How To Do More With Your IPad

Many people who own an iPad have but one major complaint: its way too complicated to figure out! If you find yourself of the same mindset with your new Apple, check out the following article. It contains useful tips and tricks on how to master your iPad quickly and use if for all its worth.

If you are new to using an iPad you may initially think it cannot do much. Dont be fooled, you simply need to start looking through apps. The real capabilities of an iPad come from the additional applications that you are able to download and use directly from your device.

Be aware that your battery may be short-lived if you make use of your iPad for listening to music, playing games or streaming movies. Adjusting screen brightness can help to lengthen your battery life. There is no reason to have the screen at full brightness in any situation.

Be aware of any apps that constantly run on your device. The apps may be running while you are doing other things. To learn what is active on your iPad at any given time, give the Home button a double click. The apps which are currently running appear in the bar located low on your screen. Swipe down if you want to eliminate the bar after you are done looking.

If you do not yet own an iPad, consider buying a refurbished iPad from Apples online store. Buying a refurbished iPad can save you a lot of money. Whats more, most of the refurbished iPads that Apple sell come with generous warranties and it can be difficult to tell that they are not brand new.

One of the great things about the iPad is that it allows you to quickly check your email. If you receive a large volume of emails throughout the day, it may actually be draining your battery. The device is configured to check for new messages frequently and automatically. Instead of setting it to notify you of new messages every few minutes, go into the Mail, Contacts and Calendars settings to adjust the frequency of mail checks.

Protect your sensitive data with the Delete All function. Worried about losing your identity if your iPad is ever lost or stolen? Simply enable the Erase Data security setting. In the event of 10 incorrect passcode entries, the iPad will automatically erase all personal data. You can find this option in the Settings menu, under General > Passcode Lock.

Here is a quick tip to finding text on a page with your iPad. When you are in Safari, type your search word into the Google box. This will give you a list of suggestions. Near the bottom of these suggestions you will see "on this page" and tap on it to show the word on the page you are viewing.

Do you have multiple users on the same iPad? You may not want them to view your online history. You can delete the browser history quickly. Open the Settings app and tap on Safari. Once Safari is open, then tap on the Clear History button. This will clear the cache and all cookies.

Be careful with your iPad at the beach. Sand is a pretty dangerous thing for an iPad. Not only can it get caught in the little crevices of the device, it can also easily scratch your screen where few other things can. Its best to use a screen cover in these situations, or better yet, leave the iPad at home for your beach time.

If your like most people, the love you have for your iPad is somewhat off-set by your frustrations at learning to use it! Hopefully the tips from this article makes mastering the iPad a little bit easier for you. Once you become familiar with all that it can do, you will fall in love with it all over again!