Indholdsfortegnelse for Issue 1 i iPad & iPadOS The Complete Manual

BDM’s Complete Manual Series iPad & iPadOS15 With iPadOS 15, the iPad’s operating system goes from strength to strength. It packs some great new features, including big updates to the Music, Files and Photos apps, a powerful new universal search feature and redesigned Home page widgets. The Home page sidebar is now even more customisable than before, putting all sorts of information gleaned from your iPad at your fingertips. Connecting a Bluetooth mouse is much easier and more productive and the iPad can make better use of a keyboard or a gaming controller too. With our help, you can get the very most from your iPad and its iPadOS 15 operating system, so let’s get started! www.bdmpublications.com…

First Steps with iPadOS 15 Apple ID Your Apple ID How to Set it Up If you didn’t register for an Apple ID during the initial setup of your iPad, you can set one up whenever you please, directly from the Settings app. If you want a new one, sign out with your old one and follow this guide. Either way, you’ll soon be up and running with an all-important Apple ID. 1 Open Settings from the Home screen and scroll to the top of the left hand column. Tap ‘Sign in to your iPad’ right at the top of the list, then in the pop-up window, tap ‘Don’t have an Apple ID or forgot it?’ 2 Tap ‘Create Apple ID’ in the next window and then, when instructed, enter your first…

First Steps with iPadOS 15 Setting Up Email Setting Up Email Configure it Your iPad can send and receive email but first you must set up your email accounts. This is how to do it whether you’re using an iCloud account, a free web account or one from the company that provides your Internet service. Set Up iCloud Mail 1 Tap the Settings icon located on the Home screen of your iPad and scroll down on the left side panel and select the Mail option. From here, tap the Accounts option and then tap the Add Account link to start adding a new account on your iPad. 2 Your Apple ID’s iCloud email is likely already signed in; when you first set up. If you want to add another iCloud email account, tap the…

First Steps with iPadOS 15 Control Centre Control Centre Access Made Easy The Control Centre is a great way to access commonly used iPad features, such as the audio controls or Screen Mirroring and you can customise it to suit your own needs. Here’s a guide to the iPad’s Control Centre. Control Centre in Focus 1 In this box, you can turn (clockwise, from top left) Airplane Mode, AirDrop, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi on and off. Tap and hold the main box for a bigger version. Turning off Bluetooth or Wi-Fi is temporary, they’re only switched off until the next day. 2 This box shows what you are currently listening to. Tap and hold for more options, including volume control and an option to play your sounds through external speakers. 3 To open the Control Centre,…

Folders and Bluetooth AirDrop & Bluetooth Stream and Transfer AirDrop is great for transferring files from your iPad to another Apple device and Bluetooth is used for wirelessly streaming sound and other data, maybe to speakers or headphones. Here’s how to use these two features. Transfer Files with AirDrop. 1 You can send files to other Apple devices using AirDrop, but Wi-Fi and Bluetooth must be switched on. Open the file, tap the Share icon. People to whom you can AirDrop are shown at the top of the window; look for the AirDrop icon. Tap the person to whom you want to send the file. 2 Use Settings > General > AirDrop to determine whether receiving via AirDrop is on or off, share only with people in your Contacts app, or share with…

First Steps with iPadOS 15 The Apple Pencil More Scribbling ! Let’s take a look at what else you can do with the Scribble feature. Draw Shapes. If you draw a regular shape using your Apple Pencil, it’s automatically converted into a geometrically sound graphic. As soon as you lift the pencil, the shape is automatically reshaped, like the hexagon lampshade drawn here. The new, geometric shape retains the size and angle of the one you drew. Write in Text Fields You can also use the Apple Pencil to write in text fields such as the URL bar in Safari or a search field in any app. You just write whatever it is you need to write into the text field using Apple Pencil and your own handwriting, then it’s automatically…

