- ISBN: 9781119607977 | 1119607973
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 7/21/2020
The A to Z guide to getting the most from your iPad
Your iPad is a magical piece of technology connecting you to the rest of the world pretty much anytime and anywhere. Super thin and (well, almost) light as a feather, it allows you to keep up with your day to day duties, stay in touch with family and friends, catch up with work, relax with books and movies, or even create your own works of art! Given all it’s capable of, it’s essential to have a guide to help you make the most of your device.
The latest edition of iPad and iPad Pro for Dummies helps users of all experience levels navigate this amazing looking glass. Assuming no prior knowledge, it takes you from the basics—including getting to know the iPad and adding useful accessories such as keyboards and pencils—to setting up email, connecting with other devices, maintaining files, and researching and installing the best apps for you.
- Discover the simple steps to get up and running
- Make your iPad work better and faster for you
- Explore the features of the brand new iPadOS
- Get easy fixes to common problems
Pick up your copy today and find out just how sweet life in Apple tablet form can be!
Edward C. Baig is the tech columnist for USA Today and co-author of all editions of iPad For Dummies and iPhone For Dummies.
Bob "Dr. Mac" LeVitus is the tech columnist for the Houston Chronicle and co-author of all editions of iPad For Dummies and iPhone For Dummies.
Bryan Chaffin is Editor- in-Chief of The Mac Observer.
Introduction 1
About This Book 1
Foolish Assumptions 2
Icons Used in This Book 2
Beyond the Book 3
Where to Go from Here 3
Part 1: Getting To Know Your iPad 5
Chapter 1: Unveiling the iPad 7
Exploring the iPad’s Big Picture 8
The iPad as a media player 9
The iPad as an Internet communications device 9
The iPad as an e-book reader 9
The iPad as a multimedia powerhouse 10
The iPad as a platform for third-party apps 10
The iPad as a multitasking content production device 10
What do you need to use an iPad? 11
Touring the iPad Exterior 11
On the top 11
On the bottom 13
On the front and back 14
Status bar 15
Discovering the Delectable Home Screen and Dock Icons 18
Home is where the screen is 18
Sittin’ on the dock of the iPad 20
Chapter 2: iPad Basic Training 23
Getting Started on Getting Started 24
A Closer Look at Cellular Data on Your iPad 25
Turning On and Setting Up the iPad 26
Automatic setup .26
Manual setup 29
Locking the iPad 33
Mastering the Multitouch Interface 34
Training your digits 34
Navigating beyond the Home screen 35
Select, cut, copy, and paste 36
Multitasking 38
Splitting the screen 38
Picture-in-picture 40
Organizing icons into folders 41
Printing 42
Proactive search 42
The Incredible, Intelligent, and Virtual iPad Keyboard 44
Anticipating what comes next 45
Discovering the special-use keys 47
Choosing an alternative keyboard 48
Finger-typing on the virtual keyboards 49
Editing mistakes 51
Chapter 3: Synchronicity: Getting Stuff to and from Your iPad 53
A Brief iCloud Primer 54
Getting in Sync 56
Sync prep 101 56
Backing Up Your iPad 59
Disconnecting the iPad 60
Synchronizing Your Data 61
Contacts 62
Calendars 63
Advanced syncing 63
Synchronizing Your Media 64
Music, music videos, and voice memos 65
Movies 66
TV shows 67
Photos 67
Manual Syncing 68
Part 2: The Internet iPad 71
Chapter 4: Going on a Mobile Safari 73
Surfin’ Dude 73
Exploring the browser 74
Blasting off into cyberspace 74
Zoom, zoom, zoom 76
Reading clutter-free web pages with reader view 77
Finding Your Way around Cyberspace 78
Looking at lovable links 78
Tabbed browsing 79
Surfing your iCloud tabs 80
Doing the splits 81
Revisiting Web Pages 81
Book(mark) ’em, Danno 81
Altering bookmarks 82
Saving to your reading list 83
Clipping a web page 84
Letting history repeat itself 84
Saving web pictures 85
Sharing Your Web Experiences 85
