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First Steps with Your iPhone Buttons and Ports On Your iPhone What’s where on your iPhone? Here we show you the physical layout of the range of iPhones currently on sale. Whether you have a brand new iPhone, or an older iPhone with a Home button, this guide shows you what’s where. Full Screen iPhones Models 1 This part of the iPhone contains much of Apple’s latest technologies. In the high-end iPhones, an infrared camera, flood illuminator, Proximity sensor, Ambient light sensor and Dot projector are all present; alongside a speaker, microphone and front camera. The latter is utilised by the Face ID feature. 2 This is the Ring/Silent switch. Click it to turn Silent Mode on and off. 3 These are the volume buttons. The upper one increases the volume,…

First Steps with Your iPhone Your Apple ID Set Up and Use it If you don’t already have a working Apple ID, and you didn’t register one while setting up your iPhone, you should do so now. With it you can download applications from the App Store, use Face Time, buy music and movies from iTunes and use many of the iPhone’s features and services. Without an Apple ID, you won’t come close to getting the most from your iPhone. 1 Open the Settings application from your iPhone’s Home screen and scroll to the top of the screen. Tap the Sign in to your iPhone option right at the top of the list, then in the pop-up window, tap ‘Don’t have an Apple ID or forgot it?’. 2 Tap Create Apple…

First Steps with Your iPhone Internet Access Surfing it The iPhone connects to the Internet automatically whenever you use the App Store, Mail, iTunes Store, Safari, YouTube or any other app that requires it. There are two ways of taking your iPhone online: via a Wi-Fi connection or a 3G/4G/5G mobile network. In this guide, we show you how to set up both, and also how to check your Wi-Fi signal strength. Joining a Wi-Fi network 1 To activate Wi-Fi go to Settings > Wi-Fi and turn it on. The iPhone searches for all networks in range. If at home, pick your home network and enter the security details, the password should be supplied with your router. 2 If you’re at a public hotspot that has no security, you can just connect.…

First Steps with Your iPhone The Touchscreen And How to Use it The iPhone’s touchscreen supports more than one touch, that is, you can place more than one finger on it and the screen recognises their presence and movement. This allows for touchscreen gestures, which are achieved by placing one or more finger on the screen and swiping, pinching, spreading gesture and more. Here’s a guide to gestures and what they do. Touchscreen actions Touch The iPhone has a capacitive touchscreen, which means it’s sensitive to the tiny electrical charges in our bodies. With this type of screen, you only have to tap it, not press down hard with your finger. To activate items on the screen such as applications and settings icons, type letters and symbols using the on-screen keyboard…

Your iPhone’s Built-in Apps Mail App For Your Emails Email on the go has revolutionised communication. The iPhone has a versatile email app that can handle multiple email addresses spread over multiple accounts and services, and keep track of all your contacts as well. Mail in Focus 1 This screen, in Mail, shows your Inbox. Tap the Mailbox link to go back and choose another mailbox, such as Drafts, Sent, Junk or VIP emails. 2 The Edit link puts an empty circle to the left of each email. You can tap these circles to add a tick, and then action multiple emails at once. 3 These are your emails, listed in the order they arrived. Tap on one to open and read it. Emails with blue dots to their left have not…

Your iPhone’s Built-in Apps Messages App For Texting Messages is one of the most popular apps on your iPhone. You can use it to send regular text messages, or free iMessages to others with an Apple device; and also to send pictures, videos and audio messages. Messages in Focus 1 Tap here to take you back to the list of message conversations. Tap one of them to open, and if you wish, continue that conversation; such as the chat you see here. 2 This is the person you’re chatting to. The picture is drawn from your Contacts app and is replaced by an initial if it’s not available. Tap this pic for more options, including sharing your location, making a call or video call, send an email and more. 3 Tap the video…

Your iPhone’s Built-in Apps Calendar App For Your Events Calendar is great for organising your life. You can add events and appointments, schedule alerts, invite contacts to events and sync Calendar with other calendar apps. It can remind you about upcoming events too. Calendar in Focus 1 Tap this link to go back to the month view, showing the whole of the month. 2 Here you see the days of the month, with the currently displayed day highlighted. So here we’re looking at 12th November. 3 This icon gives you a list of upcoming events, displayed according to their date and time. 4 Tap here to search the Calendar app, looking at titles and content in your calendar entries. 5 Tap here to create a new calendar event, setting the date, time and title, as well…

Your iPhone’s Built-in Apps Camera Features on the Latest iPhones The latest high-end iPhones have excellent cameras, and a revised interface for the Camera app to help you make the most of them. The Zoom function is implemented a little differently; there’s a QuickTake feature to let you quickly film a video without changing modes and the Burst Mode needs a new gesture too. There are extra controls, including the famous Night Mode, and you can take a wider image using Capture Outside the Frame. While most of the Camera app is just like it is on other iPhones running iOS 13 or later, these are the new features and interface changes and how to use them. Those Cameras in Focus Volume Up for Burst Photography You can use the…

Your iPhone’s Built-in Apps Translate App For Other Languages The Translate app lets you translate foreign languages into your native tongue on the fly and also translate your own language into something else. It’s fast, private and a great boon to holiday makers and business travellers. Translate in Focus 1 These are the languages you’re currently translating out of (left) and into (right). Tap the down-pointing chevrons to choose another language. 2 This is the last thing you typed into Translate. 3 This is the translation of the English you typed in. As you selected German at the top of the screen, it’s translated into German. 4 These icons are; Switch to full-screen mode for the translation; save the translation as a favourite; and look up a highlighted word in the dictionary. 5 Tap Play to…

Your iPhone’s Built-in Apps Music App For Your Sounds With the Music app and a subscription to Apple Music, you can stream tunes over the Internet to your iPhone. Choose from an amazing library of over 50 million songs, with no limit to how many you listen to. Music in Focus 1 This is the main page of the Apple Music streaming service, where albums, artists and playlists tailored to your tastes are suggested for your listening. 2 Tap here to see your account details. You can change your username to a specific Music app nickname, choose more of your favourite artists, replace the silhouette with a photo and add some personal details. 3 Top Picks is a range of playlists from bands and artists curated by the Music app to match your tastes,…

Your iPhone’s Built-in Apps TV App For Your Viewing The TV app brings your viewing into one app, making it easier and more convenient to subscribe to third-party TV channels and enjoy all your movies and TV shows under a single app. It also gives access to Apple’s TV+ subscription service for exclusive Apple-created content. Here we take a look at the new app and how to watch shows on your iPhone. Finding and viewing TV shows 1 From the main screen, tap the top right icon (silhouette or your photo) for this window, from where you can manage your account (tap your name), manage services to which you’ve subscribed, or add funds or gift cards to your Apple account, to spend on apps and media. 2 Tapping Connected Apps…

Your iPhone’s Built-in Apps Weather App Come Rain or Shine Apple recently acquired the popular weather app Dark Sky, and with iOS 15, some of its features are incorporated into Apple’s own Weather app. It’s now a much more comprehensive guide to what to expect when outdoors. Weather in Focus 1 This is the town that’s currently featured; the weather forecast below it is for here. 2 This is the current recorded temperature in the town or area you’re currently looking at. 3 This is the highest and lowest the forcast temperatures should reach for the day. Which should give you an idea of whether it’s getting warmer, colder or staying reasonably stable. 4 An hourly forecast, predicting the weather and the temperature. Slide it left to see later forecasts.…

Your iPhone’s Built-in Apps Home App Connected Gadgets The Internet of Things involves controlling your household appliances and electronic gadgets remotely, over the Internet. HomeKit-compatible devices can be controlled directly from the Home application. Here’s how. Home in Focus 1 Tap the home icon in the top left corner of the screen for a pop-up allowing you to access your Home Settings and your Room Settings. Home Settings cover the whole of the house, while Room Settings let you set up specific rooms and groups of rooms. 2 The Plus icon gives another pop-up, from which you can add a HomeKit-compatible accessory; or add a scene or group of instructions to your accessories activated with a single tap. 3 This is the current name of your home. To change it,…

Your iPhone’s Built-in Apps The App Store For Buying More Apps The App Store is where you download and install new apps for your iPhone. You can get games, productivity software, entertainment applications and more. Many App Store apps are free too. App Store in Focus 1 The App Store’s Today screen gives you the pick of the best of the new releases, chosen every day by Apple’s editors. Scroll up for the apps that were chosen on previous days. 2 Tap here to get to your account details, redeem a card, send an app as a gift, update apps, and check on the apps you’ve previously purchased, or sign out of the App Store. 3 These are the apps, and a feature highlighting a range of apps, that have…

