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Step-by-step instructions with callouts to iPhone images that show you exactly what to do. Help when you run into iPhone problems or limitations. Tips and Notes to help you get the most from your iPhone. Full-color, step-by-step tasks walk you through getting and keeping your iPhone working just the way you want. The tasks include how to: Connect to the Internet, Bluetooth devices, Wi-Fi networks, and other iPhones, and iPads; take advantage of AirDrop to instantly share with other iOS and Mac users around you Use Siri to get information, write texts and emails, set reminders/appointments, and more just by speaking to your iPhone; use Siri shortcuts to do even more while speaking less Customize your iPhone with folders, wallpaper, ringtones, multi-step shortcuts, and much more; use Screen Time to make sure you don’t have too much of a good thing Use iCloud, Exchange, Google, and other cloud services to keep consistent calendar, contact, and other information on all your devices Communicate via phone, FaceTime, conference calls, text, email, and more Make your text messages come alive by adding Digital Touches and effects and sharing photos and video Get the most out of Safari to browse the Web and Mail to manage all of your email from one Inbox Listen to music, use the Wallet to manage boarding passes and loyalty cards; pay for purchases safely and securely with Apple Pay; and use other great iPhone apps Capture and edit photos and video; use great camera features such as telephoto zoom, portrait mode, burst, timed and time-lapse video, slow-motion video, and Live Photos View your photos in Memories and use them for wallpaper and for your contacts or share them via email, AirDrop, or texts; use iCloud to automatically save and share your photos Find, download, install, and use awesome iPhone apps Chapters 15 and 16 can be downloaded from the Downloads tab located at  www.informit.com/myiphone12 .

Table of Contents:
Chapter 1: Getting Started with Your iPhone 3     Getting to Know Your iPhone’s External Features......3     Getting to Know Your iPhone’s Software................8     Using Your Fingers to Control Your iPhone..9     Going Home.....................9     Touching the iPhone’s Screen...... 10     Working with iPhone Apps............ 16     Using the Home Screens.................. 24     Using the iPhone Plus’s Split-Screen.............. 26     Working with the Control Center...................... 27     Working with the Notification Center........... 30     Using Siri Suggestions........................ 34     Using the Do Not Disturb Mode........................ 36     Using Airplane Mode.. 38     Meeting Siri................... 39     Using Shortcuts......... 40     Understanding iPhone Status Icons............... 42     Turning Your iPhone Off or On... 43     Sleeping/Locking and Waking/Unlocking Your iPhone........................ 45     Working with Face ID or Touch ID..................... 48     Setting Volume........... 50 Chapter 2: Using Your iPhone’s Core Features 53     Working with the Settings App.......... 54     Using the Settings App on Any iPhone....... 54     Searching for Settings........................ 55     Using the Settings App on an iPhone Plus..... 56     Connecting to the Internet Using Wi-Fi Networks.................... 57     Connecting to Open Wi-Fi Networks............. 58     Connecting to Public Wi-Fi Networks............ 61     Disabling Automatic Prompting........................ 64     Forgetting Wi-Fi Networks.............. 65     Connecting to the Internet Using Cellular Data Networks........................ 66     Configuring Cellular Data Use..... 69     Working with Text............ 74     Working with Predictive Text....... 75     Working with Keyboards.................. 75     Using Emojis................. 78     Correcting Spelling as You Type 79     Editing Text.................... 81     Selecting, Copying, Cutting, or Pasting Text. 82     Correcting Spelling After You’ve Typed....... 84     Dictating Text............... 85     Drawing in Text.......... 87     Using Widgets..................... 89     Searching on Your iPhone....................... 92     Working with Siri Suggestions............ 94     Working with Notifications.................... 96     Working with Visual Notifications..................... 