iPad and iPhone Tips and Tricks (Covers iOS 6 on iPad, iPad mini, and iPhone)
Que Corporation,U.S. (Verlag)
978-0-7897-5096-9 (ISBN)
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Discover hundreds of tips and tricks you can use right away with your iPad, iPad mini, or iPhone to maximize its functionality. Learn to use your iOS 6 mobile device as a powerful communication, organization, and productivity tool, as well as a feature-packed entertainment device.
In addition to learning all about the apps that come preinstalled on your iPad or iPhone, you will learn about some of the best third-party apps currently available, plus discover useful strategies for how to best utilize them in your personal and professional life.
Using an easy-to-understand, nontechnical approach, this book is ideal for beginners and more experienced iPad, iPad mini, or iPhone users who want to discover how to use the iOS 6 operating system with iCloud, and the latest versions of popular apps. If you’re an iPad 2, iPad 3rd or 4th generation, iPad mini, iPhone 4S, or iPhone 5 user, this book is an indispensible tool.
Here’s just a sampling of what the tips, tricks, and strategies offered in this book will help you accomplish:
Discover how to take full advantage of powerful iOS 6 features, like Notification Center.
Learn secrets for using preinstalled apps, such as Contacts, Calendars, Reminders, Maps, Notes, Safari, Mail, and Music.
Find, download, and install the most powerful and versatile apps and content for your iPad, iPad mini, or iPhone.
Synchronize files, documents, data, photos, and content with iCloud, your computer, or other iOS mobile devices.
Learn how to interact with your tablet or phone using your voice in conjunction with Siri and the Dictation feature.
Create and maintain a reliable backup of your iOS 6 device.
Discover how to take visually impressive photos using the cameras built into your iPad, iPad mini, or iPhone, and then share them using iCloud Shared Photo Streams, Facebook, Twitter, email, or other methods.
Use your iOS mobile device as an eBook reader, portable gaming machine, and feature-packed music and video player.
Jason R. Rich (www.JasonRich.com) is the bestselling author of more than 55 books, as well as a frequent contributor to a handful of major daily newspapers,national magazines, and popular websites. He’s also an accomplished photographer, and an avid Apple iPhone 5, iPad, Apple TV, and Mac user. Jason R. Rich is the author of the book Your iPad at Work: 3rd Edition, as well OS X Mountain Lion Tips and Tricks, both published by Que Publishing. He’s also written How To Do Everything MacBook Air and How To Do Everything iPhone 5 for McGraw-Hill. More than 100 feature-length how-to articles by Jason R. Rich, covering the Apple iPhone and iPad, can be read free online at the Que Publishing website. Visit www.iOSArticles.com and click on the Articles tab. You can also follow Jason R. Rich on Twitter (@JasonRich7).
