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
Back up iPhone using iCloud or iTunes
You can back up iPhone using iCloud or iTunes. To decide which method is best for you, see About backups for iOS devices.
Tip: If you replace your iPhone, you can use its backup to transfer your information to the new device. See Restore iPhone.
Back up iPhone using iCloud
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Go to Settings
> [your name] > iCloud > iCloud Backup. -
Turn on iCloud Backup.
To perform a manual backup, tap Back Up Now.
To view your iCloud backups, go to Settings > [your name] > iCloud > Manage Storage > Backups. To delete a backup, choose a backup from the list, then tap Delete Backup.
Back up iPhone using iTunes
On your computer, open iTunes.
Click the iPhone button, then click Summary in the sidebar.
In the Summary pane, select “Encrypt iPhone backup” if you want to encrypt the backup stored on your computer.
Encrypted backups are indicated by
, and a password is required to restore them.Click one of the following:
Back Up Now: Starts a manual backup.
This computer: Turns on automatic backups that start whenever you connect iPhone to your computer.
To view or delete iTunes backups, choose iTunes > Preferences, then click Devices.
If you need more help deciding whether to back up iPhone using iCloud or iTunes, see the Apple Support article About backups for iOS devices.