Apple Ipod Touch Ios6 User Guide

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Status icons
The icons in the status bar at the top of the screen give information about iPod touch:
Status iconWhat it means
Wi-Fi*Shows that iPod touch is connected to the Internet over a Wi-Fi 
network. The more bars, the stronger the connection. See  Wi-Fi on 
page 11 9.
Network activityShows network activity. Some third-party apps may also use this 
icon to indicate an active process.
SyncingShows that iPod touch is syncing with iTunes.
Airplane modeShows that airplane mode is on—you cannot access the Internet 
or use Bluetooth® devices. Non-wireless features are available. See 
Airplane mode
 on page 11 9.
Do Not DisturbShows that “Do Not Disturb” is turned on. See Do Not Disturb and 
Notifications
 on page 12 0 .
VPNShows that you are connected to a network using VPN. See  VPN on 
page 12 2.
LockShows that iPod touch is locked. See Sleep/Wake button on page 9.
Play Shows that a song, audiobook, or podcast is playing. See Playing 
music
 on page 41.
Portrait orientation 
lock
Shows that the iPod touch screen is locked in portrait orientation. 
See Portrait and landscape orientation on page 19 .
AlarmShows that an alarm is set. See Chapter 22, Clock, on page 87.
Location Services Shows that an app is using Location Services. See Privacy on 
page 12 6.
Bluetooth*Blue or white icon:  Bluetooth is on and paired with a device, such as 
a headset. 
Gray icon:  Bluetooth is on and paired with a device, but the device is 
out of range or turned off. 
No icon:  Bluetooth is turned off or not paired. See Bluetooth 
devices
 on page 31 .
Bluetooth batteryShows the battery level of a paired Bluetooth device.
Battery Shows battery level or charging status. See Battery on page 33.
* Accessories and wireless performance:  The use of certain accessories with iPod touch may 
affect wireless performance. Not all iPod accessories are fully compatible with iPod touch. T urning 
on airplane mode on iPod touch may eliminate audio interference between iPod touch and an 
accessory. While airplane mode is on, you cannot make or receive FaceTime calls or use features 
that require wireless communication. Reorienting or relocating iPod touch and the connected 
accessory may improve wireless performance. 
						

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Getting Started
·WARNING:  To avoid injury, read Important safety information on page 12 9 befor e using 
iPod touch.
What you need
To use iPod touch, you need:
 •An Apple ID (for some features, including iCloud, the App Store, and the iTunes Store). You can 
create an Apple ID during setup.
 •A Wi-Fi Internet connection
To use iPod touch with your computer, you need:
 •An Internet connection for your computer (broadband is recommended)
 •A Mac or a PC with a USB 2.0 or 3.0 port and one of the following operating systems:
 •Mac OS X v10.6.8 or later
 •Windows 7, Windows Vista, or Windows XP Home or Professional with Service Pack 3 or later
 •iTunes 10.7 or later (for some features), available at www.itunes.com/download
Setting up iPod touch
To set up and activate iPod touch, turn on iPod touch and follow the Setup Assistant. The Setup 
Assistant steps you through the setup process, including connecting to a Wi-Fi network, signing 
in with or creating a free Apple ID, setting up iCloud, and turning on recommended features 
such as Location Services and Find My iPod. You can also restore from an iCloud or iTunes backup 
during setup.
Activation can be done over a Wi-Fi network. If you don’t have access to a Wi-Fi network, you can 
connect iPod touch to your computer and finish activation using iTunes. 
						

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Connecting iPod touch to your computer
If you don’t have Wi-Fi access, you might need to connect iPod touch to your computer to 
complete setup. You can also connect iPod touch to your computer to sync music, videos, and 
other information with iTunes. You can also sync content with your computer wirelessly. See 
iCloud
 on page 14 and Syncing with iTunes on page 15.
Connect iPod touch to your computer:  Use the included Lightning to USB Cable (iPod touch 
5th generation) or Dock Connector to USB Cable (iPod touch 4th generation).
Connecting to the Internet
iPod touch connects to the Internet via Wi-Fi networks. When joined to a Wi-Fi network that is 
connected to the Internet, iPod touch connects to the Internet automatically whenever you use 
Mail, Safari, FaceTime, Game Center, Stocks, Maps, Weather, the App Store, or the iTunes Store. For 
information about connecting to a Wi-Fi network, see  Wi-Fi
 on page 11 9.
