iPhone For Seniors For Dummies, 2025 Edition

Introduction 1 About This Book 1 Foolish Assumptions 1 Icons Used in This Book 2 Beyond the Book 3 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 18 8 Choose the Right iPhone for You 10 Decide How Much Storage Is Enough 13 Understand What You Need to Use Your iPhone 15 Where to Buy Your iPhone 16 What’s in the Box 17 Take a First Look at the Gadget 18 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 28 Browsing App Library 32 Display and Use the Onscreen Keyboard 35 Keyboard shortcuts 36 The shift key 37 Emojis 37 QuickPath 38 Swipe to Search 39 Wonderful Widgets 40 Change and Customize Your Lock and Home Screens 41 Chapter 3: Getting Going 45 Update the Operating System to iOS 18 45 Learn App Switcher Basics 47 Examine the iPhone Cameras 48 Take a Look at Face ID 50 Discover Control Center 51 Lock Screen Rotation 54 Explore the Status Bar 54 Take Inventory of Preinstalled Apps 56 Put Your iPhone to Sleep or Turn It Off 59 Chapter 4: Beyond the Basics 61 Charge the Battery by Plugging In 62 Charge the Battery Wirelessly 62 Sign into an Apple ID for Music, Movies, and More 63 Sync Wirelessly 64 Understand iCloud 68 Turn On iCloud Drive 69 Set Up iCloud Sync Settings 70 Browse Your iPhone’s Files 71 Chapter 5: Managing and Monitoring iPhone Usage 75 Meet Screen Time 76 Create Some Downtime 79 Allow Certain Apps During Downtime 81 Set App Limits 82 Set Content and Privacy Restrictions 86 Manage Children’s Accounts 88 Part 2: Using Your Iphone 91 Chapter 6: Making and Receiving Calls 93 Place a Call by Using the Keypad 94 End a Call 96 Place a Call by Using Contacts 96 Return a Recent Call 97 Use Favorites 98 Receive a Call 100 Use Tools During a Call 103 View Live Voicemail 104 Turn On Do Not Disturb 105 Set Up a Driving Focus 106 Set Up Exceptions for Do Not Disturb 107 Reply to a Call via Text or Set a Reminder to Call Back 109 Change Your Ringtone 109 Chapter 7: Organizing Contacts 111 Add a Contact 112 Sync Contacts with iCloud 114 Add Photos and Contact Posters 116 Add Social Media Information 118 Designate Related People 120 Set Individual Ringtones and Text Tones 121 Search for a Contact 123 Share a Contact 124 Delete a Contact 126 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, Enjoy, and End a FaceTime Call 135 Switch Views 137 Set Up an iMessage Account 137 Use Messages to Address, Create, and Send Messages 139 Read Messages 141 Clear a Conversation 142 Send Emojis with Your Text 143 Use Messages Apps and Tools 144 Send and Receive Audio 146 Send a Photo or Video 148 Understand Group Messaging 149 Activate the Hide Alerts Feature 150 Chapter 9: Using Handy Utilities 151 Use the Calculator App 152 Find Your Way with Compass 154 Record Voice Memos 155 Measure Distances and Level Objects 158 Discover the Home App 161 Translate Words and Phrases 162 Manage Passwords and Other Stuff 165 Chapter 10: Making Your iPhone More Accessible 167 Set Brightness 168 Change the Wallpaper 169 Get Just the Basics with Assistive Access 170 Set Up VoiceOver 171 Use VoiceOver. 174 Customize Vision Settings 175 Use iPhone with Hearing Aids 177 Adjust the Volume 177 Set Up Subtitles and Captioning 179 Manage Other Hearing Settings 180 Say It with Live Speech and Personal Voice 181 Turn On and Work with AssistiveTouch 182 Turn On Additional Physical and Motor Settings 184 Focus Learning with Guided Access 185 One-Handed Keyboard 187 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 Control Your iPhone with Your Eyes 192 Control Your iPhone with Vocal Shortcuts 193 Chapter 11: Conversing with Siri 195 Activate Siri 196 Discover All That Siri Can Do 199 Get Suggestions 202 Call Contacts 202 Create Reminders and Alerts 203 Add Events to Your Calendar 204 Play Music 204 Get Directions 205 Ask for Facts 207 Search the Web 207 Send Email, Messages, or Tweets 208 Use Dictation 208 Part 3: Exploring the Internet and Apps 209 Chapter 12: Browsing with Safari 211 Connect to the Internet 212 Explore Safari 213 Navigate Web Pages 215 Use Tabbed Browsing 217 Organize with Tab Groups 219 View Browsing History 222 Search the Web 223 Add and Use Bookmarks 224 Download Files 226 Translate Web Pages 228 Chapter 13: Working with Email in the Mail App 229 Add an Email Account 230 Manually Set Up an Email Account 232 Open Mail and Read Messages 234 Reply To or Forward Email 235 Create and Send a New Message 238 Format Email 239 Search Email 244 Mark Email as Unread or Flag for Follow-Up 245 Create an Event from Email Contents 247 Delete Email 249 Organize Email 250 Create a VIP List 251 Chapter 14: Expanding Your iPhone Horizons with Apps 253 Explore Senior-Recommended Apps 254 Search the App Store 257 Get Applications from the App Store 258 Organize Your Applications on Home Screen Pages. 