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Contents

9 Chapter 1: iPod touch at a Glance 9 iPod touch Overview 11 Buttons 13 iPod touch Apps 16 Status Icons

17 Chapter 2: Getting Started 17 Viewing the User Guide on iPod touch 17 What You Need 18 Setting Up iPod touch 18 Disconnecting iPod touch from Your Computer 19 Connecting to the Internet 19 Adding Mail, Contacts, and Calendar Accounts

23 Chapter 3: Basics 23 Using Apps 27 Customizing the Home Screen 30 Typing 38 Searching 39 Voice Control 40 Bluetooth Devices 41 Battery 42 Security Features 44 Cleaning iPod touch 44 Restarting and Resetting iPod touch

45 Chapter 4: Syncing and File Sharing 45 About Syncing 45 Syncing Accounts 46 Syncing with iTunes 47 iPod touch Settings Panes in iTunes 50 Automatic iTunes Syncing 51 Manually Managing Content 51 Transferring Purchased Content to Another Computer

52 File Sharing

53 Chapter 5: Music and Videos 53 Getting Music, Videos, and More 53 Music and Other Audio 62 Videos 65 Setting a Sleep Timer 66 Changing the Browse Buttons

67 Chapter 6: FaceTime 67 About FaceTime 68 Signing In 69 Making a Call 69 While You’re Talking

71 Chapter 7: Camera 71 About Camera 72 Taking Photos and Recording Videos 73 Viewing and Sharing Photos and Videos 73 Trimming Videos 74 Uploading Photos and Videos to Your Computer

75 Chapter 8: Photos 75 About Photos 75 Syncing Photos and Videos with Your Computer 76 Viewing Photos and Videos 77 Deleting Photos and Videos 78 Slideshows 78 Sharing Photos and Videos 80 Assigning a Photo to a Contact 81 Wallpaper

82 Chapter 9: Game Center 82 About Game Center 82 Setting Up Game Center 84 Games 88 Friends 90 Your Status and Account Information

91 Chapter 10: Mail 91 Setting Up Email Accounts 92 Checking and Reading Email 94 Using Links and Detected Data 95 Viewing Attachments

Contents

96 Sending Email 98 Organizing Email 99 Searching Email

100 Chapter 11: Safari 100 Viewing Webpages 103 Searching 103 Bookmarks 104 Web Clips

105 Chapter 12: Calendar 105 About Calendar 105 Syncing Calendars 106 Viewing Your Calendars 107 Searching Calendars 107 Adding and Updating Events on iPod touch 108 Responding to Meeting Invitations 110 Subscribing to Calendars 110 Alerts

111 Chapter 13: YouTube 111 Finding and Viewing Videos 112 Controlling Video Playback 113 Managing Videos 113 Getting More Information 114 Using YouTube Account Features 115 Changing the Browse Buttons

116 Chapter 14: Stocks 116 Viewing Stock Quotes 117 Getting More Information

118 Chapter 15: Maps 119 Finding and Viewing Locations 122 Getting Directions 124 Showing Trac Conditions 124 Finding and Contacting Businesses 125 Sharing Location Information 125 Bookmarking Locations

126 Chapter 16: Weather 126 Viewing Weather Summaries 127 Getting More Weather Information

Contents

128 Chapter 17: Notes 128 About Notes 128 Syncing Notes 129 Writing and Reading Notes 130 Searching Notes 130 Emailing Notes

131 Chapter 18: Clock 131 World Clocks 131 Alarms 132 Stopwatch 132 Timer

133 Chapter 19: Calculator 133 Using the Calculator 133 Standard Memory Functions 134 Scientic Calculator Keys

136 Chapter 20: Voice Memos 136 Recording Voice Memos 137 Listening to Voice Memos 137 Managing Voice Memos 13 8 Trimming Voice Memos 139 Sharing Voice Memos 139 Syncing Voice Memos

140 Chapter 21: iTunes Store 140 About the iTunes Store 141 Finding Music, Videos, and More 142 Following Artists and Friends 143 Purchasing Music or Audiobooks 144 Purchasing or Renting Videos 145 Streaming or Downloading Podcasts 145 Checking Download Status 146 Syncing Purchased Content 146 Changing the Browse Buttons 147 Viewing Account Information 147 Verifying Downloads

148 Chapter 22: App Store 148 About the App Store 149 Browsing and Searching 150 Info Screen 151 Downloading Apps

Contents

152 Deleting Apps 152 Writing Reviews 153 Updating Apps 153 Syncing Purchased Apps

154 Chapter 23: Settings 154 Airplane Mode 155 Wi-Fi 156 VPN 156 Notications 157 Sounds 157 Brightness 157 Wallpaper 158 General 166 Music 166 Video 167 Photos 167 FaceTime 168 Store 168 Mail, Contacts, Calendars 172 Safari 173 Nike + iPod

174 Chapter 24: Contacts 174 About Contacts 174 Adding Contacts 175 Searching Contacts 17 6 Managing Contacts on iPod touch 176 Using Contact Information 177 Unied Contacts

179 Chapter 25: Nike + iPod 179 Activating Nike + iPod 180 Linking a Sensor 180 Working Out with Nike + iPod 181 Sending Workouts to Nikeplus.com 181 Calibrating Nike + iPod 182 Nike + iPod Settings

183 Chapter 26: iBooks 183 About iBooks 184 Syncing Books and PDFs 184 Using the iBookstore

Contents

185 Reading Books 186 Viewing a PDF 186 Changing a Book’s Appearance 187 Searching Books 187 Looking up the Denition of a Word 187 Having a Book Read to You 187 Organizing Your Bookshelf 188 Bookmark and Note Syncing

189 Chapter 27: Accessibility 189 Universal Access Features 190 VoiceOver 202 Zoom 203 Large Text 203 White on Black 203 Mono Audio 203 Speak Auto-text 203 Triple-click Home 204 Closed Captioning and Other Helpful Features

205 Appendix A: Support and Other Information 205 Apple iPod touch Support Site 205 Restarting and Resetting iPod touch 205 Backing Up iPod touch 207 Updating and Restoring iPod touch Software 209 Safety, Software, and Service Information 209 Using iPod touch in an Enterprise Environment 210 Disposal and Recycling Information 211 Apple and the Environment

212 Index

Contents

iPod touch at a Glance

Microphone (on back)

On/Off Sleep/Wake

Volume buttons (on side)

Headphones port

Speaker

Dock connector

Front camera

Home button

Touchscreen

Application icons

Status bar

Main camera (on back)

iPod touch Overview

iPod touch 4th generation

iPod touch 3rd generation

On/Off Sleep/Wake

Volume buttons

Headphones port

Dock connector

Wi-Fi antenna

Home button

Internal speaker

Touchscreen

Application icons

Status bar

Dock Connector to USB Cable

Apple Earphones

Your Home screen may look dierent, depending on the model of iPod touch you have

and whether you have rearranged its icons.

Accessories

The following accessories are included with iPod touch:

Item What you can do with it

Apple Earphones Listen to music and videos, FaceTime calls,

audiobooks, podcasts, and games.

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

computer to sync and charge, or to the USB power adapter (sold separately) to charge. The cable can be used with the optional dock or

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plugged directly into iPod touch.

Buttons

On/Off Sleep/

Wake button

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

On/O Sleep/Wake Button

When you’re not actively using iPod touch, you can lock it to turn o the display and

save the battery.

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

listen to music and, while listening to music, adjust the volume using the buttons on

the side of iPod touch.

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

Lock iPod touch Press the On/O Sleep/Wake button.

Unlock iPod touch Press the Home button or the On/O Sleep/

Wake button, then drag the slider.

Turn iPod touch completely o Press and hold the On/O Sleep/Wake button for

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

Turn iPod touch on Press and hold the On/O Sleep/Wake button

until the Apple logo appears.

For information about changing how long before iPod touch locks, see “Auto-Lock” on page 160. For information about setting iPod touch to require a passcode to unlock it, see “Passcode Lock” on page 160.

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Home Button

Volume up

Volume down

Press the Home button at any time to go to the Home screen, which contains your iPod touch apps. Tap any app icon to get started. To see apps you’ve recently used, double-click the Home button (iPod touch 3rd generation or later). See “Opening and Switching Apps” on page 23.

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.

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.

To set a volume limit for music and videos on iPod touch, see “” on page 166.

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iPod touch Apps

The following apps are included with iPod touch:

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

Listen to your songs, audiobooks, and podcasts. Create on-the-go playlists, or use Genius to create playlists for you. Listen to Genius Mixes of songs from your library. See

Music

Videos

FaceTime

Camera

Photos

Game Center

Mail

Chapter 5, “ Music and Videos,” on page 53.

Watch purchased or rented movies and TV shows, music videos, and video podcasts on the go. Or connect iPod touch to your TV to watch on a larger screen (TV connection requires cable available for purchase separately). See Chapter 5, “ Music and Videos,” on page 53.

Make video calls to other iPod touch 4th generation or iPhone 4 users over Wi-Fi. Use the front camera to talk face to face, or the main camera to share what you see. See Chapter 6, “ FaceTime,” on page 67.

Take photos and record videos (iPod touch 4th generation). View them on iPod touch,

email them, or upload them to your computer. Tap to set the exposure for a specic object or area. Trim and save video clips. Upload videos directly to YouTube or

MobileMe. See Chapter 7, “ Camera,” on page 71.

View photos and videos you sync from your computer or save from Mail messages (videos only on iPod touch 4th generation or later). Zoom in on photos for a closer look. Watch a slideshow. Email photos and videos, or publish them to a MobileMe gallery. Assign images to contacts, and use them as wallpaper. View photos by place, and if you sync with iPhoto 8.0 (part of iLife ‘09) or later, you can view photos by events and faces. See Chapter 8, “ Photos,” on page 75.

Discover new games and share your game experiences with friends around the world. Invite a friend, or request a match with other worthy opponents. Check player ranking on the leaderboards. Gain achievements for extras points. See Chapter 9, “ Game Center,” on page 82.

iPod touch works with MobileMe, Microsoft Exchange, and many of the most popular email systems—including Yahoo!, Google, 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. See Chapter 10, “ Mail,” on page 91.

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Safari

Calendar

YouTube

Stocks

Maps

Weather

Notes

Clock

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. Open multiple pages. 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. See Chapter 11 , “Safari,” on page 100.

View and search your MobileMe, iCal, Microsoft Entourage, Microsoft Outlook, or Microsoft Exchange calendars. Enter events on iPod touch and they sync back to the calendar on your computer. Subscribe to calendars. See the birthdays you’ve entered in Contacts. Set alerts to remind you of events, appointments, and deadlines. See Chapter 12 , “ Calendar,” on page 105.

Play videos from YouTube’s online collection. Search for any video, or browse featured, most viewed, most recently updated, and top-rated videos. Set up and log in to your YouTube account—then rate videos, sync your favorites, show subscriptions, and more. See Chapter 13 , “ YouTube,” on page 111.

Watch your favorite stocks, updated automatically from the Internet. View company news and current trading information, such as opening or average price, trading volume, or market capitalization. Rotate iPod touch to see detailed charts in landscape

orientation. Drag your nger along the charts to track price points, or use two ngers

to see a range between points. See Chapter 14, “Stocks,” on page 11 6 .

See a street map, satellite view, or hybrid view of locations around the world. Zoom in for a closer look, or check out the Google Street View. Find your current approximate location. Get detailed driving, public transit, or walking directions and see current highway trac conditions. Find businesses in the area. See Chapter 15, “ Maps,” on page 11 8 .

Get current weather conditions and a six-day forecast. Add your favorite cities for a quick weather report anytime. See Chapter 16, “Weather,” on page 126.

Jot notes on the go—reminders, grocery lists, brilliant ideas. Send them in email. Sync notes to Mail on your Mac, or Microsoft Outlook or Outlook Express on your PC. Sync notes over the air (iPod touch 3rd generation or later) with your MobileMe, Google, Yahoo!, or iMAP accounts. See Chapter 17, “ Notes,” on page 12 8 .

In the Utilities folder. 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. See Chapter 18 , “ Clock,” on page 131.

