The Ultimate iPad Handbook 2015 UK

- ULTIMATE iPad HANDBOOK The only guide you need to get more from your Apple tablet iOS 9 IN-DEPTH! ¢ Master Split View ¢ Core apps explained ¢ Discover iCloud & Apple Music - ULTIMATE iPad rIAN IBOOK EDITORIAL TEAM MANAGING ART EDITOR EDITOR CONTRIBUTORS Paul Blachford Tim Hardwick Chris Brennan, Dan Grabham Craig Grannell, Rob Mead-Green, IMAGES ART EDITOR, Lucy Hattersley, Rosie Hattersley, Apple, iStockphoto, Jamie Schildhauer Kenny Hemphill, Gary Marshall, Nick Future Photo Studio Peers, Seth Singh, Alan Stonebridge MANAGEMENT MARKETING LICENSING. 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Whether you're the proud owner of a new iPad or you've yet to decide which device to plump for, this guide is for you. The first section will help you work out which iPad fits your needs and show you just what's new and exciting in Apple's latest touch-based operating system, iOS 9. After that, we'll reveal all the ways you can interact with your new iPad, from using multi-touch gestures to securing your device with the built-in Touch ID technology on the very latest iPads. We'll also help you master your iPad’s settings and show you around its on-screen keyboard, before introducing you to the world of the App Store. Next up we'll explore your iPad’s core apps. such as Mail, Contacts and Calendar, and guide you through the process of setting up reminders so you never forget a thing. You'll learn how to message friends straight from your device and how to surf the web like a pro. Then we'll look at the many ways to enjoy your favourite media — and even reveal how you can talk to your iPad. Finally, we'll show you how to get creative, whether that means taking great pictures or making music. There's so much to explore with an iPad, so turn the page and let's get started. Tim Hardwick, Editor The ULTIMATE HANDBOOK Manifesto Ultimate Handbooks are designed | when you need to know how to do something or solve a problem to give you a complete guide to a device or piece of software you own. 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The Ultimate iPad Handbook | 5 = S = a) (20 < ro) =} = Oh G Y) a) - i) G O wy 4 g > O @ @ © i Oo ge) 0. i) © 3 Soa =) VU <G }— Contents é Learn the external controls of your new iPad in seconds p4 Essentials 10 12 14 16 18 26 28 30 31 32 34 37 38 40 42 44 46 48 50 | 53. 54 Choosing your iPad Introducing iPad Pro Visual guide to the iPad New features in iOS 9 iOS 9 tips and tricks Master the Home button Using gestures Keep things secure Using Touch ID Using Notification Centre Using the Lock screen Do Not Disturb Find your way around iOS Using Control Centre Master the iPad's settings Parental and security controls Using the iPad keyboard Master keyboard shortcuts QuickType word suggestions Improve autocorrect Express yourself with emoji Get more at the App Store 6 | The Ultimate iPad Handbook Core Apps 58 Read and send email 60 The Contacts app 62 Using the Calendar app 64 — Using Reminders 67 — Tailor Contacts, Calendar and Reminders 68 Manage conversations 71 Video calls with FaceTime 72 Surf the web with Safari 75 Connect to social networks 76 Master the Maps app 78 Play music on your iPad 84 — Enjoy video on your iPad 86 Buy music and video 87 Built-in utilities 88 Wake up with the alarm clock 90 Master Game Center 92 Get personalised news Complete guide to Apple Music a of iTunes has become so much more than a place for your local music library, thanks to the ation of Apple Music a curated streaming music service that learns what you like to listen to and bases its recommendations accordingly. This complete guide to Apple Music will help you enjoy it even more p73 Next Steps Advanced Using Siri voice control 132 Extensions 100 Search with Spotlight 134 Read ebooks and PDFs 102 Declutter your Home screen 136 Listen to podcasts 104 Free up some space 138 Stream music and video 106 The basics of iCloud 140 Share music, books and apps 108 Using iCloud Drive 143. Take a course with iTunes U 110 Setting up iCloud Keychain 144 Use Bluetooth accessories 112 When to use iCloud.com 147 Pages 151 Keynote ~ one 154 Numbers neater your Hone sie PoR BR. 156 Share with AirDrop : | = oe 158 Print from your iPad 160 Be more mobile with Handoff 162 Call and message forwarding 163 Locate a lost iPad 164 Maximise battery life 166 Troubleshoot your iPad 168 Creative photo editing Once you've discovered the App Store your Home screen canfillup fast— heres 174 Make your own music how to keep al your apps organised with the help of folders and more p102 — M e st, = ® ot M = a) @ a i) a @. GS O O = (ie eo) = o>) = WN Creative photo editing Photograph =e a video iad a “EE 116 The Camera app 118 The Camera app in-depth 120 Get to know the Photos app 122 Editing your photos 124 Store your snaps in the cloud 126 Record a time-lapse video 128 Video editing in iMovie Do more with the pictures you take on your iPad, with third-party image editing app Pixelmator p168 The Ultimate iPad Handbook | 7 ous yur eonare? oh eso Your Fret tA O19 gimpiity Everyday Tasks Mc x Essentials Get started with your new iPad 10 Choosing your new iPad A closer look at Apple's iPad range 12 Introducing iPad Pro Apple’ latest tablet makes a big splash 14 Visual guide to the iPad a Get to know the controls on your new iPad 16 New features in iOS 9 Master the new multitasking features 18 iOS 9 tips and tricks 44 ways to make more of your iPad 26 Master the Home button Take control of your iPad with this physical button 28 — Using gestures Discover the full range of touchscreen controls 30 Keep things secure Protect your data and prevent others using your iPad 31. Using Touch ID Secure your iPad and pay for apps and media 32 Using Notification Centre Learn how to manage alerts and updates you receive 34 — Using the Lock screen The humble Lock Screen can do more than you think! 37. DoNot Disturb Stop your iPad from being a noisy nuisance 38 Find your way around iOS Get to grips with all the iconography of iOS 9 40 — Using Control Centre Take control of your phone with this central resource 42 Master the iPad’s settings Configure your apps and customise your iPad 44 Parental and security controls Breathe easy when your kids are using your iPad... 46 — Using the iPad keyboard Find your way around the on-screen keyboard 48 = Master keyboard shortcuts Make your touchscreen typing more efficient 50 QuickType word suggestions Type with confidence using predictive text N ot Improve autocorrect Make typing easier with a few careful tweaks i 53 Express yourself with emoji Replace words with smileys and other emoticons 54 Get more at the App Store Find apps for just about anything The Ultimate iPad Handbook | 9 10 | The Ultimate iPad Handbook iPad Air 2 N Pad Air 2 Wi-Fi (add £100 for Wi-Fi + 4G Cellular model) ey specifications Display 2048x1536 9.7-inch laminated anti-reflective Retina Chip A8X with M8 motion coprocessor Cameras 1.2MP FaceTime (front) SMP iSight (rear) Touch ID Fingerprint sensor Connectivity Lightning port, 802.1 lac Wii, Bluetooth 4.2, 3.5mm headphone socket Battery life Up to 10 hours 16GB: £399 64GB: £479 128GB: £559 Don't be fooled by the iPad Air 2’s ultra-slim body, inside it’s a veritable portable powerhouse with plenty of oomph for watching HD videos from iTunes and playing the latest iOS games. Its large 9.7-inch Retina display is gorgeous to look at too and the iPad Air 2 supports all the latest iOS 9 features including split-screen viewing for multi-tasking, Touch ID and even Apple Pay. Step up to the Wi-Fi + Cellular model and you'll be able to enjoy fast 4G mobile broadband — perfect for staying in touch wherever you go. ESSENTIALS iPad Air Model Wi-Fi (add £100 for Wi-Fi + 4G Cellular model) Key specifications Display 2048x1536 9.7-inch Retina Chip A7 with M7 motion coprocessor Cameras 1.2MP FaceTime (front) SMP iSight (rear) Touch ID none Connectivity Lightning port, 802.1 1a/b/g/n Wi, Bluetooth 4.0, 35mm headphone socket Battery life Up to 10 hours Price 16GB: £319 32GB: £359 The previous generation iPad Air may not have the Touch ID or fully laminated screen of its successor, but it’s still incredibly capable. Key features include a super-slim lightweight body and, of course, that gorgeous 9.7-inch Retina display, and you can still enjoy all the benefits of iOS 9 - and all the apps and games available from the iTunes App Store. Available in Wi-Fi-only and Wi-Fi + Cellular models, it's ideal for sofa-surfing or working on your latest project. It's also a great way for you to enjoy all your favourite movies, TV shows and songs, which may be the most important thing for you. NN pot iPad mini 4 shopping Model iPad mini 4 Wi-Fi (add £100 for Wi-Fi + 4G Cellular model) IT] n n a) Ss) ip, Qo an ~. O a) nC ev) CE =) Key specifications Display 2048x1536 7.9-inch laminated Retina Chip A8 with M8 motion coprocessor Cameras 1.2MP FaceTime (front) 8MP iSight (rear) Touch ID Fingerprint identity sensor in Home button Connectivity Lightning port, 802.1 1ac Wii, Bluetooth 4.2, 3.5mm headphone socket Battery life Up to 10 hours Price 16GB: £319 64GB: £399 128GB: £479 If you like to travel super-light, the iPad mini 4 is the ideal go-anywhere companion. It has a slightly smaller 7.9-inch Retina display compared to the iPad Air 2, but still retains virtually all of its bigger sibling's killer features, thanks to a powerful A8 processor, plenty of storage in 64GB and 128GB guises and, of course, iOS 9. Naturally the iPad mini 4 also includes Touch ID fingerprint recognition technology to help keep it secure and there's a Wi-Fi + Cellular version for 4G ready mobile mavens. And it only weighs 299 grams. > / | iPad mini 2 Model Wi-Fi (add £100 for Wi-Fi + 4G Cellular model) Key specifications Display 2048x1536 7.9-inch Retina Chip A7 with M7 motion coprocessor Cameras 1.2MP FaceTime (front) SMP iSight (rear) Touch ID none Connectivity Lightning port, 802.1 1a/b/g/n Wi, Bluetooth 4.0, 35mm headphone socket Battery life Up to 10 hours Price 16GB: £219 32GB: £259 You don't have to spend a fortune to get an iPad these days — and the iPad mini 2 is a case in point. True, it doesn't have all of the latest features like the iPad Air 2 or iPad mini 4, but it’s still armed with a lickable 7.9-inch Retina display, powerful A7 processor and enough storage for school and work projects and even your favourite games. Perfect for younger members of the family, it's a worthwhile alternative to low-cost Android tablets — and it comes with all the ease of use you'd expect from Apple and iOS 9. The Ultimate iPad Handbook | 11 a) oD) & a © x< <0) O @e @) © Ou a mae; 3) (eG VY WY WY Y LL ESSENTIALS Introducing iPad Pro lf you need to get down to serious work, whether of the office or creative varieties, you'll want Apple’s biggest, most powerful iPad (OPP) pple’ latest iPad, announced in September 2015 and on sale since A mid-November, sports the biggest display of all iOS devices at 12.9 inches. The iPad Pro's screen has the same 4:3 aspect ratio as other models, yet its display resolution is much higher than the regular iPad and the iPad mini; its 2732x2048 pixels ensure images and text are rendered as sharply as other Retina displays. The iPad Pro's combination of screen size and resolution also makes it the best Connectivity There are 32GB and 128GB models with 802.11ac Wi-Fi, and a separate 128GB model model for using Split View, a new feature of iOS 9, which enables you to use two apps side by side. The iPad Pro also sports great features such as Touch ID for security, AirPlay for streaming video and audio to speakers or Apple TV, and built-in cameras for photography and video calls However, it has a couple of exclusive accessories that make it stand out: the Apple Pencil (£79) for creative work, and the Smart Keyboard (£139) for any task that requires extensive typing while maximising available screen space. that adds mobile data connectivity. Built-in cameras There's an 8MP iSight camera on the back for photos and 1080p Full HD video, plus a 1.2MP FaceTime camera on the front for video calls. @ Stereo sound The iPad Pro comes with two pairs of speakers (top and bottom), so you can enjoy music and video in stereo — no matter which way around your hold the device. 