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
Take Portrait mode photos with your iPhone camera
With Camera on models that support Portrait mode, you can apply a depth-of-field effect that keeps your subject—people, pets, objects, and more—sharp while creating a beautifully blurred background. You can apply and adjust different lighting effects to your Portrait mode photos, and on iPhone X and later, you can even take a selfie in Portrait mode.
Take a photo in Portrait mode
On iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, and later, you can apply studio-quality lighting effects to your Portrait mode photos.

Choose Portrait mode.
Follow the tips onscreen to frame your subject in the yellow portrait box.
Drag
to choose a lighting effect:
Natural Light: The face is in sharp focus against a blurred background.
Studio Light: The face is brightly lit, and the photo has an overall clean look.
Contour Light: The face has dramatic shadows with highlights and lowlights.
Stage Light: The face is spotlit against a deep black background.
Stage Light Mono: The effect is similar to Stage Light, but the photo is in classic black and white.
High-Key Light Mono: Creates a grayscale subject on a white background (available on iPhone XS, iPhone XR, and later).
Tap the Shutter button to take the shot.
After you take a photo in Portrait mode, you can remove the Portrait mode effect if you don’t like it. In the Photos app , open the photo, tap Edit, then tap Portrait to turn the effect on or off.
Note: On iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max, Night mode turns on when you take a Portrait mode photo in low-light situations with the Wide (1x) lens. To learn more about Night mode, see Take low-light photos with Night mode.
Note: On iPhone XR, Stage Light, Stage Light Mono, and High-Key Light Mono are only available when you use the front camera.
Adjust Depth Control in Portrait mode
On iPhone XS, iPhone XR, and later, use the Depth Control slider to adjust the level of background blur in your Portrait mode photos.

Choose Portrait mode, then frame your subject.
Tap
in the top-right corner of the screen.
The Depth Control slider appears below the frame.
Drag the slider to the right or left to adjust the effect.
Tap the Shutter button to take the shot.
After you take a photo in Portrait mode, you can use the Depth Control slider in Photos to further adjust the background blur effect. See Edit Portrait mode photos.
Adjust Portrait Lighting effects in Portrait mode
On iPhone XS, iPhone XR, and later, you can virtually adjust the position and intensity of each Portrait Lighting effect to sharpen eyes or brighten and smooth facial features.
Choose Portrait mode, then drag
to choose a lighting effect.
Tap
at the top of the screen.
The Portrait Lighting slider appears below the frame.
Drag the slider to the right or left to adjust the effect.
Tap the Shutter button to take the shot.
After you take a photo in Portrait mode, you can use the Portrait Lighting slider in Photos to further adjust the lighting effect. See Edit Portrait mode photos.