These→Arrows
      3. About MissingManuals.com
    3. iPhone 6 and 6 Plus: What’s New
    4. What’s New in iOS 8
  5. 1. The iPhone as Phone
    1. 1. The Guided Tour
      1. Sleep Switch (On/Off)
        1. Locked Mode
      2. The Lock Screen
        1. Things to Do on the Lock Screen
        2. Locking Down the Lock Screen
      3. Home Button
        1. Quick Press: Wake Up
        2. Momentary Touch: Unlock (iPhone 5s and 6)
        3. Long Press: Siri
        4. Two Quick Presses: App Switcher
        5. Two Quick Presses: Your VIP List
        6. Two Touches: Reachability
        7. Three Presses: VoiceOver, Zoom, Inverted Colors…
      4. Silencer Switch, Volume Keys
      5. Screen
        1. Screen Icons
      6. Cameras and Flash
      7. Sensors
      8. SIM Card Slot
        1. The World Phone
      9. Headphone Jack
      10. Microphone, Speakerphone
      11. The Charge/Sync Connector
        1. The Lightning Connector
      12. Antenna Band
      13. In the Box
      14. Seven Basic Finger Techniques
        1. Tap
        2. Swipe
        3. Drag
        4. Flick
        5. Pinch and Spread
        6. Double-Tap
        7. Edge Swipes
      15. Charging the iPhone
      16. Battery Life Tips
      17. The Home Screen
      18. Control Center
      19. Notifications
        1. Responding to Notifications
        2. The Notification Center
        3. Customizing Notifications
        4. What Notifications Look Like
        5. Miscellaneous Weirdness
      20. Password (or Fingerprint) Protection
        1. Setting Up a Password
        2. Fingerprint Security (Touch ID)
        3. Fingerprints for Apps, Web Sites, and Apple Pay
    2. 2. Typing, Editing & Searching
      1. The Keyboard
        1. Making the Keyboard Work
        2. QuickType
        3. The Spelling Checker
        4. The Spelling Dictionary
        5. The Widescreen Keyboard
        6. Punctuation with One Touch
        7. Accented Characters
        8. Typing Shortcuts (Abbreviation Expanders)
        9. Swype, SwiftKey, and Other Keyboards
        10. International Typing
        11. The Emoji Keyboard
        12. Connecting a Real Keyboard
      2. Dictation
        1. Punctuation
      3. Cut, Copy, Paste
        1. Step 1: Select the Text
        2. Step 2: Cut or Copy
        3. Step 3: Paste
        4. (Possible Step 4: Undo)
