Chapter 7
Organizing Contacts
IN THIS CHAPTER
Add, share, and delete contacts
Sync contacts with iCloud
Assign contact photos and posters
Add social media information
Customize contacts’ profiles
Contacts is the iPhone equivalent of the dog-eared address book or Rolodex that used to sit by your phone. The Contacts app is simple to set up and use yet has some powerful features beyond simply storing names, addresses, and phone numbers.
For example, you can pinpoint a contact’s address in iPhone’s Maps app. You can use your contacts to address email and Facebook messages and X (formerly known as Twitter) tweets quickly. If you store a contact record that includes a website, you can use a link in Contacts to view that website instantly. In addition, of course, you can easily search for a contact by a variety of criteria, including how people are related to you, such as family or mutual friends, or by lists you create.
Onscreen context is a feature that allows you to make requests of ...
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