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Calculator

Voice Memos

iTunes

App Store

Settings

Contacts

Nike + iPod

iBooks

In the Utilities folder. Add, subtract, multiply, and divide. Rotate iPod touch sideways to use expanded scientic functions. See Chapter 19, “Calculator,” on page 133 .

In the Utilities folder. Record voice memos using the built-in microphone on iPod touch 4th generation or a compatible external microphone or headset with microphone. Play them back on iPod touch or sync them with iTunes to listen to voice memos on your computer. Attach voice memos to email messages. See Chapter 20, “ Voice Memos,” on page 136.

Search the iTunes Store for music, movies, TV shows, audiobooks, and more. Browse, preview, and download new releases, or see what’s popular in the top charts. Rent movies and TV shows to view on iPod touch. Stream and download podcasts. See Chapter 21, “ iTunes Store,” on page 140.

Search the App Store for iPod touch apps you can purchase or download using your Wi-Fi connection. Read reviews or write your own reviews for your favorite apps. Download and install the apps on your Home screen. See Chapter 22, “App Store,” on page 148.

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, web, music, video, photos, and more. Use Location Service settings to set location privacy options for Maps and applicable third-party apps. Set auto-lock and a passcode for security. Restrict access to explicit iTunes content and certain apps. Reset iPod touch. See Chapter 23, “Settings,” on page 154.

Get contact information synced from MobileMe, Mac OS X Address Book, Yahoo! Address Book, Google Contacts, Windows Address Book (Outlook Express), Microsoft Outlook, or Microsoft Exchange. Search, add, change, or delete contacts, which get synced back to your computer. See Chapter 24, “ Contacts,” on page 17 4 .

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 a Nike + iPod Sensor, sold separately.) See Chapter 25, “ Nike + iPod,” on page 17 9.

Download the free iBooks app from the App Store for a great way to read and buy books. Get everything from classics to best sellers from the built-in iBookstore. Add ePub and PDF books to your bookshelf using iTunes. See Chapter 26, “ iBooks,” on page 18 3.

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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 “Joining a Wi-Fi Network” on page 19.

Network activity Shows network activity. Some third-party

apps 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 15 8 .

Lock Shows that iPod touch is locked. See “On/

O Sleep/Wake Button.”

Play Shows that a song, audiobook, or podcast

is playing. See “Playing Songs and Other Audio” on page 54.

Portrait orientation lock Shows that the iPod touch screen is locked

in portrait orientation. See “Viewing in Portrait or Landscape Orientation” on page 26.

Alarm Shows that an alarm is set. See “Alarms” on

page 131.

Location services Shows that an app is using location

services. See “Location Services” on page 15 9.

Bluetooth* Blue or white icon: Bluetooth is on and a

device, such as a headset, is connected. Gray icon: Bluetooth is on, but no device is connected. No icon: Bluetooth is turned o. See “Bluetooth Devices” on page 40.

Battery Shows battery level or charging status. See

“Charging the Battery” on page 41.

* The use of certain accessories with iPod touch may aect wireless performance.

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Getting Started

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

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

Viewing the User Guide on iPod touch

The iPod touch User Guide, optimized for viewing on iPod touch, is available at help. apple.com/ipodtouch.

View the guide on iPod touch: In Safari, tap , then tap the iPod touch User Guide bookmark.

Add an icon for the guide to the Home screen: When viewing the guide, tap , then tap “Add to Home Screen.”

The iPod touch User Guide is available in many languages.

View the guide in a dierent language: Tap “Change Language” at the bottom of the screen on the main contents page, then choose the language you want.

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 v10.5.8 or later Â

Windows 7, Windows Vista, or Windows XP Home or Professional (SP3) Â

iTunes 10 or later, available at Â www.itunes.com/download

An Apple account (such as an iTunes Store account or MobileMe account) for Â purchases from the iTunes Store or App Store

An Internet connection for your computer (broadband recommended) Â

Setting Up iPod touch

Before you can use iPod touch, you must set it up in iTunes. During setup, you can create a new Apple account or specify an existing Apple account to enable purchases with iPod touch. (The iTunes Store may not be available in all countries or regions.) iTunes also records the serial number of your iPod touch in case you need it.

Set up iPod touch:

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

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 songs, videos, and apps from your iTunes library, and with your photos on your computer. For information about customizing your sync contacts, see “Syncing with iTunes” on page 46.

Note: If you have a visual impairment, VoiceOver (iPod touch 3rd generation or later) can help you set up iPod touch without a sighted assistant. VoiceOver describes aloud what appears on the screen, so you can use iPod touch without seeing it. When you connect iPod touch to your computer, iTunes detects whether you’re using a compatible screen reader on your computer, such as VoiceOver (Mac) or GW Micro Window-Eyes (PC), and automatically enables VoiceOver on iPod touch. A sighted user can also enable VoiceOver on iPod touch using Accessibility settings. See “VoiceOver” on page 190. VoiceOver may not be available in all languages.

Disconnecting iPod touch from Your Computer

You can disconnect iPod touch from your computer at any time. However, if you disconnect it while a sync is in progress, some data may not get synced until the next time you connect iPod touch to your computer.

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 the sync is complete, iTunes shows “iPod touch sync is complete.”

Cancel a sync: Drag the slider on iPod touch.

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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’s connected to the Internet, iPod touch accesses

the Internet automatically whenever you use Mail, Safari, YouTube, FaceTime, Game Center, Stocks, Maps, Weather, the App Store, or the iTunes 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 join 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 the connection strength. The more bars you see, the stronger the connection.

For information about conguring Wi-Fi settings, see “Wi-Fi” on page 15 5 .

VPN Access

VPN (virtual private network) provides secure access over the Internet to private networks, such as the network at your company or school. Use Network settings to congure and turn on VPN. See “Network” on page 15 8 .

Adding Mail, Contacts, and Calendar Accounts

iPod touch works with MobileMe, Microsoft Exchange, and many of the most popular Internet-based email, contacts, and calendar service providers. If you don’t 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, at www.me.com.

You can add contacts using an LDAP or CardDAV account if your company or organization supports it. See “Adding Contacts” on page 17 4.

You can add a CalDAV calendar account. See “Syncing Calendars” on page 105.

You can subscribe to iCal (.ics) calendars. See “Subscribing to Calendars” on page 11 0 .

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Setting Up MobileMe Accounts

To use MobileMe on iPod touch, you need to add an account with your MobileMe account settings. When setting up the account, you can choose which MobileMe services you want to use with iPod touch:

Mail Â

Contacts Â

Calendars Â

Bookmarks Â

Notes (iPod touch 3rd generation or later) Â

Find My iPod touch Â

Services you turn on are synced automatically over the air without having to connect iPod touch to your computer. See “Syncing Accounts” on page 45.

The Find My iPod touch service (not available in all countries or regions) helps you locate iPod touch if it’s been lost or stolen, and remotely lock, set a passcode, or erase the information on iPod touch if necessary. See “Security Features” on page 42.

You can set up multiple MobileMe accounts; however, only one MobileMe account at a time can be used for Find My iPod touch and for syncing contacts, calendars, and bookmarks.

Set up a MobileMe account:

1 In Settings, tap “Mail, Contacts, Calendars.”

2 Tap Add Account, then tap MobileMe.

3 Enter your name, complete email address, password, and a description. The description

can be whatever you like.

4 Tap the items you want to use on iPod touch—mail, contacts, calendars, bookmarks,

notes, and Find My iPod touch.

Setting Up Microsoft Exchange Accounts

To use Microsoft Exchange on iPod touch, you need to add an account with your Microsoft Exchange account settings. See your service provider or system administrator for those settings.

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

Exchange Server 2003 Service Pack 2 Â

Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 Â

Exchange Server 2010 Â

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When setting up the account, you can choose which Exchange services you want to use with iPod touch:

Mail Â

Contacts Â

Calendars Â

Services you turn on are synced automatically over the air without having to connect iPod touch to your computer. See “Syncing Accounts” on page 45.

You can set up multiple Exchange accounts.

Set up an Exchange account:

1 In Settings, tap “Mail, Contacts, Calendars.”

2 Tap Add Account, then tap Microsoft Exchange.

3 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.

4 Tap the items you want to use on iPod touch (mail, contacts, and calendars) and set

how many days of email you want to sync to iPod touch.

Setting Up Google, Yahoo!, and AOL Accounts

For many popular accounts (Google, Yahoo!, AOL), iPod touch enters most of the settings for you. When setting up the account, you can choose which account services you want to use with iPod touch. Services you turn on are synced automatically over the air without having to connect iPod touch to your computer. See “Syncing Accounts” on page 45.

Set up an account:

1 In Settings, tap “Mail, Contacts, Calendars.”

2 Tap Add Account, then tap Google, Yahoo!, or AOL.

3 Enter your name, complete email address, password, and a description. The description

can be whatever you like.

4 Tap the items you want to use on iPod touch. Available items depend upon the

service provider.

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Setting Up Other Accounts

Choose Other Accounts to set up other accounts for mail (such as POP), contacts (such as LDAP or CardDAV), or calendars (such as CalDAV). Contact your service provider or system administrator to get the account settings you need.

Set up an account:

1 In Settings, tap “Mail, Contacts, Calendars.”

2 Tap Add Account, then tap Other.

3 Choose the account type you want to add (Mail, Contacts, or Calendars).

4 Enter your account information and tap Save.

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Basics

Using Apps

The high-resolution Multi-Touch screen and simple nger gestures make it easy to use

iPod touch apps.

Opening and Switching Apps

You open an app on iPod touch by tapping its icon on the Home screen.

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

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.

On iPod touch 3rd generation or later, you can quickly switch between the apps you’re using; multitasking also allows certain apps to run in the background.

View the most recently used apps (iPod touch 3rd generation or later): Double-click

the Home button.

The four most recently used app are shown at the bottom of the screen. Flick left to see more apps.

Note: On iPod touch 2nd generation, double-clicking the Home button performs the action specied by the Home Button setting. See “Home Button” on page 15 9 .

Remove an app from the recents list: Touch and hold the app icon until it begins to jiggle, then tap .

The app is added to recent apps again the next time you open it.

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 touch anywhere on the screen to stop it immediately. Touching the screen to stop scrolling won’t choose or activate anything.

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

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.

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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.

Viewing in Portrait or Landscape Orientation

Many iPod touch apps let you view the screen in either portrait or landscape

orientation. Rotate iPod touch and the display rotates too, adjusting automatically to t the new screen orientation.

You may prefer landscape orientation for viewing webpages in Safari, or when entering text, for example. In landscape orientation:

Webpages scale to the wider screen, making the text and images larger. Â

The onscreen keyboard is larger, which may help increase your typing speed Â and accuracy.

The following apps support both portrait and landscape orientation:

Music and Videos Â

Mail Â

Safari Â

Notes Â

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Contacts Â

Stocks Â

Photos Â

Calculator Â

Movies viewed in Videos and YouTube appear only in landscape orientation. Street views in Maps also appear only in landscape orientation.

Lock the iPod touch screen in portrait orientation (iPod touch 3rd generation or later): Double-click the Home button, ick the bottom of the screen from left-to-right,

then tap .

The portrait orientation lock icon appears in the status bar when the screen orientation is locked.

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. You can also organize apps by grouping them in folders.

Rearranging Icons

You can arrange the icons on your Home screen in any order you want.

Rearrange icons:

1 Touch and hold any icon on the Home screen until it begins to jiggle.

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 104.

When iPod touch is connected to your computer, you can rearrange icons on the Home screen and the order of the screens. In iTunes, select iPod touch in the Devices list, then click Apps at the top of the screen.

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Move an icon to another screen: While arranging icons, drag an icon to the side of

the screen.

Create additional Home screens: While arranging icons, ick to the right-most Home

screen and drag an icon to the right edge of the screen until a new screen appears.

You can create up to 11 screens. The number of dots above the Dock shows the number of screens you have, and which screen you’re viewing.

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

Resetting the Home screen removes any folders you’ve created and applies the default wallpaper to your Home screen.

Organizing with Folders

Folders let you organize icons on the Home screen. You can put up to 12 icons in a folder. iPod touch automatically names a folder when you create it, based on the icons you use to create the folder, but you can change the name anytime you want. Like icons, folders can be rearranged by dragging them around the Home screen. You can move folders to a new Home screen or to the Dock.

Create a folder: Touch and hold an icon until the Home screen icons begin to jiggle,

then drag the icon onto another icon.

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iPod touch creates a new folder that includes the two icons, and shows the folder’s

name. You can tap the name eld and enter a dierent name.

You can also create folders within iTunes.

Create a folder using iTunes: With iPod touch connected to your computer, select iPod touch in the Devices list in iTunes. Click Apps at the top of the screen, and on the Home screen near the top of the window, drag an app on top of another.

Add an icon to a folder While arranging icons, drag the icon onto

the folder.

Remove an icon from a folder While arranging icons, tap to open the folder,

then drag the icon out of the folder.

Open a folder Tap the folder. You can then tap an app icon to

open that app.

Close a folder Tap outside the folder, or press the Home button.

Delete a folder Move all icons out of the folder.

The folder is deleted automatically when empty.

Rename a folder While arranging icons, tap to open the folder,

then tap the name at the top and use the keyboard to enter a new name. Press the Home button to save your changes.

When you nish organizing your Home screen, press the Home button to save your changes.

Some apps, such as Mail and the App Store, display a badge on their Home screen icon with a number (to indicate incoming items) or exclamation mark (to indicate a problem). If these apps are contained in a folder, the badge appears on the folder. A numbered badge shows the total number of items you haven’t attended to, such as incoming email messages and updated apps to download. An alert badge indicates a problem with an app in the folder.

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Adding Wallpaper

You can set an image or photo as wallpaper for the Lock screen. On iPod touch 3rd generation or later, you can also set wallpaper for your Home screen. You can choose an image that came with iPod touch, or a photo synced to iPod touch from your computer.

Set wallpaper (iPod touch 3rd generation or later):

1 In Settings, choose Wallpaper, tap the image of the Lock and Home screens, then tap

Wallpaper or an album.

2 Tap to choose an image or photo. If you chose a photo, drag to position it and pinch to

zoom in or out, until it looks the way you want.

3 Tap Set, then choose whether you want to use the photo as wallpaper for your Lock

Screen, Home screen, or both.

Set wallpaper (iPod touch 2nd generation):

1 Choose Settings > Wallpaper, then tap Wallpaper or an album.

2 Tap to choose an image or photo. If you choose a photo, drag it to position it and

pinch to zoom in or out, until it looks the way you want.

3 Tap Set Wallpaper.

Typing

The onscreen keyboard appears anytime you need to type.

Entering Text

Use the keyboard to enter text, such as contact information, email, and web addresses. The keyboard corrects misspellings, predicts what you're typing, and learns as you use it.

Depending on the app you’re using, the intelligent keyboard may 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.

Delete the previous character Tap .

Type uppercase Tap the Shift key before tapping a letter. Or

touch and hold the Shift key, then slide to 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 key. The Shift key turns

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 key. Tap the Symbol key

to see additional punctuation and symbols.

Type letters or symbols that aren’t on the keyboard

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

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Dictionary

Suggested word

For many languages, iPod touch has dictionaries to help you type. The appropriate dictionary is activated 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:

m 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.

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

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

iPod touch also underlines words you’ve already typed that might be misspelled.

Use spell checking to replace a misspelled word: Tap the underlined word, then tap one of the suggested corrections.

If none of the suggestions is correct, you can correct the spelling of the selected word by retyping it. To leave the word unchanged, tap somewhere else in the message area.

Turn auto-correction and spell checking on or o: Choose General > Keyboard, then turn Auto-Correction on or o. Auto-Correction is on by default.

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Editing—Cut, Copy, and Paste

The touchscreen makes it easy to make changes to text you’ve entered. An onscreen magnifying glass helps you position the insertion point precisely where you need it. Grab points on selected text let you quickly select more or less text. You can also cut, copy, and paste text and photos within apps, or across multiple apps.

Position the insertion point: Touch and hold to bring up the magnifying glass, then drag to position the insertion point.

Select text: Tap the insertion point to display the selection buttons. Tap Select to

select the adjacent word or tap Select All to select all text. You can also double-tap to

select a word. In read-only documents, such as webpages or email you’ve received, touch and hold to select a word.

Drag the grab points to select more or less text.

Cut or copy text: Select text, then tap Cut or Copy.

Paste text: Tap the insertion point and tap Paste. The last text that you cut or copied is

inserted. Or select text and tap Paste to replace the text.

Undo the last edit: Shake iPod touch and tap Undo.

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International Keyboards

Tap, or touch and hold, to switch keyboards

International keyboards allow you to enter text in many dierent languages, including

languages that are written from right to left. If you want to enter text in other languages, you can use Settings to make additional keyboards available when you type.

For a list of supported keyboards, go to www.apple.com/ipodtouch/specs.html.

Add a keyboard:

1 In Settings, choose General > Keyboard > International Keyboards.

The number before the arrow indicates the number of keyboards currently enabled.

2 Tap Add New Keyboard, then choose a keyboard from the list.

Repeat to add more keyboards. Some languages have multiple keyboards available.

Switch keyboards when you’re typing: Tap . When you tap the symbol, the name of

the newly activated keyboard appears briey.

You can also touch and hold to display a list of available keyboards. To choose a

keyboard from the list, slide your nger to the name of the keyboard, then release.

Edit your keyboard list: Choose General > Keyboard > International Keyboards, then

tap Edit and do one of the following:

Â To delete a keyboard, tap , then tap Delete.

Â To reorder the list, drag next to a keyboard to a new place in the list.

Type letters, numbers, or symbols that aren’t on the keyboard

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

Enter Japanese QWERTY Use the QWERTY keyboard to input code for Japanese

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Touch and hold the related letter, number, or symbol, then slide to choose a variation. On the Thai keyboards, for example, you can choose native numbers by touching and holding the related Arabic number.

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

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

Enter facemarks Using the Japanese Kana keyboard, tap the “^_^” key.

Using the Japanese Romaji keyboard (QWERTY-Japanese layout), tap the Number key, then tap the “^_^” key.

Using the Chinese (Simplied or Traditional) Pinyin or

(Traditional) Zhuyin keyboards, tap the Symbols key, then

tap the “^_^” key.

Enter Korean Use the 2-Set Korean keyboard to type Hangul letters. To type

double consonants or compound vowels, touch and hold the letter, then slide to choose the double letter.

Enter Simplied or Traditional Chinese Pinyin

Enter Chinese Cangjie Use the keyboard to build Chinese characters from the

Enter Simplied Chinese Stroke

(Wubi Hua)

Enter Traditional Chinese Zhuyin Use the keyboard to enter Zhuyin letters. As you type,

Use the QWERTY keyboard to enter Pinyin for Chinese characters. As you type, suggested Chinese characters appear. Tap a suggestion to choose it, or continue entering Pinyin to see more options.

If you keep entering Pinyin without spaces, sentence suggestions appear.

component Cangjie keys. As you type, suggested Chinese

characters appear. Tap a character to choose it, or continue

typing up to ve total components to see more character

options.

Use the keypad to build Chinese characters using up to ve

strokes in the correct writing sequence: from left to right, top to bottom, outside to inside, and from inside to the closing stroke (for example, the Chinese character 圈 should begin with the vertical stroke 丨).

As you type, suggested Chinese characters appear (the most

commonly used characters appear rst). Tap a character to

choose it. If you’re not sure of the correct stroke, enter an asterisk (*).

To see more character options, type another stroke, or scroll through the character list.

Tap the 匹配 key to show only characters that match exactly what you typed. For example, if you type 一一 and tap 匹配 , the less commonly used 二 appears as an exact match.

suggested Chinese characters appear. Tap a suggestion to choose it, or continue entering Zhuyin letters to see more options. After you type an initial letter, the keyboard changes to show more letters.

If you keep entering Zhuyin without spaces, sentence suggestions appear.

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Enter handwritten Simplied or

Touchpad

Traditional Chinese

Write Chinese characters directly on the screen 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 likely follow-on characters appear in the list as additional choices.

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

With Simplied Chinese handwriting, Roman characters are

also recognized.

Convert between Simplied and

Traditional Chinese

Select the character or characters you want to convert, then tap Replace. See “Editing—Cut, Copy, and Paste” on page 33.

Enter Vietnamese Touch and hold a character to see the available diacritical

marks, then slide to choose the one you want. You can also type the following key sequences to enter

characters with diacritical marks:

Â aa—â Â aw—ă Â ee—ê Â oo—ô Â ow—ơ Â w—ư Â dd—đ Â as—á Â af—à Â ar—ả Â ax—ã Â aj—ạ

When Simplied or Traditional Chinese handwriting formats are turned on, you can enter Chinese characters with your nger, as shown:

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Keyboard Layouts

You can use Settings to set the keyboard layouts for software and hardware keyboards. The available layouts depend on the keyboard language.

Select a keyboard layout: In Settings, choose General > Keyboard > International Keyboards, then select a keyboard. For each language, you can make separate

selections for both the onscreen software and any external hardware keyboards.

The software keyboard layout determines the layout of the keyboard on the iPod touch screen. The hardware keyboard layout determines the layout of an Apple Wireless Keyboard connected to iPod touch.

Using an Apple Wireless Keyboard

For ease of typing, you can use an Apple Wireless Keyboard (available separately;

iPod touch 3rd generation or later).

The Apple Wireless Keyboard connects via Bluetooth, so you must pair the keyboard

with iPod touch. See “Pairing a Bluetooth Device with iPod touch” on page 40.

Once the keyboard is paired with iPod touch, it connects whenever the keyboard is within range (up to 30 feet). You can tell that the keyboard is connected if the

onscreen keyboard doesn’t appear when you tap in a text eld.

Switch the language when using a hardware keyboard: Press and hold the Command key, then tap the space bar to display a list of available languages. Tap the

space bar again to choose a dierent language.

Disconnect a wireless keyboard from iPod touch: Press and hold the power button

on the keyboard until the green light goes o.

iPod touch disconnects the keyboard when it’s out of range.

Unpair a wireless keyboard from iPod touch: In Settings, choose General > Bluetooth, tap next to the device name, then tap “Forget this Device.”

You can apply dierent layouts to a wireless keyboard. See “International Keyboards” on page 34 and “Keyboard Layouts” on page 37.

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Searching

You can search many apps on iPod touch, including Mail, Calendar, Music, Videos, Notes, and Contacts. You can search an individual app, or search all apps at once using Search.

Go to Search: On the main Home screen, ick left to right or press the Home button.

From the Search screen, press the Home button to return to the main Home screen page.

Search iPod touch: On the Search screen, enter text in the Search eld. Search

results appear as you type. Tap an item in the list to open it. Tap Search to dismiss the keyboard and see more results.

Icons next to the search results show which app the results are from.

iPod touch may display a top hit for you at the top of the list, based on your previous searches. The Safari search results include options to search the web or to search Wikipedia.

App What’s searched

Contacts First, last, and company names

Mail To, From, and Subject elds of all accounts (the

text of messages isn’t searched)

Calendar Event titles, invitees, locations, and notes

Music and Videos Music (names of songs, artists, and albums) and

the titles of podcasts, videos, and audiobooks

Notes Text of notes

Search also searches the names of the native and installed apps on iPod touch, so if you have a lot of apps, you may want to use Search to locate and open apps.

Open apps from Search: Enter the app name, then tap to open the app directly from the search results.

Use the Spotlight Search setting to specify which contents are searched and the order the results are presented in. See “Spotlight Search” on page 160.

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Voice Control

Voice Control (iPod touch 3rd generation or later) lets you control iPod music playback using voice commands.

Note: Voice Control may not be available in all languages. To use Voice Control with iPod touch 3rd generation, you need Apple Earphones with Remote and Mic, or a compatible accessory with a microphone.

Use Voice Control: Press and hold the Home button until the Voice Control screen appears and you hear a beep.

Use the following commands to play songs.

Control music playback Say “play” or “play music.” To pause, say “pause”

or “pause music.” You can also say “next song” or “previous song.”

Play an album, artist, or playlist Say “play,” then say “album,” “artist,” or “playlist”

and the name.

