Apple iPod Touch - iOS 2.2 User Guide

iPod touch

User Guide

Contents

5 Chapter 1: Getting Started
5 What You Need
5 Registering iPod touch
6 Syncing with iTunes
10 Mail, Contacts, and Calendar Accounts
12 Installing Conguration Proles
13 Disconnecting iPod touch from Your Computer

14 Chapter 2: Basics
14 iPod touch at a Glance
16 Home Screen
18 Buttons
20 Touchscreen
22 Onscreen Keyboard
26 Connecting to the Internet
27 Battery
28 Cleaning iPod touch
29 Restarting and Resetting iPod touch

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30 Chapter 3: Music and Video
30 Getting Music, Video, and More
32 Music and Other Audio
37 Videos
40 Setting a Sleep Timer
40 Changing the Browse Buttons

41 Chapter 4: iTunes and App Store
41 iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store
46 App Store
52 Syncing Purchased Content
52 Verifying Purchases
52 Updating Your Account

54 Chapter 5: Safari
54 Viewing Webpages
57 Searching the Web
57 Bookmarks
58 Web Clips

59 Chapter 6: Mail
59 Setting Up Email Accounts
59 Sending Email
60 Checking and Reading Email
63 Organizing Email

65 Chapter 7: More Applications
65 Maps
71 YouTube
73 Photos
77 Calendar
81 Contacts
82 Stocks
83 Weather
84 Notes
85 Calculator
87 Clock
89 Nike + iPod

90 Chapter 8: Settings
90 Wi-Fi
91 VPN
91 Fetch New Data
92 Brightness
92 General
97 Music
98 Video
98 Photos
99 Mail, Contacts, Calendars
101 Safari
103 Nike + iPod

104 Appendix A: Troubleshooting
104 General
105 iTunes and Syncing
107 Sound, Music, and Video
108 iTunes Stores

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108 Safari, Mail, and Contacts
109 Backing Up iPod touch
111 Updating and Restoring iPod touch Software
111 iPod touch Accessibility Features

113 Appendix B : Other Resources
113 Safety, Software, and Service Information
11 4 iPod touch-Optimized User Guide
11 4 Disposal and Recycling Information

11 6 Index

4 Contents

Getting Started

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WARNING: To avoid injury, read all operating instructions in this guide

and safety information in the Important Product Information Guide at
www.apple.com/support/manuals/ipodtouch before using iPod touch.

What You Need

To use iPod touch, you need:

A Mac or a PC with a USB 2.0 port and one of the following operating systems: Â

Mac OS X version 10.4.10 or later Â

Windows XP Home or Professional with Service Pack 2 or later Â

Windows Vista Home Premium, Business, Enterprise, or Ultimate edition Â

Display resolution on your computer set to 1024 x 768 or higher Â

iTunes 8.0.2 or later, available at  www.itunes.com/download

An iTunes Store account (for purchases from the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store or App Â
Store)

An Internet connection for your computer (broadband recommended) Â

Registering iPod touch

Before you can use any of the iPod touch features, you must use iTunes to set up
iPod touch. You can also register iPod touch and create an iTunes Store account
(available in most countries) if you don’t already have one.

Register iPod touch:

1 Download and install the latest version of iTunes from www.itunes.com/download.

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2 Connect iPod touch to a USB 2.0 port on your Mac or PC using the cable that came

with iPod touch.

3 Follow the onscreen instructions in iTunes to register iPod touch and sync iPod touch

with your contacts, calendars, and bookmarks on your computer.

Syncing with iTunes

With iPod touch, it’s easy to have instant access to your music, video, downloaded
applications, and other iTunes library content. iTunes can sync all this information to
iPod touch, and your contacts, calendars, and your browser bookmarks as well.

Setting Up Syncing

You can set iTunes to sync any or all of the following:

Music and audiobooks Â

Movies Â

TV Shows Â

Podcasts Â

Photos Â

Contacts—names, phone numbers, addresses, email addresses, and more Â

Calendars—appointments and events Â

Email account settings Â

Webpage bookmarks Â

Applications purchased or downloaded from the iTunes Store Â

You can adjust sync settings whenever iPod touch is connected to your computer.

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Music, audiobooks, podcasts, video content, and purchased applications are synced
from your iTunes library. If you don’t already have content in iTunes, the iTunes Store
(available in some countries) makes it easy to purchase or subscribe to content and
download it to iTunes. You can also add music to your iTunes library from your CDs. To
learn about iTunes and the iTunes Store, open iTunes and choose Help > iTunes Help.

Contacts, calendars, and webpage bookmarks are synced with applications on your
computer, as described in the following section. Contacts and calendars are synced
both ways between your computer and iPod touch. New entries or changes you make
on iPod touch are synced to your computer, and vice versa. Webpage bookmarks are
also synced both ways. Photos can be synced from an application or from a folder.

Email account settings are only synced from your computer’s email application to
iPod touch. This allows you to customize your email accounts on iPod touch without

aecting email account settings on your computer.

Note: You can also set up email accounts directly on iPod touch. See “Mail, Contacts,
and Calendar Accounts” on page 10.

Purchases made on iPod touch from the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store or the App Store
are synced back to your iTunes library. You can also purchase or download music
and applications directly from the iTunes Store on your computer, then sync them to
iPod touch.

If you like, you can set iPod touch to sync with only a portion of what’s on your
computer. For example, you might want to sync only certain music playlists, or only
unwatched video podcasts.

Important: You can connect and sync with only one iPod touch at a time. Disconnect

one before connecting another. You should be logged in to your own computer user
account before connecting iPod touch. On a PC, if you sync more than one iPod touch
or iPod to the same computer user account, you must use the same sync settings for
each.

Set up iTunes syncing:

1 Connect iPod touch to your computer, and open iTunes (if it doesn’t open

automatically).

2 In iTunes, select iPod touch in the sidebar.

3 Congure the sync settings in each of the settings panes.

See the following section for descriptions of the panes.

Note: If you set up iPod touch to sync contacts, calendars, or bookmarks with

MobileMe or Microsoft Exchange, syncing for those items is turned o in iTunes. See

“Setting Up Accounts” on page 10 .

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4 Click Apply in the lower-right corner of the screen.

By default, “Open iTunes when this iPod is connected” is selected.

iPod touch Settings Panes in iTunes

The following sections provide an overview of each of the iPod touch settings panes.
For more information, open iTunes and choose Help > iTunes Help.

Summary Pane

Select “Open iTunes when this iPod is connected” to have iTunes open and sync
iPod touch automatically whenever you connect it to your computer. Deselect
this option if you want to sync only by clicking the Sync button in iTunes. For
more information about preventing automatic syncing, see “Preventing Automatic
Syncing” on page 10 .

Select “Sync only checked songs and videos” if you want to sync only items that are
individually checked in your iTunes library.

Select “Manually manage music and videos” to turn o automatic syncing in the Music

and Video settings panes. See “Manually Managing Content” on page 31.

Music, Movies, TV Shows, and Podcasts Panes

Use these panes to specify the media you want to sync. You can sync all music, movies,
TV shows, and podcasts, or select the playlists and items you want on iPod touch.

If you want to watch rented movies on iPod touch, transfer them to iPod touch using
the Movies pane in iTunes.

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If there’s not enough room on iPod touch for all the media you’ve specied, iTunes

asks if you want to create a special playlist. iTunes creates the playlist for you, and sets
it to sync with iPod touch.

Photos Pane

You can sync photos with iPhoto 4.0.3 or later, or Aperture on a Mac; or with Adobe
Photoshop Album 2.0 or later, or Adobe Photoshop Elements 3.0 or later on a PC. You
can also sync photos in any folder on your computer that contains images.

Info Pane

The Info pane lets you congure the sync settings for your contacts, calendars, email

accounts, and web browser.

Contacts Â

You can sync contacts with applications such as Mac OS X Address Book, Microsoft
Entourage, Yahoo! Address Book, and Google Address Book on a Mac, or with Yahoo!
Address Book, Google Address Book, Windows Address Book (Outlook Express),
Vista Contacts, or Microsoft Outlook 2003 or 2007 on a PC. (On a Mac, you can sync
contacts with multiple applications. On a PC, you can sync contacts with only one
application at a time.)

If you sync with Yahoo! Address Book, you only need to click Congure to enter your

new login information when you change your Yahoo! ID or password after you’ve
set up syncing.

Calendars Â

You can sync calendars from applications such as iCal and Microsoft Entourage on
a Mac, or from Microsoft Outlook 2003 or 2007 on a PC. (On a Mac, you can sync
calendars with multiple applications. On a PC, you can sync calendars with only one
application at a time.)

Mail Accounts Â

You can sync email account settings from Mail on a Mac, and from Microsoft
Outlook 2003 or 2007 or Outlook Express on a PC. Account settings are only
transferred from your computer to iPod touch. Changes you make to an email

account on iPod touch don’t aect the account on your computer.

Note: The password for your Yahoo! email account isn’t saved on your computer,
so it can’t be synced and must be entered on iPod touch. In Settings, choose “Mail,
Contacts, Calendars,” tap your Yahoo! account, and enter the password.

Web Browser Â

You can sync bookmarks from Safari on a Mac, or from Safari or Microsoft Internet
Explorer on a PC.

Advanced Â

These options let you replace the information on iPod touch with the information
on your computer during the next sync.

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Applications Pane

Use the Applications pane to specify which App Store applications you want installed
on iPod touch. Any applications downloaded directly to iPod touch are automatically
backed up to your iTunes library when you sync. If you manually delete an application
on iPod touch, you can reinstall it from this pane as long as it was previously synced.

Preventing Automatic Syncing

You may want to prevent iPod touch from syncing automatically when you connect
iPod touch to a computer other than the one you usually sync with.

Turn o automatic syncing for iPod touch: Connect iPod touch to your computer. In
iTunes, select iPod touch in the sidebar, then click the Summary tab. Deselect “Open
iTunes when this iPod is connected.” You can always sync by clicking the Sync button.

Prevent automatic syncing for all iPhones and iPods: In iTunes choose iTunes >
Preferences (on a Mac) or Edit > Preferences (on a PC), click Devices, and select “Disable
automatic syncing for all iPhones and iPods.”

If this checkbox is selected, iPod touch won’t sync automatically, even if “Open iTunes
when this iPod is connected” is selected in the Summary pane.

Prevent automatic syncing one time, without changing settings: Open iTunes. Then,
as you connect iPod touch to your computer, press and hold Command-Option (on a
Mac) or Shift-Control (on a PC) until you see iPod touch appear in the sidebar.

Sync manually: In iTunes, select iPod touch in the sidebar, then click Sync in the lower­right corner of the window. Or, if you’ve changed any sync settings, click Apply.

Mail, Contacts, and Calendar Accounts

iPod touch works with MobileMe, Microsoft Exchange, and many of the most popular
email systems.

Setting Up Accounts

MobileMe and Microsoft Exchange provide not only email, but contact and calendar
information that can be synced to iPod touch automatically, over the air. MobileMe
can also sync your bookmarks on iPod touch with Safari on a Mac, or with Safari or
Microsoft Internet Explorer on a PC. You set up MobileMe, Exchange, and other email
accounts directly on iPod touch.

iPod touch uses the Exchange ActiveSync protocol to sync email, calendars, and
contacts with the following versions of Microsoft Exchange:

Exchange Server 2003 Service Pack 2 Â

Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 Â

For many of the popular email accounts, iPod touch automatically enters most of the
settings for you.

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If you don’t have already have an email account, you can get a free account online at
www.yahoo.com, www.google.com, or www.aol.com. You can also try MobileMe, free
for 60 days. Go to www.me.com.

Add an account on iPod touch:

1 From iPod touch’s Home screen, tap Settings.

2 Tap “Mail, Contacts, Calendars,” then tap Add Account.

3 Tap an account type:

Microsoft Exchange Â

MobileMe Â

Google email Â

Yahoo! Mail Â

AOL Â

Other Â

4 Enter your account information and tap Save.

Your service provider or system administrator can provide the account settings you
need.

Exchange accounts: Enter your complete email address, domain (optional), user name,
password, and a description. The description can be whatever you like.

iPod touch supports Microsoft’s Autodiscovery service, which uses your user name
and password to determine the address of the Exchange server. If the server’s address
can’t be determined, you’re asked to enter it. (Enter the complete address in the Server

eld.) Once you connect to the Exchange server, you may be prompted to change your

passcode to match the policies set on the server.

5 If you’re setting up an Exchange or MobileMe account, tap the items you want to

sync—mail, contacts, calendars, and bookmarks (MobileMe only). For Exchange
accounts, you can also set how many days of email you want to sync to iPod touch.
Then tap Save.

Important: If you sync contacts or calendars using your Exchange or MobileMe

account, syncing for contacts or calendars in iTunes is turned o. Any contact or

calendar information on iPod touch is replaced by the contacts and calendars from
your Exchange or MobileMe account.

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Push Accounts

MobileMe, Microsoft Exchange, and Yahoo! Mail are known as “push” accounts. When
new information is available, such as the arrival of an email message, the information
is automatically delivered (pushed) to iPod touch. (In contrast, “fetch” services require
your email software to periodically check with your service provider to see if new
messages have arrived, and then request them to be delivered.) MobileMe and
Exchange also use push to sync your contacts, calendars, and bookmarks (MobileMe
only) if you have those items selected in the account settings.

Synced information is transferred automatically over your wireless connection; you
don’t need to connect iPod touch to your computer to sync. iPod touch can receive
pushed data over a Wi-Fi connection only when iPod touch is awake (the screen is on,
or iPod touch is connected to your computer or a power adapter).

Installing Conguration Proles

If you’re in an enterprise environment, you may be able to set up accounts and

other items on iPod touch by installing a conguration prole. Conguration proles

provide a way for system administrators to quickly set up your iPod touch to work
with the information systems at your company, school, or organization. For example, a

conguration prole might set up your iPod touch to access the Microsoft Exchange

servers at work, enabling iPod touch to access your Exchange email, calendars, and
contacts.

Conguration proles can congure multiple settings on iPod touch all at once. For
example, a conguration prole can set up your Microsoft Exchange account, VPN
account, and certicates for secure access to your company’s network and information.
A conguration prole may turn on the Passcode Lock, requiring you to create and

enter a passcode for using iPod touch.

Your system administrator may distribute conguration proles by email or by putting

them on a secure webpage.

Install a conguration prole:

1 Using iPod touch, open the email message or download the conguration prole from

the website provided by your system administrator.

2 When the conguration prole opens, tap Install.

3 Enter passwords and other information as requested.

Important: You may be asked to verify that the conguration prole is trusted. If in

doubt, consult your system administrator before installing a conguration prole.

