Sadun / Grothaus Taking Your iPod touch to the Max

2. ed
ISBN: 978-1-4302-3259-9
Verlag: Apress
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 416 Seiten

Unleash your iPhone and take it to the limit using secret tips and techniques from gadget hacker Erica Sadun. Fast and fun to read, Taking Your iPod touch 4 to the Max is fully updated to show you how get the most out of Apple's OS 4. You'll find all the best undocumented tricks as well as the most efficient and enjoyable introduction to the iPhone available. Starting with an introduction to iPod touch 4 basics, you'll quickly move on to discover the iPod touch's hidden potential, like how to connect to a TV, get contract-free VOIP, and hack OS 4 so it will run apps on your iPod touch. From e-mail and surfing the Web, to using iTunes, iBooks, games, photos, ripping DVDs and getting free VOIP with Skype or Jajah-you'll find it all in this book. You'll even learn tips on where to get the best and cheapest iPod touch accessories. Get ready to take your iPod touch to the max!

Erica Sadun holds a Ph.D. in computer science from the Georgia Institute of Technology. She has written, co-written, and contributed to almost two dozen books about technology, particularly in the areas of programming, digital video, and digital photography. An unrepentant geek, Sadun has never met a gadget she didn't need. Her checkered past includes run-ins with NeXT, Newton, and a vast myriad of both successful and unsuccessful technologies. When not writing, she and her geek husband parent three adorable geeks-in-training, who regard their parents with restrained bemusement. Eight Ways to Get the Most out of Your Zune, the O'Reilly shortcut, and Modding Mac OS X, also from O'Reilly, are her latest books. She also wrote Taking Your iPhone to the Max.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sadun, Erica

Grothaus, Michael

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Title Page
;1
2;Copyright Page
;2
3;Contents at a Glance;4
4;Table of Contents
;5
5;About the Author;12
6;About the Technical Reviewer;13
7;Acknowledgments;14
8;Introduction;15
9;Chapter 1 Bringing Home the iPod Touch;16
9.1;Buying Your iPod Touch;16
9.1.1;Picking Your iPod Touch;16
9.1.2;Considering System Requirements;18
9.1.3;Deciding Where to Buy Your iPod;18
9.1.4;Understanding Return and Exchange Policies;20
9.2;Bringing Your iPod Home;20
9.2.1;Unpacking Your iPod Touch;21
9.2.2;Reviewing the iPod Touch Features;22
9.2.3;Preparing for a Fresh Start;22
9.2.4;Creating a New iTunes Account;24
9.2.5;Connecting Your iPod Touch to Your Computer;25
9.2.6;Setting Up Your iPod Touch;27
9.2.7;Synchronizing Your New iPod;29
9.3;Insuring and Repairing Your iPod;30
9.4;Accessorizing Your iPod;31
9.5;Summary;32
10;Chapter 2 Putting Your Data and Media on the iPod Touch;33
10.1;The iPod Touch iTunes Device Window;33
10.1.1;A Word on Syncing Your Data;35
10.1.2;Where Do You I Get My Media From?;35
10.1.3;Remember to Apply Your Changes;37
10.2;The Tabs;37
10.2.1;The Summary Tab;37
10.2.1.1;iPod Box;38
10.2.1.2;Version Box;39
10.2.1.3;Options Box;40
10.2.2;The Apps Tab;43
10.2.2.1;Sync Apps;44
10.2.2.2;Creating Folders;45
10.2.2.3;File Sharing;46
10.2.3;The Ringtones Tab;47
10.2.4;The Music Tab;48
10.2.5;The Movies Tab;49
10.2.6;The TV Shows Tab;51
10.2.7;The Podcasts Tab;52
10.2.8;The iTunes U Tab;54
10.2.9;The Books Tab;55
10.2.10;The Photos Tab;58
10.2.11;The Info Tab;59
10.2.11.1;Sync Address Book Contacts;61
10.2.11.2;Sync iCal Calendars;62
10.2.11.3;Sync Mail Accounts;62
10.2.11.4;Other;63
10.2.11.5;Advanced;63