Shue the current playlist Say “shue.”

Find out more about the currently playing song Say “what’s playing,” “what song is this,” “who

sings this song,” or “who is this song by.”

Use Genius to play similar songs Say “Genius,” “play more like this,” or “play more

songs like this.”

Find out the current time Say “what time is it?” or “what is the time?”

Cancel Voice Control Say “cancel” or “stop.”

For best results:

Speak clearly and naturally. Â

Say only iPod touch commands and names. Pause slightly between commands. Â

For more about using Voice Control, including information about using Voice Control in dierent languages, go to support.apple.com/kb/HT3597.

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Voice Control normally expects you to speak voice commands in the language that’s set for iPod touch (the setting in General > International > Language). Voice Control settings let you change the language for speaking voice commands. Some languages

are available in dierent dialects or accents.

Change the language or country: In Settings, choose General > International > Voice Control and tap the language or country.

See “Using Voice Control with iPod” on page 57.

Bluetooth Devices

You can use iPod touch with the Apple Wireless Keyboard and other Bluetooth devices, such as Bluetooth stereo headphones. For supported Bluetooth proles,

go to support.apple.com/kb/HT3647.

Pairing a Bluetooth Device with iPod touch

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

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

Before you can use a Bluetooth device with iPod touch, you must rst pair them.

Pair a Bluetooth headset, car kit, or other device with iPod touch:

1 Follow the instructions that came with the device to make it discoverable or to set it to

search for other Bluetooth devices.

2 In Settings, choose General > Bluetooth and turn Bluetooth on.

3 Choose the device on iPod touch, and enter its passkey or PIN number. See the

instructions about the passkey or PIN that came with the device.

After you pair headphones with iPod touch, the product name and appear on the screen when you are viewing audio or video playback controls. Tap to switch to a

dierent audio output, such as the internal speaker.

Pair an Apple Wireless Keyboard with iPod touch:

1 In Settings, choose General > Bluetooth and turn Bluetooth on.

2 Press the power button on the Apple Wireless Keyboard to turn it on.

3 On iPod touch, select the keyboard listed under Devices.

4 Type the passkey on the keyboard as instructed, then press Return.

Note: You can pair only one Apple Wireless Keyboard with iPod touch at a time. To pair a dierent keyboard, you must rst unpair the current one.

For more information, see “Using an Apple Wireless Keyboard” on page 37.

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Bluetooth Status

Charging Charged

The Bluetooth icon appears in the iPod touch status bar at the top of the screen:

Â or : Bluetooth is on and a device is connected to iPod touch. (The color depends

on the current color of the status bar.)

Â : Bluetooth is on but no device is connected. If you’ve paired a device with

iPod touch, it may be out of range or turned o.

Â No Bluetooth icon: Bluetooth is turned o.

Unpairing a Bluetooth Device from iPod touch

You can unpair a Bluetooth device if you don’t want to use it with iPod touch any more.

Unpair a Bluetooth device:

1 In Settings, choose General > Bluetooth and turn Bluetooth on.

2 Tap next to the device name, then tap “Forget this Device.”

Battery

iPod touch has an internal rechargeable battery. The battery isn’t user accessible and should only be replaced by an authorized service provider.

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.

The battery icon in the upper-right corner shows the battery level or charging status.

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

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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.

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

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.

Security Features

Security features help protect the information on iPod touch from being accessed by others.

Passcodes and Data Protection

You can set a passcode that you must enter each time you turn on or wake up iPod touch.

Set a passcode: Choose Settings > 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.

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Setting a passcode turns on data protection (iPod touch 3rd generation or later). Data protection uses your passcode as the key for encrypting mail messages and their attachments stored on iPod touch. (Data protection may also be used by some apps available in the App Store.) A notice at the bottom of the Passcode Lock screen in Settings indicates when data protection is enabled.

To increase the security of iPod touch, turn o Simple Passcode and use a longer

passcode with a combination of numbers, letters, punctuation, and special characters. See “Passcode Lock” on page 160.

Important: On an iPod touch 3rd generation that didn’t ship with iOS 4 or later, you

must also restore iOS software to enable data protection. See “Restoring iPod touch” on page 207.

Find My iPod touch

Find My iPod touch (not available in all countries or regions) helps you locate and retrieve your iPod touch using a web browser with an Internet connection. Find My iPod touch includes:

Â Find: Locates your iPod touch on a full-screen map on your computer

Â Display a Message or Play a Sound: Lets you compose a message that will appear

on your iPod touch screen, or play a sound at full volume for two minutes, even if the Ring/Silent switch is set to silent

Â Remote Passcode Lock: Lets you remotely lock your iPod touch and create a 4-digit

passcode, if you haven’t set one previously

Â Remote Wipe: Lets you erase all media and data on iPod touch, restoring it to

factory settings

Note: Find My iPod touch requires a MobileMe account, and may not be available in all countries or regions. MobileMe is an online service, available by subscription. For more information, go to www.apple.com/mobileme.

To enable these features, turn on Find My iPod touch in your MobileMe account settings. See “Setting Up MobileMe Accounts” on page 20.

Use Find My iPod touch: Log in to your MobileMe account at www.me.com and go to the Find My iPhone section. Follow the onscreen instructions to locate your device on a map and use the other Find My iPod touch features.

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Cleaning iPod touch

Clean iPod touch immediately if it comes in contact with any contaminants that may cause stains, such as ink, dyes, makeup, dirt, food, oils, and lotions. To clean iPod touch,

disconnect all cables and turn o iPod touch (press and hold the On/O Sleep/Wake

button, then slide the onscreen slider). Then 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.

For more information about handling iPod touch, see the iPod touch Important Product Information Guide at www.apple.com/support/manuals/ipodtouch.

Restarting and Resetting iPod touch

If something isn’t working right, try restarting iPod touch, force quitting an app, or resetting iPod touch.

Restart iPod touch: Press and hold the On/O 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 On/O Sleep/Wake button until the Apple logo appears.

If you can’t turn o iPod touch or if the problem continues, you may need to reset iPod touch. A reset should be done only if turning iPod touch o and on doesn’t

resolve the problem.

Force quit an app: Press and hold the On/O Sleep/Wake button for a few seconds

until a red slider appears, then press and hold the Home button until the app quits.

On iPod touch 3rd generation or later, you can also remove an app from the recents list to force it to quit. See “Opening and Switching Apps” on page 23.

Reset iPod touch: Press and hold the On/O 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, “ Support and Other Information,” on page 205.

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Syncing and File Sharing

About Syncing

Syncing copies information from your computer or online account to iPod touch, then keeps the information “in sync” by copying changes made in one location to the other.

You use iTunes on your computer to sync:

contacts, calendars, browser bookmarks, and notes Â

iOS apps Â

music, movies, and other iTunes content Â

photos and videos Â

By default, syncing occurs whenever you connect iPod touch to your computer.

You can also congure iPod touch to access accounts with online service providers

such as MobileMe, Microsoft Exchange, Google, Yahoo!, and others. Your information on those services is synced over the air.

Syncing Accounts

MobileMe, Microsoft Exchange, Google, Yahoo!, and other online service providers sync information—which might include contacts, calendars, browser bookmarks, and notes (iPod touch 3rd generation or later)—via your Wi-Fi Internet connection (over the air), so that you don’t have to connect iPod touch to your computer. Syncing notes over the air is available on iPod touch 3rd generation or later.

Some service providers—including MobileMe and Microsoft Exchange—push information updates. This means that syncing happens whenever any information is changed. The Push setting in Fetch New Data must be turned on (it’s on by default). Other providers sync by periodically “fetching” changes that have occurred. Use the Fetch setting to determine how frequently this happens. See “Fetch New Data” on page 169 .

For information about setting up accounts on iPod touch, see “Adding Mail, Contacts, and Calendar Accounts” on page 19 .

Syncing with iTunes

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

Music Â

Movies Â

TV Shows Â

Games and apps downloaded from the App Store Â

Music videos Â

Podcasts Â

Books and audiobooks Â

iTunes U collections Â

Photos and videos (in your computer’s photo application or folder) Â

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

Calendars—appointments and events Â

Notes Â

Email account settings Â

Webpage bookmarks Â

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

Music, audiobooks, podcasts, books, iTunes U collections, videos, and apps are synced from your iTunes library. If you don’t already have content in iTunes, the iTunes Store (not available in all countries or regions) makes it easy to preview 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, notes, 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. Notes and webpage bookmarks are also synced both ways. Photos and videos can be synced from an application or from a folder.

Email account settings are synced only 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 “Adding Mail, Contacts, and Calendar Accounts.”

Purchases you make on iPod touch in the iTunes Store or the App Store are synced back to your iTunes library. You can also purchase or download content and apps from the iTunes Store on your computer, and then sync them to iPod touch.

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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 should be logged in to your own user account on your computer

before connecting iPod touch.

Set up iTunes syncing:

1 Connect iPod touch to your computer, and open iTunes.

2 In iTunes, select iPod touch in the Devices list.

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

See the following section for descriptions of the panes.

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

By default, “Open iTunes when this iPod touch 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.

Note: Buttons for additional panes may appear in iTunes, depending on the types of content in your iTunes library.

Summary Pane

Select “Open iTunes when this iPod touch 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, see “Automatic iTunes Syncing” on page 50.

Select “Sync only checked songs and videos” if you want iTunes to skip unchecked items in your iTunes library when syncing.

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Select “Convert higher bit rate songs to 128 kbps AAC” if you want iTunes to convert

larger audio les to the standard iTunes audio format during syncing.

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

and Video settings panes. See “Manually Managing Content” on page 51.

Select “Encrypt iPod backup” if you want to encrypt the information stored on your computer when iTunes makes a backup. Encrypted backups are indicated by a lock icon, and a password is required to restore the information to iPod touch. See “Backing Up iPod touch” on page 205.

Click Congure Universal Access to turn on Accessibility features (iPod touch 3rd

generation or later). See Chapter 27, “ Accessibility,” on page 18 9.

Apps Pane

Use the Apps Pane to sync App Store apps, arrange apps on the iPod touch Home screen, or copy documents between iPod touch and your computer.

Select “Automatically sync new apps” to sync new apps to iPod touch that you downloaded or synced from another device. If you delete an app on iPod touch, you can reinstall it from the Apps pane as long as it was previously synced.

You can create documents on iPod touch with apps that support le sharing, and then

copy those documents to your computer. You can also copy documents from your computer to iPod touch, and use them with apps that support le sharing. See “File Sharing” on page 52.

Music, Movies, TV Shows, Podcasts, iTunes U, and Books Panes

Use these panes to specify the media you want to sync. You can sync all music, movies, TV shows, podcasts, iTunes U collections, books and audiobooks, or select the content you want.

If you create a playlist folder (collection of playlists) in iTunes, the folder and its playlists will be synced to iPod touch. You can’t create playlist folders directly on iPod touch.

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.

If you want to watch a rented movie from your computer on iPod touch, sync it to iPod touch using the Movies pane in iTunes.

Only songs and videos encoded in formats that iPod touch supports are synced to iPod touch. For information about which formats iPod touch supports, go to www.apple.com/ipodtouch/specs.html.

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

the next time you sync.

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Photos Pane

On a Mac, you can sync photos with Aperture or iPhoto 4.0.3 or later, and videos with iPhoto 5 or later. On a PC, you can sync photos with Adobe Photoshop Elements 8.0 or later. You can also sync photos and videos from any folder on your Mac or PC 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, Yahoo! Address Book, and Google Contacts on a Mac, or with Yahoo! Address Book, Google Contacts, Windows Address Book (Outlook Express), Windows Contacts (Vista and Windows 7), or Microsoft Outlook 2003, 2007, or 2010 on a PC. (On a Mac, you can sync contacts with multiple applications. On a PC, you can sync contacts with 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 on a Mac, or from Microsoft Outlook 2003, 2007, or 2010 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.)

Web Browser Â

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

Notes Â

Sync notes in the Notes app on iPod touch with notes in Mail on a Mac or with Microsoft Outlook 2003, 2007, or 2010 on a PC.

Mail Accounts Â

You can sync email account settings from Mail on a Mac, and from Microsoft Outlook 2003, 2007, or 2010 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.

