Apple Ipod Touch Ios7 User Guide

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Mail
Write messages
Mail lets you access all of your email accounts, on the go.
Change mailboxes or accounts.
Search for 
messages.
Compose a 
message.
Delete, move, or 
mark multiple 
messages.
Insert a photo or video. Tap the insertion point. Tap the arrows to see more choices. Also see  Edit 
text
 on page 24 .
Quote some text when you reply. Tap the insertion point, then select the text you want to 
include. Tap 
, then tap Reply. You can turn off the indentation of the quoted text in Settings > 
Mail, Contacts, Calendars > Increase Quote Level.
Send a message from a different account. Tap the From field to choose an account.
Change a recipient from Cc to Bcc. After you enter recipients, you can drag them from one field 
to another or change their order.
Change mailboxes or accounts. 
Search for 
messages. 
Compose a 
message. 
Delete, move, or 
mark multiple 
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Get a sneak peek
Change how names are displayedin Settings > Mail, Contacts,Calendars > Short Name.
See a longer preview. Go to Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars > Preview. You can show up to 
five lines.
Is this message for me? Turn on Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars > Show To/Cc Label. If 
the label says Cc instead of To, you were just copied. You can also use the To/Cc mailbox, which 
gathers all mail addressed to you. To show it, tap Edit while viewing the Mailboxes list.
Finish a message later
Save it, don’t send it. If you’re writing a message and want to finish it later, tap Cancel, then tap 
Save Draft. 
Finish a saved draft. Touch and hold Compose. Pick the draft from the list, then finish it up and 
send, or save it again as a draft.
Show draft messages from all of your accounts.  While viewing the Mailboxes list, tap Edit, tap 
Add Mailbox, then turn on the All Drafts mailbox.
Delete a draft. In the Drafts list, swipe left across a draft, then tap Delete.
See important messages
Gather important messages. Add important people to your VIP list, and their messages all 
appear in the VIP mailbox. Tap the sender’s name in a message, then tap Add to VIP. To show the 
VIP mailbox, tap Edit while viewing the Mailboxes list.
Change how names are displayed
in Settings > Mail, Contacts,Calendars > Short Name.  
						

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Get notified of important messages. Notification Center lets you know when you receive messages 
in favorite mailboxes or messages from your VIPs. Go to Settings > Notification Center > Mail.
Flag a message so you can find it later. Tap 
 while reading the message. You can change the 
appearance of the flagged message indicator in Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars > Flag Style. 
To see the Flagged mailbox, tap Edit while viewing the Mailboxes list, then tap Flagged.
Search for a message. Scroll to or tap the top of the message list to reveal the search field. 
Searching looks at the address fields, the subject, and the message body. To search multiple 
accounts at once, search from a smart mailbox, such as All Sent.
Search by timeframe. Scroll to or tap the top of the message list to reveal the search field, then type 
something like “February meeting” to find all messages from February with the word “meeting.” 
Search by message state. To find all flagged, unread messages from people in your VIP list, type 
“flag unread vip.” You can also search for other message attributes, such as “attachment.”
Junk, be gone! Tap 
 while you’re reading a message, then tap Move to Junk to file it in the 
Junk folder. If you accidentally move a message, shake iPod touch immediately to undo. 
Make a favorite mailbox. Favorite mailboxes appear at the top of the Mailboxes list. To add a 
favorite, view the Mailboxes list and tap Edit. Tap Add Mailbox, then select the mailbox to add. 
You’ll also get push notifications for your favorite mailboxes.
Attachments
Save a photo or video to your Camera Roll. Touch and hold the photo or video until a menu 
appears, then tap Save Image.
Use an attachment with another app. Touch and hold the attachment until a menu appears, 
then tap the app you want to open the attachment with.
See messages with attachments. The Attachments mailbox shows messages with attachments 
from all accounts. To add it, view the Mailboxes list and tap Edit. 
						