Setting up mail and other accounts
iPod touch works with iCloud, Microsoft Exchange, and many of the most popular Internet-based 
mail, contacts, and calendar service providers. If you don’t already have a mail account, you can 
set up a free iCloud account when you set up iPod touch, or any time in Settings > iCloud. See 
iCloud
 on page 14.
Set up an iCloud account:  Go to Settings > iCloud.
Set up some other account:  Go to Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars.
You can add contacts using an LDAP or CardDAV account if your company or organization 
supports it. See Adding contacts
 on page 96 .
You can add calendars using a CalDAV calendar account, and you can subscribe to iCalendar (.ics) 
calendars or import them from Mail. See  Working with multiple calendars
 on page 76.
Apple ID
An Apple ID is the user name for a free account that lets you access Apple services, such as the 
iTunes Store, the App Store, and iCloud. You need only one Apple ID for everything you do with 
Apple. There may be charges for services and products that you use, purchase, or rent.
If you have an Apple ID, use it when you first set up iPod touch, and whenever you need to sign 
in to use an Apple service. If you don’t already have an Apple ID, you can create one whenever 
you’re asked to sign in.
Create an Apple ID:  Go to Settings > iTunes & App Stores and tap Sign In. (If you’re already 
signed in and want to create another Apple ID, first tap your Apple ID, then tap Sign Out.)
For more information, see support.apple.com/kb/he37 .   
						

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Managing content on your iOS devices
You can transfer information and files between your iOS devices and computers using iCloud 
or iTunes.
 •iCloud stores your photos, apps, contacts, calendars, and more, and wirelessly pushes them to 
your devices, keeping everything up to date. See iCloud below.
 •iTunes syncs music, video, photos, and more between your computer and iPod touch. You can 
connect iPod touch to your computer using USB, or set it up to sync wirelessly using Wi-Fi. 
Changes you make on one device are copied to the other when you sync. You can also use 
iTunes to copy a file to iPod touch for use with an app, or to copy a document you’ve created 
on iPod touch to your computer. See Syncing with iTunes on page 15.
You can use iCloud, iTunes, or both, depending on your needs. For example, you can use   
Photo Stream to automatically put photos you take with iPod touch on all of your devices, and 
use iTunes to sync photo albums from your computer to iPod touch.
Important:  Don’t sync items in the Info pane of iTunes (such as contacts, calendars, and notes) 
if you use iCloud to keep that information up to date on your devices. Otherwise, you might see 
duplicate items.
iCloud
iCloud is a service that stores your content, including music, photos, contacts, calendars, and 
supported documents. Content stored in iCloud is wirelessly pushed to your other iOS devices 
and computers set up with the same iCloud account.
iCloud is available on an iOS device with iOS 5 or later, on a Mac with OS X Lion v10.7.2 or 
later, and on a PC with the iCloud Control Panel for Windows ( Windows Vista Service Pack 2 or 
Windows 7 required).
Note:  iCloud is not available in all areas, and iCloud features may vary by area. For more 
information, go to www.apple.com/icloud .
iCloud features include:
 •iTunes in the Cloud—Download your previous iTunes music and TV show purchases to 
iPod touch for free, anytime.
 •Apps and Books—Download your previous App Store and iBookstore purchases to iPod touch 
for free, any time.
 •Photo Stream—Photos you take on one device appear on all your other devices. See Photo 
Stream
 on page 59 .
 •Documents in the Cloud—For iCloud-enabled apps, keep documents and app data up to date 
across all your devices.
 •Mail, Contacts, Calendars—Keep your mail contacts, calendars, notes, and reminders up to date 
across all your devices.
 •Backup—Back up iPod touch automatically when connected to power and Wi-Fi. See Backing 
up iPod touch on page 13 3 .
 •Find My iPod—Locate your iPod touch on a map, display a message, play a sound, lock the 
screen, or remotely wipe the data. See Find My iPod on page 33.
 •Find My Friends—Share your location with people who are important to you. Download the 
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 •iTunes Match—With an iTunes Match subscription, all your music, including music you’ve 
imported from CDs or purchased somewhere other than iTunes, appears on all of your devices 
and can be downloaded and played on demand. See iTunes Match
 on page 45.