INTRODUCTION 1
WHY YOU NEED iOS 6 ON YOUR DEVICE 2
NEW AND MODIFIED APPS AND FEATURES 3
WHICH DEVICES USE iOS 6? 4
NEW AND IMPROVED INTERACTIVITY 4
WHAT THIS BOOK OFFERS 10
ATTENTION, PLEASE 13
1 UPGRADING TO iOS 6 15
HOW TO UPGRADE FROM iOS 4.3.4 (OR EARLIER) TO iOS 6 16
HOW TO FIND OUT WHICH VERSION OF iOS YOUR DEVICE USES 16
AVOIDING iTUNES CONFUSION 18
HOW TO UPGRADE WITH iTUNES 18
WIRELESS UPGRADE FROM iOS 5 TO iOS 6 (OR LATER) 19
HOW TO CONFIGURE iOS 6 ON YOUR NEW iPHONE OR iPAD 20
HOW TO SET UP A NEW iPHONE OR iPAD 23
HOW TO RESTORE FROM iTUNES 26
WHERE’S MY DEVICE? HOW TO USE THE FIND MY iPHONE OR FIND MY iPAD FEATURE 27
INTEGRATE YOUR DATA, APPS, AND MORE WITH APPLE’S iCLOUD 28
SYNCHRONIZE YOUR DIGITAL PHOTOS 30
TRANSFER FILES AND DOCUMENTS 31
SYNC YOUR APPS, EBOOKS, BOOKMARKS, AND OTHER CONTENT 32
SYNC YOUR APP-SPECIFIC DATA WITH iCLOUD 33
MAINTAIN A RELIABLE REMOTE BACKUP OF YOUR iPHONE OR iPAD 33
SHARE iTUNES PURCHASES WITH ALL YOUR DEVICES 34
UPGRADE TO THE PREMIUM iTUNES MATCH SERVICE 35
HOW TO UPDATE YOUR APPS WIRELESSLY 35
KEEP iOS UP TO DATE WIRELESSLY 37
2 TIPS AND TRICKS FOR CUSTOMIZING SETTINGS 39
USING THE SETTINGS APP 41
MAIN OPTIONS AVAILABLE FROM THE SETTINGS APP 43
KEEP YOUR DEVICE AND DATA PRIVATE: HOW TO ACTIVATE AND USE THE PASSCODE LOCK FEATURE 64
ORGANIZE APPS ON YOUR HOME SCREEN WITH FOLDERS 66
ADD FREQUENTLY USED WEB PAGE ICONS TO YOUR HOME SCREEN 68
ACCESSING THE MULTITASKING BAR 69
3 STRATEGIES FOR FINDING, BUYING, AND USING THIRD-PARTY APPS 73
APP STORE BASICS 74
FREE OR PURCHASED? 74
HOW NEW APPS INSTALL THEMSELVES 75
RESTORING OR REINSTALLING APPS YOU’VE ALREADY DOWNLOADED 75
WHERE TO FIND APPS, MUSIC, AND MORE 76
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT APPS 77
COMPATIBILITY: DOES THE APP RUN ON MULTIPLE DEVICES? 77
QUICK GUIDE TO APP PRICING 81
HOW TO SHOP WITH THE APP STORE APP 86
HOW TO SHOP FROM iTUNES ON YOUR COMPUTER 96
QUICK TIPS FOR FINDING APPS RELEVANT TO YOU 99
KEEP YOUR APPS UP TO DATE WITH THE LATEST VERSIONS 100
4 MAKE THE MOST OF NOTIFICATION CENTER 103
NOTIFICATION CENTER’S MAIN WINDOW 106
QUICK STRATEGIES FOR PERSONALIZING NOTIFICATION CENTER 109
STEP BY STEP: CUSTOMIZE HOW NOTIFICATION CENTER MONITORS APPS 111
WHAT TO DO WHEN ALERTS, NOTIFICATIONS, AND ALARMS GET ANNOYING 113
STAY INFORMED OF YOUR APPOINTMENTS, DEADLINES, AND RESPONSIBILITIES 114
HOW TO LIMIT THE CONTENT IN THE NOTIFICATION CENTER WINDOW 114
INFORMATIVE NOTIFICATION CENTER WIDGETS YOU CAN ADD TO YOUR iPHONE 116
5 USING SIRI AND DICTATION TO INTERACT WITH YOUR
iOS DEVICE 119
