iPhone User Guide
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Welcome
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Supported iPhone models
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What’s new in iOS 14
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Wake and unlock
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Adjust the volume
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Change sounds and vibrations
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Access features from the Lock Screen
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Open apps
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Take a screenshot or screen recording
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Change or lock the screen orientation
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Change the wallpaper
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Make screen items more reachable
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Search with iPhone
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Use AirDrop to send items
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Perform quick actions
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Use and customize Control Center
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Add widgets to the Home Screen
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Charge and monitor the battery
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Learn the meaning of the status icons
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Travel with iPhone
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Calculator
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Compass
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Collect health and fitness information
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Maintain a health profile
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View health and fitness information
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Track your menstrual cycle
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Track headphone and environmental sound-level exposure
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Set up sleep schedules
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Share health and fitness data
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Download health records
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Create and share your Medical ID
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Manage health with the Health Checklist
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Register as an organ donor
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Back up your Health data
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View maps
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Use Siri, Maps, and widgets to get directions
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Choose your preferred type of travel
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Get driving directions
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Find your parked car
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Get cycling directions
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Find places to stop
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Get walking directions
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Get transit directions
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See an overview of your route or its directions in a list
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Change audio settings for turn-by-turn directions
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Select other route options
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Get directions between places other than your current location
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Delete recently viewed directions
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Use Maps on your Mac to get directions
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Get rides
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Help improve Maps
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View photos and videos
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Delete and hide photos and videos
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Edit photos and videos
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Edit Live Photos
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Edit Portrait mode photos
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Organize photos in albums
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Search in Photos
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Share photos and videos
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View Memories
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Find people in Photos
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Browse photos by location
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Use iCloud Photos
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Share photos with iCloud Shared Albums
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Use My Photo Stream
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Import photos and videos
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Print photos
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Shortcuts
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Stocks
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Tips
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Translate
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Weather
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Charging cable
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Power adapters
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MagSafe Chargers
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Qi-certified wireless chargers
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Set up AirPods
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Charge AirPods
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Start and stop audio playback
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Change the AirPods volume
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Make and answer calls with AirPods
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Switch AirPods between devices
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Use Siri with AirPods
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Listen and respond to messages
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Share audio with AirPods and Beats products
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Change noise control modes
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Control spatial audio
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Restart AirPods
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Change the name of your AirPods and other settings
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Use other Bluetooth headphones
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Use EarPods
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Check headphone and environmental sound levels
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Apple Watch
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HomePod and other wireless speakers
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Magic Keyboard
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MagSafe cases and sleeves
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Printers
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Share your internet connection
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Allow phone calls on your iPad, iPod touch, and Mac
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Hand off tasks between iPhone and your Mac
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Cut, copy, and paste between iPhone and other devices
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Connect iPhone and your computer using USB
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Sync iPhone with your computer
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Transfer files between iPhone and your computer
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Intro to CarPlay
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Connect to CarPlay
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Use Siri
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Use your vehicle’s built-in controls
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Get turn-by-turn directions
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Change the map view
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Make phone calls
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Play music
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View your calendar
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Send and receive text messages
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Play podcasts
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Play audiobooks
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Listen to news stories
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Control your home
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Use other apps with CarPlay
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Rearrange icons on CarPlay Home
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Change settings in CarPlay
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Get started with accessibility features
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Turn on and practice VoiceOver
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Change your VoiceOver settings
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Learn VoiceOver gestures
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Operate iPhone using VoiceOver gestures
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Control VoiceOver using the rotor
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Use the onscreen keyboard
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Write with your finger
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Use VoiceOver with an Apple external keyboard
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Use a braille display
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Type onscreen braille
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Customize gestures and keyboard shortcuts
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Use VoiceOver with a pointer device
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Use VoiceOver in apps
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Zoom
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Magnifier
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People detection
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Display & Text Size
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Motion
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Spoken Content
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Audio Descriptions
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Important safety information
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Important handling information
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Get information about your iPhone
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View or change cellular settings
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Find more resources for software and service
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FCC compliance statement
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ISED Canada compliance statement
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Ultra Wideband information
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Class 1 Laser information
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Apple and the environment
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Disposal and recycling information
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Copyright
Update iOS on iPhone
When you update to the latest version of iOS, your data and settings remain unchanged.
Before you update, set up iPhone to back up automatically, or back up your device manually.
Update iPhone automatically
If you didn’t turn on automatic updates when you first set up your iPhone, do the following:
Go to Settings
> General > Software Update.Tap Customize Automatic Updates (or Automatic Updates). You can choose to automatically download and install updates.
When an update is available, iPhone downloads and installs the update overnight while charging and connected to Wi-Fi. You’re notified before an update is installed.
Update iPhone manually
At any time, you can check for and install software updates.
Go to Settings > General > Software Update.
The screen shows the currently installed version of iOS and whether an update is available.
To turn off automatic updates, go to Settings > General > Software Update > Customize Automatic Updates (or Automatic Updates).
Update using your computer
Do one of the following:
In the Finder sidebar on your Mac: Select your iPhone, then click General at the top of the window.
Note: To use the Finder to update your iPhone, macOS 10.15 or later is required. With earlier versions of macOS, use iTunes to update your iPhone.
In the iTunes app on your Windows PC: Click the iPhone button near the top left of the iTunes window, then click Summary.
Click Check for Update.
To install an available update, click Update.
See the Apple Support articles Update to the latest iOS and If you can’t update or restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.