Apple Iphone IOS 8.4 User Guide

							 Chapter  14    Clock 101
Alarms and timers
Want iPhone to wake you? Tap Alarm, then tap . Set your wake-up time and other options, 
then give the alarm a name (like “Good morning”).
Tap to change options or delete an alarm.
Turn saved 
alarms on or off.
No wasting time! You can also use the stopwatch to keep time, record lap times, or set a timer to 
alert you when time’s up.
Want to fall asleep to music or a podcast? Tap Timer, tap When Timer Ends, then choose Stop 
Playing at the bottom.
Get quick access to clock features. Swipe up from the bottom edge of the screen to open 
Control Center, then tap 
. You can access Timer from Control Center even when iPhone is 
locked. You can also navigate to the other clock features.
Use Siri. Say something like:
 •“Set the timer for 3 minutes”
 •“Wake me up tomorrow at 7 a.m.”
 •“What alarms do I have set?”
Tap to change options or delete an alarm. 
Turn saved 
alarms on or off.  
						

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Maps
Find places
WARNING:  For important information about navigation and avoiding distractions that could 
lead to dangerous situations, see Important safety information
 on page 18 3. See also 

Privacy
 on 
page
 43.
Choose the view, 
drop a pin, or
show traffic.
Tap a pin to display 
the banner.
Quick driving 
directions
Get more info.
Current location
Enter a search.
Show your
current location.
Get directions.
Move around Maps by dragging the screen. To face a different direction, rotate with two fingers. 
To return to north, tap the compass  in the upper right.
Zoom in or out. Double-tap with one finger to zoom in, and tap with two fingers to zoom out—
or pinch open or closed. The scale appears in the upper left while zooming, or if you touch the 
screen with two fingers. To change how distance is shown (miles or kilometers), go to Settings > 
Maps.
Search for a location. Tap the search field. You can search for a location in different ways. For 
example:
 •Intersection (“8th and market”)
 •Area (“greenwich village”)
 •Landmark (“guggenheim”)
Choose the view, 
drop a pin, orshow traffic. 
Tap a pin to display 
the banner. 
Quick driving 
directions 
Get more info. 
Current location 
Enter a search. 
Show your
current location. 
Get directions.  
						

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 •Zip code
 •Business (“movies,” “restaurants san francisco ca,” “apple inc new york”)
Maps may also list recent locations, searches, or directions that you can choose from.
Use Siri. Say, for example, “Find coffee near me.”
Find the location of a contact, or of a favorite or recent search. Tap Favorites.
Choose your view. Tap 
, then choose Standard, Hybrid, or Satellite.
Manually mark a location. Touch and hold the map until the dropped pin appears.
Get more info
Get info about a location. Tap a pin to display its banner, then tap . Info might include Yelp 
reviews and photos, a phone number (tap to call it), a webpage link, directions, and more.
To share the location, add the location to your Favorites, or use another app you install, tap 
. 
See Share from apps
 on page 37 .
Get directions
Note:  To get directions, iPhone must be connected to the Internet. To get directions involving 
your current location, Location Services must also be on. 
Get directions. Tap 
, enter the starting and ending locations, then tap Route. Or choose a 
location or a route from the list, if available. Tap to select driving or walking directions, or to use 
an app for public or other modes of transportation.
If a location banner is showing, directions to that location from your current location appear. To 
get other directions, tap the search field.
If multiple routes appear, tap the one you want to take.
 •Hear turn-by-turn directions:  Tap Start.
Maps follows your progress and speaks turn-by-turn directions to your destination. To show or 
hide the controls, tap the screen.
If iPhone auto-locks, Maps stays onscreen and continues to announce instructions. You can 
also open another app and continue to get turn-by-turn directions. To return to Maps, tap the 
banner across the top of the screen.
With turn-by-turn directions, night mode automatically adjusts the screen image for easier 
viewing at night.
 •See the route overview:  Tap Overview.
 •View the directions as a list:  Tap List Steps.
 •Stop turn-by-turn directions:  Tap End. Or ask Siri to “stop navigating.”
Get directions from your current location. Tap 
 on the banner of your destination. Tap to 
select driving or walking directions, or to use an app for public or other modes of transportation.
Use Siri. Say something like:
 •“Give me directions home”
 •“Directions to my dad’s work”
 •“What’s my ETA?”
 •“Find a gas station” 
						

