Best iPhone Tricks & Tips in 2024
Meet Your iPhone
- Get a big-picture overview of the iPhone and a quick tour of its hardware and software.
- Activate the iPhone, turn it on and off, unlock and lock it, and master its multitouch interface.
- Synchronize (sync) your data — contacts, appointments, movies, songs, podcasts, and such — between your computer, your iPhone, iCloud+, and other iDevices.
- Make and receive calls on the iPhone — even video calls — use visual voicemail, select a ringtone, and ignore, juggle, and merge calls.
The PDA iPhone
- Manage the controls at Control Center, create multistep Siri shortcuts, and make phone calls with Voice Control.
- Keep in touch and stay organized by sending and receiving SMS, MMS, and iMessage messages and by becoming a champion note taker.
- Stay on top of your appointments, store tickets and boarding passes, and send files wirelessly from your iPhone to other Apple devices with AirDrop.
The Multimedia iPhone
- Listen to music, podcasts, and audiobooks.
- Shoot, store, and sync photos.
- Find, shoot, watch, and share video.
The Internet iPhone
- Explore the latest rendition of Safari, use links and bookmarks, open multiple web pages, and learn to surf the web safely and securely on your iPhone.
- Set up email accounts and send and receive email messages and attachments.
- Examine five superb web-enabled applications: Maps, Compass, Stocks, Weather, and Files.
The Undiscovered iPhone
- Customize every part of your iPhone that can be customized.
- Shop in the App Store, an emporium replete with more than a million neat little programs and apps.
- Know what to do when almost anything goes wrong with your iPhone.
The Part of Tens
- Explore our ten favorite apps in the App Store, including apps that exploit your iPhone’s camera modules to the full, help you avoid traffic (and traffic citations), and identify the name of a song.
- Save time and effort with our top ten tips, hints, and shortcuts.