      4. The Definitions Dictionary
      5. Speak!
      6. Spotlight: Global Search
        1. How to Use Spotlight
        2. How to Tweak Spotlight
    3. 3. Phone Calls & FaceTime
      1. Dialing from the Phone App
      2. The Favorites List
        1. Reordering Favorites
        2. Deleting from Favorites
      3. The Recents List
      4. Contacts
        1. Groups
        2. Adding to the Contacts List
        3. Adding a Contact on the Fly
        4. Editing Someone
        5. Deleting Someone
        6. Sharing a Contact
      5. The Keypad
      6. Answering Calls
        1. Online and on the Phone, Together
        2. Silencing the Ring
      7. Not Answering Calls
        1. Ignore It—or Dump It to Voicemail
        2. Respond with a Text Message
        3. Remind Me Later
      8. Do Not Disturb
        1. Turning on Do Not Disturb
        2. Allowing Special Callers Through
        3. One More Safety Measure
        4. Locked vs. Unlocked
      9. Fun with Phone Calls
        1. Mute
        2. Keypad
        3. Speaker
        4. Add Call (Conference Calling)
        5. FaceTime
        6. Hold
        7. Contacts
      10. Custom Ringtones
      11. FaceTime Video Calls
      12. FaceTime Audio Calls
    4. 4. Siri Voice Command
      1. Siri Voice Command
      2. How to Use Siri
      3. How to Use “Hey, Siri”
      4. What to Say to Siri
        1. When Things Go Wrong
        2. Siri’s Personality
      5. Advanced Siri
        1. Teach Siri about Your Relationships
        2. Fix Siri’s Name Comprehension
        3. Siri Settings
    5. 5. Voicemail, Texting & Bluetooth
      1. Visual Voicemail
        1. Setup
        2. Using Visual Voicemail
        3. Dialing in for Messages
      2. Text Messages (SMS)
        1. Receiving a Text Message
        2. Five Clever Options
        3. The Text List
        4. Mark All as Read
        5. Sending a New Message
        6. Picture, Audio, or Video Messages
      3. iMessages
      4. Instant Audio, Video, and Photos
        1. Audio Texting: The New Walkie-Talkie
        2. Video Messaging
        3. Photo Messaging
      5. Text Messages: Details and Misc.
        1. Settings for Texts and iMessages
        2. Bonus Settings in a Place You Didn’t Expect
        3. Capturing Messages and Files
      6. Free Text Messages
      7. Chat Programs
      8. Call Waiting
      9. Call Forwarding
      10. Caller ID
      11. Bluetooth Accessories
        1. Pairing with a Bluetooth Earpiece or Speaker
        2. Bluetooth Car Systems
    6. 6. Large Type, Kid Mode & Accessibility
      1. VoiceOver
      2. Zooming
      3. Invert Colors and Grayscale
      4. Speech
      5. How to De-Sparsify iOS 8’s Design
        1. Larger Text
        2. Bold Text
        3. Button Shapes
        4. Increase Contrast
        5. Reduce Motion
        6. On/Off Labels
      6. Hearing Assistance
        1. Hearing Aids
        2. LED Flash for Alerts
        3. Mono Audio
        4. Phone Noise Cancellation
        5. Balance Slider
      7. Media (Subtitle Options)
      8. Guided Access (Kiosk Mode)
      9. Switch Control
      10. AssistiveTouch
      11. Call Audio Routing
      12. Home-Click Speed
      13. Accessibility Shortcut
  6. 2. Pix, Flix, & Apps
    1. 7. Music
      1. iTunes Radio
        1. Playing iTunes Radio
        2. The Now Playing Screen
        3. Make Your Own Station
        4. The Info Screen
        5. Deleting or Editing a Station
        6. History
        7. Siri and iTunes Radio
      2. Playlists
        1. Creating Playlists on the Phone
        2. Using Playlists
      3. Genius Playlists
      4. Artists, Songs…
        1. Other Lists
        2. Customizing List Land
      5. The Album Mosaic
      6. Playback Control: Now Playing
        1. Voice Control
        2. Special Podcast/Audiobook Controls
      7. Multi(music)tasking
      8. Speakers and Headphones
        1. Bluetooth Wireless
        2. AirPlay
        3. Switching Among Speakers
      9. Familiar iPod Features
        1. Shake to Shuffle
        2. Sound Check
        3. EQ (Equalization)
        4. Volume Limit
        5. Lyrics & Podcast Info