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Use Maps on your Mac to get directions. Open Maps on your Mac (OS X Mavericks or later), get 
directions for your trip, then choose File > Share > Send to your device. Your Mac and iPhone 
must both be signed in to iCloud using the same Apple ID.
Find out about traffic conditions. Tap , then tap Show Traffic. Orange dots show slowdowns, 
and red dots show stop-and-go traffic. To see an incident report, tap a marker.
Report a problem. Tap 
, then tap Report a Problem.
3D and Flyover
With 3D and Flyover, you can see three-dimensional views and even fly over many of the world’s 
major cities.
The Transamerica Pyramid Building is a registered 
service mark of Transamerica Corporation.View 3D map. Tap , then tap Show 3D Map. Or, drag two fingers up. (Zoom in for a closer look 
if Show 3D Map doesn’t appear.)
Adjust the angle. Drag two fingers up or down.
Take a Flyover Tour. An aerial tour is available for select cities, indicated by 
 next to the city 
name. (Zoom out if you don’t see any  markers.) Tap the name of the city to display its banner, 
then tap Tour to begin the tour. To stop the tour, tap the screen to display the controls, then tap 
End Flyover Tour. To return to standard view, tap 
.
Maps settings
Go to Settings > Maps. Settings include:
 •Navigation voice volume
 •Distances in miles or kilometers
 •Map labels (these appear in the language specified in Settings > General > International > 
Language)
The Transamerica Pyramid Building is a registered 
service mark of Transamerica Corporation.  
						

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Videos
Videos at a glance
Open the Videos app to watch movies, TV shows, and music videos. To watch video podcasts, 
open the Podcasts app—see Podcasts at a glance
 on page 13 9. To watch videos you record using 
Camera on iPhone, open the Photos app.
Choose a category.
Delete videos from 
your library.
Add to your library.
Tap a video 
to play it.
This video hasn’t 
been downloaded 
to iPhone.
WARNING:  For important information about avoiding hearing loss, see Important safety 
information
 on page 18 3 .
Watch a video. Tap the video in the list of videos.
What about videos you shot with iPhone? Open the Photos app.
Stream or download? If 
 appears on a video thumbnail, you can watch it without 
downloading it to iPhone, if you have an Internet connection. To download the video to iPhone 
so you can watch without using a Wi-Fi or cellular connection, tap 
 in the video details.
Looking for podcasts or iTunes U videos? Open the Podcasts app or download the free iTunes U 
app from the App Store.
Set a sleep timer. Open the Clock app and tap Timer, then swipe to set the number of hours and 
minutes. Tap When Timer Ends and choose Stop Playing, tap Set, then tap Start.
Choose a category. 
Delete videos from 
your library. 
Add to your library. 
Tap a video 
to play it. 
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Add videos to your library
Buy or rent videos from the iTunes Store. Tap Store in the Videos app, or open the iTunes Store 
app on iPhone, then tap Movies or TV Shows. The iTunes Store is not available in all areas. See 
Chapter 22, iTunes Store, on page 11 8.
Transfer videos from your computer. Connect iPhone, then sync videos from iTunes on your 
computer. See Sync with iTunes
 on page 20 .
Stream videos from your computer. Turn on Home Sharing in iTunes on your computer. Then, 
on iPhone, go to Settings > Videos and enter the Apple ID and password you used for Home 
Sharing on your computer. Then open Videos on iPhone, and tap Shared at the top of the list 
of videos.
Convert a video for iPhone. If you try to sync a video from iTunes to iPhone and a message says 
the video can’t play on iPhone, you can convert the video. Select the video in your iTunes library, 
then choose File > Create New Version > Create iPod or iPhone Version. Then sync the converted 
video to iPhone.
Delete a video. Tap Edit in the upper right of your collection, then tap 
 on the video thumbnail. 
If you don’t see the Edit button, look for  on your video thumbnails—those videos haven’t 
been downloaded to iPhone, so you can’t delete them. To delete an individual episode of a series, 
swipe left on the episode in the Episodes list. 
Deleting a video (other than a rented movie) from iPhone doesn’t delete it from the iTunes 
library on your computer, and you can sync the video back to iPhone later. If you don’t want to 
sync the video back to iPhone, set iTunes to not sync the video. See Sync with iTunes
 on page 20 .
Important:  If you delete a rented movie from iPhone, it’s deleted permanently and cannot be 
transferred back to your computer.
Control playback
Watch on a TV  with Apple TV.
Tap to show or hide the controls.Drag to skipforward or back.
Drag to adjust
the volume.
Scale the video to fill the screen or fit to the screen. Tap  or . Or double-tap the video. If 
you don’t see the scaling controls, your video already fits the screen perfectly.
Start over from the beginning. If the video contains chapters, drag the playhead along the 
scrubber bar all the way to the left. If there are no chapters, tap 
.
Skip to the next or previous chapter. Tap 
 or . You can also press the center button or 
equivalent on a compatible headset two times (skip to next) or three times (skip to previous).
Rewind or fast-forward. Touch and hold 
 or . Or drag the playhead left or right. Move your 
finger toward the bottom of the screen as you drag for finer control.
Watch on a TV with Apple TV. 
Tap to show or 
hide the controls. 
Drag to skip
forward or back. 
Drag to adjust
the volume.  
						

