Chapter 1
Getting Started with Your iPad
The iPad Air and iPad mini are powerful and extremely popular touch-screen tablet computers created by Apple. You can use an iPad either as a full-powered computing device on its own or as a companion device to your Mac or PC. In this chapter, you set up your iPad Air or iPad mini, sync data to it, and learn to use the user interface.
Take a Look at the iPad Air and iPad mini
Download, Install, and Set Up iTunes
Begin Setup and Activate Your iPad
Set Up Your iPad as New Using iCloud
Set Up Your iPad from an iCloud Backup
Choose Which Items to Sync from Your Computer
Sync Your iPad with Your Computer via Wi-Fi
Explore the Interface and Launch Apps
Take a Look at the iPad Air and iPad mini
The Apple iPad is the most popular tablet computer on the market. Powerful, elegantly designed, and easy to use, the iPad can take over many of the tasks you normally perform on your desktop or laptop computer, such as surfing the web, exchanging e-mail messages, performing desktop publishing, and playing video games. The iPad comes in two sizes: full-size and mini. The latest version of the full-size iPad is the iPad Air 2; the older model is the iPad Air. The latest version of the mini iPad is the iPad mini 3; the older models are the iPad mini 2 and the iPad mini.
The Difference Between iPad Air and iPad mini
The iPad Air has a 9.7-inch screen with 2048 × 1536 pixels at a resolution of 264 pixels per inch, or ppi. The iPad mini 3 and iPad mini 2 have a 7.9-inch screen with 2048 × 1536 pixels at a resolution of 326 ppi. The original iPad mini has a 7.9-inch screen with 1024 x 768 pixels.
Although the difference in diagonal measurements is less than 2 inches, the iPad mini screen is only just over half the size of the iPad Air screen, making the iPad mini much smaller and even more portable than the iPad Air. The iPad Air measures 9.4 inches tall × 6.6 inches wide, whereas the iPad mini is 7.87 inches tall × 5.3 inches wide. The iPad Air weighs around one pound. The iPad mini weighs less than three-quarters of a pound.
Apple offers the iPad Air 2 and the iPad mini 3 with three capacities: 16GB, 64GB, and 128GB. The iPad Air and the iPad mini 2 come in two capacities: 16GB and 32GB. The iPad mini comes only in a 16GB capacity. Having more storage enables you to install more apps and carry more music, movies, and other files with you. The diagram shows examples of what you can fit on the iPad models.
Higher capacities command substantially higher prices, so you must decide how much you are prepared to spend. Generally speaking, higher-capacity devices get more use in the long run and are worth the extra cost.
Wi-Fi Only or Cellular and Wi-Fi
Both the iPad Air models and the iPad mini models come in Wi-Fi–only and cellular-and–Wi-Fi models.
With a Wi-Fi–only iPad, you can connect to the Internet only through wireless networks, such as those at your home or workplace, or wireless hotspots that are open to the public or to customers of the establishments that host them.
With a cellular-and–Wi-Fi iPad, you can connect both through the cellular network and through wireless networks, giving you Internet access no matter where you go. This option costs more both in the purchase price of the iPad and in the cellular service fees with either a monthly or a pay-as-you-go plan.
Touch Screen
Each iPad model has a touch screen that takes up most of the space on the front of the tablet. You use the touch screen to access everything on the iPad with your fingers and to view content. The iPad software uses gestures to scroll, rotate, and zoom in on objects on-screen.
The iPad Air 2, iPad Air, iPad mini 3, and iPad mini 2 all have what Apple calls a Retina display, which has very high resolution. The original iPad mini has a lower-resolution display.
Cameras
Each iPad has a camera on the front — the screen side — and another on the back.
The front camera is for FaceTime video calling and self-portraits. It can capture 1.2-megapixel photos and high-definition video at the 720p standard (meaning 720 vertical lines using progressive scan), which provides a good-quality video picture.
The back camera is for taking photos and videos of other subjects, much as you would use a stand-alone digital camera. The back camera on the iPad Air and on the iPad mini models can capture 5-megapixel photos and high-definition video at the 1080p standard. The back camera on the iPad Air 2 can capture 8-megapixel photos. It can also capture slow-motion video at 120 frames per second and can take burst photos.
Unbox Your iPad and Charge It
Once you have your iPad, your first move is to unbox it, identify the components, and set the iPad to charge.
