iPod touch Made Simple

Prelim......Page 1
Contents at a Glance......Page 7
Contents......Page 9
About the Authors......Page 25
About the Technical Reviewer......Page 26
Acknowledgments......Page 27
Quick Start Guide......Page 28
Getting Around Quickly......Page 30
Keys, Buttons, and Switches......Page 31
Switching Apps (Multitasking)......Page 32
Starting Apps and Using Soft Keys......Page 33
Reading the Wi-Fi Connectivity Status Icons......Page 35
Touch Screen Gestures......Page 36
Tapping and Flicking......Page 37
Swiping......Page 38
Scrolling......Page 39
Double-Tapping......Page 40
App Reference Tables......Page 41
Getting Started......Page 42
Staying Connected and Organized......Page 43
Being Entertained......Page 44
Staying Informed......Page 46
Networking Socially......Page 47
Being Productive......Page 48
Introduction......Page 50
Congratulations on Your New iPod touch!......Page 52
Getting the Most out of iPod touch Made Simple......Page 53
How This Book Is Organized......Page 54
Free iPod touch Email Tips......Page 55
You and Your iPod touch......Page 56
What’s in the Box......Page 58
Charging Your iPod touch, and Battery Life Tips......Page 60
Slide to Unlock and Your Home Screen......Page 64
Install or Upgrade iTunes on Your Computer......Page 65
Start iTunes......Page 66
Registering or Activating Your iPod touch the First Time......Page 67
Set Up Your iPod touch......Page 69
Cleaning Your iPod touch Screen......Page 72
Where to Buy Covers......Page 73
What to Buy . . .......Page 74
Powering On/Off and Sleep/Wake......Page 75
Moving Around Inside Apps and the Settings Screens......Page 76
The Home Button......Page 77
Multitask by Double-Clicking the Home Button......Page 78
Locking Your Screen in Portrait (Vertical) Orientation......Page 79
Adjusting the Date, Time, Time Zone, and 24-Hour Format......Page 80
Adjusting the Brightness......Page 82
Typing on the Screen with Two Thumbs......Page 84
Saving Time with Auto-Correction......Page 85
Spell Checker......Page 88
Getting Your iPod touch to Speak To You (VoiceOver)......Page 89
Using Zoom to Magnify the Entire Screen......Page 90
White on Black......Page 91
Triple-Click Home Button Options......Page 92
Magnifying Glass for Editing Text/Placing the Cursor......Page 93
Typing Numbers and Symbols......Page 94
Touch and Slide Trick......Page 95
Press and Hold to Type More Symbols......Page 96
Quickly Deleting or Changing Text......Page 97
Check Spelling......Page 98
Adding a New International Keyboard......Page 99
Editing, Reordering, or Deleting Keyboards......Page 100
Selecting Text with Double-Tap......Page 102
Selecting Text with Two-Finger Touch......Page 103
Selecting Non-Editable Text with Touch and Hold......Page 104
Jumping Between Apps/App Switching/Multitasking......Page 105
Pasting the Text......Page 106
Shake to Undo Paste or Typing......Page 107
Using Spotlight Search......Page 108
Customizing Spotlight Search......Page 110
Before You Set Up Your iTunes Sync......Page 112
There Are Other Sync Options (MobileMe and Exchange/Google)—Should You Use iTunes?......Page 113
The iPod touch Summary Screen (Manually Manage Music, Update, Restore, and More)......Page 114
Sync Your Contacts and Calendars......Page 116
Syncing Email Accounts, Browser Bookmarks, and Notes......Page 119
Handling Sync Conflicts......Page 120
Why Might You Not Want to Use iTunes Automatic Sync?......Page 122
Turning Off the Auto Sync Permanently......Page 123
Getting a Clean Start with the Sync......Page 124
Syncing Apps in iTunes......Page 126
Moving Apps, Working with Folders, or Deleting App Icons......Page 128
Getting Downloaded Items into iTunes to Sync Them......Page 129
File Sharing (File Transfer) Between Your iPod touch and Your Computer......Page 131
Copying Files from Your iPod touch to Your Computer......Page 132
Syncing Ringtones......Page 134
Syncing Music......Page 135
Syncing Movies......Page 136
Syncing TV Shows......Page 137
Syncing Podcasts......Page 138
Syncing iTunes U......Page 140
Syncing iBooks, PDF files, and Audiobooks......Page 142
Syncing Photos......Page 144
How to Know What Is New or Unplayed in iTunes......Page 145
