Apple IPod Touch IOS8 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-FiiPod touch is connected to the Internet over a Wi-Fi network. See 
Connect to Wi-Fi on page 12.
Network activityShows that there’s network activity. Some third-party apps may also 
use this icon to indicate an active process.
SyncingiPod touch is syncing with iTunes. See Sync with iTunes on page 16 .
Airplane modeAirplane mode is on—you can’t access the Internet or use 
Bluetooth® devices. Non-wireless features are available. See  Travel 
with iPod touch on page 40.
Do Not Disturb“Do Not Disturb” is turned on. See Do Not Disturb on page 31.
VPNYou’re connected to a network using VPN. See  VPN settings on 
page 15 8.
Portrait orientation 
lock
The iPod touch screen is locked in portrait orientation. See Change 
the screen orientation
 on page 21 .
AlarmAn alarm is set. See Alarms and timers on page 87 .
Location Services An item is using Location Services. See Privacy on page 37.
BluetoothBlue or white icon:  Bluetooth is on and paired with a device, such as 
a headset. 
Gray icon:  Bluetooth is on. If paired with a device, the device may be 
out of range or turned off. 
No icon:  Bluetooth is turned off. 
See Bluetooth devices
 on page 36.
Bluetooth batteryShows the battery level of a supported paired Bluetooth device.
BatteryShows the iPod touch battery level or charging status. See Charge 
and monitor the battery
 on page 39 . 
						

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Get started
Set up iPod touch
·WARNING:  To avoid injury, read Important safety information on page 15 3 befor e using 
iPod
 touch.
With only a Wi-Fi connection, you can easily set up iPod touch. You can also set up iPod touch 
by connecting it to a computer and using iTunes (see Connect iPod touch to your computer on 
page 16 ). 
Set up iPod touch. Turn on iPod touch, then 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 (needed for many features, including iCloud, 
FaceTime, the iTunes Store, and the App Store)
 •Entering a passcode
 •Setting up iCloud and iCloud Keychain
 •Turning on recommended features such as Location Services
You can also restore iPod touch from an iCloud or iTunes backup during setup. See Back up 
iPod touch on page 15 9 .
Note:  Find My iPod touch is turned on when you sign in to iCloud. Activation Lock is engaged 
to help prevent anyone else from setting up your iPod touch, even if it is completely restored. 
Before you sell or give away your iPod touch, you should reset it to erase your personal content 
and turn off Activation Lock. See Sell or give away iPod touch on page 16 0 .
Connect to Wi-Fi
If  appears at the top of the screen, you’re connected to a Wi-Fi network. iPod touch 
reconnects anytime you return to the same location. 
Configure Wi-Fi. Go to Settings > Wi-Fi, then turn Wi-Fi on or off. (You can also turn it on or off in 
Control Center.)
 •Choose a network:  Tap one of the listed networks, then enter the password, if asked.
 •Ask to join networks:  Turn Ask to Join Networks on to be prompted when a Wi-Fi network 
is available. Otherwise, you must manually join a network when a previously used network 
isn’t available.
 •Join a closed Wi-Fi network:  Tap Other, then enter the name of the closed network. You need to 
know the network name, security type, and password.
 •Adjust the settings for a Wi-Fi network:  Tap  next to a network. You can set an HTTP proxy, 
define static network settings, turn on BootP, or renew the settings provided by a DHCP server.
 •Forget a network:  Tap  next to a network you’ve joined before, then tap Forget this Network. 
						

