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The iPhone Manual - Tips and Hacks

By : Wallace Wang
Book Image

The iPhone Manual - Tips and Hacks

By: Wallace Wang

Overview of this book

The iPhone is the most popular smartphone available on the market, renowned for its sophisticated design, immersive UI, and user safety. And even if you’ve bought an iPhone for its impressive specifications, you may still be unaware of many of its features, which you’ll discover with the help of this book! The iPhone Manual is your practical guide to uncovering the hidden potential of iPhones, and will leave you amazed at how productive you can be by learning tips and hacks for customizing your device as a communication, entertainment, and work tool. You’ll unearth the complete range of iPhone features and customize it to streamline your day-to-day interaction with your device. This iPhone manual will help you explore your iPhone’s impressive capabilities and fully understand all the features, functions, and settings that every iPhone owner should know. With this book, you’ll get to grips with not only the basics of communication but also best practices for accessing photos, videos, and music to set up your entertainment using your iPhone. In addition to this, you’ll learn about serious work tools that will make you productive in your everyday tasks. By the end of this iPhone book, you’ll have learned how to use your iPhone to perform tasks and customize your experience in ways you probably didn’t realize were possible.
Table of Contents (20 chapters)

Blocking disturbances

Sometimes you may want to set aside time for when you don't want your iPhone ringing or displaying alerts or notifications. When you want a little peace and quiet, you can turn on the Do Not Disturb feature. To turn this feature on, follow these steps:

  1. Tap the Settings icon on the Home screen.
  2. Tap the Do Not Disturb icon. The Do Not Disturb screen appears as shown in Figure 4.28:

    Figure 4.28 – The Do Not Disturb screen

  3. Tap the Do Not Disturb switch to turn it on or off. When Do Not Disturb is on, a crescent moon icon appears in the upper-right corner of the screen.

Another way to toggle Do Not Disturb on or off is to open the Control Center (swipe up from the bottom on iPhones with a Home button, or swipe down from the upper right corner on iPhones without a Home button). Then tap the Do Not Disturb icon shown in Figure 4.29:

Figure 4.29 – The Do Not Disturb icon on the Control Center screen

Finally...