        6. Group By Album Artist
        7. Show All Music
        8. Playing Music from Your Computer
      10. The iTunes Store
        1. Purchased Items
        2. More in “More”
      11. The Videos App
        1. Zoom/Unzoom
        2. TV Output
        3. AirPlay
    2. 8. Camera, Photos & Video
      1. The Camera App
        1. Firing Up the Camera
        2. The Six Modes of Camera
      2. Photo Mode
        1. Tap to Focus
        2. Adjust Exposure
        3. Focus Lock/Exposure Lock
        4. The Flash
        5. Zooming In
        6. The “Rule of Thirds” Grid
        7. High Dynamic Range (HDR)
        8. Taking the Shot
        9. Burst Mode (iPhone 5s and 6 Models)
        10. Self-Portraits (the Front Camera)
        11. The Self Timer
        12. Filters
      3. Square Mode
      4. Pano Mode
      5. Video Mode
        1. Things to Do While You’re Rolling
        2. The Front Camera
        3. The Video Light
      6. Slo-Mo Mode
      7. Time-Lapse Mode
      8. Trimming a Video
        1. iMovie for iPhone
      9. Editing Photos
        1. Auto-Enhance ()
        2. Adjust Color ()
        3. Filters ()
        4. Remove Red-Eye ()
        5. Crop/Straighten ()
        6. Handing Off to Other Editing Apps
        7. Saving Your Changes
      10. The Photos App
        1. The Photos Tab
        2. The Albums Tab
        3. Hide a Photo
        4. Flicking, Rotating, Zooming, Panning
        5. Finding Photos
        6. Deleting Photos
        7. Photo Controls
      11. 753 Ways to Use Photos and Videos
        1. Step 1: Choose the Photos
        2. Creating and Deleting Albums
        3. Step 2: Preparing to Send
        4. AirDrop
        5. Message
        6. Mail
        7. iCloud Photo Sharing
        8. Twitter, Facebook, Flickr
        9. YouTube, Vimeo
        10. More
        11. Copy
        12. Slideshow
        13. AirPlay
        14. Save Image
        15. Assign to Contact
        16. Use as Wallpaper
        17. Print
        18. More
      12. My Photo Stream
        1. On the iPhone
        2. On the Mac or PC
        3. On the Apple TV
        4. Deleting Photos from the Photo Stream
      13. iCloud Photo Sharing
        1. Create a Shared Photo Album
        2. Adjusting an Album’s Settings
        3. Receiving a Photo Album on Your Gadget
        4. Fun with Shared Photo Albums
      14. iCloud Photo Library
      15. Geotagging
      16. Capturing the Screen
    3. 9. All About Apps
      1. Two Ways to the App Store
        1. Shopping from the Phone
        2. The App Details Page
        3. Two Welcome Notes about Backups
        4. Shopping in iTunes
      2. Organizing Your Apps
        1. Rearranging/Deleting Apps Using iTunes
        2. Rearranging/Deleting Apps Right on the Phone
        3. Restoring the Home Screen
      3. Folders
        1. Setting Up Folders on the iPhone
        2. Setting Up Folders in iTunes
      4. App Preferences
      5. App Updates
        1. Manual Updates
        2. Automatic Updates
      6. How to Find Good Apps
      7. The App Switcher
        1. Force Quitting an App
        2. Your Favorite People
        3. A Word About Background Apps
      8. AirPrint: Printing from the Phone
      9. The Share Sheet
      10. AirDrop
        1. The One AirDrop Setting
      11. iCloud Drive
    4. 10. The Built-In Apps
      1. Calculator
      2. Calendar
        1. Day View
        2. Month View
        3. Year View
        4. Week View
        5. Making an Appointment (Day, Month View)
        6. Making an Appointment (Day View, Week View)
        7. Editing, Rescheduling, Deleting Events (Long Way)
        8. Editing and Rescheduling Events (Fun Way)
        9. The Calendar (Category) Concept
        10. Search
      3. Clock
        1. World Clock
        2. Alarm
        3. Stopwatch
        4. Timer
      4. Compass
        1. The Carpenter’s Level
      5. Game Center
        1. Getting Started
        2. Points and Achievements
        3. Making Friends
        4. Finding Games
        5. Playing Games
      6. Health
      7. iBooks
        1. Downloading Books
        2. PDFs and ePub Files
        3. Your Library