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Settings provided by a conguration prole cannot be altered. If you want to change
these settings, you must rst remove the conguration prole or install an updated
conguration prole.

Remove a prole: In Settings, choose General > Prole, then select the conguration
prole and tap Remove.

Removing a conguration prole deletes the settings and all other information
installed by the conguration prole from iPod touch.

Disconnecting iPod touch from Your Computer

Unless iPod touch is syncing with your computer, you can disconnect it from your
computer at any time.

When iPod touch is syncing with your computer, iPod touch shows “Sync in progress.”

If you disconnect iPod touch before it nishes syncing, some data may not get
transferred. When iPod touch nishes syncing, iTunes shows “iPod touch sync is

complete.”

Cancel a sync: Drag the slider on iPod touch.

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Sleep/Wake button

Volume buttons

Headphones
port

Dock connector

Wi-Fi antenna

Home button

Internal speaker

Touchscreen

Application
icons

Status bar

Basics

iPod touch at a Glance

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iPod touch Included Accessories

Dock Connector to USB Cable

Stereo headphones

Polishing cloth

iPod

Item What you can do with it

Stereo headphones Listen to music, audiobooks, podcasts, and videos.

Dock Connector to USB Cable Use the cable to connect iPod touch to your

computer to sync and charge, or to the power
adapter to charge. The cable can be used with
the optional dock or plugged directly into
iPod touch.

Polishing cloth Wipe the iPod touch screen.

Status Icons

The icons in the status bar at the top of the screen give information about iPod touch:

Status icon What it means

Wi-Fi Shows that iPod touch is connected to the

Internet over a Wi-Fi network. The more
bars, the stronger the connection. See
page 26.

Network activity Indicates network activity. Some third

party applications may also use this icon
to indicate an active process.

VPN Shows that you are connected to a

network using VPN. See “Network” on
page 93.

Lock Shows that iPod touch is locked. See

page 18 .

Play Shows that a song, audiobook, or podcast

is playing. See page 32.

Alarm Shows that an alarm is set. See page 88.

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Battery Shows battery level or charging status. See

page 27.

Home Screen

Press the Home button at any time to go to the Home screen, which contains your
iPod touch applications. Tap any application icon to get started.

iPod touch Applications

The following applications are included with iPod touch:

Listen to your songs, audiobooks, and podcasts. Create on-the-go playlists or use the
Genius feature to automatically create a playlist with songs from your library that go

Music

Videos

Photos

iTunes

App Store

Safari

Calendar

great together.

Watch purchased or rented movies, music videos, video podcasts, and TV shows on
the go. Or connect iPod touch to your TV to watch on a larger screen (TV connection
requires cable available for purchase separately).

View photos and images transferred from your computer or saved on iPod touch. View
them in portrait or landscape mode. Zoom in on any photo for a closer look. Watch a
slideshow. Email photos, add them to a MobileMe gallery, assign them to contacts, and
use them as wallpaper.

Search the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store music catalog, or browse, preview, and purchase
new releases, top-ten songs and albums, and more. Stream and download podcasts.

In select Starbucks locations, nd out what song is playing in the café, then buy

it instantly. Browse, preview, and purchase other songs from featured Starbucks
Collections.

Search the App Store for iPod touch applications you can purchase or download
using your Wi-Fi connection. Read or write your own reviews for your favorite apps.
Download and install the applications on your Home screen.

Browse websites over Wi-Fi. Rotate iPod touch sideways for widescreen viewing.

Double-tap to zoom in or out—Safari automatically ts the webpage column to the

iPod touch screen for easy reading. Sync bookmarks with Safari or Microsoft Internet
Explorer on your computer. Add Safari web clips to the Home screen for fast access to
favorite websites. Save images from websites to your Photo Library.

View your MobileMe, iCal, Microsoft Entourage, Microsoft Outlook, or Microsoft
Exchange calendars. Enter events on iPod touch and they get synced back to the
calendar on your computer. Set alerts to remind you of events, appointments, and
deadlines.

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Mail

Contacts

YouTube

Stocks

Maps

Weather

Clock

Calculator

iPod touch works with MobileMe, Microsoft Exchange, and many of the most popular
email systems—including Yahoo! Mail, Google email, and AOL—as well as most
industry-standard POP3 and IMAP email systems. View PDFs and other attachments
within Mail. Save attached photos and graphics to your Photo Library.

Get contact information synced from MobileMe, Mac OS X Address Book, Yahoo!
Address Book, Google Address Book, Windows Address Book (Outlook Express),
Microsoft Outlook, or Microsoft Exchange. Search, add, change, or delete contacts,
which get synced back to your computer.

Play videos from YouTube’s online collection. Search for any video, or browse featured,
most viewed, most recently updated, and top-rated videos.

Watch your favorite stocks, updated automatically from the Internet.

See a street map, satellite view, or hybrid view of locations around the world. Zoom in
for a closer look. Find your current approximate location. Get detailed driving directions

and see current highway trac conditions. Find businesses in the area.

Get current weather conditions and a six-day forecast. Add your favorite cities for a
quick weather report anytime.

View the time in cities around the world—create clocks for your favorites. Set one or
more alarms. Use the stopwatch, or set a countdown timer.

Add, subtract, multiply, and divide. Rotate iPod touch sideways to use expanded

scientic functions.

Jot notes on the go—reminders, grocery lists, brilliant ideas. Send them in email.

Notes

Adjust all iPod touch settings in one convenient place. Set your own volume limit for
listening comfort. Set your wallpaper, screen brightness, and settings for network, mail,

Settings

Nike + iPod

web, music, video, photos, and more. Set auto-lock and a passcode for security. Restrict
access to explicit iTunes content and certain applications. Reset iPod touch.

When activated in Settings, Nike + iPod turns your iPod touch into a workout
companion. Track your pace, time, and distance from one workout to the next and
choose a song to power through your routine. (Requires select Nike shoes and Nike +

iPod Sensor, sold separately. Not available on rst generation iPod touch.)

Note: Application functionality may vary depending on the country or region where
you purchase and use iPod touch.

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Customizing the Home Screen

You can customize the layout of icons on the Home screen—including the Dock
icons along the bottom of the screen. If you want, arrange them over multiple Home
screens.

Rearrange icons:

1 Touch and hold any Home screen icon until the icons begin to wiggle.

2 Arrange the icons by dragging them.

3 Press the Home button to save your arrangement.

You can also add links to your favorite webpages on the Home screen. See “Web
Clips” on page 58.

Create additional Home screens: While arranging icons, drag an icon to the right

edge of the screen until a new screen appears. You can ick to return to the original

screen and drag more icons to the new screen.

You can create up to nine screens. The number of dots above the Dock shows the
number of screens you have, and indicates which screen you are viewing.

Switch to another Home screen: Flick left or right, or tap to the left or right of the row
of dots.

Go to the rst Home screen: Press the Home button.

Reset your Home screen to the default layout: Choose Settings > General > Reset
and tap Reset Home Screen Layout.

Buttons

A few simple buttons make it easy to turn iPod touch on and o, and adjust the

volume.

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Sleep/Wake Button

Sleep/Wake

button

Volume
up

Volume
down

When you’re not using iPod touch you can lock it.

When iPod touch is locked, nothing happens if you touch the screen.

By default, if you don’t touch the screen for a minute, iPod touch locks automatically.

Lock iPod touch Press the Sleep/Wake button.

Unlock iPod touch Press the Home

button, then drag the slider.

Turn iPod touch completely o Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button for a few

seconds until the red slider appears, then drag
the slider.

Turn iPod touch on Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button until the

Apple logo appears.

For information about changing how long before iPod touch locks, see “Auto-Lock” on
page 94. For information about setting iPod touch to require a passcode to unlock it,
see “Passcode Lock” on page 94.

button or the Sleep/Wake

Volume Buttons

When you’re listening to songs, movies, or other media, the buttons on the side of
iPod touch adjust the audio volume. Otherwise, the buttons control the volume for

alerts and other sound eects.

Note: Volume buttons aren’t included on the rst generation iPod touch.

WARNING: For important information about avoiding hearing loss, see the Important

Product Information Guide at www.apple.com/support/manuals/ipodtouch.

To adjust the volume, use the buttons on the side of iPod touch.

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To set a volume limit for music and videos on iPod touch, see “Music” on page 97.

Touchscreen

The controls on the iPod touch touchscreen change dynamically depending on the
task you are performing.

Opening Applications

Open an application: Tap an icon.

Return to the Home screen: Press the Home button below the display.

Scrolling

Drag up or down to scroll. On some screens such as webpages, you can also scroll side
to side.

Dragging your nger to scroll won’t choose or activate anything on the screen.

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Flick to scroll quickly.

Index

You can wait for the scrolling to come to a stop, or tap or touch anywhere on the
screen to stop it immediately. Tapping or touching to stop scrolling won’t choose or
activate anything on the screen.

To quickly scroll to the top of a list, webpage, or email, just tap the status bar.

Lists

Some lists have an index along the right side.

Find items in an indexed list: Tap a letter to jump to items starting with that letter.

Drag your nger along the index to scroll quickly through the list.

Choose an item: Tap an item in the list.

Depending on the list, tapping an item can do dierent things—for example, it may

open a new list, play a song, open an email, or show someone’s contact information.

Return to a previous list: Tap the back button in the upper-left corner.

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Zooming In or Out

When viewing photos, webpages, email, or maps, you can zoom in and out. Pinch your

ngers together or apart. For photos and webpages, you can double-tap (tap twice

quickly) to zoom in, then double-tap again to zoom out. For maps, double-tap to zoom

in and tap once with two ngers to zoom out.

Onscreen Keyboard

Use the onscreen keyboard to enter text, such as contact information, text messages,
or web addresses.

Typing

Depending on the application you’re using, the intelligent keyboard may automatically
suggest corrections as you type to help prevent mistyped words.

Enter text:

1 Tap a text eld, such as in a note or new contact, to bring up the keyboard.

2 Tap keys on the keyboard.

Start by typing with just your index nger. As you get more procient, you can type

more quickly using two thumbs.

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As you type, each letter appears above your thumb or nger. If you touch the wrong
key, you can slide your nger to the correct key. The letter isn’t entered until you
release your nger from the key.

Type uppercase Tap the Shift key before tapping a letter.

Quickly type a period and space Double-tap the space bar. ( You can turn

this feature on or o in Settings > General >

Keyboard.)

Turn caps lock on Double-tap the Shift

blue, and all letters you type are uppercase. Tap

the Shift key again to turn caps lock o. (You can
turn this feature on or o in Settings > General >

Keyboard.)

Show numbers, punctuation, or symbols Tap the Number

to see additional punctuation and symbols.

Type letters or symbols that aren’t on the
keyboard

Press and hold the related letter or symbol, then
slide to choose a variation.

key. The Shift key turns

key. Tap the Symbol key

International Keyboards

iPod touch provides keyboards that allow you to enter text in many

dierent languages. For a complete list of supported keyboards, go to

www.apple.com/ipodtouch/specs.html.

Turn international keyboards on or o:

1 In Settings, choose General > International > Keyboards.

2 Turn on the keyboards you want. Languages with more than one keyboard, such as

Japanese and Chinese, indicate the number of keyboards available. Tap to choose a
keyboard for that language.

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Switch keyboards if more than one keyboard is
turned on

Enter Japanese Kana Use the Kana keypad to select syllables. For more

Enter Japanese QWERTY Use the QWERTY keyboard to input code for

Enter Korean Use the 2-Set Korean keyboard to type Hangul

Enter Simplied Chinese Pinyin Use the QWERTY keyboard to enter Pinyin for

Enter handwritten Simplied or Traditional

Chinese

Tap to switch keyboards. When you tap
the symbol, the name of the newly activated

keyboard appears briey.

syllable options, tap the arrow key and select
another syllable or word from the window.

Japanese syllables. As you type, suggested
syllables appear. Tap the syllable to choose it.

letters. To type double consonants or compound
vowels, press and hold the letter, then slide to
choose the double letter.

Chinese characters. As you type, suggested
Chinese characters appear. Tap a character to
choose it, or continue entering Pinyin to see
more character options.

Use the touchpad to enter Chinese characters

with your nger. As you write character strokes,

iPod touch recognizes them and shows matching
characters in a list, with the closest match at the
top. When you choose a character, its related
characters appear in the list as additional choices.

You can enter some complex characters by
combining two or more characters. For example,
if you enter 魚 (sh), then 巤 (bristle), 鱲 (partial
name of Hong Kong International Airport)
appears in the character list with an arrow next
to it. Tap the character to replace the characters
you entered.

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When Simplied or Traditional Chinese handwriting formats are turned on, you can

Suggested word

enter Chinese characters with your nger, as shown:

Dictionary

For many languages, iPod touch has dictionaries to help you type. The appropriate
dictionary is activated automatically when you select a supported keyboard.

For a list of supported languages, see www.apple.com/ipodtouch/specs.html.

iPod touch uses the active dictionary to suggest corrections or complete the word
you’re typing. You don’t need to interrupt your typing to accept the suggested word.

Accept or reject dictionary suggestions:

 To reject the suggested word, nish typing the word as you want it, then tap the

“x” to dismiss the suggestion before typing anything else. Each time you reject a
suggestion for the same word, iPod touch becomes more likely to accept your word.

 To use the suggested word, type a space, punctuation mark, or return character.

Turn Auto-Correction on or o: Choose General > Keyboard and turn Auto-Correction

on or o. Auto-Correction is on by default.

Note: If you are entering Chinese or Japanese, tap one of the suggested alternatives.

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Edit text: Touch and hold to see a magnied view, then drag to position the insertion

point.

Connecting to the Internet

iPod touch connects to the Internet via Wi-Fi networks. iPod touch can join AirPort
and other Wi-Fi networks at home, at work, or at Wi-Fi hotspots around the world.
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, YouTube, Stocks, Maps,
Weather, the App Store or iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store.

Joining a Wi-Fi Network

The Wi-Fi settings let you turn on Wi-Fi and join Wi-Fi networks.

Turn on Wi-Fi: Choose Settings > Wi-Fi and turn Wi-Fi on.

Join a Wi-Fi network: Choose Settings > Wi-Fi, wait a moment as iPod touch detects

networks in range, then select a network (fees may apply to join some Wi-Fi networks).
If necessary, enter a password and tap Join (networks that require a password appear
with a lock icon).

Once you’ve joined a Wi-Fi network manually, iPod touch automatically connects to
it whenever the network is in range. If more than one previously used network is in
range, iPod touch joins the one last used.

