Help Me! Guide to iPhone 6: Step-by-Step User Guide for the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus (22 page)

Figure 8: Settings Screen

Figure 9: Safari Settings Screen

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Google, Yahoo, or Bing can be set as the default search engine in Safari. When you get your new iPhone 6, the default search engine is set to Google. The Address bar at the top of the screen also acts as a search field in Safari. To change the default search engine:

1. Touch the
 icon on the Home screen. The Settings screen appears.
2. Touch
Safari
. The Safari Settings screen appears.
3. Touch
Search Engine
. A list of search engines appears.
4. Touch the preferred search engine. The default search engine is set, and its name will now appear in the empty search field.

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The phone can clear the list of recently visited websites, known as the History, as well as other data, such as saved passwords, known as Cookies. The phone can also delete data from previously visited websites, known as the Cache. To delete all of these items:

1. Touch the
 icon on the Home screen. The Settings screen appears.
2. Touch
Safari
. The Safari Settings screen appears.
3. Touch
Clear History and Website Data
. A confirmation dialog appears.
4. Touch
Clear
History and Data
(or touch
Clear
, if using an iPad). The selected data is deleted and the option is grayed out on the Safari Settings screen.

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The Safari browser can display certain news articles in Reader Mode, which allows you to read them like a book with no images or links. To view an article in Reader Mode, touch the
button in the address bar (when available), as outlined in
Figure 10
. Reader Mode turns on, as shown in
Figure 11
. When Reader Mode is available, "Reader Mode Available" briefly appears in the address bar when the page has finished loading.

Figure 10: Reader Button in the Address Bar

Figure 11: Article in Reader Mode

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In order to preserve privacy, the Safari Web browser allows you to surf the internet without saving the History or any other data showing that you have visited a particular website. To open a private tab:

1. Touch the
button. The open browser tabs appear.
2. Touch
Private
. Private Mode is turned on.
3. Touch the
icon to open a new private tab.
4. When you are ready to exit private mode, touch the
button, and then touch
Private
again.

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Safari can automatically fill in personal information, such as passwords and credit card information, to save you time when filling forms or shopping online. To set up the AutoFill feature:

1. Touch the
 icon on the Home screen. The Settings screen appears.
2. Touch
Safari
. The Safari Settings screen appears.
3. Touch
Passwords & AutoFill
. The Passwords & Autofill screen appears, as shown in
Figure 12
.
4. Touch one of the following
switches turn on the corresponding AutoFill: