The Senior User Guide to iPhone 13 Pro and Pro Max

The Complete Step-by-step Manual to Master and Discover All Apple iPhone 13 Pro and Pro Max Tips & Tricks for Beginners & Seniors

Jim Wood

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The Senior User Guide to iPhone 13 Pro and Pro Max

The Complete Step-by-step Manual to Master and Discover All Apple iPhone 13 Pro and Pro Max Tips & Tricks for Beginners & Seniors

Jim Wood

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Table of Content

Introduction

Chapter 1: Why An iPhone 13?

iPhone 13’s Features

Chapter 2: Unbox your iPhone

Power Button

Volume Button

Charging Port

Setups

Chapter 3: How to Insert SIM Cards

Transferring Contacts

Set Emergency Contacts

Chapter 4: How to Set Up Display

Set Up Brightness

Using Control Center to Change Brightness on iPhone 13 Pro or Pro Max

Using the Settings app to change brightness on iPhone 13 Pro or Pro Max

Set Up Auto-lock

Night Shift

Raise to Wake

Text Size and Bold Text

Chapter 5: Customizing Your Home Screen

Adding Widget

Chapter 6: Customizing the Control Center

Show Home Control

Add New Icon

Chapter 7: Customizing Background Sound

Chapter 8: How to Use SIRI

Enable SIRI

Using Siri without saying "Hey Siri"

Set Emergency Contact Using SIRI

Make Emergency Call Using SIRI

Create Siri shortcuts for different focus modes

Using SIRI Offline

What to do if SIRI does not understand Your Command

Chapter 9: Activating iMessage

How to enable iMessage on my iPhone 13 Pro or Pro Max?

How to check if iMessage is enabled on iPhone 13 Pro or Pro Max?

Chapter 10: Safari Browser on iPhone 13

Create a Tab Group in Safari

Changing Tab Groups in Safari on iOS 15

Reordering Tabs in Safari Tab Groups

Move Tab to another Safari Tab Group

Rename Tab Group in Safari

Close all tabs in the Safari tab group

How to Get Rid of a Tab Group from Safari

Chapter 11: How to Use Focus Mode

How to limit distractions on the home screen with focus mode

Hide notifications

How to activate focus mode automatically

Customizing Home Screens for Different Focus Modes

Create Siri shortcuts for different focus modes

Create Shortcut for focus mode

How to disable your focus mode shortcut

Chapter 12: How to Use App Clips on Your iPhone

What are App Clips?

Why You should use App Clip

Where can I find App Clips?

How to Use App Clips?

View Recently Used App Clips

How to Disable It

Chapter 13: How to Use Walking Stability

What Is Walking Steadiness?

iPhone Walking Stability Feature

What are the Different Levels of Walking Steadiness?

How to Set Walking Steadiness

How to Test Walking Stability

Chapter 14: How to Use the Hash Tag on the Note App

Chapter 15: How to Make Use of Shortcuts on iPhone 13

Typing Assistance

Quickly Locate Words from A Website

Using Invisible Ink

Increase Sound By 20%

Apple Translator

IFTTT

Chapter 16: How to Revert From iOS 15 Beta to iOS 14

Update iOS 15 Beta to iOS 14 on your iPhone

Restore an archived iOS 14 back-ups from your iPhone

Chapter 17: How to Take Photos Like a Pro

Editing video in the Cinematic mode

How to edit the depth of field when shooting Videos in cinematic mode:

How to edit the field depth when recording Video in Cinematic mode

Edit focus points when recording Video in Cinematic mode

How do I Enable ProRes video?

How to Use Photo Style on iPhone 13

How to Turn off Automatic Night Mode

How to Disable/Enable lens correction

How to Regulate Depth Control Feature in the Portrait Mode

Chapter 18: How to Setup Face ID and Fingerprint

Set Face ID

Set an additional view for Face ID

Wake and Unlock

How to disable Face ID temporarily

Disable Face ID

Enable fingerprint recognition

Add fingerprint

How to Unlock iPhone by Touching

Disable Touch ID

Chapter 19: How to Setup an Apple Account

Set up an Apple ID

Add account recovery contact

Tips for creating an Apple sign-in account

Chapter 20: How to use Animoji and Memoji on Your iPhone

How to make memoji?