Your iPhone’s Advanced Functions Using the Files App Data Management We’ve already dipped into what the Files app can do in our iCloud tutorial, but now it’s time to take a deeper look at its capabilities. The Files app boasts an impressive range of features. It now boasts better, Mac-like searches, the ability to read external drives, share folders and also zip and unzip files, which is great for sending them by email. Features of the Files app 1 When you first open the Files app, you see two icons at the foot of the screen. The Recents icon shows you documents you’ve recently opened, and also gives access to those you’ve shared and tagged with a colour. The Browse icon lets you look through your files. 2 The Files…

Your iPhone’s Advanced Functions Spotlight Searches and More Spotlight Search can do more than you think. When you type a Spotlight search, it searches throughout your phone. Search for an app and you can launch it without tapping it on the Home screen. Search for a person, and you can get taken straight to that individual’s Contacts card. It does an excellent job of looking for pictures in your Photos app too. Searching for Photos 1 Type (or at least, start to type) ‘Photos’ and you can open the Photos app, or see photographs taken from apps, including the Photos app. Tap Show More next to Photos from Apps to see more pictures. 2 You can look for specific subjects within your photos if you wish. Here we’ve searched for…

Your iPhone’s Advanced Functions Focus Reduce Distractions Focus takes Do Not Disturb to the next level, with customisable categories that let you concentrate on what’s important at the time. For example, you might set up a Work focus that blocks social media and leisure apps but lets through things that might be relevant to your job, or Gym which only lets fitness notifications through. Here’s how to use it. 1 Go to Settings > Focus. Some categories are already offered. There’s a regular Do Not Disturb, and ‘Focuses’ for Driving; Personal; Sleep and Work. Turn on Share Across Devices to sync settings across your Apple gear. 2 Tap one of the Focuses to set it up. Under Allowed People, tap Add and on the next screen, tick anyone you wish…

Dark Mode & Sign in with Apple Sign in with Apple A Security Feature For a while now, third-party developers have been able to offer the option of signing into their apps using your Facebook and Google accounts instead of using your email address and a unique password; which you might well forget at a later date. Apple has now got in on the act with Sign in with Apple and it’s more secure and private than its competitors. 1 When setting up a new account, some apps and websites let you sign in with your social media and online accounts such as Facebook, Google and Windows Live. Where available, you can also sign in using your Apple ID. 2 You sign in with Apple using your Face ID our…

Your iPhone’s Advanced Functions Notification Centre Information Feature The Notification Centre in iOS 15 has had a great visual redesign. Now, when you get notifications from people, such as incoming messages, their photo is displayed next to the notification. Notifications from apps have bigger icons showing which app sent them, and non-urgent notifications can be collated and delivered when you’re not as busy. Using the Notification Centre 1 To access the Notification Centre, swipe your finger down from the top of the screen. Notifications are arranged in stacks according to the app that sent them. Tap one of these stacks to open it and see its notifications. 2 To clear a single notification, swipe it left and tap the Clear button. To delete all notifications received from a given app,…

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First Steps with Your iPhone The Face ID and Touch ID Features iPhones with a top-to-bottom screen have Face ID. Most iPhones with a Home button have Touch ID. You probably set up this service during the initial setup, but here’s how to do it if you need help. Setting up Face ID 1 Go to Settings > Face ID & Passcode and enter your iPhone’s passcode to continue. Tap Set Up Face ID or Set Up Alternative Appearance, or tap Reset Face ID to start afresh. 2 Position your face within the frame as instructed, then move your head in a circle until the small lines around your face are all green. Tap continue, then repeat for a second scan. 3 Your face is now registered with Face ID. Tap Done to return…

First Steps with Your iPhone Setting Up Email Configuring it Your iPhone’s Mail app can send and receive emails from all of your email accounts. It’s easy to set up and use with an iCloud, Gmail, Yahoo, AOL or Outlook email address. If you want to add your Internet Service Provider’s own email account, it is a little more complicated. Here we take you through setting up each type of email account on your Apple smartphone. Setting up accounts. For most of the popular web-based email services such as Gmail and Yahoo, the iPhone automatically enters most of the settings needed for you to access your account. We’ve put together these steps that cover each of the Internet’s key email providers. Just follow this guide and you’ll soon be emailing from…

