iPhone User Guide
- Welcome
- What’s new in iOS 12
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- Wake and unlock
- Learn basic gestures
- Learn gestures for iPhone X and later
- Use 3D Touch for previews and shortcuts
- Explore the Home screen and apps
- Change the settings
- Take a screenshot
- Adjust the volume
- Change the sounds and vibrations
- Search for content
- Use and customize Control Center
- View and organize Today View
- Access features from the Lock screen
- Travel with iPhone
- Set screen time, allowances, and limits
- Sync iPhone using iTunes
- Charge and monitor the battery
- Learn the meaning of the status icons
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- Accessories included with iPhone
- Connect Bluetooth devices
- Stream audio and video to other devices
- Control audio on multiple devices
- AirPrint
- Use Apple EarPods
- Apple Watch
- Use Magic Keyboard
- Wireless charging
- Handoff
- Use Universal Clipboard
- Make and receive Wi-Fi calls
- Use iPhone as a Wi-Fi hotspot
- Share your iPhone Internet connection
- Transfer files with iTunes
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- Get started with accessibility features
- Accessibility shortcuts
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- Turn on and practice VoiceOver
- Change your VoiceOver settings
- Learn VoiceOver gestures
- Operate iPhone using VoiceOver gestures
- Control VoiceOver using the rotor
- Use the onscreen keyboard
- Write with your finger
- Control VoiceOver with Magic Keyboard
- Type onscreen braille using VoiceOver
- Use a braille display
- Use VoiceOver in apps
- Speak selection, speak screen, typing feedback
- Zoom in on the screen
- Magnifier
- Display settings
- Face ID and attention
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- Guided Access
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- Important safety information
- Important handling information
- Get information about your iPhone
- View or change cellular settings
- Learn more about iPhone software and service
- FCC compliance statement
- ISED Canada compliance statement
- Class 1 Laser information
- Apple and the environment
- Disposal and recycling information
- Copyright
Share purchases with family members on iPhone
With Family Sharing, up to six family members can share iTunes Store, App Store, and Apple Books purchases, an Apple Music family membership, and an iCloud storage plan. (See the Apple Support article Family Sharing.)
When your family shares iTunes Store, App Store, and Apple Books purchases, all items are billed directly to the family organizer’s Apple ID account. Once purchased, an item is added to the initiating family member’s account and is shared with the rest of the family.
Access shared purchases from the iTunes Store
Open the iTunes Store
, tap More, then tap Purchased.Choose a family member.
Tap a category (for example, Music or Movies), tap a purchased item, then tap
to download it.
Access shared purchases from the App Store
Open the App Store
.Tap
, or your profile picture, at the top right.Tap Purchased, choose a family member, then tap
next to a purchased item to download it.
Access shared purchases from Apple Books
Open the Books app
.Tap
, or your profile picture, at the top right.Choose a family member, then tap a category (for example, Books or Audiobooks).
Tap All Books, Recent Books, or a genre, then tap
next to a purchased item to download it.
Use a shared iCloud storage plan
With Family Sharing, your family can share an iCloud storage plan of 200 GB or 2 TB.
Go to Settings
> [your name] > Family Sharing.Tap iCloud Storage, then follow the onscreen instructions.
You can also purchase or use your own storage plan if you need more space. To upgrade your iCloud storage, see the Apple Support article Buy More iCloud storage.