Manually Transferring Music, Movies, Podcasts, and More on Your iPod touch (Drag-and-Drop Method)......Page 146
Check Out the Apple Knowledgebase for Helpful Articles......Page 148
iTunes Locked Up and Will Not Respond (Windows Computer)......Page 149
Updating Your iPod touch Operating System......Page 150
Wireless Sync of Your Google or Exchange Information......Page 154
If You Want a Google Account, Create One......Page 155
Setting Up Your Google or Exchange Account on Your iPod touch......Page 156
Editing or Deleting Your Google or Exchange Account......Page 160
Working with Google or Exchange Data on Your iPod touch......Page 162
Wireless Sync Using the MobileMe Service......Page 170
Signing Up for the MobileMe Service (PC or Mac)......Page 171
Setting Up MobileMe on Your Mac......Page 173
Setting Up MobileMe on Your Windows PC......Page 176
Multiple Ways to Access MobileMe......Page 177
A Quick Tour of the MobileMe Web Site......Page 178
Setting Up Your iPod touch to Access Your MobileMe Account......Page 182
Using MobileMe After Setup......Page 183
Canceling Your MobileMe Account......Page 187
Wi-Fi Connections......Page 190
Connecting to a Wi-Fi Network......Page 191
Connecting at a Public Wi-Fi Hotspot with Web Login......Page 192
Secure Wi-Fi Networks—Entering a Password......Page 193
Verifying Your Wi-Fi Connection......Page 194
Why Can’t I See the Wi-Fi Network I Want to Join?......Page 195
Reconnecting to Previously Joined Wi-Fi Networks......Page 196
Flying on an Airplane: Airplane Mode......Page 198
VPN Connection Set Up on Your iPod touch......Page 199
Switching VPN Networks......Page 201
Organize Your iPod touch Icons and Folders......Page 202
Starting the Move......Page 203
Moving Icons to a Different Page......Page 205
Deleting Icons......Page 206
Resetting All Your Icon Locations (Factory Defaults)......Page 207
Working with Folders......Page 208
Creating a Folder......Page 209
Moving Folders......Page 210
Changing Your Lock Screen and Home Screen Wallpapers......Page 212
Changing Wallpaper from Your Settings App......Page 213
Downloading Great Wallpaper from Free Apps......Page 216
Downloading Wallpapers from an App......Page 217
Adjusting Sounds on Your iPod touch......Page 218
Setting a Simple Four-Digit Passcode......Page 220
Setting a More Complex Password......Page 221
Passcode Options: Change Time-Out, Adjusting Passcode Options......Page 222
Restricting Apps......Page 223
Restricting Content......Page 224
Multitasking or App Switching......Page 228
How to Jump Between Apps......Page 229
How to Close Apps from the App Switcher......Page 230
iPod Controls and Screen Portrait Orientation Lock......Page 231
List of Voice Commands......Page 232
Changing the Language for Voice Control......Page 234
Your iPod touch as a Music Player......Page 236
The Music App......Page 237
Playlists View......Page 239
Creating Playlists on the iPod touch......Page 240
Searching for Music......Page 243
Artists View......Page 244
Albums View......Page 245
Genres......Page 246
Viewing Songs in an Album......Page 247
Navigating with Cover Flow......Page 248
Pausing and Playing......Page 250
Adjusting the Volume......Page 251
Double-Click the Home Button for iPod Controls......Page 252
Repeating, Shuffling, Moving around in a Song......Page 253
Shuffle......Page 254
Genius......Page 255
Viewing Other Songs on the Album......Page 257
Using Sound Check (Auto Volume Adjust)......Page 258
Volume Limit (Safely Listen to Music at a Reasonable Level)......Page 259
Listening to Free Internet Radio (Pandora)......Page 260
Getting Started with Pandora......Page 261
Pandora’s Main Screen......Page 262
Thumbs Up or Thumbs Down in Pandora......Page 263
Creating a New Station in Pandora......Page 264
Adjusting Pandora’s Settings—Your Account, Upgrading, and More......Page 265
Your iPod touch as a Video Player......Page 266
Video Categories......Page 267
Playing a Movie......Page 268
Fast-Forward or Rewind the Video......Page 269
Changing the Size of the Video (Widescreen vs. Full Screen)......Page 270
Viewing the Chapters......Page 271
Watching Podcasts......Page 272
Video Options......Page 273
TV-Out: Widescreen......Page 274
Deleting Videos......Page 275