Built-in iPadOS Apps Mail Mail App For Your Emails The iPad is great for keeping in touch via email. Its bundled Mail app can send, receive and forward emails, send an email to a group, add attachments and more. Here’s how to use this popular iPad application. Mail in Focus 1 The column on the left of the screen currently shows your Inbox. Tap here to go back and choose another mailbox, such as Drafts, Sent, Junk, and your VIP emails. 2 Tap the Edit link and a circle appears beside every email in your inbox. Tap a circle to check it and then tap Mark, Move, or Delete, at the foot of the column, to action all the emails you selected with Edit. 3 Tap the Rubbish bin icon to delete the currently…

Built-in iPadOS Apps Reminders Reminders App Never Forget Again The Reminders app has gained a few new features in iPadOS 15. When sharing a list, you can assign reminders to specific individuals, you can edit multiple reminders at once and you can use Emoji and symbols too. Reminders in Focus 1 Use the improved search field to search the app for people, locations and notes, individual lists and reminders. 2 Tap this link to edit your lists. Delete them with the minus sign, reorder by dragging their three-line icons up and down and tap the ‘i’ icon to rename a list, change its colour or choose a new icon. You can rearrange or hide smart lists too. 3 This is the Reminders app’s front page, showing smart lists as well as the lists you’ve created…

Built-in iPadOS Apps Notes Quick Notes Speedy Jottings Quick Notes is a great way to make a rapid jotting on your iPad, and then review it in the Notes app. You can make a Quick Note from anywhere on your iPad, and even scribble them with your Apple Pencil. 1 To open a Quick Note on your iPad, swipe into the screen from the bottom-right corner. A note is dragged onto the screen as shown. If it’s inconveniently located, you can move it to a new position with the handle at the top. 2 Tap the body of the note and the keyboard appears. You can then type in whatever you like, just like with a regular Note. When you’ve finished typing your Note, tap the Done link in the top-left corner of…

Built-in iPadOS Apps Clock Clock App World Time and More The Clock app does a lot more than tell the time. You can set alarms, check the time in cities all over the world and even use it as a stopwatch and countdown timer. It’s a versatile and often overlooked iPad app. Setting Alarms 1 Tap Alarm at the bottom of the screen to create and edit alarms. To set a new alarm, use the ‘+’ icon (top right). This opens an Add Alarm window. Use the keypad and the AM/PM switch to pick a time for the alarm to sound. Tap Save then choose which days the alarm plays, the sound, whether it can be snoozed and what it’s called. When set, an alarm clock icon appears at the top of the…

Built-in iPadOS Apps Maps Maps App Navigate Your World Maps is a superb navigational tool that turns your iPad into a GPS system. Making great use of the iPad’s location awareness, it gives you an accurate map of your location, shows directions to where you want to go and more. Maps in Focus 1 Use the search bar found here to look for a location or nearby feature; here we looked for Fast Food. Tap the Search field without typing anything for a list of recent searches and popular search options such as Petrol Stations, Restaurants, Shopping Centres and Bars. 2 The ‘X’ icon collapses the bottom window panel, giving you a better look at the main map screen; or you can simply swipe it down. 3 Use these buttons to filter and fine-tune your…

Built-in iPadOS Apps Music Podcast App Audio/Video Shows The Podcasts app makes finding, listening to, watching and downloading podcasts easier than ever. There’s a wealth of interesting podcasts to choose from too. Here’s how to find and enjoy them on your iPad. Podcasts in Focus 1 This is your Library, which is the collection of podcasts to which you’re currently subscribed or followed. Tap one of the links under this title to see shows you’re subscribed to, a show’s individual episodes and more. 2 Tap the three-dots icon then Edit Library and you can customise your main Library screen, dragging categories into a position of your choosing and hiding ones you don’t want to listen or watch any more. 3 Tap Shows to see the podcasts to which you’re currently subscribed or are following through…