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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Automatic iTunes Syncing

By default, iPod touch syncs whenever you connect it to iTunes. You can prevent iPod touch from syncing when you connect iPod touch to a computer other than the one you usually sync with.

Turn o automatic syncing for iPod touch:

1 Connect iPod touch to your computer.

2 In iTunes, select iPod touch in the Devices list, then click Summary at the top of

the screen.

3 Deselect “Open iTunes when this iPod touch is connected.”

When automatic syncing is turned o, you can still sync by clicking the Sync button.

Prevent automatic syncing for all iPods, iPhones, and iPads:

1 In iTunes, choose iTunes > Preferences (on a Mac) or Edit > Preferences (on a PC).

2 Click Devices, then select “Prevent iPods, iPhones, and iPads from syncing automatically.”

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

Prevent automatic syncing one time, without changing settings: Open iTunes, connect iPod touch to your computer, then 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 bottom-right corner of the window. Or, if you’ve changed any sync settings, click Apply.

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Manually Managing Content

The manually managing feature lets you choose just the music, videos, 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 Summary at the top of the screen 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 (Mac) or Control-click (Windows) 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 iPod touch in the iTunes sidebar, and click its disclosure triangle to show 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.

Note: Genius does not work if you manually manage content. See “Using Genius on iPod touch” on page 59.

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 Apple account. To authorize the computer, open iTunes on the computer and choose Store > Authorize Computer.

Transfer purchased content: Connect iPod touch to the other computer. In iTunes, choose File > Transfer Purchases from iPod touch.

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File Sharing

File Sharing lets you transfer les between iPod touch and your computer. You can share les created with a compatible app and saved in a supported format.

Apps that support le sharing appear in the File Sharing Apps list in iTunes. For

each app, the Files list shows the documents that are on iPod touch. See the app’s

documentation for how it shares les; not all apps support this feature.

Transfer a le from iPod touch to your computer:

1 Connect iPod touch to your computer.

2 In iTunes, select iPod touch in the Devices list, then click Apps at the top of the screen.

3 In the File Sharing section, select an app from the list on the left.

4 On the right, select the le you want to transfer, then click “Save to” and choose a

destination on your computer.

Transfer a le from your computer to iPod touch:

1 Connect iPod touch to your computer.

2 In iTunes, select iPod touch in the Devices list, then click Apps at the top of the screen.

3 In the File Sharing section, click Add.

4 Select a le, then click Choose (Mac) or OK (PC).

The le is transferred to your device and can be opened using an app that supports that le type. To transfer more than one le, select each additional le.

Delete a le from iPod touch: Select the le in the Files list, then tap Delete.

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Music and Videos

Use the Music and Videos apps to enjoy your favorite music, widescreen videos, and

more. Browse your content on iPod touch by playlist, artists, songs, videos, or other categories, or browse your album artwork using Cover Flow.

Getting Music, Videos, and More

There are two ways to get music, videos, and other content onto iPod touch:

Transfer music, videos, and more onto iPod touch by syncing content from iTunes Â

on your computer. You can sync all of your media, or you can select specic songs,

videos, podcasts, and iTunes U collections. See “Syncing with iTunes” on page 46.

Use the iTunes Store on iPod touch to purchase and download songs, albums, TV Â shows, movies, music videos, and audiobooks directly to iPod touch. You can also stream and download audio and video podcasts, as well as iTunes U content. After listening to a podcast or watching a TV show, you can tap a built-in link to get more episodes from the iTunes Store. See Chapter 21, “iTunes Store,” on page 140.

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 your album artwork.

You can listen to audio from the internal speaker, headphones attached to the headphones port, or Bluetooth stereo headphones paired wirelessly. When headphones are attached or paired, 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 and Other Audio

Next/Fast-forward

Play/Pause

Track List

Back

VolumePrevious/

Rewind

You can browse content on iPod touch by playlists, artists, songs, videos, and other categories, or browse your album artwork using Cover Flow. Playlist folders, which you can sync from iTunes, let you organize playlists into groups.

Browse your collection: Tap Playlists, Artists, or Songs. Tap More to browse Albums, Audiobooks, Compilations, Composers, Genres, iTunes U, Podcasts, or Videos.

You can replace the browse buttons at the bottom of the screen with buttons you use more frequently. See “Changing the Browse Buttons” on page 66.

Get more podcast episodes: Tap Podcasts (tap More rst, if Podcasts isn’t visible), then

tap a podcast to see a list of episodes. Tap “Get More Episodes…” to see a list of more episodes in the iTunes Store.

Browse Genius Mixes: Tap Genius (tap More rst, if Genius isn’t visible). If Genius

doesn’t appear, you need to turn on Genius in iTunes, and then sync iPod touch with iTunes. See “Using Genius on iPod touch” on page 59.

Play a song: Tap the song.

Shake to shue: Shake iPod touch to turn shue on and change songs. Shake

anytime to change to another song.

You can turn Shake to Shue on or o in Settings > Music (it’s on by default). See “” on

page 166.

Controlling Audio Playback

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

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Pause a song Tap .

Resume playback Tap .

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

iPod touch.

Restart a song or a chapter in an audiobook or podcast

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

Go to the previous song or chapter in an audiobook or podcast

Rewind or fast-forward Touch and hold or . The longer you hold the control,

Return to the iPod browse lists Tap , or swipe to the right over the album artwork.

Return to the Now Playing screen Tap Now Playing.

Display a song’s lyrics Tap the album artwork when playing a song. (Lyrics appear if

Tap .

Tap twice.

the faster the song rewinds or fast-forwards.

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

Display audio playback controls from another app or from the Lock screen (iPod touch 3rd generation or later): Double-click the Home button, then ick from

left to right along the bottom of the screen.

The controls operate the currently playing app, or the most recent app that played, if the audio is paused. The icon for the active app appears on the right. You can tap the icon to open the app.

If iPod touch is locked and music is playing, double-click the Home button.

Note: On iPod touch 2nd generation, if you’re listening to music while using another app, or if iPod touch is locked, you can display the playback controls by double-clicking the Home button.

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Additional Audio Controls

Repeat

Shuffle

Genius

Scrubber bar

Playhead

To display additional controls, tap the album artwork on the Now Playing screen.

The repeat, Genius, and shue controls appear along with the scrubber bar. 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.

The scrubber bar lets you skip to any point along the timeline. You can adjust the scrub rate from high-speed to ne by sliding your nger down as you drag the

playhead along the scrubber bar.

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. Slide your nger

down to adjust the scrub rate. The scrub rate becomes slower the farther down you slide your nger.

Make a Genius playlist Tap . The Genius playlist appears, with buttons that let you

create a new Genius playlist, refresh the current one, or save the playlist. See “Using Genius on iPod touch” on page 59.

Set iPod touch to shue songs Tap . 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.

Shue the tracks in any playlist,

album, or other list of songs

Hide lyrics In Settings, choose Music, then turn Lyrics & Podcast Info o.

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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Podcast and Audiobook Controls

Scrubber bar

Playhead

Playback speed

30-second repeatEmail

Additional controls and information appear on the Now Playing screen when you begin playback.

The email, 30-second repeat, and playback speed controls appear along with the scrubber bar. You can see elapsed time, remaining time, and the episode or chapter number.

The scrubber bar lets you skip to any point along the timeline. You can adjust the scrub rate from high-speed to ne by sliding your nger down as you drag the

playhead along the scrubber bar.

Send an email link to this podcast Tap .

Skip to any point Drag the playhead along the scrubber bar. Slide your nger

down to adjust the scrub rate. The scrub rate becomes slower the farther down you slide your nger.

Play back the last 30 seconds Tap .

Set the playback speed Tap . Tap again to change the speed.

= Play at double speed. = Play at half speed. = Play at normal speed.

Show or hide the controls Tap in the center of the screen.

Hide podcast information In Settings, choose Music, then turn Lyrics & Podcast Info o.

Using Voice Control with iPod

You can use Voice Control (iPod touch 3rd generation or later) to control music playback on iPod touch.

Note: iPod touch 3rd generation requires the Apple Earphones with Remote and Mic or a compatible accessory with microphone. Voice Control may not be available in all languages.

Use Voice Control: Press and hold the Home button until the Voice Control screen appears and you hear a beep. Then use the commands described below to play songs.

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Control music playback Say “play” or “play music.” To pause, say “pause” or “pause

music.” You can also say “next song” or “previous song.”

Play an album, artist, or playlist Say “play,” then say “album,” “artist,” or “playlist” and the name.

Shue the current playlist Say “shue.”

Find out more about the currently playing song

Use Genius to play similar songs Say “Genius,” “play more like this,” or “play more songs like this.”

Cancel Voice Control Say “cancel” or “stop.”

Say “what’s playing,” “what song is this,” “who sings this song,” or “who is this song by.”

Browsing Album Artwork 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.

Browse album artwork Drag left or right.

See the tracks on an album Tap the album artwork or .

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

Return to the artwork Tap the title bar. Or tap again.

Play or pause the current song Tap or .

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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: On the Now Playing screen, tap . Tap a track to play it. Tap the album artwork 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 nger across the rating bar to give the song zero to ve stars.

Searching Audio Content

You can search the titles, artists, albums, and composers of songs, podcasts, and other content you’ve synced to iPod touch.

Search music: Enter text in the search eld at the top of a song list, playlist, artist list,

or other view of your iPod content. ( Tap the status bar to scroll quickly to the top of a

list and reveal the search eld.)

Search results appear as you type. Tap Search to dismiss the keyboard and see more of the results.

Audio content is included in searches from the Home screen. See “Searching” on page 38.

Using Genius on iPod touch

Genius nds songs in your iTunes library that go great together. A Genius playlist is a

collection of songs that are picked for you to go with a song you choose from your library. A Genius Mix is a selection of songs of the same kind of music. Genius Mixes are recreated each time you listen to them, so they’re always new and fresh.

You can create Genius playlists in iTunes and sync them to iPod touch. You can also create and save Genius playlists directly on iPod touch.

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Genius Mixes are created automatically for you by iTunes. iTunes creates dierent

mixes depending on the variety of music you have in your iTunes library. For example, you may have Genius Mixes that highlight R&B songs, or Alternative Rock songs.

To use Genius on iPod touch, rst turn on Genius in iTunes, then sync iPod touch with

iTunes. Genius Mixes are synced automatically, unless you manually manage your music and choose which mixes you want to sync in iTunes. Genius is a free service, but it requires an Apple account.

When you sync a Genius Mix, iTunes may select and sync songs from your library that

you haven’t specically chosen to sync.

Browse Genius Mixes: Tap Genius (tap More rst, if Genius isn’t visible). The number of

dots at the bottom of the screen shows the number of mixes you’ve synced from iTunes, and indicates which mix you’re viewing. Flick left or right to access your other mixes.

Play a Genius Mix: Tap the mix or tap .

Make a Genius playlist on iPod touch:

1 Tap Playlists (tap More rst, if Playlists isn’t visible), then tap Genius Playlist.

2 Tap a song in the list. Genius creates a playlist with additional songs that go great with

that song.

You can also make a Genius playlist of songs that go great with the song you’re playing. Tap the album artwork on the Now Playing screen 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 syncs back to iTunes the next time you connect.

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

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Refreshing a playlist creates a playlist of dierent songs that go great with 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.

Make a Genius playlist using a dierent song: Tap Genius Playlist, then tap New and pick a song.

Delete a saved Genius playlist: Tap the Genius playlist, then tap Delete.

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 Playlists

You can create and edit your own playlists on iPod touch. You can also edit playlists synced from iTunes on your computer.

Make a playlist:

1 Tap Playlists (tap More rst, if Playlists isn’t visible), then tap “Add Playlist…”

2 Type a name for your playlist, then tap Save.

3 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.

4 When you nish, tap Done.

When you make a playlist and then sync iPod touch to your computer, the playlist is synced to your iTunes library.

Edit a playlist:

1 Tap Playlists (tap More rst, if Playlists isn’t visible), then tap the playlist you want to edit.

2 Tap Edit, then do one of the following:

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

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

song from a playlist doesn’t delete it from iPod touch.

Â To add more songs, tap .

