iPad & iPad Pro For Dummies (iPad and iPad Pro for Dummies)

✍ Scribed by Paul McFedries

• Publisher: For Dummies
• Year: 2024
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 387
• Edition: 2024-2025
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Help for newcomers to Apple’s popular tablet computer

Fully updated to cover the latest version of iPadOS and all the newest features, iPad & iPad Pro For Dummies is your fun, full-color guide to the most popular tablet on the market. There are a lot of things you can do with an iPad―browse the internet, take photos and videos, manage your schedule, play games, stream media, create documents, send e-mail, and beyond. Learn how to tackle everything from the basics to more advanced iPad operations, and find tips on how to make the most of the new features and customize your device to your liking. You’re on your way to becoming an iPad power user, with this Dummies title.

• Discover the basics of setting up and navigating your tablet
• Take great pictures and videos―then edit and share them with the world
• Get tips and shortcuts that will help you do things easier and faster with iPad
• Learn security best practices to keep your data and your iPad safe

Anyone with a new iPad or iPad Pro and the new iPadOS will love this step-by-step guide to iPad operation, personalization, and maintenance.

✦ Table of Contents

Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Introduction
About This Book
Foolish Assumptions
Icons Used in This Book
Beyond the Book
Where to Go from Here
Part 1 Getting to Know Your iPad
Chapter 1 Unveiling the iPad
The iPad: A Bird’s-Eye View
The iPad as a media player
The iPad as an internet device
The iPad as an e-book reader
The iPad as a multimedia powerhouse
The iPad as a platform for third-party apps
The iPad as a multitasking content production device
What do you need to use an iPad?
Touring the iPad Exterior
Checking out the top
Perusing the bottom
Exploring the right side
Getting to know the back
Becoming familiar with the front
Exploring the Home Screen and Dock
Interpreting the status bar
Exploring the Home screen
Getting to know the dock
Chapter 2 Basic Training
Turning On and Setting Up the iPad
Automatic setup
Manual setup
Mastering the Touchscreen
Training your digits
Navigating beyond the main Home screen page
Select, cut, copy, and paste
To err is human, to undo divine
Running Multiple Apps
Switching between running apps
Sharing the screen with split view
Sharing the screen with slide over
All the iPad’s a stage: Multitasking with Stage Manager
Sharing the screen with picture-in-picture
Organizing Icons into Folders
Printing
Searching Your iPad
Getting to Know the iPad’s Onscreen Keyboard
Anticipating what comes next
Discovering the special-use keys
Finger-typing on the virtual keyboards
Editing mistakes
Chapter 3 Synchronicity: Getting Stuff to and from Your iPad
A Brief iCloud Primer
Getting in Sync
Sync prep 101
Backing up your iPad
Disconnecting the iPad
Synchronizing Your Data
Syncing contacts
Syncing calendars
Syncing bookmarks
Advanced syncing
Synchronizing Your Media
Syncing music, music videos, and voice memos
Syncing movies
Syncing TV shows
Syncing audiobooks
Syncing books
Syncing photos
Part 2 The Internet iPad
Chapter 4 Exploring the Web with Safari
Introducing the Safari Web Browser
Exploring the browser
Blasting off into cyberspace
Zooming in and out of a page
Reading clutter-free web pages with reader view
Finding Your Way around the Web
Looking at links
Tabbed browsing
Wrangling tabs into tab groups
Revisiting Web Pages
Bookmarking your favorite sites
Managing bookmarks
Saving a page to your reading list
Clipping a web page to the Home screen
Letting history repeat itself
Saving web pictures
Sharing Your Web Experiences
Launching a Mobile Search Mission
Private Browsing
Smart Safari Settings
Chapter 5 The Email Must Get Through
Prep Work: Setting Up Your Accounts
Getting started
Setting up an email account with iCloud, Gmail, Yahoo!, AOL, or Microsoft Outlook
Setting up an account with another provider
Setting up corporate email
See Me, Read Me, File Me, Delete Me: Working with Messages