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW BEFORE USING SIRI 120
WAYS TO ACTIVATE SIRI 121
SETTING UP SIRI TO WORK ON YOUR iPHONE OR iPAD 123
CHECK OUT HOW SIRI CAN HELP YOU! 126
FIND, DISPLAY, OR USE INFORMATION RELATED TO YOUR CONTACTS 126
INITIATE A CALL 128
FIND YOUR FRIENDS 129
SET UP REMINDERS AND TO-DO ITEMS 130
READ OR SEND TEXT MESSAGES 131
CHECK THE WEATHER OR YOUR INVESTMENTS 132
FIND INFORMATION ON THE WEB OR GET ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS 134
SCHEDULE AND MANAGE MEETINGS AND EVENTS 134
SEND EMAIL AND ACCESS NEW (INCOMING) EMAIL 135
SET AN ALARM OR TIMER 135
GET DIRECTIONS USING THE MAPS APP 135
CONTROL THE MUSIC APP 136
FORGET STICKY NOTES—DICTATE NOTES TO YOURSELF 137
SIRI KNOWS ALL ABOUT SPORTS AND MOVIES TOO 137
PRACTICE (WITH SIRI) MAKES PERFECT 138
USE DICTATION MODE INSTEAD OF THE VIRTUAL KEYBOARD 139
6 SYNC AND SHARE FILES USING iCLOUD 141
CONTENT SAVED TO iCLOUD IS AVAILABLE ANYWHERE 143
ACCESS YOUR PURCHASED iTUNES CONTENT FROM ANY DEVICE 144
USE iCLOUD TO SYNC YOUR APPS, DATA, DOCUMENTS, AND FILES 147
CUSTOMIZING iCLOUD TO WORK WITH YOUR APPS 149
ACCESS YOUR APP-SPECIFIC DATA ONLINE AT iCLOUD.COM 150
CREATE A PHOTO STREAM USING iCLOUD 151
AUTOMATICALLY TRANSFER DOCUMENTS USING iCLOUD 153
USING A UNIQUE APPLE ID FOR iCLOUD 155
BACKING UP WITH iCLOUD 156
iOS 6 STILL OFFERS WIRELESS iTUNES SYNC 156
iCLOUD BACKUP: NO CABLE NEEDED 159
iCLOUD: MANY USES, ONE STORAGE SPACE 161
7 COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY WITH iMESSAGE 163
BENEFITS OF COMMUNICATING VIA TEXT MESSAGE OR INSTANT MESSAGE 166
QUICK START: APPLE’S iMESSAGE SERVICE 167
SET UP A FREE iMESSAGE ACCOUNT 167
PROS AND CONS OF USING iMESSAGE 170
TIPS AND TRICKS FOR USING THE MESSAGES APP 171
CREATE AND SEND A TEXT MESSAGE 172
PARTICIPATING IN A TEXT-MESSAGE CONVERSATION 174
RESPONDING TO AN INCOMING TEXT MESSAGE 175
RELAUNCH OR REVIEW PAST CONVERSATIONS 176
CUSTOMIZE THE MESSAGES APP 177
LEARN TO UNDERSTAND TEXT-MESSAGING ABBREVIATIONS 178
8 ORGANIZE YOUR LIFE WITH REMINDERS AND NOTES 181
USE REMINDERS TO MANAGE YOUR TO-DO LISTS 182
KEEP UP TO DATE WITH REMINDERS 184
MANAGE MULTIPLE TO-DO LISTS SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH REMINDERS 188
HOW TO DELETE AN ENTIRE TO-DO LIST 189
HOW TO VIEW YOUR INDIVIDUAL LISTS 189
REMINDERS ALSO WORKS WITH iCLOUD 191
PERFORM BASIC TEXT EDITING AND NOTE TAKING WITH THE NOTES APP 192
9 NAVIGATING WITH THE NEWLY REVAMPED MAPS APP 199
GET THE MOST FROM USING NEW MAPS APP FEATURES 200
OVERVIEW OF THE MAPS APP’S SCREEN 202