12 | The Ultimate iPad Handbook The Smart Keyboard doubles as a stand for the iPad Pro. It’s a full-size keyboard too, and you don't need to plug it in because aligning it to the iPad Pro's Smart Connector — three circular connectors — provides power and data connections. Meanwhile, the Apple Pencil will stir your creativity thanks to pressure sensitivity that enables you to vary line thickness and tilt detection for adding shading to sketches. You can use the Apple Pencil for anything from drawing diagrams to crafting detailed digital paintings. (2) Energy saving This is the first iPad screen with a variable refresh rate, saving power when showing static content. (5) Audio output Like all i0S devices, the iPad Pro comes with a 3.5mm headphone socket for private listening. . De The iPad Pro’s A9X is Apple’s most advanced and most powerful processor in an i0S device. ‘The Touch ID sensor in the Home button uses fingerprint recognition to help keep your iPad secure. ~ The iPad Pro comes with a unique Smart Connector in the middle of its left side for powering the optional Smart Keyboard. The Ultimate iPad Handbook | 13 ESSENTIALS A visual guide to the iPad Get to Know the ins and outs of Apple’s iconic tablet design Multitouch screen All Apple's i0S devices have one 1) thing in common — you control them by touching the display with your fingers. The touchscreen Retina display supports pinch-to-zoom, tap, swipe and flick gestures. Home button Every i0S device has a Home (2 ) button to get you back to the Home screen at any time. Double- tapping the Home button brings up the multitasking view; holding itdown activates Siri, the intelligent digital assistant. The Home button on the iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 4 has the same Touch ID tech that features in the iPhone 5s, iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 | Plus. This enables users to unlock their iPad (and authorise some online purchases) by simply touching their finger to the Home button. Front-facing camera Every iPad model has a front- (3) facing camera that records 720p HD video, or takes photos at up to 1.2 megapixels. Low-light performance is improved, making it better for use in the evenings. App Store Glass bezel The bezel of Apple's iPads is (4) quite small at the sides, but you don’t need to worry about accidentally touching the screen — the iPad will ignore any inadvertent taps or swipes. Sleep/Wake button | To save battery life or prevent = accidental screen touches when playing music, you can send | your device to sleep. Ifyou actually | Want to turn it off, press and hold this button (see opposite page), then swipe on the on-screen slider to power off. 14 | The Ultimate iPad Handbook Headphone jack The 3.5mm stereo headphone jack lets you plug in 6) any standard heaphones to watch or listen in privacy. Headphones with in-line mics are supported for making FaceTime calls or recordings. Stereo speakers The iPad Air and mini models offer stereo speakers on 7) the bottom of the device (in portrait position). They're great for just watching some light TV and movies on the go, but are no replacement for a proper speaker setup. Lightning connector This single port is how you charge the iPad from a (3) mains plug, as well as how you connect it to a PC or ‘Mac for syncing with iTunes, if you choose to do so. All iPads come with the connection cable and mains charger. Rear camera Depending on iPad model (see page 10), the rear 9) camera takes up to 8-megapixel still images, and tecords video in 1080p. Images are higher quality than the front camera's, but there’s no flash. Wi-Fi/3G/4G/Bluetooth Apple's iPads include wireless connectivity in the form of Wi-Fiand Bluetooth, as well as the option of 4G fast mobile broadband on the Wi-Fi+Cellular models. This white panel is the 4G aerial on the iPad Air 2. Microphones Apple's iPads include two microphones — one facing oy to the rear, for better sound when recording video, and one on the side. The two are used together for better noise reduction technology, giving clearer results. Volume These volume controls let you easily change the (2) volume on whatever speakers you're listening to — the iPad’s, headphones or anything else. You can also press the volume-down button for a second to mute the iPad. SIM card slot (4G version only) On the Wi-Fi+Cellular iPad models, which have built- 3) in 4G mobile broadband, this is where you'll find the Apple SIM (UK and US iPad’s only). The Wi-Fi-only models don’t include a SIM card slot or 46 aerial at all. ESSENTIALS New features in iOS 9 Use two apps in tandem and make multitasking a reality on your iPad As well as the App r Switcher that's available on wy all iPads, iOS 9 adds three new multitasking features: Slide Over for quickly dipping into another app for a moment; Split View for working in two apps side by side; and Picture in Picture for playing video in a comer of the screen while you continue to work on something else. Video even keeps playing in its little box as you swap between other apps. As well as iOS 9, these features require certain models of iPad hardware. For Slide Over and Picture in Picture, you'll need an iPad Air or Air 2, an iPad mini 2 or later, or an iPad Pro. Split View is more demanding because it requires enough resources for two apps to run at the same time and remain responsive. So, for that feature you'll need an iPad Air 2, an iPad mini 4 or an iPad Pro. In fact, if your iPad falls in the latter group, it’s powerful enough to run Split View and Picture in Picture at the same time, essentially splitting your attention between three things. Note that not every online video or app - whether part of iOS or downloaded from the App Store - supports these features. Anyone can do it 5 minutes [ iOS 9, read on to discover device requirements Focus your attention on two apps, or split it by tucking video in a screen corner Slide Over When you drag in from the right edge “ ofthe screen, from around its vertical centre, a narrow view of another app will slide into view. The app is likely to look a little different to when you're using it full-screen due to having to reformat itself for a narrow column. However, Slide Over is, intended to enable you to attend to things that are quick and simple to accomplish, so you can quickly get back to work in the app you were already in, which remains open and visible on the left side of the screen. This mode can work well with your iPad held in portrait or landscape orientation. Split View Look out for this short vertical line to “> the left of Slide Over's pane. Hold a finger on it and then drag it left to switch the two visible apps to Split View, which keeps both of them open. This tends to ‘work much better with your iPad in landscape orientation because of the amount of horizontal space that working in ‘two apps often requires. However, you might stil find portrait orientation useful in a scenario such as when using the Notes app 16 | The Ultimate iPad Handbook : | ADVANCED MULTITASKING as you research using a long web page or a book on the other side of the screen. Switch the right app In either Slide Over or Split View, drag “© a finger down from the very top of the right-hand pane to change the app that's displayed on that side of the screen. Picture in Picture You can play a single video in a = Picture in Picture box while continuing to use another app — or two in Split View — behind. If the video is covering up something you need to interact with, just swipe it out of the way to another corner of the screen, or flick it off the edge Evening work plan to tackle HMRC woes plete an Employment page for aya hs erator het ete wt tah of (an ate ot pay errr irr! MARC 8 tating UK taoayore Waring over ‘computer takeover of the screen to temporarily hide it. Not every video can be displayed in this way, but you can play any film, TV show or music video from the Videos app. Expect more online videos to support it as time goes on and an increasing number of sites adopt HTMLS for video playback. Not all third- party video apps work with it, though. ESSENTIALS HOW TO | USE iOS 9'S MULTITASKING ENHANCEMENTS 1 Dip into a second app Slide Over enables you to quickly attend to something in another app without closing the one you're using. Not every app supports it, yet many that come with iOS do - including Safari, Mail and Calendar. Swipe in from the right edge of the screen's vertical centre (otherwise you might trigger a feature of the app you're using, such as going forwards in your browsing history in Safari). At other times, such as in games, only a small tab will appear at the right edge of the screen; drag inwards from it. Aj Exit Split View Just like in Slide Over, drag a finger down from the top edge of the app on the right to choose a different app to display there. To exit Split View, place a finger on the handle in the divider between the two apps, then drag in the direction of the the app you want to hide, most of the way to the edge of the screen, and let go when that app becomes dimmed. Note that if you don't drag far enough, you'll find with some apps that you can adjust how much screen space is allocated to each one. Z Choose an app to show To change the app that's displayed in the right-hand pane, swipe down from the top of the screen within that pane. This will reveal a list of apps you can switch to, or (depending on the type of app already there) a small tab with an arrow pointing down in it; if you see the latter, swipe down from the tab to reveal the list. Swipe vertically in the pane to scroll through the list, then tap the one you want to use. To finish using Slide Over, tap the app on the left and the right one will slide out of view. [Amazing Phone 65 deat thin ‘lack Friday code wil knock £100 ‘ff an Phone 65 6468 ‘Apple TV review the super shiny fnew media streamer i ere atch review: best Android most expensive) ‘V review: the super-shi adia streamer is here Picture in Picture Picture in Picture enables you to play video in a box in any corner of the screen while you use the remaining space for something else. Tap a video within an app to display its playback controls, then tap the one that shows a large rectangle with an arrow inside, pointing to a smaller rectangle. That button is available when using the Videos app, when playing web video in Safari (where sites have implemented it using HTMLS), and in other apps that use the facilities built into iOS to play video. ie Use two apps at once Split View enables you to work in two apps side by side. (Again, it doesn’t work for every app, After swiping in from the right to reveal Slide Over, drag left from the short vertical line that’s just next to the right pane. The two apps will be temporarily blurred, with their icons and names shown instead. Let go and both apps will be pinned open, enabling