User Guide

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Chapter 2 Getting Started 20
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
iPhone using iTunes.
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 iPhone updates the date and time automatically. Go to Settings > General > Date
& Time, then turn Set Automatically on or o. If you set iPhone to update the time automatically,
it gets the correct time over the cellular network and updates it for the time zone you’re in. Some
carriers don’t support network time, so in some areas iPhone may not be able to automatically
determine the local time.
Set the date and time manually. Go to Settings > General > Date & Time, then turn o Set
Automatically.
Set whether iPhone shows 24-hour time or 12-hour time. Go to Settings > General > Date &
Time, then turn 24-Hour Time on or o. (24-Hour Time may not be available in all areas.)
International settings
Go to Settings > General > Language & Region to set:
The language for iPhone
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 163.
Your iPhone name
The name of your iPhone is used by both iTunes and iCloud.
Change the name of your iPhone. Go to Settings > General > About > Name.
View this user guide on iPhone
You can view the iPhone User Guide on iPhone in Safari, and in the iBooks app.
View the user guide in Safari. Tap , then tap the iPhone User Guide bookmark. (If you don’t
see a bookmark, go to help.apple.com/iphone.)
Add an icon for the user guide to the Home screen: Tap , then tap Add to Home Screen.
View the user guide in a dierent language: Tap Change Language at the bottom of the
home page.
View the user guide in iBooks. Open iBooks, then search for “iPhone user” in the iBooks Store.
For more information about iBooks, see Chapter 24, iBooks, on page 117.