Apple Watch

227 Pages·2016·60.17 MB·English

by  Spivey Dwight.

Apple Watch
®
Connect using Apple’s
Digital Touch and
Taptic Engine
Easily monitor your
health via the
Activity app
Customize your Watch
to suit your own
unique needs
Dwight Spivey
No one likes a know-it-all. Most of us realize there’s no such thing—
how could there be? The world is far too complicated for someone
to understand everything there is to know. So when you come across
a know-it-all, you smile to yourself as they ramble on because you
know better.
You understand that the quest for knowledge is a never-ending one,
and you’re okay with that. You have no desire to know everything, just
the next thing. You know what you don’t know, you’re confident enough
to admit it, and you’re motivated to do something about it.
At Idiot’s Guides, we, too, know what we don’t know, and we make
it our business to find out. We find really smart people who are
experts in their fields and then we roll up our sleeves and get to work,
asking lots of questions and thinking long and hard about how best
to pass along their knowledge to you in the easiest, most-accessible
way possible.
After all, that’s our promise—to make whatever you want to learn “As
Easy as It Gets.” That means giving you a well-organized design that
seamlessly and effortlessly guides you from page to page, topic to topic.
It means controlling the pace you’re asked to absorb new information—
not too much at once but just what you need to know right now. It
means giving you a clear progression from easy to more difficult. It
means giving you more instructional steps wherever necessary to really
explain the details. And it means giving you fewer words and more
illustrations wherever it’s better to show rather than tell.
So here you are, at the start of something new. The next chapter in
your quest. It can be an intimidating place to be, but you’ve been here
before and so have we. Clear your mind and turn the page. By the end
of this book, you won’t be a know-it-all, but your world will be a little
less complicated than it was before. And we’ll be sure your journey is
as easy as it gets.
Mike Sanders
Publisher, Idiot’s Guides
Apple Watch
®
by Dwight Spivey
A member of Penguin Random House LLC
Publisher: Mike Sanders
Associate Publisher: Billy Fields
Acquisitions Editor: Janette Lynn
Cover and Book Designer: William Thomas
Photographer: Ralph Anderson
Development Editor: Ann Barton
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A WORLD OF IDEAS
SEE ALL THERE IS TO KNOW
Contents
Chapter 1: Chapter 4:
Getting to Know Apple Watch .................9 Configuring Basic Settings .......................47
Anatomy of the Apple Watch.................................10 The Settings App and My Watch Options ............48
Apple Watch Models .............................................11 Time .........................................................................50
What’s in the Box ....................................................12 Airplane Mode ........................................................51
Charging Your Apple Watch ..................................13 Bluetooth ..................................................................52
Interacting with the Apple Watch...........................14 Do Not Disturb ........................................................53
General....................................................................54
Chapter 2: General > About .....................................................55
Setting Up Apple Watch .............................17 General > Software Update...................................56
Why Do You Need an iPhone? .............................18 General > Orientation and Watch Orientation ....58
General > Activate on Wrist Raise ........................59
Pairing, Setting Up, and Unpairing
Apple Watch ...........................................................20 General > Accessibility ...........................................60
Meet the Apple Watch App ...................................24 General > Language & Region ..............................64
General > Apple ID ................................................65
General > Enable Handoff.....................................65
Chapter 3:
General > Wrist Detection .....................................66
The Clock Face and Time ..........................27 General > Usage ....................................................67
The Many Faces of Apple Watch ..........................28 General > Siri .........................................................68
Selecting and Customizing Watch Faces ..............30 General > Regulatory .............................................68
Setting Clock Options .............................................36 General > Reset ......................................................69
Keeping Track with Stopwatch ...............................38 Brightness & Text Size .............................................70
Using the Timer App ...............................................40 Sounds & Haptics ...................................................72
Setting Alarms ..........................................................42 Using a Passcode ...................................................74
Using the World Clock ...........................................44 Customizing Your Watch’s App Layout ..................78
4 Idiot’s Guides: Apple Watch
Chapter 5: Chapter 8:
Phone Calls ..........................................................81 Health and Activity .....................................121
Handling Phone Calls and Voicemail ....................82 The Activity App ....................................................122
Configuring Phone Options ....................................86 Keeping Tabs on Your Activity ..............................124
Managing Your Friends List .....................................88 Monitoring Yourself with the Workout App ..........128
Calibrating Your Apple Watch .............................131
Chapter 6: Setting Activity, Workout, and Health Options ....132
Messages and Digital Touch ...................91
Receiving and Reading Messages .........................92 Chapter 9:
Replying to Messages .............................................93 Passbook and Apple Pay ..........................137
Working with Photos and Videos in Messages .....94 Your Digital Wallet ................................................138
Creating New Messages .......................................96 Adding Passes to Passbook ..................................140