THE MAPS APP’S MENU SCREEN 205
OBTAIN TURN-BY-TURN DIRECTIONS BETWEEN TWO LOCATIONS 209
LOOK UP CONTACT ENTRIES, BUSINESSES, RESTAURANTS, LANDMARKS, AND POINTS-OF-INTEREST 213
USE THE INTERACTIVE LOCATION SCREENS TO FIND MORE INFORMATION 214
THE MAPS APP’S FLYOVER VIEW 217
CUSTOMIZE MAP-RELATED SETTINGS 218
10 MAKE THE MOST OF SOCIAL NETWORKING APPS 219
TIPS FOR USING THE OFFICIAL TWITTER APP 221
CUSTOMIZING THE OFFICIAL TWITTER APP 222
USING THE OFFICIAL TWITTER APP 225
COMPOSE AN OUTGOING TWEET 227
SENDING TWEETS FROM OTHER APPS 228
REPLYING TO TWEETS AND OTHER TWITTER FEATURES 229
HOW TO RE-TWEET MESSAGES 231
IF YOU’RE CONCERNED ABOUT PRIVACY, DON’T SHARE YOUR LOCATION 232
MANAGE YOUR FACEBOOK ACCOUNT WITH THE OFFICIAL FACEBOOK APP 233
UPDATE YOUR STATUS, CHECK-IN, OR UPLOAD PHOTOS 237
UPDATE YOUR FACEBOOK STATUS FROM OTHER APPS 237
OTHER SPECIALIZED APPS FOR ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORKING 239
SEESMIC PING 240
TWITTERIFIC FOR TWITTER 240
INSTAGRAM 240
YOUTUBE242
11 SHOOT, EDIT, AND SHARE PHOTOS AND VIDEOS 243
METHODS FOR LOADING DIGITAL IMAGES INTO YOUR iPHONE OR iPAD 245
THE NEW AND IMPROVED CAMERA APP 246
HOW TO SNAP A PHOTO 248
HOW TO SHOOT A PANORAMIC PHOTO 250
HOW TO SHOOT VIDEO 252
USE PHOTO BOOTH TO SNAP WHIMSICAL PHOTOS 253
TIPS FOR SHOOTING EYE-CATCHING PHOTOS 253
HOW TO USE THE RULE OF THIRDS WHEN SHOOTING 255
USING THE PHOTOS APP TO VIEW, EDIT, ENHANCE, PRINT, AND SHARE PHOTOS AND VIDEOS 257
VIEWING PHOTOS AND VIDEOS (iPAD) 257
VIEWING PHOTOS AND VIDEOS (iPHONE) 260
VIEW AN IMAGE IN FULL-SCREEN MODE 260
EDITING PHOTOS AND VIDEOS 262
PRINTING PHOTOS 263
SHARING PHOTOS AND VIDEOS 264
DELETING PHOTOS STORED ON YOUR iOS DEVICE 268
EDIT YOUR PHOTOS WITH THIRD-PARTY PHOTOGRAPHY APPS 268
CREATE AND MANAGE A PHOTO STREAM VIA iCLOUD 268
CREATE AND MANAGE A SHARED PHOTO STREAM VIA iCLOUD 269
12 MAKE AND RECEIVE CALLS WITH AN iPHONE 273
ANSWERING AN INCOMING CALL 275
RESPOND TO A CALL WAITING SIGNAL WHILE ON THE PHONE 282
MAKING CALLS FROM YOUR iPHONE 285
MANUAL DIALING 285
DIALING FROM A CONTACTS ENTRY IN THE PHONE APP 287
USE SIRI TO INITIATE CALLS 287
INITIATING A CONFERENCE CALL 287
MANAGING YOUR VOICEMAIL 288
RECORD YOUR OUTGOING MESSAGE 288
HOW TO PLAY AND DELETE VOICEMAIL MESSAGES 289
CREATE AND USE A FAVORITES LIST 291
ACCESSING YOUR RECENTS CALL LOG 292
DO YOU TALK TOO MUCH? KEEPING TRACK OF USAGE 293
CUSTOMIZING RINGTONES 294
CUSTOM RINGTONES FOR SPECIFIC CONTACTS 295
A FEW THOUGHTS ABOUT WIRELESS HEADSETS 296
13 USE NEW SAFARI FEATURES TO SURF MORE EFFICIENTLY 297
CUSTOMIZE YOUR WEB SURFING EXPERIENCE 300
