About the Book

Easily Unlock the Power of Your iPad, iPad mini, or iPhone

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.

Table of Contents:
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