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Select a different audio language. If the video offers other languages, tap , then choose a 
language from the Audio list.
Show subtitles or closed captions. Tap 
. Not all videos offer subtitles or closed captions.
Customize the appearance of closed captions. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > 
Subtitles & Captioning.
See closed captions and subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing. 
Go to Settings > General > 
Accessibility > Subtitles & Captioning, then turn on Closed Captions + SDH.
Watch the video on a TV. Tap . For more about AirPlay and other ways to connect, see 
AirPlay
 on page 41 .
Videos settings
Go to Settings > Videos, where you can:
 •Choose where to resume playback the next time you open a video
 •Choose to show only videos that are downloaded to this device
 •Log in to Home Sharing 
						

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Notes
Notes at a glance
Type notes on iPhone, and iCloud automatically makes them available on your other iOS devices 
and Mac computers. You can also read and create notes in other accounts, such as Gmail or Yahoo!.
Tap to edit.
Write a new note.
Share or print.
Delete this note. 
See your notes on your other devices. If you use an icloud.com, me.com, or mac.com email address 
for iCloud, go to Settings > iCloud, then turn on Notes. If you use Gmail or another IMAP account 
for iCloud, go to Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars, then turn on Notes for the account. Your notes 
appear in Notes on all your other iOS devices and Mac computers that use the same Apple ID.
Search for a note. Scroll to the top of a list of notes (or tap the top of the screen) to reveal the 
search field, then tap the field and type what you’re looking for. You can also search for notes 
from the Home screen—just drag down the middle of the screen.
Share or print. Tap 
 at the bottom of the note. You can share via Messages, Mail, or AirDrop 
(iPhone 5 or later).
Delete a note. Swipe left over the note in the list of notes.
Use Siri. Say something like:
 •“Create new note travel items”
 •“Add toothbrush to travel items”
 •“Add umbrella”
Tap to edit. 
Write a new note. 
Share or print. 
Delete this note.   
						

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Use notes in multiple accounts
Share notes with other accounts. You can share notes with other accounts, such as Google, 
Yahoo!, or AOL. Go to Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars, then turn on Notes for the account.
Create a note in a specific account. Tap Accounts at the top of a list of notes, select the account, 
then tap New. Notes you create in the account on iPhone touch show up in the notes folder of 
the account.
Choose the default account for new notes. 
Go to Settings > Notes.
See all notes in an account. Tap Accounts at the top of a list of notes, then choose the account. 
						

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Reminders
Reminders at a glance
Reminders lets you keep track of all the things you need to do.
Add a list.
Completed item
Scheduled items
Add a reminder. Tap a list, then tap a blank line.
Share a list. Tap a list, then tap Edit. Tap Sharing, then tap Add Person. The people you share with 
also need to be iCloud users. After they accept your invitation to share the list, you’ll all be able 
to add, delete, and mark items as completed. Family members can also share a list. See Family 
Sharing
 on page 38.
Use Siri. Say something like:
 •“Remember to take an umbrella”
 •“Add artichokes to my groceries list”
 •“Read my work to-do list”
Delete a list. While viewing a list, tap Edit, then tap Delete List. All of the reminders in the list are 
also deleted.
Delete a reminder. Swipe the reminder left, then tap Delete.
Change the order of lists. Touch and hold the list name, then drag the list to a new location. To 
change the order of items in a list, tap Edit.
Add a list. 
Completed item 
Scheduled items