Jason R. Rich (www.JasonRich.com) is the bestselling author of more than 55 books, as well as a frequent contributor to a handful of major daily newspapers,national magazines, and popular websites. He's also an accomplished photographer, and an avid Apple iPhone 5, iPad, Apple TV, and Mac user. Jason R. Rich is the author of the book Your iPad at Work: 3rd Edition, as well OS X Mountain Lion Tips and Tricks, both published by Que Publishing. He's also written How To Do Everything MacBook Air and How To Do Everything iPhone 5 for McGraw-Hill. More than 100 feature-length how-to articles by Jason R. Rich, covering the Apple iPhone and iPad, can be read free online at the Que Publishing website. Visit www.iOSArticles.com and click on the Articles tab. You can also follow Jason R. Rich on Twitter (@JasonRich7).

INTRODUCTION 1 WHY YOU NEED iOS 6 ON YOUR DEVICE 2 NEW AND MODIFIED APPS AND FEATURES 3 WHICH DEVICES USE iOS 6? 4 NEW AND IMPROVED INTERACTIVITY 4 WHAT THIS BOOK OFFERS 10 ATTENTION, PLEASE 13 1 UPGRADING TO iOS 6 15 HOW TO UPGRADE FROM iOS 4.3.4 (OR EARLIER) TO iOS 6 16 HOW TO FIND OUT WHICH VERSION OF iOS YOUR DEVICE USES 16 AVOIDING iTUNES CONFUSION 18 HOW TO UPGRADE WITH iTUNES 18 WIRELESS UPGRADE FROM iOS 5 TO iOS 6 (OR LATER) 19 HOW TO CONFIGURE iOS 6 ON YOUR NEW iPHONE OR iPAD 20 HOW TO SET UP A NEW iPHONE OR iPAD 23 HOW TO RESTORE FROM iTUNES 26 WHERE'S MY DEVICE? HOW TO USE THE FIND MY iPHONE OR FIND MY iPAD FEATURE 27 INTEGRATE YOUR DATA, APPS, AND MORE WITH APPLE'S iCLOUD 28 SYNCHRONIZE YOUR DIGITAL PHOTOS 30 TRANSFER FILES AND DOCUMENTS 31 SYNC YOUR APPS, EBOOKS, BOOKMARKS, AND OTHER CONTENT 32 SYNC YOUR APP-SPECIFIC DATA WITH iCLOUD 33 MAINTAIN A RELIABLE REMOTE BACKUP OF YOUR iPHONE OR iPAD 33 SHARE iTUNES PURCHASES WITH ALL YOUR DEVICES 34 UPGRADE TO THE PREMIUM iTUNES MATCH SERVICE 35 HOW TO UPDATE YOUR APPS WIRELESSLY 35 KEEP iOS UP TO DATE WIRELESSLY 37 2 TIPS AND TRICKS FOR CUSTOMIZING SETTINGS 39 USING THE SETTINGS APP 41 MAIN OPTIONS AVAILABLE FROM THE SETTINGS APP 43 KEEP YOUR DEVICE AND DATA PRIVATE: HOW TO ACTIVATE AND USE THE PASSCODE LOCK FEATURE 64 ORGANIZE APPS ON YOUR HOME SCREEN WITH FOLDERS 66 ADD FREQUENTLY USED WEB PAGE ICONS TO YOUR HOME SCREEN 68 ACCESSING THE MULTITASKING BAR 69 3 STRATEGIES FOR FINDING, BUYING, AND USING THIRD-PARTY APPS 73 APP STORE BASICS 74 FREE OR PURCHASED? 74 HOW NEW APPS INSTALL THEMSELVES 75 RESTORING OR REINSTALLING APPS YOU'VE ALREADY DOWNLOADED 75 WHERE TO FIND APPS, MUSIC, AND MORE 76 EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT APPS 77 COMPATIBILITY: DOES THE APP RUN ON MULTIPLE DEVICES? 77 QUICK GUIDE TO APP PRICING 81 HOW TO SHOP WITH THE APP STORE APP 86 HOW TO SHOP FROM iTUNES ON YOUR COMPUTER 96 QUICK TIPS FOR FINDING APPS RELEVANT TO YOU 99 KEEP YOUR APPS UP TO DATE WITH THE LATEST VERSIONS 100 4 MAKE THE MOST OF NOTIFICATION CENTER 103 NOTIFICATION CENTER'S MAIN WINDOW 106 QUICK STRATEGIES FOR PERSONALIZING NOTIFICATION CENTER 109 STEP BY STEP: CUSTOMIZE HOW NOTIFICATION CENTER MONITORS APPS 111 WHAT TO DO WHEN ALERTS, NOTIFICATIONS, AND ALARMS GET ANNOYING 113 STAY INFORMED OF YOUR APPOINTMENTS, DEADLINES, AND RESPONSIBILITIES 114 HOW TO LIMIT THE CONTENT IN THE NOTIFICATION CENTER WINDOW 114 INFORMATIVE NOTIFICATION CENTER WIDGETS YOU CAN ADD TO YOUR iPHONE 116 5 USING SIRI AND DICTATION TO INTERACT WITH YOUR iOS DEVICE 119 WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW BEFORE USING SIRI 120 WAYS TO ACTIVATE SIRI 121 SETTING UP SIRI TO WORK ON YOUR iPHONE OR iPAD 123 CHECK OUT HOW SIRI CAN HELP YOU! 126 FIND, DISPLAY, OR USE INFORMATION RELATED TO YOUR CONTACTS 126 INITIATE A CALL 128 FIND YOUR FRIENDS 129 SET UP REMINDERS AND TO-DO ITEMS 130 READ OR SEND TEXT MESSAGES 131 CHECK THE WEATHER OR YOUR INVESTMENTS 132 FIND INFORMATION ON THE WEB OR GET ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS 134 SCHEDULE AND MANAGE MEETINGS AND EVENTS 134 SEND EMAIL AND ACCESS NEW (INCOMING) EMAIL 135 SET AN ALARM OR TIMER 135 GET DIRECTIONS USING THE MAPS APP 135 CONTROL THE MUSIC APP 136 FORGET STICKY NOTES-DICTATE NOTES TO YOURSELF 137 SIRI KNOWS ALL ABOUT SPORTS AND MOVIES TOO 137 PRACTICE (WITH SIRI) MAKES PERFECT 138 USE DICTATION MODE INSTEAD OF THE VIRTUAL KEYBOARD 139 6 SYNC AND SHARE FILES USING iCLOUD 141 CONTENT SAVED TO iCLOUD IS AVAILABLE ANYWHERE 143 ACCESS YOUR PURCHASED iTUNES CONTENT FROM ANY DEVICE 144 USE iCLOUD TO SYNC YOUR APPS, DATA, DOCUMENTS, AND FILES 147 CUSTOMIZING iCLOUD TO WORK WITH YOUR APPS 149 ACCESS YOUR APP-SPECIFIC DATA ONLINE AT iCLOUD.COM 150 CREATE A PHOTO STREAM USING iCLOUD 151 AUTOMATICALLY TRANSFER DOCUMENTS USING iCLOUD 153 USING A UNIQUE APPLE ID FOR iCLOUD 155 BACKING UP WITH iCLOUD 156 iOS 6 STILL OFFERS WIRELESS iTUNES SYNC 156 iCLOUD BACKUP: NO CABLE NEEDED 159 iCLOUD: MANY USES, ONE STORAGE SPACE 161 7 COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY WITH iMESSAGE 163 BENEFITS OF COMMUNICATING VIA TEXT MESSAGE OR INSTANT MESSAGE 166 QUICK START: APPLE'S iMESSAGE SERVICE 167 SET UP A FREE iMESSAGE ACCOUNT 167 PROS AND CONS OF USING iMESSAGE 170 TIPS AND TRICKS FOR USING THE MESSAGES APP 171 CREATE AND SEND A TEXT MESSAGE 172 PARTICIPATING IN A TEXT-MESSAGE CONVERSATION 174 RESPONDING TO AN INCOMING TEXT MESSAGE 175 RELAUNCH OR