3 When you nish, tap Done.

When you edit a playlist and then sync iPod touch to your computer, the playlist is synced to your iTunes library.

Delete a playlist: In Playlists, tap the playlist you want to delete, then tap Delete (scroll

to the top of the list to reveal the Delete button). Conrm by tapping Delete Playlist.

Clear a playlist: In Playlists, tap the playlist you want to clear, then tap Clear (scroll to

the top of the list to reveal the Clear button). Conrm by tapping Clear Playlist.

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Videos

Playhead

Scrubber bar

Play/Pause

Next/Fastforward

Scale

Restart/Rewind

Volume

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 (tap More rst, if Videos isn’t visible), then tap the video.

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

Get more podcast or TV show episodes: Tap Videos (tap More rst, if Videos isn’t

visible), then tap a podcast or TV show to see a list of episodes. Tap “Get More Episodes…” to see a list of more episodes in the iTunes Store.

Controlling Video Playback

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

The scrubber bar lets you skip to any point along the timeline. You can adjust the scrub rate by sliding your nger down as you drag the playhead along the scrubber bar.

Pause a video Tap .

Resume playback Tap .

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 if the video doesn’t contain chapters.

Skip to the next chapter (if available)

Go to the previous chapter (if available)

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Tap .

Start playing at a specic chapter

(if available)

Rewind or fast-forward Touch and hold or .

Skip to any point in a video Drag the playhead along the scrubber bar. Slide your nger

Stop watching a video before it

nishes playing

Scale a video to ll the screen or t

to the screen

Select an alternate audio language (if available)

Show or hide subtitles (if available) Tap , then choose a language, or O, from the Subtitles list.

Tap , then choose a chapter from the list.

down to adjust the scrub rate. The scrub rate becomes slower the farther down you slide your nger.

Tap Done. Or press the Home button.

Tap to make the video ll the screen. Tap to make

it t the screen. You can also double-tap the video to switch 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.

Tap , then choose a language from the Audio list.

Searching for Videos

You can search the titles of movies, TV shows, and video podcasts you’ve synced to iPod touch.

Search for a video: Enter text in the search eld at the top of the list of videos.

Search results appear as you type. Tap Search to dismiss the keyboard and see more of the results.

Video content is included in searches from the Home screen. See “Searching” on page 38.

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Watching Rented Movies and TV Shows

You can rent movies from the iTunes Store and watch them on iPod touch. You can download rented movies and TV shows directly to iPod touch, or transfer movies from iTunes on your computer to iPod touch. (Rented movies and TV shows may not be available in all countries or regions.)

See “Purchasing or Renting Videos” on page 14 4 .

A movie or TV show must be completely downloaded before you can start watching it. You can pause a download and resume it later.

Rented movies and TV shows expire after a certain time, and once you start a movie or

TV show you have a limited amount of time to nish watching it. The time remaining

appears near the title. Rented items are automatically deleted when they expire. Before renting a movie or TV show, check the iTunes Store for the rental period.

View a rented movie or TV show: Tap Videos (tap More rst, if Videos isn’t visible),

then select the movie or TV show.

On iPod touch 2nd generation and iPod touch 3rd generation, you can transfer rented movies between iPod touch and your computer. On iPod touch 4th generation, you can transfer rented movies between iPod touch and your computer only if they were rented in iTunes on your computer. Movies rented on iPod touch 4th generation cannot be transferred to your computer.

Transfer a rented movie between iPod touch and your computer:

1 Connect iPod touch to your computer.

2 In iTunes, select iPod touch in the Devices list, then click Movies.

3 Click Move next to the item you want to transfer, then click Apply.

Your computer must be connected to the Internet.

Watching Videos on a TV

You can connect iPod touch to your TV and watch your videos on the large 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 that lets you control playback from a distance.

Apple cables and docks are available for purchase separately. Go to www.apple.com/ipodstore (may not be available in all countries or regions) or check with your local Apple retailer.

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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.

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.

Deleting a video from iPod touch (other than a rented movie or TV show) doesn’t delete the video from your iTunes library. It may reappear on iPod touch if the video in iTunes is still set to sync.

Important: If you delete a rented movie or TV show from iPod touch, it’s 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 app, and then locks itself.

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Changing the Browse Buttons

You can replace the browse buttons at the bottom of the screen with buttons you use more frequently. For example, if you often listen to podcasts, you can replace the Songs 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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FaceTime

About FaceTime

FaceTime lets you make video calls over Wi-Fi. Use the front camera to talk face-to-face, or the main camera to share what you see around you.

To use FaceTime, you need an iPod touch 4th generation and a Wi-Fi Internet connection. For help, see “Connecting to the Internet” on page 19. The person you’re calling must also have a Wi-Fi Internet connection, no matter whether they have an iPod touch 4th generation or an iPhone 4.

Note: FaceTime may not be available in all countries or regions.

Signing In

To sign in to FaceTime, you need an Apple ID. If you already have an iTunes Store account, MobileMe account, or other Apple account, you can use that Apple ID with FaceTime. If you don’t have an Apple account, you can create a new one when you open FaceTime.

You don’t need to sign in and sign out every time you use FaceTime. Once you’ve signed in, you go right to your contacts when you open FaceTime.

1 Open FaceTime, enter your Apple ID and password, then tap Sign In. If you don’t

already have an Apple account, you can tap Create New Account and set one up now.

2 On the Location screen, choose your current region and tap Next.

3 On the FaceTime screen, enter the email address others should use to call you in

FaceTime, then tap Next. If this is the rst time you’ve used this address for FaceTime, you may need to check for new email in that account and reply to the conrmation

message from Apple. (If you’ve already added the account to Mail on your iPod touch,

verication is automatic.)

Now you can choose a contact and start a FaceTime call, and others can call you using the email address you provided. If you use more than one email address, you can add the others, as described below.

Create a new account:

1 Open FaceTime and tap Create New Account.

2 Enter your account information on the New Account screeen, then tap Next. The email

address you enter will be the Apple ID for the new account.

3 On the Location screen, choose your current region and tap Next.

4 On the FaceTime screen, enter the email address you want others to use to call you,

then tap Next. This address doesn’t need to be the same as the address you entered for your account ID, but it must be a working email address.

5 Reply to the conrmation email sent from Apple to the email address you entered in

the previous step.

If you have more than one email address, you can let people call you using any of them.

Add email addresses: Choose Settings > FaceTime, then tap Add Another Email.

Sign out: Choose Settings > FaceTime, then tap Account. You don’t need to sign out of

FaceTime—just sign in once, and open FaceTime later without being asked to sign in

again. You can’t receive FaceTime calls while you’re signed out.

Change FaceTime settings: Choose Settings > FaceTime. See “FaceTime” on page 167.

Chapter 6 FaceTime

Making a Call

To make a FaceTime call, choose someone from your contacts, favorites, or list of recent calls. Buttons at the bottom of the FaceTime screen give you quick access to all three.

Connect with a contact: Tap Contacts, choose a name, then tap FaceTime. If you don’t see the FaceTime button, make sure FaceTime is turned on in Settings.

Add a contact: Tap Contacts, tap , then enter the person’s name and their email address or phone number. Enter an email address for someone using an iPod touch, or enter a phone number for someone using an iPhone 4. For a contact who’s outside your region, be sure to enter the complete number, including country code and area code—for example, +1 (408) 555-0125 in the United States.

Restart a recent call: Tap Recents, then choose a name or number.

Connect with a favorite: Tap Favorites, then tap a name in the list.

While You’re Talking

While talking to someone in FaceTime, you can switch cameras, change camera orientation, mute your microphone, move your picture-in-picture display, open

another application, and nally, end your call.

Switch between the front and main cameras: Tap .

Change camera orientation: Rotate iPod touch. The image your friend sees changes

to match.

To avoid unwanted orientation changes as you move the camera around, lock iPod touch in portrait orientation. See “Viewing in Portrait or Landscape Orientation” on page 26.

Chapter 6 FaceTime

Mute your microphone: Tap . Your friend can still see you, and you can still see and

hear your friend.

Move your picture-in-picture display: Drag the small window to any corner.

Use another application during a call: Press the Home button, then tap an

application icon. You can still talk with your friend, but you can’t see each other. To return to the video, tap the green bar at the top of the screen.

End the call: Tap .

Chapter 6 FaceTime

Camera

About Camera

With iPod touch 4th generation, you can capture photos and video wherever you go.

iPod touch 4th generation has a main camera that takes photos and high-denition

video, and a front camera that lets you make FaceTime video calls and take photos and videos of yourself.

The main camera is on the back of iPod touch. You use the screen to control the camera and to see the photo or video you’re taking. You can tap anywhere on the screen to set the exposure based on that part of the image.

If you have a Wi-Fi connection and location services is turned on, photos and videos are tagged with location data. You can use location data with some apps and photosharing websites to track and post where you took the photos. For example, the Photos app organizes photos by places.

Note: If location services is turned o when you open Camera, you may be asked to

turn it on. If you don’t want to include location data with your photos and videos, you can use Camera without turning on location services. See “Location Services” on page 15 9.

Taking Photos and Recording Videos

Camera/Video switch

Exposure area

Switch cameras

Zoom

Thumbnail of last shot

Tap to take photo

Taking photos and recording videos with iPod touch is as easy as point and tap.

Take a photo: Aim iPod touch and tap .

Make sure the Camera/Video switch is set to .

When you take a photo or start a video recording, iPod touch makes a shutter sound. You can use the volume buttons on the side of the iPod touch to control the volume of the shutter sound.

Record a video: Slide the Camera/Video switch to , then tap to start recording. The record button blinks while Camera is recording. Tap again to stop recording.

Tap the screen to bring up the camera controls.

Change the exposure: Tap where you want to set the exposure. Camera adjusts the exposure for the selected area of the image. In camera mode, tapping also displays the zoom control at the bottom of the screen.

Zoom in or out: Tap the screen, then drag the slider at the bottom of the screen to zoom in or out (main camera, in camera mode only).

Switch between the main and front cameras: Tap in the upper-right corner of the screen.

Review a photo or video you’ve just taken: Tap the thumbnail of your last shot, in the lower-left corner of the screen.

Use the left and right arrows at the bottom of the screen to review other photos and

videos in the Camera Roll, or just ick left or right. Tap Done to return to camera or

video mode. If you don’t see the controls, tap the screen to display them.

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Delete a photo or video: Tap . If you don’t see , tap the screen to display the controls.

Take a screenshot: Quickly press and release the On/O Sleep/Wake and Home

buttons at the same time. A ash of the screen lets you know the screenshot was

taken. The screenshot is added to the Camera Roll album.

Viewing and Sharing Photos and Videos

The photos and videos you take with Camera are saved in the Camera Roll album on iPod touch. You can view the Camera Roll album from either Camera or Photos.

View photos and videos in the Camera Roll album: In Camera, tap the thumbnail image in the lower-left corner of the screen. In Photos, tap the Camera Roll album. Tap

the left or right button, or ick left or right to ip through the photos and videos.

When viewing a photo or video in the Camera Roll album, tap the screen to display the controls.

For more information about viewing and sharing photos and videos, see:

“ Â Viewing Photos and Videos” on page 76

“ Â Sharing Photos and Videos” on page 78

Trimming Videos

You can trim the frames from the beginning and end of a video that you just recorded,

or any other video in the Camera Roll album. You can replace the original video or save the trimmed version as a new video clip.

Trim a video:

1 While viewing a video, tap the screen to display the controls.

2 Drag either end of the frame viewer at the top of the video, then tap Trim.

3 Tap Trim Original or “Save as New Clip.”

Important: If you choose Trim Original, the trimmed frames are permanently deleted

from the original video. If you choose “Save as New Clip,” a new trimmed video clip is

saved in the Camera Roll album and the original video is unaected.

Chapter 7 Camera

Uploading Photos and Videos to Your Computer

You can upload the photos and videos you take with Camera to photo applications on your computer, such as iPhoto on a Mac.

Upload photos and videos to your computer: Connect iPod touch to your computer.

Â Mac: Select the photos and videos you want and click the Import or Download

button in iPhoto or other supported photo application on your computer.

Â PC: Follow the instructions that came with your photo application.

