iPod touch User Guide
- iPod touch User Guide
- What’s new in iOS 13
- Your iPod touch
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- Wake and unlock
- Learn basic gestures
- Adjust the volume
- Change or turn off the sounds
- 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
- Search with iPod touch
- Use AirDrop to send items
- Perform quick actions
- Use and customize Control Center
- View and organize Today View
- Charge and monitor the battery
- Learn the meaning of the status icons
- Travel with iPod touch
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- Calculator
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- View photos and videos
- Edit photos and videos
- Edit Live Photos
- Organize photos in albums
- Search in Photos
- Share photos and videos
- View Memories
- Find people in Photos
- Browse photos by location
- Use iCloud Photos
- Share photos with iCloud Shared Albums
- Use My Photo Stream
- Import photos and videos
- Print photos
- Shortcuts
- Stocks
- Tips
- Weather
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- Restart iPod touch
- Force restart iPod touch
- Update iOS
- Back up iPod touch
- Return iPod touch settings to their defaults
- Restore all content from a backup
- Restore purchased and deleted items
- Sell or give away your iPod touch
- Erase all content and settings
- Restore iPod touch to factory settings
- Install or remove configuration profiles
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- Get started with accessibility features
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- Turn on and practice VoiceOver
- Change your VoiceOver settings
- Learn VoiceOver gestures
- Operate iPod touch using VoiceOver gestures
- Control VoiceOver using the rotor
- Use the onscreen keyboard
- Write with your finger
- Use VoiceOver with Magic Keyboard
- Type onscreen braille using VoiceOver
- Use a braille display
- Customize gestures and keyboard shortcuts
- Use VoiceOver with a pointer device
- Use VoiceOver in apps
- Zoom
- Magnifier
- Display & Text Size
- Motion
- Spoken Content
- Audio Descriptions
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- Copyright
See how your child spends time on iPod touch
Use Screen Time to gain insight into the time your kids spend on their devices. You can receive weekly activity reports, set app allowances, and schedule device downtime to help your child find the right screen time balance.
![The activity report screen in Screen Time. The top of the screen shows buttons for Week and Day. Week is selected. In the middle of the screen is a chart that shows how much time was spent using games, entertainment, and social networking for each day of the week. Below the chart is a weekly total.](https://help.apple.com/assets/5F1904F50946226D7189D604/5F1904FB0946226D7189D60E/en_US/d234fc937ca71828046e07cadb82421c.png)
Find out what’s happening
With Screen Time, you can access real-time and weekly activity reports that detail how your child uses iPod touch. You can see how much time is spent using certain apps, when those apps are used, how often your child picks up iPod touch during the day, and more.
![The App Limits screen in Screen Time with a list of app categories. The categories, listed from top to bottom, are: All Apps and Categories, Social Networking, Games, Entertainment, Creativity, Productivity, Education, and Reading and Reference. Next to each category is a circle to select the category and set a time limit.](https://help.apple.com/assets/5F1904F50946226D7189D604/5F1904FB0946226D7189D60E/en_US/4a063398a0df5818fe99a6a94b45a6c4.png)
Set app limits
Based on your child’s activity report, you can set daily time limits for specific apps or app categories like games or social media. When the allotted time is almost up, your child receives a notification and can ask you to approve more time.
![The Content Restrictions screen of Screen Time. The setting options are listed from top to bottom of the screen and show that the ratings are set for the United States. Music, Podcasts and News is set to clean, Movies is set to PG, TV Shows is set to TV-G, Books is set to Clean, and Apps is set to nine plus.](https://help.apple.com/assets/5F1904F50946226D7189D604/5F1904FB0946226D7189D60E/en_US/20ae7d655525d94345ad9ea9ca62567c.png)
Block inappropriate content
Adjust the content and privacy restrictions in Screen Time to limit what your child can view and download on iPod touch. You can change the settings to ensure content is age appropriate, allow or disable in-app purchases, and more.
![The iPod touch Lock screen showing a Downtime notification that Screen time is limited until 4:30 p.m.](https://help.apple.com/assets/5F1904F50946226D7189D604/5F1904FB0946226D7189D60E/en_US/7a348865edce78bab7562b5f9042a8db.png)
Help them unplug
Schedule Downtime to help your child take a break from their device in order to focus on homework or ease into bedtime. You can customize Downtime for each day of the week depending on your child’s schedule.
![A setup screen of Screen Time showing the option to select This is My iPod touch or This is My Child’s iPod touch.](https://help.apple.com/assets/5F1904F50946226D7189D604/5F1904FB0946226D7189D60E/en_US/fd2c5208107cebe8bf3894b7ce75b64f.png)
Set up from your device—or theirs
To manage your child’s Screen Time from your device, set up a Family Sharing account in Settings > [your name] > Set Up Family Sharing, then add your child to it. Open Screen Time on your device, then tap your child’s name.
You can also manage your child’s Screen Time settings from their iPod touch by going to Settings > Screen Time, then tapping “This is My Child’s iPod touch.”
Want to learn more about the Screen Time features that you can use to customize iPod touch for your child? Check out Set up Screen Time for a family member on iPod touch.