REVIEW PAST CONVERSATIONS 176 CUSTOMIZE THE MESSAGES APP 177 LEARN TO UNDERSTAND TEXT-MESSAGING ABBREVIATIONS 178 8 ORGANIZE YOUR LIFE WITH REMINDERS AND NOTES 181 USE REMINDERS TO MANAGE YOUR TO-DO LISTS 182 KEEP UP TO DATE WITH REMINDERS 184 MANAGE MULTIPLE TO-DO LISTS SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH REMINDERS 188 HOW TO DELETE AN ENTIRE TO-DO LIST 189 HOW TO VIEW YOUR INDIVIDUAL LISTS 189 REMINDERS ALSO WORKS WITH iCLOUD 191 PERFORM BASIC TEXT EDITING AND NOTE TAKING WITH THE NOTES APP 192 9 NAVIGATING WITH THE NEWLY REVAMPED MAPS APP 199 GET THE MOST FROM USING NEW MAPS APP FEATURES 200 OVERVIEW OF THE MAPS APP'S SCREEN 202 THE MAPS APP'S MENU SCREEN 205 OBTAIN TURN-BY-TURN DIRECTIONS BETWEEN TWO LOCATIONS 209 LOOK UP CONTACT ENTRIES, BUSINESSES, RESTAURANTS, LANDMARKS, AND POINTS-OF-INTEREST 213 USE THE INTERACTIVE LOCATION SCREENS TO FIND MORE INFORMATION 214 THE MAPS APP'S FLYOVER VIEW 217 CUSTOMIZE MAP-RELATED SETTINGS 218 10 MAKE THE MOST OF SOCIAL NETWORKING APPS 219 TIPS FOR USING THE OFFICIAL TWITTER APP 221 CUSTOMIZING THE OFFICIAL TWITTER APP 222 USING THE OFFICIAL TWITTER APP 225 COMPOSE AN OUTGOING TWEET 227 SENDING TWEETS FROM OTHER APPS 228 REPLYING TO TWEETS AND OTHER TWITTER FEATURES 229 HOW TO RE-TWEET MESSAGES 231 IF YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT PRIVACY, DON'T SHARE YOUR LOCATION 232 MANAGE YOUR FACEBOOK ACCOUNT WITH THE OFFICIAL FACEBOOK APP 233 UPDATE YOUR STATUS, CHECK-IN, OR UPLOAD PHOTOS 237 UPDATE YOUR FACEBOOK STATUS FROM OTHER APPS 237 OTHER SPECIALIZED APPS FOR ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORKING 239 SEESMIC PING 240 TWITTERIFIC FOR TWITTER 240 INSTAGRAM 240 YOUTUBE242 11 SHOOT, EDIT, AND SHARE PHOTOS AND VIDEOS 243 METHODS FOR LOADING DIGITAL IMAGES INTO YOUR iPHONE OR iPAD 245 THE NEW AND IMPROVED CAMERA APP 246 HOW TO SNAP A PHOTO 248 HOW TO SHOOT A PANORAMIC PHOTO 250 HOW TO SHOOT VIDEO 252 USE PHOTO BOOTH TO SNAP WHIMSICAL PHOTOS 253 TIPS FOR SHOOTING EYE-CATCHING PHOTOS 253 HOW TO USE THE RULE OF THIRDS WHEN SHOOTING 255 USING THE PHOTOS APP TO VIEW, EDIT, ENHANCE, PRINT, AND SHARE PHOTOS AND VIDEOS 257 VIEWING PHOTOS AND VIDEOS (iPAD) 257 VIEWING PHOTOS AND VIDEOS (iPHONE) 260 VIEW AN IMAGE IN FULL-SCREEN MODE 260 EDITING PHOTOS AND VIDEOS 262 PRINTING PHOTOS 263 SHARING PHOTOS AND VIDEOS 264 DELETING PHOTOS STORED ON YOUR iOS DEVICE 268 EDIT YOUR PHOTOS WITH THIRD-PARTY PHOTOGRAPHY APPS 268 CREATE AND MANAGE A PHOTO STREAM VIA iCLOUD 268 CREATE AND MANAGE A SHARED PHOTO STREAM VIA iCLOUD 269 12 MAKE AND RECEIVE CALLS WITH AN iPHONE 273 ANSWERING AN INCOMING CALL 275 RESPOND TO