When iPod touch is connected to a Wi-Fi network, the Wi-Fi icon in the status bar at
the top of the screen shows connection strength. The more bars you see, the stronger
the connection.

For information about conguring Wi-Fi settings, see “Wi-Fi” on page 90.

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Battery

Charging Charged

iPod touch has an internal rechargeable battery.

Charging the Battery

WARNING: For important safety information about charging iPod touch, see the

Important Product Information Guide at www.apple.com/support/manuals/ipodtouch.

Charge the battery and sync iPod touch: Connect iPod touch to your computer using
the included USB cable.

Important: The iPod touch battery may drain instead of charge if iPod touch is

connected to a computer that’s turned o or is in sleep or standby mode. iPod touch

cannot be charged from a FireWire-based power source.

An icon in the upper-right corner of the screen shows battery charging status.

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If you charge the battery while syncing or using iPod touch, it may take longer to
charge. You can also charge iPod touch using the Apple USB Power Adapter, available
separately.

Important: If iPod touch is very low on power, it may display one of the following

or

images, indicating that iPod touch needs to charge for up to ten minutes before you
can use it. If iPod touch is extremely low on power, the display may be blank for up to
two minutes before one of the low-battery images appears.

Maximizing Battery Life

iPod touch uses lithium-ion batteries. To learn more about how to maximize the
lifespan and battery life of your iPod touch, go to www.apple.com/batteries.

Replacing the Battery

Rechargeable batteries have a limited number of charge cycles and may eventually
need to be replaced. The iPod touch battery isn’t user replaceable; it can only
be replaced by an authorized service provider. For more information, go to
www.apple.com/support/ipod/service/battery.

Cleaning iPod touch

To clean iPod touch, unplug all cables and turn o iPod touch (press and hold the

Sleep/ Wake button, then slide the onscreen slider). Use a soft, slightly damp, lint-free
cloth. Avoid getting moisture in openings. Don’t use window cleaners, household
cleaners, aerosol sprays, solvents, alcohol, ammonia, or abrasives to clean iPod touch.

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Restarting and Resetting iPod touch

If something is not working right, restarting or resetting iPod touch will likely solve the
problem.

Restart iPod touch: Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button until the red slider appears.

Slide your nger across the slider to turn o iPod touch. To turn iPod touch back on,

press and hold the Sleep/Wake until the Apple logo appears.

Reset iPod touch: Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button and the Home button at the
same time for at least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.

For more troubleshooting suggestions, see Appendix A, “ Troubleshooting,” on
page 104.

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Music and Video

3

iPod touch syncs with iTunes on your computer to get songs, videos, and other
content you’ve collected in your iTunes library. For information about adding music
and other media to your iTunes library, open iTunes and choose Help > iTunes Help.

Getting Music, Video, and More

To get music, video, and podcasts onto iPod touch, you can set up iTunes on your
computer to sync content in your library, or you can manually manage the media you
put on iPod touch.

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Syncing Content from iTunes

You can get music, video, and more onto iPod touch by syncing content from iTunes.

You can sync all of your media, or you can select specic songs, videos, and podcasts.

Set iTunes to sync iPod content:

1 Connect iPod touch to your computer.

2 In iTunes, select iPod touch in the sidebar.

3 On the Music, Movies, TV Shows, and Podcasts tabs, select the content you want

to transfer to iPod touch. For example, you could set iTunes to sync selected music
playlists and the three most recent episodes of your favorite video podcast.

4 Click Apply.

Only songs and videos encoded in formats that iPod touch supports are transferred
to iPod touch. For information about which formats iPod touch supports, see “Song,
Video, or Other Items Won’t Play” on page 107.

If there are more songs in your iTunes library than can t on your iPod touch, iTunes
oers to create a special playlist to sync with iPod touch. iTunes lls the playlist with

selections from your library. You can add or delete songs from the playlist and sync
again.

If you listen to part of a podcast or audiobook, your place in the story is included if you
sync the content with iTunes. If you started listening to the story on iPod touch, you

can pick up where you left o using iTunes on your computer—or vice versa.

For more information about using iTunes to get music and other media onto your
computer, see “What You Need” on page 5.

Manually Managing Content

The manually managing feature lets you choose just the music, video, and podcasts
you want to have on iPod touch.

Set up iPod touch for manually managing content:

1 Connect iPod touch to your computer.

2 In iTunes, select iPod touch in the sidebar.

3 Click the Summary tab and select “Manually manage music and videos.”

4 Click Apply.

Add items to iPod touch: Drag a song, video, podcast, or playlist in your iTunes library

to iPod touch (in the sidebar). Shift-click or Command-click to select multiple items to
add at the same time.

iTunes syncs the content immediately. If you deselect “Manually manage music and
videos,” the content you added manually is removed from iPod touch the next time
iTunes syncs content.

Remove items from iPod touch: With iPod touch connected to your computer, select
the iPod touch icon in the iTunes sidebar. Click the disclosure triangle to the left of the
icon to show the contents. Select a content area, such as Music or Movies, then select
the items you want to delete and press the Delete key on the keyboard.

Removing an item from iPod touch doesn’t delete it from your iTunes library.

Important: If you delete an item from iTunes, it will also be deleted from iPod touch

the next time you sync.

Downloading Music and Podcasts

You can use the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store on iPod touch to purchase and download
songs and albums directly to iPod touch. You can also stream and download audio and
video podcasts. See “iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store” on page 41.

Transferring Purchased Content to Another Computer

You can transfer content on iPod touch that was purchased using iTunes on one
computer to an iTunes library on another authorized computer. The computer must be
authorized to play content from your iTunes account. To authorize the computer, open
iTunes on the computer and choose Store > Authorize Computer.

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Transfer purchased content: Connect iPod touch to the other computer. iTunes asks if

you want to transfer purchased content.

Converting Videos for iPod touch

You can add videos other than those purchased from the iTunes Store to iPod touch,
such as videos you create in iMovie on a Mac or videos you download from the
Internet and then add to iTunes.

If you try to add a video from iTunes to iPod touch and a message says the video can’t
play on iPod touch, you can convert the video.

Convert a video to work with iPod touch: Select the video in your iTunes library and
choose Advanced > “Create iPod or iPhone Version.” Then add the converted video to
iPod touch.

Music and Other Audio

The high-resolution Multi-Touch display makes listening to songs on iPod touch as
much a visual experience as a musical one. You can scroll through your playlists, or use
Cover Flow to browse through your album art.

You can listen to audio from the internal speaker (iPod touch second generation only),
or on headphones attached to the headphones port. When headphones are attached,
no sound comes out of the speaker.

WARNING: For important information about avoiding hearing loss, see the Important

Product Information Guide at www.apple.com/support/manuals/ipodtouch.

Playing Songs

Browse your collection: Tap Playlists, Artists, or Songs. Tap More to browse Albums,

Audiobooks, Compilations, Composers, Genres, or Podcasts.

Play a song: Tap the song.

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Next/Fast-forward

Play/Pause

Track List

Back

Previous/Rewind

Volume

Controlling Song Playback

When you play a song, the Now Playing screen appears.

Pause a song Tap or press the mic button on the iPod touch

headset.

Resume playback Tap

Raise or lower the volume Drag the volume slider or use the buttons on the

Restart a song or a chapter in an audiobook or
podcast

Skip to the next or previous song or chapter in
an audiobook or podcast

Rewind or fast-forward Touch and hold

Return to the iPod browse lists Tap

Return to the Now Playing screen Tap Now Playing.

Display a song’s lyrics Tap the album cover when playing a song. (Lyrics

or press the mic button on the iPod touch

headset.

side of iPod touch.

.

Tap

twice to skip to the previous song. Tap

Tap
to skip to the next song, or press the mic button
on the iPod touch headset twice quickly.

or . The longer you hold
the control, the faster the song rewinds or fast­forwards.

. Or swipe to the right over the album

cover.

appear only if you’ve added them to the song
using the song’s Info window in iTunes.)

You can display playback controls at any time when you’re listening to music and
using another application—or even when iPod touch is locked—by double-clicking
the Home button.

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If you’re using an application, the playback controls appear on top of the application.

Scrubber bar

Repeat

Playhead

Shuffle

Genius

After using the controls, you can close them or tap Music to go to the Now Playing
screen. If iPod touch is locked, the controls appear onscreen, then disappear

automatically after you nish using them.

Additional Controls

From the Now Playing screen, tap the album cover.

The repeat, Genius, and shue controls and the scrubber bar appear. You can see

elapsed time, remaining time, and the song number. The song’s lyrics also appear, if
you’ve added them to the song in iTunes.

Set iPod touch to repeat songs Tap . Tap again to set iPod touch to repeat

only the current song.

= iPod touch is set to repeat all songs in the

current album or list.

= iPod touch is set to repeat the current song

over and over.

= iPod touch isn’t set to repeat songs.

Skip to any point in a song Drag the playhead along the scrubber bar.

Make a Genius playlist Tap

Set iPod touch to shue songs Tap

Shue the tracks in any playlist, album, or other

list of songs

. The Genius playlist appears. See “Using

Genius on iPod touch” on page 36.

. Tap again to set iPod touch to play

songs in order.

= iPod touch is set to shue songs.

= iPod touch is set to play songs in order.

Tap Shue at the top of the list. For example, to
shue all the songs on iPod touch, choose Songs
> Shue.

Whether or not iPod touch is set to shue, if you
tap Shue at the top of a list of songs, iPod touch

plays the songs from that list in random order.

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Browsing Album Covers in Cover Flow

When you’re browsing music, you can rotate iPod touch sideways to see your iTunes
content in Cover Flow and browse your music by album artwork.

See content in Cover Flow Rotate iPod touch sideways.

Browse album covers Drag or ick left or right.

See the tracks on an album Tap a cover or

.

Play any track Tap the track. Drag up or down to scroll through

the tracks.

Return to the cover Tap the title bar. Or tap

Play or pause the current song Tap

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or . Or, if you’re using the included stereo

headset, press the mic button.

again.

Viewing All Tracks on an Album

Rating bar

Back to Now
Playing screen

Album tracks

See all the tracks on the album that contains the current song: From the Now
Playing screen tap . Tap a track to play it. Tap the album cover thumbnail to return to
the Now Playing screen.

In track list view, you can assign ratings to songs. You can use ratings to create smart
playlists in iTunes that dynamically update to include, for example, your highest rated
songs.

Rate a song: Drag your thumb across the ratings bar to give the song zero to ve

stars.

Using Genius on iPod touch

Genius automatically creates a playlist of songs from your library that go great
together with the song you’re playing. It’s like having a built-in DJ who knows your
tastes well enough to make the right mix just for you. To use Genius on iPod touch,

you rst need to set up Genius in iTunes, then sync iPod touch with iTunes. Genius is

a free service, but it requires an iTunes Store Account. You can make Genius playlists
in iTunes and sync them to iPod touch. You can also make Genius playlists directly on
iPod touch.

Make a Genius playlist on iPod touch:

1 Tap Playlists and tap Genius.

2 Tap a song in the list. Genius creates a playlist with additional songs based on that

song.

You can also make a Genius playlist based on the song you’re playing. From the Now
Playing screen, tap the album cover to display additional controls, then tap .

Save a Genius playlist: In the playlist, tap Save. The playlist is saved in Playlists with
the title of the song you picked.

You can make and save as many Genius playlists as you want. If you save a Genius
playlist created on iPod touch, it’s synced back to iTunes the next time you connect.

Refresh a Genius playlist: In the playlist, tap Refresh.

Refreshing a playlist creates a playlist of dierent songs based on the song you picked.

You can refresh any Genius playlist, whether it was created in iTunes and synced to
iPod touch, or created directly on iPod touch.

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Base the Genius playlist on a new song: In the playlist, tap New, then pick a new

song.

Delete a saved Genius playlist: In a playlist that you saved directly on iPod touch, tap
Edit, then tap Delete Playlist.

Once a Genius playlist is synced back to iTunes, you won’t be able to delete it directly
from iPod touch. You can use iTunes to edit the playlist name, stop syncing, or delete
the playlist.

Making On-The-Go Playlists

Make an on-the-go playlist:

1 Tap Playlists and tap On-The-Go.

2 Browse for songs using the buttons at the bottom of the screen. Tap any song or video

to add it to the playlist. Tap Add All Songs at the top of any list of songs to add all the
songs in the list.

3 When you nish, tap Done.

When you make an on-the-go playlist and then sync iPod touch to your computer, the
playlist is saved on iPod touch and in your iTunes library, then deleted from iPod touch.

The rst is saved as “On-The-Go 1,” the second as “On-The-Go 2,” and so on. To put a

playlist back on iPod touch, select iPod touch in the iTunes sidebar, click the Music tab,
and set the playlist to sync.

Edit an on-the-go playlist: Tap Playlists, tap On-The-Go, tap Edit, then do one of the
following:

 To move a song higher or lower in the list, drag next to the song.

 To delete a song from the playlist, tap next to a song, then tap Delete. Deleting a

song from the on-the-go playlist doesn’t delete it from iPod touch.

 To clear the entire playlist, tap Clear Playlist.

 To add more songs, tap .

Videos

With iPod touch, you can view video content such as movies, music videos, and video
podcasts. If a video contains chapters, you can skip to the next or previous chapter,
or bring up a list and start playing at any chapter that you choose. If a video provides
alternate language features, you can choose an audio language or display subtitles.

Playing Videos

Play a video: Tap Videos and tap the video.

Display playback controls: Tap the screen to show the controls. Tap again to hide

them.

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Controlling Video Playback

Scale

Play/Pause

Fast-forwardRestart/Rewind

Playhead

Volume

Scrubber bar

Run by Gnarls Barkley is available
on iTunes in select countries

Videos play in widescreen to take full advantage of the display.

Play or pause a video Tap or .

Raise or lower the volume Drag the volume slider.

Start a video over Drag the playhead on the scrubber bar all the

way to the left, or tap
contain chapters.

Skip to the previous or next chapter (if
available)

Start playing at a specic chapter (if available) Tap

to skip to the previous chapter. Tap to

Tap
skip to the next chapter.

, then choose a chapter from the list.

Rewind or fast-forward Touch and hold

Skip to any point in a video Drag the playhead along the scrubber bar.

Stop watching a video before it nishes playing Tap Done. Or press the Home

if the video doesn’t

or .

button.

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Scale a video to ll the screen or t to the

screen

Select an alternate audio language (if available) Tap

Show or hide subtitles (if available) Tap

Tap to make the video ll the screen. Tap
to make it t the screen.You can also double-tap
the video to toggle between tting and lling the

screen.

When you scale a video to ll the screen, the

sides or top may be cropped from view. When

you scale it to t the screen, you may see black

bars on the sides or above and below the video.