Built-in iPadOS Apps News News App Stories and Features If you regularly trawl the web for news and features on subjects that interest you, the News app should be a welcome addition. It gathers stories from numerous sources into one place making them easier for you to find. News in Focus 1 Open this sidebar by tapping the icon in the top left corner of the screen. Close it by tapping the news stories on the right. 2 Tap here to edit your sidebar, moving and deleting entries. 3 Tap here to search for news items and features. This is useful if there’s something in the news you want to read about and want to find a variety of sources that are talking about it. 4 Today takes you to today’s top stories (the main page).…

Built-in iPadOS Apps Find My Find My Friends & Gadgets You can use the Find My app to locateApple gear that has been mislaid, lost or stolen. This now includes AirTags, AirPods Pro and AirPods Max. New Separation Alerts tell you if you’ve left anApple device behind in an unfamiliar location, and when tracking your friends or family with their permission, their location is now live-streamed to give a sense of direction and speed. The People Tab 1 The Find My app is divided into four sections, represented by icons at the foot of the screen; People, Devices, Items and Me. Unsurprisingly, the People tab is for finding your friends. If it isn’t selected, tap it. 2 To start sharing your location with friends or family members, tap the large Start Sharing Location button.…

Going Further with Your iPad and iPadOS iCloud Drive iCloud Drive Cloud Computing iCloud is Apple’s cloud computing service. You can sync information and files across your Apple devices using iCloud and even access some of them on the Internet. You can also use it to back up your iPad too. Here’s how. An Introduction to iCloud 1 You receive an iCloud account, with a complimentary 5GB of online storage space, with your Apple ID. Open the Settings app; at the top of the sidebar, you should see your name. If you don’t, you need to sign in with your Apple ID; tap the Sign in to your iPad link to do so. 2 To use a photo with your Apple ID and iCloud account, tap the grey circle at the top of the…

Going Further with Your iPad and iPadOS Live Text Live Text Pics to Words Live Text lets you take writing and numbers from photographs or your iPad’s viewfinder and convert it into editable text. You can, for example, photograph a phone number and place a call to it. Here’s how it works. Capturing Text from an image 1 Live Text can copy words from photos, but unlike the iPhone’s Live Text feature, you can’t simply point the Camera app at the words and copy them directly. So first, take the photo of the text. 2 Open the photo in the Photos app. You should see this icon in the bottom-right corner, a square icon with lines on it. This is the Live Text icon, used to highlight text in the photo you’re looking at.…

Going Further with Your iPad and iPadOS Screen Time Screen Time Monitor Your Usage Screen Time lets you monitor what you’ve been doing on your iPad and for how long. You can also use it to set parental controls; to limit how much time your children are spending on their own iPads and what they’re up to. Screen Time in Focus 1 To open the Screen Time settings, go to Settings > Screen Time. You can also swipe right from the Lock screen or Home screen to get to the Widgets screen and tap the Screen Time widget at the foot. 2 Here, you see a summary of how you’ve been using your iPad recently. Tap See All Activity for a far more comprehensive breakdown. 3 Tap here to schedule downtime for your iPad. During…

Going Further with Your iPad and iPadOS Dark Mode Change Your Look If you prefer a darker screen on your iPad, with white text on a black background, Dark Mode is for you. It’s easy to set up and employ. You can: use it on a permanent basis, have it change automatically depending on the time of day, or schedule it to turn on and off at preset times. 1 Go to Settings > Display & Brightness. At the top of the screen, you can choose between Light and Dark modes. Tap the one you want to use throughout your iPad. This changes the screen on a permanent basis (or at least until you change it again in the Settings app). 2 If you want to change between Light and Dark modes automatically…

First Steps with iPadOS 15 Buttons & Ports iPad Hardware Buttons and Ports Most iPads have Home buttons at the foot of the screen, with fingerprint readers for unlocking. The latest high-end iPads have no Home button but they do have Face ID. Here’s a guide to what’s where on both. iPads with a Home Button iPads with No Home Button Charging Your iPad. To charge, you need the Lightning or USB-C cable supplied with your iPad. Connect the larger end of this cable (the USB plug) to a computer or the mains adapter that came with your iPad. Make sure it’s the right way up in the socket. The smaller end (the Lightning or USB-C plug) goes into the slot in the base of your iPad (see below) and can…

