iPhone: The Missing Manual, 3rd Edition

AutoFill

On the real Safari—on the Mac or PC—a feature called AutoFill saves you an awful lot of typing. It fills out your name and address automatically when you're ordering something online. It stores your passwords so you don't have to re-enter them every time you visit passworded sites.

On the iPhone, where you're typing on glass, the convenience of AutoFill goes to a whole new level.

Tip

Here's the obligatory speech about security. You know: If your iPhone is stolen, then the bad guy could see your bank account if the password's been stored, and so on. You've been warned.

To turn on AutoFill, visit Settings→Safari→AutoFill. Two features await (shown on the facing page at left):

• Use Contact Info. Turn this on. Then tap My Info. From the address book, find your own listing. You've just told Safari which name, address, city, state, ZIP code, and phone number belong to you.

  From now on, whenever you're asked to input your address, phone number, and so on, you'll see an AutoFill button at the top of the keyboard. Tap it to make Safari auto-enter all those details, saving you no end of typing. (It works on most sites.) If there are extra blanks that AutoFill doesn't fill, then you can tap the Previous and Next buttons to move your cursor from one to the next instead of tapping and scrolling manually.

  

• Names & Passwords. If you turn this on, then Safari will offer to memorize each name and ...