you to use both together. This usually works best when holding your iPad in landscape orientation to benefit from extra screen width. monoay onuine orrers. [Wear, and gee Samsung Gear 52 review: a giant leap in smartwatch design ner ‘Amazon's autumn pilot season sails lands: a bunch of new 4K Ultra deen HD content vgruns ‘uns ‘Amazing iPhone 65 deal: this ittle 0s. Black Friday code will knock £100 off an iPhone 65 6468 yabetter itats: based Apple TV review: the super-shiny sereen, new media streamer is here trap ina eally about ‘e world? as wnfereneak Full-screen video If your video is in full-screen mode, double-tapping it with two fingers switches it to Picture in Picture mode. Repeat on the video to switch back, or tap once with one finger for additional options to close or pause playback. Pinch (or spread apart) two fingers on the video to adjust its size. You can move it to any screen corner. Hide it temporarily by flicking it off the left or right of the screen; the small tab that remains can still be moved around, or just tap or swipe inwards from it to see the video again. The Ultimate iPad Handbook | 17 -_ Ta) n a) Ss) ip, je’) Ta) Za 2 D je) SS = (a) “ = @ WN Ne) WN Qo i @ WY O ny) Rie) 4 Gq aD) WY Y LL ESSENTIALS 44 108 9 TIPS Check out these brilliant new features and improvements that make your iPad running iOS 9 a pleasure to use Search in Settings ( ») At the top level of 1 Settings is a search bar. ___} Type something into it to get a list of matching settings, including the path to reach them, although you can just tap an item to jump straight to it. Deal with bad Wi-Fi ~ >») If Wi-Fi Assist is switched on at the bottom of —_/ Settings > Mobile Data, iPads with mobile connectivity will fall back on your mobile network when the Wi-Fi network you're using is of poor quality. 18 | The Ultimate iPad Handbook On-screen keyboard \ The on-screen keyboard in iOS 9 gives a helpful _—_/ visual cue: letters on it, change to reflect the case in which youre typing. The top row of the iPad's keyboard contains shortcuts to features such as copy and paste, undo/redo, formatting controls and buttons to attach photos and items. in iCloud Drive in apps such as Mail If you prefer, the keyboard can be set to show capitals by disabling Settings > General > Accessibility > Show Lowercase Keys. You can then tell the case you'll type in by the Shift key’s colour. Bluetooth keyboards When using a Bluetooth 4 keyboard, the shortcuts \ bar still appears at the bottom of the iPad’s screen, along with an option to hide it. When you press (3]+4] on a hardware keyboard, the iPad presents an Mac-inspired app switcher that's faster than the one controlled by touch. It enables you to reach any of the last eight apps you've used. 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You can adjust how long the screen must be touched before an action is triggered, treat multiple touches within a duration as one, and set whether a finger’s location when it touches or leaves the screen determines your intention. Text insertion f Positioning the insertion | point is really easy on the iPad. Hold two fingers on the on-screen keyboard and the keys become greyed out. A blue vertical bar appears at the insertion point’s current location, and you can move it like you would with a mouse or trackpad on a computer by sliding both fingers around the screen; the insertion point will follow. Lift your fingers to finish. Choose Siri’s accent Until now, the language you selected for Siri would ____/ determine its accent in addition to guiding its expectation of how you say words — but not anymore! If you prefer to have it speak to you in a North American or Australian accent, you can choose that in Settings > General > Siri > Siri Voice, which replaces the simpler Gender setting from iOS 8. Text to speech Ifyou use iOS’ ability to read out text that's selected, new voices can be found in Settings > General > Accessibility > Speech > Voices New actions New Share sheet actions for dealing with email attachments enable you to save to iCloud Drive, or to use Markup to annotate PDFs and images and return them by reply. When setting the 1Q)| passcode that ~) unlocks your iPad, you'll find that iOS 9 wants it to contain six digits - but tap Passcode Options if you want to use four digits, or to pick Custom Numeric Code. The latter option enables passcodes as worryingly short as one character, or much longer than six. As an added level of security, this option stops the Lock screen giving away the length of your passcode, making it harder for people to guess as. what is entered is submitted only when OK is tapped. In Settings > General > Auto-Lock is a new, more secure option that locks your device after just 30 seconds. Your website accounts and saved bank cards (in Settings > Safari) are now protected by Touch ID rather than your passcode, provided you have set up Touch ID. When setting a passcode, six digits is now the default length. Additional options enable codes of arbitrary length. Picking Custom Numeric Code makes t even harder for your passcode to be guessed. eae « Ue Conée Om c eh uty on Cor sete st seri sgutorsam Music On iPads with a mobile 1 data connection, you can choose to stream your purchases and Apple Music in high quality in Settings > Music. Consider disabling it to conserve data. ou, om Seana « ree « Camera In Settings > Photos & 1 Camera, you can choose the resolution in which video is recorded. On that page, tap Record Video to choose from the available qualities: 720p or 1080p ‘on the most recent iPads. The page also gives some guidance about roughly how much space a minute of footage at each quality will take up. 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In fact, the rather long list is indicative of a new capability Apple has placed in the hands of developers, who can make their apps’ contents searchable in Spotlight. If you see unwanted kinds in search results, you can hide them here. However, you can no longer rearrange the list to prioritise things. If you prefer not to see i 5 Spotlight’s proactive suggestions, they can be disabled in Settings > General > Spotlight Search. Switch off Siri Suggestions at the top of that page. There’s now a microphone icon at the right-hand side of Spotlight’s search bar, which enables you to say what it is you're looking for. This is available even if iOS's Dictation feature is off in Settings > General > Keyboards (which is ordinarily triggered from a key on the keyboard wherever you can type) You needn't download a | / | calculator app to perform basic arithmetic because you can run numbers in Spotlight Search — just like you already could in Spotlight on a Mac. Type a calculation into the search bar, using * for multiply and / for divide. Try using common functions too — for example, sqrt(144) You can access the 1 8 system-wide search feature in two ways: by swiping to the left of the first Home ome aap Disney made a smartwatch that tells you what you touching Athelas Charter Georgia lowan Palatino San Francisco Seravek screen, or swiping downwards on any page of that screen. There's a difference to note in what you get from each route. The latter one opens the search page with the input focus already in the search bar and the keyboard visible for you to type what you want, and a list of suggested apps even before you type - but nothing more until you do. Use the former route if you want to see iOS's proactive suggestions. These days, the size of 1 e) many web pages has become bloated, and often you'll find them slow to load on your iOS device - even over a good Wi-Fi connection. Partly this is due to complex scripts often used by online advertising, which take Times New Roman The Ultimate iPad Handbook | 21 time to run. In iOS 9, Safari includes support for content blockers that can be configured to stop content from certain internet domains from loading. You can manage content blockers in Settings > Safari. You'll only see a Content Blockers item listed under the General heading if you've installed an app that adds ‘one (even though the item shows up when you search for it at the top of Settings). Safari's Reader feature, O()) which strips away superfluous content on long pages to give you a cleaner, reformatted view of only the actual content, has a bunch of new visual options. It presents text in the San Francisco font by default, 22 | The Ultimate iPad Handbook which is the system font on all three of Apple's latest operating systems. The same seven fonts available in iBooks are also available here, along with a choice of page background colours (white, cream, dark grey and black — the same selection is also available in iBooks). When using Reader, text size is adjustable. The bottom row of the Share sheet contains a couple of new things besides Safari's Request Desktop Site. Add to Favourites, which used to be relatively hidden away, is now found here, along with a more explicit Find on Page action as a convenience for anyone who is unaware of the existing, somewhat more hidden route of tapping the In iOS 8, the option to load the desktop version of a website was tucked away where it was easy to miss. There are now two easy ways to reach it. The long-winded way is to tap the Share button and then Request Desktop Site in the bottom row of actions. However, it’s quicker to hold a finger on the reload arrow in the address bar for a moment, then tap Request Desktop Site when it appears. tecrrac com ¢ red, Lore Tenmyaor Oa 86 search field and then the last item in its suggestions to look for words. There's a hidden shortcut G | to paste and go to a web address that you've copied to the Clipboard. Hold a finger on the field and tap ‘Paste and Go' in the options bar when it appears. With something else on the Clipboard, you'll get a Paste and Search option instead, Got a CV to upload as 4 part of a job application? Wherever you see an option to upload a file to a site, youll find iCloud Drive among the sources from which you can attach and submit a file to an online form. Notes and Reminders Important little details that you jot down are much smarter and richer Persistent reminders Due reminders on the D5 | Lock screen remain there unless you actively action them - if you unlock and then lock your iPad, your reminders will still be listed on the Lock screen. More responses When you action a 26 | notification, you have more options than before: you can mark something as completed, or you can choose the Later option, which gives you the choice of ‘snoozing’a reminder. Create reminders ( o7 While in an app, you can tell Siri to “Remind me about this" and it will create a reminder named after whatever youre currently looking at in the app. You can also send things to Reminders from apps such as Safari by tapping the Share button, then Reminders. Here, you can add text and, by tapping the Options button, set a time or location to be reminded. In Safari’s case, when you access that reminder, it will take you straight to the linked web page. Enhanced notes "_~) In the new, richer Notes )semyouconanind pictures or web links into your notes. The easiest way to do this is often from Safari or the Photos app - tap the Share button, then choose Notes. You'll have the option of adding text to go with your link or photo, and choosing whether to create a new note or add to an existing one. Pictures can also be added using the camera icon above the keyboard inside the Notes app (if this isn’t visible, tap the + on the right to reveal it), Make checklists —) You can