iPhone User Guide
- Welcome
- What’s new in iOS 12
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- Wake and unlock
- Learn basic gestures
- Learn gestures for iPhone X and later
- Use 3D Touch for previews and shortcuts
- Explore the Home screen and apps
- Change the settings
- Take a screenshot
- Adjust the volume
- Change the sounds and vibrations
- Search for content
- Use and customize Control Center
- View and organize Today View
- Access features from the Lock screen
- Travel with iPhone
- Set screen time, allowances, and limits
- Sync iPhone using iTunes
- Charge and monitor the battery
- Learn the meaning of the status icons
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- Accessories included with iPhone
- Connect Bluetooth devices
- Stream audio and video to other devices
- Control audio on multiple devices
- AirPrint
- Use Apple EarPods
- Apple Watch
- Use Magic Keyboard
- Wireless charging
- Handoff
- Use Universal Clipboard
- Make and receive Wi-Fi calls
- Use iPhone as a Wi-Fi hotspot
- Share your iPhone Internet connection
- Transfer files with iTunes
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- Get started with accessibility features
- Accessibility shortcuts
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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
- Control VoiceOver with Magic Keyboard
- Type onscreen braille using VoiceOver
- Use a braille display
- Use VoiceOver in apps
- Speak selection, speak screen, typing feedback
- Zoom in on the screen
- Magnifier
- Display settings
- Face ID and attention
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- Guided Access
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- Important safety information
- Important handling information
- Get information about your iPhone
- View or change cellular settings
- Learn more about iPhone software and service
- FCC compliance statement
- ISED Canada compliance statement
- Class 1 Laser information
- Apple and the environment
- Disposal and recycling information
- Copyright
Share files using AirDrop on iPhone
With AirDrop you can wirelessly share your photos, videos, websites, locations, and more with other nearby devices (iOS 7 or later). With iOS 8 or later, you can share with Mac computers with OS X 10.10 or later. AirDrop transfers information using Wi-Fi and Bluetooth—both must be turned on. To use AirDrop, you need to be signed in to iCloud using your Apple ID. Transfers are encrypted for security.
Note: You can also use AirDrop to securely share app and website passwords with another iOS device or a Mac. See Share website and app passwords on iPhone.
![The AirDrop Share screen. At the top are photos to select and share. Below that are people you can share with using AirDrop. The next row shows sharing options, including Message, Mail, Shared Albums, and more. The bottom row shows other actions, including Copy, Slideshow, and AirPlay.](https://help.apple.com/assets/5C913108094622D50F674514/5C91310A094622D50F67451E/en_US/16697671eb32aec3c9fbd34f813f44e1.png)
See the Apple Support article Use AirDrop on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.
Share an item using AirDrop
Tap , then tap the name of a nearby AirDrop user.
Receive AirDrop items from others
Open Control Center, then tap
(if you don’t see
, touch and hold the top-left group of controls, or, on models with 3D Touch, press the top-left group of controls).
Tap Contacts Only or Everyone to choose who you want to receive items from.
You can accept or decline each request as it arrives.