Launching a Mobile Search Mission 87
Private Browsing 88
Smart Safari Settings 89
Chapter 5: The Email Must Get Through 93
Prep Work: Setting Up Your Accounts 94
Setting up your account the easy way 94
Setting up your account the less-easy way 95
See Me, Read Me, File Me, Delete Me: Working with Messages 98
Reading messages 99
Threading messages 101
Managing messages 102
Searching emails 104
Don’t grow too attached to attachments 105
More things you can do with messages 106
Darling, You Send Me (Email) 107
Sending an all-text message 107
Formatting text in an email 109
Sending a photo or video with an email message 110
Adding an attachment to an email message 110
Marking up an attachment 111
Saving an email to send later 112
Replying to, forwarding, or printing an email message 112
Settings for sending email 113
Setting Your Message and Account Settings 114
Checking and viewing email settings 114
Altering account settings 116
Chapter 6: Getting Messages 119
Sending iMessages 119
Group messages 120
Adding voice to an iMessage 121
Massive multimedia effects overhaul 122
Memoji, a mouthful, but worth it 126
Animoji, too! 127
Apple Pay Cash, right in Messages 128
Being a golden receiver: Receiving iMessages 130
Sending pix and vids in a message 131
Smart messaging tricks 132
Part 3: The Multimedia Ipad 135
Chapter 7: Apple Music, Books, News, and TV+ 137
Introducing Your iPad’s Music Player 137
For You, the Apple Music section of the Music app 138
Finding new music in Browse 139
Listening to human DJs in the age of streaming music 140
Managing music in the Library 140
Working with playlists 141
Managing your own music with iTunes Match 142
Searching for music in the Music App 143
What about the iTunes Store? 143
The iPad Is a Great E-Book Reader 144
Your own personal library 146
Font and layout controls in Books 146
Searchable Books 148
Book(mark) ‘em, Danno! 148
Highlights and notes 148
Buying books in the Book Store 149
Read books with your ears in the Audiobooks section 150
Searching the Book Store 152
Apple News and Apple News+ 152
Apple TV+ 154
Chapter 8: iPad Videography 157
Finding Stuff to Watch 158
Watching shows with the TV app 158
Renting and buying at the iTunes Store 159
Perusing podcasts and courseware 160
Watching your own videos 161
Are we compatible? 161
A moment for HEVC 162
Playing Video 162
Finding and Working the Video Controls 163
Watching Video on a Big TV 165
Restricting Video Usage 165
Deleting Video from Your iPad 166
Shooting Your Own Videos 166
Going slow 168
Going fast 169
Editing what you shot 169
Sharing video 170
Seeing Is Believing with FaceTime 171
Getting started with FaceTime 171
Making a FaceTime call 172
Receiving a FaceTime call 174
Chapter 9: Photography on a Larger Scale 177
Shooting Pictures 178
Syncing pix 181
Connecting a digital camera or memory card 181
Saving images from emails and the web 182
Tracking Down Your Pictures 182
Choosing albums 183
Categorizing your pics 184
Making memories 186
Live Photos 187
A moment for HEIF 187
Searching for pictures 188
Sharing your photos 188
Admiring Your Pictures 189
Maneuvering and manipulating photos 190
Launching slideshows 190
Storing pictures in the (i)Cloud 191
Editing and Deleting Photos 192
Editing Live Photos 194
More (Not So) Stupid Picture Tricks 195
Entering the Photo Booth 199
Part 4: The iPad at Work 203
Chapter 10: Apply Here (to Find Out about iPad Apps) 205
Tapping the Magic of Apps 206
Finding Apps in the App Store 207
Browsing the App Store 207
Arcade 209
Searching for apps 209
Updating apps 209
Finding details about an app 210
Downloading an app 211
Working with Apps 212
Deleting an app 213
Writing an app review 213
Chapter 11: People and Appointments 215
Working with the Calendar 215
Year view 216
Month view 216
Day view 216
Week view 217
List view 217
Adding Calendar Entries 219
Managing your calendars 221
Letting your calendar push you around 222
Displaying multiple calendars 222