10.3;iTunes Device Settings;64
10.3.1;Restoring;67
10.4;Summary;67
11;Chapter 3 Interacting with Your iPod Touch;69
11.1;Interaction Basics;69
11.1.1;The iPod Touch Language;70
11.1.2;The iPod touch Sensors;72
11.1.2.1;Accelerometer Sensor;72
11.1.2.2;Light Sensor;72
11.1.2.3;Gyro Sensor;73
11.2;iPod Power Tricks;73
11.2.1;Unlocking Your iPod;73
11.2.2;Putting Your iPod to Sleep;77
11.2.3;Powering Your iPod Off and On;78
11.2.4;Rebooting Your iPod;78
11.3;iPod Recovery Mode and Restoration;79
11.4;The Home Screen;79
11.4.1;Manipulating the Home Screen;82
11.4.1.1;Multitasking and Managing Background Apps;86
11.4.1.2;Closing an App for Good;88
11.4.1.3;Force Quitting an App;89
11.4.2;Orientation;89
11.4.3;Spotlight Search;91
11.4.3.1;Spotlight Settings;93
11.5;The iPod Keyboard;93
11.5.1;Bluetooth Keyboard Support;93
11.5.2;iPod Keyboard Basics;94
11.5.3;More Keyboards;95
11.5.4;Getting Started Typing;96
11.5.5;iPod Touch Typing Tricks;98
11.5.5.1;Contractions;98
11.5.5.2;Punctuation;99
11.5.5.3;Accents;99
11.5.5.4;Caps Lock;100
11.5.5.5;Word Deletion;100
11.5.5.6;Autocapitalization;100
11.5.5.7;Copy and Paste;101
11.5.5.8;Undo and Redo;102
11.5.6;iPod Typing Test;103
11.6;Summary;103
12;Chapter 4 Browsing with Wi-Fi and Safari;105
12.1;Getting Started with Wi-Fi;105
12.1.1;Checking Your Wi-Fi Connection;106
12.1.2;Choosing a Wi-Fi Network;106
12.1.3;Connecting to a Protected Network;107
12.1.4;Asking to Join a Network;108
12.2;Getting Started with the Safari Web Browser;109
12.2.1;Entering URLs;111
12.2.2;Searching;113
12.2.3;Entering Text.;113
12.2.4;Following Links;114
12.2.5;Changing Orientation;115
12.2.6;Scrolling, Zooming, and Other Viewing Skills;116
12.3;Working with Pages;117
12.4;Working with Bookmarks;118
12.4.1;Selecting Bookmarks;118
12.4.2;Editing Bookmarks;119
12.4.3;Saving Bookmarks;120
12.4.4;Using Bookmarklets;123
12.5;Customizing iPod Settings;123
12.6;The iPod and Flash videos;125
12.7;Summary;126
13;Chapter 5 Touching Your Photos and Videos;127
13.1;Working with Photos;127
13.1.1;Syncing Photos from Your Computer;127
13.1.2;Saving Photos from Mail and Safari;129
13.2;Navigating Your Photos in the Photo App;130
13.3;Touching and Viewing Your Albums and Photos;135
13.3.1;Touching and Viewing Albums;135
13.3.2;Touching and Viewing Photos;136
13.3.3;Viewing Your Photos as a Slide Show;137
13.3.3.1;Playing a Slide Show;137
13.3.3.2;Slide Show Settings;137
13.3.3.3;Slide Show Tips;139
13.4;Sharing Your Photos;140
13.4.1;Copying Photos;143
13.4.2;Deleting Your Photos;144
13.5;iPod Video Applications;146
13.6;Video Playback;147
13.7;YouTube;148
13.7.1;Playing YouTube Videos;150
13.7.2;Finding YouTube Videos;151
13.7.3;Customizing the YouTube Buttons Bar;152
13.7.4;Viewing Video Info Screens;153
13.8;The Videos App;154
13.8.1;Deleting Videos on the Go;156
13.8.2;Getting Videos;156
13.8.3;Video Settings;157
13.9;Watching Videos on the Web with Safari;158
13.10;Streaming Video to Your Apple TV with AirPlay;159
13.11;Video Accessories;160
13.12;Summary;160
14;Chapter 6 Touching Your Music;162
14.1;The Music Application;162
14.2;Browsing Media on the iPod;163
14.2.1;Editing Your Browse Buttons;165
14.2.2;Navigating the Category Screens;166
14.3;Playing Audio;167
14.3.1;Album View;170
14.3.2;Cover Flow;171
14.3.3;Creating Playlists;172
14.3.3.1;Creating a Regular Playlist;172
14.3.3.2;Creating a Genius Playlist;175
14.3.3.3;Editing a Genius Playlist;176
14.3.4;Searching;177
14.4;Going Beyond the Music App;178
14.4.1;Saving Energy;178
14.4.2;Display Music Playback Controls When in Another App;179
14.4.3;Adding a Sleep Timer;179