If you delete the photos and videos from iPod touch when you upload them to your computer, they’re removed from the Camera Roll album. You can use the Photos settings pane in iTunes to sync photos and videos (videos can be synced with Macs only) to the Photos app on iPod touch. See “iPod touch Settings Panes in iTunes” on page 47.

Chapter 7 Camera

Photos

About Photos

iPod touch lets you carry photos and videos with you, so you can share them with your family, friends, and associates. You can sync photos and videos from your computer, view photos and videos taken with iPod touch, and use photos as wallpaper. You can also send photos and videos in email messages, and upload photos and videos to MobileMe galleries.

Note: Video and camera features are available on iPod touch 4th generation.

Syncing Photos and Videos with Your Computer

iTunes can sync your photos and videos with the following applications:

Â Mac: iPhoto 4.0.3 or later (syncing videos requires iPhoto 5 or later), or Aperture

(photos only)

Â PC: Adobe Photoshop Elements 8.0 or later (photos only)

You can also sync photos and videos from any folder on your computer that contains images. See “Syncing with iTunes” on page 46.

iPod touch supports H.264 and MPEG-4 video formats, with AAC audio. If you are having trouble syncing a video to iPod touch, you might be able to use iTunes to create an iPod touch version of the video.

Create an iPod touch version of a video:

1 Copy the video to your iTunes library.

2 In iTunes, select Movies in the Library list and select the video you want to sync.

3 Choose Advanced > “Create iPod or iPhone Version.”

For more information, go to support.apple.com/kb/HT1211.

Viewing Photos and Videos

Photos and videos you take with iPod touch 4th generation, sync from your computer, or save from an email can be viewed in Photos. If you sync photos with iPhoto 8.0 (part of iLife ‘09) or later, you can view your photos and videos by the events and faces

you’ve identied. You can also see the places where your photos and videos were

taken if they’re tagged with location data.

View photos and videos:

1 In Photos, tap a photo album. Tap the buttons at the bottom of the screen to view

your photos and videos by albums, events, faces, or places if available.

Photos are sorted by creation date. If you tap Places, a map shows each location that you’ve tagged photos from. Tap a pin, then tap to see your photos and videos from that location.

2 Tap a thumbnail to see the photo or video in full screen.

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

Tap again to hide the controls.

Play a video: Tap in the center of the screen.

To replay a video, tap at the bottom of the screen. If you don’t see , tap the screen to show the controls.

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

or video rotates automatically and, if it’s in widescreen format, expands to t the screen.

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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.

View video in full screen, or t video to screen: Double tap the screen to scale the

video to ll the screen. Double-tap again to t the video to the screen.

Pan around a photo: Drag the photo.

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

the controls, then tap or .

Deleting Photos and Videos

You can delete photos and videos from Camera Roll on iPod touch (or from Saved Photos in iPod touch 3rd generation or earlier).

Delete photos and videos:

1 Tap in the upper-right corner of the screen.

2 Tap to select the photos and videos you want to delete.

The Delete button indicates the number of items you select.

3 Tap Delete.

Chapter 8 Photos

Slideshows

You can view a photo album as a slideshow, complete with background music.

View a photo album as a slideshow: Tap an album, then tap .

Videos play automatically when they appear during the slideshow.

Stop a slideshow: Tap the screen.

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

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

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

transition type.

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

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

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

Sharing Photos and Videos

You can send photos and videos in email messages, add photos and videos to MobileMe galleries, and publish videos to YouTube. You can also copy and paste photos and videos, save photos and videos from email messages to Photos, and save images from webpages to Photos.

Video sharing features are available only on iPod touch 4th generation.

Sending a Photo or Video in an Email Message

Send a photo or video in an email message:

1 Choose a photo or video and tap . If you don’t see , tap the screen to show

the controls.

2 Tap Email Photo/Video.

The photo or video appears in a new mail message window.

3 Compose your message, then tap Send.

4 If sending a photo, you may be asked if you want to reduce the message size by

scaling the image. Tap the size you want to use.

Send multiple photos or videos at the same time: When viewing thumbnails in an album, tap , then tap to select the photos you want to send, tap Share, and tap Email.

If necessary, iPod touch may compress the photo or video. To learn about taking photos and videos, see Chapter 7, “Camera,” on page 71.

Chapter 8 Photos

Copying and Pasting Photos and Videos

You can copy a photo or video from Photos and paste it in an email message. Some third-party apps may also support copying and pasting photos and videos.

Copy a photo or video: Hold your nger on the screen until the Copy button appears,

then tap Copy.

Copy multiple photos or videos:

1 Tap in the upper-right corner of the screen.

2 Tap to select the photos and videos you want to copy.

The Copy button indicates the number of items you select.

3 Tap Copy.

Paste a photo or video: Tap to place the insertion point where you want to place the

photo or video, then tap the insertion point and tap Paste.

Adding a Photo or Video to a MobileMe Gallery

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

Before you can add photos or videos to a gallery in your MobileMe account, you must:

Set up your MobileMe account on iPod touch Â

Publish a MobileMe gallery, and allow adding photos via email or iPod touch Â

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

For more information about creating a gallery and adding photos and videos to it, see MobileMe Help.

Add a photo or video to your gallery: Choose a photo or video and tap , then tap “Send to MobileMe.” Enter a title and description, if you like, then select the album to add the photo or video to and tap Publish.

If you don’t see , tap the screen to show the controls.

iPod touch tells you when the photo or video has been published, and gives you options to view it on MobileMe or email a link to a friend.

Adding a photo or video to someone else’s gallery: Choose a photo or video and tap

, then tap “Email Photo/Video.” Enter the album’s email address, then click Send.

Chapter 8 Photos

Publishing Videos to YouTube

If you have a YouTube account, you can publish videos directly from iPod touch 4th generation to YouTube. Some videos may not be transferable, depending on the length of the movie or other factors.

Publish a video to YouTube:

1 While viewing a video, tap , then tap “Send to YouTube.”

2 Sign in to your YouTube account.

3 Enter publishing information such as Title, Description, and Tags.

4 Tap Category to choose a category.

5 Tap Publish.

Saving Photos and Videos from Email Messages and Webpages

Note: The Camera Roll album is called Saved Photos on iPod touch 3rd generation and earlier.

Save a photo from an email message to your Camera Roll album: Tap the photo, then tap Save Image. If the photo hasn’t been downloaded yet, tap the download

notice rst.

Save a video from an email message to your Camera Roll album: Touch and hold the attachment, then tap Save Video. If the video hasn’t been downloaded yet, tap the

download notice rst.

Save a photo from a webpage to your Camera Roll album: Touch and hold the photo, then tap Save Image.

You can download the photos and videos in your Camera Roll album to your computer’s photo application by connecting iPod touch to your computer.

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 “Add Photo.”

Chapter 8 Photos

Wallpaper

You can set a photo as wallpaper for the Lock screen. On iPod touch 4th generation or later, you can also set wallpaper for your Home screen.

Set a photo as wallpaper (iPod touch 3rd generation or later):

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

2 Drag the photo to position it and pinch to zoom in or out, until it looks the way

you want.

3 Tap Set, then choose whether you want to use the photo as wallpaper for your Lock

Screen, Home screen, or both.

You can also choose from several wallpaper pictures included with iPod touch by choosing Settings > Wallpaper from the Home screen. See “Adding Wallpaper” on page 30.

Set a photo as wallpaper (iPod touch 2nd generation):

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

2 Drag the photo to position it and pinch 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 from the Home screen.

Chapter 8 Photos

Game Center

About Game Center

You can discover new games and share your game experiences with friends around

the world in Game Center. Invite your friends to play, or use auto-match to nd other

worthy opponents. Check leaderboards to see who the best players are. Earn bonus

points by achieving specic accomplishments in a game.

Note: Game Center may not be available in all countries or regions, and the available games may vary by country or region.

To use Game Center, you need an Internet connection and an Apple ID. If you already have an iTunes Store, MobileMe, or other Apple account, you can use that Apple ID with Game Center. If you don’t already have an Apple account, you can create a new one in Game Center, as described below.

Setting Up Game Center

When you rst open Game Center, you’re asked if you want to allow push notications. Notications include alerts, sounds, and icon badges that let you know about Game

Center events, even if you’re not currently using Game Center. For example, you might receive an alert that a friend has invited you to play a game.

Allow notications: Tap OK.

If you tap Don’t Allow, you won’t receive notications for Game Center. You can turn notications on at a later time if you want, and you can specify what kinds of notications you want to get.

Turn notications on or o: In Settings, choose Notications. Turning o Notications disables all notications for all apps.

Specify which notications you want for Game Center: In Settings, choose

Notications > Game Center, then congure the Sounds, Alerts, and Badges settings. If Game Center doesn’t appear, turn on Notications.

Set up Game Center information in your Apple account:

1 Sign in to your Apple account by entering your username and password and tapping

If you don’t have an Apple account, you can create one by tapping Create New Account.

2 Tap Agree to accept the Game Center Terms & Conditions.

3 Enter a nickname—the name others will see and know you by.

4 Congure your Game Center settings:

To allow other users to invite you to play a game, leave Allow Game Invites turned Â

on. Otherwise, tap to turn it o.

To allow other users to nd you by your email address, leave Find Me By Email Â turned on. Otherwise, tap to turn it o.

Verify your account email. You can enter a dierent address if you don’t want to Â use the one from the Apple account you used to sign in. To conrm this address as

yours, you’ll need to respond to the email that is sent to that address.

To add more email addresses that people can use to contact you in Game Center, Â tap Add Another Email.

5 Tap Next when your account is congured.

Change account settings:

1 Tap Me at the bottom of the screen, then tap your account banner.

2 Tap View Account.

3 Make your changes, then tap Done.

1 Tap Me, then tap the account banner at the bottom of the screen.

2 Tap Sign Out.

3 Enter the username and password for the account you want to use, then tap Sign In.

Chapter 9 Game Center

Games

Purchasing and Downloading Games

Games for the Game Center are available from the App Store. If you haven’t entered credit card information for your Apple account, you’ll be prompted to enter that information before you can purchase and download games.

Purchase and download games: Tap Games, then tap Find Game Center Games.

The Game Center section of App Store displays games that work with Game Center. You can browse this section, and purchase and download games from it, as you would for other apps in the App Store. See Chapter 22, “ App Store,” on page 148.

If you want to purchase a game that a friend has, tap the game on your friend’s info screen to go directly to that game in the App Store.

Playing Games

The Games screen displays the games you download from the iTunes Store. For each of the games, your number of achievements and your ranking among all the game’s players are displayed.

Get information about a game: Tap Games, then tap a game. If available, you can

display the game’s leaderboards, see your achievements for the game, and nd out

who’s recently played the game.

Play a game: Tap Games, choose a game, then tap Play.

Depending on the game, the home screen may provide instructions or other information, and let you view leaderboards and achievements, set game options, and start a single or multiplayer game. To play against others, you can either invite a friend

or use auto-match to have Game Center nd other players for you. For information

about making friends in Game Center, see “Friends” on page 88.

For multiplayer games, you can also send a game invitation from the Friends screen.

Chapter 9 Game Center

Invite a friend to a multiplayer game from the Friends screen:

1 Tap Friends at the bottom of the screen.

2 Choose a friend.

3 Choose a game and tap Play.

If the game allows or requires additional players, you can choose players to invite, then tap Next.

4 Enter and send your invitation, then wait for the others to accept.

5 Start the game.

If a friend isn’t available or doesn’t respond to your invitation, you can tap Auto-Match

to have Game Center nd another player for you, or tap Invite Friend to try inviting

some other friend.

Other players may invite you to play the game.

Respond to an invitation to play a game: Tap Accept or Decline in the alert that appears.

You can disable multiplayer games in Restrictions. See “Restrictions” on page 161. You

can prevent other players from inviting you to play games by turning o Allow Game

Invites in Game Center settings. See “Your Status and Account Information” on page 90.

Return to Game Center: Press the Home button, then tap Game Center on the Home screen.

On iPod touch 3rd generation or later, you can also press the Home button twice quickly and choose Game Center from your recent apps.