, then choose a language from the Audio

list.

, then choose a language, or O, from the

Subtitles list.

Watching Rented Movies

You can rent movies from the iTunes Store and watch them on iPod touch. You use
iTunes to rent the movies and transfer them to iPod touch. (Rented movies are not
available in all regions.)

Rented movies are playable only for a limited time. The time remaining in which you

must nish watching a rented movie appears near its title. Movies are automatically

deleted when they expire. Check the iTunes Store for the expiration times before
renting a movie.

Transfer rented movies to iPod touch: Connect iPod touch to your computer. Then
select iPod touch in the iTunes sidebar, click Movies, and select the rented movies you
want to transfer. Your computer must be connected to the Internet.

View a rented movie: Choose Videos and select a movie.

Watching Videos on a TV

You can connect iPod touch to your TV and watch your videos on the larger screen.
Use the Apple Component AV Cable, Apple Composite AV Cable, or other authorized
iPod touch compatible cable. You can also use these cables with the Apple Universal
Dock to connect iPod touch to your TV. (The Apple Universal Dock includes a remote,
which allows you to control playback from a distance.) Apple cables and docks are
available for purchase separately at www.apple.com/ipodstore.

Deleting Videos from iPod touch

You can delete videos from iPod touch to save space.

Delete a video: In the videos list, swipe left or right over the video, then tap Delete.

When you delete a video (other than rented movies) from iPod touch, it isn’t deleted
from your iTunes library and you can sync the video back to iPod touch later. If you
don’t want to sync the video back to iPod touch, set iTunes to not sync the video. See
“What You Need” on page 5.

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Important: If you delete a rented movie from iPod touch, it is deleted permanently

and cannot be transferred back to your computer.

Setting a Sleep Timer

You can set iPod touch to stop playing music or videos after a period of time.

Set a sleep timer: From the Home screen choose Clock > Timer, then ick to set the

number of hours and minutes. Tap When Timer Ends and choose Sleep iPod, tap Set,
then tap Start to start the timer.

When the timer ends, iPod touch stops playing music or video, closes any other open
application, and then locks itself.

Changing the Browse Buttons

You can replace the Playlists, Artist, Songs, or Videos browse buttons at the bottom
of the screen with ones you use more frequently. For example, if you often listen
to podcasts and don’t watch many videos, you can replace the Videos button with
Podcasts.

Change the browse buttons: Tap More and tap Edit, then drag a button to the
bottom of the screen, over the button you want to replace.

You can drag the buttons at the bottom of the screen left or right to rearrange them.

Tap Done when you nish. Tap More at any time to access the buttons you replaced.

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iTunes and App Store

4

iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store

You can search for, browse, preview, purchase, and download songs and albums from
the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store directly to iPod touch. You can listen to audio or watch
video podcasts from the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store, either by streaming them from the
Internet or by downloading them directly to iPod touch.

To use the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store for songs and albums, iPod touch must join a Wi-Fi
network that is connected to the Internet. Podcasts can be streamed and downloaded
over both cellular and Wi-Fi connections. See “Connecting to the Internet” on page 26.

You’ll also need an iTunes Store account to purchase songs over Wi-Fi (the iTunes Wi­Fi Music Store is available in some countries only). If you don’t already have an iTunes
Store account, open iTunes on your computer and choose Store > Create Account to
set one up.

You don’t need an iTunes Store account to play or download podcasts.

Finding Songs, Albums, and Podcasts

Browse the featured selections to see new releases and iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store
recommendations. Browse Top Tens to see the most popular songs and albums in
each of several categories. Browse Podcasts to see a list of featured podcasts. If you’re

looking for a specic song, album, artist, or podcast, use Search.

41

Browse featured songs and albums: Tap Featured, then choose a category at the top

of the screen.

Browse top ten songs and albums: Tap Top Tens, then choose a category and tap Top
Songs or Top Albums.

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Browse podcasts: Tap Podcasts. Video podcasts are indicated by the icon. To see a

list of episodes, tap a podcast.

Search for songs, albums, and podcasts: Tap Search, tap the search eld and enter

one or more words, then tap Search. Search results are grouped by Albums, Songs, and
Podcasts.

See the songs on an album: Tap the album.

See the album a song is on: Double-tap the song.

See podcast episode information: Tap the podcast title.

Browsing Starbucks Selections

If you join a Starbucks Wi-Fi network in select Starbucks locations (available in the U.S.
only), the Starbucks icon appears at the bottom of the screen next to Featured. Tap

the Starbucks icon to nd out what song is playing in the café and browse featured

Starbucks Collections.

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For a list of select Starbucks locations, go to www.apple.com/itunes/starbucks.

Find out what song is playing: Tap Starbucks. The currently playing song appears at
the top of the screen. Tap the song to see the album the song is on, along with the
other songs on the album.

View Recently Played and other Starbucks playlists: Tap Starbucks, then choose
Recently Played or one of the Starbucks playlists.

Purchasing Songs and Albums

When you nd a song or album you like in the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store, you can

purchase and download it to iPod touch. You can preview a song before you purchase
it to make sure it’s a song you want. In select Starbucks locations (available in the U.S.
only), you can also preview and purchase the currently playing and other songs from
featured Starbucks Collections.

Preview a song: Tap the song.

Purchase and download a song or album:

1 Tap the price, then tap Buy Now.

If you were signed in to your iTunes Store account in iTunes the last time you synced
iPod touch, you don’t have to enter your account ID. Otherwise, you are prompted to
enter your account ID.

2 Enter your password and tap OK.

Your purchase is charged to your iTunes Store account. For additional purchases made

within the next fteen minutes, you don’t have to enter your password again.

An alert appears if you’ve previously purchased one or more songs from an album.
Tap Buy if you want to purchase the entire album including the songs you’ve already
purchased, or tap Cancel if you want to purchase the remaining songs individually.

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Some albums include bonus content, which is downloaded to your iTunes library on
your computer. Not all bonus content is downloaded directly to iPod touch.

See the status of downloading songs and albums: Tap Downloads.

To pause a download, tap .

While downloading purchases, it’s okay to turn o iPod touch or leave the area of your

Wi-Fi connection. iPod touch starts the download again the next time iPod touch joins
a Wi-Fi network with an Internet connection. Or, if you open iTunes on your computer,
iTunes completes the download to your iTunes library (if your computer is connected
to the Internet).

Purchased songs are added to a Purchased playlist on iPod touch. If you delete the
Purchased playlist, iTunes creates a new one when you buy an item from the iTunes
Wi-Fi Music Store.

Streaming or Downloading Podcasts

You can listen to audio podcasts or watch video podcasts streamed over the Internet
from the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store. You can also download audio and video podcasts
to iPod touch. Podcasts you download to iPod touch are synced to your iTunes library
when you connect iPod touch to your computer.

Stream a podcast: Tap the podcast title. Audio podcasts appear in a new window with
playback controls.

Video podcasts appear in widescreen with playback controls.

Download a podcast: Tap the Free button, then tap Download. Downloaded podcasts
appear in the podcasts list in Music.

Listen to or watch a podcast you’ve downloaded: In Music, tap Podcasts at the

bottom of the screen (you may need to tap More rst), then tap the podcast. Video

podcasts also appear in your list of videos.

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Get more episodes of the podcast you’ve downloaded: In the podcasts list in Music,

tap the podcast, then tap Get More Episodes.

Delete a podcast: In the podcasts list in Music, swipe left or right over the podcast,
then tap Delete.

See the status of downloading podcasts: Tap Downloads.

To pause a download, tap .

While downloading podcasts, it’s okay to turn o iPod touch or leave the area of your

Wi-Fi connection. iPod touch starts the download again the next time iPod touch joins
a Wi-Fi network with an Internet connection.

App Store

You can search for, browse, review, purchase, and download applications from the App
Store directly to iPod touch. Applications you download and install from the App Store
on iPod touch are backed up to your iTunes library the next time you sync iPod touch
with your computer. You can also install applications you’ve purchased or downloaded
through iTunes on your computer when you sync with iPod touch.

To use the App Store, iPod touch must join a Wi-Fi network that is connected to the
Internet. See “Connecting to the Internet” on page 26. You’ll also need an iTunes Store
account (available in many countries) to download applications. If you don’t have
an iTunes Store account, open iTunes on your computer and choose Store > Create
Account to set one up.

Browsing and Searching

Browse the featured selections to see new releases and App Store recommendations.

Browse Top 25 to see the most popular applications. If you’re looking for a specic

application, use Search.

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Browse featured applications: Tap Featured, then choose a featured category at the

top of the screen.

Browse by category: Tap Categories, then choose a category. Within a category,
choose a sorting method.

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Browse the top 25 applications: Tap Top 25, then scroll through the list of

applications.

Search for applications: Tap Search, tap the search eld and enter one or more words,

then tap Search.

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Info Screen

Tap any application in a list to see more information, such as the application’s price,
reviews, and other information.

If you’ve already installed the application, “Installed” appears instead of the price on
the Info screen.

Email a link to the application’s Info page in iTunes: Tap “Tell a Friend” near the
bottom of the Info screen.

Read reviews: Tap Reviews near the bottom of the Info screen.

Report a problem: Tap “Report a Problem” near the bottom of the Info screen. Select a

problem from the list or type optional comments, then tap Report.

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Downloading Applications

When you nd an application you want in the App Store, you can purchase and

download it to iPod touch. If the application is free, you can download it without
charge after providing your iTunes account information.

Once you download an application, it is immediately installed on iPod touch.

Purchase and download an application:

1 Tap the price (or tap Free), then tap Buy Now.

If you were signed in to your iTunes Store account in iTunes the last time you synced
iPod touch, you don’t have to enter your account ID. Otherwise, you are prompted to
enter your account ID.

2 Enter your password and tap OK.

Downloads for purchase are charged to your iTunes Store account. For additional

downloads made within the next fteen minutes, you don’t have to enter your

password again.

See the status of downloading applications: After you begin downloading an
application, its icon appears on your Home screen and shows the status of the
download and installation.

While downloading purchases, it’s okay to turn o iPod touch or leave the area of your

network connection. iPod touch starts the download again the next time iPod touch
joins a network with an Internet connection.

Deleting App Store Applications

You can delete applications you’ve installed from the App Store. If you delete an
application, data associated with the application will no longer be available to
iPod touch, even if you reinstall the application.

You can reinstall any application and any associated data from your iTunes library
as long as you backed up the application by syncing to your computer. If you try to
delete an application that hasn’t been backed up to your computer, an alert appears.

Delete an App Store application:

1 Touch and hold any application icon on the Home screen until the icons start to

wiggle.

2 Tap the “x” in the corner of the application you want to delete.

3 Tap Delete, then press the Home button to save your arrangement.

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To overwrite the data associated with an application, use “Erase All Content and
Settings” in iPod touch settings. See “Resetting iPod touch” on page 97.

Writing Reviews

You can write and submit your own application reviews directly on iPod touch.

Write a review:

1 Tap Reviews near the bottom of the Info screen.

2 On the Review screen, tap “Write a Review.”

3 Select the number of stars (1–5) for your rating of the application, title for the review,

and optional review comments. If you’ve written reviews before, the nickname eld is
already lled in. Otherwise, you’re asked to create a reviewer nickname.

4 Tap Send.

You must be signed into your iTunes Store account in order to submit reviews.

Updating Applications

Whenever you access the App Store, it checks for updates to applications you’ve
installed. By default, the App Store also automatically checks for updates every week.
The App Store icon shows the total number of application updates available.

If an update is available and you access the App Store, the Updates screen appears
immediately. Application updates are free and are downloaded and automatically
installed when you choose to update them. Application upgrades are new releases
that can be purchased or downloaded through the App Store on iPod touch or the
iTunes Store on your computer.

Update an application:

1 At the bottom of the screen, tap Updates.

2 Tap an application to see more information about the update.

3 Tap Update.

Update all applications: At the bottom of the screen, tap Updates, then tap Update

All.

If you try to update an application purchased from a dierent iTunes Store account,

you are prompted for that account’s ID and password in order to download the
update.

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Syncing Purchased Content

iTunes automatically syncs songs, albums, podcasts, and applications you’ve
downloaded or purchased on iPod touch to your iTunes library when you connect
iPod touch to your computer. This lets you listen to the downloads on your computer
and provides a backup if you delete applications or purchased content from
iPod touch.

Songs are synced to the “Purchased on <name of your iPod touch>” playlist. iTunes
creates the playlist if it doesn’t exist. iTunes also copies your purchases to the
Purchased playlist that iTunes uses for purchases you make on your computer, if that
playlist exists and is set to sync with iPod touch.

Downloaded podcasts are synced to the Podcast list in your iTunes library.

Downloaded applications are backed up the next time you sync with iTunes.
Afterwards, only application data is backed up when you sync with iTunes.

Applications are synced to the Applications list in your iTunes library. iTunes creates
the list if it doesn’t exist.

Verifying Purchases

You can use iTunes to verify that all the music, videos, applications, and other items
you bought from the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store or App Store are in your iTunes library.
You might want to do this if a download was interrupted.

Verify your purchases:

1 Make sure your computer is connected to the Internet.

2 In iTunes, choose Store > Check for Available Downloads.

3 Enter your iTunes Store account ID and password, then click Check.

Purchases not yet on your computer are downloaded.

The Purchased playlist displays all your purchases. However, because you can add or
remove items in this list, it might not be accurate. To see all your purchases, make sure
you’re signed in to your account, choose Store > View My Account, and click Purchase
History.

Updating Your Account

iPod touch gets your iTunes Store account information from iTunes. You can view and
change your iTunes Store account information using iTunes on your computer.

View and change your iTunes Store account information: In iTunes, choose Store >
View My Account.

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You must be signed in to your iTunes Store account. If “View My Account” doesn’t
appear in the Store menu, choose Store > Sign in.

Purchase music or applications from another iTunes Store account: Sign in to that
account when you connect to the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store or when you purchase or
download an application from the App Store.

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Safari

5

Safari lets you surf the web and view webpages on iPod touch in the same way as
if you were on your computer. You can create bookmarks on iPod touch and sync
bookmarks with your computer. Add web clips for quick access to your favorite sites
directly from the Home screen.

To use Safari, iPod touch must join a Wi-Fi network that is connected to the Internet.
See “Connecting to the Internet” on page 26.

Viewing Webpages

You can view webpages in either portrait or landscape orientation. Rotate iPod touch

and the webpage rotates too, automatically adjusting to t the page.

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Opening Webpages

Open a webpage: Tap the address eld (on the left side of the title bar), then type the

web address and tap Go. If the address eld is not visible, tap the status bar at the top
of the screen to quickly scroll to the address eld at the top of the webpage.

