iPod touch User Guide
- iPod touch User Guide
- What’s new in iOS 13
- Your iPod touch
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- Wake and unlock
- Learn basic gestures
- Adjust the volume
- Change or turn off the sounds
- 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
- Search with iPod touch
- 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 iPod touch
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- Calculator
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- View photos and videos
- Edit photos and videos
- Edit Live 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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- Restart iPod touch
- Force restart iPod touch
- Update iOS
- Back up iPod touch
- Return iPod touch settings to their defaults
- Restore all content from a backup
- Restore purchased and deleted items
- Sell or give away your iPod touch
- Erase all content and settings
- Restore iPod touch 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 iPod touch 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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- Copyright
Set up Messages on iPod touch
In the Messages app 
, you can send iMessage texts over Wi-Fi to people who use iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or a Mac.
Sign in to iMessage
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Go to Settings
> Messages. -
Turn on iMessage.
Sign in to iMessage on your Mac and other Apple devices using the same Apple ID
If you sign in to iMessage with the same Apple ID on all your devices, all the messages that you send and receive on iPod touch also appear on your other Apple devices. Send a message from whichever device is closest to you, or use Handoff to start a conversation on one device and continue it on another.
On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, go to Settings
> Messages, then turn on iMessage.On your Mac, open Messages, then do one of the following:
If you’re signing in for the first time, enter your Apple ID and password, then click Sign In.
If you signed in before and want to use a different Apple ID, choose Messages > Preferences, click iMessage, then click Sign Out.
With Continuity, all the SMS/MMS messages you send and receive on your iPhone also appear on iPod touch. See the Apple Support article Use Continuity to connect your Mac, iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, and Apple Watch.
Use Messages in iCloud
Go to Settings > [your name] > iCloud, then turn on Messages (if it’s not already turned on).
Every message you send and receive on your iPod touch is saved in iCloud. And, when you sign in with the same Apple ID on a new device that also has Messages in iCloud turned on, all your conversations show up there automatically.
Because your messages and any attachments are stored in iCloud, you may have more free space on your iPod touch when you need it. Message bubbles, whole conversations, and attachments you delete from iPod touch are also deleted from your other Apple devices (iOS 11.4, iPadOS 13, macOS 10.13.5, or later) where Messages in iCloud is turned on.
See the Apple Support article Keep all your messages in iCloud.
Note: Messages in iCloud uses iCloud storage. See Manage Apple ID and iCloud settings on iPod touch for information about iCloud storage.