Reading messages
Threading messages
Managing messages
Searching emails
Dealing with attachments
More things you can do with messages
Sending Email
Sending an all-text message
Formatting text in an email
Sending a photo or video with an email message
Adding an attachment to an email message
Marking up an attachment
Replying to a message
Forwarding a message
Saving a draft
Scheduling an email to be sent later
Unsending an email
Settings for sending email
Setting Your Message and Account Settings
Checking and viewing email settings
Altering account settings
Chapter 6 Text Messaging
iMessage versus SMS/MMS: What’s the Difference?
Sending Text Messages
Sending a text message to one person
Whoops I: Editing a sent message
Whoops II: Unsending a message
Sending group text messages
Dictating a text message
Sending an audio message
Sending a doodle
Sending a photo
Sending your location
Inviting folks to collaborate on a file
Sending and receiving money
Boosting Your Message with Special Effects
Adding an animation effect to the message bubble
Adding an animation effect to the message window
Decorating a message with a sticker or two
Sending Digital Touch effects
Inserting memoji
Being a Golden Receiver: Receiving iMessages
Replying to a message
Changing some receive settings
Forwarding a conversation
Deleting texts
Smart Messaging Tricks
Part 3 Banishing Boredom with the Multimedia iPad
Chapter 7 Apple Music, Books, and News
Music: Listening to Tunes on Your iPad
Listen Now: The Apple Music section of the Music app
Finding new music in Browse
Listening to human DJs in the age of streaming music
Managing music in the library
Working with playlists
Searching for music in the Music App
What about the iTunes Store?
Books: Reading E-books on Your iPad
Read Now: Your iPad’s bedside table
Perusing your personal library
Making e-reading easier with a custom font and layout
Searching inside a book
Bookmarks that don’t fall out
Adding highlights and notes
Buying books in the Book Store
Reading books with your ears in the Audiobooks section
News: Staying Informed on Your iPad
Chapter 8 iPad Videography
Finding Stuff to Watch
Watching shows with the TV app
Renting and buying at the Apple TV Store
Watching your own videos
Are we compatible?
A moment for HEVC
Playing Video
Finding and working the video controls
Watching video on a big TV
Deleting video from your iPad
Shooting Your Own Videos
Going slow
Going fast
Editing what you shot
Sharing video
Seeing Is Believing with FaceTime
Getting started with FaceTime
Making a FaceTime call
Receiving a FaceTime call
Chapter 9 iPad Photography
Shooting Photos
Say “Cheese!”: Snapping photos
Going pro: Getting the most out of the Camera app
Reducing blurry iPad photos
Browsing and Viewing Your Photos
Navigating and manipulating photos
Selecting photos
Creating a photo album
Marking a photo as a favorite
Streaming photos to Apple TV
Syncing photos to other devices via iCloud
Sharing your photos
Setting up an iCloud shared photo library
Deleting a photo
In the Digital Darkroom: Editing Photos
Cropping and straightening a photo
Applying a filter to a photo
Making a few adjustments
Editing live photos
Entering the Photo Booth
Part 4 Putting the iPad to Work
Chapter 10 Harnessing the Power of Apps
Tapping the Magic of Apps
Shopping for Apps in the App Store
Browsing the App Store
Doing your research: Getting app details
Understanding the age rating
Checking requirements and device support for the app
Reading reviews
Downloading a free app
Purchasing an app
Messing with Your Apps
Check out App Library
Tweaking an app’s settings
Taking an app off the Home screen
Offloading unused apps
Deleting an app
Working with Widgets
Viewing your widgets
Adding a widget
Removing a widget
Chapter 11 Staying in Touch: Managing Events and Contacts
Working with the Calendar App
Navigating the calendar
Adding an event to your calendar
Editing an event
Repeating an event
Converting an event to an all-day event
Adding an alert to an event
Getting more out of the Calendar app
Setting the default calendar
Responding to meeting invitations
Subscribing to calendars
Sifting through Contacts
