iPhone Portable Genius

Your step-by-step guide to iPhone mastery

iPhone Portable Genius delivers a practical and simple guide to quickly learning everything you need to know about the iPhone. Whether you're a novice user with Apple products or a seasoned pro, you'll find a wealth of info designed to show you how to configure your iPhone, set up accounts, manage your contacts and appointments, take stunning pictures, and surf the web. All while keeping your identity and accounts private and secure.

Before you know it, you'll be:

• Mastering the touchscreen

• Setting up your iPhone to suit the way you work and play

• Connecting your iPhone to Wi-Fi and setting up your phone as an internet hub

• Solving the most common iPhone problems

• Getting the most out of email

With straightforward and step-by-step instructions in a portable and convenient package and engaging illustrations, iPhone Portable Genius is the ideal resource for owners and users of one of the world's most popular phones.

Autorentext

Paul McFedries has written nearly 100 books since 1991. His works have sold over four million copies worldwide. He is the author of Windows Portable Genius, iPad Portable Genius, 4th Edition, Teach Yourself VISUALLY Windows 10, 3rd Edition, and G Suite for Dummies.
Fun, hip, and straightforward, the Portable Genius series gives forward-thinking technology users helpful information in handy, compact books that are easy to navigate and don't skimp on the essentials. Collect the whole series and make the most of your digital lifestyle.

Zusammenfassung

Your step-by-step guide to iPhone mastery

iPhone Portable Genius delivers a practical and simple guide to quickly learning everything you need to know about the iPhone. Whether you're a novice user with Apple products or a seasoned pro, you'll find a wealth of info designed to show you how to configure your iPhone, set up accounts, manage your contacts and appointments, take stunning pictures, and surf the web. All while keeping your identity and accounts private and secure.

Before you know it, you'll be:

• Mastering the touchscreen
• Setting up your iPhone to suit the way you work and play
• Connecting your iPhone to Wi-Fi and setting up your phone as an internet hub
• Solving the most common iPhone problems
• Getting the most out of email
  With straightforward and step-by-step instructions in a portable and convenient package and engaging illustrations, iPhone Portable Genius is the ideal resource for owners and users of one of the world's most popular phones.

Inhalt

Acknowledgments iv

Introduction x

Chapter 1 How Do I Start Using My iPhone? 2

Working with the Side Button 4

Sleeping and waking the iPhone 5

Powering the iPhone on and off 5

Silencing or declining a call 7

Making a purchase 7

Working with the Ring/Silent Switch 8

Operating the Volume Controls 8

Inserting a SIM Card 9

Operating the Touchscreen 10

Navigating the touchscreen 10

Searching your iPhone 11

Switching between running apps 13

Typing on the keyboard 13

Running Your iPhone from the Control Center 19

Chapter 2 How Do I Configure My iPhone? 22

Customizing the Home Screen 24

Creating an app folder 24

Adding a web page bookmark to the Home screen 26

Working with App Notifications 26

Displaying the Notification Center 27

Handling notifications within the Notification Center 27

Customizing notifications 28

Configuring Do Not Disturb settings 30

More Useful iPhone Configuration Techniques 31

Changing the name of your iPhone 32

Turning sounds on and off 32

Customizing the keyboard 33

Setting up Apple Pay 35

Configuring Siri 38

Controlling your privacy 39

Protecting Your iPhone 39

Locking your iPhone with a passcode 39

Unlocking your iPhone biometrically 40

Configuring parental controls 41

Locating and protecting a lost iPhone 41

Chapter 3 How Do I Connect My iPhone to a Network? 46

Connecting to a Wi-Fi Network 48

Making your first connection 48

Showing available Wi-Fi networks automatically 49

Connecting to known networks 50

Connecting to a hidden Wi-Fi network 50

Sending a file from your Mac to your iPhone 51 Forgetting a Wi-Fi network 52

Turning off the Wi-Fi antenna 53

Setting Up Your iPhone as an Internet Hub 53

Activating the Personal Hotspot 54

Connecting to the hotspot using Wi-Fi 54

Keeping an Eye on Your Data Usage 55

Controlling Network Data 56

Turning off LTE 56

Turning off cellular data 56

Controlling cellular data usage 57

Turning off data roaming 58

Switching to Low Data Mode 58

Switching your iPhone to Airplane Mode 58

Pairing Your iPhone to Bluetooth Devices 59

Making your iPhone discoverable 60

Pairing your iPhone with a Bluetooth keyboard 60

Pairing your iPhone with a Bluetooth headset 61

Selecting a paired headset as the audio output device 62

Unpairing your iPhone from a Bluetooth device 62

Chapter 4 How Can I Get More Out of the Phone App? 64

Working with Outgoing Calls 66

Making calls quickly 66

Automatically dialing

extensions or menu options 68

Voice dialing a call with Siri 68

Configuring your iPhone not to show your caller ID 70

Handling Incoming Calls 70

Answering a call on other devices 70

Sending an incoming call directly to voicemail 71

Replying with a message 71

Setting a callback reminder 73

Turning off the call waiting feature 73

Blocking incoming calls 73

Forwarding calls to another number 74

Juggling Multiple Calls and Conference Calls 75

Managing Your Favorites List 77

Chapter 5 How Can I Make the Most of iPhone Web Surfing? 80

Touchscreen Tips for Web Sites 82

Browsing Tips for Faster Surfing 83

Opening and managing multiple browser tabs 84

Opening a tab in the background 86

Viewing a page without distractions 86

Requesting a web site's desktop version 86

Saving sites as bookmarks 89

Managing your bookmarks 89 <p&g...