Book description
Learn how to get even more out of your iPhone 5s, 6, and 6 Plus
iPhone Portable Genius, 2nd Edition is packed with practical advice and covers all the key features in clear, no-nonsense language accessible to those new to the iPhone family or iOS 8. Even experienced iPhone users can discover new tips and tricks that help save time and eliminate hassles. This full-color guide is designed for the visual learner, featuring plenty of screenshots that illustrate various techniques. Genius icons highlight smarter, more innovative ways to do what you need to do better and faster. You'll find essential information about iOS, Siri, iCloud, and learn how to use your iPhone to manage, organize, and navigate your life.
Each new iPhone release inspires fervor as consumers clamor to get their hands on the latest and greatest. Why the excitement? Because as seamlessly functional as the iPhone is, it just keeps getting better. iPhone Portable Genius, 2nd Edition teaches you the techniques that translate across generations and upgrades as well as the fundamentals of iOS. Learn to:
Connect to a network, configure your settings, and work with iCloud
Max out the media features, surf the Web, and check your e-mail
Manage your contacts, appointments, e-books, and libraries
Sync your apps, photos, music, and more
A comprehensive index designed for easy navigation, clear, concise instruction, and a small, portable size make this handy guide ideal for new iPhone users. Making calls is only the beginning, and iPhone Portable Genius, 2nd Edition shows you how much your iPhone has to offer.
Table of contents
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- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: How Do I Start Using My iPhone?
- Chapter 2: How Do I Configure My iPhone?
- Chapter 3: How Do I Connect My iPhone to a Network?
- Chapter 4: How Can I Get More Out of the Phone App?
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Chapter 5: How Can I Make the Most of iPhone Web Surfing?
- Touchscreen Tips for Websites
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Browsing Tips for Faster Surfing
- Opening and managing multiple browser tabs
- Working with iCloud tabs
- Opening a tab in the background
- Viewing a page without distractions
- Requesting a website’s desktop version
- Adding bookmarks manually
- Managing your bookmarks
- Surfing links from your Twitter feed
- Saving a page to read later
- Retracing your steps with the handy History list
- Filling in Online Forms
- Getting More Out of Safari on Your iPhone
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Chapter 6: How Do I Maximize iPhone Email?
- Managing Your iPhone Email Accounts
- Configuring Email Accounts
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Configuring Email Messages
- Creating email VIPs
- Emailing a link to a web page
- Creating iCloud message folders
- Formatting email text
- Creating a custom iPhone signature
- Continuing a Mac email message on your iPhone
- Disabling remote images in messages
- Preventing Mail from organizing messages by thread
- Maintaining messages with gestures
- Marking all messages as read
- Controlling email with Siri voice commands
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Chapter 7: How Do I Synchronize My iPhone?
- Connecting Your iPhone to Your Computer
- Synchronizing Your iPhone Automatically
- Synchronizing Your iPhone Manually
- Synchronizing Your iPhone via Wi-Fi
- Synchronizing Information with Your iPhone
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Synchronizing Media with Your iPhone
- Syncing music and music videos
- Syncing podcasts
- Syncing audiobooks
- Syncing movies
- Syncing TV show episodes
- Syncing ebooks
- Syncing computer photos to your iPhone
- Syncing iPhone photos to your computer
- Syncing photos via iCloud
- Preventing your iPhone from sending photos to your computer
- Syncing media with two or more computers
- Chapter 8: How Can I Get More Out of Audio Features on My iPhone?
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Chapter 9: How Do I Max Out My iPhone’s Photo and Video Features?
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Getting More Out of iPhone Photos
- Understanding the iPhone camera features
- Taking a panoramic photo
- Taking High Dynamic Range photos
- Taking a time-delayed photo
- Taking time-lapse photos
- Preventing blurry iPhone photos
- Marking a photo as a favorite
- Scrolling, rotating, zooming, and panning photos
- Adding an existing photo to a contact
- Enhancing a photo
- Removing red-eye
- Cropping and straightening
- Applying a filter
- Sending a photo via email
- Texting a photo
- Sending and receiving a photo via AirDrop
- Posting a photo to Facebook
- Tweeting a photo
- Controlling photo sharing options
- Saving a photo from a text message
- Activating your iCloud photo library
- Playing a slide show with background music
- Creating a custom photo slide show
- Creating a photo album
- Deleting a photo
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Getting More Out of iPhone Videos
- Playing iPhone videos on your TV
- Streaming iPhone video to Apple TV
- Mirroring the iPhone screen on your TV
- Watching videos from a shared iTunes library
- Converting a video file to iPhone format
- Recording video with an iPhone camera
- Editing recorded video
- Sending a video via email
- Uploading recorded video to YouTube
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Getting More Out of iPhone Photos
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Chapter 10: Can I Use My iPhone to Manage Contacts and Appointments?
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Managing Your Contacts
- Creating a new contact
- Editing an existing contact
- Assigning phone numbers to a contact
- Assigning email addresses to a contact
- Assigning web addresses to a contact
- Assigning social network data to a contact
- Assigning physical addresses to a contact
- Creating a custom label
- Adding extra fields to a contact
- Creating a new contact from an electronic business card
- Sending and receiving a contact via AirDrop
- Working with Facebook contacts
- Managing contacts with Siri voice commands
- Tracking Your Events
- Creating Reminders
- Working with Passes
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Managing Your Contacts
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Chapter 11: How Do I Use My iPhone to Navigate My World?
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Finding Your Way with Maps and GPS
- Searching for a destination
- Getting info about a destination
- Displaying your current location
- Displaying a map of a contact’s location
- Mapping an address from an email
- Specifying a location when you don’t know the exact address
- Getting directions to a location
- Getting live traffic information
- Controlling Maps with Siri voice commands
- Configuring Location Services
- Sharing Map Data
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Finding Your Way with Maps and GPS
- Chapter 12: How Do I Manage My Ebook Library?
- Chapter 13: How Do I Keep My Life in Sync with iCloud?
- Chapter 14: How Do I Fix My iPhone?
- Glossary
Product information
- Title: iPhone Portable Genius, 2nd Edition
- Author(s):
- Release date: October 2014
- Publisher(s): Wiley
- ISBN: 9781118932209
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