        4. Reading
        5. Notes, Bookmarks, Highlighting, Dictionary
        6. Books That Read to You
        7. iBooks Settings
      8. Maps
        1. Meet Maps
        2. Maps Basics
        3. Finding Yourself
        4. Orienting Maps
        5. Searching Maps
        6. The Location Page
        7. Finding Friends and Businesses
        8. Favorites and Recents
        9. Directions
        10. Navigation Mode
        11. Night Mode
        12. Passenger-Navigation Mode
        13. Traffic
        14. Flyover
        15. Flyover Tours
      9. Newsstand
      10. Notes
        1. Syncing Notes
        2. Notes Accounts
      11. Passbook
      12. Podcasts
        1. Subscribing
        2. Settings
        3. Playback
        4. Stations
      13. Reminders
        1. The List of Lists
        2. The Secret Scheduled List
        3. Recording a Reminder
        4. The Details Screen
      14. Stocks
        1. Landscape View
        2. Customizing Your Portfolio
      15. Tips
      16. Voice Memos
        1. Editing Your Recording
      17. Weather
        1. The City List
      18. More Standard Apps
  7. 3. The iPhone Online
    1. 11. Getting Online
      1. Cellular Networks
        1. A Word about VoLTE
      2. WiFi Hotspots
        1. Sequence of Connections
        2. Silencing the “Want to Join?” Messages
        3. The List of Hotspots
        4. Commercial Hotspots
      3. Airplane Mode and WiFi Off Mode
      4. Personal Hotspot (Tethering)
        1. Turning On the Hotspot
        2. Connecting via WiFi
        3. Connecting via Bluetooth
        4. Connecting via USB Cable
        5. Once You’re Connected
        6. Turning Off Personal Hotspot
        7. Turning Personal Hotspot Back On
      5. Twitter and Facebook
    2. 12. The Web
      1. Safari Tour
      2. Zooming and Scrolling
      3. Full-Screen Mode
      4. Typing a Web Address
      5. Searching in Safari
        1. Quick Website Search
      6. Bookmarks
        1. Creating New Bookmarks
        2. Editing Bookmarks and Folders
      7. The Reading List
      8. Shared Links ()
        1. RSS Subscriptions
      9. Web Clips
      10. The History List
        1. Erasing the History List
      11. Tapping Links
      12. Saving Graphics
      13. Saved Passwords and Credit Cards
      14. Manipulating Multiple Pages
        1. To Open a New Window
        2. To Switch among Windows
        3. iCloud Tabs
      15. The Favorites Page
      16. Reader View
      17. Open the Full Site
      18. Web Security
        1. Pop-Up Blocker
        2. Password Suggestions
        3. Cookies
        4. Private Browsing
        5. Parental Controls
    3. 13. Email
      1. Setting Up Your Account
        1. Free Email Accounts
        2. POP3 and IMAP Accounts
      2. Downloading Mail
        1. The Unified Inbox
        2. The Message List—and Threading
      3. VIPs and Flagged Messages
        1. VIPs
        2. Flag It
      4. What to Do with a Message
        1. List View: Flag, Trash, Mark as Unread
        2. Read It
        3. Reply to It
        4. Forward It
        5. Follow It
        6. Filing or Deleting One Message
        7. Filing or Deleting Batches of Messages
        8. Add the Sender to Contacts
        9. Open an Attachment
        10. Snagging (or Sending) a Graphic
        11. Snagging a Contact or a Date
        12. View the To/From Details
        13. Mark as Unread
        14. Move On
        15. Searching
      5. Writing Messages
        1. Signatures
      6. Surviving Email Overload
        1. Avoiding Spam
        2. Condensing the Message List
        3. Spotting Worthwhile Messages
        4. Managing Accounts
  8. 4. Connections
    1. 14. Syncing with iTunes
      1. The Three Faces of iTunes
      2. Your Stuff
        1. Three Ways to Fill Your Library
        2. Playlists
        3. Editing and Deleting Playlists
      3. iTunes Store
        1. Music ()
        2. TV (), Movies (), and Movie Rentals
        3. Podcasts ()
        4. iTunes U ()
        5. Audiobooks ()
        6. Apps ()
        7. Internet Radio ()
        8. Authorizing Computers
      4. Syncing the iPhone