97     Working with Other Types of Notifications.100     Printing from Your iPhone....................101 Chapter 3: Setting Up and Using an Apple ID, iCloud, and Other Online Accounts 105     Configuring an Apple ID........................106     Obtaining an Apple ID....................107     Signing In to Your Apple ID........108     Changing the Personal Information Associated with Your Apple ID.......111     Changing Your Apple ID’s Password and Security Settings............115     Changing Your Apple ID’s Payment and Shipping Information.116     Changing the Devices Using Your Apple ID........................118     Configuring and Using iCloud..........119     Configuring iCloud to Store Photos.............121     Enabling iCloud to Store Information on the Cloud....124     Configuring Your iCloud Keychain................125     Configuring Your iCloud Backup.....................126     Configuring iCloud Drive..............127     Managing Your iCloud Storage........................128     Setting Up Other Types of Online Accounts on Your iPhone................130     Configuring an Exchange Account...............131     Configuring a Google Account135     Configuring Other Types of Online Accounts...137     Setting Up an Online Account that Isn’t Built In..............138     Setting How and When Your Accounts Are Updated..........140     Configuring How New Data Is Retrieved for Your Accounts..........141 Chapter 4: Customizing How Your iPhone Works 145     Configuring Notifications.....................146     Using the Settings App to Configure Notifications......146     Configuring Notifications from Notifications.....................154     Configuring Do Not Disturb...............155     Configuring Screen Time.......................159     Configuring Downtime, App Limits, a Screen Time Passcode, and Screen Time Sharing.....160     Setting Content & Privacy Restrictions.....165     Using Screen Time173     Configuring the Control Center......175     Configuring the Widget Center.......178     Setting Keyboard, Language, and Format Options...............180     Setting Keyboard Preferences..180     Creating and Working with Text Replacements...............184     Setting Language and Region Preferences.185     Setting a Passcode and Face ID or Touch ID.188     Configuring a Passcode and Face ID (X Models).............189     Configuring a Passcode and Touch ID (non-X Models)......................197     Customizing How Your iPhone Works with Apps...................204     Configuring Your iPhone to Download and Maintain Apps..........205     Using the App Store App to Find and Install iPhone Apps.............207     Searching for Apps....208     Browsing for Apps210     Downloading Apps...213     Customizing How Your iPhone Works with Shortcuts........215     Working with the Shortcuts App....................217     Remind Me at Home218     Heading to Work....225 Chapter 5: Customizing How Your iPhone Looks and Sounds 231     Customizing Your Home Screens...231     Moving Icons Around Your Home Screens..232     Creating Folders to Organize Apps on Your Home Screens...........234     Placing Icons in Existing Folders.....................236     Configuring the Home Screen Dock...........238     Deleting Icons..........240     Setting the Screen’s Brightness, Lock/Wake, Text, View, and Wallpaper Options.....241     Setting Screen Brightness, True Tone, and Night Shift Using the Settings App..243     Setting the Screen Brightness and Night Shift Using the Control Center..244     Setting Auto-Lock and Raise to Wake........247     Setting Text Size and Bold...........248     Setting Text Size Using the Control Center.249     Choosing a View.....250     Setting the Wallpaper on the Home and Lock Screens.....................252     Choosing the Sounds and Vibratory Feedback Your iPhone Uses...257 Chapter 6: Managing Contacts 263     Setting Your Contacts Preferences........................264     Creating Contacts on Your iPhone265     Creating New Contacts from Email..............266     Creating Contacts Manually.......268     Working with Contacts on Your iPhone............275     Using the Contacts App.................276     Accessing Contacts from Other Apps........279     Managing Your Contacts on Your iPhone.......281     Updating Contact Information282     Deleting Contacts.284 Chapter 7: Communicating with the Phone and FaceTime Apps 287     Configuring Phone Settings...............287     Making Voice Calls........290     Dialing with the Keypad................292     Dialing with Contacts.......................292     Dialing with Favorites......................294     Dialing with Recents295     Dialing from the FAVORITES Widget............296     Managing In-Process Voice Calls....297     Entering Numbers During a Call.....................299     Making Conference Calls...............300     Using Another App During a Voice Call...304     Receiving Voice Calls..305     Answering Calls......306     Answering Calls During a Call..309     Managing Voice Calls.309     Clearing Recent Calls........................310     Adding Calling Information to Favorites.311     Using the iPhone’s Headset for Calls...........312     Using Visual Voicemail....313     Recording a New Greeting..........313     Listening to, Reading, and Managing Voicemails...........316     Finding and Listening to Voicemails...........317     Listening to and Managing Deleted Voicemails..............319     Communicating with FaceTime......321     Configuring FaceTime Settings........................322     Making FaceTime Calls....................324     Receiving FaceTime Calls..............327     