As you type, web addresses that start with those letters appear. These are bookmarked
or recent pages you’ve opened. Tap an address to go to that page. Keep typing if you
want to enter a web address that’s not in the list.

Erase the text in the address eld: Tap the address eld, then tap .

Zooming and Scrolling

Zoom in or out: Double-tap a column on a webpage to expand the column. Double-

tap again to zoom out.

You can also pinch to zoom in or out manually.

Scroll around a webpage Drag up, down, or sideways. When scrolling,

you can touch and drag anywhere on the page
without activating any links.

Scroll within a frame on a webpage Use two ngers to scroll within a frame on a

webpage. Use one nger to scroll the entire

webpage.

Scroll quickly to the top of a webpage Tap the status bar at the top of the iPod touch

screen.

Navigating Webpages

Links on webpages typically take you to another place on the web.

Follow a link on a webpage: Tap the link.

Links on iPod touch can also display a location in Maps or create a preaddressed Mail
message. To return to Safari after a link opens another application, press the Home
button and tap Safari.

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See a link’s destination address Touch and hold the link. The address pops up

next to your nger. You can touch and hold an

image to see if it has a link.

Stop a webpage from loading Tap

Reload a webpage Tap

Return to the previous or next page Tap

Return to a recently viewed page Tap

Send a webpage address via email Tap

Save an image or photo to your Photo Library Press and hold the image, then tap Save Image.

.

.

or at the bottom of the screen.

and tap History. To clear the history list,

tap Clear.

and tap “Mail Link to this Page.”

Opening Multiple Pages

You can have up to eight pages open at a time. Some links automatically open a new
page instead of replacing the current one.

The number inside the pages icon at the bottom of the screen shows how many
pages are open. If there’s no number inside, just one page is open. For example:

= one page is open

= three pages are open

Open a new page: Tap and tap New Page.

Go to another page: Tap and ick left or right. Tap the page you want to view.

Close a page: Tap and tap . You can’t close a page if it’s the only one open.

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Entering Text and Filling Out Forms

Some webpages have text elds and forms to ll out.

Bring up the keyboard Tap inside a text eld.

Move to another text eld Tap another text eld, or tap the Next or Previous

button.

Submit a form Once you nish lling out a form, tap Go or

Search. Most pages also have a link you can tap
to submit the form.

Close the keyboard without submitting the
form

Tap Done.

Searching the Web

By default, Safari searches using Google. You can search using Yahoo!, instead.

Search the web:

1 Tap the search eld (on the right side of the title bar).

2 Type a word or phrase that describes what you’re looking for, then tap Google.

3 Tap a link in the list of search results to open a webpage.

Set Safari to search using Yahoo!: From the Home screen choose Settings > Safari >

Search Engine, then choose Yahoo!.

Bookmarks

You can bookmark webpages you want to return to later.

Bookmark a webpage: Open the page and tap . Then tap Add Bookmark.

When you save a bookmark you can edit its title. By default, bookmarks are saved at
the top level of Bookmarks. Tap Bookmarks to choose another folder.

If you use Safari on a Mac, or Safari or Microsoft Internet Explorer on a PC, you can sync
bookmarks with the web browser on your computer.

Sync bookmarks with your computer:

1 Connect iPod touch to your computer.

2 In iTunes, select iPod touch in the sidebar.

3 Click the Info tab, select “Sync … bookmarks” under Web Browser, then click Apply.

See “Syncing with iTunes” on page 6.

Sync bookmarks with MobileMe: In iPod touch’s Settings, select Bookmarks in your
MobileMe account. See “Setting Up Accounts” on page 10 .

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Open a bookmarked webpage: Tap , then choose a bookmark or tap a folder to

see the bookmarks inside.

Edit a bookmark or bookmark folder: Tap , choose the folder that has the
bookmark or folder you want to edit, then tap Edit. Then do one of the following:

 To make a new folder, tap New Folder.

 To delete a bookmark or folder, tap , then tap Delete.

 To reposition a bookmark or folder, drag .

 To edit the name or address, or to put it in a dierent folder, tap the bookmark or folder.

When you’re nished, tap Done.

Web Clips

Add web clips to the Home screen for fast access to your favorite webpages. Web clips
appear as icons on the Home screen, and you can arrange your web clips along with
the other icons. See “iPod touch Applications” on page 16.

Add a web clip: Open the webpage and tap . Then tap “Add to Home Screen.”

When you open a web clip, Safari automatically zooms and scrolls to the area of the
webpage that was displayed when you saved the web clip. The displayed area is also
used to create the icon for the web clip on your Home screen, unless the webpage
comes with its own custom icon.

When you add a web clip, you can edit its name. If the name is too long (more than
about 10 characters), it may appear abbreviated on the Home screen.

Web clips are not bookmarks, and aren’t synced by MobileMe or iTunes.

Delete a web clip:

1 Touch and hold any icon on the Home screen until the icons start to wiggle.

2 Tap the “x” in the corner of the web clip you want to delete.

3 Tap Delete, then press the Home button to save your arrangement.

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Mail

6

Mail works with MobileMe, Microsoft Exchange, and many of the most popular email
systems—including Yahoo! Mail, Google email, and AOL—as well as other industry­standard POP3 and IMAP email systems. You can send and receive embedded photos
and graphics, and view PDFs and other attachments.

To download and send messages in Mail, iPod touch must join a Wi-Fi network that is
connected to the Internet. See “Connecting to the Internet” on page 26.

Setting Up Email Accounts

You can set up email accounts on iPod touch in either of the following ways:

In iTunes, use the iPod touch preference panes to sync email accounts settings from Â
your computer. See “Syncing with iTunes” on page 6.

Set up an account directly on iPod touch. See “ Â Setting Up Accounts” on page 10 .

Sending Email

You can send an email message to anyone who has an email address.

Compose and send a message:

1 Tap .

2 Type a name or email address in the To eld, or tap to add a name from your

contacts.

As you type an email address, matching email addresses from your contacts list appear
below. Tap an address to add it. To add more names, tap Return or .

Note: If you’re composing a message from your Microsoft Exchange account and
have access to your enterprise Global Address List (GAL), matching addresses from the

contacts on iPod touch will appear rst, then matching GAL addresses will appear.

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3 Tap Cc/Bcc/From if you want to copy or blind copy the message to others, or change

Number of unread
emails in your inboxes

the account you send the message from. If you have more than one email account,

you can tap the From eld to change the account you’re sending from.

4 Enter a subject, then your message.

You can tap Return to move from one eld to another.

5 Tap Send.

Send a photo in a message In Photos, choose a photo, tap , then tap Email

Photo.
The photo is sent using your default email

account (see “Mail” on page 100).

Save a draft of a message to complete later Tap Cancel, then tap Save. The message is saved

in the Drafts mailbox.

Reply to a message Tap

Forward a message Open a message and tap

. Tap Reply to reply only to the sender
or tap Reply All to reply to the sender and all
recipients. Type your return message, then tap
Send.

Files or images attached to the initial message
aren’t sent back.

, then tap Forward.
Add one or more email addresses, type your
message, then tap Send.

When you forward a message, you can include

the les or images attached to the original

message.

Checking and Reading Email

The Mail icon shows the total number of unread messages in all your inboxes. You may
have other unread messages in other mailboxes.

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On each account screen, you can see the number of unread messages in each mailbox.

Number of unread
messages

Tap to see all your

email accounts

Unread messages

Tap a mailbox to see its messages. Unread messages have a blue dot next to them.

When you open a mailbox, Mail loads the number of most recent messages specied

in your Mail settings, if the messages haven’t already been loaded automatically. (See
“Mail” on page 100.)

Load additional messages: Scroll to the bottom of the list of messages and tap “Load
More Messages.”

Read a message: Tap a mailbox, then tap a message. Within a message, tap or to
see the next or previous message.

Zoom in on part of a message Double-tap an area of the message to zoom in.

Double-tap again to zoom out.

Resize any column of text to t the screen Double-tap the text.

Resize a message manually Pinch to zoom in or out.

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Follow a link Tap the link.

Tap attachment
to download

Text links are typically underlined and blue.
Many images are also links. A link can take you
to a webpage, open a map, or open a new
preaddressed email message.

Web and map links open Safari or Maps on
iPod touch. To return to your email, press the
Home button and tap Mail.

See a link’s destination address Touch and hold the link. The address pops up

next to your nger.

iPod touch displays most picture attachments (JPEG, GIF, and TIFF) inline with the text
in email messages. iPod touch can play many audio attachments (such as MP3, AAC,

WAV, and AIFF). You can download and view les (such as PDF, webpage, text, Pages,

Keynote, Numbers, and Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents) attached to
messages you receive.

Open an attached le: Tap the attachment. It downloads to iPod touch and then
opens.

You can view attachments in portrait or landscape orientation. If the format of an

attached le isn’t supported by iPod touch, you can see the name of the le but you

can’t open it. iPod touch supports the following document types:

.doc Microsoft Word

.docx Microsoft Word (XML)

.htm webpage

.html webpage

.key Keynote

.numbers Numbers

.pages Pages

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.pdf Preview, Adobe Acrobat

.ppt Microsoft PowerPoint

.pptx Microsoft PowerPoint (XML)

.txt text

.vcf contact information

.xls Microsoft Excel

.xlsx Microsoft Excel (XML)

Save a photo attachment to your Photo Library: Press and hold the image, then tap

“Save Image.”

Check for new messages Choose a mailbox or tap at any time.

See all the recipients of a message Tap Details.

Tap a name or email address to see the recipient’s
contact information. Then tap an email address,
or text message to contact the person. Tap Hide
to hide the recipients.

Add an email recipient to your contacts list Tap the message and, if necessary, tap Details

to see the recipients. Then tap a name or email
address and tap Create New Contact or “Add to
Existing Contact.”

Mark a message as unread Open the message and tap “Mark as Unread.”

A blue dot
mailbox list until you open it again.

appears next to the message in the

Open a meeting invitation: Tap the invitation.

You can get contact information for the organizer and other attendees, set an alert,
add notes to the event, and add comments that are included in your response emailed
to the organizer. You can accept, tentatively accept, or decline the invitation. See
“Responding to Meeting Invitations” on page 79.

Turn “Push” on or o: In Settings, choose Fetch New Data, then tap Push. See “Fetch
New Data” on page 91.

Organizing Email

You can delete messages one at a time, or select a group to delete all at once. You can
also move messages from one mailbox or folder to another.

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Delete a message: Open the message and tap . Or tap Edit, then tap next to the

To show the Delete button, swipe
left or right over the message.

message.

You can also delete a message directly from the mailbox message list by swiping left
or right over the message title, then tapping Delete.

Delete multiple messages: When viewing a list of messages, tap Edit, select the
messages you want to delete, then tap Delete.

Move a message to another mailbox or folder: When viewing a message, tap , then
choose a mailbox or folder.

Move multiple messages: When viewing a list of messages, tap Edit, select the
messages you want to move, then tap Move and select a mailbox or folder.

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More Applications

7

Maps

Maps provides street maps, satellite photos, and hybrid views of locations in many of

the world’s countries. You can get detailed driving directions and trac information.

Find your current (approximate) location, and use your current location to get driving
directions to or from another place.

To use Maps, iPod touch must join a Wi-Fi network that is connected to the Internet.
See “Connecting to the Internet” on page 26.

WARNING: For important information about driving and navigating safely, see the

Important Product Information Guide at www.apple.com/support/manuals/ipodtouch.

1

Finding and Viewing Locations

Find a location and see a map:

1 Tap the search eld to bring up the keyboard.

2 Type an address, intersection, area, landmark, bookmark, contact, or zip code.

3 Tap Search.

1 Maps, directions, and location information depend on data collected and services provided by third parties. These data

services are subject to change and may not be available in all geographic areas, resulting in maps, directions, or location
information that may be unavailable, inaccurate, or incomplete. For more information, see www.apple.com/ipodtouch. In
order to provide your location, data is collected in a form that doesn’t personally identify you. If you don’t want such data
collected, don’t use the feature. Not using this feature won’t impact the functionality of your iPod touch.

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A pin marks the location. Tap the pin to see the name or description of the location.

Tap to get information about
the location, get directions, or add
the location to your bookmarks or
contacts list

Zoom in to a part of a map Pinch the map with two ngers. Or double-tap

the part you want to zoom in on. Double-tap
again to zoom in even closer.

Zoom out Pinch the map. Or tap the map with two ngers.

Tap with two ngers again to zoom out further.

Pan or scroll to another part of the map Drag up, down, left, or right.

Find your current location: Tap .

iPod touch uses Location Services to determine your current (approximate) location.
Location Services uses available information from local Wi-Fi networks (if you have Wi­Fi turned on). The more accurate the information, the more precisely your location is
indicated. This feature is not available in all areas.

If Location Services is turned o, you’ll be prompted to turn it on. You can’t nd your
current location if Location Services is turned o. See “Location Services” on page 93.

A circle is used to show your approximate location. The size of the circle depends on
how precisely your location can be determined. If you drag the map and tap again,
iPod touch centers the map back to your location.

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Note: To conserve battery life, turn Location Services o when you’re not using it. In

Settings, choose General > Location Services.

Use the dropped pin: Tap , then tap Drop Pin.

A pin drops down on the map, which you can then drag to any location you choose.

Quickly move the pin to the area currently displayed: Tap , then tap Replace Pin.

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See a satellite or hybrid view: Tap , then tap Satellite or Hybrid to see just a satellite

view or a combined street map and satellite view.

To return to map view, tap Map.

See the location of someone’s address in your
contacts list

Add a location to your contacts list Find a location, tap the pin that points to it, tap

Tap in the search eld, then tap Contacts
and choose a contact.

To locate an address in this way, the contact must
include at least one address. If the contact has
more than one address, you must choose the one

you want to locate. You can also nd the location

of an address by tapping the address directly in
Contacts.

next to the name or description, tap “Add to
Contacts,” then tap “Create New Contact” or “Add
to Existing Contact.”

Bookmarking Locations

You can bookmark locations that you want to nd again later.

Bookmark a location: Find a location, tap the pin that points to it, tap next to the
name or description, then tap “Add to Bookmarks” at the bottom of the Info screen.

See a bookmarked location or recently viewed location: Tap in the search eld,
then tap Bookmarks or Recents.

Getting Directions

You can get step-by-step driving directions for a destination.

Get directions:

1 Tap Directions.

2 Enter starting and ending locations in the Start and End elds. By default, iPod touch

starts with your current approximate location (if available). Tap in either eld to
choose a location in Bookmarks (including your current approximate location and the
dropped pin, if available), Recents, or Contacts.