Responding to meeting invitations 223
Subscribing to calendars 224
Sifting through Contacts 224
Adding and viewing contacts 224
Searching contacts 225
Contacting and sharing your contacts 226
Linking contacts 227
Removing a contact 227
Chapter 12: Indispensable iPad Utilities 229
Taking Note of Notes 229
Remembering with Reminders 232
Working with lists 232
Setting up reminders 233
Viewing and checking off reminders 235
Loving the Lock Screen and Navigating Notifications 235
Punching the Clock 237
World clock 237
Alarm 238
Bedtime 239
Stopwatch 239
Timer 239
Controlling Smart Appliances with Home 240
Measuring with the Measure App 241
Sharing your connection (Personal Hotspot) 242
Dropping In on AirDrop 243
Chapter 13: iPad: Your Multitasking and Productivity Powerhouse 245
Working with Multitouch and Gestures 246
Checking Out Split View and Slide Over 247
Increasing Your Productivity with a Keyboard 248
Looking at Productivity Apps 249
Chapter 14: Taking iPad Controls Siri-ously 251
Controlling Control Center 252
Summoning Siri 254
Figuring Out What to Ask 256
Correcting Mistakes 257
Using Dictation 257
Making Siri Smarter 259
Part 5: The Undiscovered iPad 261
Chapter 15: Setting You Straight on Settings 263
Checking Out the Settings Screen 264
Apple ID Settings 264
Flying with Sky-High Settings 266
Controlling Wi-Fi Connections 267
Getting Fired Up over Bluetooth 268
Roaming among Cellular Data Options 270
Managing Notifications 271
Sounds 273
Do not disturb 274
Location, Location, Location Services 274
Settings for Your Senses 275
Display & Brightness 275
Home Screen & Dock 276
Accessibility 277
Wallpaper 282
Siri & Search 283
Screen Time 284
Exploring Settings in General 285
About About 285
Software Update 286
AirDrop 286
AirPlay & Handoff 286
iPad Storage 287
Background App Refresh 287
Date & Time 287
Keyboard 288
Font 289
Language & Region 289
Dictionary 289
VPN 289
Legal & Regulatory 290
Reset 290
Shut Down 291
Controlling Control Center 291
Touch ID (or Face ID) & Passcode 291
Promoting Harmony through Family Sharing 293
Sorting and displaying contacts 293
Transactional Settings 294
iTunes & App Store 294
Wallet & Apple Pay 294
Find My iPad 294
Chapter 16: When Good iPads Go Bad 297
Resuscitating an iPad with Issues 298
Recharge 299
Restart 300
Reset your iPad 301
Remove content 302
Reset settings and content 302
Restore 303
Recovery mode 304
Problems with Networks 305
Sync, Computer, or iTunes Issues 306
More Help on the Apple Website 307
If Nothing We Suggest Helps 307
Dude, Where’s My Stuff? 308
Chapter 17: Accessorize Your iPad 311
Accessories from Apple 311
Listening and Talking 313
Wired headphones, earphones, and headsets 313
Bluetooth stereo headphones, earphones, and headsets 313
Listening with Speakers 314
Desktop speakers 314
Bluetooth speakers 314
AirPlay speakers 315
Wrapping Your iPad in Third-Party Cases 315
Standing Up Your iPad 316
Part 6: The Part of Tens 317
Chapter 18: Ten Appetizing and Free Apps 319
TripCase 320
Shazam 321
Flipboard 322
Movies by Flixster 322
IMDb Movies & TV 323
Netflix 324
Comixology 324
Epicurious Recipes & Shopping List 325
Evernote 326
Pandora Radio 327
Chapter 19: Ten Apps Worth Paying For 329
PhotoCard by Bill Atkinson .329
Words with Friends — Word Game 330
ArtStudio for iPad — Paint & Draw 331
Pinball Crystal Caliburn II 332
Art Authority for iPad 332
Solar Walk 333
Action Movie FX 334
Masterclass 336
Dark Sky Weather 337
Parallels Access 337
Chapter 20: Ten Hints, Tips, and Shortcuts 339
Use Do Not Disturb for Others 339
Create a Website Home Screen Shortcut 340
Edit Today View 340
Customize Your Dock with Your Most Used Apps 340
Type on a Floating Keyboard 341
Look Up Words 341
Find Almost Anything Using Spotlight 341
Tap and Hold Down on Home Screen Icons 342
Lock Your Screen’s Rotation 342
Use the Volume Button as a Camera Shutter 342
Index 343
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