iPhone User Guide
- Welcome
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- Supported models
- iPhone 8
- iPhone 8 Plus
- iPhone X
- iPhone XR
- iPhone XS
- iPhone XS Max
- iPhone 11
- iPhone 11 Pro
- iPhone 11 Pro Max
- iPhone SE (2nd generation)
- iPhone 12 mini
- iPhone 12
- iPhone 12 Pro
- iPhone 12 Pro Max
- iPhone 13 mini
- iPhone 13
- iPhone 13 Pro
- iPhone 13 Pro Max
- iPhone SE (3rd generation)
- iPhone 14
- iPhone 14 Plus
- iPhone 14 Pro
- iPhone 14 Pro Max
- What’s new in iOS 16
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- Adjust the volume
- Multitask with Picture in Picture
- Access features from the Lock Screen
- View activities in the Dynamic Island
- Perform quick actions
- Search from the Home Screen or Lock Screen
- Use AirDrop to send items
- Take a screenshot or screen recording
- Get information about your iPhone
- View or change cellular data settings
- Travel with iPhone
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- Change sounds and vibrations
- Change the wallpaper
- Adjust the screen brightness and color balance
- Keep the iPhone display on longer
- Magnify the screen
- Change the name of your iPhone
- Change the date and time
- Change the language and region
- Use and customize Control Center
- Change or lock the screen orientation
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- Calculator
- Compass
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- Set up FaceTime
- Make and receive calls
- Create a FaceTime link
- Take a Live Photo
- Turn on Live Captions in a FaceTime call
- Use other apps during a call
- Make a Group FaceTime call
- View participants in a grid
- Use SharePlay to watch, listen, and play together
- Share your screen
- Hand off a FaceTime call to another device
- Change the video settings
- Change the audio settings
- Add camera effects
- Leave a call or switch to Messages
- Block unwanted callers
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- Intro to Home
- Upgrade to the new Home architecture
- Set up accessories
- Control accessories
- Control your home using Siri
- Configure HomePod
- Control your home remotely
- Create and use scenes
- Create an automation
- Configure cameras
- Face Recognition
- Unlock your door with a home key
- Configure a router
- Share controls with others
- Add more homes
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- View maps
- Get rides
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- Set up Messages
- Send and reply to messages
- Unsend and edit messages
- Keep track of messages and conversations
- Forward and share messages
- Start a group conversation
- Add photos and videos
- Send and receive content
- Watch, listen, or play together using SharePlay
- Collaborate on projects
- Animate messages
- Use iMessage apps
- Use Memoji
- Send recorded audio messages
- Send a Digital Touch effect
- Send, receive, and request money with Apple Cash
- Change notifications
- Block, filter, and report messages
- Delete messages
- Recover deleted messages
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- View photos
- Play videos and slideshows
- Delete or hide photos and videos
- Edit photos and videos
- Trim video length and adjust slow motion
- Edit Cinematic mode videos
- Edit Live Photos
- Edit Portrait mode photos
- Use photo albums
- Edit and organize albums
- Filter and sort photos and videos in albums
- Duplicate and copy photos and videos
- Find and delete duplicate photos and videos
- Search for Photos
- Find and identify people in Photos
- Browse photos by location
- Share photos and videos
- Share long videos
- View photos and videos shared with you
- Use Live Text to interact with content in a photo or video
- Use Visual Look Up to identify objects in your photos
- Lift a subject from the photo background
- Watch memories
- Personalize your memories
- Manage memories and featured photos
- Import photos and videos
- Print photos
- Shortcuts
- Tips
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- Keep cards and passes in Wallet
- Set up Apple Pay
- Use Apple Pay for contactless payments
- Use Apple Pay in apps, App Clips, and Safari
- Use Apple Cash
- Use Apple Card
- Use Savings
- Manage payment cards and activity
- Pay for transit
- Use digital keys
- Use your driver’s license or state ID
- Use student ID cards
- Apple Account Card
- Add and use passes
- Manage passes
- Use COVID-19 vaccination cards
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- Share your internet connection
- Allow phone calls on your iPad, iPod touch, and Mac
- Use iPhone as a webcam
- Hand off tasks between devices
- Wirelessly stream video, photos, and audio to Mac
- Cut, copy, and paste between iPhone and other devices
- Connect iPhone and your computer with a cable
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- Transfer files between devices
- Transfer files with email, messages, or AirDrop
- Automatically keep files up to date with iCloud
- Transfer files with an external storage device
- Use a file server to share files between your iPhone and computer
- Share files with a cloud storage service
- Sync content or transfer files with the Finder or iTunes
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- Intro to CarPlay
- Connect to CarPlay
- Use Siri
- Use your vehicle’s built-in controls
- Get turn-by-turn directions
- Report traffic incidents
- Change the map view
- Make phone calls
- Play music
- View your calendar
- Send and receive text messages
- Announce incoming 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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- Get started with accessibility features
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- Turn on and practice VoiceOver
- Change your VoiceOver settings
- Learn VoiceOver gestures
- Operate iPhone when VoiceOver is on
- Control VoiceOver using the rotor
- Use the onscreen keyboard
- Write with your finger
- Use VoiceOver with an Apple external keyboard
- Use a braille display
- Type onscreen braille
- Customize gestures and keyboard shortcuts
- Use VoiceOver with a pointer device
- Use VoiceOver for images and videos
- Use VoiceOver in apps
- Zoom
- Display & Text Size
- Motion
- Spoken Content
- Audio Descriptions
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- Use built-in privacy and security protections
- Keep your Apple ID secure
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- Sign in with passkeys
- Sign in with Apple
- Automatically fill in strong passwords
- Change weak or compromised passwords
- View your passwords and related information
- Share passkeys and passwords securely with AirDrop
- Make your passkeys and passwords available on all your devices
- Automatically fill in verification codes
- Automatically fill in SMS passcodes
- Sign in with fewer CAPTCHA challenges on iPhone
- Manage two-factor authentication for your Apple ID
- Use security keys
- Create and manage Hide My Email addresses
- Protect your web browsing with iCloud Private Relay
- Use a private network address
- Use Advanced Data Protection
- Lockdown Mode
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- Important safety information
- Important handling information
- 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
- Unauthorized modification of iOS
- Copyright
Use your iPhone as a webcam
With Continuity Camera, you can use your iPhone as your Mac webcam or microphone, and take advantage of the powerful iPhone camera and additional video effects. You can connect wirelessly, or with a USB cable for a wired connection.