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Set up your own Wi-Fi network. If you have an unconfigured AirPort base station turned on and 
within range, you can use iPod touch to set it up. Go to Settings > Wi-Fi and look for Set up an 
AirPort base station. Tap your base station and Setup Assistant will do the rest.
Manage an AirPort network. 
If iPod touch is connected to an AirPort base station, go to 
Settings > Wi-Fi, tap  next to the network name, then tap Manage this Network. If you haven’t 
yet downloaded AirPort Utility, tap OK to open the App Store, then download it.
Connect to the Internet
iPod touch connects to the Internet by joining 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 iTunes Store, or the 
App Store.
Apple ID
Your Apple ID is the account you use for just about everything you do with Apple, including 
storing your content in iCloud, downloading apps from the App Store, buying music, movies, and 
TV shows from the iTunes Store, and purchasing books from the iBooks Store.
If you already 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. You only need one Apple ID for everything you do with Apple. 
For more information, see appleid.apple.com.
iCloud
iCloud offers free mail, contacts, calendar, and other features that you can set up simply by 
signing in to iCloud with your Apple ID, then making sure that the features you want to use are 
turned on.
Set up iCloud. 
Go to Settings > iCloud. Create an Apple ID if needed, or use your existing one.
iCloud stores your photos and videos, documents, music, calendars, contacts, and more. Content 
stored in iCloud is pushed wirelessly to your other iOS devices and computers signed in to 
iCloud with the same Apple ID. 
iCloud is available on devices with iOS 5 or later, on Mac computers with OS X Lion v10.7.5 or 
later, and on PCs with iCloud for Windows 4.0 ( Windows 7 or Windows 8 is required). You can 
also sign in to iCloud.com from any Mac or PC to access your iCloud information and features like 
Photos, Find My iPhone, Mail, Calendar, Contacts, iWork for iCloud, and more.
Note:  iCloud may not be available in all areas, and iCloud features may vary by area. For more 
information, go to www.apple.com/icloud/. 
						

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iCloud features include:
 •Music, Movies, TV Shows, Apps, and Books:  Automatically get iTunes purchases on all your 
devices set up with iCloud, or download previous iTunes music and TV show purchases for 
free, anytime. With an iTunes Match subscription, all your music, including music you’ve 
imported from CDs or purchased somewhere other than the iTunes Store, can also be stored 
in iCloud and played on demand. See iTunes Match on page 65. Download previous App Store 
and iBooks Store purchases to iPod touch for free, anytime.
 •Photos:  Use iCloud Photo Library to store all your photos and videos in iCloud, and access 
them on any iOS 8.1 or later device, Mac with OS X Yosemite v10.10.3 or later, and on 
iCloud.com when using the same Apple ID. Use iCloud Photo Sharing to share photos and 
videos with just the people you choose, and let them add photos, videos, and comments. See 
iCloud Photo Library
 on page 75 . See iCloud Photo Sharing on page 76. 
 •Family Sharing:  Up to six family members can share their purchases from the iTunes Store, 
App Store, and iBooks Store. Pay for family purchases with the same credit card and approve 
kids’ spending right from a parent’s device. Plus, share photos, a family calendar, and more. See 
Family Sharing
 on page 32 .
 •iCloud Drive:  Safely store your presentations, spreadsheets, PDFs, images, and other documents 
in iCloud, and access them from your iPod touch, iPhone, iPad, Mac, or PC. iCloud Drive is 
available on any iOS 8 or later device and on any Mac with OS X Yosemite v10.10.0 or later. If 
you’re using an earlier version of iOS, see Set up iCloud Drive
 on page 34.
 •Mail, Contacts, Calendars:  Keep your mail, contacts, calendars, notes, and reminders up to date 
across all your devices. If you use iCloud, don’t also use iTunes to sync your contacts, calendars, 
and bookmarks to iPod touch.
 •Safari Tabs:  See the tabs you have open on your other iOS devices or OS X computers. See 
Browse the web on page 54.
 •Backup:  Back up iPod touch to iCloud automatically when connected to power and Wi-Fi. 
iCloud data and backups sent over the Internet are encrypted. See Back up iPod touch on 
page 15 9 .
 •Find My iPod:  Locate your iPod touch on a map, display a message, play a sound, lock the 
screen, or remotely wipe your iPod touch data. Find My iPod includes Activation Lock, which 
requires your Apple ID and password in order to turn off Find My iPod or erase your device. 
Your Apple ID and password are also required before anyone can activate your iPod touch. See 
Find My iPod touch on page 39.
 •Find My Friends:  Share your location with people who are important to you. Download the free 
app from the App Store.
 •iCloud Keychain:  Keep your passwords and credit card information up to date across all your 
designated devices. See iCloud Keychain
 on page 38 .
With iCloud, you get a free mail account and 5 GB of storage for your mail, documents, photos, 
and backups. Your purchased music, apps, TV shows, and books don’t count against your 
available space.
Upgrade your iCloud storage. 
Go to Settings > iCloud > Storage, then tap Change Storage Plan. 
For information about upgrading your iCloud storage, go to help.apple.com/icloud/. 
						

