Learn how to make the most of iOS 12!

Although iOS 12 focuses largely on performance and usability improvements, it also contains dozens of useful new features. In Take Control of iOS 12, TidBITS Managing Editor Josh Centers takes you through all the new stuff—including some powerful but obscure capabilities you may never notice on your own. You’ll learn about Screen Time (to help you monitor and address screen addiction); updated notifications; improvements to Siri, Camera, Messages, and Photos; new password management tools; and a long list of other changes—as well as the forthcoming Shortcuts app, which provides new and improved automation features to iOS. Anyone with a compatible iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch will benefit from Josh’s in-depth explanations.

But the book also goes far beyond the new features, providing an extensive guide to getting the most out of iOS 12. For example, you’ll learn how to:

Make sense of the Lock screen, Home screen, and Control Center—and customize them to meet your needs

Search with Spotlight

Switch between apps and use Handoff to transfer your work

Use Siri effectively, and even create your own custom Siri shortcuts

Become a whiz at using the various keyboards and editing controls built into iOS 12

Use Share Sheets (for more than just sharing)

Make the most of special iPad features like Instant Note, multitasking, and drag & drop

Navigate the App Store

Understand the ins and outs of Family Sharing

Manage your data—both locally on your device and in the cloud

Use Screen Time to make better choices about when and how you use your device

Take photos and videos, apply camera effects, and organize your media

Send and receive messages in any of numerous ways with the Messages app

Make calls and use FaceTime and Voicemail

Surf the web with Safari

Use Maps, Find My iPhone, and Find My Friends

Organize your Wallet and use Apple Pay

Install, delete, create, and use shortcuts in the Shortcuts app

Protect your privacy

Make the most of numerous iOS accessibility features

Improve your battery life