Chapter 5

Setting Your iPhone Straight

IN THIS CHAPTER

Bullet Choosing Apple ID, iCloud, and Family settings

Bullet Configuring networking settings, notifications, and screen time

Bullet Choosing General settings and other key settings

Bullet Specifying Accessibility settings

Bullet Choosing Privacy & Security settings

As you see in Chapter 4, Control Center gives you access to the settings you’re most likely to change often. When you need to go beyond Control Center’s selection of Settings, fire up the Settings app, which lets you reach the full range of settings.

This chapter shows you how to configure most of the widely useful settings — not all settings, because there are too many to cover in a short book. Where other chapters cover particular settings, this chapter points you to the appropriate sections of those chapters.

Meeting the Settings Screen

Tap the Settings icon on the Home screen to display the Settings app. At first, you’ll see a long, scrollable list of settings; Figure 5-1 shows the top part of ...

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