The best way to maximize your experience with one of these wonderful little devices is to learn as much as possible about its capabilities. Read on to learn more about the most out of your iPad.
Using your iPad to watch films, play music and play games can significantly shorten the life of the battery. If you lessen the brightness of the screen, you can get more from your battery. You probably won’t even miss using the brightest setting.
You can access a remote servers by using a VPN. The network tab is where you can change anything related to VPN and establish a connection with your preferred network. You are going to be prompted for a username and a server address. If you don’t know what the address is for the server, talk to your network administrator.
You can reboot the iPad with a soft reset. Wait for your iPad begins to restart. If you need to close an app, hold your home button down for a couple of seconds.
If time is of the essence, avoid charging your iPad with an iPhone charger. 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. To save time, charge your iPad with the included charger.
The iPad’s default setting shows two lines of every email before viewing it in full. You might want to be able to see more than that. Just access your Setting and then Mail.
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 that you wish to Add CallDAV Account and then put in the information for Google. Everything you needed should be right there!
Shortcuts are a simple way to get out messages. You can add a full stop and a space by tapping on the space button twice. That way, it will not be necessary to do it manually, and you will have additional time to transmit messages to people you know.
Are you irritated by the percentage of battery charge notification? This can be turned off.Begin by entering the menu for your iPad’s Settings.Look under General section to locate Usage.
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If you bought the iPad for your child and are concerned about them seeing mature content, you can change the settings to block that kind of content. You can do so in the settings area. A quick button click will stop mature content from being viewed. With the iPad you can set parental settings to block and harmful content.
You can change your search engine default Google to another you prefer. Just navigate to the Settings button, then Safari and then Search Engine. You can then switch to Yahoo or Bing if you would like.
This will allow you to block films that are labeled as ‘mature’ as well as bad language.
If you want to use the copy and paste feature on the iPad, you can click it and drag to select text. Select Copy, change to another app, and then select and hold again. You can then paste. For a whole paragraph, you will have to tap four times.
Do you ever find yourself browsing the web and wondering where a word that’s hyperlinked words lead? There is a way to get around this problem. Since hovering over a word isn’t possible, touching and holding the word will work. The hyperlink’s URL will be displayed.
You get to choose whether the iPad’s lock key silences your screen or freezes your screen’s orientation. Remember that earlier versions of the iPad did not able to do that.You have iOS 4.3 or a higher version. You can also mute your iPad by pressing on the volume button down.
Multitask your web browsing experience using tabs. For example, there are ways to keep a page you are viewing when you want to open a link. Try holding down on the link until a menu with several option automatically pops up. From here, you can opt to open the link in a new tab, allowing you to keep your current page as well as open the new one.
The bright screen may be reduced by pressing “Home” two times and swiping it until you find the settings for brightness. You can then adjust the brightness you have.
You can control of your notifications. You can control them by navigating to Settings and then Notifications. You can easily manage which apps you want a notification for and which don’t. That will help you when you want to get alerted from something important.
You might think it’s not necessary to do this, but it’s great to have security on your iPad. If you were to lose your iPad, all kinds of personal information would be in the hands of others.
Do you get tired eyes from reading e-books on the iPad hurts your eyes? This is easily remedied by reducing the brightness whenever you read.
You can’t do day-to-day swiping using the calendar function. The current day is marked in blue and should be easy reference.
Were you aware the the Google Maps application has Street View? A search will make a red pin show up for your location on your map. You should then tap on the pin and select the red and white icon of a person that appears and the Street View feature will load.
Are you aware that you can use the Google Maps’ Street View Feature? Search on it and a red pin on your map.
Do you want to take a screenshot fast? It is even easier than you may think it is. When a screenshot is taken, you will know that a screenshot was taken.
Do you need to look at a PDF file on your iPad? It must be sent via email so that the iPad can open it in iBooks. If you’re able to get to a computer, PDFs can be synced with the iPad by going to the iTunes app’s book tab.
Anyone who has ever used an iPad knows how wonderful it is. In order to truly have an optimal experience using one, however, it pays to spend some time learning about everything it can do. Review these tips to help you bring out the best in your iPad.