Navigating your contacts
Creating a contact
Editing a contact
Deleting a contact
Getting more from the Contacts app
Creating a custom field label
Adding fields to a contact
Deleting fields from a contact
Creating a new contact from a vCard
Sorting contacts
Linking contacts
Chapter 12 Indispensable Apps and Utilities
Jotting Stuff Down with Notes
Nudging Yourself with Reminders
Creating a time reminder
Creating a location reminder
Setting a reminder for when you message someone
Creating a list and setting the default list
Completing a reminder
Deleting a reminder
Taming Time with the Clock App
Seeing the time anywhere in the world
Setting an alarm
Timing events with the stopwatch
Starting a countdown timer
Lurking on the Lock Screen
Navigating Notifications
Sharing Your Internet Connection with Personal Hotspot
Dropping In on AirDrop
Chapter 13 Navigating the World
Mapping Locations
Mapping a location by searching for it
Dropping a pin
Looking around your destination
You are here: Mapping your current location
Putting a contact on the map
Mapping an address from an email message
Saving a location as a favorite
Sharing a map
Mapping locations with Siri voice commands
Getting There from Here: Navigating with Maps
Getting directions to a location
Getting live traffic information
Getting directions with Siri voice commands
Chapter 14 Taking Control
Controlling Your iPad from Control Center
Controlling Your iPad with Voice Commands? Siri-ously!
Getting started with Siri
Summoning Siri
Figuring out what to ask
Making Siri smarter
Touchless Text: Dictating Your Writing
Part 5 The Secret Life of an iPad
Chapter 15 Tweaking Settings
Checking Out the Settings App
Apple ID Settings
Controlling Your iPad’s Antennas
Flying with airplane mode
Working with Wi-Fi connections
Making Bluetooth connections
Roaming among cellular data options
Managing Notifications
Customizing all notifications
Customizing app notifications
Minimizing distractions with Focus
Location, Location, Location Services
Customizing Your iPad’s Look and Feel
Setting sound settings
Enabling dark mode and other display customizations
Customizing the Home screen and dock
Sprucing up your iPad with wallpaper
Making Your iPad More Accessible
VoiceOver
Zoom
Hover Text
Display & Text Size
Motion
Spoken Content
Audio Descriptions
Touch
Face ID & Attention
Voice Control
Top Button or Top Button/Touch ID
Sound Recognition
Audio & Visual
Subtitles and Captioning
Hearing Control Center
Accessibility Shortcut
Siri & Search
Monitoring Screen Time
Exploring the General Settings
About
Software Update
AirDrop
AirPlay & Handoff
iPad Storage
Background App Refresh
Date & Time
Keyboard
Language & Region
Dictionary
Transfer or Reset iPad
Shut Down
Configuring Transactional Settings
App Store
Wallet & Apple Pay
Chapter 16 Troubleshooting Common Problems
Troubleshooting iPad Problems: A Quick Guide
Troubleshooting iPad Problems Step-by-Step
Shut down whatever app you’re using
Restore a changed setting
Shut down and then restart your iPad
Reboot the iPad hardware
Recharge your iPad
Check for iPadOS updates
Free up storage space
Check your Wi-Fi connection
Reset your settings
Erase and restore your content and settings
Getting Help on the Apple Website
If Nothing I Suggest Helps
Dude, Where’s My Stuff?
Part 6 The Part of Tens
Chapter 17 Ten Ways to Beef Up Privacy and Security
Lock Your iPad with a Passcode
Lock Your iPad with a Fingerprint
Lock Your iPad with Facial Recognition
Configure Your iPad to Sleep Automatically
Back Up Your iPad
Control Which Apps Can Use Your Location
Make Sure Apps Can’t Track You
Control App Access to Your iPad’s Hardware and Data
Check for Compromised Passwords
Set Restrictions on a Child’s iPad
Chapter 18 Ten Hints, Tips, and Shortcuts
Using a Mac Mouse and Keyboard with Your iPad
Connect Your iPad to an External Monitor
Turn Off Keyboard Clicks
Locate a Lost iPad
Customize Your Dock with Your Most Used Apps
Type on a Floating Keyboard
Find Almost Anything Using Spotlight
Long-Press Home Screen Icons
Lock Your Screen’s Rotation
Use a Volume Button as a Camera Shutter
Index
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