Hard Time Using Your IPad? Try These Tips!

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Family members of all ages can take a seat and enjoy the features offered through the iPad. Children love the games features, and grown ups like the corporate use of it. There is no limit to what you can do with it. Keep reading to find out what you can do with your iPad right now.

Those iPad apps can be addictive, so keep a tally of how many you purchase. When you own an iPad, it is incredibly easy to run up a large itunes bill due to the fact that itunes stores your credit card details and buying apps only involves a few clicks. You should monitor the spending and limit the time to a strict deadline.

You don’t need to click the camera icon on your screen to view your photos. Swipe to your right using a finger, and there is your video or picture. To view previous photos you have taken, just keep swiping to the left.

TIP! Do you often accidentally open loud apps? Mute your iPad in an emergency by holding down the volume button. The lock orientation can also be configured to mute your device.

Many people struggle to type on tablets, but it gets easier over time. There is a speech dictation function on your iPad. Just push the home button twice and then tap on the little microphone that you see. When you are done talking, push the icon again and your words will be shown as text.

When you receive a new email, your iPad’s default setting is for you to see two lines prior to opening it. It can be helpful to see more of the content prior to opening. Just visit SETTINGS and tap MAIL. Open the mail tab in the settings app, then navigate to Contacts > Calendar. Once there, choose the number of lines to preview using the “preview mail” option.

If you receive a lot of email, the notifications may drive you bonkers. You can turn them off. Just go to Settings then General. Finally, click on the Sounds option. Turn off the chime or adjust the volume of it.

TIP! You know your iPad has a tiny camera image in the bottom left of the screen, but you do not actually have to tap this to view the most recently taken video or picture. All you have to do is swipe the screen right and your video or picture will appear.

Add extra email addresses and phone numbers to FaceTime. When it’s on default, FaceTime on the iPad includes the email you set up with your iPad, but it’s possible to add more. If you have multiple emails or numbers, each one can be recognized by FaceTime.

Turning on auto brightness can extend battery life. The iPad will automatically adjust its brightness depending on the room that you are in. The prevents you from draining your battery unnecessarily during high light conditions. It can make a big difference in battery life between recharges. To do this, you just go to Settings and then choose Brightness and Wallpaper.

Shutter Button

TIP! The default setting on the iPad is to preview two lines of each new email before you select it. You may want to have more text available to preview.

When you’re snapping photographs, you may want to hold your iPad by its sides. Doing so will make the shutter button move around, causing wobbly pictures. Try using the lock for orientation. When you do this, you will be able to access the shutter button easily with your thumb. Snap the picture and use the editor afterwards to edit the media to your liking.

To help extend your iPad’s battery life turn down the screen’s brightness. If you use your iPad a lot and are unable to charge it for some time, this trick is especially beneficial. To turn down the brightness of the screen, tap the Home button twice and search for a sun-like icon.

Many people find the battery charge percentage on their screen annoying. Thankfully, it is pretty easy to remove it from the screen. Just go to Settings, General, then Usage. Here, you’re able to switch this off. If, for whatever reason, you want to put it back on, follow the same steps.

TIP! Having your iPad chime every time you get an email can quickly become annoying. You can turn them off.

Did you know you could take screenshots with your iPad? Just push both the Home and Sleep button together. This will yield a flash, which will mean that you took a picture. Your iPad has taken a picture of the screen. Screenshots automatically go into your photo gallery.

Do you get tired eyes from reading books on your tablet? To avoid this, you can reduce your screen’s brightness level. You can change this in the Settings menu, or you can use the iBook app’s built-in brightness slider.

Say you don’t want to leave your home screen, but you do want to move from app-to-app. All you have to do is double-click your Home button to see which apps are running. Choose the icon of the specific app you want and click. Do this again if you want to get back to where you originally were.

TIP! You can change your search engine from the default Google to another you prefer. Simply navigate to Settings, Safari, and then Search Engine.

Have you thought about hooking your iPad up to a television? There are a great many benefits to doing so. You just need to buy an adapter to do so. There are two types – VGA or digital AV. Both are fine.

Street View

You can use the Google Maps app in order to utilize Street View. Search on it and a red pin will show up on your map. If you press on the pin, and choose the person icon, the Street View will load.

TIP! Do you find it annoying to have to tap your bookmarks icon whenever you need to go to the websites you use the most? It is possible to leave the bookmark bar up permanently. Enter the Settings menu, select Safari, and enable Always Show Bookmarks.

It’s not always convenient to use the keyboard on your iPad, and you do not have to! Sometimes you may find difficulty using the iPad keyboard. You can buy a Bluetooth keyboard and then use it with the iPad, easily. You will feel more like you’re using a laptop and be able to type more efficiently with the external keyboard.

Have you wondered why your iPad is slowly getting a little bit slower when you’re trying to navigate with it? Have you deleted all the useless data that is on your iPad, but it still isn’t running smoothly? Use iCloud to clear out more space! For a lot of iPad users, this can speed up the machine.

PDFs are something that have been improved with the iPad. If so, then email yourself the PDF files so that your iPad will open it via the iBooks function. If you’re near a computer, you’re able to easily sync PDFs with the iPad by accessing the book tab in the iTunes app.

TIP! Are you interested in easily retrieving your iPad if it gets lost? Go to Settings, then iCloud. Enter your Apple ID before turning on the Find My iPad feature.

With these tips in your mind, are you ready to use your iPad fully? Now give the above tips a try and see what all the fuss is about. The more you find out about the functionalities of the iPad, the more helpful this device will be in your day-to-day life.