Memoji Editing

How to Use Memoji on iPhone with a TrueDepth camera?

How to Use Memoji Without a TrueDepth Camera?

How to Use Animated Memoji in FaceTime?

Troubleshooting creating Animoji and Memoji

Chapter 21: Important iPhone Accessories

Introduction

The new iPhone 13 Pro and Pro Max are Apple's latest devices, ranking first among the four versions of the iPhone 13. The device has one of the fascinating camera upgrades of any Apple product. While the iPhone 13 Pro and Pro Max are expensive, they have proven to be one of the best devices Apple has ever released.

We wrote this book with our older adults in mind compensating for a possible decline in vision and cognitive processing that may hinder their reading and understanding of a regular user's guide. Anyone who has migrated from an iPhone 12 pro max to 13 pro max will admit that the iPhone 13 Pro and Pro Max offer a great iPhone user experience. Yes, it is expensive, but it's the best phone you may purchase if you look closely.

The screen is beautiful! 120 Hz is a must-have for any Partner promoting any program. Battery life is impressive, and you can't run out of battery in a day. It always has 30-35% battery left at the end of the day! The build quality is undoubtedly apple, solid and beautiful.

However, the new camera setting is better than most phones and has the best video recording ever. Finally, 3x zoom is better in zoom scenes than in previous iPhones. The flat-screen helps apply the screen protector and use the device in general. Performance is better than any other smartphone, and even games have never had any lag.

This book is a complete guide for the iPhone 13 Pro and Pro Max. We'll cover everything you have to understand about your new iPhone, from the initial setup process to the first things you have to do when you get your new iPhone. We'll cover the best tips, tricks, and some hidden features to help you leave this book like an iPhone 13. So, let's dive into the complete iPhone 13 Pro and Pro Max's guide without further ado.

Chapter 1: Why An iPhone 13?

The iPhone 13 Pro and 13 Pro Max are phones designed for those who care about the details. The improvements over last year's iPhones are significant but not evident at first glance.

All new iPhones are available as standard with Apple iOS 15. It is not just a significant update to iOS 14. Still, it does include some aesthetic changes such as rounding off many forms of user interface elements such as settings menus and icons, notifications, buttons.

The new version has significantly improved FaceTime and Messaging, notification management, Safari browser (now with extensions), Wallet, and Maps.

It also makes Photos and Spotlights even brighter: Photos app can now read and copy the text in real-time. Also, some other features will make it the top gun of the town.

iPhone 13’s Features

Suppose you wonder what other options of the iPhone 13 Pro exist in terms of color or the various specifications of the iPhone 13 Pro Max available on the market. In that case, the following features explain all of that.

Colors

You will find them in either of the colors below. 

Gold

Silver

Graphite

Sierra Blue

Texture

Front based Ceramic shield

The glass back is texture matted

Stainless steel construction

Storage Capacity

128GB

256GB

512GB

1TB

Dimension

Height: 6.33" (160.8 mm)

Width: 3.07" (78.1 mm)

Depth: 0.30" (7.65 mm)

Weight 

240 grams (8.46 ounces)

Display

6.7-inch full OLED screen (diagonal)

Super Retina display

ProMotion technology

XDR display

2778x284 pixels at 458 PPI

The screen has curved corners with a stunning curved design; those corners are in a typical rectangle. The screen size of a regular rectangle is 6.68 inches (the actual display area is smaller).

