iPhone 4s Portable Genius -- About the Author -- Credits -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: How Do I Configure My iPhone? -- Customizing the Home Screen to Suit Your Style -- Creating an app folder -- Adding a Safari web clip to the Home screen -- Resetting the default Home screen layout -- Working with App Notifications -- Displaying the Notification Center -- Customizing notifications -- More Useful iPhone Configuration Techniques -- Turning sounds on and off -- Customizing the keyboard -- Configuring Siri -- Creating text shortcuts -- Signing in to your Twitter account -- Resetting the iPhone -- Protecting Your iPhone -- Locking your iPhone with a passcode -- Configuring your iPhone to sleep automatically -- Backing up your iPhone -- Configuring parental controls -- Locating and protecting a lost iPhone -- Enhancing Your iPhone with Apps -- Accessing the App Store on your computer -- Accessing the App Store on your iPhone -- Syncing apps -- Viewing and updating your apps -- Multitasking apps -- Pairing Your iPhone to Bluetooth Devices -- Making your iPhone discoverable -- Pairing your iPhone with a Bluetooth keyboard -- Pairing your iPhone with a Bluetooth headset -- Selecting a paired headset as the audio output device -- Unpairing your iPhone from a Bluetooth device -- Chapter 2: How Do I Connect My iPhone to a Network? -- Connecting to a Wi-Fi Network -- Making your first connection -- Connecting to known networks -- Stopping incessant Wi-Fi network prompts -- Connecting to a hidden Wi-Fi network -- Forgetting a Wi-Fi network -- Turning off the Wi-Fi antenna -- Setting Up Your iPhone as an Internet Hub -- Activating the Personal Hotspot -- Connecting to the Personal Hotspot using Wi-Fi -- Connecting to the Personal Hotspot using Bluetooth -- Connecting to the Personal Hotspot using USB.

Keeping an Eye on Your Data Usage -- Controlling Network Data -- Turning off 3G -- Turning off cellular data -- Turning off data roaming -- Switching your iPhone to Airplane mode -- Creating a VPN Connection -- Chapter 3: How Can I Get More Out of the Phone App? -- Working with Outgoing Calls -- Making calls quickly -- Voice dialing a call with Siri -- Configuring your iPhone not to show your caller ID -- Handling Incoming Calls -- Silencing an incoming call -- Sending an incoming call directly to voicemail -- Turning off Call Waiting -- Forwarding calls to another number -- Juggling Multiple Calls and Conference Calls -- Managing Your Favorites List -- Converting a Phone Number into a Contact -- Video Calling with FaceTime -- Initiating a FaceTime call -- Disabling FaceTime -- Chapter 4: How Can I Make the Most of iPhone Web Surfing? -- Touchscreen Tips for Websites -- Browsing Tips for Faster Surfing -- Opening and managing multiple browser pages -- Opening a page in the background -- Viewing a page without distractions -- Adding bookmarks manually -- Managing your bookmarks -- Saving a page to read later -- Retracing your steps with the handy History list -- Filling in Online Forms -- Turning on AutoFill for faster form input -- Saving website login passwords -- Getting More Out of Safari on Your iPhone -- Maintaining your privacy by deleting the History list -- Deleting website data -- Browsing privately -- Tweeting a web page -- Changing the default search engine -- Dialing a phone number from a web page -- Setting the web browser security options -- Searching web page text -- Printing a web page with AirPrint -- Searching the web with Siri voice commands -- Chapter 5: How Do I Maximize iPhone E-mail? -- Managing Your iPhone E-mail Accounts -- Adding an account by hand -- Specifying the default account -- Temporarily disabling an account.