To get the best battery life out of your iPad, you should first fully charge the battery, even if it comes partly charged. So no matter how eager you are to set up your iPad, sync it with iTunes or iCloud, and start using it, take a few hours to charge it fully.
Unbox Your iPad and Charge It
Open the iPad box and remove its contents.
Make sure you have the iPad itself and the following components:
A The power adapter.
B The USB-to-Lightning cable.
Peel the protective film off the front and back of the iPad.
Connect the USB end of the USB cable to the power adapter.
Plug the power adapter into a power socket.
Connect the Lightning end of the USB cable to the iPad.
Note: The Lightning connector is reversible, so it does not matter which way you plug in the connector.
A Charging readout appears on-screen.
Leave the iPad to charge until the battery readout shows that the battery is fully charged.
Meet Your iPad’s Controls
After charging your iPad, turn it on and meet its hardware controls. For essential actions, such as turning on and controlling volume, the iPad has a Sleep/Wake button, Text Volume Up button and a Volume Down button, and the Home button below the screen. The iPad Air and the iPad mini models also have a side switch that enables you to lock the iPad’s screen against rotation or mute the volume. The iPad Air 2 does not have the side switch.
If your iPad has cellular connectivity, it needs a SIM card. If the store or carrier that sold you the iPad has not inserted a suitable SIM card, you need to insert one yourself before you can connect to the cellular network.
Meet Your iPad’s Controls
Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button on top of the iPad for a couple of seconds.
The top of the iPad also contains:
A The microphone.
B The headphone socket.
As the iPad starts, the Apple logo appears on the screen.
C Above the iPad screen is the front-facing camera.
D Below the iPad screen is the Home button, which you press to display the Home screen.
At the bottom of the iPad are:
E The Lightning Connector.
Turn the iPad so that you can see its right side.
Move the side switch down, so that an orange dot appears, when you want to mute the iPad notifications, alerts, and sound effects.
Note: You can configure the side switch to lock the screen rotation. To do so, tap Settings, tap General, and then tap Lock Rotation in the Use Side Switch To area.
Press the Volume Up (+) button to increase the sound volume.
Note: When the Camera app is active, you can press the Volume Up (+) button to take a picture with the camera.
Press the Volume Down (–) button to decrease the volume.
When the lock screen appears, tap near the slide to unlock prompt, and then drag your finger to the right.
The iPad unlocks, and the Home screen appears.
Download, Install, and Set Up iTunes
To sync your iPad with your computer, you use Apple’s iTunes application. iTunes comes preinstalled on every Mac but not on PCs; to get iTunes for Windows, you download it from the Apple website and then install it on your PC.
If you do not have a computer, or you do not want to sync your iPad with your computer, you can set up and sync your iPad using Apple’s iCloud service, as described later in this chapter.
Download, Install, and Set Up iTunes
On your PC, open the web browser. This example uses Internet Explorer.
Click the Address box, type www.apple.com/itunes/download, and then press 
.
The Download iTunes web page appears.
Click the check boxes (
changes to 
) unless you want to receive e-mail from Apple.
Click Download Now.
The download bar appears.
Click the drop-down arrow.
The Save pop-up menu opens.
Click Save and run.
Internet Explorer downloads the file and then starts running it.
The iTunes installation begins, and the Welcome to iTunes dialog opens.
Click Next, and then follow the steps of the installer.
Note: You must accept the license agreement to install iTunes.
In the Installation Options dialog, click the Add iTunes shortcut to my desktop check box ( changes to ) unless you need this shortcut.
Select () or deselect () the Use iTunes as the default player for audio files check box, as needed.
Click Install.
When the installation finishes, the installer displays the Congratulations dialog.
Click Open iTunes after the installer exits ( changes to ) if you do not want iTunes to launch automatically when you close the installer.
Click Finish.
The installer closes.
Unless you chose not to open iTunes automatically, iTunes opens.
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How do I set up iTunes on a Mac?
If you have not run iTunes already, click the iTunes icon (
) that appears on the Dock by default. If the Dock contains no iTunes icon, click Launchpad (
) on the Dock, and then click on the Launchpad screen. The iTunes Setup Assistant launches. Follow the steps to set up iTunes.
Begin Setup and Activate Your iPad
Before you can use your iPad, you must set up and activate the device. The first stage of setup involves choosing the language to use, specifying your country or region, connecting to the Internet through either a Wi-Fi network or the cellular network, and choosing whether to use Location Services. You then activate the iPad, registering it with the Apple servers.
At the end of the first stage of setup, you choose whether to set up the iPad as a new iPad, restore it from an iCloud backup, or restore it from an iTunes backup.
Begin Setup and Activate Your iPad
Turn on the iPad by pressing and holding the Sleep/Wake button for a couple of seconds until the Apple logo appears.
When the Hello screen appears, tap near the slide to set up prompt at the bottom and drag your finger to the right.
On the Language screen, tap the language you want to use for the interface.
On the Select Your Country or Region screen, tap your country.
The Choose a Wi-Fi Network screen appears.
Tap the wireless network you want to use.
A Tap Use Cellular Connection to connect to the Internet via the cellular network and set up your iPad. This button appears only on cellular-capable iPads.
Note: If the Connect to iTunes button appears, tap it to stop the setup process here. You can then continue as explained in the section “Set Up Your iPad Using iTunes,” later in this chapter.
The Enter Password screen appears.
Type the password.
Tap Join.
Your iPad joins the wireless network and connects to the Internet.
On the Location Services screen, tap Enable Location Services or Disable Location Services, as needed.
Note: Enabling Location Services is usually helpful, because it lets apps such as Maps determine your exact location.
The Set Up Your iPad screen appears.
Tap the appropriate button:
B Tap Set Up as New iPad to set up your iPad from scratch using iCloud. See the next section, “Set Up Your iPad as New Using iCloud,” for details.
C Tap Restore from iCloud Backup to set up your iPad using a backup stored in iCloud. See the section “Set Up Your iPad from an iCloud Backup” for details.
D Tap Restore from iTunes Backup to set up your iPad using a backup stored on your computer. See the section “Set Up Your iPad from iTunes” for details.
Set Up Your iPad as New Using iCloud
If you want to set up and use your iPad without syncing it to your computer, you can set it up using Apple’s iCloud online service. With this approach, you sync your data to your account on iCloud, from which you can access it using other iOS devices, a Mac or a Windows PC, or a web browser on any computer.
To set up a new iPad to use iCloud, follow the instructions in the previous section to begin setup, and then continue with the instructions in this section. If you have backed up your iPad to iCloud and want to restore it from that backup, turn to the next section instead.
Set Up Your iPad as New Using iCloud
Begin setup as explained in the previous section, “Begin Setup and Activate Your iPad.”
On the Set Up Your iPad screen, tap Set Up as New iPad.
The Apple ID screen appears.
Tap Sign In with Your Apple ID.
Note: If you do not yet have an Apple ID, tap Create a Free Apple ID and follow through the screens that appear.
Another Apple ID screen appears.
Type your Apple ID.
Type your password.
Note: If the Apple ID Security screen appears, prompting you to create new security questions, tap Add Security Questions, tap Next, and then create the questions.
Tap Next.
The Terms and Conditions screen appears.
Tap Agree in the lower-right corner of the screen.
The Terms and Conditions dialog opens.
Tap Agree in the Terms and Conditions dialog.
The iCloud screen appears.
Tap Use iCloud if you want to use iCloud.
Note: Normally, you will be able to get more out of your iPad by using iCloud.
The Find My iPad screen appears, notifying you that iOS automatically enables the Find My iPad feature when you use iCloud.
Tap Next.
Set Up Your iPad as New Using iCloud (continued)
When you set up your iPad using iCloud, use an e-mail address that you intend to keep for the long term. This is especially important if you use the same e-mail address for the Apple ID that you use for the App Store; each app you buy is tied to that e-mail address, so if you change the address, you will need to authenticate again for each app update.
When setting up your iPad using iCloud, you can apply a passcode lock to protect your iPad, use iCloud Keychain to protect your passwords and credit-card data, and enable the Siri voice-controlled assistant.
Set Up Your iPad as New Using iCloud (continued)
The iCloud Drive screen appears.
Tap Upgrade to iCloud Drive if you want to use the iCloud Drive feature.
Note: Each iOS device must use iOS 8 or a later version to access iCloud Drive. Each Mac must use OS X 10.10, Yosemite, or a later version. If you need to use older versions of iOS or OS X on some devices, do not upgrade to iCloud Drive.
Note: On the iPad Air 2 and the iPad mini 3, you have the option at this point to set up the Touch ID feature, which enables you to unlock your iPad by fingerprint recognition. This feature is helpful, so you will probably want to try it.
The Create a Passcode screen appears.
Note: For security, it is essential to use a passcode to protect your iPad against intrusion.
Tap the keys to create a four-digit passcode.
Note: If you use a weak passcode, such as 1111, your iPad displays a warning dialog prompting you to create a stronger passcode.
The Create a Passcode screen prompts you to re-enter your passcode.
Type your passcode again to confirm the number.
The iCloud Keychain screen appears.
Tap Use iCloud Security Code to use your existing iCloud security code to set up iCloud Keychain on your iPad. Follow the prompts to authenticate yourself.
Note: Tap Don’t Restore Passwords on the iCloud Keychain screen if you want to set up iCloud Keychain later. See the tip for information on iCloud Keychain.
Tap Use Siri or Don’t use Siri, as appropriate.
Note: You can turn Siri on or off at any point after setup.
The Diagnostics screen appears.
Tap Automatically Send or Don’t Send, as needed.
The App Analytics screen appears.
Tap Share with App Developers or Don’t Share, as appropriate.
The Welcome to iPad screen appears.
Tap Get Started.
The Home screen appears, and you can begin using your iPad.
Set Up Your iPad from an iCloud Backup
Instead of setting up your iPad as new using iCloud, you can set it up by restoring it from an iCloud backup. This backup can be from either another iPad or iOS device or the same iPad. For example, if you are upgrading to a new iPad, you can restore the backup of your previous iPad.
When you restore your iPad from an iCloud backup, you choose which backup to use — normally, the most recent one. iOS automatically restores your settings, downloads your apps from the App Store, and then installs them on the iPad.
Set Up Your iPad from an iCloud Backup
Begin setup as explained in the section “Begin Setup and Activate Your iPad,” earlier in this chapter.
On the Set Up Your iPad screen, tap Restore from iCloud Backup.
Note: On a cellular iPad, use a Wi-Fi network rather than the cellular network to restore your iPad from backup so as not to run through your data plan.
The iCloud Sign In screen appears.
Type your Apple ID.
Type your password.
Tap Next.
The Terms and Conditions screen appears.
Tap Agree in the lower-right corner of the screen.
The Terms and Conditions dialog opens.
Tap Agree in the Terms and Conditions dialog.
iOS verifies your Apple ID.
The Choose Backup screen appears.
Tap the backup you want to use.
A If the backup you want to use does not appear, tap Show all backups to display other backups, and then tap the appropriate backup.
B The Restore from iCloud screen appears while iOS restores the backup to your iPad.
After iOS completes the restoration, your iPad restarts.
The lock screen appears.
Swipe to unlock your iPad. You can then start using it.
Set Up Your iPad Using iTunes
Instead of setting up your iPad using iCloud, as described in the previous two sections, you can set it up using iTunes. You can either restore an iTunes backup to the device or set up the iPad from scratch using iTunes.
When setting up your iPad for the first time, you can restore it from an iTunes backup of another iPad — for example, your previous iPad — or another iOS device. If you have already set up this iPad, you can restore it from its own backup.
Set Up Your iPad Using iTunes
Begin setup as explained in the section “Begin Setup and Activate Your iPad,” earlier in this chapter.
On the Set Up Your iPad screen, tap Restore from iTunes Backup.
The Connect to iTunes screen appears.
Connect your iPad to your computer via the USB cable.
On your computer, iTunes opens or becomes active.
The Welcome to Your New iPad screen appears.
Make sure the Restore from this backup radio button is selected (
).
Click and select the appropriate iPad.
Click Continue.
iTunes restores your iPad from the backup.
When the restore is complete, your iPad restarts.
The control screens for your iPad appear in the iTunes window.
You can now choose sync settings for the iPad as explained in the following section.
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How do I set up my iPad from scratch using iTunes?
On the Set Up Your iPad screen, tap Restore from iTunes Backup, and then connect your iPad to your computer via the USB cable. When the Welcome to Your New iPad screen appears in iTunes on your computer, click Set up as new iPad (
changes to ). Click Continue. On the Sync with iTunes screen that appears, click Get Started. The iPad control screens appear, and you can set up sync as described in the next section, “Choose Which Items to Sync from Your Computer.”
Choose Which Items to Sync from Your Computer
After specifying that you will use iTunes to sync your iPad, as explained in the previous section, “Set Up Your iPad Using iTunes,” you use the iPad control screens in iTunes to choose which items to sync between your computer and your iPad. When setting your sync preferences, the best place to start is the Summary tab. Here, you can change the name of your iPad, choose whether to back up the iPad to iCloud or to your computer, decide whether to encrypt the backup, and set general options for controlling syncing.
Choose Which Items to Sync from Your Computer
Connect Your iPad and Choose Options on the Summary Tab
Connect your iPad to your computer via the USB cable.
The iTunes window appears.
If your iPad control screens do not automatically appear, click the iPad button (
) on the navigation bar at the top of the screen.
Note: Your iPad appears in iTunes with either a default name or the name you have given it.
The iPad control screens appear.
Click Summary.
The Summary screen appears.
To change the name of your iPad, click the existing name, type the new name, and press or 
.
In the Automatically Back Up area, click iCloud ( changes to ) or This computer ( changes to ) to specify where to back up your iPad.
If you choose to back up to this computer, click Encrypt local backup (
changes to 
).
In the Set Password dialog, type a password twice.
On a Mac, click Remember this password in my keychain ( changes to ) if you want to save the password in your keychain.
Click Set Password.
The Set Password dialog closes.
Click Open iTunes when this iPad is connected ( changes to ) if you want iTunes to open automatically when you connect the iPad.
Click Sync only checked songs and videos ( changes to ) if you want syncing to omit any song or video whose check box you have deselected ().
Select Convert higher bit rate songs to AAC ( changes to ) if you want to compress high-quality song files to fit more on your iPad. In the pop-up menu, choose the bit rate.
Choose Which Items to Sync from Your Computer (continued)
When syncing your iPad with your computer using iTunes, you can set your contacts and calendars to sync between your computer and your iPad. You do this only for contacts and calendars in accounts other than iCloud; you do not need to sync iCloud contacts and calendars via iTunes because iCloud syncs them automatically over the air.
When you need to resolve problems such as data corruption on the iPad, you can also set iTunes to overwrite particular items on the iPad during the next sync.
Choose Which Items to Sync from Your Computer (continued)
Sync Your Contacts and Calendars to Your iPad
Click Info.
Click Sync Contacts ( changes to ).
iTunes selects the All Contacts radio button () by default.
Note: In Windows, click Sync contacts with ( changes to ). Then select the program that contains the contacts — for example, Outlook.
To sync only some contacts, click Selected groups ( changes to ).
Click each contacts group you want to sync ( changes to ).
Click Add contacts created outside of groups on this iPad to ( changes to ).
Click 
and then click the contacts group to which you want to add contacts created outside the iPad.
Click Sync Calendars ( changes to ).
To sync only some calendars, click Selected calendars ( changes to ).
Click each calendar to sync ( changes to ).
To limit the number of days of calendar data, click Do not sync events older than N days ( changes to ) and set the number of days.
In the Replace Information on this iPad list, click Contacts ( changes to ) if you need to replace your iPad’s contact data at the next sync.
Click Calendars ( changes to ) if you need to replace your iPad’s calendar data at the next sync.
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When should I select the Contacts check box and Calendars check box in the Advanced box?
Select these check boxes () only when you need to overwrite the data on your iPad. Normally, you would need to do this only if the data on the iPad becomes corrupted.
Why does the Info tab not appear on the iPad control screens?
If your Mac is running OS X Mavericks, the Info tab does not appear on the iPad control screens. To sync your contacts and calendars, set up your Internet accounts on your iPad as explained in Chapter 4.
Choose Which Items to Sync from Your Computer (continued)
When syncing your iPad with your computer using iTunes, you can choose which apps to install on your iPad from those you have purchased from the App Store.
Similarly, you can choose which music to sync by choosing playlists, artists, genres, and albums on the Albums tab. And if you have ringtones on your computer, you can sync them to your iPad by using the Tones tab.
Choose Which Items to Sync from Your Computer (continued)
Click Apps.
A You can click and choose how to sort the apps: Click Sort by Name, Sort by Kind, Sort by Category, Sort by Date, or Sort by Size, as needed. You can click again and click Show Only iPad Apps to restrict the display to iPad apps.
Click Install for each app you want to sync to the iPad.
Note: You can also drag an app to where you want it to appear on a Home screen. You can drag the Home screens to rearrange them.
Click Automatically sync new apps ( changes to ) if you want to sync new apps automatically.
Choose Which Music and Tones to Sync
Click Music.
Click Sync Music ( changes to ).
Note: If the amount of music selected is too much to fit on your iPad, an Over Capacity warning appears at the bottom of the window.
To load a selection of music instead of your entire music library, click Selected playlists, artists, albums, and genres ( changes to ) instead of Entire music library.
The controls in the lower part of the tab appear.
B You can click Automatically fill free space with songs ( changes to ) if you want to put as much music as possible on your iPad.
In the Playlists area, click each playlist to include ( changes to ).
In the Artists area, click each artist to include ( changes to ).
In the Genres area, click each genre to include ( changes to ).
In the Albums area, click each album to include ( changes to ).
The Tones tab appears.
Click Sync Tones ( changes to ).
Click All tones or Selected tones, as needed ( changes to ).
If you choose Selected Tones, click each tone to include it ( changes to ).
Choose Which Items to Sync from Your Computer (continued)
The wide range of content you can sync to your iPad using iTunes includes movies, TV shows, podcasts, iTunes U lessons, books, and photos. To choose which items to sync, you click the appropriate tab, and then make your selection using the controls that appear on it. For each category of content, you can choose between syncing all the items and only selected ones.
After choosing all the content you want to sync to your iPad, you click the Apply button or the Sync button. iTunes then syncs all the content to your iPad across the USB connection.
Choose Which Items to Sync from Your Computer (continued)
Sync Movies, TV Shows, Podcasts, and iTunes U Lessons
Click a tab (Movies in this example).
Click Sync Movies ( changes to ).
Click Automatically include ( changes to ) to have iTunes load some movies automatically.
Click and choose what to include — for example, click All unwatched or 1 most recent.
Click other items to sync ( changes to ).
Click Books.
Click Sync Books ( changes to ).
To sync only some books, click Selected books ( changes to ).
Click each book or PDF file to sync ( changes to ).
C You can click and click Only Books or Only PDF Files to shorten the list.
Click Sync Audiobooks ( changes to ).
Choose which audiobooks to sync.
Sync Photos
Click Photos.
Click Sync Photos from ( changes to ).
Note: In Windows, click Sync Photos with ( changes to ), and then choose the folder in the drop-down list.
In the pop-up menu, choose the source of the photos — for example, iPhoto.
Choose which photos to sync. For example, click Selected albums, Events, and Faces, and automatically include ( changes to ), and then choose which albums, Events, and Faces to include.
Click Apply or Sync.
iTunes syncs the items to your iPad.
D The readout shows you the sync progress.
E If you need to stop the sync, click 
.
When the sync finishes, disconnect your iPad.
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How can I fit more content on my iPad?
You cannot increase the storage capacity of your iPad by installing a memory card, as you can on some other tablets, so the way to fit more content on it is to prune and compress the existing content.
Video and music files tend to take the most space. For video, your only option is to remove files you do not need on your iPad. For music, click the Convert higher bit rate songs to check box () on the Summary tab and choose a low bit rate, such as 128 Kbps, to reduce the size of music files while retaining acceptable audio quality.
Sync Your iPad with Your Computer via Wi-Fi
Instead of syncing your iPad via the USB-to-Lightning cable, you can sync it wirelessly, or “over the air.” To do so, you must connect both your computer and your iPad to the same network and enable wireless sync in iTunes. You can then have the iPad sync automatically when it is connected to a power source and to the same wireless network as the computer. You can also start a sync manually from the iPad even if it is not connected to a power source.
Sync Your iPad with Your Computer via Wi-Fi
Set Your iPad to Sync with iTunes via Wi-Fi
Connect your iPad to your computer with the USB cable.
The iTunes window appears.
Click iPad () on the navigation bar.
The iPad control screens appear.
Click Summary.
Click Sync with this iPad over Wi-Fi ( changes to ).
Click Apply.
Disconnect your iPad from your computer.
Perform a Manual Sync via Wi-Fi
Press the Home button.
The Home screen appears.
Tap Settings.
The Settings screen appears.
Tap General.
The General screen appears.
Tap iTunes Wi-Fi Sync.
The iTunes Wi-Fi Sync screen appears.
Tap Sync Now.
The sync runs.
The Sync symbol (
) appears in the iPad status bar.
The readout shows which part of the sync is currently running.
Explore the Interface and Launch Apps
After you sync the iPad with your computer or set it up with iCloud, you are ready to start using the iPad. When you press the Sleep/Wake button or open the Smart Cover, the iPad displays the lock screen. You then unlock the iPad to reach the Home screen, which contains icons for running the apps installed on the iPad.
You can quickly launch an app by tapping its icon on the Home screen. From the app, you can return to the Home screen by pressing the Home button. You can then launch another app as needed.
Explore the Interface and Launch Apps
The iPad screen lights up and shows the lock screen.
Tap near the slide to unlock prompt and drag your finger to the right.
The iPad unlocks, and the Home screen appears.
A The iPad has two or more Home screens, depending on how many apps are installed. The gray dots at the bottom of the Home screen show how many Home screens you have. The white dot shows the current Home screen.
Tap Notes.
The Notes app opens.
Note: If you chose to sync notes with your iPad, the synced notes appear in the Notes app. Otherwise, the list is empty until you create a note.
Tap New (
) to create a new note.
The on-screen keyboard appears automatically.
Type a short note.
B The note appears in the Notes list.
C If the suggestion bar shows the word or phrase you want, tap it to enter it.
Note: If the suggestion is in the center, you can enter it by tapping 
or another punctuation character.
D If you need to hide the keyboard, tap 
.
E To delete the note, tap 
and then tap Delete Note on the pop-up panel.
Press the Home button.
The Home screen appears.
Swipe left to display the second Home screen.
You can now launch another app by tapping its icon.
Press the Sleep/Wake button or close the Smart Cover.
Your iPad goes to sleep.
Using Notification Center
As your communications hub, your iPad handles many types of alerts for you: e-mail messages, text messages, reminders, meetings, and so on.
To help you keep on top of all these alerts, your iPad integrates them into Notification Center. You can quickly access Notification Center from the Home screen or any other screen. After you display Notification Center, you can respond to an alert, view your upcoming appointments, or check on the weather.
Using Notification Center
Tap at the top of the screen and swipe your finger down.
A The Today tab shows you a list of today’s commitments.
B A summary of the weather and your appointments appears at the top of the screen.
C Your calendar for today appears below that.
Note: Tap an event in the Calendar area of Notification Center to go to the Calendar app and display that event.
D Any reminders for today also appear.
To customize the notifications shown, tap Edit.
The Today view opens for editing.
Tap 
to remove an item.
Tap 
to move an item up or down the list.
E Drag an item to the Do Not Include list to remove it from the Today view.
Tap Done.
The notifications list appears.
F You can swipe some notifications, such as Mail notifications, left to reveal actions you can take with them.
G Tap a notification to access the app to which it belongs.
Tap the handle at the bottom of Notification Center and drag upward.
Notification Center closes.
Using Control Center
Control Center puts the iPad’s most essential controls right where you need them. From Control Center, you can turn Airplane mode, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Do Not Disturb mode, and Orientation Lock on or off; control music playback and volume, and direct the audio output to AirPlay devices; change the setting for the AirDrop sharing feature; and quickly access the Clock and Camera apps.
Control Center appears as a pane that you open by swiping upward from the bottom of the screen. After using Control Center, you can drag the pane closed or simply tap the screen above it.
Using Control Center
Open Control Center
Tap and swipe up from the very bottom of the screen.
Control Center opens.
Note: You can open Control Center from most apps and screens. You may find some exceptions — for example, where iOS interprets an upward swipe as an action within the app.
Tap Airplane Mode (
) to turn Airplane mode on or off.
Tap Wi-Fi (
) to turn Wi-Fi on or off.
Tap Bluetooth (
) to turn Bluetooth on or off.
Tap Do Not Disturb (
) to turn Do Not Disturb mode on or off.
Tap Orientation Lock (
) to turn Orientation Lock on or off.
Choose an AirPlay Device
In Control Center, tap AirPlay.
The AirPlay dialog opens.
Tap the AirPlay speaker or Apple TV you want to use.
If you choose an AirPlay TV, set the Mirroring switch to On (
) or Off (
), as needed.
Tap outside the AirPlay dialog.
The AirPlay dialog closes.
Note: To close Control Center, either tap the screen above it or drag its handle down to the bottom of the screen.
In Control Center, tap Clock (
) or Camera (
).
The Clock app or the Camera app appears.
A You can tap Music to display the Music app.
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Can I use Control Center from the lock screen?
Yes, provided this capability is enabled. To turn it on or off, press the Home button, tap Settings, tap Control Center, and then set the Access on Lock Screen switch to On () or Off (), as needed. On the Control Center screen, you can also set the Access Within Apps switch to On () or Off () to control whether you can access Control Center from within apps.