Managing FaceTime Calls.............328     Adding Animojis and Filters to FaceTime Calls.................330     Adding an Animoji to a FaceTime Call.......331     Applying a Filter to a FaceTime Call.............334     Working with Group FaceTime (Future iOS12 release).......................336 Chapter 8: Sending, Receiving, and Managing Email 339     Configuring Email Accounts...............340     Setting Mail App Preferences............340     Working with Email.....345     Receiving and Reading Email...348     Receiving and Reading Email on an iPhone Plus............354     Using 3D Touch for Email..............356     Sending Email..........358     Using Mail’s Suggested Recipients................362     Replying to Email..363     Forwarding Emails365     Managing Email..............366     Checking for New Email.................367     Understanding the Status of Email...............368     Managing Email from the Message Screen.368     Managing Email from an Inbox........................369     Managing Multiple Emails at the Same Time.....................372     Organizing Email from the Message Screen.......................374     Organizing Email from the Inbox...................375     Viewing Messages in a Mailbox.......................377     Saving Images Attached to Email..................379     Filtering Email..........380     Searching Your Email........................382     Working with VIPs.384     Designating VIPs....384     Accessing VIP Email...385     Managing Junk Email.......................386     Marking Junk Email...386 Chapter 9: Sending, Receiving, and Managing Texts and iMessages 389     Preparing the Messages App for Messaging390     Setting Your Text and iMessage Preferences......................390     Blocking People from Messaging or Texting You............396     Sending Messages........398     Creating a New Message and Conversation........................399     Sending Messages in an Existing Conversation...............403     Applying Effects to Messages You Send..405     Including Photos or Video You’ve Recently Taken in     Messages You Send....................407     Including Photos or Video Stored in the Photos App in Messages You Send....................409     Taking Photos or Video and Sending Them in Messages.................410     Using Digital Touches in Messages You Send....................413     Using Other Apps within Messages.............417     Managing Apps in Messages....418     Adding Content from Apps to Messages You Send.....420     Adding Stickers to Messages.....421     Adding Animojis to Messages..423     Including Instant Audio in Messages You Send...............425     Adding Your Location to Messages You Send....................426     Using Quick Actions to Send Messages...427     Receiving, Reading, and Replying to Messages.......................428     Receiving Messages..428     Reading Messages.....430     Viewing Images or Video You Receive in Messages.....432     Viewing Animojis You Receive in Messages........................435     Listening to Audio You Receive in Messages......................436     Replying to Messages from the Messages App...............437     Replying to Messages from a Banner Alert.439     Having a Messages Conversation..................440     Working with Messages441     Managing Messages Conversations............442     Receiving and Reading Messages on an iPhone Plus.445     Using 3D Touch for Messages...447     Browsing Attachments to Conversations448     Working with Messages from People You Might Not Know..........449     Responding to a Message with Icons.........452     Deleting Messages and Conversations.....453     Deleting Conversations..................455 Chapter 10: Managing Calendars 459     Setting Calendar, Date, and Time Preferences..459     Working with Calendars462     Viewing Calendars and Events.462     Navigating Calendars.......................466     Viewing Calendars.....466     Using 3D Touch for Events (iPhone 6s/6s Plus and Later)................471     Adding Events to a Calendar.....473     Using Quick Actions with the Calendar App (iPhone 6s/6s Plus and Later)..481     Searching Calendars.482     Working with Invitations...............483     Sharing Calendars487     Managing Calendars, Events, and Invitations....................489 Chapter 11: Working with Siri 493     Setting Up Siri..................494     Understanding Siri’s Personality.....496     Telling Siri What to Do.....................497     Working with Siri Suggestions.502     Learning How to Use Siri by Example.................502     Using Siri to Make Voice Calls...503     Composing New Email with Siri......................504     Replying to Emails with Siri........506     Having Messages Read to You.508     Replying to Messages with Siri509     Sending New Messages with Siri....................511     Using Siri to Create Events...........512     Using Siri to Create Reminders513     Using Siri to Get Information....515     Using