A CALL WAITING SIGNAL WHILE ON THE PHONE 282 MAKING CALLS FROM YOUR iPHONE 285 MANUAL DIALING 285 DIALING FROM A CONTACTS ENTRY IN THE PHONE APP 287 USE SIRI TO INITIATE CALLS 287 INITIATING A CONFERENCE CALL 287 MANAGING YOUR VOICEMAIL 288 RECORD YOUR OUTGOING MESSAGE 288 HOW TO PLAY AND DELETE VOICEMAIL MESSAGES 289 CREATE AND USE A FAVORITES LIST 291 ACCESSING YOUR RECENTS CALL LOG 292 DO YOU TALK TOO MUCH? KEEPING TRACK OF USAGE 293 CUSTOMIZING RINGTONES 294 CUSTOM RINGTONES FOR SPECIFIC CONTACTS 295 A FEW THOUGHTS ABOUT WIRELESS HEADSETS 296 13 USE NEW SAFARI FEATURES TO SURF MORE EFFICIENTLY 297 CUSTOMIZE YOUR WEB SURFING EXPERIENCE 300 HOW TO USE TABBED BROWSING WITH SAFARI 303 SWITCHING BETWEEN WEB PAGES ON AN iPHONE 304 TABBED BROWSING ON THE iPAD 305 DISCOVER THE NEW iCLOUD TABS FEATURE OF SAFARI 306 REMOVE SCREEN CLUTTER WITH SAFARI READER 306 CREATE AND MANAGE READING LISTS 307 NEW OPTIONS FOR SHARING WEB CONTENT IN SAFARI 309 CREATE, MANAGE, AND SYNC SAFARI BOOKMARKS 313 LAUNCH YOUR FAVORITE WEBSITES FAST WITH HOME SCREEN ICONS 314 14 MANAGE YOUR EMAIL EFFICIENTLY 317 HOW TO ADD EMAIL ACCOUNTS TO THE MAIL APP 318 HOW TO CUSTOMIZE MAIL OPTIONS FROM SETTINGS 322 TIPS FOR VIEWING YOUR INCOMING EMAIL 325 FETCH NEW DATA 327 COMPOSING AN EMAIL MESSAGE 328 INSERT A PHOTO OR VIDEO INTO YOUR OUTGOING EMAIL 331 USING SELECT, SELECT ALL, CUT, COPY, AND PASTE 332 HOW TO SAVE AN UNSENT DRAFT OF AN EMAIL MESSAGE 333 TIPS FOR READING EMAIL 334 THE MAIL APP'S INBOX 336 15 CALENDAR AND CONTACT MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES 345 GET ACQUAINTED WITH THE CALENDAR APP 346 SYNC APP-SPECIFIC DATA WITH ONLINE-BASED APPS 346 CONTROLLING THE VIEW 348 HOW TO ENTER A NEW APPOINTMENT 351 USE SIRI TO ENTER NEW EVENTS INTO THE CALENDAR APP 353 VIEWING INDIVIDUAL APPOINTMENT DETAILS 354 QUICKLY FIND APPOINTMENT OR EVENT DETAILS 354 VIEWING ONE OR MORE COLOR-CODED CALENDARS 355 CUSTOMIZING THE CALENDAR APP 355 ADJUSTING TIME ZONE SUPPORT 356 USE CONTACTS TO KEEP IN TOUCH WITH PEOPLE YOU KNOW 357 THE CONTACTS APP IS HIGHLY CUSTOMIZABLE 357 THE CONTACTS APP WORKS SEAMLESSLY WITH OTHER APPS 358 WHO DO YOU KNOW? HOW TO VIEW YOUR CONTACTS 359 MEET SOMEONE NEW? CREATE A NEW CONTACTS ENTRY 362 HOW TO ADD A PHOTO TO A CONTACTS ENTRY 365 EDITING OR DELETING AN ENTRY 366 INTERACTIVE CONTACTS ENTRIES 366 HOW TO LINK CONTACT ENTRIES TOGETHER 367 SHARING CONTACT ENTRIES 367 ADDITIONAL WAYS TO MAKE CONTACT FROM WITHIN CONTACTS 368 16 iOS 6 GAMING 369 MANY DIFFERENT GAMING EXPERIENCES ARE AT YOUR FINGERTIPS 370 TIPS FOR FINDING GAMES YOU'LL LOVE 378 55 iOS GAMES WORTH PLAYING 380 EXPERIENCE MULTIPLAYER