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View and download previous purchases, or get purchases shared by your family. 
 •iTunes Store purchases:  You can access your purchased songs and videos in the Music and 
Videos apps. Or, in the iTunes Store, tap More, then tap Purchased.
 •App Store purchases:  Go to the App Store, tap Updates, then tap Purchased.
 •iBooks Store purchases:  Go to iBooks, then tap Purchased.
Turn on Automatic Downloads for music, apps, or books. 
Go to Settings > iTunes & App Store.
For more information about iCloud, go to www.apple.com/icloud/. For support information, go 
to www.apple.com/support/icloud/.
Set up other mail, contacts, and calendar accounts
iPod touch works with Microsoft Exchange, and many of the most popular Internet-based mail, 
contacts, and calendar service providers.
Set up an account. 
Go to Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars > Add Account.
You can add contacts using an LDAP or CardDAV account if your company or organization 
supports it. See Add contacts
 on page 12 6 .
You can add calendars using a CalDAV calendar account, and you can subscribe to iCalendar (.ics) 
calendars or import them from Mail. See Use multiple calendars
 on page 71 .
Manage 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 and videos, documents, music, calendars, contacts, and more. It all 
gets pushed wirelessly to your other iOS devices and computers, keeping everything up to 
date. See iCloud
 on page 13 .
 •iTunes syncs music, videos, photos, and more between your computer and iPod touch. 
Changes you make on one device are copied to the other when you sync. You can also use 
iTunes to sync files and documents. See Sync with iTunes
 on page 16 .
You can use iCloud or iTunes, or both, depending on your needs. For example, you can use 
iCloud to automatically keep your contacts and calendars up to date on all your devices, and use 
iTunes to sync music from your computer to iPod touch.
Important:  To avoid duplicates, keep contacts, calendars, and notes in sync using iCloud or 
iTunes, but not both.
You can also manually manage content from iTunes, in the device’s Summary pane. This lets you 
add songs and videos, by choosing a song, video, or playlist from your iTunes library and then 
dragging it to your iPod touch in iTunes. This is useful if your iTunes library contains more items 
than can fit on your device.
Note:  If you’re using iTunes Match, you can manually manage only video. 
						

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Connect iPod touch to your computer
Connecting iPod touch to your computer lets you sync content from your computer using 
iTunes. See Sync with iTunes on page 16.
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:
 •OS X version 10.6.8 or later
 •Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, or Windows XP Home or Professional with Service 
Pack 3 or later
Connect iPod touch to your computer. Use the Lightning to USB Cable provided with 
iPod touch.
Sync 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 music, videos, apps, photos, and more. For help syncing 
iPod touch, open iTunes on your computer, choose Help > iTunes Help, then select Sync your 
iPod, iPhone, or iPad. iTunes is available at www.itunes.com/download/.
Set up wireless syncing. 
Connect iPod touch to your computer. In iTunes on your computer, 
select your iPod touch, click Summary, then select Sync with this iPod over Wi-Fi.
If Wi-Fi syncing is turned on, iPod touch syncs when it’s connected to a power source, both 
iPod touch and your computer are on and connected to the same wireless network, and iTunes is 
open on your computer.
Tips for syncing with iTunes on your computer
Connect iPod touch to your computer, select it in iTunes, then set options in the different panes.
 •If iPod touch doesn’t appear in iTunes, make sure you’re using the latest version of iTunes, 
check that the included Lightning to USB cable is correctly connected, then try restarting 
your computer.
 •In the Summary pane, you can set iTunes to automatically sync iPod touch when it’s attached 
to your computer. To temporarily prevent syncing when you attach the device, hold down 
Command and Option (Mac) or Shift and Control (PC) until you see iPod touch appear in the 
iTunes window.
 •In the 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 you’ll 
have to reenter them if you use the backup to restore iPod touch.   
						

