Everything You Want To Know About The IPad

Tablets are an amazing creation. They are like a laptop, only smaller, yet they're exceptionally powerful and can hold a ton of data. Your iPad can do it all for you, from video conferencing to word processing, if you know what to do. Read on for advice which will help you forgo your laptop as your iPad will do it all for you instead.

Some newer iPads have a mute button instead of a lock orientation one. If you prefer the lock orientation feature, you should go into your settings and tap on the general section. You will be able to choose which function you want to associate with this button. Save your changes when you are done.

Are you getting too many notifications? If some apps send notifications, you do not need, you should go to your settings and tap on notifications. You will then have access to a complete list of your apps and be able to choose which notifications you want to receive.

Learn all the things the side switch can do on your iPad. It is a handy way to turn your audio alerts on and off without affecting your playback sound. You can also use it to lock your screen so that it does not automatically rotate. If you want to use it for some other function, you can change this in the General Settings menu.

You can take screenshots of what you are doing on your iPad. Press the home button and then the sleep/wake one. A screenshot will be taken instantly and saved into your photo gallery. You can then email these screenshots to your friends to show them the different features of you iPad.

If you have young children who will be using your iPad, you might want to restrict their access to mature content. Even by accident, it is easy for a child to access an inappropriate website unless you do this. Simply go to your settings, and then click on general. There you will find "enable restrictions." Tap on this and you will find a list of restrictions that you can select from.

The iPad comes preloaded with many apps you'll likely never use. Unfortunately, some of them cannot be erased. If you find that there are several built-in apps that you aren't using, create a folder to contain them. This lets you focus on the ones you use most.

Double clicking on the Home button lets you see and access all currently running apps. After doing that all of the apps that are running will pop-up on the bottom of your screen, and from there you just need to click the appropriate icon. This ensures that you never forget which apps you're running and gives you an easy way to shut off apps you don't need any longer.

Can your iPad do everything your computer can and more? Yes, of course it can! It just takes a little ingenuity, research and determination to make the iPad what you want it to be. This article is a great start for you, so use the advice here and you should be well on your way.