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
Keep your favorite apps readily available on iPhone
On iPhone, you can keep your favorite apps handy in Control Center or Today View. In Control Center, shortcuts give you quick access to apps like Notes or Voice Memos. In Today View, widgets provide timely information from your favorite apps at a glance. On models with 3D Touch, you can also perform common app functions from the Home screen.
Customize Control Center to include your favorite apps
You can add shortcuts to many apps, such as Calculator, Notes, Voice Memos, Wallet, and more.
Go to Settings
> Control Center > Customize Controls.Tap
next to each app you want to add.
Add widgets in Today View
Get information from your favorite apps at a glance. Choose from Maps Nearby, Calendar, Notes, News, Reminders, and more.
From the Home screen, swipe right to open Today View.
Scroll to the bottom, then tap Edit.
Tap
next to each app you want to add, then tap Done.
Tip: To include traffic conditions for your commute in Today View, go to Settings > Privacy > Location Services > System Services > Significant Locations, then turn on Significant Locations.
Use 3D Touch for quick actions from the Home screen
On models with 3D Touch, press the app icons on the Home screen to open the quick action menus.
For example:
Press Camera
, then choose Take Selfie.Press Maps
, then choose Send My Location.Press Notes
, then choose New Note.