Chapter 9 Game Center

Leaderboards

Some games provide one or more leaderboards to show the ranking of the game’s players, with their scores, times, or other measures of the players’ success.

See a game’s leaderboard: Tap Games, then choose the game and tap Leaderboard.

You may also be able to view leaderboards from within a game.

If a game has variations (such as Easy, Normal, and Hard), the Categories screen lets you choose the leaderboard for the game in general, or for one of the variations.

The leaderboard shows the ranking of your friends, and of all players. You may be able

to view leaderboard stats for a specic time period, such as today, this week, or all time.

Rotate iPod touch to see a leaderboard in landscape orientation.

Start playing a game from the leaderboard: Tap Play in the upper-right corner.

Chapter 9 Game Center

Achievements

Some games reward you with bonus points for specic achievements.

See the possible achievements for a game: Tap Games, choose a game, then tap Achievements.

For each achievement, Game Center shows how many bonus points are awarded, and whether you’ve completed the achievement. The total points awarded for your

achievements appear at the top. You can get bonus points for a specic achievement

only once.

You may also be able to view achievements from within a game.

Recently Played

Some games let you see which of your friends have recently played the game.

See who’s recently played a game: Tap Games, tap a game, then tap Recently Played.

Get information about a player: Tap a player’s name in the list.

Chapter 9 Game Center

Friends

Game Center puts you in contact with players around the world. You add friends to Game Center by making a request, or by accepting a request from another player.

Add a friend to Game Center:

1 Tap Friends or Requests.

2 Tap +, then enter a friend’s email address or Game Center nickname.

Matching addresses and names from your contacts appear as you type. Tap a contact to include that person in your request. Tap to browse your contacts.

To add several friends at once, enter additional contacts.

3 Enter a message for your request, then tap Send.

In order to become a friend, a person must accept your request.

Other players might send you a request. If you receive an alert, you can accept the request from there, or close it and respond to the request later from the Request screen. A badge on the Requests button indicates the number of outstanding friend requests.

Respond to a friend request: Tap Requests, tap the name of the person making the request, then tap Accept, Ignore, or Report a Problem.

When a player accepts another player’s request, they each become the other’s friend. Friends’ names appear on the Friends screen.

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Get information about a friend: Tap the friend’s name.

Search for a friend: Tap the status bar to scroll to the top of the screen, then tap the

search eld and start typing. Friends who match your search appear as you type.

A friend’s info page shows how many friends (including you) the person has, the

number of dierent games your friend has played, and how many achievements your

friend has completed. The info screen may also show:

The games you’ve played together Â

The games you have in common Â

Other games your friend has Â

You can tap a game in any of the lists to see your position and your friend’s position on the overall leaderboard, and your respective accomplishments for the game.

Invite a friend to play a game: Tap Friends, tap the friend’s name, tap a game, then tap Play. See “Playing Games” on page 84.

Remove a friend: Tap Friends, tap a name, then tap Unfriend and tap Remove.

If a player has become oensive or is otherwise exhibiting inappropriate behavior, you can report the problem.

Report a problem with a friend: Tap Friends, tap the friend’s name, then tap “Report a Problem.” Describe the problem, then tap Report to send the report.

If you turn o Multi Player Games in Settings, you can’t send or receive a invitations to

play games. See “Restrictions” on page 161.

Chapter 9 Game Center

Your Status and Account Information

The Me screen summarizes information about your friends, your games, and your achievements.

The text eld in the center of the screen lets you enter your current status message.

Your status appears along with your nickname in other players’ Friends screens.

Change your status: Tap the status eld and use the keyboard to enter or update your status.

View your account information: Tap the account banner, then tap View Account.

You can change or update the following settings:

Nickname Â

Allow game invites Â

Find Me By Email Â

Your mail address for Game Center Â

Additional email addresses Â

When you nish, tap Done.

You can also sign out and sign in to a dierent account, or create a new account.

Sign out: Tap the account banner, then tap Sign Out.

To sign in to another account, enter your username and password, then tap Sign In. To create a new account, tap Create New Account and follow the onscreen instructions.

Chapter 9 Game Center

Mail

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

To download and send messages in Mail, iPod touch must join a Wi-Fi network that’s

connected to the Internet. See “Connecting to the Internet” on page 19.

Setting Up Email Accounts

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

Set up an account directly on iPod touch. See “ Â Adding Mail, Contacts, and Calendar Accounts” on page 19 .

In iTunes, use the iPod touch settings panes to sync email accounts settings from Â your computer. See “iPod touch Settings Panes in iTunes” on page 47.

Checking and Reading Email

Number of unread emails in your inboxes

Number of unread messages

Incoming messages for all accounts

Unread messages

Number of messages in thread

The Mail icon on the Home screen shows the number of unread messages in your inboxes. You may have other unread messages in other mailboxes.

In Mail, the Mailboxes screen gives you quick access to all your inboxes and other mailboxes. Tap an inbox for an account to see its messages. To see incoming messages for all your accounts, tap All Inboxes. If you have only one mail account set up and turned on, then you’ll see only one inbox on the Mailboxes screen.

When you open a mailbox, Mail retrieves and displays the most recent messages, and shows the number of unread messages at the top of the screen. Unread messages have a blue dot next to them. The number of messages retrieved is determined by your Mail settings. See “Mail” on page 170.

If you organize messages by thread, related messages appear as a single entry in the mailbox. Message threads have a number next to the right arrow, showing the number of messages in the thread. A blue dot indicates that one or more messages in the thread are unread. The message displayed is the oldest unread message, or the most recent message if all the messages are read.

See messages in a thread: Tap the thread in the mailbox.

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

previous message.

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Turn “Organize By Thread” on or o: In Settings, choose “Mail, Contacts, Calendars,”

Number of unread messages

Tap to see all your email accounts

and tap the switch to turn Organize By Thread on or o. See “Mail” on page 170.

If you have more than one account set up and turned on, the Accounts section of the Mailboxes screen provides access to your accounts. Tap an account to see its folders and mailboxes, including its inbox. If you have only one account set up and turned on, the folders and mailboxes for the account appear on the Mailboxes screen.

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

Load additional messages: Scroll to the bottom of the list of messages and tap Load

More Messages.

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

again to zoom out. Or pinch apart or together to zoom in or out.

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

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 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 appears next to the message in the mailbox list until you open it again.

Open a meeting invitation: Tap the invitation.

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You can get contact information for the organizer and other invitees, 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 108.

Turn Push on or o: In Settings, choose “Mail, Contacts, Calendars” > Fetch New Data,

then turn Push on or o.

Using Links and Detected Data

iPod touch detects web links, phone numbers, email addresses, and other types of information that you can use to open a webpage, create a preaddressed email message, create or add information to a contact, or perform some other useful action. Detected data appears as blue underlined text. Tap the data to use its default action, or touch and hold it to see other actions.

Link or image Tap to open the webpage in Safari.

Touch and hold to:

Â Open the webpage in Safari Â Copy the link

Phone number Tap to:

Â Create a new contact with the number Â Add the number to an existing contact

Address Tap to display the location in Maps.

Touch and hold to:

Â Display the location in Maps Â Create a new contact with the address Â Add the address to an existing contact Â Copy the address

Email address Tap to create a new preaddressed email message.

Touch and hold to:

Â Create a new email message Â Create a new contact with the address Â Add the address to an existing contact Â Copy the address

Day, date, or time Tap the item, then tap Create Event to create an

event in Calendar.

Tracking number (may not be available in all countries or regions)

Tap to open the shipper’s webpage for the status of a package.

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Viewing Attachments

Tap attachment to download

iPod touch displays image attachments in many commonly used formats (JPEG, GIF, and TIFF) inline with the text in email messages. iPod touch can play many types of

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) that are attached to messages you receive.

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

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

.pdf Preview, Adobe Acrobat

.ppt Microsoft PowerPoint

.pptx Microsoft PowerPoint (XML)

.rtf Rich Text Format

.txt text

.vcf contact information

.xls Microsoft Excel

.xlsx Microsoft Excel (XML)

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Open an attached le with another app: Touch and hold the attachment, then choose an app. If no apps are available, you can choose to open the attachment in Quick Look.

Save an attached photo to your Saved Photos album: Tap the photo, then tap Save

Image. If the photo hasn’t been downloaded yet, tap the download notice rst.

Save an attached video to your Saved Photos album: Touch and hold the attachment, then tap Save Video. If the video hasn’t been downloaded yet, tap the

download notice rst.

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 appear rst, followed by matching GAL addresses.

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

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

or if you have email aliases for your MobileMe account, you can tap the From eld to

change the account or alias 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.

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

Photo. You can also copy and paste photos. To send multiple photos at the same time, tap

when viewing thumbnails in an album, then tap to select the photos, tap Share, and tap Email.

Paste and send a photo or video in an email message

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

Open the most recently saved draft Touch and hold to open the most recently

Reply to a message Tap . Tap Reply to reply only to the sender

Forward a message Open a message and tap , then tap Forward.

Share contact information In Contacts, choose a contact, tap Share Contact

In Photos, touch and hold a photo or video until the Copy command appears. Tap Copy. Go to Mail and create a new message. Tap to place the insertion point where you want the video, then tap the insertion point to display the edit commands and tap Paste.

To copy multiple videos, in Photos, open an album, tap , tap to select photos and videos, then tap Copy.

in the Drafts mailbox.

saved draft from the last account you were working in.

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.

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.

at the bottom of the Info screen, then tap Email.

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Organizing Email

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

You can organize messages in any mailbox, folder, or search results window. 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 in the same account or

between dierent accounts.

Delete a message: Open the message and tap .

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

Note: For Google accounts, tap Archive. Messages aren’t deleted, but are moved to your account archive.

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.

Tap Accounts to choose a mailbox or folder for another account.

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

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Searching Email

You can search the To, From, and Subject elds of email messages. Mail searches the

downloaded messages in the currently open mailbox. For MobileMe, Exchange, and some IMAP mail accounts, you can also search messages on the server.

Search email messages: Open a mailbox, scroll to the top, and enter text in the Search

eld. Tap From, To, Subject, or All to choose which elds you want to search. To scroll quickly to the search eld at the top of the list, tap the status bar.

Search results for the messages already downloaded to iPod touch appear automatically as you type. Tap Search to dismiss the keyboard and see more of the results.

Search messages on the server: Tap “Continue Search on Server” at the end of the search results.

Note: Search results of messages on servers may vary depending on the type of account. Some servers may search only whole words.

Mail messages are included in searches from the Home screen. See “Searching” on page 38.

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Safari

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

To use Safari, iPod touch must join a Wi-Fi network that’s connected to the Internet.

See “Connecting to the Internet” on page 19 .

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 isn’t 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

pages 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 .

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Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

iPod touch Overview

Buttons

iPod touch Apps

Status Icons

Viewing the User Guide on iPod touch

What You Need

Setting Up iPod touch

Disconnecting iPod touch from Your Computer

Connecting to the Internet

Adding Mail, Contacts, and Calendar Accounts

Using Apps

Customizing the Home Screen

Typing

Searching

Voice Control

Bluetooth Devices

Battery

Security Features

Cleaning iPod touch

Restarting and Resetting iPod touch

About Syncing

Syncing Accounts

Syncing with iTunes

iPod touch Settings Panes in iTunes

Automatic iTunes Syncing

Manually Managing Content

Transferring Purchased Content to Another Computer

File Sharing

Getting Music, Videos, and More

Music and Other Audio

Videos

Setting a Sleep Timer

Changing the Browse Buttons

About FaceTime

Signing In

Making a Call

While You’re Talking

About Camera

Taking Photos and Recording Videos

Viewing and Sharing Photos and Videos

Trimming Videos

Uploading Photos and Videos to Your Computer

About Photos

Syncing Photos and Videos with Your Computer

Viewing Photos and Videos

Deleting Photos and Videos

Slideshows

Sharing Photos and Videos

Assigning a Photo to a Contact

Wallpaper

About Game Center

Setting Up Game Center

Games

Friends

Your Status and Account Information

Setting Up Email Accounts

Checking and Reading Email

Using Links and Detected Data

Viewing Attachments

Sending Email

Organizing Email

Searching Email

Viewing Webpages