HOW TO USE TABBED BROWSING WITH SAFARI 303
SWITCHING BETWEEN WEB PAGES ON AN iPHONE 304
TABBED BROWSING ON THE iPAD 305
DISCOVER THE NEW iCLOUD TABS FEATURE OF SAFARI 306
REMOVE SCREEN CLUTTER WITH SAFARI READER 306
CREATE AND MANAGE READING LISTS 307
NEW OPTIONS FOR SHARING WEB CONTENT IN SAFARI 309
CREATE, MANAGE, AND SYNC SAFARI BOOKMARKS 313
LAUNCH YOUR FAVORITE WEBSITES FAST WITH HOME SCREEN ICONS 314
14 MANAGE YOUR EMAIL EFFICIENTLY 317
HOW TO ADD EMAIL ACCOUNTS TO THE MAIL APP 318
HOW TO CUSTOMIZE MAIL OPTIONS FROM SETTINGS 322
TIPS FOR VIEWING YOUR INCOMING EMAIL 325
FETCH NEW DATA 327
COMPOSING AN EMAIL MESSAGE 328
INSERT A PHOTO OR VIDEO INTO YOUR OUTGOING EMAIL 331
USING SELECT, SELECT ALL, CUT, COPY, AND PASTE 332
HOW TO SAVE AN UNSENT DRAFT OF AN EMAIL MESSAGE 333
TIPS FOR READING EMAIL 334
THE MAIL APP’S INBOX 336
15 CALENDAR AND CONTACT MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES 345
GET ACQUAINTED WITH THE CALENDAR APP 346
SYNC APP-SPECIFIC DATA WITH ONLINE-BASED APPS 346
CONTROLLING THE VIEW 348
HOW TO ENTER A NEW APPOINTMENT 351
USE SIRI TO ENTER NEW EVENTS INTO THE CALENDAR APP 353
VIEWING INDIVIDUAL APPOINTMENT DETAILS 354
QUICKLY FIND APPOINTMENT OR EVENT DETAILS 354
VIEWING ONE OR MORE COLOR-CODED CALENDARS 355
CUSTOMIZING THE CALENDAR APP 355
ADJUSTING TIME ZONE SUPPORT 356
USE CONTACTS TO KEEP IN TOUCH WITH PEOPLE YOU KNOW 357
THE CONTACTS APP IS HIGHLY CUSTOMIZABLE 357
THE CONTACTS APP WORKS SEAMLESSLY WITH OTHER APPS 358
WHO DO YOU KNOW? HOW TO VIEW YOUR CONTACTS 359
MEET SOMEONE NEW? CREATE A NEW CONTACTS ENTRY 362
HOW TO ADD A PHOTO TO A CONTACTS ENTRY 365
EDITING OR DELETING AN ENTRY 366
INTERACTIVE CONTACTS ENTRIES 366
HOW TO LINK CONTACT ENTRIES TOGETHER 367
SHARING CONTACT ENTRIES 367
ADDITIONAL WAYS TO MAKE CONTACT FROM WITHIN CONTACTS 368
16 iOS 6 GAMING 369
MANY DIFFERENT GAMING EXPERIENCES ARE AT YOUR FINGERTIPS 370
TIPS FOR FINDING GAMES YOU’LL LOVE 378
55 iOS GAMES WORTH PLAYING 380
EXPERIENCE MULTIPLAYER GAMES WITH GAME CENTER 384
OTHER ENTERTAINMENT ACTIVITIES 387
EDUCATE AND ENTERTAIN YOUR KIDS 388
17 USE THE MUSIC AND VIDEOS APPS 391
TIPS FOR USING THE MUSIC APP 393
MUSIC APP CONTROLS ON THE iPHONE 397
MUSIC APP CONTROLS ON iPAD 404
MORE MUSIC APP FEATURES 408
USE THE VIDEOS APP TO WATCH TV SHOWS, MOVIES, AND MORE 411
MUSIC, TV SHOWS, MOVIES, AND MORE: THE COST OF iTUNES CONTENT 416
STREAMING VIDEO ON YOUR iPAD 418
ABC PLAYER 419
HBO GO 419
HULU PLUS 420
INFINITY TV 421
MAX GO 421
NETFLIX 421
YOUTUBE 422
18 CUSTOMIZE YOUR READING EXPERIENCE WITH iBOOKS AND NEWSSTAND 423
CUSTOMIZE iBOOKS SETTINGS 425
DOWNLOAD AND INSTALL iBOOKS ON YOUR iOS DEVICE 426
THE iBOOKS MAIN LIBRARY SCREEN 426
MANAGING YOUR eBOOK COLLECTION FROM THE LIBRARY SCREEN 429
BROWSE AND SHOP FOR eBOOKS VIA iBOOKSTORE 430
iBOOKSTORE COMMANDS ON THE iPHONE 432
iBOOKSTORE COMMANDS ON THE iPAD 433
HOW TO FIND A SPECIFIC eBOOK—FAST 436
LEARN ABOUT AN eBOOK FROM ITS DESCRIPTION 437
USING iCLOUD WITH iBOOKS 440
HOW TO RELOAD A PREVIOUSLY PURCHASED eBOOK 441
CUSTOMIZE YOUR eBOOK READING EXPERIENCE USING iBOOKS 442
READ PDF FILES WITH iBOOKS 446
CREATE YOUR OWN eBOOKS USING APPLE’S iBOOKS AUTHOR SOFTWARE 448
ALTERNATIVE METHODS FOR READING YOUR eBOOKS 448
READ DIGITAL EDITIONS OF NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES WITH THE NEWSSTAND APP 449
WORKING WITH THE NEWSSTAND APP 449
READING DIGITAL PUBLICATIONS 451
MANAGING YOUR NEWSPAPER AND MAGAZINE SUBSCRIPTIONS 452
19 BE PRODUCTIVE USING PAGES, NUMBERS, AND KEYNOTE 455
WORD PROCESSING WITH PAGES 457
USING GRAPHICS, CHARTS, AND SHAPES WITHIN PAGES 459
ACCESSING THE TOOLS MENU WITHIN PAGES 460
USING THE DOCUMENT NAVIGATOR FEATURE 461
WORKING IN FULL-SCREEN MODE 462
INSERT SPECIAL SYMBOLS OR CHARACTERS INTO YOUR DOCUMENTS 463
NUMBER CRUNCHING WITH THE NUMBERS APP 466
THE FORMATTING ICON WITHIN NUMBERS 467
ACCESS THE GRAPHICS MENU WITHIN NUMBERS 468
ACCESS THE TOOLS MENU WITHIN NUMBERS 468
WORKING WITH THE KEYNOTE APP 469
THE FORMATTING TOOLS WITHIN KEYNOTE 471
THE GRAPHICS TOOLS WITHIN KEYNOTE 472
ACCESSING THE TOOLS MENU WITHIN KEYNOTE 472
THE PLAY ICON WITHIN KEYNOTE 473
USING THE iWORK FOR iPAD APPS WITH iCLOUD 473
A TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE PASSBOOK APP AND DISCOVER OTHER AWESOME THINGS YOUR iOS DEVICE CAN DO 477
THERE’S SO MUCH MORE YOUR iPHONE OR iPAD CAN DO 479
INDEX 481
ONLINE CONTENT
The following online-only content can be downloaded from www.quepublishing.com/title/9780789750969.
20 VIDEOCONFERENCING AND VOICE-OVER-IP (VOIP) CALLING
21 USE AIRPLAY FOR ENTERTAINMENT CONNECTIVITY
B APPENDIX B: GETTING STARTED WITH ITUNES 11
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 4.1.2013 |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 155 x 230 mm |
| Gewicht | 810 g |
| Themenwelt | Informatik ► Weitere Themen ► Smartphones / Tablets |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7897-5096-1 / 0789750961 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7897-5096-9 / 9780789750969 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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