The iPad tablet is a spectacular gadget.You can use it to making recordings, draw and sing, doodle and perform a variety of other tasks using this space-age gadget. However, without a bit of understanding, you will miss out on many of this devices features. Keep reading to get tips for great iPad users who want to get the most from their device.
Does your iPad prompt you to join new wifi networks all the time? Go to settings and turn this off. Touch the tab for Wi-Fi, and you can turn off the prompt by changing the last option.
Keep up with your spending on iPad apps. It’s very common for iPad users to run up large bills with such engaging and apps. Make sure you monitor the amount of money you spend.
Be watchful of all the apps that are running on your device. A lot of the apps are designed to run as background processes. Double-click the Home to see what’s currently running. The apps you have running will appear in a bar at the bottom of your screen. Swipe your finger in a downward motion to close the bar after you finish.
If you need to charge up in a hurry, do not use an iPhone charger on the iPad. The two devices both operate at different wattages – the iPhone at 5 watts and the iPad at 10 watts. And their chargers follow suit. You will not be able to charge your iPad as quickly if you are using your iPhone charger. Instead, use the charging cables that came with your iPad.
You do not need not press the camera roll icon on your screen to view your photos. Just swipe to see your finger to the right to find the video or picture you just took.Swipe left in the other direction to see prior photos.
If privacy is a big concern for you, your iPad can be set to delete all data. This will enable erasure of all data on your phone if someone cannot figure out the code 10 times in a row.
Typing on a tablet can be difficult at first but gets easier over time. There is a button that allows you to do speech dictation. Hit the home button before tapping on the small microphone. When you finish talking, hit it again and you will see it as text.
Bookmark Bar
Do you find it annoying to have to access the bookmark icon via tapping to navigate to your saved websites? You can permanently enabling the bookmark bar. Go to your Settings screen, tap on Safari and turn on the bookmark bar.
The factory setting for previewing an email shows you two lines before opening it. You may want to have more text available to preview. Just access your Setting and the select Mail. Then choose Contacts, go to Calender, then pick the Preview option to increase the number of lines.
Set up phone numbers and emails.The email that was used to set up the iPad will be used by default on FaceTime, but you can always add more.
Go to your apps that you need to use frequently! This can save you lots of time because you don’t have to go back to the home screen and navigate to the app.
If you are in the habit of reading the instruction manual for everything that you buy, you need to know that the iPad’s manual is only available via download. Apple is all about minimalism and they would rather you download one than to include one with all of their products.
You can use the copy and paste text on your iPad. Tap again when the text has been highlighted in yellow, and you can select Copy.
One great feature is iTunes U (U = university). It contains podcasts on a variety of professional topics and is perfect for the ride home.
Getting a sound alert every time you receive an email can be very annoying. You can get rid of these alerts. To do so, go to Settings and General. Finally, click on the Sounds option. You can stop the sound for new mail or at least turn it down.
Your new iPad will come preloaded with apps that you may never use. You can put them in a folder and they won’t be in your way. This lets you focus on the ones you do use quite a bit.
Running Apps
There is now a quick and easy way to mute your iPad. The original iPad didn’t have a mute button. Once iOS 4.3 came out, there was an option added where your lock switch can mute the sound. To do a quick mute on your iPad now, press and hold down your volume-down button.
Double click the Home button to see a list of apps that are currently running apps. This will open up a bar shows all running apps and you can be accessed by pressing the icon in that bar. This lets you to compartmentalize all of your iPad and close unneeded apps to free up RAM.
Make the most of tabs to multitask Internet surfing. You no longer have to surf away from the page that you are currently looking at in order to go to a particular link somewhere else. Hold the link so that the options menu of options. Then you can follow the new link in a brand new tab, and the device will create a new page for you to view seperately from the one you are currently on.
Most people know about accessing the iTunes store with their iPads, but they’re not aware of all the added features. An interesting one is iTunes U (which is used for universities). This will give you podcasts that are educational in nature so that you can broaden your learning base.
Many people find the battery charge screen annoying. All you need to do is go to settings, tap on general, and usage after that. This option will give you the location to turn off the icon.Follow these steps if you ever wish to re-enable it.
You can manage the notifications that come through on your notifications. You can remedy this by choosing Settings and then notifications. This lets you to turn off notifications that you aren’t interested in. That helps you be notified by whatever you find most important.
Apple is good about not loading your new iPad with a bunch of junk third-party apps. They do pre-load many of their own tools including music, maps, iTunes, and Newsstand. The catch is that not all of the pre-loaded apps can be deleted. Place them into a separate folder and move them so that it is far from where you spend your time. Without these apps to clutter your screen, you can do more with your preferred apps.
Your iPad is more than a great tool, all thanks to this information. Keep the tips you read here in mind, and share them with your friends to help them learn from you. As much as you know, the more you are able to assist others and you will feel good too.