iPhone5s Tutorial: PC-free setup

Setting up your iPhone 5s

or 5c for the rst time

Get your new iPhone up and running without a PC or Mac

 

YOU’VE FINALLY GOT YOUR HANDS ON THE

brand-new iPhone 5s and now it’s time to get it

set up and ready for use.

The excitement of buying an iPhone has,

over the years, been tempered by the fact

that to get your iPhone up and running you

were first required to plug your phone into a computer. Whether you

stood in line for two weeks to get your hands on one, or pre-ordered

for the iPhone to be delivered to your house, the rush of delight was

often held in check by the necessity to wait until iTunes told you that

your shiny new iPhone was ready.

Your iPhone no longer needs to be physically connected to a

computer for it to work. As you might expect from Apple, the process

is simple and quick; about the most technically difficult part is inserting

the nano SIM card into your iPhone. However, in typical Apple style a

SIM tray pin is included in the box to make this task even easier.

We’ll assume that you already have all the boring stuff such as your

phone price plan sorted out, and that you have unboxed and inserted

the SIM card into your iPhone. From here on in getting started is no

more than a five-minute process. Wire-free setup is a breeze, and all

you have to do is follow our simple steps to make sure that you and

your phone are ready to go as quickly as possible.

After that, there’s a whole world of calling, texting, tweeting,

internet browsing and taking photos, as well as all the apps to enjoy on

your new iPhone 5s or iPhone 5c.

KIT LIST:

■ iPhone 5s/5c

■ Nano SIM

■ Wi-Fi connection

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iPhone5s Tutorial: Wireless sync

Wireless synching of your

iPhone to iTunes

Completely cut the cord between your iPhone and computer

SYNCHING AN IPHONE AND ITUNES USED

to mean that you had to plug your iPhone into

your Mac or PC and either sit and watch the

progress bar or leave it and pop back whenever

you thought it might be ready. Happily, there is

now a better solution to synching your iPhone.

Now you can keep your iPhone and iTunes account on your PC or

Mac completely in tune wirelessly. No more hunting around for that

white cable. Never again will you have to scrabble around under your

desk to try to plug the USB cable into your computer.

Wireless synching works when both your iPhone and computer

are connected to the same wireless network and when your iPhone

is connected to a power source. You’ll have to keep your computer

on and running iTunes, too. This means you can leave your iPhone

charging overnight and wake up to fully synched iPhone and iTunes.

The more content you’ve purchased the longer it will take, but

wireless sync covers everything: applications, music, bookmarks,

books, contacts calendars, movies, photos, notes, documents and

ringtones are all synched wirelessly over your network.

When your iPhone is connected to a power source and on the

Wi-Fi network it shows up just as it would, were it plugged into your

computer through a USB cable. This means you can change settings

and other options wirelessly, too.

Ironically, you have to plug your iPhone into your computer to

enable wireless synching but, after that, it’s all wire-free.

KIT LIST:

■ iPhone 5s/5c

■ Wireless network

■ PC or Mac with

iTunes

Time required: 10 mins

Di culty: Beginner

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