add checklists 29 to notes, too - tap the icon of a circle with a tick inside, just above the keyboard. Type your first to-do, then press return to start a new one. Press the icon again to stop. To mark an item in the list as done, tap its circle. Sketch out ideas Tap the squiggly line icon QQ) above the keyboard in Notes to add freehand drawings and use a ruler tool to draw straight lines. (Pad Pro - Apple (UK) wwew.apple.com Possible Christmas gitts for famity. You can choose different drawing implements and line colours. There are undo and redo options, and you can rotate the whole drawing for easier working. Tap Done to insert it Text styling —, ) The Aa icon above the 11 | keyboard in the Notes app lets you style up text in notes as headings, subheadings and lists. Highlight text and choose anew style for it, or start a new line and choose a style before writing. Highlight text and then tap BIU in the pop-up options bar to change its weight and decoration. You can indent the current line or selection from the same pop-up. The Ultimate iPad Handbook | 23 WN Q i ON WY O a) a0 4 (Se iD) WY Y Li] Multitasking Working with multiple apps just got a whole lot easier Hand off tasks easily i Handoff is prominent at the bottom of iOS 9's App Switcher. Tap its bar to move a task open on one of your nearby Apple devices to your iPad. Return to an app ( When you switch apps 3G} through an action such as tapping a notification, youll see a ‘Back to...’ button at the top-left corner of the screen. Dip into apps >) Slide Over enables you to bring up a thin view of another app (which must support it) by sliding a finger inwards from the right edge of the screen, so you can attend to things without stopping what you're doing. To choose which app is shown, swipe down from the line at the top of the right pane. ‘ona Work in two apps at once c Split View lets you run two apps side by side - but only on an iPad Air 2, iPad mini 4 or iPad Pro. To use it, start with the same gesture as Slide Over, let go, then drag the vertical line on the divider to the middle of the screen. Notifications Make sure you're kept informed about the things that matter most to you Knock notifications into shape \ There are three different of ways to sort items in Notification Centre. Go to Settings > Notifications and tap Sort Order. Select Manual and a list of apps appears lower down on the same page. Drag from the grab handles to the right of each ‘one to set the order in which you want their notifications to be listed in Notification Centre. Notifications will then be grouped by app, and displayed in reverse chronological order within each group. Pick Recent and return to the main page for Notifications and you'll see a Group by App switch just below Sort Order. When it is turned off, notifications are shown in strict reverse chronological 24 | The Ultimate iPad Handbook order. When on, a new notification from Messages, say, will move all of its unattended notifications to the top of the list. You might prefer the latter if any notification from a particular app is important, rather than rigidly attending to things by time received. Monitor batteries / ‘Among a slew of subtle 38 changes to Notification \ Center, you can check battery statuses in the Today view. The Batteries widget shows power levels of your iPad and Bluetooth accessories, such as headphones To enable this widget, scroll to the bottom of the Today view, tap the Edit button, then tap the + next to the widget's name. The Batteries widget is not shown in the Today Picture in Picture >) On HTMLS video in Safari and in the Videos app, tap L the button that shows two rectangles and an arrow. This turns the video into a small floating Atlast, you can work in two apps side by side, which is great for researching in Safari and taking notes alongside. However, this feature is only available on the iPad Air2 and iPad mini 4. box, which can be moved to any corner, resized using two fingers, and stays open even if you change apps. Flick it off the left or right of the screen to temporarily hide it (it will keep playing). ‘Settings (D Ariene node B wr | @ ereroon @ conserouss JB cenit center | | © ower | GD octets 0 No itr | © wotpecee @ sures @ xn wa reeacote Sort Order ‘Group By App GB preonnsc a= Apple Store ax > Calendar sagen te Ain {Z capitals ASD oe eae Rates soa, snr @ cre GR Coreuter sic Notification Centre has several ways to sort items, and its Today view will even tell you how much power remainsin your Bluetooht headphones. view if a Bluetooth accessory is not paired and connected to your iPad. Manage your usage In Settings > Battery, you B9 can get a breakdown of R power usage. There are two options: Last 24 Hours and Last 7 Days (or fewer if you've had your iPad for less time than that). They display the proportion of battery life used by each app in that time. Tap the clock icon on the right to see the duration that each app was using power, both while on-screen and in the background. Other apps Beyond the big changes, there are plenty of subtle ones to discover News and Newsstand News is a brand-new app in iOS 9 that provides timely information in a single place, much like you might use an RSS newsreader to catch up with website updates. It provides publishers with a format that enables them to add animation and other engaging interactions to articles. Your iPad will need to be running iS 9.1 or later to be able to use the News app in the UK. If you read digital editions of periodicals, those are still available in iOS 9; they simply no longer download into a special folder called Newsstand as they did in earlier versions of iOS. If you have upgraded your iPad from an earlier version and things in Newsstand, it will now be an ordinary folder, and you can move apps out of it. Quick access to the Music app { When you connect 4 | headphones using \—* ©) Bluetooth (without music already playing), your iPad will display the Music app's icon at the bottom-left corner of the Lock screen. Swipe up from it to open the app. If your iPad is already unlocked, ‘open the App Switcher (with a double-click of the Home button) and tap the row at the bottom of it. Rather than tapping each photo you want to select, 0S 9 enables you to doit with one tap followed by a swipe across them. oeeee = 12:30 SelectAll 7 Photos Selected Maps The latest step in Apple’s attempts to improve its Maps app is the inclusion of public transport data to help you get from A to B, rather than just driving and walking directions. Previously, Apple made it so third-party transit app developers could plug into Maps, but now it’s starting to add its own data to the app by default, including details of problems on your route, like it does for driving directions. However, transport data is available for a limited number of cities at present - you can keep track of cities covered at http://bit. ly/AppleMapsTransit. Tap the Transport tab while plotting directions and the app will try to use Apple's own data before suggesting you look at transport apps in the App Store. Tap the ‘i’ at the bottom-right and switch to the Transport view. In all three views, a‘3D’ badge next to a city indicates you can take a Flyover tour of it. Zoom out in the Transport view and other badges will indicate where public transport data is available. To hice multiple photos select them, call up the Share sheet, optionally select more photos in the strip across the top, and then tap Hide. Photos ) When viewing a photo 4 2 full-screen, a strip across the bottom of the screen shows other images in the same album, collection or moment. Swipe across it to quickly browse through them. In the Photos tab, tap Select then drag your finger from one photo to another to select them and those in between, rather than having to tap each one you want in the selection. Instead of reaching for the back arrow at the top-left of a full-screen photo to return to its album, swipe downwards to dismiss the picture. This is really handy on the iPad's large screen. If you put screenshots ‘on social media, as some of our friends do, you'll be pleased that iOS now puts any you take (by pressing the Home and sleep/wake buttons) in a Screenshots album, making them much easier to clear out later. $ 22%0> Cancel As you zoom out in maps, look for blue icons next to cities, which indicate public transport directions are available there. There's a Selfies album too, but it isn’t powered by intelligent face detection; any photo taken with the front-facing camera is added to it. Rather than tapping and holding ona photo for an option to hide it, you must now tap Select, tap one or more photos, then tap the Share icon followed by the Hide action in the bottom row of the Share sheet. If you don't see that action, try swiping to the right - if you still can't locate it, tap ‘More...’ at the far right of the row and switch it on. a Podcasts Apple's Podcasts app AZ| has been given a makeover to be more consistent with the Music app. Music's MiniPlayer — a bar above the tabs at the bottom when something is playing - is replicated, as is the use of an ellipsis (...) to indicate more options for an adjacent item. The Unplayed tab is a quick way to catch up on missed episodes, Stations are similar, but you can limit them to specific shows. Create them by tapping the + in the My Podcasts tab. The Top Charts page shows star ratings from listeners for each podcast and when their last episode was published. Tap at the top-left corner of the screen to browse charts or the Featured page by category. The Ultimate iPad Handbook | 25 H n n a) Ss) ip, Qo an @ WL N@) or € “A ESSENTIALS The Home button Master the iPad’s Home button and quickly switch between apps he Home button (that’s the one on the front of your iPad, below the screen) is SKILL LEVEL a i doit what makes Apple’s iOS devices so nyone can co wonderfully simple to use. Whatever IT WILL TAI app yout using, a single press of the Home button 5 minutes will return you to your Home screen and your , familiar app icons. If you opened the app from YOU'LLNEED within a folder, that will still be open — a second ~ ma iPad, i059 press of the Home button will close the folder and take you back to the Home screen. If you have arranged your apps across multiple Home screens (indicated by dots at the bottom) and you're viewing the second or a later one, pressing the Home button will take you back to the first one. And if your iPad is asleep, a click of the Home button wakes it up. That's not all the button does. Press and hold it for a couple of seconds to use Siri, your voice-controlled assistant (see page 96 for more). Also, after holding a finger on an app icon until they all jiggle, so you can organise them, pressing the button exits that mode. Even more usefully, you can press the Home button twice in quick succession to go to the App Switcher, which shows previews of the apps you've recently used. You can swipe through them and tap ‘on an app’s preview to return to it, without having to go back to the Home screen and hunt down its icon there. In iOS 8, the App Switcher also provides shortcuts to recent contacts. If you've never used it before, now is the time to try it out - you'll wonder how you ever managed without it! ae Quitting apps It's a common misconception that the apps shown in the app switcher are all currently running, and therefore slowing your iPad and draining its battery. In fact, what you see are simply your recently used apps, and they have no impact on your iPad’s performance. In iOS, when you switch from