 •iCloud Tabs—See the webpages you have open on your other iOS devices or computers with 
OS X Mountain Lion v10.8 or later installed. See Chapter 15, Safari, on page 71.
With iCloud, you get a free mail account and 5 GB of storage for your mail, documents, and 
backups. Your purchased music, apps, TV shows, and books don’t count against your free space.
Sign in or create an iCloud account, and set iCloud options:  Go to Settings > iCloud.
Purchase additional iCloud storage:  Go to Settings > iCloud > Storage & Backup, then tap 
Manage Storage. For information about purchasing iCloud storage, go to help.apple.com/icloud .
View and download previous purchase:  
 •iTunes Store purchases:  Go to iTunes, tap More, then tap Purchased.
 •App Store purchases:  Go to App Store, tap Updates, then tap Purchased.
 •iBookstore purchases:  Go to iBooks, tap Store, then tap Purchased.
Turn on Automatic Downloads for music, apps, or books:  Go to Settings > iTunes & App Stores.
For more information about iCloud, go to www.apple.com/icloud . For support, go to 
www.apple.com/support/icloud .
Syncing with iTunes
Syncing with iTunes copies information from your computer to iPod touch, and vice versa. You 
can sync by connecting iPod touch to your computer, or you can set up iTunes to sync wirelessly 
with Wi-Fi. You can set iTunes to sync photos, videos, podcasts, apps, and more. For information 
about syncing iPod touch, open iTunes on your computer, then select iTunes Help from the 
Help menu.
Set up wireless iTunes syncing:  In iTunes on the computer, select your iPod touch, click 
Summary, then turn on “Sync with this iPod over Wi-Fi.”
When Wi-Fi syncing is turned on, iPod touch syncs when it’s connected to a power source, both 
iPod touch and your computer are connected to the same wireless network, and iTunes is open 
on the computer. For more information, see iTunes Wi-Fi Sync on page 12 2. 
Tips for syncing with iTunes
 •If you use iCloud to store your contacts, calendars, and bookmarks, don’t also sync them to 
iPod touch using iTunes.
 •Purchases you make from the iTunes Store or the App Store on iPod touch are synced back 
to your iTunes library. You can also purchase or download content and apps from the iTunes 
Store on your computer, and then sync them to iPod touch.
 •In the device’s Summary pane, you can set iTunes to automatically sync iPod touch when it’s 
attached to your computer. To temporarily override this setting, hold down Command and 
Option (Mac) or Shift and Control (PC) until you see iPod touch appear in the iTunes window.
 •In the device’s Summary pane, select “Encrypt iPod backup” if you want to encrypt the 
information stored on your computer when iTunes makes a backup. Encrypted backups are 
indicated by a lock icon 
, and a password is required to restore the backup. If you don’t 
select this option, other passwords (such as those for mail accounts) aren’t included in the 
backup and will have to be reentered if you use the backup to restore iPod touch. 
						

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 •In the device’s Info pane, when you sync mail accounts, only the settings are transferred from 
your computer to iPod touch. Changes you make to a mail account on iPod touch don’t affect 
the account on your computer.
 •In the device’s Info pane, click Advanced to select options that let you replace the information 
on iPod touch with the information from your computer during the next sync.
 •If you listen to part of a podcast or audiobook, your place in the story is included if you sync 
the content with iTunes. If you started listening to the story on iPod touch, you can pick up 
where you left off using iTunes on your computer—or vice versa. 
 •In the device’s Photo pane, you can sync photos and videos from a folder on your computer.
Viewing this user guide on iPod touch
You can view the iPod touch User Guide on iPod touch in Safari, and in the free iBooks app.
View the user guide in Safari:  Tap , then tap the iPod touch User Guide bookmark.
 •Add an icon for the user guide to the Home screen:  Tap , then tap “Add to Home Screen.”
 •View the user guide in a different language:  Tap “Change Language” at the bottom of the screen 
on the main contents page.
View the user guide in iBooks:  If you haven’t installed iBooks, open App Store, then search for 
and install “iBooks.” Then you can open iBooks, tap Store, and download the free guide (search 
for “iPod touch User”).
For more information about iBooks, see Chapter 29, iBooks, on page 10 0 . 
