Are you really into video gaming? Are you a student? Do you work? Are you losing weight? About to have a baby? Are you aware of the fact that your iPad can assist you in these activities and so much more? There is, quite literally, an app for just about everything! The iPad is so much more than a collection of apps, though. Follow the tips in this article and learn all that the iPad has to offer.
Your password information can be protected by setting it to erase if someone enters it incorrectly a certain number of times. This will enable erasure of all data on your phone after 10 unsuccessful login attempts.
Want a manual for your iPad? You’ll have to download it. Apple wants to be as minimalistic as possible and wants you to get one off the Internet instead of shipping them with their products.
If you want to keep all your webpages open, use new tabs to do it. When you find a website in Safari, hold your finger on the link. A menu will appear. Here, you can choose to open the link in a tab.
Search Engine
If you do not want Google used as your default search engine you can change that. Just click on Settings, then Safari and then Search Engine. You can use any search engine you like, such as Yahoo or Bing. You don’t have to use Google if you don’t wish.
Do you find it annoying to have to access the bookmarks icon via tapping to navigate to your saved websites? Well you can turn on the bookmarks bar permanently and eliminate this problem. Go to Settings, Safari, and then select Always Show Bookmarks Bar and turn it to On.
If you misplaced your iPad, how would you find it easily? Go into your Settings menu and pick iCloud. Add your account’s Apple ID and turn on the app. When your iPad disappears, you’ll be able to track it on iCloud.com.
It is really easy to make a screenshot with an iPad. Simply press and hold the sleep and home buttons simultaneously. These two buttons will save a screenshot of the devices current display and save it to a directory of your choosing.
You will find that iPads now have an easy way to be muted. The original iPad did not have a simple mute button. The IOS 4.3 gave the choice of a lock switch to lock the iPad orientation or to mute the sound. To mute immediately, just depress the volume-down tool and hold.
Visit your frequently used applications faster and with greater ease. Just double-tap the home button, and you will see them on the bottom of the screen. This tip can save you lots of time because you don’t have to manually scroll through each screen.
Adjust your brightness to save battery life. Using this option, your iPad can adjust its lighting to match the lighting where you are. This is a good way to get more from your battery. The settings area of your iPad has a control for this under Brightness and Wallpaper.
Your new iPad comes preloaded with a lot of apps that you might not wish to use. But some of these apps cannot be removed. 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.
Currently Running
Double clicking on the Home button lets you see and access all currently running apps. You will then see a bar that has icons for each app that is running. Pressing an icon will allow you to access an app. That way, you don’t forget about apps you are currently running, and you can close down some you no longer need.
Multitask your web browsing experience using tabs. Using tabs allows you to follow links and visit other sites without closing what you are doing. Hold your link rather than tapping it to see a menu of options. This menu will allow you to open a new tab and load the new page there. This allows you to save your place on the current page.
Identical light or brightness settings are unnecessary in varied situations, so you can make changes to these yourself. Tap your home button two times and swipe several times until the brightness setting appears. You can alter the brightness and save some battery life.
Street View
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. Tap the pin and choose the person icon to load the street view.
You now have a foundation of knowledge that you can build upon. You won’t want to be without your iPad, and you’ll use it for so many things. This article helped you to discover that you can replace many other out-dated gadgets with this, and you will not be able to put it down.