one app and open another, there's no need to quit the first: if it needs to carry on working in the background - playing music, for example - then it just gets on with it; otherwise, it’s seamlessly put on hold until you want to return to it. 26 | The Ultimate iPad Handbook ESSENTIALS HOW TO| MASTER MULTITASKING IN iOS 9 scout_walker Double-click o) Previous app a More apps To get started with the app switcher, To the right of the screen, you'll see Double-click the Home button to bring make sure your iPad is awake (that is to say, the previous app you were using, with a scaled —_up the App Switcher once more. Have a look the screen is on and youte not being asked down view of the contents of its last screen. on the far right-hand side, and you'll see that to enter your passcode - this won't work ifs Above and to the left of it, you'll see its app icon, another app is partially visible. Place your finger locked). Now, whichever app you're in, double- the same as the one you see on your Home on this and drag towards the left. As you do, click the Home button. You'll see the app you. _ screen. You can tap on the icon or the app’s you'll see more thumbnails of apps coming into were using shrink down and move to the right _ screen preview to switch to this app. Flipping _view, in the order in which you used them - the slightly, overlapping a number of other app between apps in this way is generally quicker most recent ones first. Fast swipes across the screens. The screen you can now see is than going back to your Home screen and screen will move through the apps more known as the App Switcher. having to hunt down the previous appsicon. quickly. Tap any app to resume using it. #00808 sacos6 4 Going back 5 Printing and Handoff 6 Troublesome apps If you've opened the App Switcher by In the App Switcher, you'll always find If one of your apps is being troublesome mistake, the easiest way to get back to the your Home screen at the far left-hand end in some way or has got stuck, you can use the app you were using is to press the Home button (though getting to it in this way is probably less App Switcher to force it to close. Double-click ‘once. Note that the four-finger pinch gesture, efficient than simply pressing the Home button _ the Home button, then swipe through the app which normally brings up your iPad’s Home ‘once when you're using any of your apps).One —_ screens until the troublesome app comes into screen, can also be used to get back from the exception to this is if you're printing something: __view. Now simply flick the problematic app’s ‘App Switcher to the app you were using last. instead of your Home screen, the leftmost item thumbnail image upwards, towards the top You can also open your iPad’s voice-controlled will be Print Centre, which enables you to check _of your iPad’s screen, and let go — youll see it personal assistant, Siri, when the App Switcher is how the print job is going or cancel it.The other _ (and its icon) disappear from view. Note that open just by holding down the Home button. exception is Handoff (see page 160 for details). any unsaved work in that app may be lost. The Ultimate iPad Handbook | 27 Za) v =) a) Za) Vv ©) a) a au aD) WY Y LL] ESSENTIALS Using gestures Controlling your iPad with the power of touch ‘ou might already be familiar with the iPhone or iPod touch, in which case you'll probably Y know some of the gestures that you can use to navigate your way around an iPad screen and perform various actions. However, if you're new to the world of Apple's touchscreen devices, or you just want to make sure you aren't missing out, here's a quick gesture-by-gesture guide to getting the most from your iPad, Note that the three ‘multitasking gestures’ (numbers 7 to 9 on the opposite page) are iPad-only and won't work on other iOS devices such as iPhones. They involve the use of four or five fingers, so they're purposely designed to be used on the iPad’s larger screen Also, if you don't want access to these three gestures, they can be turned off, but only as a group rather than individually. In the Settings app, go to General > Multitasking and turn off the adjacent switch. Gestures in apps Bear in mind that individual apps can _ is if you enable VoiceOver, which implement their own gestures. In bizarrely scrambles almost everything Keynote (Apple's presentation app), in the name of ease of use!) for example, you can nudge objects a single pixel at a time by tapping and holding an object, then swiping in the direction you want to nudge it with the other hand; you can also make items on a slide be the same size by dragging one object's resize handles, then tapping and holding con the object you want it to match. Asa rule, though, an app’s custom gestures should never conflict with the standard gestures. (The exception > e) \ : 1 Single- and double-tap Tapping the iPad screen is equivalent to clicking the mouse button on your Mac or PC, and performs the majority of functions. Tap ona button or icon to open an app, activate a web link, and so on. Tapping twice in quick succession is a double-tap. When viewing photos and web pages, you can double-tap to zoom in, then double-tap again to zoom out. For maps, double-tap to zoom in; tap once with two fingers to zoom out. Double-tap a column. of text on a web page and it will fit the screen. 28 | The Ultimate iPad Handbook oY Tap and hold Tapping on the screen and holding your finger in place often causes a small pop-over menu to appear, much like right-clicking on your Mac or PC. Most commonly this shows options for cutting and pasting text (when you lift your finger), but in Safari holding down your finger on a link offers options for dealing with it; in the case of a picture, you can save it to your Camera Roll. Tapping and holding an icon on the Home screen causes the icons to jiggle; you can then drag them to rearrange them. Scroll Press your finger lightly against the iPad’s touchscreen and then run it up and down the screen to move a list or page. When you find what you're looking for, release your finger and it'll stop scrolling. This is ideal for navigating through a web page or down a grocery list in the Notes app, for example. Some apps, such as the Music app, have an alphabetical scrollbar to the side which is ideal for speedily browsing a large library by dragging your finger over it to scroll. ESSENTIALS 4 Flick If you need to find your way through a long list (for example, friends and family in Contacts), you needn't spend ages scrolling manually — use the flick gesture to scroll quickly. Press your finger gently against the screen, then flick up or down, and your list will scroll through at a much faster speed than normal. The quicker you flick, the quicker you scroll. Simply wait for the scrolling to stop or gently press the screen when you find what youre looking for. This is handy for large libraries in the Music app. 5 Swipe In apps where you can navigate from side to side, such as Photos or iBooks, you need to swipe. Using one finger, lightly run your finger across the screen from one side to the other and you can navigate from page to page. You can also use this to navigate around a website or map when you've zoomed in. Don't be afraid to explore, though: a swipe can do different things - in Mail, for example, a short horizontal swipe from right to left on a message in the list reveals options for dealing with it. 6 Pinch and unpinch You can zoom into a web page on the iPad using the pinch and unpinch gestures. Holding your index finger and thumb close together like a crab claw, place them on the screen and slowly move them apart without lifting them. You'll 200m into (magnify) the page at the same rate at which you expand your fingers. To zoom back out, simply repeat the gesture but in reverse, bringing your fingers closer together. As with scrolling, the faster you move your fingers, the faster you zoom. *, ~ { Home pinch The speediest way to get back to the Home screen on your iPad is the four- or five finger pinch gesture, which can be executed in any app to close it. Simply place four or five fingers on the screen and bring them together to return to the Home screen. (This is the same gesture used to activate Launchpad in OS X El Capitan.) Note that this gesture is an iPad-only gesture - it does not work on an iPhone or iPod touch — and if it doesn’t work, check that it hasn’t been turned off (in Settings > General). ~ 8 Multitask swipe You can also use four or five fingers to bring up the App Switcher by swiping them upwards on the screen. (Again, this mimics the swipe upwards that activates Mission Control in OS X El Capitan on the Mac) You can then tap the thumbnail preview or icon of an app to switch to that app. To hide the switcher again and return to the app you were using last, swipe downward with four or five fingers. Remember, this is another gesture that works only on the iPad, so don't try it on an iPhone! r Q App switch swipe As well as using the App Switcher to jump between apps, you can simply swipe sideways with four or five fingers to move from one app to another. Swipe from the right to the left to step through your apps in the same order as they appear in the switcher, or left to right to reverse. As you swipe across the screen, the current app disappears to make way for the next one. This is helpful for moving between your most recently used apps to reference or copy and paste something. Again, it’s iPad-only. The Ultimate iPad Handbook | 29 mn. Ta) n ae > =p ie) n G) M n ct = @) n >N = = =) co) oD) YW) N © pp C oD) N Ta LL] ESSENTIALS Keep things secure Protect your data and prevent others using your iPad Corny hile it's great having fast and easy access to all your contacts and other personal information wherever you are, the flip side is that it could be a disaster if you lose your iPad. The simplest precaution you can take to protect your data is to set a passcode, so that the iPad requires you to enter a six-digit code each time you wake it up. If that sounds like a bit too much hassle, you can change the Require Password setting so that if you unlock your iPad within a specified time of locking it - 15 minutes, say - then you don't have SKILL LEVEL Anyone can do it IT WILL TAKE 10 minutes YOU'LL NEED iPad, iOS 9 W to re-enter the code, but this is obviously less secure. On the other hand, if you feel that iOS 9's default six-digit code doesn't sound secure enough, you can opt instead for a harder-to-crack case-sensitive password, which can also include numbers and symbols. There’s even a nuclear option: go to Settings > Touch ID & Passcode (or just Passcode) and switch on Erase Data. Now, if the passcode is entered incorrectly 10 times, all your data and media will be erased and the iPad will be reset to its factory settings. Find out more about resetting and restoring your iPad on page 166. HOW TO| SECURE YOUR iPAD 1 Set passcode Go to Settings > Touch ID & Passcode and tap Turn Passcode On. Enter a passcode - but make sure it’s something you'll remember: if you enter it incorrectly more than 10 times, you'll be locked out and your only option will be to wipe and restore your iPad - see page 166. 