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Work with multiple messages
Delete, move, or mark multiple messages. While viewing a list of messages, tap Edit. Select 
some messages, then choose an action. If you make a mistake, shake iPod touch immediately 
to undo.
Organize your mail with mailboxes. Tap Edit in the mailboxes list to create a new one, or rename 
or delete one. (Some built-in mailboxes can’t be changed.) There are several smart mailboxes, 
such as Unread, that show messages from all your accounts. Tap the ones you want to use.
Recover a deleted message. Go to the account’s Trash mailbox, open the message, then  
tap 
 and move the message. Or, if you just deleted it, shake iPod touch to undo. To see deleted 
messages across all your accounts, add the Trash mailbox. To add it, tap Edit in the mailboxes list 
and select it from the list.
Archive instead of delete. Instead of deleting messages, you can archive them so they’re still 
around if you need them. Turn on Archive Mailbox in Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars > 
account name > Account > Advanced. To delete a message instead of archiving it, touch and  
hold 
, then tap Delete.
Deal with a message without opening it. Swipe left on a message, then tap Trash or Archive. Or 
tap More to move, forward, reply, flag, mark as read, or move it to the Junk folder.
Stash your trash. You can set how long deleted messages stay in the Trash mailbox. Go to 
Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars > account name > Account > Advanced.
See and save addresses
See who received a message. While viewing the message, tap More in the To field.
Add someone to Contacts or make them a VIP. Tap the person’s name or email address. 
						

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Print messages
Print a message. Tap , then tap Print.
Print an attachment or picture. Tap to view it, then tap  and choose Print.
See AirPrint on page 30.
Mail settings
Go to Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars, where you can:
 •Create a different mail signature for each account
 •Add mail accounts
 •Bcc yourself on every message you send
 •Turn on Organize by Thread to group related messages together
 •Turn off confirmation for deleting a message
 •Turn off Push delivery of new messages, to save on battery power
 •Temporarily turn off an account 
						

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Safari
Safari at a glance
Use Safari on iPod touch to browse the web. Use Reading List to collect webpages to read later. 
Add page icons to the Home screen for quick access. Use iCloud to see pages you have open on 
other devices, and to keep your bookmarks and reading list up to date on your other devices.
Choose from many 
ways to share or save.
Swipe through open 
pages or open a 
new page.
Tap to enter a 
web address or 
search item.
To zoom, double tap 
an item or pinch.
See your bookmarks, 
reading list, browsing 
history, and tweeted 
links.
Revisit recent pages.
Search the web
Enter what 
you’re 
searching for, 
then tap Go.
Or tap a 
suggestion.
Tap here to 
search the 
current page.
Choose from many 
ways to share or save. 
Swipe through open 
pages or open a 
new page. 
Tap to enter a 
web address or 
search item. 
To zoom, double tap 
an item or pinch. 
See your bookmarks, 
reading list, browsing 
history, and tweeted 
links. 
Revisit recent pages. 
Enter what 
you’re searching for, then tap Go. 
Or tap a 
suggestion. 
Tap here to 
search the 
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Search the web. Type what you’re looking for in the smart search field at the top of the page, 
then tap a search suggestion or tap Go on the keyboard to search for exactly what you typed. If 
you don’t want to see suggested search terms, go to Settings > Safari > Smart Search Field and 
turn off Search Suggestions.
Have your favorites top the list. Select them in Settings > Safari > Favorites.
Search the page. Scroll to the bottom of the suggested results list and tap the entry under  
On This Page. Tap 
 to see the next occurrence on the page.
Choose your search tool. Go to Settings > Safari > Search Engine.
Browse the web
Touch and hold a link 
to see these options.
Look before you leap. To see the URL of a link before you go there, touch and hold the link.
Open a link in a new page. Touch and hold the link, then tap Open in New Page. If you’d rather 
open new pages in the background, go to Settings > Safari > Open Links.
Browse open pages. Tap 
. To close one, tap  or swipe the page to the left.
Scroll to the 
bottom to see 
pages open 
on other 
devices.
Pick up where you left off. If you turn on Safari in Settings > iCloud, you can view a page that’s 
open on one of your other devices. Tap 
, then scroll to the list at the bottom of the page.
Get back to the top. Tap the top edge of the screen to quickly return to the top of a long page.
See more. 
Turn iPod touch to landscape orientation.
See the latest. Tap  next to the address in the search field to update the page.
Touch and hold a link 
to see these options. 
Scroll to the 
bottom to see 
pages open 
on other 
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Keep bookmarks
Bookmarks
Reading list
Shared links
Bookmark the current page. Tap , then tap Bookmark. To revisit the page, tap , then tap 
the bookmark.
Get organized. To create a folder for bookmarks, tap 
, then tap Edit.
Choose which favorites appear when you tap the search field. Go to Settings > Safari > Favorites.
Bookmarks bar on your Mac? Turn on Safari in Settings > iCloud if you want items from the 
bookmarks bar in Safari on your Mac to appear in Favorites on iPod touch.
Save an icon for the current page on your Home screen. Tap , then tap Add to Home Screen. 
The icon appears only on the device where you create it.
Share what you discover
Tap to share 
with a nearby 
friend using 
AirDrop.
Share using 
the usual 
methods.
Spread the news. Tap .
See who’s tweeting what. 
Log in to Twitter on iPod touch, then tap  and look under  to see 
links tweeted by your friends.
Fill in forms
Whether you’re logging in to a website, signing up for a service, or making a purchase, you can 
fill in a web form using the onscreen keyboard or have Safari fill it in for you using AutoFill.
Tired of always having to log in? When you’re asked if you want to save the password for the 
site, tap Yes. The next time you visit, your user name and password will be filled in for you.
Fill in a form. Tap any field to bring up the onscreen keyboard. Tap 
 or  above the keyboard to 
move from field to field.
Fill it in automatically. Go to Settings > Safari > Passwords & Autofill and turn on Use Contact 
Info. Then, tap AutoFill above the onscreen keyboard when you’re filling in the form. Not all 
websites support AutoFill.
Bookmarks 
Reading list 
Shared links 
Tap to share 
with a nearby 
friend using 
AirDrop. 
Share using 
the usual 
methods.  
						