First Steps with iPadOS 15 Face ID Face ID or Touch ID Unlock Your iPad iPads have a great way of verifying who you are, to unlock your tablet, make purchases and more. If your iPad has a Home button, you use your fingerprint. If it doesn’t, you simply hold it up to your face, which is then scanned by Face ID. Here’s a guide to setting up whichever feature you have on your iPad. Setting Up Face ID 1 Open the Settings app and scroll down the list of apps and features until you get to the one called Face ID & Passcode. Tap it to open these settings. 2 If you’ve set up a passcode on your iPad, whether four-digit, six-digit or alphanumeric, you must enter it now to get to the…

First Steps with iPadOS 15 The Touchscreen The Touchscreen Clever Gestures Your iPad’s touchscreen knows when you have more than one finger touching the screen at once. This makes all sorts of useful gestures possible, such as rotating, pinching, spreading and more. Here’s how they work. Touch To activate items such as applications, to use the on-screen keyboard, or to press on-screen buttons, touch them with your finger. The touchscreen is sensitive to the tiny electrical charge in our bodies, so you don’t need to press hard. Touch and Hold You can touch and hold an item on the screen by placing your finger it and not lifting that finger until an action occurs. This action depends on what you’re touching; it could be a menu opening or an icon lifting…

First Steps with iPadOS 15 Sidebar Widgets iPad Widgets And App Library Widgets on the iPad are no longer restricted to the sidebar. You can use them on the Home screen as well, just like on the iPhone. You have an App Library as your final Home screen too, with all your apps collated. The Widgets Sidebar 1 The Widgets sidebar can be found on the far left of the Home screen. Keep swiping the Home screen right until you reach the first page, and then swipe it once more to bring the sidebar into view. 2 You can scroll the sidebar up and down to access more widgets. If you tap one of the individual widgets, whether it’s for an Apple app or a third-party app, you open the application that created it.…

First Steps with iPadOS 15 The Apple Pencil The Apple Pencil in iPadOS 15 The Apple Pencil transforms the iPad from a finger-based tool to a professional artist’s canvas. With it, you can sketch, draw, paint and write on the iPad, just like it was a physical piece of paper and it gets a boost in iPadOS 15! Let’s take a look at Apple Pencil and Scribble. If you own a first-generation Apple Pencil (the one with the silver band at the end), start by removing the cap at the top of the pencil to reveal a Lightning connector plug; make sure your iPad is switched on and unlocked, then plug the end of the Apple Pencil into the Lightning socket at the bottom of your iPad. An alert appears on the…

First Steps with iPadOS 15 The Siri Assistant Siri Your iPad’s PA Siri has had a great overhaul in iPadOS 15. It no longer takes up the whole screen, making it much easier to access while using another app. It’s smarter too, giving direct answers rather than sending you to the web. 1 To talk to Siri, hold down the Home button (or the top button for Face ID iPads) for a few seconds. You hear a beep and Siri appears on the screen. You can also activate Siri by saying, “Hey, Siri”. 2 Begin speaking and the coloured effect at the bottom-right pulses to let you know Siri can hear you. If it doesn’t, tap it and talk to Siri again. Your question is answered in a notification-like window. Tap it for more…

Built-in iPadOS Apps Home Home App Control Your Gadgets The Internet of Things involves controlling your household appliances and electronic gadgets remotely, over the Internet. HomeKit-compatible devices can be controlled directly from the Home application. Here’s how. Home in Focus 1 Tap the home icon in the top left for a pop-up allowing you to access your Home Settings and Room Settings. Home Settings cover the whole of the house, while Room Settings let you set up specific rooms. 2 The Plus icon pop-up allows you to add a HomeKit-compatible accessory or add a scene; a group of accessory instructions activated with a single tap. 3 This is the current name of your home. To change it, tap the Home icon (1), Home Settings and then tap the Name field to edit or change the…