Camera 

Dual camera 

100% focused pixel

Two times more optical zoom 

Wide: ƒ/1.6 aperture 

63 Megapixel panorama 

Advanced red-eye correction 

Image format capture 

Wide color for live photos and videos

Ultra-wide: 120° view field and ƒ/2.4 aperture 

Deep fusion 

Night mode 

HDR 4(bright) 

Burst mode photo geo tagging 

Portrait lightening with a studio, natural, stage mono, stage, contour, and high-key light mono effect 

Seven element lens 

Portrait mode with depth control and advanced bokeh 

Truetone 

Photographic styles 

Auto image stabilization 

Sapphire lens with crystal cover 

TrueDepth Camera

Portrait Lighting with Contour, Natural, Studio, Stage Mono, Stage, High Key Light Mono 

Portrait mode with Depth Control and advanced bokeh 

12 Mega Pixel 

ƒ/2.2 aperture 

25, 30, or 60 fps video record (1080p HD)

Video record at 24, 25, 30, or 60 fps (4K)

Video record with up to 4K at 60 fps (HDR) 

Night mode 

Dolby Vision

Time-lapse 

Smart HDR 4 

Deep Fusion 

Animoji and Memoji 

Burst mode 

Auto image stabilization 

Wide color for Live Photos 

QuickTake video 

Lens correction 

The time-lapse video, which has stabilization 

Cinematic Mode 

Retina Flash 

Rugged Feature

Dust and water-resistant (maximum 6m for around 30 minutes)

Rated IP68 followed IEC rate 60529

Chipset

New 16-core Neural Engine

New 5-core GPU

New 6-core CPU with two performances and four efficiency cores

A15 Bionic chipset

Video Recording

Cinematic Mode 

Video record at 24, 25, 30, or 60 fps (4K)

Video record at 30fps (720p HD)

Video record at 25, 30, or 60 fps (1080p HD)

Video record up to 4K@30fps (1080p@30fps for 128GB storage) (ProRes)

Optical Image Stabilization with Sensor-Shift for Video (Wide Angle)

Wide-angle and telephoto

Digital zoom about 9x

3x optical zoom for magnification, 2x optical zoom for magnification 

Audio zoom

6x optical zoom

Truetone flash

Quick video recording

Slow Motion with Stabilization

Cinematic video

Video with continuous autofocus

Video recording formats: HEVC and H.264

4K video recording (8MP)

Playback Zoom

Stereo recording

Operating System

iOS 15

Sensors

Ambient light sensor

Accelerometer

Proximity sensor

Barometer

Three-axis gyro

Face ID

LiDAR Scanner

Battery Power

Video playback: around 25 hours for stream

Video playback: about 28 hours

Audio playback: approximately 95 hour

Lithium-ion battery

20W fast charging

Some exciting features

Siri

Use your voice to set reminders, send messages, and more

Turn on speakerphone with your voice only with "Hey Siri."

Use your voice to launch shortcuts from your favorite applications

Apple Pay

Pay with iPhone with Face ID in stores, apps, and online

Send and receive money in Apple Cash messages

Shop with Apple Pay on your Mac

Face ID

You can activate it through TrueDepth face recognition camera.

Chapter 2: Unbox your iPhone

This is Jane; she is 68 years old and recently got her iPhone 13 Pro Max. With the information she got from this book, she learned that just like the iPhone 12, the iPhone 13 does not come with a charging adapter or an airpod. She pretty much expected it to go with a USB-C-to-Lightning cable and knew she would need to source for an adapter and airpod herself.

Let’s see how to go with this phone after unboxing.

Power Button

The side button on the right side of the iPhone is the switch for turning on the iPhone 13 Pro and Pro Max. Tap and hold it to turn the iPhone display on.

Volume Button

Under the notification button is the "Volume Control" buttons. The top button increases the volume, and the bottom button decreases it.

Charging Port

Next up is the charging port; you will find it at the bottom of your iPhone. However, you may not need this anymore as your charger is compatible with MagSafe. This technology is automatically integrated into your iPhone 13. So, you can charge your phone wirelessly with various charging accessories. Your phone is magnetically connected to products that charge fast with MagSafe than a standard Lightning cable.

Setups

Now, Jane has successfully switched on her new iPhone 13. Since she now knows the basics, she is eager to start setting up her phone. You, too, can follow along.

Press and hold the power button to turn on your iPhone if you haven’t already done so from the previous step.

So, we can get started with the initial setup process, and from there, we'll move on to the best tips, tricks, and features you'll need to test your iPhone. After starting the iPhone, "Swipe up" from your home screen's bottom. Then select your "Preferred language."