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 •In the 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.
 •In the Music pane, you can sync music using your playlists. 
 •In the Photos pane, you can sync photos and videos from a supported app or folder on 
your computer.
 •If you use iCloud to store your contacts, calendars, and bookmarks, don’t also sync them to 
iPod touch using iTunes.
 •If you turn on iCloud Photo Library, you can’t use iTunes to sync photos and videos to 
iPod touch.
Date and time
The date and time are usually set for you based on your location—take a look at the Lock screen 
to see if they’re correct. 
Set whether iPod touch updates the date and time automatically. Go to Settings > General > 
Date & Time, then turn Set Automatically on or off. If you set iPod touch to update the time 
automatically, it gets the correct time based on your Wi-Fi connection. In some cases, iPod touch 
may not be able to automatically determine the local time.
Set the date and time manually. 
Go to Settings > General > Date & Time, then turn off 
Set Automatically.
Set whether iPod touch shows 24-hour time or 12-hour time. Go to Settings > General > Date & 
Time, then turn 24-Hour Time on or off. (24-Hour Time may not be available in all areas.)
International settings
Go to Settings > General > Language & Region to set the following:
 •The language for iPod touch
 •The preferred language order for apps and websites
 •The region format
 •The calendar format
 •Advanced settings for dates, times, and numbers
To add a keyboard for another language, go to Settings > General > Keyboard > Keyboards. For 
more information, see Use international keyboards on page 15 0.
Your iPod touch name
The name of your iPod touch is used by both iTunes and iCloud.
Change the name of your iPod touch. Go to Settings > General > About > Name. 
						

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View this user guide on iPod touch
You can view the iPod touch User Guide on iPod touch in Safari, and in the iBooks app.
View the user guide in Safari. Tap , then tap the iPod touch User Guide bookmark. (If you 
don’t see a bookmark, go to help.apple.com/ipod-touch/.)
 •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 
home page.
View the user guide in iBooks. 
Open iBooks, then search for “iPod touch user” in the 
iBooks Store.
For more information about iBooks, see Chapter 24, iBooks, on page 10 9 .
Tips for using iOS 8
The Tips app helps you get the most from iPod touch. 
Get Tips.  Open the Tips app. New tips are added weekly.
Get notified when new tips arrive. 
Go to Settings > Notifications > Tips. 
						

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Basics
Use apps
All the apps that come with iPod touch—as well as the apps you download from the 
App Store—are on the Home screen.
Start at home
Tap an app to open it.
Press the Home button anytime to return to the Home screen. Swipe left or right to see 
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Multitasking
iPod touch helps you manage several tasks at the same time.
View contacts and open apps. Double-click the Home button to reveal the multitasking 
screen. Swipe left or right to see more. To switch to another app, tap it. To connect with a 
recent or favorite contact, tap the contact’s picture or name, then tap your preferred method 
of communication.
Close an app. If an app isn’t working properly, you can force it to quit. Drag the app up from the 
multitasking display. Then try opening the app again.
If you have lots of apps, you can use Spotlight to find and open them. Drag down the center of 
the Home screen to see the search field. See Spotlight Search
 on page 29 .
Look around
Drag a list up or down to see more. Swipe to scroll quickly; touch the screen to stop it. Some lists 
have an index—tap a letter to jump ahead.
Drag a photo, map, or webpage in any direction to see more.
To quickly jump to the top of a page, tap the status bar at the top of the screen.