Apple MD717LL/A User Manual

Basics 

Alerts and Notification Center

Alerts let you know about important events. They can appear briefly at the top of the screen, or 
remain in the center of the screen until you acknowledge them.

Some apps may include a badge on their Home screen icon, to let you know how many new 
items await—for example, the number of new email messages. If there’s a problem—such as a 
message that couldn’t be sent—an exclamation mark   appears on the badge. On a folder, a 
numbered badge indicates the total number of notifications for all the apps inside.

Alerts can also appear on the Lock screen. 
Respond to an alert when iPod touch is locked. Swipe the alert from left to right.
Silence your alerts. Go to Settings > Do Not Disturb. 
Set sounds. Go to Settings > Sounds.

Notification Center collects your notifications in one place, so you can review them whenever 
you’re ready. Review all your alerts, or just the ones you missed. Or tap the Today tab for a 
summary of the day’s events—such as the weather forecast, appointments, birthdays, stock 
quotes, and even a quick summary of what’s coming up tomorrow. 
Open Notification Center. Swipe down from the top edge of the screen.

Set notification options. Go to Settings > Notification Center. Tap an app to set its notification 
options. You can also tap Edit to arrange the order of app notifications. Touch 

, then drag it to 

a new position.
Close Notification Center. Swipe up. 

Sounds and silence

You can change or turn off the sounds iPod touch plays when you get a FaceTime call, text, email, 
tweet, Facebook post, reminder, or other event. 
Set sound options. Go to Settings > Sounds for options such as alert tones and ringtones, and 
ringer and alert volumes.

If you want to temporarily silence incoming FaceTime calls, alerts, and sound effects, see the 
following section.