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For example, if a friend’s address is in your contacts list, you can tap Contacts and tap
your friend’s name instead of having to type the address.

To reverse the directions, tap .

3 Tap Route (if you entered locations manually).

4 Do one of the following:

 To view directions one step at a time, tap Start, then tap to see the next leg of the

trip. Tap to go back.

 To view all the directions in a list, tap , then tap List. Tap any item in the list to see

a map showing that leg of the trip. Tap Route Overview to return to the overview
screen.

The approximate distance and travel time appear at the top of the screen. If trac data

is available, the driving time is adjusted accordingly.

You can also get directions by nding a location on the map, tapping the pin that

points to it, tapping , then tapping Directions To Here or Directions From Here.

Switch start and end points, for reverse directions: Tap .

If you don’t see , tap List, then tap Edit.

See recently viewed directions: Tap in the search eld, then tap Recents.

Showing Trac Conditions

When available, you can show highway trac conditions on the map.

Show or hide trac conditions: Tap , then tap Show Trac or Hide Trac.

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Highways are color-coded according to the ow of trac:

Gray = No data currently available

Red = less than 25 miles per hour

Yellow = 25–50 miles per hour

Green = more than 50 miles per hour

Get directions

Visit website

Tap to show

contact info

If you don’t see color-coded highways, you may need to zoom out to a level where you

can see major roads, or trac conditions may not be available for that area.

Finding and Contacting Businesses

Find businesses in an area:

1 Find a location—for example, a city and state or country, or a street address—or scroll

to a location on a map.

2 Type the kind of business in the text eld and tap Search.

Pins appear for matching locations. For example, if you locate your city and then type
“movies” and tap Search, pins mark movie theatres in your city.

Tap the pin that marks a business to see its name or description.

Find businesses without nding the location rst: Type things like:

restaurants san francisco ca Â

apple inc new york Â

Contact a business or get directions: Tap the pin that marks a business, then tap
next to the name.

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From there, you can do the following:

Tap an email address to send email to, or a web address to visit. Â

For directions, tap Directions To Here or Directions From Here. Â

To add the business to your contacts list, scroll down and tap Create New Contact or Â
“Add to Existing Contact.”

See a list of the businesses found in the search: From the Map screen, tap List.

Tap a business to see its location. Or tap next to a business to see its information.

YouTube

YouTube features short videos submitted by people from around the world. (Not
available in all languages, and may not be available in all locations.)

To use YouTube, iPod touch must join a Wi-Fi network that is connected to the Internet.
See “Connecting to the Internet” on page 26.

Finding and Viewing Videos

You can browse YouTube or search for videos you want to watch.

Browse videos: Tap Featured, Most Viewed, or Bookmarks. Or tap More to browse by
Most Recent, Top Rated, or History.

 Featured: Videos reviewed and featured by YouTube sta.

 Most Viewed: Videos most seen by YouTube viewers. Tap All for all-time most viewed

videos, or Today or This Week for most-viewed videos of the day or week.

 Bookmarks: Videos you’ve bookmarked.

 Most Recent: Videos most recently submitted to YouTube.

 Top Rated: Videos most highly rated by YouTube viewers. To rate videos, go to

www.youtube.com.

 History: Videos you’ve viewed most recently.

Search for a video:

1 Tap Search, then tap the YouTube search eld.

2 Type a word or phrase that describes what you’re looking for, then tap Search. YouTube

shows results based on video titles, descriptions, tags, and user names.

Play a video: Tap the video.

The video begins to download to iPod touch and a progress bar appears. When
enough of the video has downloaded, it begins to play. You can also tap to start the
video.

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Next/Fast-forward

Play/Pause

Email

Scale

Download progress

Volume

Previous/rewind

Bookmark

Playhead

Scrubber bar

Controlling Video Playback

When a video starts playing, the controls disappear so they don’t obscure the video.

Show or hide video controls: Tap the screen.

Play or pause a video Tap or .

Raise or lower the volume Drag the volume slider. Or use the volume

buttons on the side of iPod touch.

Start a video over Tap

Skip to the next or previous video Tap

Rewind or fast-forward Touch and hold

Skip to any point in a video Drag the playhead along the scrubber bar.

Stop watching a video before it nishes playing Tap Done. Or press the Home

Toggle between scaling a video to ll the screen
or t to the screen

Bookmark a video Tap

Email a link to the video Tap

See details about a video and browse related
videos

.

twice to skip to the previous video. Tap

to skip to the next video.

or .

button.

Double-tap the video. You can also tap

make the video ll the screen, or tap

to

to make

it t the screen.

next to a video and tap Bookmark. Or

start playing a video and tap

. Tap Bookmarks

to see your bookmarked videos.

next to a video and tap Share. Or start

playing a video and tap

.

Play the whole video, tap Done while a video is
playing, or tap

next to any video in a list.

iPod touch shows the video’s rating, description,
date added, and other information. You also see a
list of related videos that you can tap to view.

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Changing the Browse Buttons

You can replace the Featured, Most Viewed, Bookmarks, and Search buttons at the
bottom of the screen with ones you use more frequently. For example, if you watch
top rated videos often but don’t watch many featured videos, you could replace the
Featured button with Top Rated.

Change the browse buttons: Tap More and tap Edit, then drag a button to the
bottom of the screen, over the button you want to replace.

You can drag the buttons at the bottom of the screen left or right to rearrange them.

When you nish, tap Done.

When you’re browsing for videos, tap More to access the browse buttons that aren’t
visible.

Add Your Own Videos to YouTube

For information about adding your own videos to YouTube, go to www.youtube.com
and tap Help.

Photos

iPod touch lets you carry your photos with you, so you can share them with your
family, friends, and associates.

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Syncing Photos with Your Computer

iTunes can sync your photos with the following applications:

 Mac: iPhoto 4.0.3 or later, or Aperture

 PC: Adobe Photoshop Album 2.0 or later, or Adobe Photoshop Elements 3.0 or later

See “What You Need” on page 5.

Viewing Photos

Photos synced from your computer can be viewed in Photos.

View photos:

1 In Photos:

Tap Photo Library to see all your photos. Â

Tap any photo album, or tap an album to see just those photos. Â

2 Tap a thumbnail to see the photo at full screen.

Show or hide the controls: Tap the full screen photo to show the controls. Tap again

to hide them.

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View a photo in landscape orientation: Rotate iPod touch sideways. The photo

reorients automatically and, if it’s in landscape format, expands to t the screen.

Zoom in on part of a photo: Double-tap where you want to zoom in. Double-tap
again to zoom out. You can also pinch to zoom in or out.

Pan around a photo: Drag the photo.

See the next or previous photo: Flick left or right. Or tap the screen to show the

controls, then tap or .

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Slideshows

You can view your photos as a slideshow, complete with background music.

View photos in a slideshow: Choose a photo album, then tap .

You can also tap to start a slideshow when viewing an individual photo. If you don’t
see , tap the photo to show the controls.

Stop a slideshow: Tap the screen.

Set slideshow settings: In Settings, choose Photos and set the following options:

 To set the length of time each slide is shown, tap Play Each Slide For and choose a time.

 To set transition eects when moving from photo to photo, tap Transition and choose a

transition type.

 To set whether slideshows repeat, turn Repeat on or o.

 To set whether photos are shown in random order, turn Shue on or o.

Play music during a slideshow: In iPod, play a song, then choose Photos from the
Home screen and start a slideshow.

Wallpaper

You see a wallpaper background picture as you unlock iPod touch.

Set a photo as wallpaper:

1 Choose any photo and tap , then tap Use As Wallpaper.

2 Drag the photo to pan, or pinch the photo to zoom in or out, until it looks the way you

want.

3 Tap Set Wallpaper.

You can also choose from several wallpaper pictures included with iPod touch by
choosing Settings > Wallpaper > Wallpaper from the Home screen.

Saving Images from an Email Message or Webpage

You can add images attached to an email message or webpage to your Photo Library.

Add a photo to your Photo Library: Press and hold the photo, then tap Save Image.

The image is added to the Photo Library. You can upload your pictures to your
computer’s photo application by connecting iPod touch to your computer.

Emailing a Photo

Email a photo: Choose any photo and tap , then tap Email Photo.

iPod touch must be set up for email and join a Wi-Fi network that is connected to the
Internet. See “Setting Up Email Accounts” on page 59.

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Sending a Photo to a MobileMe Gallery

If you have a MobileMe account, you can send photos directly from iPod touch to a
gallery you’ve created. You can also send photos to someone else’s MobileMe gallery if
that person has enabled email contributions.

Before you can send photos to a gallery, you must:

Set up your MobileMe account on iPod touch Â

Publish a MobileMe gallery, and allow photo uploading by email Â

Join a Wi-Fi network that is connected to the Internet Â

For more information about creating a gallery, see MobileMe Help.

Send a photo to your gallery: Choose any photo and tap , then tap “Send to
MobileMe.”

Assigning a Photo to a Contact

You can assign a photo to a contact.

Assign a photo to a contact:

1 Choose any photo on iPod touch and tap .

2 Tap Assign to Contact and choose a contact.

3 Position and size the photo until it looks the way you want.

Drag the photo to pan, and pinch to zoom in or out.

4 Tap Set Photo.

You can also assign a photo to a contact in Contacts by tapping Edit and then tapping
the picture icon.

Calendar

Calendar lets you view your events in a continuous list, by day, or by month. Sync
iPod touch with the calendars on your computer. Make, edit, or cancel appointments
on iPod touch, and have them synced back to your computer. If you have a Microsoft

Exchange account, you can receive and respond to meeting invitations.

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Syncing Calendars

You can sync Calendar in either of the following ways:

In iTunes, use the iPod touch preference panes to sync with iCal or Microsoft Â
Entourage on a Mac, or Microsoft Outlook 2003 or 2007 on a PC when you connect
iPod touch to your computer. See “Syncing with iTunes” on page 6.

In iPod touch’s Settings, select Calendar in your MobileMe or Microsoft Exchange Â
accounts to sync your calendar information over the air. See “Setting Up
Accounts” on page 10 .

To sync calendars, iPod touch must join a Wi-Fi network that is connected to the
Internet. See “Connecting to the Internet” on page 26.

Adding Calendar Events to iPod touch

You can also enter and edit calendar events directly on iPod touch.

Add an event: Tap and enter event information, then tap Done.

You can enter any of the following:

Title Â

Location Â

Starting and ending times (or turn on All-day if it’s an all-day event) Â

Repeat times—none, or every day, week, two weeks, month, or year Â

Alert time—from ve minutes to two days before the event Â

When you set an alert, the option to set a second alert appears. When an alert goes

o, iPod touch displays a message. You can also set iPod touch to play a sound (see

below).

Important: If you’re traveling, iPod touch may not alert you at the correct local time.

To manually set the correct time, see “Date and Time” on page 95.

Notes Â

To select which calendar to add the event to, tap Calendar. Read-only calendars don’t
appear in the list.

Edit an event Tap the event, then tap Edit.

Delete an event Tap the event, tap Edit, then scroll down and tap

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Delete Event.

Responding to Meeting Invitations

Number of
meeting invitations

If you have a Microsoft Exchange account set up on iPod touch with Calendars
enabled, you can receive and respond to meeting invitations from people in your
organization. When you receive an invitation, the meeting appears in your calendar
with a dotted line around it. The icon in the lower-right corner of the screen
indicates the total number of new invitations you have, as does the Calendar icon on
the Home screen. To receive and respond to meeting invitations, iPod touch must join
a Wi-Fi network that is connected to the Internet.

Respond to an invitation in Calendar:

1 Tap a meeting invitation in the calendar, or tap to display the Event screen and tap

an invitation.

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Tap “Invitation from” to get contact information for the meeting organizer. Tap the Â
email address to send a message to the organizer.

Tap Attendees to see the other people invited to the meeting. Tap a name to see Â
an attendee’s contact information. Tap the email address to send a message to the
attendee.

Tap Alert to set iPod touch to sound an alert before the meeting. Â

Tap Add Comments to add comments in the email response to the meeting Â
organizer. You comments will also appear in your Info screen for the meeting.

Notes are made by the meeting organizer.

2 Tap Accept, Maybe, or Decline.

When you accept, tentatively accept, or decline the invitation, a response email that
includes any comments you added is sent to the organizer.

If you accept or tentatively accept the meeting, you can change your response later.
Tap Add Comments if you want to change your comments.

Exchange meeting invitations are also sent in an email message, which lets you open
the meeting’s Info screen from Mail.

Open a meeting invitation in an email message: Tap the invitation.

Alerts

Set calendar alerts: In Settings, choose General > Sounds, then turn Calendar Alerts

on. If Calendar Alerts is o, iPod touch displays a message when an event is about to

occur but makes no sound.

Sounds alerts for invitations: In Settings, choose “Mail, Contacts, Calendar.” Under
Calendars, tap New Invitation Alert to turn it on.

Viewing Your Calendar

You can view your calendar events in a list, by day, or by month. The events for all of
your synced calendars appear in the same calendar on iPod touch.

Switch views: Tap List, Day, or Month.

 List view: All your appointments and events appear in a scrollable list.

 Day view: Scroll up or down to see the events in a day. Tap or to see the

previous or next day’s events.

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 Month view: Tap a day to see its events. Tap or to see the previous or next

Days with dots have
scheduled events

Add an event

Switch views

Events for selected day

Go to today

Respond to calendar
invitation

month.

See the details of an event: Tap the event.

Contacts

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Importing and Syncing Contacts

You can add contacts to iPod touch in the following ways:

In iTunes, sync contacts with applications on your computer (see “ Â Syncing with
iTunes” on page 6)

Set up MobileMe or Microsoft Exchange accounts on iPod touch, with Contacts Â
enabled (see “Setting Up Accounts” on page 10 )

Install a prole that sets up an Exchange account, with Contacts enabled (see Â

“Installing Conguration Proles” on page 12 )

Enter contacts directly on iPod touch Â

Searching Contacts

You can search the rst, last, and company names in your contacts on iPod touch. If

you have a Microsoft Exchange account set up on iPod touch, you may also be able to
search your enterprise Global Address List (GAL) for contacts in the organization.

When you enter search information, contacts with matching information appear
immediately as you start to type.

Search contacts: In Contacts, tap the search eld at the top of any list of contacts and
enter a rst, last, or company name.

Search a GAL: Tap Groups, tap Directories at the bottom of the list, then enter a rst,

last, or company name.

You can’t edit GAL contacts or save them to iPod touch.

Managing Contacts on iPod touch

Add a contact on iPod touch: Tap Contacts and tap .

Delete a contact In Contacts, choose a contact, than tap Edit. Scroll

down and tap Delete Contact.

Add a contact from the keypad Tap Keypad, enter a number, then tap

Create New Contact and enter information, or tap
“Add to Existing Contact” and choose a contact.

Edit contact information In Contacts, choose a contact, then tap Edit. To

add an item, tap

Enter a pause in a number Tap

Assign a photo to a contact:

1 Tap Contacts and choose a contact.

2 Tap Edit and tap Add Photo, or tap the existing photo.

3 Tap Choose Photo and choose a photo.

4 Drag and scale the photo as desired.

5 Tap Set Photo.

, then tap Pause. Pauses appear as

commas when the number is saved.

. Tap

. To delete an item, tap .

Stocks

Stocks lets you see the latest available quotes for your selected stocks. To use
Stocks, iPod touch must join a Wi-Fi network that is connected to the Internet. See
“Connecting to the Internet” on page 26.

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Viewing Stock Quotes

Quotes are updated every time you open Stocks while connected to the Internet.
Quotes may be delayed by up to 20 minutes.

Add a stock, index, or fund to the stock reader:

1 Tap , then tap .

2 Enter a symbol, company name, index, or fund name, then tap Search.

3 Choose an item in the search list.

Show a stock’s progress over a longer or shorter time period: Tap a stock symbol,

then tap 1d, 1w, 1m, 3m, 6m, 1y, or 2y. The chart adjusts to show progress over one day,
one week, one, three, or six months, or one or two years.

Delete a stock: Tap and tap next to a stock, then tap Delete.

Reorder stocks: Tap . Then drag next to a stock to a new place in the list.

Display monetary or percentage change: Tap the number showing the change. Tap it

again to switch back. Or tap and tap % or Numbers.

Getting More Information

See information about a stock at Yahoo.com: Select the stock and tap .

You can see news, information, websites related to the stock, and more.

Weather

Use Weather to get the current temperature and six-day forecast for one or more
cities around the world. To use Weather, iPod touch must join a Wi-Fi network that is
connected to the Internet. See “Connecting to the Internet” on page 26.

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Viewing Weather Summaries

Six-day forecast

Current temperature

Current conditions

Today’s high and low

Add and delete cities

Number of cities stored

Tap Weather from the Home screen to see the current weather for the selected city.

If the weather board is light blue, it’s daytime in that city—between 6:00 a.m. and 6:00
p.m. If the board is dark purple, it’s nighttime—between 6:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.

Add a city:

1 Tap , then tap .

2 Enter a city name or zip code, then tap Search.

3 Choose a city in the search list.

Switch to another city: Flick left or right, or tap to the left or right of the row of dots.

The number of dots below the weather board shows how many cities are stored.

Reorder cities: Tap , then drag next to a city to a new place in the list.

Delete a city: Tap and tap next to a city, then tap Delete.

Display temperature in Fahrenheit or Celsius: Tap , then tap °F or °C.

Getting More Weather Information

You can see a more detailed weather report, news and websites related to the city, and
more.

See information about a city at Yahoo.com: Tap .

Notes

Writing and Reading Notes

Notes are listed by date added, with the most recent note at the top. You can see the

rst few words of each note in the list.

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Add a note: Tap , then type your note and tap Done.

Read a note: Tap the note. Tap or to see the next or previous note.

Edit a note: Tap anywhere on the note to bring up the keyboard.

Delete a note: Tap the note, then tap .

Emailing Notes

Email a note: Tap the note, then tap .

To email a note, iPod touch must be set up for email. See “Setting Up Email
Accounts” on page 59.

Calculator

Using the Calculator

Tap numbers and functions in Calculator just as you would with a standard calculator.
When you tap the add, subtract, multiply, or divide button, a white ring appears
around the button to let you know the operation to be carried out. Rotate iPod touch

to get an expanded scientic calculator.

Standard Memory Functions

 C: Tap to clear the displayed number.

 MC: Tap to clear the memory.

 M+: Tap to add the displayed number to the number in memory. If no number is in

memory, tap to store the displayed number in memory.

 M-: Tap to subtract the displayed number from the number in memory.

 MR: Tap to replace the displayed number with the number in memory. If the button

has a white ring around it, there is a number stored in memory.

The stored number remains in memory when you switch between the standard and

scientic calculators.

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Scientic Calculator Keys

Rotate iPod touch to landscape orientation to display the scientic calculator.

2nd Changes the trigonometric buttons (sin, cos, tan, sinh, cosh, and tanh) to their inverse

functions (sin

x

2

. Tap 2nd again to return the buttons to their original functions.

-1

, cos-1, tan-1, sinh-1, cosh-1, and tanh-1). It also changes ln to log2, and ex to

( Opens a parenthetical expression. Expressions can be nested.

) Closes a parenthetical expression.

% Calculates percentages, adds markups, and subtracts discounts. To calculate a

percentage, use it with the multiplication (x) key. For example, to calculate 8% of 500,
enter

500 x 8 % =
which returns 40.
To add a markup or subtract a discount, use it with the plus (+) or minus (–) key. For

example, to compute the total cost of a $500 item with an 8% sales tax, enter
500 + 8 % =
which returns 540.

1/x Returns the reciprocal of a value in decimal format.

2

x

3

x

x

y

Squares a value.

Cubes a value.

Tap between values to raise the rst value to the power of the second value. For

example, to compute 3

x

4 =

3 y

4

, enter

which returns 81.

x! Calculates the factorial of a value.

√ Calculates the square root of a value.

x

√y Use between values to calculate the x root of y. For example to compute 4√81, enter

81

x

√y 4 =

which returns 3.

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log Returns the log base 10 of a value.

sin Calculates the sine of a value.

sin

-1

Calculates the arc sine of a value. (Available when the 2nd button is tapped.)

cos Calculates the cosine of a value.

cos

-1

Calculates the arc cosine of a value. (Available when the 2nd button is tapped.)

tan Calculates the tangent of a value.

tan

-1

Calculates the arc tangent of a value. (Available when the 2nd button is tapped.)

ln Calculates the natural log of a value.

log2 Calculates the log base 2. (Available when the 2nd button is tapped.)

sinh Calculates the hyperbolic sine of a value.

sinh

-1

Calculates the inverse hyperbolic sine of a value. (Available when the 2nd button is
tapped.)

cosh Calculates the hyperbolic cosine of a value.

cosh

-1

Calculates the inverse hyperbolic cosine of a value. (Available when the 2nd button is
tapped.)

tanh Calculates the hyperbolic tangent of a value.

tanh

-1

Calculates the inverse hyperbolic tangent of a value. (Available when the 2nd button is
tapped.)

x

e

Tap after entering a value to raise the constant “e” (2.718281828459045...) to the power
of that value.

x

2

Calculates 2 to the power of the displayed value. For example, 10 2x = 1024. (Available
when the 2nd button is tapped.)

Rad Changes mode to express trigonometric functions in radians.

Deg Changes mode to express trigonometric functions in degrees.

π Enters the value of π (3.141592653589793...).

EE An operator that multiplies the currently displayed value by 10 to the power of the next

value you enter.

Rand Returns a random number between 0 and 1.

Clock

Clock lets you see the time in dierent places, set an alarm, use a stopwatch, and set a

timer.

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World Clocks

You can add clocks to show the time in other major cities and time zones around the
world.

View clocks: Tap World Clock.

If the clock face is white, it’s daytime in that city. If the clock face is black, it’s nighttime.

If you have more than four clocks, ick to scroll through them.

Add a clock:

1 Tap World Clock.

2 Tap , then type the name of a city.

Cities matching what you’ve typed appear below.

3 Tap a city to add a clock for that city.

If you don’t see the city you’re looking for, try a major city in the same time zone.

Delete a clock: Tap World Clock and tap Edit. Then tap next to a clock and tap
Delete.

Rearrange clocks: Tap World Clock and tap Edit. Then drag next to a clock to a new
place in the list.

Alarms

You can set multiple alarms. Set each alarm to repeat on days you specify, or to sound
only once.

Set an alarm:

1 Tap Alarm and tap .

2 Adjust any of the following settings:

 To set the alarm to repeat on certain days, tap Repeat and choose the days.

 To choose the ringtone that sounds when the alarm goes o, tap Sound.

 To set whether the alarm gives you the option to hit snooze, turn Snooze on or o. If

Snooze is on and you tap Snooze when the alarm sounds, the alarm stops and then
sounds again in ten minutes.

 To give the alarm a description, tap Label. iPod touch displays the label when the

alarm sounds.

If at least one alarm is set and turned on, appears in the iPod touch status bar at the
top of the screen.

Turn an alarm on or o: Tap Alarm and turn any alarm on or o. If an alarm is turned
o, it won’t sound again unless you turn it back on.

If an alarm is set to sound only once, it turns o automatically after it sounds. You can

turn it on again to reenable it.

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Change settings for an alarm: Tap Alarm and tap Edit, then tap next to the alarm

you want to change.

Delete an alarm: Tap Alarm and tap Edit, then tap next to the alarm and tap
Delete.

Stopwatch

Use the stopwatch to time an event:

1 Tap Stopwatch.

2 Tap Start to start the stopwatch.

 To record lap times, tap Lap after each lap.

 To pause the stopwatch, tap Stop. Tap Start to resume.

 To reset the stopwatch, tap Reset when the stopwatch is pause.

If you start the stopwatch and go to another iPod touch application, the stopwatch
continues running in the background.

Timer

Set the timer: Tap Timer, then ick to set the number of hours and minutes. Tap Start

to start the timer.

Choose the sound: Tap When Timer Ends.

Set a sleep timer: Set the timer, then tap When Timer Ends and choose Sleep iPod.

When you set a sleep timer, iPod touch stops playing music or video when the timer
ends.

If you start the timer and go to another iPod touch application, the timer continues
running in the background.

Nike + iPod

When activated in Settings, the Nike + iPod application appears on the Home screen
for controlling the Nike + iPod Sensor, sold separately. Nike + iPod is not available

on the rst generation iPod touch. See the Nike + iPod documentation for specic

instructions on activating and using Nike + iPod.

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Settings

8

Settings allows you to customize iPod touch applications, set the date and time,

congure your network connection, and enter other preferences for iPod touch.

Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi settings determine whether iPod touch uses local Wi-Fi networks to connect to
the Internet.

Turn Wi-Fi on or o: Choose Wi-Fi and turn Wi-Fi on or o.

Join a Wi-Fi network: Choose Wi-Fi, wait a moment as iPod touch detects networks
in range, then select a network. If necessary, enter a password and tap Join. (Networks
that require a password appear with a lock icon.)

Once you’ve joined a Wi-Fi network manually, iPod touch automatically joins it
whenever the network is in range. If more than one previously used network is in
range, iPod touch joins the one last used.

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When iPod touch is joined to a Wi-Fi network, the Wi-Fi icon in the status bar at
the top of the screen shows signal strength. The more bars you see, the stronger the
signal.

Set iPod touch to ask if you want to join a new network: Choose Wi-Fi and turn “Ask

to Join Networks” on or o.

When you are trying to access the Internet, by using Safari or Mail for example, and
you are not in range of a Wi-Fi network you have previously used, this option tells
iPod touch to look for another network. iPod touch displays a list of all available Wi-Fi
networks that you can choose from. (Networks that require a password appear with a

lock icon.) If “Ask to Join Networks” is turned o, you must manually join a network to

connect to the Internet when a previously used network isn’t available.

Forget a network, so iPod touch doesn’t join it automatically: Choose Wi-Fi and tap

next to a network you’ve joined before. Then tap “Forget this Network.”

Join a closed Wi-Fi network: To join a Wi-Fi network that isn’t shown in the list of
scanned networks, choose Wi-Fi > Other and enter the network name. If the network
requires a password, tap Security, tap the type of security the network uses, and enter
the password.

You must already know the network name, password, and security type to connect to
a closed network.

Some Wi-Fi networks may require you to enter or adjust additional settings, such as a
client ID or static IP address. Ask the network administrator which settings to use.

Adjust settings to connect to a Wi-Fi network: Choose Wi-Fi, then tap next to a
network.

VPN

This setting appears when you have VPN congured on iPod touch, allowing you to
turn VPN on or o. See “Network” on page 93.

Fetch New Data

This setting lets you turn Push on or o for MobileMe, Microsoft Exchange, Yahoo!
Mail, and any other “push” accounts you have congured on iPod touch. Push accounts

automatically deliver new information to iPod touch when new information appears
on the server (some delays may occur). To fetch or sync pushed data, iPod touch must

join a Wi-Fi network that is connected to the Internet. You might want to turn Push o

to suspend delivery of email and other information, or to conserve battery life.

When Push is o and with accounts that do not support push, data can still be

“fetched”—that is, iPod touch can check with the server and see if new information is
available. Use the Fetch New Data setting to determine how often data is requested.
For optimal battery life, don’t fetch too frequently.

Turn Push on: Tap Fetch New Data, then tap to turn Push on.

Set the interval to fetch data: Tap Fetch New Data, then choose how often you want

to fetch data for all accounts.

To conserve battery life, fetch less frequently.

Set fetch or push settings for individual accounts: In Fetch New Data, tap Advanced,
then tap an account.

Setting Push to OFF or Fetch to Manually in the Fetch New Data screen overrides
individual account settings.

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Brightness

Screen brightness aects battery life. Dim the screen to extend the time before you

need to recharge iPod touch, or use Auto-Brightness.

Adjust the screen brightness: Choose Brightness and drag the slider.

Set whether iPod touch adjusts screen brightness automatically: Choose Brightness

and turn Auto-Brightness on or o. If Auto-Brightness is on, iPod touch adjusts the

screen brightness for current light conditions using the built-in ambient light sensor.

General

The General settings include date and time, security, network, and other settings that

aect more than one application. This is also where you can nd information about

your iPod touch, and reset iPod touch to its original state.

About

Choose General > About to get information about iPod touch, including:

Number of songs, videos, and photos Â

Total storage capacity Â

Space available Â

Software version Â

Serial and model numbers Â

Wi-Fi addresses Â

Legal information Â

Wallpaper

You see a wallpaper background picture when you unlock iPod touch. You can
select one of the images that came with iPod touch, or use a photo you’ve synced to
iPod touch from your computer.

Set wallpaper: Choose Wallpaper and choose a picture.

Sounds

Adjust alerts volume: Choose General > Sounds and drag the slider. Or, if no song or

video is playing use the volume buttons on the side of iPod touch.

Note: On the rst generation iPod touch, choose General > Sounds and select whether
you want sound eects to play over the internal speaker, through the headphones, or

both.

