Essential iPhone iOS 12 Edition E-Book

Kevin Wilson

• Herausgeber: Elluminet Press
• Kategorie: Fachliteratur
• Serie: Computer Essentials
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 116

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2019

Beschreibung

The twenty-first century offers more technology than we have ever seen before, but with new updates, and apps coming out all the time, it’s hard to keep up.

Essential iPhone: iOS 12 Edition is here to help. Along with easy to follow step-by-step instructions, illustrations, and photographs, this guide offers specifics in...

Setting up iOS 12 on iPhone and upgrading from previous versions

A look at the updates introduced in iOS 12

Getting to know your iPhone, finding your way around the dock, menus, and icons

Navigating with touch gestures using quick peek, 3D touch, tap, drag, pinch, spread, and swipe

Multi-tasking with the app switcher

A look at the new control centre and how to make use of it

Getting to know Siri, voice dictation, and recording voice memos

Communicating with email, FaceTime, iMessage, using digital touch, and peer-to-peer payments

Using the Phone app to make and receive calls

Browsing the web with Safari web browser

Taking and enhancing pictures, panoramic and live photos, as well as recording video

Listening to music with Apple Music and iTunes Store, as well as watching films and TV

Using the Files App, as well as Maps, News, Apple Books, Notes, Apple Pay, Calendar, and Contacts

Maintaining your iPhone with updates, backups, general housekeeping, and much more...

Unlike other books and manuals that assume a computing background not possessed by beginners, Essential iPhone: iOS 12 Edition tackles the fundamentals of the iPhone, so that everyone from students, to senior citizens, to home users pressed for time, can understand.

So, if you’re looking for an iPhone manual, a visual book, simplified tutorial, dummies guide, or reference,  Essential Phone: iOS 12 Edition will help you maximize the potential of your iPhone to increase your productivity, understanding, and help you take advantage of the digital revolution.

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Essential iPhone: iOS 12 Edition

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About the Author

Kevin Wilson has made a career out of technology and showing others how to use it. After earning a master’s degree in computer science, software engineering, and multimedia systems, Kevin worked as a tutor and college instructor, helping students master such subjects as multimedia, computer literacy and information technology. He currently serves as Elluminet Press Publishing’s senior writer and director, he periodically teaches computing at college in South Africa and serves as an IT trainer in England.

Kevin’s motto is clear: “If you can’t explain something simply, you haven’t understood it well enough.” To that end, he has created the Computer Essentials series, in which he breaks down complex technological subjects into smaller, easy-to-follow steps that students and ordinary computer users can put into practice.

