iPod touch User Guide
- Welcome
- Your iPod touch
- What’s new in iOS 15
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- Calculator
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- Set up FaceTime
- Make and receive calls
- Create a FaceTime link
- Take a Live Photo
- Use other apps during a call
- Make a Group FaceTime call
- View participants in a grid
- Use SharePlay to watch and listen together
- Share your screen
- Change the video settings
- Change the audio settings
- Add camera effects
- Leave a call or switch to Messages
- Block unwanted callers
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- View maps
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- Search for places
- Find nearby attractions, restaurants, and services
- Get information about places
- Mark places
- Share places
- Rate places
- Save favorite places
- Explore new places with Guides
- Organize places in My Guides
- Get traffic and weather info
- Delete significant locations
- Quickly find your Maps settings
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- Use Siri, Maps, and the Maps widget to get directions
- Select other route options
- Things you can do while following a route
- Get driving directions
- Report traffic incidents in Maps on iPod touch
- Get cycling directions
- Get walking directions
- Get transit directions
- Delete recent directions
- Use Maps on your Mac to get directions
- Get rides
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- View photos
- Play videos and slideshows
- Delete and hide photos and videos
- Edit photos and videos
- Trim video length and adjust slow motion
- Edit Live Photos
- Make photo albums
- Edit and organize albums
- Filter and sort photos in an album
- Search in Photos
- Share photos and videos
- View photos and videos shared with you
- Watch memories
- Personalize memories
- Find people in Photos
- Show a person or place less often
- Browse photos by location
- Use iCloud Photos
- Share photos with iCloud Shared Albums
- Import photos and videos
- Print photos
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- Browse the web
- Customize your Safari settings
- Change the layout
- Search for websites
- Use tabs in Safari
- Bookmark favorite webpages
- Save pages to a Reading List
- View links shared with you
- Automatically fill in forms
- Get extensions
- Hide ads and distractions
- Browse the web privately
- Clear your cache
- Use Hide My Email
- Shortcuts
- Stocks
- Tips
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- Make and receive phone calls
- Hand off tasks between devices
- Wirelessly stream video, photos, and audio to Mac
- Cut, copy, and paste between iPod touch and other devices
- Connect iPod touch and your computer with a cable
- Sync iPod touch with your computer
- Transfer files between iPod touch and your computer
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- Get started with accessibility features
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- Turn on and practice VoiceOver
- Change your VoiceOver settings
- Learn VoiceOver gestures
- Operate iPod touch using VoiceOver gestures
- Control VoiceOver using the rotor
- Use the onscreen keyboard
- Write with your finger
- Use VoiceOver with an Apple external keyboard
- Use a braille display
- Type onscreen braille
- Customize gestures and keyboard shortcuts
- Use VoiceOver with a pointer device
- Use VoiceOver for images and videos
- Use VoiceOver in apps
- Zoom
- Display & Text Size
- Motion
- Spoken Content
- Audio Descriptions
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- Use built-in security and privacy protections
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- Keep your Apple ID secure
- Sign in with Apple
- Automatically fill in strong passwords
- Change weak or compromised passwords
- View your passwords and related information
- Share passwords securely with AirDrop
- Make your passwords available on all your devices
- Automatically fill in verification codes
- Manage two-factor authentication for your Apple ID
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- Control access to information in apps
- Control access to hardware features
- Control app tracking permissions on iPod touch
- Control the location information you share
- Turn on iCloud Private Relay
- Create and manage Hide My Email addresses
- Use a private network address
- Control how Apple delivers advertising to you
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Learn the meaning of the iPod touch status icons
The icons in the status bar at the top of the screen provide information about iPod touch.
Note: If you turn on a Focus, its icon appears in the status bar. See Turn a Focus on or off on iPod touch.
Status icon | What it means |
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 | Wi-Fi iPod touch is connected to the internet over a Wi-Fi network. See Connect iPod touch to a Wi-Fi network. |
 | Network activity Shows that there’s network activity. Some third-party apps may also use this icon to indicate an active process. |
 | VPN iPod touch is connected to a network using VPN. |
 | Syncing iPod touch is syncing with your computer. See Sync iPod touch with your computer. |
 | Airplane mode Airplane mode is on. Nonwireless features are available, but wireless functions may be disabled. See Choose iPod touch settings for travel. |
 | Personal Hotspot iPod touch is connected to the internet through the Personal Hotspot of another device. See Join a Personal Hotspot. |
 | Navigation Indicator iPod touch is providing turn-by-turn directions. See Get driving directions in Maps on iPod touch. |
 | FaceTime Indicator iPod touch is on a FaceTime call. See Make and receive FaceTime calls on iPod touch. |
 | Recording Indicator iPod touch is recording your screen. See Take a screenshot or screen recording on iPod touch. |
 | Camera In Use Indicator An app is using your camera. See iPod touch camera basics. |
 | Microphone In Use Indicator An app is using your microphone. See Make a recording in Voice Memos on iPod touch. |
 | Lock iPod touch is locked. See Wake and unlock iPod touch. |
 | Do Not Disturb Do Not Disturb is turned on. See Turn a Focus on or off on iPod touch. |
 | Portrait orientation lock The iPod touch screen is locked in portrait orientation. See Change or lock the screen orientation on iPod touch. |
 | Location Services An app is using Location Services. See Control the location information you share on iPod touch. |
 | Alarm An alarm is set. See Set an alarm on iPod touch. |
 | Headphones connected iPod touch is paired with Bluetooth headphones that are turned on and within Bluetooth range. See Set up and listen to Bluetooth headphones. |
 | Bluetooth battery Shows the battery level of a supported paired Bluetooth device. See Set up and use Bluetooth accessories on iPod touch. |
 | Battery Shows the iPod touch battery level or charging status. See Show the iPod touch battery percentage. |
 | Battery Charging Shows the iPod touch battery is charging. See Charge the iPod touch battery. |
 | AirPlay AirPlay is on. See Wirelessly stream videos and photos to Apple TV or a smart TV from iPod touch. |
 | Voice Control Voice Control is turned on in Settings > Accessibility, and Siri is ready for your requests. See Use Voice Control to interact with iPod touch. |