iPad Portable genius
Book - 2021
A practical, easy to read guide to getting the most out of your iPad. Written in a clear, no-nonsense style, this full-color resource describes the tips and tricks you may not discover on your own. You'll find helpful information about the most commonly used features, along with techniques that can help you do better things faster. Genius icons throughout the text highlight smarter ways to get things done, and plenty of screenshots provide visual examples of the techniques described. With coverage of the latest iOS and the newer-generation iPad Air, this book is a handy reference for any iPad user--Publisher's description.
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Indianapolis, IN :
John Wiley & Sons
[2021]
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Edition
- Fourth edition
- Item Description
- Includes index.
- Physical Description
- xi, 214 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
- ISBN
- 9781119763581
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. How Do Get Started with My iPad?
- Using the Top Button
- Sleeping and waking the iPad
- Turning the iPad off and back on again
- Making a purchase
- Using the Home Button
- Setting the Volume
- Working with the Touchscreen
- Understanding touchscreen gestures
- Searching for stuff on your iPad
- Switching from one app to another
- Shutting down an app
- Typing on the touchscreen keyboard
- Editing with Your iPad
- Editing text
- Selecting, copying, and pasting text
- Copying and pasting an image
- Undoing an edit
- Configuring iPad from the Control Center
- Chapter 2. How Do I Connect to a Network?
- Making Wi-Fi Network Connections
- Displaying nearby Wi-Fi networks automatically
- Making a connection to a hidden Wi-Fi network
- Working with Wi-Fi Connections
- Checking Wi-Fi security
- Using Wi-Fi to transfer a file from your Mac to your iPad
- Preventing your iPad from automatically joining a known network connection
- Shutting off the Wi-Fi antenna
- Tethering to an iPhone Internet Connection
- Working with Cellular-Enabled iPads
- Tracking cellular data usage
- Shutting off the LTE antenna
- Preventing your iPad from using cellular data
- Controlling app access to cellular data
- Disabling data roaming
- Switching to Low Data Mode
- Activating Airplane Mode
- Connecting Bluetooth Devices
- Making your iPad discoverable
- Pairing with a Bluetooth keyboard
- Pairing with Bluetooth headphones
- Selecting paired headphones as the audio output device
- Unpairing your iPad from a Bluetooth device
- Chapter 3. How Do I Configure My iPad?
- Customizing the iPad Home Screen
- Rearranging the Home screen icons
- Storing multiple app icons in an app folder
- Adding a web page icon to the Home screen
- Dealing with App Notifications
- Opening the Notification Center
- Working with notifications
- Configuring an app's notifications
- Configuring Do Not Disturb settings
- Trying Out a Few More Useful iPad Customizations
- Changing your iPad's name
- Customizing iPad sounds
- Customizing the iPad keyboard
- Configuring the Siri voice assistant
- Configuring and using multitasking
- Controlling your iPad's privacy settings
- Configuring your iPad to use Apple Pay
- Chapter 4. How Can I Get More Out of Web Surfing?
- Surfing with the Touchscreen
- Utilizing Pro Tips for Easier Web Browsing
- Browsing with tabs
- Opening a tab in the foreground
- Working with iCloud tabs
- Viewing a page without distractions
- Requesting a website's desktop version
- Working with bookmarks
- Adding pages to your Reading List
- Revisiting pages using the History list
- Dealing with Forms
- Filling in forms faster with AutoFill
- Storing website login data
- Storing website logins manually
- Enhancing Web Browsing Privacy
- Deleting sites from your browsing history
- Removing website data
- Browsing privately
- Making Safari Even Easier and Better
- Switching the default search engine
- Searching for text in a web page
- Searching the web with Siri
- Sharing a link via AirDrop
- Chapter 5. How Do I Make the Most of Email?