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Enter your credit card information. Go to Settings > Safari > Passwords & Autofill and save your 
credit card information (or accept Safari’s offer to save it for you when you make a purchase), 
then look for the AutoFill Credit Card button above the onscreen keyboard whenever you’re in 
a credit card field. Your card’s security code isn’t stored, so you still enter that yourself. If you’re 
not using a passcode for iPod touch, you might want to start; see Use a passcode with data 
protection
 on page 32 .
Submit a form. Tap Go, Search, or the link on the webpage.
Avoid clutter with Reader
Use Safari Reader to focus on a page’s primary content.
Tap to view the page in Reader.
Focus on content. Tap  at the left end of the address field. If you don’t see the icon, reader isn’t 
available for the page you’re looking at.
Share just the good stuff. To share just the article text and a link to it, tap 
 while viewing the 
page in Reader.
Return to the full page. Tap the reader icon in the address field again.
Save a reading list for later
Save interesting items in your reading list so you can revisit them later. You can read pages in 
your reading list even when you’re not connected to the Internet.
Add the current page to your reading list. Tap , then tap Add to Reading List.
Add a linked page without opening it. Touch and hold the link, then tap Add to Reading List.
View your reading list. Tap 
, then tap .
Delete something from your reading list. Swipe left on the item in your reading list.
Tap to view the page in Reader.  
						

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Privacy and security
You can adjust Safari settings to keep your browsing activities to yourself and protect yourself 
from malicious websites.
Want to keep a low profile?  Turn on Settings > Safari > Do Not Track. Safari will ask websites 
you visit to not track your browsing, but beware—a website can choose not to honor 
the request.
Control cookies. Go to Settings > Safari > Block Cookies. To remove cookies already on 
iPod touch, go to Settings > Safari > Clear Cookies and Data.
Let Safari create secure passwords and store them for you. Tap the password field when 
creating a new account, and Safari will offer to create a password for you.
Erase your browsing history and data from iPod touch. Go to Settings > Safari > Clear History, 
and Settings > Safari > Clear Cookies and Data.
Visit sites without making history. Tap Private while viewing your open pages or bookmarks. 
Sites you visit will no longer be added to History on your iPod touch.
Watch for suspicious websites. Turn on Settings > Safari > Fraudulent Website Warning.
Safari settings
Go to Settings > Safari, where you can:
 •Choose your search engine
 •Provide AutoFill information
 •Choose which favorites are displayed when you search
 •Have links open in a new page or in the background
 •Block pop-ups
 •Tighten privacy and security
 •Clear your history, cookies, and data