YouTube on your iPod touch......Page 276
Using the Bottom Icons......Page 277
Playing Videos......Page 279
Video Controls......Page 280
Netflix on the iPod touch......Page 282
Hulu on the iPod touch......Page 284
iBooks and E-Books......Page 288
The iBooks Store......Page 289
Reading iBooks......Page 292
Customizing Your Reading Experience: Brightness, Fonts, and Font Sizes......Page 295
Setting an In-Page Bookmark......Page 297
Using Highlighting and Notes......Page 298
Deleting Books......Page 300
Reading PDF Files in iBooks......Page 301
Download E-Reader Apps......Page 303
Kindle Reader......Page 304
Kobo Reader......Page 306
Web Browsing on the iPod touch......Page 308
Launching the Web Browser......Page 309
Layout of Safari Web Browser Screen......Page 310
Typing a Web Address......Page 311
Moving Backward or Forward Through Open Web Pages......Page 312
Using the Open Pages Button......Page 313
Zooming In and Out in Web Pages......Page 314
Adding a New Bookmark......Page 315
Using Bookmarks and History......Page 316
Managing Your Bookmarks......Page 317
Jumping to the Top of the Web Page......Page 319
Emailing a Web Page......Page 320
Printing a Web Page......Page 321
Saving or Copying Text and Graphics......Page 322
Saving Time with AutoFill......Page 323
Adding a Web Page Icon to Your Home Screen......Page 325
Adjusting the Safari Browser Settings......Page 326
Speeding Up Your Browser by Clearing History and Cookies......Page 327
Enabling AutoFill......Page 328
Video Calling......Page 330
Setting up FaceTime......Page 331
Video Calling with FaceTime......Page 332
Setting Favorites in FaceTime......Page 334
Multitasking Using FaceTime......Page 335
Creating Your Skype Account on Your iPod touch......Page 336
Finding and Adding Skype Contacts......Page 337
Making Calls with Skype on Your iPod touch......Page 339
Receiving Calls with Skype on your iPod touch......Page 340
Chatting with Skype......Page 341
Adding Skype to Your Computer......Page 342
A Network Connection Is Required......Page 344
Entering Passwords for Email Accounts Synced from iTunes......Page 345
Adding a New Email Account on the iPod touch......Page 346
A Tour of Your Mail Screens......Page 350
Inbox and Threaded Messages Views......Page 351
Moving Around in Mail Folders......Page 352
Viewing an Individual Message......Page 354
Composing a New Email Message......Page 355
Addressing Your Message Choose the Recipients......Page 356
Changing the Email Account to Send From......Page 357
Typing Your Message......Page 358
Send Your Email......Page 359
Checking Sent Messages......Page 360
Knowing When You Have an Attachment......Page 361
Opening Email Attachments......Page 362
Opening and Viewing Compressed .zip Files......Page 365
Issues When Opening Email Attachments......Page 366
Replying, Forwarding, or Deleting a Message......Page 368
Using the Forward Button......Page 369
Deleting or Moving Several Messages......Page 370
Deleting from the Message Screen......Page 371
Copy-and-Paste from an Email......Page 372
Activating Email Search......Page 373
Automatically Retrieve Email (Fetch New Data)......Page 375
Adjusting Your Mail Settings......Page 377
Changing Your Email Signature......Page 378
Toggling Sounds for Receiving and Sending Email......Page 379
Using SSL/Authentication......Page 380
Troubleshooting Email Problems......Page 381
Email Isn’t Being Received or Sent......Page 382
Verifying Your Mail Account Settings......Page 383
When Is Your Contact List Most Useful?......Page 386
Adding a New Contact Right on Your iPod touch......Page 387
Start the Contacts App......Page 388
Adding a New Phone Number......Page 390
Adding an Email Address and Web Site......Page 391
Adding the Address......Page 392
Adding a Photo to Contacts......Page 393
Searching Your Contacts......Page 394
Search by Flicking......Page 395
Search Using Groups......Page 396
Adding Contacts from Email Messages......Page 397
Sending a Picture to a Contact......Page 399
Showing Your Contacts Addresses on the Map......Page 400
Contacts Troubleshooting......Page 402
When Global Address List Contacts Don’t Show Up (For Microsoft Exchange Users)......Page 403
Manage Your Busy Life on Your iPod touch......Page 404