Then, select "Your country or region" where you live. Jane lives in the United States, so she taps on the United States to choose her country.Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max - Device Setup - AT&amp;T

Then select “Quick Start.”

Suppose you want to transfer data from your old iPhone. In that case, you just need to bring it closer to your new device, make sure "Bluetooth" is on, and in a second, you will see "New iPhone Setup" on the screen of your old iPhone.

Tap on “Unlock to Continue" on your old iPhone's screen to start pairing with your new phone.

Then assign "Blue Circle" to "Blue Image" on your new phone, as shown below.

It will then transfer information from the old iPhone to the new iPhone.

You must be connected to a Wi-Fi network. If you cannot connect to Wi-Fi, you can also connect to a Mac or PC. As soon as you connect your phone to a Wi-Fi network, your phone takes over all gravity. It will take some time to transfer all the old iPhone data to the new one.

So, now you can set up Face ID easily by following through with the process. You can also decide to read more details on setting up Face ID in Chapter 18. You can also set it up later by tapping on Set up Later. Your phone will ask you to sign in with your Apple ID. This will give you access to all your old information and data.Set up your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support

This is followed by "Make this your new iPhone" this will allow you to use all your previous settings from your previous iPhone as the default settings on the new device. So, if you have to keep everything, choose "Continue," or you can choose "Customize Settings" to make some adjustments.

Then, with "Apple Pay," you will take you to several different pages.

Then double-click your side button (power button) to activate Apple Pay.

If you already have Face ID set up, you can verify Apple Pay with Face ID. Just hold it in the reader to use Apple Pay, where you will see one of the two symbols in the image below.

Now that we have completed the initial setup process give your phone a few minutes to transfer all data from the old iPhone to the new phone.

After the transfer, let's start learning about all the wonderful things your new iPhone 13 can do. We are now officially on our new iPhone 13.

Chapter 3: How to Insert SIM Cards

You also need to do one thing quickly: simply replace the SIM card. Find a pin on the box of your new iPhone, and this will allow you to replace the SIM card on the left side of the phone where you have the SIM cardholder. Take a pin and insert it into the "hole" next to the SIM tray. Then press right, as shown below.

It will remove the SIM cardholder. Just take it with your fingers and "pull it out."

Remove the SIM card from the old phone and, using the same pin, insert the SIM card into the slot and push it into the slot.

Transferring Contacts

There are not so many alternatives available to transfer data from an Android smartphone when setting up an iPhone (other than the "Android Data Transfer" option that appears on the "Apps & Data" settings page).

There are four ways to transfer contacts from any Android smartphone to the iPhone 13 Pro and Pro Max. Let's explore!

Transfer contacts with the "Move to iOS app"

The Apple Move to iOS app lets you move contacts, messages, photos, web bookmarks, email accounts, and calendars despite its shortcomings. Well, here's how to use it.

Before you begin, make sure Wi-Fi is enabled on your Android device. Apple also recommends using a wall outlet to charge Android and iOS devices. If you're sending a lot of data, make sure you have enough free space on your iPhone.

Firstly "Hello" should appear on your screen.

If you’ve previously set up your iPhone, be sure to reset it to factory settings.

Download and install the Move to iOS app on your Android smartphone. Open the app to get started.

On the Apps & Data page, tap on “Move Data from Android" when setting up the iPhone.

A 6- or 10-character code will appear on your iPhone screen.

Now your Android will ask you to find the code. Continue by taping on the "Continue" button.

Carefully enter the passcode from your iPhone to your Android smartphone.

You will be prompted to connect to a Wi-Fi network on your iPhone. Be sure to do it.

Select the types of data you want to transfer.

Wait for the loading bar on your iPhone to disappear.

Then, tap on “Done" on your Android smartphone.

Tap on “Continue iPhone Setup" on your iPhone and follow the on-screen instructions.

Use Google to sync contacts between Android and iOS

Because Android is so tightly integrated with Google services, your contacts are probably stored on Google's servers. You can use it to move contacts on your iPhone by following the steps below.