        1. Connecting the Phone with a Cable
        2. Connecting over WiFi
        3. All About Syncing
        4. Manual Syncing
      5. iTunes Tabs
      6. Summary Tab
      7. Apps Tab
      8. Music Tab
        1. Making It All Fit
      9. Movies and TV Shows Tabs
      10. Podcasts Tab
      11. Books Tab
      12. Tones Tab
      13. Photos Tab (Computer→iPhone)
        1. Syncing Photos and Videos (iPhone→Computer)
        2. Shutting Down the Importing Process
      14. Info Tab
        1. Syncing Contacts and Calendars
      15. On My Device
      16. One iPhone, Multiple Computers
      17. One Computer, Multiple iPhones
      18. Backing Up the iPhone
        1. Using That Backup
        2. Deleting a Backup File
    2. 15. iCloud
      1. What iCloud Giveth
      2. iCloud Sync
      3. Photo Stream, Photo Sharing
      4. Find My iPhone
        1. Send Last Location
        2. Activation Lock
      5. Email
      6. Video, Music, Apps: Locker in the Sky
      7. iTunes Match
      8. The Price of Free
      9. Apple Pay (iPhone 6, 6 Plus)
        1. The Setup
        2. The Shopping
        3. Apple Pay Online
      10. Family Sharing
        1. Setting Up Family Sharing
        2. Life in Family Sharing
    3. 16. Continuity: iPhone Meets Mac
      1. Mac as Speakerphone
      2. Texting from the Mac
      3. Instant Hotspot
      4. Handoff
      5. AirDrop
        1. From iPhone to Mac
    4. 17. The Corporate iPhone
      1. The Perks
      2. Setup
        1. Life on the Corporate Network
      3. Exchange + Your Stuff
        1. Invitations
      4. A Word on Troubleshooting
      5. Virtual Private Networking (VPN)
        1. VPN on Demand
    5. 18. Settings
      1. Two Settings Tricks
      2. Airplane Mode
      3. WiFi
      4. Carrier
      5. Bluetooth
      6. Cellular
      7. VPN
      8. Personal Hotspot
      9. Notifications
      10. Control Center
      11. Do Not Disturb
      12. General
      13. Display & Brightness
      14. Wallpaper
      15. Sounds
      16. Touch ID & Passcode
      17. Privacy
        1. Location Services
        2. Contacts, Calendars, Reminders…
        3. Twitter, Facebook
        4. Diagnostics & Usage
        5. Advertising
      18. iCloud
      19. iTunes & App Store
        1. Show All
        2. Automatic Downloads
      20. Mail, Contacts, Calendars
        1. Accounts
        2. Fetch New Data
        3. Mail
        4. Contacts
        5. Calendars
      21. Notes
      22. Reminders
      23. Phone
      24. Messages
      25. FaceTime
      26. Maps
      27. Compass
      28. Safari
        1. Search
        2. General
        3. Privacy & Security
      29. Music
      30. Videos
      31. Photos & Camera
      32. iBooks
      33. Podcasts
      34. Game Center
        1. Game Invites
        2. Game Center Profile
        3. Friend Recommendations
      35. Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, Vimeo
      36. App Preferences
  9. 5. Appendixes
    1. A. Signup & Setup
      1. Buying a New iPhone
      2. Setting Up a New Phone
      3. Upgrading an iPhone to iOS 8
      4. Software Updates
        1. Updating Directly on the Phone
        2. Install Updates from Your Computer
      5. Restrictions and Parental Controls
        1. Allow
        2. Allowed Content
        3. Privacy
        4. Allow Changes
        5. Game Center
      6. Cases and Accessories
    2. B. Troubleshooting & Maintenance
      1. First Rule: Install the Updates
      2. Seven Ways to Reset the Phone
      3. iPhone Doesn’t Turn On
        1. The Force Restore
      4. Battery Life Is Terrible
      5. Out of Space
        1. Delete Photos and Recorded Videos
        2. Delete “Other” Items
      6. Phone and Internet Problems
      7. Warranty and Repair
        1. Out-of-Warranty Repairs
      8. The Battery Replacement Program
      9. What to Do about a Cracked Screen
      10. Where to Go from Here
  10. Index
  11. About the Author
  12. Copyright

Product information

  • Title: iPhone: The Missing Manual, 8th Edition
  • Author(s): David Pogue
  • Release date: November 2014
  • Publisher(s): O'Reilly Media, Inc.
  • ISBN: 9781491947142