Table of Contents

iPhones 8

iPhone Models 8

What’s New in iOS 12? 9

Setting up Your iPhone 12

Insert your SIM 12

Power Up & Power Down 15

Unlock & Wake iPhone 16

Force Shutdown 17

Upgrading your iPhone to iOS 12 18

Initial Setup 19

Auto Setup 19

Manual Setup 22

Charging your iPhone’s Battery 29

Connecting your iPhone to a Mac/PC 30

Using iTunes 31

Syncing your iPhone with your Mac/PC 32

Connecting to the Internet 33

WiFi 33

Setting up Email Accounts 35

Add Social Media Accounts 38

Change your Wallpaper 39

Touch ID 41

Find iPhone 42

Setup 42

Locating & Taking Action 43

Getting Around Your iPhone 44

Touch Gestures 44

Tap 44

Drag 45

Pinch & Spread 46

Swipe 47

Home Button 49

3D Touch 50

Multitasking 52

Control Centre 55

Customising Control Centre 56

Notifications & Lock Screen 57

Handoff 59

The On-screen Keyboard 60

Spotlight Search 62

Arranging Icons 65

Removing Icons 67

Siri 68

Using Siri 68

Siri Translate 69

Voice Dictation 70

Settings Search 71

Family Sharing 72

Add a Family Member 74

Invite in Person 75

Child Accounts 76

Managing your Family 79

Screen Time 79

Downtime 81

App Limits 82

Always Allowed 85

Content & Privacy Restrictions 85

Allowing and Blocking Content 86

Internet, Email, Communication 88

Using Safari 88

Bookmark a Site 90

Browsing History 92

Reader View 93

Using Email 94

Contacts 99

View Contact Details 100

New Contact 101

New Contact from a Message 102

Calendar (iCal) 103

Adding an Appointment 104

Add a Recurring Appointment 105

Adding an Appointment from a Message 107

Phone App 108

Answering Calls 109

Dialling Numbers 110

Call Someone from Contacts List 111

Call Someone from Recent Calls List 112

Add Someone to Favourites 113

Voice Mail 115

Custom Call Decline Messages 116

Ringtones and Text Tones 117

FaceTime 118

Making a Call 118

Adding Effects 121

Group FaceTime 124

iMessage 126

New Message 127

Send Voice Message 128

Send a Photo 129

Effects 131

Digital Touch in iMessage 133

Sending Payments with iMessage 139

AirDrop 140

To Send a file to Someone using AirDrop 141

To Receive a File from Someone using AirDrop 143

Using Multimedia 144

Photos 144

Import Photos 144

Editing Photos 146

Crop Image 148

Rotate Image 148

Adjusting Images 149

Taking Pictures with Camera App 152

Adjusting Photos 155

Panoramic Photos 158

Recording Video 159

Live Photos 160

Share Pics on Social Media 162

Music App 164

Connecting to your Computer 165

Transferring Music from a Computer 167

Setting Up Apple Music Streaming 168

The Main Screen 170

Searching for Music 171

Add to Library 173

iTunes Store 174

Music 175

Films & TV 176

Apple TV App 177

Airplay 178

Document Scanner 180

QR Code Scanner 183

Common Apps 184

App Store 184

Search for Apps 186

Browsing the Store 189

Taking Notes 192

Typing Notes & Inserting Photos 193

Dictating Notes 194

Reminders 195

Add a Task to List 195

Edit a List 196

Share a List 196

Schedule a Reminder 197

Create New List 199

Create New Reminder 199

Maps App 200

Driving Directions 201

News App 205

Apple Books App 207

Browse the Store 208

Search the Store 209

Buying New Books 210

Files App 212

Create New Folders 213

Drag Files into Folders 214

Delete Files or Folders 215

Share a File 215

Apple Pay 216

Setup 216

Using Apple Pay 219

Voice Memos 220

Recording Memos 221

Renaming Memos 222

Trim a Memo 223

Clock App 224

World Clock 224

Alarm 225

Bed Time 226

Stop Watch 228

Timer 228

Productivity Apps 230

Creating Documents with Pages 230

Formatting Text 232

Adding a Picture 233

Keynote 234

Editing a Slide 237

Adding Media 238

Animations 239

Formatting Text Boxes 241

Formatting Text Inside Textboxes 242

Printing Documents 243

Air Print 244

Older Printers 245

Maintaining Your iPhone 246

iPhone Backups 246

System Updates 247

App Updates 249

Deleting Apps 251

iPhone Storage Maintenance 252

iPhones

iPhones run iOS. iOS is mobile, multitasking operating system designed specifically for iPads and iPhones. iOS 12 is the latest release for iPhones and iPads.

An Operating System is a program that manages the device’s hardware resources such as memory, processor and storage. The Operating System also provides a platform for you to run apps such as web browsers, maps, email, photos, games and so on.

The iOS user interface is a touch screen, meaning you can directly manipulate sliders, switches, buttons and icons on screen using your finger.

iOS has a main screen called the home screen containing icons that represent apps. You can download countless apps from the App Store - you’ll find an app for almost anything you can think of.

Security has improved on these devices, you can unlock just with a finger print - no need to keep remembering a PIN.

Finally there’s Siri, the voice activated personal assistant that uses natural language AI to interpret voice commands you speak out loud. You can ask Siri to send messages, dial a number, as well as search the web, and answer certain questions.

iPhone Models

In this guide, we’ll be taking a look at the iPhone 6 / 6 Plus, iPhone 6S / 6S Plus, iPhone 7 / 7 Plus, and iPhone 8 / 8 Plus.

I’ll spare you all the boring technical differences between the phones, Apple’s website has plenty of information about their product if you want to read in more detail. There are however, a few differences worth pointing out. The major difference between the standard model and the ‘plus’ model is the physical size. The plus model is a larger phone with a 5.5” screen rather than a 4.7” screen. The plus model also has some additional features such as dual rear cameras that allows for higher quality photos, 4K video, better zoom, and portrait photo effects. The iPhone 7 and later does away with the 3.5mm headphone jack in favour of Airpods or bluetooth headphones, and introduces image stabilisation for recording better video. The iPhone 8 introduces wireless charging.

