Bought An IPad? Read These Tips First

Oprah Winfrey has hailed the iPad to be one of the most momentous inventions ever. If you’re new to using it, you may feel a bit overwhelmed. The information regarding your iPad to help you maximize its potential.

Using your iPad to watch films, play music and play games can significantly shorten the life of the battery. One of the ways you can extend the time your battery retains its charge is by adjusting the brightness of your screen. It is unlikely that you will prefer the brightest setting and the improvement will be worth it.

You can get to all of your running apps on your iPad. Just swipe downward on your finger down to get rid of the bar.

Keep your spending on iPad apps. It’s easy to rack up credit card bills buying music and entertaining applications that are just a click away. Make sure you monitor the amount of money you spend.

The little beeps every time you get an email can be quite annoying. You can change this! Just select your Settings button and then General after that. Once you get there, select Sounds. This should display all of your sound options, including the ability to mute or damped new email notifications.

TIP! When surfing, use tabs. If you are in the Safari browser you can tap on it and then a menu will pops up.

Do you get perturbed when your iPad asks if you want to join new Wi-Fi networks? This feature can by turned off in your settings. Select Wi-Fi and then turn the notification option if you want them to disappear.

Did you unintentionally open an app that is noisy? You can quickly mute the volume by holding down the volume-down button. The lock orientation can be turned into a mute button as well.

Would you like to locate your iPad if it is misplaced? Enter Settings and then look at iCloud. Add your account’s Apple ID and turn on the app. Thus, if you lose the device, you just need to go to iCloud.com.

TIP! This a useful trick if you need to mute the sound of your iPad quickly. Just press and hold the volume button down for a few seconds.

You don’t have to use the film roll icon on your screen to view your photos. Just swipe your photo or picture you just took. Swipe left in a continuous motion to see photos you took earlier.

Go to mail settings under the general heading. You can change this to 5 lines. This allows you to see more of your emails say.

Since getting an iPad costs quit a bit of money, you’d be wise to take great care of it. Screen protectors for the iPad are quite popular. These thin plastic sheets can give your iPad screen more protection. Always use soft, damp cloths when cleaning iPad screens. Refrain from using any household or window cleaners when cleaning your iPad.

TIP! You can block mature content on an iPad that was purchased for use by your child. Just click on settings and turn on parental controls.

There is a speech dictation. Just double click your home button and tap on the little microphone icon. When you finish speaking, tap the Microphone again to turn your dictation into text.

The iPad has a paper manual for those that want to know all of the information Apple has to provide. Apple doesn’t want to kill trees so they would rather you download option instead.

Your iPad can easily copy, cut, and paste text similar to a home computer. Tap the text you wish to copy, hold, then choose select to select the words you are interested in copying. Tap once more after the text appears in yellow highlight. Then select Copy. Then, tap and hold for a few seconds and choose Paste.

TIP! Turning on your iPad’s auto brightness feature is a great way to extend battery life. With auto brightness enabled your iPad automatically adjusts screen lighting depending on the lighting available in whatever room you’re in.

If you use Google Calendar and want it included within the calendar app on your iPad, go to Mail, Contact then Calendars. You select Other after tapping the Add An Account and then Other.Tap on the CalDAV Account and then enter your Google data. You should see what you need now.

Do you just hate knowing how much charge remains in your iPad? This can be simply turned off so that it does not bother you. Begin by going to your Settings.Look under General section to locate Usage.

Want to see all your running apps? All you have to do is tap the Home button twice. That allows you to access a bar containing all running apps. In this way, you will not forget about currently running apps. You will be able to shut them off when you don’t need them.

TIP! Alter the amount of brightness that you have on your device during the day. You can find the brightness setting by double clicking the Home button.

Is clicking the bookmarks icon each time you nuts?You can eliminate this by turning the bookmarks bar on permanently. Go to your Settings, click Safari and then go to Always Show Bookmarks and switch this to the On position.

Go to your apps that you usually run easier and easier! This trick may save a good way to quickly access an app instead of scrolling through several screens looking for something.

You can control notifications. If you have a lot of apps, things are always alerting you and popping up. Make some changes in the “Notifications” area of the settings. That way, you are able to manage the apps that alert you and disable app notifications for those you don’t really use. It also gives the option to decide which applications are most important.

Cloud Function

The iPad cloud function is very useful for people who are constantly onilne. This is a wonderful way to keep information without taking up space on your iPad’s hard drive. Make sure to keep important documents are stored on your iPad and the cloud function.

Become a part of the iPad community online. This can give you a lot of valuable information on your device. You can also give others the benefit of your iPad experiences. If you ever have problems with your iPad, a special forum like this can help you address your problems.

TIP! You cannot switch from one day to another by switching on the calendar function. Try using navigation so you can choose your date.

Start using the tips you just read. Make the most use out of your new gadget by using all of the tips and tricks discussed. Learn everything you can to ensure that your investment is put to its best use.