iPhone For Seniors For Dummies

 Introduction 1 About This Book 1 Foolish Assumptions 1 Icons Used in This Book 2 Beyond the Book 2 Where to Go from Here 3 Part 1: Getting to Know Your IPhone 5 Chapter 1: Buying Your iPhone 7 Discover the Newest iPhones and iOS 15 8 Choose the Right iPhone for You 11 Decide How Much Storage Is Enough 15 Understand What You Need to Use Your iPhone 16 Where to Buy Your iPhone 18 What’s in the Box 18 Take a First Look at the Gadget 19 Chapter 2: Exploring the Home Screen 21 What You Need to Use the iPhone 22 Turn On iPhone for the First Time 23 Meet the Multi-Touch Screen 24 Say Hello to Tap and Swipe 27 Introducing App Library 31 Display and Use the Onscreen Keyboard 34 Keyboard shortcuts 35 The Shift key 36 Emojis 37 QuickPath 38 Flick to Search 38 Wonderful Widgets 39 Chapter 3: Getting Going 41 Update the Operating System to iOS 15 41 Learn App Switcher Basics 43 Examine the iPhone Cameras 44 Take a Look at Face ID 46 Discover Control Center 47 Lock Screen Rotation 50 Explore the Status Bar 50 Take Inventory of Preinstalled Apps 51 Put Your iPhone to Sleep or Turn It Off 55 Chapter 4: Beyond the Basics 57 Charge the Battery by Plugging In 58 Charge the Battery Wirelessly 59 Sign into an Apple ID for Music, Movies, and More 59 Sync Wirelessly 61 Understand iCloud 64 Turn on iCloud Drive 67 Set Up iCloud Sync Settings 67 Browse Your iPhone’s Files 68 Chapter 5: Managing and Monitoring iPhone Usage 71 Meet Screen Time 72 Create Some Downtime 75 Allow Certain Apps During Downtime 76 Set App Limits 78 Set Content and Privacy Restrictions 81 Manage Children’s Accounts 85 Part 2: Using Your IPhone 89 Chapter 6: Making and Receiving Calls 91 Place a Call by Using the Keypad 92 End a Call 93 Place a Call by Using Contacts 94 Return a Recent Call 96 Use Favorites 97 Receive a Call 99 Use Tools During a Call 101 Turn On Do Not Disturb 103 Set Up a Driving Focus 104 Set Up Exceptions for Do Not Disturb 106 Reply to a Call via Text or Set a Reminder to Call Back 107 Change Your Ringtone 108 Chapter 7: Organizing Contacts 111 Add a Contact 112 Sync Contacts with iCloud 114 Assign a Photo to a Contact 116 Add Social Media Information 118 Designate Related People 120 Set Individual Ringtones and Text Tones 122 Search for a Contact 123 Share a Contact 125 Delete a Contact 127 Chapter 8: Communicating with FaceTime and Messages 129 What You Need to Use FaceTime 130 An Overview of FaceTime 131 Make a FaceTime Call with Wi-Fi or Cellular 132 Accept and End a FaceTime Call 134 Switch Views 137 Set Up an iMessage Account 138 Use Messages to Address, Create, and Send Messages 140 Read Messages 141 Clear a Conversation 142 Send Emojis with Your Text 143 Use App Drawer 145 Send and Receive Audio 147 Send a Photo or Video 148 Understand Group Messaging 150 Activate the Hide Alerts Feature 150 Chapter 9: Using Handy Utilities 151 Use the Calculator App 151 Find Your Way with Compass 153 Record Voice Memos 155 Measure Distances and Level Objects 158 Discover the Home App 161 Translate Words and Phrases 162 Chapter 10: Making Your iPhone More Accessible 167 Set Brightness 168 Change the Wallpaper 169 Set Up VoiceOver 171 Use VoiceOver 173 Use iPhone with Hearing Aids 176 Adjust the Volume 177 Set Up Subtitles and Captioning 178 Manage Other Hearing Settings 179 Turn On and Work with AssistiveTouch 180 Turn On Additional Physical and Motor Settings 183 Focus Learning with Guided Access 184 One-Handed Keyboard 186 Control Your iPhone with a Tap on the Back 188 Control Your iPhone with Voice Control 189 Adjust Accessibility Settings on a Per-App Basis 191 Chapter 11: Conversing with Siri 193 Activate Siri 194 Discover All That Siri Can Do 197 Get Suggestions 200 Call Contacts 200 Create Reminders and Alerts 201 Add Events to Your Calendar 202 Play Music 202 Get Directions 204 Ask for Facts 205 Search the Web 205 Send Email, Messages, or Tweets 206 Use Dictation 206 Part 3: Exploring the Internet and Apps 207 Chapter 12: Browsing with Safari 209 Connect to the Internet 210 Explore Safari 211 Navigate Web Pages 213 Use Tabbed Browsing 215 Organize with Tab Groups 217 View Browsing