Go to the Settings app on your iPhone.

Tap on “Email" and then "Accounts."

Tap on the Add Account button. Select the Google logo to get started.

Now enter your Gmail account details.

When prompted to select the types of data you want to collect, ensure the "Contacts" box is checked.

Use the SIM card to transfer contacts

Another option to transfer Android contacts to the iPhone 13 Pro and Pro Max is by using a SIM card. Since the SIM card can store many contacts, this will be the most convenient way to transfer data between two devices. Therefore, follow these steps.

First, check if your Android phone can transfer contacts to a SIM card.

Open your Contacts app and check if you can copy your contacts.

If this option is not available, you can use an application such as SIM Copy.

Remove the SIM card from the Android phone after copying contacts.

Then insert the SIM card into the iPhone 13 Pro or Pro Max.

Once the SIM card is inserted, go to "Settings" on your iPhone.

Tap on “Import contacts from SIM card" in the "Contacts" menu and you are done.

Manual transfer of contacts via VCF files

On most Android phones, you can manually transfer contacts with VCF files. Here we go for the processes.

On your Android smartphone, go to the Contacts app.

Look for the "three lines" or "three dots" symbol to see more options.

It should be possible to import and export contacts.

Tap on “Export to VCF File" from the drop-down menu. You can save the file anywhere.

Finally, transfer the VCF file to your iPhone (preferably by email).

Open your Mail app on the iPhone and click to open the VCF file.

The Contacts app on your iPhone lets you add all of your contacts.

Set Emergency Contacts

No one knows when the accident occurs. But you need to be quick to respond to the condition. That's why Apple has made it easier for you to act quickly by making a list of emergency contacts

On iPhone, open the Health app.

Now go to the top-right screen corner and tap on your profile icon.

 Select Medical ID from the drop-down menu.

Then tap on “Edit" in the upper right screen corner.

Scroll down to the Emergency Contacts section and tap on “Add an Emergency Contact" from the drop-down menu.

Then, you can tap on the desired contact from the phone book. If you need help, Siri will contact that emergency contact.

Finally, describe your emergency contact connection. Don't forget to tap on “Done" at the end to save your changes.

You can also go to Settings > Emergency SOS > Emergency Contacts > Emergency Contacts under Health to edit emergency contacts. You can then add or remove a contact.

Chapter 4: How to Set Up Display

The display setting is an important aspect of a smartphone that can affect your user experience when using your iPhone. Leaving it too bright, could affect your eyes or affect battery life while leaving it too dim could make you strain your eyes. Here we will talk about how to set up the iPhone 13 Pro or Pro Max display for a much better user experience.

Set Up Brightness

iOS is getting stronger every year, this means you have a lot more ways to perform any task and adjust the screen brightness. When we look at the iPhone 13's specs, we can see that the screen could be brighter than ever. We'll show you how to adjust your iPhone’s brightness so you can get the most out of it.

Using Control Center to Change Brightness on iPhone 13 Pro or Pro Max

We'll start with the quickest method to adjust your iPhone’s brightness, which we think you'll use the most. So, here's how you do it through the Control Center.

Make sure your iPhone's screen is on (it can be locked or unlocked).

Swipe down from the top-right screen corner.

At this point, you can see a grid of buttons. There you will find your Control Center.

On the right side, you will find the brightness slider. You can use it by dragging it up or down.

Tap and clutch the brightness slider for adjusting the input.

Increase or decrease the brightness by dragging up or down.

Don't forget to look under, from there, you can enable additional display options.

Tap anywhere outside the Control Center to return to the main screen.

Using the Settings app to change brightness on iPhone 13 Pro or Pro Max

There is also a Settings app that enables you to adjust your iPhone’s brightness. Here's how you do it.

Open the Settings app on your device.

Scroll the page bottom and scroll down. Then tap on “Display and Brightness."

The brightness slider is now visible. It can be moved left or right.

Move the point to the left to decrease the screen brightness.

Increase the brightness by dragging the point to the right.

Note that your iPhone's