14.5;Adjusting Music Settings;180
14.6;Choosing Headphones;182
14.7;Summary;182
15;Chapter 7 Shopping at the iTunes Store;183
15.1;Connecting to the iTunes Store;183
15.2;Signing in to Your iTunes Account;184
15.3;Browsing Through the iTunes Store;186
15.3.1;The Music Store;187
15.3.2;Exploring the Top Tens;188
15.3.2.1;Previewing and Buying Music;189
15.3.3;The Video Store;191
15.3.4;The Podcasts, Audiobooks, and iTunes U Stores;193
15.3.5;Searching the iTunes Store;193
15.4;Downloads;194
15.5;Redeeming Codes;195
15.5.1;Transferring Purchased Items to Your Computer;195
15.5.2;Getting Free Music and Videos;196
15.6;Getting Social with Ping;196
15.7;Summary;199
16;Chapter 8 Shopping at the App Store;200
16.1;Connecting to the App Store;200
16.2;Signing in to Your App Store Account;201
16.3;Browsing Through the App Store;202
16.3.1;Featured;203
16.3.2;Categories;204
16.3.3;Top 25;205
16.3.4;Exploring an App's Information Page;206
16.3.5;Buying and Downloading Apps;208
16.3.6;Searching the App Store;209
16.3.7;Updates;210
16.4;Redeeming Gift Certificates and Codes;211
16.5;Transferring Purchased Items to Your Computer;212
16.6;Buying Apps Through iTunes on Your PC;212
16.7;Getting Your Game on in Game Center;213
16.8;Summary;214
17;Chapter 9 Reading and Buying Books with iBooks;215
17.1;i Books App;215
17.2;Syncing Books;216
17.2.1;iBookstore;216
17.2.2;View a Book's Info Page;221
17.2.3;ePub Books;222
17.2.3.1;What Is ePub?;222
17.3;Navigating Your Bookshelf;223
17.4;Reading Books;226
17.4.1;Turning Pages;228
17.4.2;Adjusting Brightness;229
17.4.3;Adjusting Font, Font Size, and Page Color;230
17.4.4;Searching Text;231
17.4.5;Bookmarking a Page;232
17.4.6;Interacting with Text;233
17.4.7;Accessing the Table of Contents, Bookmarks, and Notes;236
17.5;Having a Book Read to you;238
17.6;Syncing PDFs;238
17.7;Navigating the PDF Bookshelf;240
17.8;Navigating and Reading PDFs;241
17.8.1;Using the Contact Sheet;242
17.9;Settings;244
17.10;Summary;245
18;Chapter 10 Setting Up and Using Mail;247
18.1;Getting Started with iPod Mail;247
18.1.1;Adding Your Mail Accounts to Your iPod Touch;247
18.1.1.1;Adding Accounts with iTunes;248
18.1.1.2;Adding a Preferred Provider Account from Your iPod;249
18.1.1.3;Adding an Other Provider Account from Your iPod;250
18.1.1.4;Removing and Disabling Accounts from the iPod;253
18.1.2;Choosing E-mail Check Intervals and Other Settings;254
18.1.3;Working with Mailboxes;258
18.2;Reading Your Mail;262
18.2.1;Following Embedded Data Detectors;264
18.2.2;Viewing Attachments;265
18.3;Writing an E-mail Message;265
18.3.1;Saving a Draft;267
18.3.2;Sending E-mail;267
18.3.3;Searching Your E-mail;267
18.4;Kinds of E-mail;268
18.4.1;POP;268
18.4.2;SMTP;269
18.4.3;IMAP;269
18.4.4;Microsoft Exchange;270
18.5;Summary;270
19;Chapter 11 Staying on Time and Getting There with Clock, Calendar, and Maps;271
19.1;Using the Clock Tools;271
19.1.1;World Clock;272
19.1.1.1;Adding Cities;273
19.1.1.2;Reordering Cities;273
19.1.1.3;Removing Cities;274
19.1.2;Alarm;274
19.1.2.1;Creating Alarms;274
19.1.2.2;Managing Alarms;275
19.1.3;Stopwatch;275
19.1.4;Timer;276
19.2;Working with the Calendar;277
19.2.1;Switching Calendar Views;278
19.2.1.1;List View;278
19.2.1.2;Day View;278
19.2.1.3;Month View;279
19.2.1.4;The Today Button;280
19.2.1.5;The Calendars Button;280
19.2.2;Adding Events;281
19.2.2.1;Updating an Event Name or Location;282
19.2.2.2;Setting the Event Start and End Times;282
19.2.2.3;Setting a Repeating Event;283
19.2.2.4;Adding Invitees;283
19.2.2.5;Adding Alerts;283
19.2.2.6;Assigning Event to a Specific Calendar;284