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Set alert and eects sounds: Choose General > Sounds and turn items on or o.

You can set iPod touch to play a sound whenever you:

Get an email message Â

Send an email message Â

Have an appointment that you’ve set up to alert you Â

Lock iPod touch Â

Type using the keyboard Â

Network

Use the Network settings to congure a VPN (virtual private network) connection, or

access Wi-Fi settings.

Add a new VPN conguration: Choose General > Network > VPN > Add VPN

Conguration.

VPNs used within organizations allow you to communicate private information

securely over a non-private network. You may need to congure VPN, for example, to

access your work email on iPod touch.

iPod touch can connect to VPNs that use the L2TP, PPTP, or Cisco IPSec protocols. VPN
works over both Wi-Fi and cellular data network connections.

Ask your network administrator which settings to use. In most cases, if you’ve set up
VPN on your computer, you can use the same VPN settings for iPod touch.

Once you’ve entered VPN settings, a VPN switch appears at the top level of the

Settings menu that you can use to turn VPN on or o.

Change a VPN conguration: Choose General > Network > VPN and tap the

conguration you want to update.

Turn VPN on or o: Tap Settings and turn VPN on or o.

Delete a VPN conguration: Choose General > Network > VPN, tap the blue arrow

to the right of the conguration name, and tap Delete VPN at the bottom of the
conguration screen.

Use Wi-Fi: See “Wi-Fi” on page 90.

Location Services

Location Services allows applications such as Maps to gather and use data indicating
your location. Location Services does not correlate the data it collects with your

personally identiable information. Your approximate location is determined using

available information from local Wi-Fi networks (if you have Wi-Fi turned on).

You can turn Location Services o if you don’t want to use this feature. If you turn
Location Services o, you’ll be prompted to turn it back on again the next time an

application tries to use this feature.

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Turn Location Services on or o: Choose General > Location Services and turn

location services on or o.

To conserve battery life, turn Location Services o when you’re not using it.

Auto-Lock

Locking iPod touch turns o the display to save your battery and to prevent

unintended operation of iPod touch.

Set the amount of time before iPod touch locks: Choose General > Auto-Lock and
choose a time.

Passcode Lock

By default, iPod touch doesn’t require you to enter a passcode to unlock it.

Set a passcode: Choose General > Passcode Lock and enter a 4-digit passcode,
then enter the passcode again to verify it. iPod touch then requires you to enter the
passcode to unlock it or to display the passcode lock settings.

Turn passcode lock o: Choose General > Passcode Lock, enter your passcode, and

tap Turn Passcode O, then enter your passcode again.

Change the passcode: Choose General > Passcode Lock, enter your passcode, and
tap Change Passcode. Enter your passcode again, then enter and reenter your new
passcode.

If you forget your passcode, you must restore the iPod touch software. See “Updating
and Restoring iPod touch Software” on page 111.

Set how long before your passcode is required: Choose General > Passcode Lock and
enter your passcode. Tap Require Passcode, then select how long iPod touch can be
idle before you need to enter a passcode to unlock it.

Erase data after ten failed passcode attempts: Choose General > Passcode Lock,
enter your passcode, and tap Erase Data to turn it on.

After ten failed passcode attempts, your settings are reset to their defaults and all your
information and media on your iPod touch is removed by overwriting the data stored
on iPod touch.

Important: You can’t use iPod touch while data is being overwritten. This can take one

to four hours or more, depending on the storage capacity of your iPod touch.

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Restrictions

You can set restrictions for iPod content for the use of some applications on
iPod touch. For example, parents can restrict explicit music from being seen on

playlists, or turn o YouTube access entirely.

Explicit music or video content purchased from the iTunes Store will be hidden. Explicit
content is marked as such by content providers (such as record labels) when sold
through the iTunes Store.

Safari is disabled and its icon is removed from the Home screen. You cannot browse the
web or access web clips.

YouTube is disabled and its icon is removed from the Home screen.

The iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store is disabled and its icon is removed from the Home screen.
You cannot preview, purchase, or download content.

The App Store is disabled and its icon is removed from the Home screen. You cannot
install applications on iPod touch.

Set restrictions:

1 Choose General > Restrictions, then tap Enable Restrictions.

2 Enter a four-digit passcode.

3 Reenter the passcode.

4 Set the restrictions you want by tapping individual controls on or o. By default, all

controls are on (not restricted). Tap an item to turn it o and restrict its use.

Turn o all restrictions: Choose General > Restrictions, then enter the passcode. Tap
Disable Restrictions, then reenter the passcode.

If you forget your passcode, you must restore your iPod touch software from iTunes.
See “Updating and Restoring iPod touch Software” on page 111 .

Date and Time

These settings apply to the time shown in the status bar at the top of the screen, and
in world clocks and calendars.

Set whether iPod touch shows 24-hour time or 12-hour time: Choose General > Date

& Time and turn 24-Hour Time on or o. (Not available in all countries.)

Set the date and time: Choose General > Date & Time. Tap Time Zone and enter the
name of a major city in your time zone. Tap the “Date & Time” return button, then tap
“Set Date & Time” and enter the date and time.

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Keyboard

Turn Auto-Correction on or o: Choose General > Keyboard and turn Auto-Correction

on or o.

By default, if the default keyboard for the language you select has a dictionary,
iPod touch automatically suggests corrections or completed words as you type.

Turn Auto-Capitalization on or o: Choose General > Keyboard and turn Auto-

Capitalization on or o.

By default, iPod touch automatically capitalizes words after you type sentence-ending
punctuation or a return character.

Set whether caps lock is enabled: Choose General > Keyboard and turn Enable Caps

Lock on or o.

If caps lock is enabled and you double-tap the Shift key on the keyboard, all letters
you type are uppercase. The Shift key turns blue when caps lock is on.

Turn the “.” shortcut on or o: Choose General > Keyboard and turn “.” Shortcut on or

o.

The “.” shortcut lets you double-tap the space bar to enter a period followed by a space
when you’re typing. It is on by default.

Turn international keyboards on or o: Choose General > Keyboards > International
Keyboards and turn on the keyboards you want.

If more than one keyboard is turned on, tap to switch keyboards when you’re
typing. When you tap the symbol, the name of the newly active keyboard appears
briey. See “International Keyboards” on page 23.

International

Use the International settings to set the language for iPod touch, turn keyboards for

dierent languages on or o, and set the date, time, and telephone number formats for

your region.

Set the language for iPod touch: Choose General > International > Language, choose
the language you want to use, and tap Done.

Turn international keyboards on or o: Choose General > International > Keyboards,
and turn on the keyboards you want.

If more than one keyboard is turned on, tap to switch keyboards when you’re
typing. When you tap the symbol, the name of the newly active keyboard appears
briey. See “International Keyboards” on page 23.

Set date, time, and telephone number formats: Choose General > International >
Region Format, and choose your region.

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Resetting iPod touch

Reset all settings: Choose General > Reset and tap Reset All Settings.

All your preferences and settings are reset. Information, such as your contacts and
calendars, and media, such as your songs and videos, are not deleted.

Erase all content and settings: Connect iPod touch to your computer or a power
adapter. Choose General > Reset and tap “Erase All Content and Settings.”

This feature resets all settings to their defaults and removes all your information and
media on your iPod touch by overwriting the data stored on iPod touch.

Important: You can’t use iPod touch while data is being overwritten. This can take one

to four hours or more, depending on the storage capacity of your iPod touch.

Reset the keyboard dictionary: Choose General > Reset and tap Reset Keyboard
Dictionary.

You add words to the keyboard dictionary by rejecting words iPod touch suggests
as you type. Tap a word to reject the correction and add the word to the keyboard
dictionary. Resetting the keyboard dictionary erases all words you’ve added.

Reset network settings: Choose General > Reset and tap Reset Network Settings.

When you reset network settings, your list of previously used networks and your VPN

settings are removed. Wi-Fi is turned o and then back on, disconnecting you from any

network you’re on. The Wi-Fi and “Ask to Join Networks” settings are left turned on.

Reset the Home screen layout: Choose General > Reset and tap Reset Home Screen
Layout.

Reset the location warnings: Choose General > Reset and tap Reset Location
Warnings.

Location warnings are the requests made by applications (such as Maps) to use
Location Services with those applications. iPod touch stops presenting the warning for
an application the second time you tap OK. Tap Reset Location Warnings to resume the
warnings.

Music

The Music settings apply to songs, podcasts, and audiobooks.

Set iTunes to play songs at the same sound level: In iTunes, choose iTunes >
Preferences if you’re using a Mac, or Edit > Preferences if you’re using a PC, then click
Playback and select Sound Check.

Set iPod touch to use the iTunes volume settings (Sound Check): Choose Music and
turn Sound Check on.

You can set audiobooks to play faster than normal so you can hear them more quickly,
or slower so you can hear them more clearly.

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Set audiobook play speed: Choose Music > Audiobook Speed, then choose Slower,

Normal, or Faster.

Use the equalizer to change the sound on iPod touch to suit a particular sound or
style: Choose Music > EQ and choose a setting.

Set a volume limit for music and videos: Choose Music > Volume Limit and drag the

slider to adjust the maximum volume.

Tap Lock Volume Limit to assign a code to prevent the setting from being changed.

WARNING: For important information about avoiding hearing loss, see the Important

Product Information Guide at www.apple.com/support/manuals/ipodtouch.

Video

Video settings apply to video content, including rented movies. You can set where to

resume playing videos that you previously started, turn closed captioning on or o,

and set up iPod touch to play videos on your TV.

Set where to resume playing: Choose Video > Start Playing, then select whether
you want videos that you previously started watching to resume playing from the

beginning or where you left o.

Turn closed captioning on or o: Choose Video and turn Closed Captioning on or o.

TV Out

Use these settings to set up how iPod touch plays videos on your TV. For more
information about using iPod touch to play videos on your TV, see “Watching Videos
on a TV” on page 39.

Turn widescreen on or o: Choose Video and turn Widescreen on or o.

Set TV signal to NTSC or PAL: Choose Video > TV Signal and select NTSC or PAL.

NTSC and PAL are TV broadcast standards. iPod touch displays NTSC 480p/PAL 576p
when attached to a TV using a component cable, or NTSC 480i/PAL 576i using a
composite cable. Your TV might use either of these, depending on where you bought
it. If you’re not sure which to use, check the documentation that came with your TV.

Photos

Use Photos settings to specify how slideshows display your photos.

Set the length of time each slide is shown: Choose Photos > Play Each Slide For and
select the length of time.

Set a transition eect: Choose Photos > Transition and select a transition eect.

Set whether to repeat slideshows: Choose Photos and turn Repeat on or o.

Set photos to appear randomly or in order: Choose Photos and turn Shue on or o.

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Mail, Contacts, Calendars

Use Mail, Contacts, Calendars settings to set up and customize accounts for iPod touch:

Microsoft Exchange Â

MobileMe Â

Google email Â

Yahoo! Mail Â

AOL Â

Other POP and IMAP mail systems Â

Accounts

The Accounts section lets you set up accounts on iPod touch. The specic settings

that appear depend on the type of account you’re setting up. Your service provider or
system administrator should be able to provide the information you need to enter.

For more information about adding accounts, see “Setting Up Accounts” on page 10 .

Change an account’s settings: Choose “Mail, Contacts, Calendars,” choose an account,
then make the changes you want.

Changes you make to an account’s settings are not synced to your computer, so you

can congure your accounts to work with iPod touch without aecting the account

settings on your computer.

Stop using an account: Choose “Mail, Contacts, Calendars,” choose an account, then

turn Account o.

If an account is o, iPod touch doesn’t display the account and doesn’t send or check

email from or sync other information with that account, until you turn it back on.

Adjust advanced settings: Choose “Mail, Contacts, Calendars,” choose an account,
then do one of the following:

 To set whether drafts, sent messages, and deleted messages are stored on iPod touch or

remotely on your email server (IMAP accounts only), tap Advanced and choose Drafts
Mailbox, Sent Mailbox, or Deleted Mailbox.

If you store messages on iPod touch, you can see them even when iPod touch isn’t
connected to the Internet.

 To set how long before messages are removed permanently from Mail on iPod touch, tap

Advanced and tap Remove, then choose a time: Never, or after one day, one week, or
one month.

 To adjust email server settings, tap Host Name, User Name, or Password under

Incoming Mail Server or Outgoing Mail Server. Ask your network administrator or
Internet service provider for the correct settings.

 To adjust SSL and password settings, tap Advanced. Ask your network administrator or

Internet service provider for the correct settings.

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Delete an account from iPod touch: Choose “Mail, Contacts, Calendars,” choose an

account, then scroll down and tap Delete Account.

Deleting an account means you can no longer access the account with your
iPod touch. All email and the contacts, calendar, and bookmark information synced
with the account are removed from iPod touch. However, deleting an account doesn’t
remove the account or its associated information from your computer.

Mail

The Mail settings, except where noted, apply to all accounts you have set up on
iPod touch.

To turn alerts sounds for new or sent mail on or o, use the General > Sounds settings.

Set the number of messages shown on iPod touch: Choose “Mail, Contacts,
Calendars” > Show, then choose a setting.

Choose to see the most recent 25, 50, 75, 100, or 200 messages. To download additional
messages when you’re in Mail, scroll to the bottom of your inbox and tap Load More
Messages.

Note: For Microsoft Exchange accounts, choose “Mail, Contacts, Calendars” and choose
the Exchange account. Tap “Mail days to sync” and choose the number of days of mail
you want to sync with the server.

Set how many lines of each message are previewed in the message list: Choose
“Mail, Contacts, Calendars” > Preview, then choose a setting.

You can choose to see up to ve lines of each message. That way, you can scan a list of

messages in a mailbox and get an idea of what each message is about.

Set a minimum font size for messages: Choose “Mail, Contacts, Calendars” > Minimum
Font Size, then choose Small, Medium, Large, Extra Large, or Giant.

Set whether iPod touch shows To and Cc labels in message lists: Choose “Mail,

Contacts, Calendars,” then turn Show To/Cc Label on or o.

If Show To/Cc Label is on, To or Cc next to each message in a list indicates whether
the message was sent directly to you or you received a copy.

Set whether iPod touch conrms that you want to delete a message: Choose “Mail,

Contacts, Calendars” and turn Ask Before Deleting on or o.

If Ask Before Deleting is on, to delete a message you must tap , then conrm by
tapping Delete.

Set whether iPod touch sends you a copy of every message you send: Choose “Mail,

Contacts, Calendars,” then turn Always Bcc Myself on or o.

Set the default email account: Choose “Mail, Contacts, Calendars” > Default Account,
then choose an account.

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