Deleting an account -- Switching to another account -- Configuring E-mail Accounts -- Managing multiple devices by leaving messages on the server -- Fixing outgoing e-mail problems by using a different server port -- Configuring authentication for outgoing mail -- Configuring E-mail Messages -- Setting the number of messages to display -- Processing e-mail faster by identifying messages sent to you -- Placing a phone call from an e-mail message -- E-mailing a link to a web page -- Creating iCloud message folders -- Formatting e-mail text -- Setting a minimum message font size -- Creating a custom iPhone signature -- Disabling remote images in messages -- Preventing Mail from organizing messages by thread -- Deleting Gmail messages instead of archiving them -- Configuring your Exchange ActiveSync settings -- Controlling e-mail with Siri voice commands -- Chapter 6: How Do I Synchronize My iPhone? -- Connecting Your iPhone to Your Computer -- Connecting via USB -- Connecting via Wi-Fi -- Synchronizing Your iPhone Automatically -- Bypassing the automatic sync -- Troubleshooting automatic syncing -- Synchronizing Your iPhone Manually -- Syncing Your iPhone Via Wi-Fi -- Synchronizing Information with Your iPhone -- Syncing your contacts -- Syncing your calendar -- Syncing your e-mail account -- Syncing your bookmarks -- Syncing your notes -- Merging data from two or more computers -- Handling sync conflicts -- Handling large iPhone-to-computer sync changes -- Replacing your iPhone data with fresh info -- Synchronizing Media with Your iPhone -- Syncing music and music videos -- Syncing podcasts -- Syncing audiobooks -- Syncing movies -- Syncing TV show episodes -- Syncing eBooks -- Syncing computer photos to your iPhone -- Syncing iPhone photos to your computer -- Syncing photos via iCloud -- Preventing your iPhone from sending photos to your computer.

Syncing media with two or more computers -- Chapter 7: How Can I Get More Out of My iPhone's Audio Features? -- Using Audio Accessories with Your iPhone -- Getting More Out of the Music App -- Rating a song -- Browsing music with Cover Flow -- Controlling music with Siri voice commands -- Turning off the Shake to Shuffle feature -- Answering an incoming call while listening to music on the headset -- Listening to a Shared iTunes Library -- Using AirPlay to stream iPhone audio -- Getting More Out of the iTunes App -- Creating a custom iTunes menu bar -- Redeeming an iTunes gift card -- Creating a Custom Ringtone -- Using iTunes to create a custom ringtone -- Using GarageBand to create a custom ringtone -- Syncing ringtones -- Working with Playlists -- Creating a favorite tunes playlist for your iPhone -- Creating a playlist on your iPhone -- Creating a Genius playlist on your iPhone -- Customizing Your Audio Settings -- Chapter 8: How Do I Max Out the iPhone Photo and Video Features? -- Getting More Out of iPhone Photos -- Understanding the iPhone camera features -- Taking High Dynamic Range photos -- Scrolling, rotating, zooming, and panning photos -- Adding an existing photo to a contact -- Taking a contact's photo -- Enhancing a photo -- Removing red-eye -- Cropping and straightening -- Sending a photo via e-mail -- Texting a photo -- Sending a photo to your Flickr account -- Tweeting a photo -- Saving a photo from a text message -- Creating a custom photo slide show -- Playing a slide show with background music -- Creating a photo album -- Deleting a photo -- Getting More Out of iPhone Video Features -- Playing iPhone videos on your TV -- Streaming iPhone video to Apple TV -- Mirroring the iPhone screen on your TV -- Watching videos from a shared iTunes library -- Converting a video file to iPhone format -- Recording video with an iPhone camera.

Editing recorded video -- Sending a video via e-mail -- Texting a video -- Uploading recorded video to YouTube -- Customizing your iPhone video settings -- Editing Video with iMovie for iPhone -- Creating a new iMovie project -- Opening a project for editing -- Importing media into your project -- Working with video clips -- Working with your project -- Chapter 9: How Can I Use My iPhone to Manage Contacts and Appointments? -- Managing Your Contacts -- Creating a new contact -- Editing an existing contact -- Assigning phone numbers to a contact -- Assigning e-mail addresses to a contact -- Assigning web addresses to a contact -- Assigning social network data to a contact -- Assigning physical addresses to a contact -- Creating a custom label -- Adding extra fields to a contact -- Keeping track of birthdays and anniversaries -- Creating a new contact from an electronic business card -- Managing contacts with Siri voice commands -- Tracking Your Appointments -- Adding an event to your calendar -- Editing an existing event -- Setting up a repeating event -- Converting an event to an all-day event -- Adding an alert to an event -- Setting a birthday or anniversary alert -- Controlling events with Siri voice commands -- Displaying a list of your upcoming events -- Handling Microsoft Exchange meeting requests -- Subscribing to a calendar -- Creating Reminders -- Setting a reminder for a specific time -- Setting a reminder for a specific location -- Setting reminders with Siri voice commands -- Chapter 10: How Do I Use My iPhone to Navigate My World? -- Finding Your Way with Maps and GPS -- Viewing your destination -- Displaying your current location -- Displaying a map of a contact's location -- Saving a location as a bookmark for easier access -- Specifying a location when you don't know the exact address -- Getting directions to a location.

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