Configuring Messages Options .............................98 Using Passes Stored in Passbook .........................142
Setting Up Apple Watch Mail ..............................100 Adding Credit or Debit Cards to Passbook .........144
Using Mail Notifications .......................................102 Using Apple Pay ...................................................146
Using Mail .............................................................104
Third-Party Email Apps ..........................................106 Chapter 10:
Using Handoff .......................................................107 Camera and Photos ......................................149
Syncing Photos ......................................................150
Chapter 7: Viewing Photos ......................................................152
Calendar, Notifications, Managing Photo Storage .....................................154
and Glances .......................................................109 Using the Camera Remote App ...........................156
Using Calendar .....................................................110 Taking Screenshots ................................................159
Viewing Events ......................................................111
Adding Events .......................................................112
Configuring Calendar Settings .............................113
Responding to Invitations ......................................114
Notifications ..........................................................116
Glances .................................................................118
Contents 5
Chapter 11: Chapter 14:
Music .....................................................................161 The Apple Watch App Store ...................191
The Music App ......................................................162 Accessing the Apple Watch App Store ...............192
Controlling Music Playback ..................................164 Navigating the App Store ....................................194
Modifying Music Settings ....................................165 Installing and Removing Apps ..............................196
Storing and Playing Audio on Apple Watch .......166
Pairing and Unpairing Bluetooth Headphones ....168 Chapter 15:
Troubleshooting .............................................199
Chapter 12: Common Troubleshooting Measures ....................200
Weather, Maps, and Stocks .....................171 Forgotten Passcode ...............................................204
Using the Weather App ........................................172 Problems with Apps ...............................................205
Configuring Weather App Options Apple Watch Won’t Turn On or Respond ...........206
and Settings ...........................................................174 Can Not Connect to My iPhone ..........................208
Navigating the Maps App ...................................176 Apple Watch Is Not Charging .............................209
The Stocks App .....................................................182 The Digital Crown Isn’t Responding Properly .......210
Response Time Is Slow ..........................................212
Chapter 13: Additional Help .....................................................213
Remote Control Features .........................185
Using Remote with Apple TV ................................186
Using Remote with iTunes ......................................188 Glossary ................................................................214
Additional Resources .............................................216
Index ......................................................................218
6 Idiot’s Guides: Apple Watch
Introduction
Apple has gone and done it again. First Mr. Jobs introduced us to the Mac,
then the iPod, following up with the iPhone and iPad. And now, Mr. Cook
brings us Apple’s latest game-changing, life-altering, paradigm-shifting device:
the Apple Watch.
I’ve been an Apple guy for going on 20 years now, So strap that Apple Watch on, dear reader! You’re
and I’ve seen a lot of products come and go. I’ve been among the first to adopt a new way of tech life, and I
lucky enough to experience several Steve Jobs keynotes applaud you for it. I’ve written Idiot’s Guides: Apple
in person and have witnessed the launches of some of Watch for adventurous folks like you, who know the
Apple’s most popular products. I have to say that very next big thing when they see it. It’s my sincere hope that
few have matched the sheer anticipation that preceded this tome exceeds your expectations as much as the
the unveiling of the Apple Watch (the iPhone certainly Apple Watch itself will. Welcome to the future!
leaps to mind). Apple even had U2 present to help
Acknowledgments
introduce the Apple Watch to the world with a rocking
bang. The media hasn’t stopped talking about Apple This book would not be possible, and I would look
Watch before or since. When Apple Watch finally much less competent, were it not for the entire team
went on sale (online only at the time), most models behind the whole thing. I know that I will miss some
were sold out in a matter of minutes—no joke. More names, and if yours is one of them, please forgive my
Apple Watches were sold in those first minutes of going oversight and know that your work on Idiot’s Guides:
on sale than all Android Wear watches combined for Apple Watch is sincerely appreciated.
the entirety of 2014. The question begs asking: is
Apple Watch worth all the hubbub? Very special thanks go to the following teammates:
acquisitions editor Janette Lynn (for keeping me on the
The simple answer is yes. There’s no doubt in my mind right track throughout this process), development editor
that Apple Watch will make a massive impact on how Ann Barton, designer William Thomas, and
we communicate with one another, how we manage photographer extraordinaire Ralph Anderson!
our daily tasks, how we track our fitness goals and Thank you to Carole Jelen, my agent and friend.
levels, how we interact with multimedia, and much Finally, I thank my family and friends for your patience
more than many folks have even dreamed of. Like any and understanding during the writing of this book. I
new technology, Apple Watch has its detractors, just especially thank my wife, Cindy, and our children:
like the iPhone did. You don’t hear much from those Victoria, Devyn, Emi, and Reid. And above all, I thank
early iPhone critics these days, and I believe you won’t God who saw fit that we should all walk together on
hear too much from the Apple Watch naysayers in the this life’s many paths.
near future, either.