First Steps with Your iPhone The Keyboard Type on it When it comes to using your iPhone, the keyboard is second only in importance to the touchscreen. If you familiarise yourself with the iPhone’s virtual keyboard features, you can get so much more out of your Apple smartphone. This guide teaches you how to use the virtual keyboard, and its features such as voice input and additional languages. 1 Once you’ve opened the on-screen keyboard, you can enter text by simply tapping on the keys as you would on any similar typing device. It’s really easy and intuitive to use. 2 To add digits and punctuation to your text, just tap the 123 key located on the lower-left side of the keyboard. An additional tap on the key above brings up more symbols.…

Your iPhone’s Built-in Apps Safari App For Web Browsing Safari is the iPhone’s bundled web browser, and it’s had an overhaul for iOS 15. Designed to make it easier to use with one hand, it shifts the URL and tabs to the bottom, adds a new Start page and more. Safari in Focus 1 A web page can contain words, pictures, videos, icons and more. Tap a link on a web page, such as the pictures here and icons atop the page, to go to a new page. You can also scroll the screen up and down by dragging it with one finger. 2 The URL, tabs and tools are now down here, instead of at the top of the browser. This window settles into the bottom of the screen when not in…

Your iPhone’s Built-in Apps Using Memoji For Fun Pictures A Memoji is a cartoon representation of you, created on your iPhone. You can design them to look like you and use them as both stickers and Animojis. With iOS 15 there are new features such as over 40 new choices of clothing, options for the disabled to represent themselves accurately, and more. As Memojis need a TrueDepth camera, only iPhones with Face ID can use them. Making a Memoji 1 Open the Messages app. Tap the Memoji icon in the app drawer and scroll all the way to the right until you see the Plus icon. Tap it to start your Memoji. Note: if the Memoji icon isn’t there, your iPhone is likely too old and cannot use Memojis. 2 Under a blank…

Your iPhone’s Built-in Apps Contacts App For Important Info The Contacts app is your iPhone’s versatile digital address book. You can use it to store all your family, personal and professional contacts; and with iCloud, so their details are synced between all of your Apple devices. Contacts in Focus 1 Tap this link to go back to your list of contacts, arranged in alphabetical order. 2 The name and picture of your currently open contact. If you don’t yet have a picture here, the person’s initials are shown on a grey background. 3 Tap Edit to add, remove or change information on the contact card. You can add things like birthdays and social media addresses as well phone numbers, street addresses and more. 4 These icons let you communicate with your contact directly from…

Your iPhone’s Built-in Apps Photos App For Managing Snaps The Photos app is more than just a photo manager. It’s also a very powerful image editor, where you can colour correct, enhance, crop and generally improve your snaps. Here we take you through its various tools. Photos in Focus 1 This is the name of the Photos album you have open (or in this case, where the pics were taken, as we’re looking at all the photos and not a single album), and the dates between which the photos contained in that album were all taken. 2 Tap here to select photos. You can pick out as many as you like, and dragging your finger will select multiple photos more easily. 3 Tap the three-dots icon for a pop-up that lets you zoom in…

Your iPhone’s Built-in Apps Health App For Keeping Fit The Health app is great for keeping all of your personal medical information in one place; and for tracking your exercise and fitness regimes. You can store clinical documents too. If you have an Apple Watch, the Health app really comes into its own with fitness tracking in Activity, but it has plenty to offer even if you don’t use Apple’s amazing smartwatch. 1 First of all, set up your Health Profile. It should appear automatically the first time you open the app, but if it doesn’t, tap the icon in the top right corner of the Summary screen and add your information and details. Tap Done when finished. 2 The main Summary screen, accessed by tapping the Summary icon at the bottom, starts…

Your iPhone’s Built-in Apps Fitness App For Exercise The Apple Watch is an amazing fitness tracker, and you can use it with your iPhone to keep an eye on your exercise regime. The Fitness app on both the watch and the iPhone keep a careful track of how fit and active you are. Fitnenss App in Focus 1 This is the main page of the Activity app and it shows you a summary of your recent activities. It also shows you today’s date. 2 The Activity section features information drawn from your Apple Watch. It starts afresh each day, so what you see are today’s figures. 3 Here you can see how many calories you’ve used up today, how many minutes you’ve spent exercising and how many times you’ve stood up and moved…