260 Organize Apps in Folders 262 Delete Apps You No Longer Need 264 Offload Apps to Keep Data 265 Update Apps 267 Purchase and Download Games 270 Chapter 15: Socializing with Facebook, X (Twitter), and Instagram. 273 A Few Social Media Dos and Don’ts 274 Find and Install Social Media Apps 275 Create a Facebook Account 276 Customize Facebook Settings for Your iPhone 277 Create an X (Twitter) Account 278 Create an Instagram Account 279 Part 4: Enjoying Media 281 Chapter 16: Shopping the iTunes Store and Apple TV 283 Explore the iTunes Store 284 Buy a Selection 285 Rent or Buy Movies and TV Shows 287 Use Apple Pay and Wallet 289 Set Up Family Sharing 289 Chapter 17: Reading Books 291 Find Books with Apple Books 291 Buy Books 294 Navigate a Book 296 Select and Customize Themes 298 Modify Your Book’s Font 299 Adjust Accessibility & Layout Options 301 Chapter 18: Enjoying Music and Podcasts 303 View the Music Library 304 Create Playlists 306 Search for Music 308 Play Music 309 Shuffle Music 313 Listen with Your Earbuds 314 Listen with Spatial Audio 315 Use AirPlay 316 Play Music with Radio 317 Find and Subscribe to Podcasts 318 Play Podcasts 321 Chapter 19: Taking and Sharing Photos 323 Take Pictures with the iPhone Cameras 324 Save Photos from the Web 328 View Your Photos 329 Edit Photos 331 Organize Photos 333 Share Photos with Mail, X (Twitter), or Facebook 335 Share a Photo Using AirDrop 336 Share Photos Using iCloud Photo Sharing 337 Delete Photos 337 Chapter 20: Creating and Watching Videos 339 Capture Your Own Videos with the Built-In Cameras 340 Using QuickTake for Videos 341 Edit Videos 343 Play Movies or TV Shows with the TV App 345 Content from third-party providers 345 Content from the iTunes Store 347 Turn On Closed-Captioning 349 Delete a Video from the iPhone 351 Chapter 21: Navigating with Maps 353 Display Your Current Location 354 Change Views 355 Zoom In and Out 357 Go to Another Location or a Favorite 358 Drop a Marker (or Pin) 360 Find Directions 361 Get Turn-by-Turn Navigation Help 363 Download Maps for Offline Use 365 Go Globetrotting! 367 Part 5: Living with Your Iphone 369 Chapter 22: Keeping on Schedule with Calendar and Clock 371 View Your Calendar 372 Add Calendar Events and Reminders 375 Add Events or Reminders with Siri 377 Create Repeating Events 377 View an Event 379 Add an Alert to an Event 379 Select a default Calendar Alert 379 Set up an alert for an event 380 Search for an Event 382 Delete an Event 382 Display the Clock App 383 Set an Alarm 385 Use Stopwatch and Timers 386 Chapter 23: Working with Reminders and Notifications 389 Create a Reminder 390 Edit Reminder Details 391 Schedule a Reminder by Time, Location, or When Messaging 393 Create a List 395 Sync with Other Devices and Calendars 396 Mark as Complete or Delete a Reminder 398 Get Notified! 400 Notification summaries 400 Set notification types 402 View Notification Center 404 Stay Focused and Undisturbed 406 Set up a focus 407 Turn on a focus 408 Chapter 24: Keeping Tabs on Your Health 409 Understand the Health App 410 Apps that Health can collaborate with 413 Equipment that connects with Health 414 Create Your Medical ID 414 Become an Organ Donor 415 View Health App Data 416 Import and Export Health Data 417 Sharing Is Caring 418 View Health Records 419 Stay on Top of Your Medications 420 Log Daily Moods and Emotions 422 Chapter 25: Troubleshooting and Maintaining Your iPhone 423 Keep the iPhone Screen Clean 424 Protect Your Gadget with a Case 425 Extend Your iPhone’s Battery Life 426 Deal with a Nonresponsive iPhone 429 Update the iOS Software 430 Find a Missing Apple Device 431 Back Up to iCloud 433 Index 435