The iPhone 6 series had 4 iterations. The ‘plus’ model has a larger screen.

The main differences between the ‘S’ model and the standard model are minor. The ‘S’ model has better cameras, 4K video, a slightly faster processor, and 3D touch

What’s New in iOS 12?

With iOS 12, Apple have concentrated on improving performance - meaning apps load faster, and are generally more responsive.

iBooks has been renamed Apple Books and makes it easier to find and read your ebooks.

Apple News app has been redesigned, making it easier to keep up with the news that interests you.

FaceTime has also had a few updates. You can now talk to multiple people using Group FaceTime, as well as liven up your chat using various camera effects.

Screen Time is a new feature that allows you to keep track of your iPhone usage, as well as giving you stats and reports on your child’s online activity

Also in the mix are new ways to share photos, Siri has a few new shortcuts, as well as the usual security tweaks and other enhancements.

Setting up Your iPhone

If you’ve just bought your new iPhone and taken it out the box, the process to set it up to use for the first time is very simple. You don’t even have to connect it to your computer.

With iOS 12, Apple have dropped support for the iPhone 4 series.

iOS 12 will run on these devices:

iPhone XSiPhone XS MaxiPhone XRiPhone XiPhone 8iPhone 8 PlusiPhone 7iPhone 7 PlusiPhone 6siPhone 6s PlusiPhone 6iPhone 6 PlusiPhone SEiPhone 5s

In this section we’ll take a look at the processes of setting up your iPhone when you turn it on for the first time.

Insert your SIM

Make sure your device is off before doing this. Insert the SIM card from your network provider.

Push the end of a paper clip into the release hole on the side of your device. Pull out the little tray and insert your SIM.

You’ll need to punch out the nano SIM in the centre of the SIM card as shown above.

Slide the little tray back into your device, until it fits firmly into place against the side.

You’re now ready to power on your iPhone. To do this, hold down the power button located on the right edge of your device, until you see the Apple logo on the screen.

Give your iPhone a few seconds to start up.

Power Up & Power Down

Once your iPhone battery is fully charged, press and hold the power button on the right edge, for a couple of seconds until you see the apple logo.

To completely shut down your iPhone, press and hold the power button for a few seconds, until you see the shut down slider on your screen. Slide your finger across the slider to shut down your iPhone.

It’s a good a idea to completely power down your iPhone from time to time to reset its resources - this can help when your iPhone seems to be running slower than usual. Most of the time your iPhone goes into sleep mode when in normal use.

Unlock & Wake iPhone

The home button also contains a finger print scanner and is usually set up during the initial setup.

Place your finger on the button so your thumb fits snugly into the button’s indent, then press & release the button once to unlock your iPhone while resting your finger on the button - don’t hold the button down.

If you haven’t set up your finger print scanner, you’ll be prompted for your passcode. This is the code you enter during the initial setup procedure.

Force Shutdown

Sometimes your iPhone can become unresponsive or freeze. When this happens you can force a shutdown.

To do this, hold down the power button on the right edge, and the home button at the same time until the screen goes blank.

Once the screen has gone blank, wait a few seconds, then press and hold the power button for a couple of seconds, until the apple logo appears on screen.

Your iPhone will start up.

Upgrading your iPhone to iOS 12

Make sure your iPhone is plugged into a power charger and that it is connected to your WiFi.

Once you have done that, go to the settings app and tap ‘General’, then select ‘Software Update’.

Tap ‘Download and Install’.

To update now, tap ‘download and install’. Enter your passcode when prompted. Your iPhone will restart and the update will install. This might take a while.

Initial Setup

To use iPhone, you need an internet connection and your Apple ID. For iOS 11 & iOS 12, Apple have introduced an automated setup feature that allows you to transfer settings from another device, such as an iPhone. Both devices must be running iOS 11 or iOS 12. If you don’t have this, you can still set up your iPhone manually. First lets take a look at the auto setup feature.

Auto Setup

If you have iOS11 or iOS12 set up on another device such as an iPhone, you can use it to transfer your settings to your new iPhone.

On your iPhone, slide or press the home button to start, then select your language

Select your region or country.