GAMES WITH GAME CENTER 384 OTHER ENTERTAINMENT ACTIVITIES 387 EDUCATE AND ENTERTAIN YOUR KIDS 388 17 USE THE MUSIC AND VIDEOS APPS 391 TIPS FOR USING THE MUSIC APP 393 MUSIC APP CONTROLS ON THE iPHONE 397 MUSIC APP CONTROLS ON iPAD 404 MORE MUSIC APP FEATURES 408 USE THE VIDEOS APP TO WATCH TV SHOWS, MOVIES, AND MORE 411 MUSIC, TV SHOWS, MOVIES, AND MORE: THE COST OF iTUNES CONTENT 416 STREAMING VIDEO ON YOUR iPAD 418 ABC PLAYER 419 HBO GO 419 HULU PLUS 420 INFINITY TV 421 MAX GO 421 NETFLIX 421 YOUTUBE 422 18 CUSTOMIZE YOUR READING EXPERIENCE WITH iBOOKS AND NEWSSTAND 423 CUSTOMIZE iBOOKS SETTINGS 425 DOWNLOAD AND INSTALL iBOOKS ON YOUR iOS DEVICE 426 THE iBOOKS MAIN LIBRARY SCREEN 426 MANAGING YOUR eBOOK COLLECTION FROM THE LIBRARY SCREEN 429 BROWSE AND SHOP FOR eBOOKS VIA iBOOKSTORE 430 iBOOKSTORE COMMANDS ON THE iPHONE 432 iBOOKSTORE COMMANDS ON THE iPAD 433 HOW TO FIND A SPECIFIC eBOOK-FAST 436 LEARN ABOUT AN eBOOK FROM ITS DESCRIPTION 437 USING iCLOUD WITH iBOOKS 440 HOW TO RELOAD A PREVIOUSLY PURCHASED eBOOK 441 CUSTOMIZE YOUR eBOOK READING EXPERIENCE USING iBOOKS 442 READ PDF FILES WITH iBOOKS 446 CREATE YOUR OWN eBOOKS USING APPLE'S iBOOKS AUTHOR SOFTWARE 448 ALTERNATIVE METHODS FOR READING YOUR eBOOKS 448 READ DIGITAL EDITIONS OF NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES WITH THE NEWSSTAND APP 449 WORKING WITH THE NEWSSTAND APP 449 READING DIGITAL PUBLICATIONS 451 MANAGING YOUR NEWSPAPER AND MAGAZINE SUBSCRIPTIONS 452 19 BE PRODUCTIVE USING PAGES, NUMBERS, AND KEYNOTE 455 WORD PROCESSING WITH PAGES 457 USING GRAPHICS, CHARTS, AND SHAPES WITHIN PAGES 459 ACCESSING THE TOOLS MENU WITHIN PAGES 460 USING THE DOCUMENT NAVIGATOR FEATURE 461 WORKING IN FULL-SCREEN MODE 462 INSERT SPECIAL SYMBOLS OR CHARACTERS INTO YOUR DOCUMENTS 463 NUMBER CRUNCHING WITH THE NUMBERS APP 466 THE FORMATTING ICON WITHIN NUMBERS 467 ACCESS THE GRAPHICS MENU WITHIN NUMBERS 468 ACCESS THE TOOLS MENU WITHIN NUMBERS 468 WORKING WITH THE KEYNOTE APP 469 THE FORMATTING TOOLS WITHIN KEYNOTE 471 THE GRAPHICS TOOLS WITHIN KEYNOTE 472 ACCESSING THE TOOLS MENU WITHIN KEYNOTE 472 THE PLAY ICON WITHIN KEYNOTE 473 USING THE iWORK FOR iPAD APPS WITH iCLOUD 473 A TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE PASSBOOK APP AND DISCOVER OTHER AWESOME THINGS YOUR iOS DEVICE CAN DO 477 THERE'S SO MUCH MORE YOUR iPHONE OR iPAD CAN DO 479 INDEX 481 ONLINE CONTENT The following online-only content can be downloaded from www.quepublishing.com/title/9780789750969. 20 VIDEOCONFERENCING AND VOICE-OVER-IP (VOIP) CALLING 21 USE AIRPLAY FOR ENTERTAINMENT CONNECTIVITY B APPENDIX B: GETTING STARTED WITH ITUNES 11