IPADtips ‘n tricks

EASY/QUICK MUTE

Tap volume buttons repeatedly

volume goes up/down

Press & hold volume ~ 2 seconds for quick mute

ADD TWO MORE APPS IN DOCK

There are 4 default apps in your dock at the bottom of iPad screen

Tap & hold app icon until it starts jiggling; then move it onto the dock

SPOTLIGHTTO FIND THINGS

•search screen accessed by pressing Home button when on first screen of apps

•start typing in empty field

•list appears with things on your iPad: apps, contacts, etc.

•go to Settings > General > Home item in 4th section

•choose Search Results

•tells OS what to search for

TURN FAVORITE SITE INTO LINKS ON HOME

Surf site

Choose the + sign next to the URL field

Drop-down list has an item that reads Add to Home Screen

It shows up like any other icon for an app

Favorite web pages become like app on Home screen

TURN IPAD CAPS LOCK ON

Double-tap Shift key on either side of the keyboard

Control in Settings

Settings > General > Keyboard > Enable Capslock to Off

EXTEND IPAD BATTERY LIFE

Turn off all apps and functions you don’t use

Settings to turn off

Live streaming/downloads

get in a place where you can plug in

Screen brightness

Settings > Brightness & Wallpapers > drag slide to left

Games are battery killer; no games

Emails & social networks

Unless you need them NOW, check via your computer

Disable Wi-Fi & Bluetooth

What!! No games, no Youtube, no email?? That why I use iPad!

GET BACK DELETED APP

1. If you have synced iPad with iTunes since downloading the app, it will be in the App tab on your iPad’s screen in iTunes. Just reheck the box for that app.

2.Without tethering to your computer, just find the app in the iTunes App store and download it again. You will see a prompt that you have already bought this app and an option to download again.

CHANGE YOUR EMAIL DEFAULT SIGNATURE

Default says, “Sent from my iPad.”

To become a real person, go to Settings and tap on Mail, Contacts, Calendars.

Find Signature in the fourth section down. Type whatever you wish.

Name and web address work great as signature

SHOW MOVIES ON A BIGGER SCREEN

iPad can send its display to a larger screen

Requires Dock-to-VGA adapter

View Netflix, Keynote, Photos

Expedition app to show off web page - iTunes App store Expedition - VGA, $0.99

THIS ENDS TIPS & TRICKS 01