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To prevent this, go to Settings > Touch ID & Passcode and turn off the Siri switch so that it can only be used when your iPad is unlocked. Py} 5 Brightness ‘Simple Passcode More secure The default six-digit passcode in iOS 9 is stronger than iOS 8's old four-digit one, but if someone observes you entering some of it, they may quickly work out the rest. You can set a complex password containing letters, numbers and symbols by switching off Simple Passcode. ‘e) Remote wipe As a backup, install Find My iPhone (see page 163). Then, if you lose the iPad, you can use any computer to sign in at icloud.com. Click Find My iPhone, then All Devices at the top and choose your iPad. Now you can lock it remotely or, if you've given up on finding it, even wipe it. Using Touch hile it’s always a good SKILL LEVEL idea to set up a security Anyone can do it passcode for your iPad, the iPad Pro, iPad Air 2 ITWILLTAKE = and iPad mini 4 offer a more secure 15 minutes and easier-to-use option: fingerprint YOU'LL NEED recognition. The Home button in these iPads incorporates a state-of-the-art fingerprint scanner (which debuted on the iPhone 5s), and once you train it to recognise your fingerprint, unlocking your iPad or authorising App Store purchases is just a matter of laying your finger on the Home button for a second or so. If someone else tries this, their fingerprint will not be recognised. iPad Pro, iPad Air 2 or iPad mini 4, iOS 9 Getting in touch Before you begin with Touch ID you'll need to ensure you've set up a passcode for your iPad. This is because if Touch ID input fails for any reason ESSENTIALS ID (because you're not recognised — or it’s not you!) or if you restart the iPad, the device will fall back to asking for your passcode. A passcode is also important if you want your family, friends or whoever else you trust to use your iPad to unlock it using a fingerprint. Up to five fingerprints can be registered, and each person will need the passcode as a fallback option For anyone worried about privacy, Apple is at pains to point out that fingerprint data stored on the iPad isn't going anywhere. In fact, the device doesn't store an image of the fingerprint at all; rather, it creates a unique mathematical representation of it which can't be ‘reverse engineered’ back into an image. This data is encrypted and stored on the device, and only Touch ID itself can access it — it’s never transmitted or backed up. — HOW TO|SET UP TOUCH ID Gx Bow G ows ome ou Owe ted O mm Place Your Finger : blele! | Getting started With a passcode set up, go to Settings > Touch ID & Passcode > Add a Fingerprint... When prompted, touch (don’t press) the Home button, using the same thumb (or finger) that you normally use when waking the iPad, and watch as the display builds up an image. When you are prompted on-screen, lift your thumb/ finger and then touch it down on the Home button again, shifting its position very slightly. - Recording your print Repeat this process until the graphic on the display is completed filled with red - the scanner is gradually reading more information. The final step is to capture the edges of your print, because it's unlikely you'll always press the Home button dead centre. So, as the display suggests, hold the iPad how you usually would when pressing the button and touch the outer areas of your digit, again shifting it slightly. 8 Making purchases Once Touch ID is set up, you can also use it to buy from the iTunes Store, the App Store and the iBooks Store. Make sure that iTunes & App Store is enabled in Settings > Touch ID & Passcode. Now, each time you purchase an item, you'll be prompted for your fingerprint rather than your Apple ID's password. If it’s not recognised five times in a row for any reason, you'll have to enter your password instead. The Ultimate iPad Handbook | 31 a WN WN @) =) =, o WN Oo! G @ »>y w) OU iow, S Vv i) Cc O ca) fae) U = =) O a —) 8 a) a YU WY Y Li} ESSENTIALS Using Notification Centre SKILL LEVEL Anyone can do it IT WILL TAKE 5 minutes YOU'LL NEED iPad, iOS 9 c ™) here’sa lot going on behind the scenes on your iPad while you use it - emails, tweets and other T messages arrive, events on your calendar draw near, tasks for which you've set reminders become pressing, and much more. You won't necessarily want to know about everything that happens — for example, you might only care to read about friends’ updates on a social network when you open the relevant app. Notification Centre gives you a consolidated ‘noticeboard’ where you can find out only what you want to know about at a glance. You decide which apps’ notifications are shown in it, and what type of notification each app will give you: a banner, which pops up briefly at the top of the screen but then quietly fades away after a few seconds; or an alert, which pops up in the middle of the screen and requires you to acknowledge it. To view notifications, simply swipe downwards from the top of the screen to open Notification Centre. It has two tabs: the Today view (see below) and the Notifications view. Tap an item to jump straight to it in the corresponding app. Note that with some items, such as emails, doing this will mark them as read and remove them from Notification Centre. Others, such as pending Reminders or upcoming Calendar events, will remain until they've been acted upon or the date has passed. Notifications can also appear on the Lock screen. There, father than tapping, slide a finger rightwards on an item to unlock your iPad and then jump straight to the relevant app. VISUAL GUIDE | NOTIFICATION CENTRE 32 | The Ultimate iPad Handbook Today tab Drag your finger down from Cc) the very top of the screen to reveal Notification Centre. The default view is Today, which begins with a summary of the weather, then your next event, followed by the day's schedule, reminders, and tomorrow's events. Notifications Swipe leftwards or tap the © Notifications tab to see all your notifications. These will appear inthe order you've specified in Settings (see opposite page), then in chronological order within each individual app. Today Summary The Today Summary includes relevant information for the day ahead. By default, it will usually tell you the day and date, the local weather, followed by details from your calendar and reminders. Tap a notification and you'll jump straight to itin the corresponding app. Calendar events and Reminders Allyour Calendar events for 4) today appear here. Tapping ‘on one opens the calendar at that event. Below, you'll see reminders that are marked as due today. You can tap the circles next toa reminder here to mark it as done. Widgets Information from other apps (5) can be added to the Today view via special ‘widgets’ that are included with them. Here, for example, you can see links to Kindle books that have been recently opened in Amazon's Kindle app. Tomorrow Summary Scroll down further and you'll (6) see a heads-up of how many events and reminders are coming up the next day (not shown here). To dose Notification Centre again, flick upwards on the grab handle at the very bottom of it (the grey, upward-pointing arrow). Slide down Slide your finger down from the top of the screen to open Notification Centre. It's best to get into the habit of starting on the iPad’s bezel (outside the display), otherwise you might end up opening the search bar instead. A dark overlay will appear, displaying a weather report and summary of the day, plus any calendar events and reminders that are due today. Any app you were using or task in progress will be paused (although audio apps will continue). Notification settings In Settings > Notifications, tap on an app to adjust its individual notification settings. Here you can allow or disallow notifications, control how many the app can show in Notification Centre, and whether future notifications are accompanied by a sound (sometimes customisable), show as a numbered badge on the app's icon, or appear on the Lock screen. You can also alter the alert style here (none, banners, or in-your-face alerts). Changes are instant. | USE THE NOTIFICATION CENTRE View Notifications Tap Notifications to view all those you've had recently from all the apps you've authorised to appear here. Many apps are capable of giving you notifications, so this panel is often packed. It's good to check the icon of the App Store for a count of apps that can be updated, or here in Notification Center how many have been updated (if auto-update is turned on). To remove all of an app’s notifications, tap the X button to the right of its name, then Clear. ~ Edit the Today View h Open Notification Center and tap the Today tab. Customise the order in which items are shown here by scrolling down and tapping the grey Edit button. You'll see a list of apps that are already shown in the Today view and, below that, apps whose widgets you aren't using. Reorder items by dragging on the grab handles to the right of most of them, hide widgets by tapping the red - symbol and add them to Notification Center by tapping the green +. Interactive notifications Many notifications provide the ability to deal with things in Notification Centre, rather than having to go to their app. Swipe leftwards on a notification from Messages, for example, and you'll be able to reply right there and then. Swipe an email message to the left and you can mark it as read or trash it. Not all notifications support interactivity beyond the ability to dismiss them from the list. Do that by swiping left on an individual item and tapping X. Remove or sort items To hide an app from the Notifications view, go to Settings > Notifications, tap the app’s name then Show in Notification Centre and pick ‘No Recent Items. You can sort items in the view manually or by time. The former lists notifications by app in the order they are listed Include below; tap Edit (at the top-right) and then drag on the handles next to each app to change their order. Sorting by time bumps apps that have notified you most recently to the top of the list. The Ultimate iPad Handbook | 33 Cc WU OU = UO Y aN YU O —! a) 1 = Sc VY WY Y UL ESSENTIALS Your iPad’s Lock screen Even when your iPad is locked, you can access handy features Even when your iPad is lock you can access handy features (COOPPM™ our iPad’s Lock screen does more than simply provide a security Y block to prevent people gaining unauthorised access to your device. It also provides direct access to key features. You can unlock your iPad straight to the camera, for those times when you're right on the spot and the moment won't wait. You'll see notifications such as new messages, reminders and other things appear on-screen, and you can swipe from right to left across one to deal with it in place, or swipe the other way, and then enter your passcode if you've set one up, to go directly to the relevant app and respond from there. You can also take control of your music here, without having to unlock your iPad See your notifications We'll look at how to set up reminders and notifications later. But it’s useful to know that lt Tope Swift 34 | TacUiiintdaeliPSihhjaledbook you can configure certain apps to alert you on the Lock screen: tap Settings > Notifications, scroll down and select an app, turn on ‘Show on Lock Screen; then choose the type of alert (persistent pop-ups or discreet banners at the top of the screen). The app will now briefly wake up your iPad at the Lock screen to notify you. If you ignore the alert, your iPad will quickly go back to sleep; to respond to the alert immediately, just place your finger on the app icon and swipe left to right, then enter your passcode if necessary. Under Settings > Touch ID & Passcode, you can set whether it’s possible to access Notification Centre, Today view (a summary of the day, your Calendar day view, your next destination, and so on) or both from the Lock screen. If you