Syncing or Sharing Your Calendar(s) with Your iPod touch......Page 405
Viewing Your Schedule and Getting Around......Page 406
The Three Calendar Views......Page 408
Working with Several Calendars......Page 410
Adding a New Appointment......Page 411
Recurring Events......Page 413
Second Alert......Page 414
Availability......Page 415
Using Copy-and-Paste Text in the Calendar......Page 416
Editing Appointments......Page 418
Deleting an Event......Page 419
Calendar Options......Page 420
Changing the Default Calendar......Page 422
iPod touch Photography......Page 424
Geo-Tagging......Page 425
Taking a Picture......Page 426
Getting Photos onto Your iPod touch......Page 428
Launching from the Photos Icon......Page 431
Working with Individual Pictures......Page 432
Double-Tapping......Page 433
Pinching......Page 434
Viewing a Slideshow......Page 435
Adjusting Slideshow Options......Page 436
Emailing a Picture......Page 437
Email, Copy, or Delete Several Pictures At Once......Page 438
Assigning a Picture to a Contact......Page 439
Deleting a Picture......Page 441
Finding a Picture to Download......Page 442
Starting the Video Recorder......Page 444
Using iMovie......Page 448
Getting Started with iMovie......Page 449
Getting Started with iTunes on the iPod touch......Page 452
Starting iTunes......Page 453
Navigating iTunes......Page 454
Stuff......Page 455
Browsing for Videos (Movies)......Page 456
Finding TV Shows......Page 458
Audiobooks in iTunes......Page 459
iTunes U: Great Educational Content......Page 460
Download for Offline Viewing......Page 461
Purchasing or Renting Music, Videos, Podcasts, and More......Page 462
Previewing Music......Page 463
Previewing a Video, TV Show, or Music Video......Page 464
Purchasing a Song, Video, or Other Item......Page 465
Podcasts in iTunes......Page 466
The Download Icon: Stopping and Deleting Downloads......Page 467
Where the Downloads Go......Page 468
Ping: Apples Music Social Networking App......Page 469
Using Ping on the iPod touch......Page 470
Learning More About Apps and the App Store......Page 472
A Few Cool Apps......Page 474
The App Store Home Page......Page 477
Viewing App Details......Page 479
Viewing What’s Hot......Page 480
Genius......Page 481
Categories......Page 482
Looking at the Top 25 Charts......Page 483
Searching for an App......Page 484
Downloading an App......Page 485
Maintaining and Updating Your Apps......Page 486
App Store Settings......Page 487
Using the iPod touch As a Gaming Device......Page 490
Acquiring Games and Other Fun Apps......Page 492
Reading Reviews Before You Buy......Page 494
Two-Player Games......Page 495
Online and Wireless Games......Page 496
Playing Music Games with Your iPod touch......Page 497
Playing Songs from the Songbook......Page 498
Game Center......Page 499
Other Fun Stuff: Baseball on the iPod touch......Page 502
Facebook......Page 508
Different Ways to Connect to Facebook......Page 509
The Facebook App......Page 510
Facebook Notifications......Page 514
Downloading the LinkedIn App......Page 516
Twitter Options for the iPod touch......Page 519
Downloading a Twitter App......Page 520
Using TweetDeck......Page 521
Reading and Replying......Page 524
Using Twitter......Page 525
Refreshing Your List of Tweets......Page 526
Compose Button......Page 527
Options within Tweet......Page 528
The Notes App......Page 530
Sync Notes......Page 531
Getting Started with Notes......Page 532
How Are My Notes Sorted?......Page 533
Adding a New Note......Page 534
Viewing or Editing Your Notes......Page 535
Editing Your Notes......Page 536
Emailing a Note......Page 537
An Alternative Note App: Evernote......Page 539
Adding and Tagging Notes......Page 540
Editing Rich Text Notes (Voice and Picture)......Page 543
Note Grouping......Page 544
Searching for Notes......Page 545
Evernote Synchronization and Settings......Page 546
Viewing or Updating Evernotes on Your Computer or Other Mobile Device......Page 547
Bluetooth on the iPod touch......Page 550
Turning On Bluetooth......Page 551
Pairing with a Headset or Any Bluetooth Device......Page 552
Connecting to a Stereo Bluetooth Device......Page 554
Disconnecting or Forgetting a Bluetooth Device......Page 556