Your iPhone’s Built-in Apps Books App For Your eBooks The Books app turns your iPhone into a fully featured eBook reader. You can buy new eBooks directly from the Books app, read them on your iPhone, bookmark pages, make notes and even add PDF documents. Books in Focus 1 Tap the chevron to close the a book and go back to your eBooks library. When you open the book again, it’s on the last page you viewed. 2 This icon gives you access to the book’s contents and also any bookmarks and notes you made whilst reading it. 3 Tap here for a pop-up window that lets you change the font and font size, adjust the brightness, change the page colour, set the text to scroll up and down rather…

Your iPhone’s Built-in Apps News App Stories and Features If you regularly trawl the web for news and features on subjects that interest you, the News app should be a welcome addition. It gathers stories from numerous sources into one place for quick and easy reading. News in Focus 1 Today’s date, which is always important on a digital news app. 2 This is Today, the News app’s main page. Scroll for top stories, trending stories and more. 3 You can watch videos directly from the News app. Just tap the Play button and the video plays, right there in the story. 4 Stories in the News app are tagged with how long ago they were uploaded to the Internet, so you know how recent your stories are. 5 Front-page…

Your iPhone’s Built-in Apps Clock App Find the Time The Clock app might not be the most spectacular feature on your iPhone but it does a lot more than simply tell the time. With our guide, you can set alarms, check the time in cities all over the world and even use it as a stopwatch and countdown timer. Just the thing if you’re travelling light and you don’t want to weigh yourself down by carrying a separate alarm clock. Setting alarms 1 Tap the Alarm tab at the bottom of the clock screen to start editing your alarms. To set a new alarm, use the ‘+’ icon (top right). This opens an Add Alarm window. Use the two wheels to pick a time for the alarm to sound. You…

Your iPhone’s Built-in Apps Find My Friends and Gear The Find My app arose from the fusion of two older applications, Find My Friends and Find My iPhone. With it, you can find lost or stolen Apple devices, including iPhones, iPads and Macs, and wipe them clean if they’re lost for good. You can also locate your friends or family members on the map; just the thing if you’re all on a day out and at risk of losing each other. The People tab 1 Tap the People icon at the foot of the screen. To start sharing your location with friends or family members, tap Start Sharing Location. Enter the name, Apple ID email, or phone number of the person you want to share with. 2 As is usual,…

Your iPhone’s Advanced Functions Organise, Update & Remove Apps If you want to upgrade your iPhone to the free iOS 15 operating system, follow this guide. It’s always a good idea to keep iOS and your apps up to date, to take advantage of new features. Upgrading your iPhone’s operating system is as easy as following these simple steps, which work whenever Apple releases a new version of iOS for your iPhone. Updating iOS and Apps 1 When a new version of iOS is available, the Settings app is badged. Open it, go to General > Software Update and your iPhone checks with Apple to check if there’s a new version for you. If there is, it gives you an option to Download and Install. Tap the link to do…

Your iPhone’s Advanced Functions Personal Hotspot With Your iPhone You can use your iPhone as a Wi-Fi hotspot, and take your tablet, laptop or other Internet device online using your iPhone’s cellular connection. First of all, open Settings > Mobile Data > Personal Hotspot or Settings > Personal Hotspot, depending on what version of iOS you’re using. Make sure it’s switched on, and Allow Others to Join is on. Make a note of the Wi-Fi password, which you might need later. Now you must connect the device you wish to take online through your iPhone, using Wi-Fi, Bluetooth or USB. Using Wi-Fi. On the computer or tablet you wish to take online, open your Wi-Fi settings and look for the name of your iPhone in the list of available networks.…

Your iPhone’s Advanced Functions The Siri Assistant A PA Feature Siri has a great new compact design. Your personal digital assistant no longer takes over the whole screen but lets you concentrate on what you’re doing. What follows is a short guide that takes you through the task of activating and using Siri and using some of its more advanced features like setting alarms, checking appointments, looking things up and identifying a song. How to activate and speak to Siri 1 To open Siri, hold down the Home button or the Side button on Face ID iPhones. Siri now appears at the foot of the screen; as you can see here. 2 Begin speaking and the coloured icon reverberates to let you know that Siri can hear you. If it…