						

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Basics
Using apps
You interact with iPod touch using your fingers to tap, double-tap, drag, swipe, and pinch objects 
on the touchscreen.
Opening and switching between apps
To go to the Home screen, press the Home button .
Open an app:  Tap it.
To return to the Home screen, press the Home button  again.
See another Home screen:  Swipe left or right.
Swipe left or right to switch 
to another Home screen.
Go to the first Home screen:  Press the Home button .
View recently used apps:  Double-click the Home button  to reveal the multitasking bar.
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Tap an app to use it again. Swipe left to see more apps.
Recently used apps
If you have a lot of apps, you might want to use Spotlight to find and open them. See Searching 
on page 27.
Scrolling
Drag up or down to scroll. On some screens, such as webpages, you can also scroll side to side. 
Dragging your finger to scroll won’t choose or activate anything on the screen.
Flick to scroll quickly.
You can wait for the scrolling to come to a stop, or touch anywhere on the screen to stop 
it immediately.
To quickly go to the top of a page, tap the status bar at the top of the screen.
Lists
Depending on the list, choosing an item can do different things—for example, it may open 
another list, play a song, open an email, or show someone’s contact information.
Choose an item in a list:  Tap it.
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Some lists have an index along the side to help you navigate quickly.
Drag your finger along
the index to scroll 
quickly. Tap a letter to 
jump to a section. 
Return to a previous list:  Tap the back button in the upper-left corner.
Zooming in or out
Depending on the app, you may be able to zoom in to enlarge, or zoom out to reduce the  
image on the screen. When viewing photos, webpages, mail, or maps, for example, pinch two 
fingers together to zoom out or spread them apart to zoom in. For photos and webpages, you 
can also double-tap (tap twice quickly) to zoom in, then double-tap again to zoom out. For   
maps, double-tap to zoom in and tap once with two fingers to zoom out.
Zoom is also an accessibility feature that lets you magnify the screen with any app you’re using, 
to help you see what’s on the display. See Zoom on page 11 5 .
Portrait and landscape orientation
You can view many iPod touch apps in either portrait or landscape orientation. Rotate iPod touch 
and the display rotates too, adjusting to fit the new orientation.
Lock the screen in portrait orientation:  Double-click the Home button , swipe the 
multitasking bar from left to right, then tap .
The orientation lock icon  appears in the status bar when the screen orientation is locked.
Drag your finger along
the index to scroll 
quickly. Tap a letter to 
jump to a section.  
Drag your finger along
the index to scroll 
quickly. Tap a letter to 
jump to a section.  
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Adjusting brightness
You can manually adjust the brightness of the screen. On iPod touch 4th generation, you can 
turn on Auto-Brightness to have iPod touch use the built-in ambient light sensor to automatically 
adjust the brightness.
Adjust the screen brightness:  Go to Settings > Brightness & Wallpaper, then drag the slider.
Turn Auto-Brightness on or off (iPod touch 4th generation):  Go to Settings >  
Brightness & Wallpaper.
See Brightness & Wallpaper
 on page 12 6 .
Customizing the Home screen
You can customize the layout of your apps on the Home screen, organize them in folders, and 
change the wallpaper.
Rearranging apps
Customize your Home screen by rearranging apps, moving apps to the Dock along the bottom 
of the screen, and creating additional Home screens.
Rearrange apps:  Touch and hold any app on the Home screen until it jiggles, then move apps 
around by dragging them. Press the Home button 
 to save your arrangement.
Create a new Home screen:  While arranging apps, drag an app to the right edge of the 
rightmost screen, until a new screen appears.
You can create up to 11 Home screens. The dots above the Dock show the number of screens   
you have, and which screen you’re viewing.
Swipe left or right to switch between screens. To go to the first Home screen, press the   
Home button 
.
Move an app to another screen:  While it’s jiggling, drag an app to the side of the screen.
Customize the Home screen using iTunes:  Connect iPod touch to your computer. In iTunes on 
your computer, select iPod touch, then click the Apps button to see the image of the iPod touch 
Home screen.
Reset the Home screen to its original layout:  In Settings, go to General > Reset, then tap Reset 
Home Screen Layout. Resetting the Home screen removes any folders you’ve created and applies 
the default wallpaper to your Home screen. Apps that you’ve added to iPod touch from the   
App Store appear after the apps that came with iPod touch.