19.2.2.7;Setting Your Availability;284
19.2.2.8;Adding Notes;284
19.2.3;Editing and Removing Events;285
19.2.4;Synchronizing Calendars with Your Computer;285
19.3;Exploring with Maps;286
19.3.1;Getting Around the Maps Screen;286
19.4;Navigating Maps;288
19.4.1;Gestures;288
19.4.2;Changing Map Views;289
19.4.3;Finding Locations;290
19.4.3.1;Search;290
19.4.3.2;Information Window;291
19.4.3.3;Street View;292
19.4.4;Current Location;294
19.5;Bookmarking and Viewing Saved Locations;295
19.5.1;Dropping a Pin;295
19.5.2;Bookmarking;296
19.6;Directions and Traffic;297
19.6.1;Directions;297
19.6.1.1;Driving or Walking Directions;299
19.6.1.2;Public Transit Directions;300
19.6.2;Traffic;301
19.6.3;Maps Tips;302
19.7;Summary;303
20;Chapter 12 Using Your Desk Set: Contacts, Calculator, Notes, Weather, Stocks, and Voice Memos;304
20.1;Synchronizing Your Address Book with Your Computer;304
20.1.1;Choosing Sync Options;304
20.1.2;Replacing Contacts;305
20.2;Working with the Contacts Application;306
20.2.1;Finding Contacts;306
20.2.1.1;Ordering Your List;307
20.2.1.2;Viewing Contact Details;307
20.2.2;Adding Contacts;308
20.2.2.1;Adding a Contact Name;309
20.2.2.2;Adding a Contact Photo;310
20.2.2.3;Adding Phone Numbers;310
20.2.2.4;Adding E-mail Addresses and URLs;310
20.2.2.5;Adding Addresses;310
20.2.2.6;Adding Other Fields;311
20.2.2.7;Adding Outside Data to an Existing Contact;311
20.2.3;Managing Custom Labels;311
20.2.4;Editing and Removing Contacts;312
20.3;Using the Calculator;312
20.4;Taking Notes;314
20.4.1;Syncing Notes;315
20.5;Checking the Weather;316
20.5.1;Viewing Weather Info;317
20.5.2;Weather Tips;318
20.6;Monitoring Stocks;318
20.7;Dictating Voice Memos;322
20.8;Summary;327
21;Chapter 13 Photographing and Recording the World Around You;328
21.1;The Camera Hardware;328
21.1.1;Front Camera;328
21.1.2;Rear Camera;329
21.1.3;Real-World Use;329
21.2;Navigating the Camera App;330
21.2.1;Taking Still Pictures;332
21.2.1.1;Changing the Exposure;332
21.2.1.2;Zooming In and Out;333
21.2.2;Recording Video;333
21.2.2.1;Changing the Exposure;334
21.3;Viewing Your Camera Roll;334
21.4;Viewing Individual Photos;335
21.4.1;Playing a Slide Show;337
21.4.2;Sharing Your Photos;337
21.5;Viewing Videos;339
21.5.1;Editing Your Video;340
21.5.2;Sharing Your Video;341
21.6;Sharing Multiple Pictures and Videos from the Camera Roll;344
21.7;Uploading Images to Your Computer;346
21.8;Summary;346
22;Chapter 14 Video Calling with FaceTime;347
22.1;Getting Started;347
22.1.1;Signing In;348
22.1.1.1;Signing In with Your Existing Apple ID;349
22.1.1.2;Creating an Account;351
22.2;Navigating Your FaceTime Contacts;353
22.2.1;Favorites;353
22.2.2;Recents;354
22.2.3;Contacts;355
22.3;Making a FaceTime Call;356
22.4;Other FaceTime Calling Options;359
22.5;FaceTime Settings;361
22.6;Summary;362
23;Chapter 15 Customizing Your iPod Touch;363
23.1;Five Customizations You'll Want to Use Settings For;364
23.1.1;Airplane Mode;364
23.1.2;Notifications;365
23.1.3;Sounds;366
23.1.4;Brightness;367
23.1.5;Wallpaper;368
23.2;Other Good-to-Know Settings;370
23.2.1;"About" Your iPod;371
23.2.2;Network;371
23.2.3;Bluetooth;372
23.2.4;Location Services;372
23.2.5;Auto-Lock;373
23.2.6;Restrictions;373
23.2.7;Date and Time;374
23.2.8;Keyboard;375
23.2.9;International;376
23.3;Accessibility;377
23.3.1;VoiceOver;378
23.3.1.1;VoiceOver Gestures;378
23.3.2;Zoom;379
23.3.3;Large Text;379
23.3.4;White on Black;379
23.3.5;Mono Audio;379
23.3.6;Speak Auto-text;379
23.3.7;Triple-Click Home;380
23.4;Reset;380
23.5;Third-Party App Settings;382
23.6;Voice Control;383
23.7;Summary;384
24;Index;386