- Managing Your Accounts
- Adding an email account manually
- Changing the default account
- Disabling an account
- Removing an account
- Switching from one account to another
- Configuring Some Useful Mail Settings
- Creating a custom email signature
- Thwarting spammers by disabling remote images
- Stopping messages from getting organized by thread
- Customizing Mail's swipe options
- Working with Email Messages
- Adding iCloud folders
- Attaching a document from iCloud Drive
- Formatting message text
- Maintaining messages with swipe gestures
- Marking every message as read
- Controlling email with Siri voice commands
- Chapter 6. How Can I Have Fun with Photos?
- Browsing and Viewing Your Photos
- Navigating and manipulating photos
- Creating a photo album
- Marking a photo as a favorite
- Streaming photos to Apple TV
- Editing a Photo
- Enhancing color and brightness
- Cropping and straightening a photo
- Applying a filter to a photo
- Adjusting the lighting in a photo
- Using the Cameras
- Launching the Camera app
- Taking a photo
- Learning the Camera app's features
- Focusing your shot
- Locking the exposure and focus
- Zooming in and out of the shot
- Shooting live photos
- Shooting a panoramic photo
- Shooting a photo with a time delay
- Reducing blurry iPad photos
- Chapter 7. How Can I Create Video on My iPad?
- Recording Video
- Recording video on your iPad
- Shooting a time-lapse video
- Setting the recording format for video and slow motion
- Editing Recorded Video
- Creating Videos with the Clips App
- Creating a Clips video
- Adding a new Clips project
- Making Movies with iMovie
- Creating a new iMovie project
- Opening a project for editing
- Importing media into your project
- Working with video clips
- Working with your project
- Chapter 8. How Do I Manage My Contacts?
- Getting Started with Contacts
- Creating a Contact
- Editing a Contact
- Assigning phone numbers to a contact
- Assigning email addresses to a contact
- Assigning web addresses to a contact
- Assigning social media data to a contact
- Assigning physical addresses to a contact
- Adding a photo to a contact
- Deleting a contact
- Getting More Out of Contacts
- Creating a custom field label
- Adding fields to a contact
- Deleting fields from a contact
- Creating a new contact from a vCard
- Sending and receiving a contact via AirDrop
- Sorting contacts
- Syncing contacts
- Chapter 9. How Do I Track My Events and Appointments?
- Getting Started with the Calendar App
- Tracking Your Events
- Adding an event to your calendar
- Editing an event
- Repeating an event
- Converting an event to an all-day event
- Adding an alert to ah event
- Getting More Out of the Calendar App
- Setting the default calendar
- Subscribing to a calendar
- Controlling events with Siri voice commands
- Handling Microsoft Exchange meeting requests
- Working with Reminders
- Creating a time reminder
- Creating a location reminder
- Creating a new list and setting the default list
- Completing a reminder
- Deleting a reminder
- Setting reminders with Siri voice commands
- Chapter 10. How Can I Navigate My World with iPad?
- Working with Location Services
- Controlling how apps access Location Services
- Shutting off Location Services
- Mapping Locations
- Searching for a location
- Marking a location
- Flying over your destination
- Mapping your current location
- Mapping a contact's address
- Mapping an address from an email
- Saving a location as a favorite
- Sharing a map
- Mapping locations with Siri voice commands
- Navigating with Maps
- Getting directions to a location
- Getting live traffic information
- Getting directions with Siri voice commands
- Chapter 11. How Do I Protect My iPad?
- Locking Your iPad
- Locking your iPad with a passcode
- Locking your iPad with a fingerprint
- Locking your iPad with facial recognition
- Configuring Your Tablet to Sleep Automatically
- Backing Up Your Tablet
- Setting Restrictions on a Child's iPad
- Chapter 12. How Do I Solve iPad Problems?
- Troubleshooting iPad Problems: A Quick Guide
- Troubleshooting iPad Problems Step-by-Step
- Step 1. Shut down whatever app you're using
- Step 2. Restore a changed setting
- Step 3. Shut down and then restart your iPad
- Step 4. Reboot the iPad hardware
- Step 5. Recharge your iPad
- Step 6. Check for iPadOS updates
- Step 7. Free up storage space
- Step 8. Check your Wi-Fi connection
- Step 9. Reset your settings
- Step 10. Erase and restore your content and settings
- Index