Your iPhone’s Advanced Functions Customising A Fun Feature If you want to change the look and feel of your iPhone, you can customise it to suit your requirements. Changing the wallpaper gives you a new background both behind the Home screen icons and on the Lock screen. You can also change the ringtones and even assign a specific tone to a contact, so you always know when that person is calling. Here’s how to do it. Changing your Wallpaper 1 Go to Settings > Wallpaper and tap Choose a New Wallpaper. Choose from Dynamic, Stills, Live, or a pic from the Photos app. Dynamic wallpapers are lightly animated, Stills are static and Live wallpapers give more movement. 2 Tap the pictures found under the Dynamic, Stills and Live options to…

Notifications & Bluetooth Bluetooth And AirDrop AirDrop is great for sharing files wirelessly, and with Bluetooth you can pair and connect your iPhone with wireless devices such as speakers, headphones and keyboards. Here’s how to use both these features. Using AirDrop for file transfer 1 Send files to other Apple devices using AirDrop. Switch on Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, then go to Settings > General > AirDrop and decide whether receiving via AirDrop is on or off, share only with Contacts, or share with everyone. 2 Select a file, photo, or video you want to send by AirDrop, and open it. Tap the Sharing icon (the page with the up-pointing arrow), and then tap AirDrop in the pop-up window. Tap the person to which you want to send the file, and…

First Steps with Your iPhone Set Up Your iPhone Start with it If you’re setting up your new iPhone straight out of the box, follow this guide as we take you through the extremely important first time setup. Learn how to set up all the core functions of your iPhone, from switching it on for the first time to making your first phone call. Whichever model of iPhone you own, with our help you’ll soon be up and running. Inserting your Nano-SIM card 1 To activate your iPhone, you must first insert the Nano-SIM card provided by your mobile phone network provider. An eSim card is non-removal as detailed below. 2 Use a SIM eject tool like the one pictured here, or maybe a straightened paper clip, and insert it…

First Steps with Your iPhone iOS 15 Home Screen Organise it The Home screen is at the heart of your iPhone. It’s through the Home screen you open apps, organise them into folders, edit and use Home screen widgets and more. The previous release of the iOS operating system brought some great new features such as the App Library and using Widgets on the Home screen. Follow this guide to master your iPhone’s Home screen. Home Screen Widgets 1 A Widget is a small piece of an app which displays information drawn from the app in question, making it easily accessible. We’ve had them for years on the Today screen (to the left of the home screen) but their abilities have now been greatly extended. 2 To add a Widget to the…

First Steps with Your iPhone Phone Calls Talk on it With all the games, apps, videos, Internet browsing, email and photography available on your iPhone, one might be excused for forgetting it can also make and receive telephone calls. In this next section we take you through making and answering calls, and show you a few of the iPhone’s clever phone-related features such as placing calls on hold and using voicemail. Dialling a number from the keypad 1 Tap the Phone app icon and then select the keypad link from the five options at the bottom of the screen. Enter the phone number by tapping the on-screen digits; the number is shown as you enter it at the top of the screen. 2 If this number is important and is likely to…

First Steps with Your iPhone Control Centre Accessing it To access the Control Centre, swipe down from the top right corner, or if you have an older iPhone model, swipe up from the bottom of the screen. The iOS 15 Control Centre has some great features, which we look at here. Control Centre in Focus 1 In this box, you can turn on and off (clockwise, from top left) Airplane Mode, Mobile Data, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. If you have 3D Touch, deep press the main box for more options. 2 This box shows what you’re currently listening to. Here we’re listening to the radio, so we can play/pause and skip forward or backward ten seconds. Deep press for more options, including volume control and external speakers. 3 Tap here to…

Your iPhone’s Built-in Apps Reminders App For Remembering With the Reminders app you can set up reminders, assign them to lists and trigger notifications at a specific time and date or when you arrive at or depart from a specific location. Here’s how to get more from it. Reminders in Focus 1 Use the Search field to search your reminders. Titles, notes, people, locations and more are searched. 2 Tap this link and you can edit your lists; delete them with the minus sign, reorder by dragging the Three-line icon up and down and tap the ‘i’ icon to rename a list, change its colour and choose a new icon. 3 These are your smart lists. ‘Today’ is all your reminders scheduled for that day, ‘Scheduled’ shows reminders that are scheduled for any day,…