![A Mac with an iPhone that’s being used as a webcam mounted at the top of the display. The image from the iPhone camera is visible on the display of the Mac.](https://help.apple.com/assets/640A52196275DE31D4371B5E/640A52226275DE31D4371B8B/en_US/c91b2a518aef4c2878174eb3e18de420.png)
Note: To use Continuity Camera, sign in with your Apple ID on your Mac and iPhone. In addition, your devices must have Wi-Fi and Bluetooth turned on, and meet system requirements. See the Apple Support article System requirements for Continuity on Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch.
Use your iPhone as a webcam or microphone
Place your iPhone on a stand or mount with its rear camera facing out, in the same direction as the display on your Mac. The display on iPhone shouldn’t be visible to you.
On your Mac, open any app that has access to the camera or microphone, like FaceTime or Photo Booth.
In the app’s menu bar or settings, choose your iPhone as the camera or microphone.
Note: To use your iPhone as a microphone on a Mac without a built-in camera, iPhone must be in landscape orientation and stationary.
You can do any of the following:
Pause the video or audio: Wake iPhone, then tap Pause, or swipe up to unlock it.
Resume the video or audio: Wake iPhone, then tap Resume, or press the side button or Sleep/Wake button to lock it.
Stop using your iPhone as a webcam or microphone: On your Mac, quit the app.
Remove your iPhone as an option: Wake iPhone, then tap Disconnect. Your iPhone is removed from the camera and microphone lists in apps, and also from the list of sound input devices in Sound settings.
To add your iPhone back, connect it to your Mac with a USB cable.
If you need to charge your iPhone while Continuity Camera is turned on, use a USB cable for best results.
Turn on video effects
When you use your iPhone as a Mac webcam, you can use Control Center on your Mac to add any of the following video effects:
Center Stage: Keeps you and anyone else with you in the frame as you move around.
Portrait mode: Keeps your subject sharp while blurring the background.
Studio Light: Dims the background and illuminates your face.
Desk View: Shows a top-down view of your desk and your face at the same time.
To add video effects, you need to set them up on your Mac. See Use Desk View on your Mac, or Use video effects on your Mac in the macOS User Guide.
Note: Center Stage and Desk View require iPhone 11 or later. Studio Light requires iPhone 12 or later.
Automatically switch to the iPhone camera
Your Mac can automatically switch to using iPhone as a camera input for certain Mac apps, like FaceTime and Photo Booth. To do this, your iPhone must:
Be close to your Mac
Be locked
Be in landscape orientation
Not be in a pocket or lying flat on a desk
Be stationary
If you’ve used your iPhone as a webcam on your Mac before, other Mac apps might also remember it as the last camera used, and automatically use it.
If you don’t see your iPhone as a camera or microphone option
If you don’t see your iPhone in the camera or microphone list in an app or Sound settings, try the following.
Connect iPhone to your Mac with a USB cable and check again. (If it’s already connected with a cable, disconnect it and reconnect it.)
Check the following:
Your iPhone is an iPhone XR or later with iOS 16 or later.
Your iPhone has Continuity Camera Webcam turned on in Settings
> General > AirPlay & Handoff.
Your iPhone recognizes the Mac as a trusted computer. See the Apple Support article About the ‘Trust This Computer’ alert on your iPhone or iPad.
Your iPhone and Mac have Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and two-factor authentication turned on.
Your iPhone and Mac are signed in with the same Apple ID. (This feature doesn’t work with Managed Apple IDs.)
Your iPhone and Mac are within 30 feet of each other.
Your iPhone is not sharing its cellular connection, and your Mac is not sharing its internet connection.
You can also use Continuity Camera to scan documents or take a picture of something nearby and have it appear instantly on your Mac. See Insert photos and scans with Continuity Camera on Mac in the macOS User Guide.