iOS Basics: Introducing the iPad, iPhone, and iCloud

iOS Basics

Introducing the iPad,

iPhone, and iCloud.

iOS 6• iOS is Apple’s mobile operating system (OS).

• iOS runs on iPod Touches, iPhones, iPads, and Apple TVs.

• Interact with the OS by swiping, tapping, pinching, reverse pinching, shaking, rotating the device etc.

• Updates since version 5.0 now happen over the air (OTA).

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IOS

Source: www.mcesc-ipad.wikispaces.com

http://www.apple.com/ios/whats-new/

Installing Apps

Apple IDappleid.apple.com/

yourname@icloud.com

Removing Apps

• Locate an app you don’t want and press it until it wiggles.

• Tap the X to remove it.• Press the Home button.

Image source: wikihow.com

Application Switching (Multi-tasking)

• Double-press the home button.• Scrollable dock displays at the bottom of the

screen.

Source: ipadacademy.com

Apple’s cloud-based storage and syncing service.

iCloud• Syncs data/documents between iDevices, Mac, and PC.

• Backs up/restores iDevices.

• First 5 GBs are free!• Over Wi-Fi you can move everything (restore) from an old iDevice

to a new one.

• Yourname@me.com, yourname@icloud.com

• Web-based (i.e., cloud) access to your files (e.g., calendar, contacts, notes, reminders, documents, photo streams, settings of iDevices etc.) Note: music and movies don’t get backed up.

• Find your iPhone!Source: http://goo.gl/xcukI

www.icloud.com/

iCloud

• iCloud account is created by Apple ID

• It is best to have 1 iCloud account for each person so calendars, contacts etc. don’t get confused with other people.

• Can have one Apple ID to buy music etc. for the family and also have a separate iCloud account.

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