Your iPhone’s Built-in Apps Notes App For Your Jottings Notes is great. Not only can you store your scribblings, you can also create checklists and tables, add videos and pics, share notes with others and even collaborate on a note. You can password-protect a note for privacy too. Notes in Focus 1 Tap this link to go back to the folder containing the currently open note. As you can see, that’s the iCloud folder, which is synced across your Apple devices, including your iPhone. You can then tap another folder on the Folders screen to open it, and look at the notes inside. 2 At the top of a note, you can see the date and time when the note in question was last edited. Drag the note down to get this information.…

Your iPhone’s Built-in Apps Camera App For Taking Pictures Here we show you how to make the most of the iPhone’s cameras. With the Camera app, you can take amazing still pictures, record regular and slow-motion videos, make panoramic shots, take live photos and more. Camera in Focus (older iPhone’s interfaces may vary) 1 Tap the flash icon to turn it on or off, to suit current lighting conditions. 2 Tap this to change the Night Mode setting. A slider lets you switch from Auto to manually setting the time length of the photo, but there’s no real need to do so. 3 Tap the inverted ‘V’ icon to open a row of control icons under the picture. These give greater control over things like the flash and HDR feature. 4 HDR stands for High…

Your iPhone’s Built-in Apps Maps App For Navigation Maps is a superb navigational tool. Making great use of the iPhone’s location awareness, it gives an accurate map of your location, shows directions to where you want to go and helps you find local amenities. Maps in Focus 1 Tap the folded map icon for a pop-up window, where you can switch between four map types; Explore, Driving, Public Transport and Satellite view. 2 Tap this arrow icon to focus the map on your current location. Tap it again and the map rotates as you move, so the direction your travelling is always ‘up’. A third tap returns it to its default function. 3 The blue dot shows your current location on the map and the direction you’re facing. The smaller the blue circle around…

Your iPhone’s Built-in Apps Wallet App For Easy Paying With Apple Pay, you can leave your wallet at home and shop with your iPhone! Instead of picking through your purse or wallet trying to find the correct credit card, you can store your payment cards on your iPhone 6 or later versions and use them to make payments at the tills. Here’s how to set up and use this exciting new Apple easy payment service. How to store credit and debit card information 1 To use Apple Pay, you need at least an iPhone 6, 6 Plus or SE; or an Apple Watch connected to a compatible iOS device. Apple Watches are compatible with the iPhone 5 or later, including the iPhone SE and require at least iOS 8. You can make…

Your iPhone’s Built-in Apps Measure Measure App And Level Feature The Measure app makes use of the iPhone’s augmented reality features. It also includes a great spirit level. You can find the Measure app on your home screen, but if it isn’t there, your iPhone isn’t powerful enough to run it. Measure App in Focus 1 The back arrow undoes the last command but doesn’t clear all the points of a multi-point measurement. 2 The Clear button gets rid of all the current measurements so you can move on to the next one. 3 Measure is designed to calculate the distance between fixed points such as the length of a table or width of a chair. 4 You will need to direct Measure to the object you’d like to measure…

Your iPhone’s Built-in Apps Podcasts App For Audio Shows The Podcasts app makes finding, listening to, watching and downloading podcasts easier than ever. There’s a wealth of interesting podcasts to choose from too. Here’s how to find and enjoy them on your iPhone. Podcasts in Focus 1 This is your Library. Tap one of the links under this title to see shows you’re subscribed to, a show’s individual episodes and more. 2 Tap the three-dots icon for a menu that lets you save a New Station, Add a Show by URL or Edit Library. 3 Tap Shows to see the list of shows to which you’ve subscribed. 4 Tap Saved to see individual episodes you’ve saved for later listening. 5 The Downloaded link takes you to episodes you’ve downloaded to…

Your iPhone’s Built-in Apps FaceTime App For Internet Calls Your iPhone’s FaceTime app can make audio and video calls, and with iOS 15, they can be to Android and Windows devices as well as other Apple gear. As FaceTime calls are made over the Internet, they’re free. You can even make group calls, with several people appearing on screen at once for a party chat. There’s some great new features for iOS 15 too. First Steps with FaceTime 1 To start a FaceTime conversation from the Contacts app, first find the contact card of the person you wish to call. If that person’s email or phone number are registered with FaceTime, you can see FaceTime icons for both audio (the telephone receiver) and video (the camera). Tap one to make…

Your iPhone’s Built-in Apps iTunes Store For Buying Media You can buy and download media for your iPhone at the iTunes Store. You can also buy or rent movies and TV shows and sample short snippets of songs before buying them. It’s your one-stop shop for digital entertainment. iTunes in Focus 1 Tap here for a pop-up window that lets you filter music according to its genre. Available genres include Blues, Classical, Country, jazz, metal, rock, greatest hits and more. Choose the Tones option to view ringtones. 2 Tap the Featured tab to see what’s hot and what’s new. The Charts tab gives you the best selling songs, albums and music videos on the iTunes Store. 3 Tap here for your wish list, songs you’ve identified using Siri (see the…

Your iPhone’s Advanced Functions iCloud Drive Cloud Computing iCloud Drive is Apple’s own cloud computing service and it comes free with the iPhone. With iCloud Drive, you can sync your documents across all of your Apple devices and even access them through a web browser; they’re all found on your iPhone in the Files application. If your free space isn’t enough, you can buy more for a set monthly fee. An introduction to iCloud Drive and the Files app 1 In the Settings app, tap your name at the top of the screen, tap iCloud and scroll down to iCloud Drive. If it isn’t on already, turn it on. You can now save your files in the cloud and access them from any Internet device. 2 Open the Files app…

Your iPhone’s Advanced Functions Live Text Pics to Words Live Text is a great feature that lets your iPhone identify and copy editable text from your environment, simply by pointing your camera at it. You can also copy text from photographs you’ve already taken. When you’ve copied the text, you can paste it into any app that uses editable words, such as Notes, Mail, Messenger and more. You can even copy handwriting. Using Live Text 1 Using the Camera app, point your iPhone’s camera at a piece of text or numerals, such as the picture here. The text is identified, and a ‘page’ icon appears in the bottom-right. Tap this icon. 2 The text is lifted, and a menu appears giving you the chance to copy it, select more text,…

Personal Hotspot & Picture in Picture Picture in Picture A Viewing Feature You can now shut down a video page on your iPhone and continue watching on a floating window, while using other apps. It works for regular videos such as a website’s videos, the TV app and also when in a FaceTime video call. It’s a great way to continue watching while doing something else on your iPhone and it’s easy too. Here’s how it works. 1 While watching a video or in a FaceTime video call, swipe the screen up or tap the Home button to get back to the Home screen. The video continues to play in a floating window on top of whatever is open on your screen on your iPhone. 2 Tap screen for controls;…

Your iPhone’s Advanced Functions Dark Mode A Screen Feature If you prefer a darker screen on your iPhone, perhaps to reduce screen glare in the middle of the day or to make it easier on the eyes after the sun goes down, Dark Mode is for you. It’s easy to set up and use. 1 To set up and use Dark Mode, open System Preferences (the app with the grey icon showing cogs), and scroll up. Tap the Display and Brightness link; it’s in the third set of links, and has a blue double-A icon. 2 At the top of the screen, you see the Light and Dark options; tap one to choose it, immediately making the screen light or dark. This is the option you use to change the…

Your iPhone’s Advanced Functions Screen Time A Monitoring Feature With Screen Time, you can check what you’ve been doing on your iPhone and for how long, plus set limits for your own, or your children’s iPhone usage. If you’re worried about spending too long on social media, this feature is for you. Screen Time in Focus 1 To open Screen Time, go to Settings > Screen Time. You can also get to the Widgets screen by swiping right from the Lock screen, or the Home screen, and tapping the Screen Time widget near the bottom. 2 A summary of how you’ve been using your iPhone on each day of the week. Tap a bar to see how much you used it on that day. Also shown is your daily average…

Your iPhone’s Advanced Functions Troubleshooting & Maintenance Your iPhone is very reliable but even the best tech goes wrong sometimes. If you’re having problems, try one of these tips and tricks. It may get you up and running again without having to go to the Apple Store. Close an application If an application has frozen or is running very slowly, try forcing it to quit. On an iPhone with no Home button, on the Home screen swipe from the bottom to half-way up the screen. If your phone has a Home button, Quickly press it twice. Either way, you get to a screen showing your open apps. Find the faulty one and swipe it off the top of the screen. Restart your iPhone This tip solves most iPhone issues, and…