Siri to Play Music...................517     Using Siri to Get Directions.........518     Using Siri to Open Apps.................519     Using Siri to Translate.......................520     Using Siri with Shortcuts.......................521     Activating Siri Shortcuts................521     Reviewing and Changing Your Shortcuts.....524     Using Shortcuts......525     Using Dictation to Speak Text Instead of Typing.....................525 Chapter 12: Surfing the Web 529     Setting Safari Preferences.....................529     Visiting Websites............534     Using Bookmarks to Move to Websites....534     Using Your Favorites to Move to Websites...537     Typing URLs to Move to Websites.................538     Using Your Browsing History to Move to Websites.......540     Viewing Websites..........541     Working with Multiple Websites at the Same Time..............543     Opening New Pages in the Background..544     Opening New Pages in a New Tab................544     Using Tab View to Manage Open Web Pages.....................545     Opening Web Pages That Are Open on Other Devices......................547     Searching the Web.......548     Saving and Organizing Bookmarks.......................549     Creating Bookmarks.550     Organizing Bookmarks...................552     Deleting Bookmarks or Folders of Bookmarks..................556     Using 3D Touch with Safari.................556     Sharing Web Pages......558     Emailing a Link to a Web Page.559     Messaging a Web Page...................560     Signing In to Websites Automatically.................561 Chapter 13: Taking Photos and Video with Your iPhone 565     Setting Camera Preferences...............567     Using the Camera App to Take Photos and Video with Your iPhone................569     Taking Photos with Standard Zoom............575     Taking Photos with Telephoto Zoom..........578     Taking Portrait Photos.....................580     Taking Panoramic Photos.............581     Taking Video..............583     Taking Photos and Video from the Lock Screen..............584     Taking Photos and Video from the Control Center.......585     Taking Photos with Quick Actions (Models with 3D Touch)..........585     Scanning QR Codes...586 Chapter 14: Viewing and Editing Photos and Video with the Photos App 591     Configuring Photos Settings..............591     Viewing, Editing, and Working with Photos on Your iPhone.................593     Finding Photos to Work With by Browsing..594     Finding Photos to Work With by Searching600     Viewing Photos Individually......603     Using 3D Touch with Photos.....606     Working with Memories................607     Watching and Changing a Memory’s Slideshow............610     Viewing a Memory’s Photos.......612     Viewing a Memory’s Photos by Place.........613     Working with Burst Mode Photos..................617     Editing Photos..........619     Enhancing Photos619     Straightening, Rotating, and Cropping Photos................621     Applying Filters to Photos............623     Removing Red-Eye from Photos.....................625     Making Smart Adjustments to Photos......626     Marking Up Photos...629     Working with Photos........................634     Sharing Photos via Email...............635     Organizing Photos in a New Album............638     Adding Photos to an Existing Album.........640     Deleting Photos......642     Viewing, Editing, and Working with Video on Your iPhone....................643     Finding and Watching Videos...643     Editing Video.............645     Using iCloud with Your Photos........646     Sharing Your Photos.646     Adding Photos to a Shared Album...............648     Working with Photo Albums Shared with You..................650 Chapter 15 Working with Other Useful iPhone Apps and FeaturesONLINE Chapter 16 Maintaining and Protecting Your iPhone and Solving Problems..................ONLINE TOC, 9780789760395, 10/30/2018

About the Author :
Brad Miser has written extensively about technology, with his favorite topics being the amazing “i” devices, especially the iPhone, that make it possible to take our lives with us while we are on the move. In addition to My iPhone, Twelfth Edition, Brad has written many other books, including My iPhone for Seniors, Fifth Edition. He has also been an author, development editor, or technical editor for more than 50 other titles. Brad is or has been a sales support specialist, the director of product and customer services, and the manager of education and support services for several software development companies. Previously, he was the lead proposal specialist for an aircraft engine manufacturer, a development editor for a computer book publisher, and a civilian aviation test officer/engineer for the U.S. Army. Brad holds a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering from California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo and has received advanced education in maintainability engineering, business, and other topics.