enable either of these options, you can pull down from the little tab at the very top of - the Lock screen to view notifications and other items you opt for. Swipe for controls Tap Settings > Control Centre and you can set whether it’s possible to access Control Centre (see page 41) by pulling up the little tab at the very bottom of the Lock screen, Control music If you have a song playing in the Music app, the Lock screen doesn't display the wallpaper you've chosen using the Settings > Wallpaper facility. Instead, it displays details of what the Music app is playing (or some other audio apps like BBC iPlayer Radio). This shows you the name and artwork of the currently playing track, play/pause, next/previous and volume controls, plus a handy progress bar that shows the track's duration and how far through it you are - this enables you to scrub through by dragging the playhead to the left or right. These Normally your Lock screen simply displays the image you've chosen using Settings > Wallpapers butt also enables you to control your music (left) and even quickly access the iPad camera (above right). controls also appear in the Control Centre, if you have it enabled, but without the artwork. Take a photo In the bottom-right corner of the Lock screen, you'll see a little camera icon. Swipe this upwards and you'll go straight to the Camera app, so you can be snapping away within seconds. Once you've shot any stills or videos, youll also be able to tap the usual thumbnail in the corner of the screen to review them and even edit them, but you won't be able to share them or view anything else in your Camera Roll without entering your passcode, if you've set one up. Handoff Sometimes you'll see an app icon in the bottom- left corner of the Lock screen. This happens when your Mac or iPhone is nearby and the foreground app on it is one that also exists on your iPad. It signifies that you can swipe upwards on that icon to transfer the task - including whatever document, email or web page you are viewing - to the equivalent app on your iPad. Apple calls this Handoff, and it’s a convenient way to switch from ‘one device to another — whichever is most suitable at a given moment. It works in the other direction, too; if you're working on a spreadsheet ora presentation on your iPad, you can move it to your Mac if you think that will help you to get the job done more quickly or just more easily. See page 160 to find out more about using Handoff. The home of technology techradar.com The home of technology techradar.com Do Not Disturb Ensure your iPad can only disturb you for vital messages andy though it is to be notified of things, if youre busy you won't want to be interrupted by every new email or tweet. The solution is Do Not Disturb. If you turn this on in Control Centre or Settings, all notifications are silenced when your iPad is locked, although alarms from the Clock app (see page 88) will still sound. Optionally, you can set Do Not Disturb to kick in at a preset time, then deactivate itself again at another preset time. You can also allow incoming FaceTime calls from specified groups of people (which you must set up on a SKILL LEVEL Anyone can do it IT WILL TAKE 5 minutes YOU'LL NEED iPad, iOS 9 H ESSENTIALS computer or at icloud.com), or allow a call from someone who tries repeatedly within a short time — useful in an emergency. This is of broader use on an iPhone, of course, but it works with FaceTime calls on your iPad, too. The guide below explains the options that are available for Do Not Disturb — it’s all pretty intuitive, and you'll soon have it set up. One thing that is lacking is the ability to set more than one quiet period (say, overnight and again during the day). However you can easily turn Do Not Disturb on and off in Control Centre — handy if you happen to be in a meeting, for example. HOW TO|SET UP DO NOT DISTURB Turn it on To activate Do Not Disturb, swipe upward to open Control Centre and tap the crescent moon icon. That symbol appears in your device's status bar to remind you the feature is active. Now notifications are silenced and the screen will be kept dark, unless you turn off the feature. +e Brunedon . Cakaghan Dentist stephen Donan <4 Dunn Create a group To create a new group, you need to go to icloud.com on a computer, sign in and click Contacts. Click on the ‘+’ at the bottom and choose New Group. Give it a name, then click All Contacts and drag names from the list on the right onto the group's name on the left. Customise it Allincoming messages and notifications will be suppressed. But what if something really urgent crops up, or you want to allow specific people to reach you? Go to Settings > Do Not Disturb to customise the feature and configure any exceptions you want to allow. Urgent calls What if somebody is trying to get hold of 5 you urgently, but it’s not someone you've added to a group? In Settings > Do Not Disturb you can simply switch on the Repeated Calls option; if the same person tries again within three minutes, the call will be allowed through. Who can call? Even with Do Not Disturb active, you can set your iPad to accept messages from specified people. To do this, tap Allow Calls From and then choose either Everyone or No One. You can also select specific groups which are allowed to get through — perhaps work or family. Schedule that Instead of turning on Do Not Disturb manually, schedule it to activate automatically. Turn on the Scheduled option, then tap the From/To row and set the times between which you don't want to be disturbed. Now you're able to enjoy an uninterrupted period in your day. The Ultimate iPad Handbook | 37 WY Se @ & a) CO =) oo ay a VY WY Y Li ESSENTIALS (OOPP|M"_he iPad is renowned for its ease of use, and a key factor in this is T consistency of design. The iPad's ‘operating system and your apps all use familiar icons and buttons for standard functions, so once you've got to grips with these, you've mastered just about all you need to know. Where you do need to navigate through more complex menus, there are intuitive back and forward (or up and down) arrows. The one thing that often isn't obvious is where you can scroll down for more content - scroll bars usually don't appear until you actually try scrolling. Here's a guide to the key symbols. Tap the three-dot’ More button to see an app’ further options, Her in Dropbox there are some non-standard symbols, butall have text labels to help you out. =) the house; and that gave exact usual way from Wuthering He My human fixture and her sa exclaiming, tumultuously, the everybody conjectured that I ‘were wondering how they rm remains. I bid them be qui Find your way around iOS Get to know the standard icons used everywhere on your iPad 7 wutnens The three-line’Menu’iconis a common icon butt isn't used consistently, and it can therefore be alittle confusing, For example, in iBooks (above left) it takes you toabook’ table of contents; in the Music app it opens the lst of tracks that are queued for playback; and inthe App Store (above) it opens your Wish List. However, in the YouTube app (left) it opensa sidebar ofadditional options, Standard iOS symbols and buttons Edit Fundamental commands are usually in words, including Done, Save, Undo, Redo, Edit and Cancel. Add a new item or create anew document - or, in the Safari web browser, open a new tab. Compose or create a new item or document, such as an email. 5 Insert a picture, either by using lO | the camera to take a new one or by opening your Camera Roll. = Organise or move the selected item. Used in Mail, for example, to file emails into folders. Share the selected item. Tap this for a range of sharing options, usually including Mail, Messages, Twitter, AirDrop and Print, among others. Download an item, or sometimes jew the items you've previously downloaded in the relevant app. In lots of apps, including the Safari web browser, you can access your saved bookmarks by tapping this. 38 | The Ultimate iPad Handbook QOBrex7Faego In some apps, this icon gives you access to Info or sometimes app or document settings. Some apps tuck Preferences and options behind this icon, possibly instead of using the Settings app. Refresh your view. Some apps, such as eBay and Twitter, use a ‘pull down to refresh’ gesture instead. Usually Reply - although in Mail and other apps you'll also get options to Forward and Print. Close, Delete, or sometimes Stop or Cancel - for example, stop a web page loading in Safari. Delete an item. Often you can also swipe right-to-left across an item to reveal a Delete button. The universal symbol for Find, of course. Tap this icon or the text box adjacent to it to initiate a search. Tapping this icon typically takes you to a page where you can change account settings. = A id In the device's status bar, this shows that Location Services is active. In Maps and other apps, tap it to find or display your current location. The symbol for Play predates even the VCR, You'll also see the standard symbols for rewind, fast forward, pause and so on. Ifan app supports AirPlay anda suitable speaker or TV is in range, tap this to route the apps audio or video output to it. See page 138. Tap this (or else a flag icon) to mark as a Favourite, or to view favourites or top-rated or featured items. View Recent Items, your browsing history in Safari, or similar. View or access More Options. The panel that opens to display these should have a Cancel button; if not, tap outside the panel to close it. Some apps use an icon like this to. show More Options, but it might take you to a Contents list, Most Viewed items, or something else! more from your Mac Try the new issue of MacFormat free’ in the award-winning app! bit.ly/macformatipad 4, Available on the @ App Store Packed with practical tutorials and independent advice — discover why MacFormat has been the UK's best-selling Apple magazine for seven years! Using Control Centre Go Cente (or nal if you have US Opening \glish as your set language) provides you ™ with a simple and quick way to access alot and closing of useful controls on your iPad. You access To access Control Centre, slide your Control Centre by sliding your finger up from the bottom of finger up from the bottom edge of the screen. It's usually best to start with your finger on the the screen. You can access Control bezel and slide upwards. It will slide into view as a greyish Centre from just about any part transparent panel containing a range of buttons and sliders. of iOS, including inside apps. Control Centre can seem a bit daunting at first; it’s Sometimes all you'll see when you certainly a lot more detailed and varied than many other do this is a grey tab with an arrow parts of iOS. But once you are pointing upwards; a second swipe accustomed to its layout, upwards then reveals Control youll find it very useful. Centre. Swipe downwards, or tap On the left-hand side, outside Control Centre, to hide anyone candoit youll find buttons and it and return to whatever you were sliders for media playback doing previously. r (music and video). The top 10 minutes slider is the playhead, which is used to control the position "iPad, iOS 9 within a music track or video; below that are the usual Play, oy . Next and Previous buttons ) Music along with whatever song, — and video audiobook or video is currently Control Centre is in its element playing; below this sits a volume slider. when it comes to controlling In the middle are six buttons that turn on and off key media. You use the controls just features: Airplane