iPhone User Guide
- iPhone User Guide
- What’s new in iOS 13
- Supported iPhone models
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- Wake and unlock
- Adjust the volume
- Change sounds and vibrations
- 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
- Search with iPhone
- 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 iPhone
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- Calculator
- Compass
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- View photos and videos
- Edit photos and videos
- Edit Live Photos
- Edit Portrait mode 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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- Intro to CarPlay
- Connect to CarPlay
- Use Siri
- Use your car’s built-in controls
- Get turn-by-turn directions
- Change the map view
- Make phone calls
- Play music
- View your calendar
- Send and receive text messages
- Play podcasts
- Play audiobooks
- Listen to news stories
- Control your home
- Use other apps with CarPlay
- Rearrange icons on CarPlay Home
- Change settings in CarPlay
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- Restart iPhone
- Force restart iPhone
- Update iOS
- Back up iPhone
- Return iPhone settings to their defaults
- Restore all content from a backup
- Restore purchased and deleted items
- Sell or give away your iPhone
- Erase all content and settings
- Restore iPhone 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 iPhone 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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- Important safety information
- Important handling information
- Get information about your iPhone
- View or change cellular settings
- Find more resources for software and service
- FCC compliance statement
- ISED Canada compliance statement
- Ultra Wideband information
- Class 1 Laser information
- Apple and the environment
- Disposal and recycling information
- Copyright
Read books in the Books app on iPhone
In the Books app , use the Reading Now and Library tabs at the bottom of the screen to see the books you’re reading, the books you want to read, your book collections, and more.
Reading Now: Tap to access the books and audiobooks you’re currently reading. Scroll down to see books and audiobooks you’ve added to your Want To Read collection and books you’ve sampled. You can also set and keep track of daily and yearly reading goals.
Library: Tap to see all of the books, audiobooks, series, and PDFs you got from the Book Store or manually added to your library. You can tap Collections to see your books sorted into collections, such as Want to Read, My Samples, Audiobooks, and Finished.
![The Reading Now screen in the Books app. At the bottom of the screen are, from left to right, the Reading Now, Library, Book Store, Audiobooks and Search tabs.](https://help.apple.com/assets/5F1904F50946226D7189D604/5F1904FE0946226D7189D62A/en_US/d8af53fc9b42ead42e3e36411f1f1542.png)
Read a book
Tap the Reading Now or Library tab, then tap a cover to open a book. Use gestures and controls to navigate as follows:
Turn the page: Tap the right side of the page or swipe right to left.
Go back to the previous page: Tap the left side of the page or swipe left to right.
Go to a specific page: Tap the page and move the slider at the bottom of the screen left or right. Or, tap
and enter a page number, then tap the page number in the search results.
Close a book: Tap the center of the page to show the controls, then tap
.
![The page of a book open in the Books app with buttons at the top of the screen, from left to right, for closing the book, viewing the table of contents, changing the text, searching, and bookmarking. There’s a slider at the bottom of the screen.](https://help.apple.com/assets/5F1904F50946226D7189D604/5F1904FE0946226D7189D62A/en_US/487eb5700acdba80e7c640b906151277.png)
Change text and display appearance
Tap the page, tap , then do any of the following:
Adjust the screen brightness: Drag the slider left or right.
Change the font size: Tap the large A to increase the font size or tap the small A to decrease it.
Change the font: Tap Fonts to choose a different font.
Change the page background color: Tap a colored circle.
Dim the screen when it’s dark: Turn Auto-Night Theme on to automatically change the page color and brightness when using Books in low-light conditions. (Not all books support Auto-Night Theme.)
Turn off pagination: Turn Scrolling View on to scroll continuously through the book.
![The appearance menu showing controls for, from top to bottom, brightness, font size, font, page color, auto-night theme, and scrolling view.](https://help.apple.com/assets/5F1904F50946226D7189D604/5F1904FE0946226D7189D62A/en_US/8ad2593894292f0c6f5cd20a93c69798.png)
Bookmark a page
When you close a book, your place is saved automatically—you don’t need to add a bookmark. Bookmark pages you want to return to again.
Tap to add a bookmark; tap it again to remove the bookmark.
To see all your bookmarks, tap , then tap Bookmarks.
Highlight or underline text
Touch and hold a word, then move the grab points to adjust the selection.
Tap Highlight, then tap
to choose a highlight color or to underline.
To remove a highlight or underline, tap the text, then tap
.
To see all of your highlights, tap , then tap Notes.
Add a note
Touch and hold a word, then move the grab points to adjust the selection.
Tap Note, use the keyboard to enter text, then tap Done.
To see all of your notes, tap , then tap Notes. Swipe left on a note to delete it.
Share a selection
You can send text selections using AirDrop, Mail, or Messages, or you can add the selection to Notes. If the book is from the Book Store, a link to the book is included with the selection. (Sharing may not be available in all countries or regions.)
Touch and hold a word, then move the grab points to adjust the selection.
Tap Share, then choose a method.
You can also send a link to view the book in the Book Store. Tap any page, tap , then tap
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Access your books on all your devices
To keep your Books information updated across your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch, sign with the same Apple ID on each device, then do the following:
Sync Reading position, bookmarks, notes, and highlights: Go to Settings
> [your name] > iCloud, then turn on both iCloud Drive and Books.
Sync Reading Now, Library, and collections: Go to Settings > [your name] > iCloud, and turn on both iCloud Drive and Books. Then go to Settings > Books, and turn on Reading Now.
Access your books on your Mac
To see your books, audiobooks, and PDFs on your Mac, choose Apple menu > System Preferences, then do one of the following:
macOS Catalina: Click Apple ID, select iCloud in the sidebar, then select iCloud Drive. Click Options, then select Books.
macOS 10.14 or earlier: Click iCloud, then select iCloud Drive. Click Options, then select Books.
To see your collections, bookmarks, notes, and highlights on your Mac, open Books, choose Preferences, click General, then select “Sync collections, bookmarks, and highlights across devices.”