Utilities: Clock, Calculator, and Weather......Page 558
The World Clock App......Page 559
Adding a New World Clock Entry......Page 560
The Alarm Clock......Page 561
Using the Stopwatch......Page 565
Viewing the Basic Calculator (Portrait Mode)......Page 569
The Weather App......Page 570
Getting Started with “Weather”......Page 571
Other Weather Apps......Page 574
Newspapers on the iPod touch......Page 578
Popular Choices: The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and USA Today......Page 579
The New York Times App......Page 581
The Wall Street Journal App......Page 582
Moving Through and Enjoying Content......Page 584
Magazines on the iPod touch......Page 587
The Zinio Magazine App – a Sampler......Page 588
Comic Books on the iPod touch......Page 590
Transferring Files to Your iPod touch......Page 592
Connecting to Google Docs and other Servers with GoodReader......Page 595
Determining Your Location (the Blue Dot)......Page 596
Changing Your Map Views......Page 597
Checking Traffic......Page 600
Searching for Anything......Page 601
Mapping Options......Page 602
Working with Bookmarks......Page 603
Searching for Establishments Around Your Location......Page 606
Zooming In and Out......Page 607
Dropping a Pin......Page 608
Using the Street View......Page 609
Tap the Current Location Button First......Page 610
Choosing a Start or End Location......Page 611
Looking at the Route......Page 612
Switching Between Driving, Transit, and Walking Directions......Page 613
Reversing the Route......Page 614
Maps Options......Page 615
What to Do If the iPod touch Stops Responding......Page 616
How to Soft-Reset Your iPod touch......Page 618
No Sound in Music or Video......Page 619
If You Can’t Make Purchases from iTunes or the App Store......Page 621
Remember to Reregister with Your iTunes Account......Page 622
When Your iPod touch Does Not Show Up in iTunes......Page 626
Synchronization Problems......Page 627
Reinstalling the iPod touch Operating System (with or Without a Restore)......Page 628
On-Device iPod touch User Guide......Page 631
iPod touch-Related Blogs......Page 632
iPod touch’s Soulmate: iTunes......Page 634
Your iTunes User Guide......Page 636
Seeing If iTunes Is Already Installed......Page 637
Updating iTunes Software......Page 638
What iTunes Can Do For You......Page 639
iTunes Guided Tour......Page 640
Apple Video Tutorials for iTunes......Page 642
Getting Started and Creating Your Profile......Page 643
Following Your Favorite Artists......Page 644
Recent Activity Feed......Page 645
Concerts: Find Out and Share with Friends......Page 646
Viewing Ping in the Right Column......Page 647
Changing Views in iTunes......Page 648
Song List View......Page 649
Album List View......Page 650
Cover Flow View......Page 651
iTunes Visualizer......Page 652
Using the iTunes Equalizer......Page 653
iTunes DJ......Page 654
Apple Remote App......Page 655
AirPlay: Wirelessly Stream Your iTunes Music Around Your House......Page 656
Using iTunes Search......Page 657
Ways to Search iTunes......Page 658
Creating a Normal Playlist......Page 659
Creating a New Smart Playlist......Page 662
Editing a Smart Playlist......Page 663
The iTunes Genius Feature......Page 664
Creating Genius Mixes and Playlists......Page 665
Backup with CDs or DVDs (for Smaller Libraries)......Page 666
To Restore from CDs or DVDs......Page 667
Backup to External Hard Disk (for Larger Libraries)......Page 668
Restoring from an External Hard Disk Backup......Page 669
The Home Sharing Feature......Page 670
Two Types of Shared Libraries......Page 672
Importing Shared Content into Your Library......Page 673
Creating an iTunes Account......Page 674
Buying or Getting Free Media from the iTunes Store......Page 676
Redeeming an iTunes Gift Card......Page 678
Getting Your Stuff into iTunes......Page 679
Importing Music CDs......Page 680
Importing e-Book (PDF and iBook Format) Files......Page 681
Authorizing and Deauthorizing Computers......Page 683
What to Do If the iTunes Automatic Update Fails......Page 684
Fixing the Apple ID Security Error......Page 685
How Do I Get My Music Back If My Computer Crashes?......Page 686
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