Mode, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Do Not Disturb, like you would inside the Music Mute, and Orientation Lock. app, to skip to the next or previous At the bottom are AirDrop and AirPlay buttons, both track, and to scrub through audio used to share items on your iPad with other devices. AirPlay by dragging the playhead. The will only be visible if a suitable speaker or Apple TV is found volume control and brightness nearby. On the right is a slider to control the screen sliders on the right are useful for brightness. Finally, in the bottom-right corner are shortcuts media playback. When the Music to the Timer feature of the Clock app, and the Camera app. app is playing something, track When youre finished with Control Centre, swipe back details will appear underneath the down the screen (or tap outside it) to dismiss it. Control playback controls. Tap this text to Centre might seem cluttered, yet you'll soon remember its switch to the Music app. layout and save time over switching to the Settings app. From the Lock screen Control Centre can be accessed from the Lock screen without entering your passcode first. This enables you to do things like skip music tracks, adjust screen brightness and access the camera. However, some features are blocked; you can’t access old photos through the Camera app this way, for example. Quick features In the middle are six buttons used to turn features on and off: Airplane Mode, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Do Not Disturb, Mute and Orientation Lock (to lock the screen in its current orientation: portrait or landscape). To turn a feature on, tap it and it lights up. We normally leave Wi-Fi on, and turn on Bluetooth to use a keyboard, AirDrop or Handoff. However, the status of these and other features can be toggled on an ad hoc basis. 40 | The Ultimate iPad Handbook (Q Quick app access To the right are icons that take you straight to two useful apps: Clock and Camera. AirDrop Tapping the left one of these icons opens takes you to the Clock app’s Timer feature, enabling you to quickly set a countdown. Use the barrel picker to set a time, and tap Start. with apps Tapping the right icon opens the Camera app so you can take a photo without having to return to the Home screen and track down the app’s icon among all the others there. AirDrop makes it easy to share things - documents, contact details, links to web pages and more. After switching it on in Control Centre, things can be shared from many apps. AirDrop uses Bluetooth to discover nearby Mac and iOS devices, and Wi-Fi to make a direct transfer to the other device. To share a photo, say, open Control Centre, then tap AirDrop and choose Contacts Only (if you know them) or Everyone (if you don’t). In the Photos app, pick a picture, then tap the Share button (bottom-left). The top row of the share sheet that opens shows people nearby who have AirDrop turned on. Tap one to send the photo to them. @reos Ye Daireiay BD Turning AirDrop on ~ Using AirPlay to stream video "| AirDrop is a fantastic technology \ The AirPlay button is used to stream video to an for sharing files between iOS devices and Macs Apple TV, and audio to an AirPlay-compatible speaker - it running OS X El Capitan. To turn it on, tap the will only appear if your iPad can find at least one of these AirDrop button in Control Centre. You can things nearby. With some media already playing, open choose to share files with Everyone or Contacts Control Centre and tap the AirPlay button. Choose the Only (which limits it to people in your Contacts device to which you want to stream the media. You can also app). AirDrop uses both Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, so choose to turn on Mirroring when sending to an Apple TV, turning on AirDrop automatically switches on which will display whatever is on your iPad’s screen on the those features, and their buttons will light up. television as well. The Ultimate iPad Handbook | 41 WY @)) Cc =) 4 VY Y) =) - ie a (G Y WY Y Li} ESSENTIALS Master the iPad's settings Configure your apps and customise your iPad Apple has been criticised for (>) being too controlling over \ i#) everything to do with iOS, and the critics do have a point: ‘Apple keeps a firm grip on what apps are made available and, if you're used to the way things are done in the world of Android devices, you may well miss the variety of widgets you can choose to install and the freedom to customise your iPad’s Home screen layout. If you'te switching from Windows Phone, you might miss the option to move and resize your Live Tiles; by comparison, the iPad’s Notification Centre is pretty inflexible. However, there is a respectable range of things you can do to customise your iPad. Fora start, you can change how it looks by choosing new wallpaper for the Home and Lock screens. The two can be set independently of each other, too. You can change the sounds that play for a variety of events, such as incoming email and alerts for reminders and calendar events. You can even assign a unique ringtone to each contact, so you know at once who’ trying to reach you using FaceTime - see page 71 for details. B Marcas EB cons conre OB mncoutse Acrutaey — You can create multiple Home screens and rearrange the icons on any of them: just tap and hold on any icon until they all start jiggling, then drag them toa new position. Drag one to the edge of the screen to flip to the next Home screen, then tap the Home button when you're finished. Dragging one app onto another creates a folder, and you can add website shortcuts to the Home screen. Personalise your iPad Most importantly, you can use the Settings app to configure your iPad just the way you want it - right down to fine details, such as what happens when you tap the left-hand margin in iBooks. In this brief visit to Settings, you've probably noticed that it contains a vast number of other important security options and app-specific customisations. When you install more apps, they usually get added to the last group in the list. Here we'll give you just an overview of Settings. To find out exactly what it can do, explore it more deeply yourself! Remember, most settings are on/off affairs, so it's easy to revert them HOW TO| PERSONALISE YOUR iPAD < Choose Wallpaper 1 Change your wallpaper Tap Settings > Wallpaper, then tap ‘Choose a New Wallpaper’ You can choose < Settings Sounds S AND VIBRATION PATTERN Ringtone Text Tone New Voicemail 2 Configure sounds Your iPad can play sounds in response to a selection of common events - receiving < Mail, Contacts... Signature All Accounts ¥ Per Account Sent from my iPad 4 Customise signatures Want something more distinctive than the standard ‘Sent from my iPad’ appearing from a range of still images or dynamic screens emails, tweets, FaceTime calls, and so on.To set__at the foot of your emails? Tap Settings > Mail, supplied by Apple, or use any of your own what sound plays for these events, go to Contacts, Calendars > Signature. If you've got images scroll down, tap an album, then the Settings > Sounds. Tap an event in the list more than one email account, you can choose image you want. Pinch to zoom in and drag to and set a ringtone or alert tone, if any. If you're to set a different signature for each by tapping move it to position it as you want. Tap Set, then musically talented, you can create ringtones Per Account or the same for all your accounts Set Lock Screen, Set Home Screen or Set Both. _from scratch in GarageBand (see page 174). by tapping All Accounts. 42 | The Ultimate iPad Handbook HOW TO|SEE WHAT'S WHAT INTHE SETTINGS APP 1 Connectivity info and options Tap Settings and the first group of controls you see are those relating to your iPad’s various network connections. Here you can switch to Airplane Mode, which disables all the device's radio and network activity, and turn Bluetooth on or off; you can also do both these things in Control Centre (see page 40). Tap Wi-Fi if you want to connect to a new wireless network - you'll need to select it and enter its password, but only the first time you connect to it; after this, your iPad will recognise it and join it automatically when relevant. On an iPad with a SIM card slot, tap Mobile Data to set options relating to your data plan, to view your usage statistics, and to enable the Personal Hotspot feature, which enables your iPad to share mobile data to PCs and Macs over USB, and other devices over Wi-Fi or Bluetooth. Notifications and controls In the next group of options you can configure Notification Centre to choose which apps can send you alerts and how they do so (see page 32). You can set whether Control Centre can be accessed on your Lock Screen and within apps (see page 40). S General settings Tap General to access a miscellaneous collection of configuration options for everything from the voice used by Siri, your iPad’s built-in voice-activated ‘personal assistant; to the formats you prefer for the date, time and keyboard. We'll look at many of the options under the various headings in due course. You can also tap Reset to revert various settings to their factory defaults should you need to do so (but this can't be undone, so be certain you want to do it). The Privacy options give you control over which apps can access personal data; they also work in tandem with the security features in Settings > General > Restrictions. 4 Settings for built-in apps Further down are groups which configure the built-in apps and services, from everyday essentials, like Safari and Mail, to more specialist interests, like Game Center and the sone EE AG 1949 < Settings Safari Search Engine Search Engine Suggestions [ @ ) Spotlight Suggestions [ @ Quick Website Search Preload Top Hit [ @ About Search & Pi Passwords & AutoFill Favourites Open Links Set your preferences for your appsin Settings. Tapa ‘switch to change it from On (green) to Off (grey) or vice versa; tap an option with a right-pointing arrow to change the current setting displayed or configure more detailed settings, such as whether Safari will enter passwords and credit card details automaticaly, educational iTunes U. We'll look at many of this vast range of preferences when we look at individual apps, and it’s worth taking the time to work your way through them all and set everything to your liking. Remember, you can simply come back here to change any setting again at any time. Social networks Next come the standard social networks with built-in support in iOS. Tap each one to sign in or create an account; if you haven't yet installed each network's official app, you — can tap the Install button here. Once you've signed in, you ESSENTIALS mn W WN a) = = General Accessibility Hn VoiceOver WN Zoom ‘@) on. Invert Colours ¢« foaly Greyscale Bs) Speech ve Larger Text Bold Text Button Shapes @ Tap Settings > General > Accessibility for options designed to make iPads easier to use for anyone with sight, hearing or motor problems. Some options, such as Increase Contrast and Reduce Motion, make things clearer forall; others such as VoiceOver, change things for the worse if you aren't dependent on them. Home screen shortcuts We've all got favourite websites that we look at regularly, and it's easy to create shortcuts to make it faster and simpler to visit them anytime. In Safari, go to the site you'd like to add. Once it’s finished loading, tap the Share button at the top- right of the screen, then tap Add to Home Screen. Enter a short name, then tap Add. A shortcut to the site, with the name you gave it, will appear on your H