History 219 Search the Web 220 Add and Use Bookmarks 222 Download Files 223 Translate Web Pages 225 Chapter 13: Working with Email in the Mail App 227 Add an Email Account 228 Manually Set Up an Email Account 230 Open Mail and Read Messages 232 Reply to or Forward Email 234 Create and Send a New Message 236 Format Email 238 Search Email 242 Mark Email as Unread or Flag for Follow-Up 243 Create an Event from Email Contents 245 Delete Email 247 Organize Email 248 Create a VIP List 249 Chapter 14: Expanding Your iPhone Horizons with Apps 251 Explore Senior-Recommended Apps 252 Search the App Store 255 Get Applications from the App Store 256 Organize Your Applications on Home Screens 258 Organize Apps in Folders 260 Delete Apps You No Longer Need 262 Offload Apps to Keep Data 263 Update Apps 265 Purchase and Download Games 268 Challenge Friends in Game Center 270 Chapter 15: Socializing with Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram 271 A Few Social Media Dos and Don’ts 272 Find and Install Social Media Apps 273 Create a Facebook Account 274 Customize Facebook Settings for Your iPhone 275 Create a Twitter Account 277 Create an Instagram Account 278 Part 4: Enjoying Media 279 Chapter 16: Shopping the iTunes Store 281 Explore the iTunes Store 281 Buy a Selection 283 Rent Movies 285 Use Apple Pay and Wallet 287 Set Up Family Sharing 287 Chapter 17: Reading Books 289 Find Books with Apple Books 289 Buy Books 292 Navigate a Book 293 Adjust Brightness in Apple Books 295 Change the Font Size and Type 296 Chapter 18: Enjoying Music and Podcasts 299 View the Music Library 300 Create Playlists 302 Search for Music 303 Play Music 305 Shuffle Music 309 Listen with Your Earbuds 310 Listen with Spatial Audio 311 Use AirPlay 312 Play Music with Radio 313 Find and Subscribe to Podcasts 314 Play Podcasts 317 Chapter 19: Taking and Sharing Photos 319 Take Pictures with the iPhone Cameras 320 Save Photos from the Web 324 View an Album 326 View Individual Photos 327 Edit Photos 328 Organize Photos 330 Share Photos with Mail, Twitter, or Facebook 331 Share a Photo Using AirDrop 332 Share Photos Using iCloud Photo Sharing 334 Delete Photos 334 Chapter 20: Creating and Watching Videos 335 Capture Your Own Videos with the Built-In Cameras 336 Using QuickTake for Videos 337 Edit Videos 339 Play Movies or TV Shows with the TV App 340 Content from third-party providers 342 Content from the iTunes Store 344 Turn On Closed-Captioning 346 Delete a Video from the iPhone 347 Chapter 21: Navigating with Maps 349 Go to Your Current Location 350 Change Views 351 Zoom In and Out 353 Go to Another Location or a Favorite 355 Drop a Marker (or Pin) 356 Find Directions 358 Get Turn-by-Turn Navigation Help 359 Go Globetrotting! 363 Part 5: Living with Your Iphone 365 Chapter 22: Keeping on Schedule with Calendar and Clock 367 View Your Calendar 368 Add Calendar Events 371 Add Events with Siri 372 Create Repeating Events 373 View an Event 374 Add an Alert to an Event 374 Search for an Event 376 Delete an Event 377 Display the Clock App 378 Set an Alarm 379 Use Stopwatch and Timer 380 Chapter 23: Working with Reminders and Notifications 383 Create a Reminder 384 Edit Reminder Details 385 Schedule a Reminder by Time, Location, or When Messaging 387 Create a List 389 Sync with Other Devices and Calendars 390 Mark as Complete or Delete a Reminder 391 Get Notified! 393 Notification summaries 394 Set notification types 396 View Notification Center 398 Stay Focused and Undisturbed 400 Set up a focus 400 Turn on a focus 402 Chapter 24: Keeping Tabs on Your Health 403 Understand the Health App 404 Apps that Health can collaborate with 407 Equipment that connects with Health 408 Create Your Medical ID 408 Become an Organ Donor 410 View Health App Data 411 Import and Export Health Data 414 Sharing Is Caring 414 View Health Records 416 Chapter 25: Troubleshooting and Maintaining Your iPhone 419 Keep the iPhone Screen Clean 420 Protect Your Gadget with a Case 421 Extend Your iPhone’s Battery Life 422 Deal with a Nonresponsive iPhone 425 Update the iOS Software 426 Find a Missing Apple Device 427 Back Up to iCloud 429 Index 431