If you have an iPad, and are like most people that just jump in and start using tech gadgets, these quick iPad hints and reminders should be helpful:
Multitasking: With iOS 4.2 came multitasking. To check the latest apps that have been used on the iPad, just hit your iPad button twice (in the image, the button by the yellow arrow). Once the mutitasking menu is visible, you should see the apps you’ve recently used. If you scroll to the left, you’ll get the option to adjust the screen brightness, lock the screen to keep it from rotating, or play music from the iPod app. If you scroll to the right, you’ll see more of the apps that were recently used. I really appreciate the easy access to my favorite apps and the ability to easily change my screen’s brightness without having to go into settings.- Web Browsing. Browsing in Safari gives you quick access to nine screens. Just don’t forget to use and access bookmarks for quick access to more web pages. I also use the Read It Later app so that I can add pages to my Read it Later library (easily synched online) and then quickly remove them after reading. I use the app for less permanent reading such specific articles versus using the bookmarking feature in Safari for web sites.
- Images. Also when it comes to browsing, keep in mind that if you want an image that is worth a thousand words, just ‘touch’ the image and hold your finger or stylus on the image, a menu will appear that will let you either copy the image, or save it to your “saved photos” folder in your Photos app.
- Screen Shots. If a screen shot was what you had in mind, you can do that, too. Just press and hold the power button (green arrow in top image) and click the iPad button (yellow arrow in top image) until you see the screen flash. The flash means that the screen shot has been taken and saved to the Saved Photos folder in the Photos app. And when you sync the iPad with your computer, the screenshots will go in the folder you’ve designated for synching on the computer. If you want to, you can email the screen shot in the Photos app by going to the Saved Photos folder, touching the thumbnail of the screen shot and then touching the square with the arrow on the top right of the screen. This will open a menu that will allow you to email the image.
- The Touch Screen. If you’re like me and fingerprints on the screen bug you ever so slightly, you may want to get yourself a microfiber cloth. I have one that I keep with my iPad and it works great on those tell-tale finger prints and stylus marks. I don’t really use the cleaner that came with the cloth because the microfiber cloth works great on the touch screen with just an easy wipe.
Hope this helps. Have fun!
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Hey I was wondering if you can help me with this, people ask me how to dowload the iOS update for the iPad. Can you show the way…
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To get the latest iPad updates, just connect the iPad to the computer using the USB cable. iTunes should launch and begin the synchronization process.
While the iPad is connected to your computer, go to iTunes and look at the list on the left–Library, Store, Devices, etc. Under Devices, you should see the name of your iPad.
Click on the iPad Name and to the right of the list, a window should show you a “Summary” of your device with the Name, Version and Options. (If you don’t see this, go to the top of the window to choose “Summary” from the menu.)
Look at the “Version” box and see if it says that your iPad is up to date. If not, just click on the button that says “Check for Update” to retrieve the latest update for the iPad. If an update hasn’t been done before, getting the first update could take a bit of time.
Finally, be sure to eject your iPad device from within iTunes by clicking the little eject button.
This is really helpful! Thanks!