Built-in iPadOS Apps Messages Messages App Texts & Attachments In iPadOS 15, the Messages app gains some useful new features. Attachments sent by others using Messages appear in the apps that originated them, in a section called Shared with You and more Memoji too. Messages in Focus 1 Tap Edit for a three-option pop-up. Select Messages to mark conversations to mark as read/unread or delete, Edit Pins is for pinning and unpinning conversations and Edit Name and Photo lets you change this. 2 Tap here to open a new, blank message, which you can then write and send in the usual way. To message someone you’ve already chatted with, you can tap their name in the left hand sidebar instead. 3 This is the person you're currently talking. Tap the chevron to the right of…

Built-in iPadOS Apps Calendar Calendar App Plan Your Dates Calendar is great for organising your life. You can add events, appointments, schedule alerts, invite contacts to events and sync Calendar with other calendar apps. It’s an extremely versatile and helpful digital tool. Calendar in Focus 1 Tap here to open and close a sidebar showing a list of all the calendars you have set up in the Calendar app. 2 Invitations you’ve been sent by other people are stored in your inbox. From there you can accept or decline the invitation. Tap here to open this inbox. 3 Tap here for a sidebar showing today’s entries in your Calendar app. When exploring your calendars, it’s a useful way to look at today’s events without moving from the currently selected page. 4 Tap here to add…

Built-in iPadOS Apps Camera Camera App Take Better Pictures The Camera app is one of the most used apps on the iPad. You can take pictures using the rear-mounted iSight or front-facing FaceTime or TrueDepth cameras, as well as record videos and lots more. Camera in Focus 1 The FaceTime or TrueDepth (front) and iSight (rear) cameras. The front camera is for selfies and video chats and the iSight camera is for general photography. 2 This grid overlay helps you to compose your photo or video. It can be turned off in Settings if you find it distracting. 3 The zoom slider. Move the slider to zoom in or out. You can of course use the regular pinch/spread gestures anywhere on the screen too. 4 This square shows where the screen is focused. If you wish…

Built-in iPadOS Apps Measure Measure App Virtual Dimensions Augmented reality’s usefulness is highlighted by Apple’s Measure app. It does exactly what its name suggests; acting as a virtual tape measure to work out dimensions of items or the distance between them. Let’s see what it can do. Measure in Focus 1 The back arrow undoes the last command but doesn’t clear all the points of a multi-point measurement. 2 Measure is designed to calculate the distance between fixed points such as the height of this church or width of the window. 3 The Clear button gets rid of all the current measurements so you can move on to the next one. 4 You will need to direct Measure to the object you’d like to measure by hovering over it. 5 The onscreen Shutter button is used to…

Built-in iPadOS Apps TV TV App Television On the Go The TV app is a convenient way to watch your favourite television on your iPad. You can use it to stream on-demand shows and watch live TV; and if you subscribe to Apple’s TV+ service, you can watch that too. 1 On the TV app, tap the icon, in the top right corner of the screen, to sign into your Apple account. Enter your Apple ID and Password in the fields provided and then tap the Sign In link below them. If you haven’t yet got an Apple ID, set one up now. 2 When signed in, tap the top right icon to obtain this window, from where you can manage: your account (tap your name), services to which you’ve subscribed, or add…

Built-in iPadOS Apps Translate Translate App For Other Languages The Translate app is already a hit on the iPhone, and with iPadOS 15, it comes to the iPad too. You can translate text copied and pasted from another app, something you typed in or even voice chat in real time. Translate in Focus 1 The two languages at the top of the screen are, in order, the language you’re translating from, and the one you’re translating into. 2 Tap one of the chevrons next to the language you’re translating into or out of and you get a list of languages. Tap one to change the language you’re using. 3 As you can see, we’re currently translating into German, hence the tick. Tap another language to switch to that tongue. You can do this with the…

Built-in iPadOS Apps iTunes Store iTunes Store App For Digital Media You can buy and download media for your iPad at the iTunes Store. You can also buy or rent movies and TV shows and sample short snippets of songs before buying them. Here’s how to purchase your digital media. iTunes Store in Focus 1 Tap here for a pop-up window that lets you filter the music offered on this page according to its genre. Available genres include Blues, Rock, Jazz, Metal and more. Scroll the Genres list all the way to the bottom for the Tones option, which lets you filter available ringtones by their genre. 2 The title of the current page. At the moment, as you can see, we’re on the Music page of the iTunes Store, where we can shop…

Going Further with Your iPad and iPadOS Files App Using the Files App Data Management The Files app is where you can access documents stored on your iCloud Drive and synced across all your Apple devices. The Files app can read external drives, zip and unzip files and you can share files and folders. Files App in Focus 1 To get this sidebar, tap the Files link in the top-left corner. To close it, tap the screen off the sidebar. In landscape mode, the sidebar is always visible. 2 The three-dots icon gives you a pop-up menu that lets you scan documents using your iPad’s camera, connect to an external server or edit what’s available in your sidebar. 3 The Files app has an excellent search facility, which lets you enter multiple search terms,…

Going Further with Your iPad and iPadOS Do Not Disturb Focus Reduce Distractions Focus, with its customisable categories that let you concentrate on what’s important at the time. For example, a Work focus can block social media and leisure apps but let through things that might be relevant to your job. 1 Go to Settings > Focus. Some categories are already offered. There’s a regular Do Not Disturb, and Focuses (as they’re called) for Driving; Sleep; Personal and Work. Turn on Share Across Devices to sync your settings across your Apple gear. 2 Tap one of the Focuses set it up. Under Allowed People, tap Add and on the next screen, tick anyone you wish to get through without being blocked when the Focus is active. You can choose an entire group or none…

Going Further with Your iPad and iPadOS Voice Control Voice Control An Accessibility Feature Apple has always been keen to make its products more accessible to those with impairments. The iPad has an exciting feature that lets you control it with your voice, simply by speaking to it. It’s amazing how much you can do and how instinctive the Voice Control commands become. 1 First of all, from the Home screen, go to Settings > Accessibility > Voice Control. There’s a range of options on offer to configure the Voice Control feature but first, we must switch it on. Tap the switch at the top of the screen. 2 The iPad downloads the filters needed for Voice Control. Tap Learn More when its done and you’re shown instructions, including a list of commands you…

Dark Mode/Taking Calls Taking a Call Cross-device Feature If you have an iPhone and an iPad, you can make and receive calls on your Apple tablet, as long as your phone is nearby. Your Apple devices just need to meet the system requirements and be on the same wireless network. Setting Up Continuity Calls on Your iPad To take iPhone calls on your iPad instead of your iPhone (known as Continuity Calls), make sure of the following; Both devices must be signed in to iCloud with the same Apple ID. Sign both devices in to FaceTime with the same Apple ID. Both devices must have Wi-Fi turned on The iPad and iPhone must be connected to the same wireless network. Now you must turn on the Continuity Calls feature. On your…

First Steps with iPadOS 15 Set Up Set Up Your iPad For the First Time All you need to set up your iPad out of the box is a Wi-Fi connection to the Internet. Follow this guide and the instructions shown on your iPad’s screen, and you’re soon up and running. First, press and hold the top button to switch it on, then follow these straightforward steps. 1 Power Up Your Device When you first power up your new device you’re greeted with this welcome screen. To move on, press the Home button, as instructed. You can toggle the iPad’s VoiceOver function by triple clicking the Home button. The word ‘Hello’ in several different languages is displayed. Tap the ‘i’ icon in the bottom right for regulatory information. 2 Choose Your…

First Steps with iPadOS 15 Internet Access Internet Access Start Surfing The Internet is a major part of your iPad experience and might well be one of the main reasons you chose to buy a tablet computer. