Tips And Tricks For Making Your Ipad More Useful
Oprah says that iPad is one of the best things ever invented. While you may have just received yours, or maybe you’ve had one since day one, you still need to learn all that it offers. This article will equip you with some great insider tips that will help you use your iPad.
You can now create folders with your iPad’s iOS. Simply tap and hold the app. It will begin to make a wiggling motion, at which point you can drag and drop the icon onto another one. Doing this will create a new folder, and inside you will be able to access either app, and it will automatically be named by category. Then, you can rename the folder.
You can bring up a list of every app currently running on your iPad. By double-clicking on your Home button, you will see every running app in a bar near the bottom of the screen. Tap on any of these apps to access it. Just swipe your finger down to get rid of the bar.
Watch how much money you spend on apps. Because of the iPad’s convenient features, you can end up spending much more money than you like. The iPad saves your credit card information and you can click away without thinking. Therefore, you should closely watch your spending.
You don’t need to click the camera icon on your screen to view your photos. All you have to do is swipe the screen right and your video or picture will appear. Previous photos can be seen by swiping left.
Your password information can be protected by setting it to erase if someone enters it incorrectly a certain number of times. Everything on your iPad will be deleted if there are 10 failed password attempts.
Click Settings, Mail, Contacts and Calendars to add Google Calendar to your iPad. Navigate to Add An Account, and then tap Other. Choose “CalDAV” as the account type and type in your Google credentials. Then, back out of that menu and choose the calendar app. All that you need should be right there.
Are you irritated by the percentage of battery icon on the top right of your screen? This can be simply turned off. Start by going to the Settings. Once there, go to General and locate Usage. You can quickly turn on or off the battery display.
Search Engine
You can change your search engine default easily. To change it, you’ll need to open the Settings menu, tap on Safari, and then tap Search Engine. If you would rather use Yahoo or Bing, you can chose one of them instead.
There is an easier way to open your favorite websites than tapping the bookmarks icon. You can permanently turn on your Bookmarks bar. Go to Settings, Safari, Always Show the Bookmarks Bar, and select On.
Would you like the ability to locate your iPad should it go missing? If yes, go to the iCloud settings in the Settings area. Add your unique Apple ID and select “Find My iPad” at the screen’s bottom. When you activate this feature, you only need to visit iCloud.com to locate a lost iPad.
Mature Content
You can block mature content on an iPad that was purchased for use by your child. To do this, just go into settings and find the mature content option. You can block access to mature content by labeling your content as such.
iTunes lets you sync documents with your computer. You can trade pages back and forth through iTunes. This makes sharing convenient and iTunes works with almost any brand on the market. It is also quite easy to send your PDF’s over the Internet and then download them from a remote system.
When you take photographs, you may grasp the sides of the iPad to hold it. This will cause your shutter button to go in and out, resulting in blurry pictures. Check out the orientation lock. This will make it easier for you to hit the shutter button when you go to take a picture. If you find that the picture came out with the wrong orientation, you can then fix it using your image editor.
Running Apps
To access all running apps, just double-click the Home button. A bar with all your running apps will appear and you will be able to tap on the app you want to access. Thus, you can’t forget which applications are running and can shut down the ones that are not being used.
Your iPad is easily capable of taking a screenshot. Just press on Home and Sleep/Wake. A click will sound and a flash will appear. This means you have taken a screenshot. The screenshot is automatically saved in your Photos.
Is Google not your favorite search engine? You can easily swap it for another. Access the Settings, choose Safari and then Search Engine. Choose your new search engine from the list. You have the choice between Google, Bing or Yahoo.
To switch between apps as quickly as possible, click on Home two times. This will show all apps that are currently running. Simply tap the app that you’d like to switch to. To get back to where you were earlier you just do the same thing again.
Are you aware that you don’t need to use the keyboard on your iPad? After all, it’s fairly small and difficult to type on. You can buy any kind of Bluetooth keyboard and then set it up with the iPad. Then you can type just as if you were using a laptop.
After reading this article, you are prepared to get going with your iPad. You will get the most use out of your new iPad if you know about all its features. Make sure that you find out as much as you can so that your investment in this fantastic device is worth it!