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    iPhone User Guide

    • iPhone User Guide
    • What’s new in iOS 13
    • Supported iPhone models
      • Turn on and set up iPhone
      • Set up cellular service
      • Connect to the Internet
      • Apple ID and iCloud settings
      • Download or bookmark the user guide
      • Wake and unlock
        • Learn basic gestures
        • Learn gestures for iPhone models with Face ID
      • Adjust the volume
      • Change sounds and vibrations
        • Find settings
        • Adjust the screen brightness and color balance
        • Magnify the screen
        • Change the name of your iPhone
        • Set the date and time
        • Set the language and region
        • Set up mail, contacts, and calendar accounts
      • Access features from the Lock screen
      • Open apps on the Home screen
      • Take a screenshot or screen recording
      • Change or lock the screen orientation
      • Change the wallpaper
      • Make screen items more reachable
        • Switch between apps
        • Move and organize apps
        • Quit and restart an app
        • Remove apps
        • Type and edit text
        • Use predictive text
        • Dictate text
        • Use text replacements
        • Add or change keyboards
        • Use international keyboards
        • Use special input methods
      • Search with iPhone
      • Use AirDrop to send items
        • Draw in apps
        • Add text, shapes, and signatures
        • Zoom in or magnify in Markup on iPhone
      • Perform quick actions
      • Use and customize Control Center
        • View and respond to notifications
        • Change notification settings
        • Set Do Not Disturb
        • Turn on Do Not Disturb While Driving
        • Set Do Not Disturb for bedtime
      • View and organize Today View
      • Charge and monitor the battery
      • Learn the meaning of the status icons
      • Travel with iPhone
      • View your Screen Time summary
      • Set up Screen Time for yourself
      • Set up Screen Time for a family member
      • Get a report of your device use
      • Ask Siri
      • Find out what Siri can do
      • Tell Siri about yourself
      • Add Siri Shortcuts
      • About Siri Suggestions
      • Use Siri in your car
      • Change Siri settings
        • Get apps, games, and fonts
        • Manage purchases, subscriptions, and settings
        • Find and buy books and audiobooks
        • Read books
        • Listen to audiobooks
        • Set reading goals
        • Organize books
        • Read PDFs
      • Calculator
        • Create and edit events
        • Send and receive invitations
        • Change how you view events
        • Search for events
        • Customize your calendar
        • Keep track of events
        • Use multiple calendars
        • Share iCloud calendars
        • Take photos
        • Take videos
        • Take Portrait mode photos
        • Capture content outside the camera frame
        • Use Camera settings
        • Adjust HDR camera settings
        • View, share, and print photos
        • Scan a QR code
        • See the world clock
        • Set an alarm or bedtime schedule
        • Use the timer or stopwatch
      • Compass
        • Add and use contact information
        • Edit contacts
        • Add your contact info
        • Use other contact accounts
        • Use Contacts from the Phone app
        • Hide duplicate contacts
        • Set up FaceTime
        • Make and receive calls
        • Make a Group FaceTime call
        • Take a Live Photo
        • Use other apps during a call
        • Add camera effects
        • Change the audio and video settings
        • Leave a call or switch to Messages
        • Block unwanted callers
        • Connect external devices or servers
        • View files and folders
        • Organize files and folders
        • Send files
        • Set up iCloud Drive
        • Share folders and files in iCloud Drive
          • Share your location
          • Add or remove a friend
          • Locate a friend
          • Set location notifications for friends
          • Add or remove a device
          • Locate a device
          • Mark a device as lost
          • Erase a device
        • Adjust map settings
        • Collect health and fitness data
        • View health and fitness information
        • Track your menstrual cycle
        • Monitor audio levels
        • Share health and fitness data
        • Download health records
        • Create and share your Medical ID
        • Register as an organ donor
        • Back up your Health data
        • Home overview
        • Add and control accessories
        • Set up accessories
        • Add more homes
        • Configure HomePod
        • Configure cameras
        • Configure a router
        • Create and use scenes
        • Control your home using Siri
        • Automations and remote access
        • Create an automation
        • Share controls with others
        • Get music, movies, and TV shows
        • Manage purchases and settings
        • Write an email
        • Add attachments
        • Address and send email
        • View an email
        • Save an email draft
        • Flag and filter emails
        • Organize your email
        • Search for email
        • Delete and recover emails
        • Work with attachments
        • Print emails
        • View maps
        • Find places
        • Look around
        • Mark places
        • Get information about a place
        • Share places
        • Save favorite places
        • Create collections
        • Get traffic and weather info
        • Get directions
        • Follow turn-by-turn directions
        • Find your car
        • Get a ride
        • Take Flyover tours in Maps
        • Help improve Maps
        • Measure
        • Use the level
        • Set up Messages
        • Send and receive messages
        • Send photos, videos, and audio
        • Animate messages
        • Use iMessage apps
        • Use Animoji and Memoji
        • Send a Digital Touch effect
        • Send and receive money with Apple Pay
        • Change notifications
        • Filter and block messages
        • Delete messages
        • Get music
        • View albums, playlists, and more
        • Play music
        • Listen to broadcast radio
          • Subscribe to Apple Music
          • Find new music
          • Add music and listen offline
          • Get personalized recommendations
          • Listen to radio
          • Search for music
          • Create playlists
          • See what your friends are listening to
          • Use Siri to play music
        • Change the way music sounds
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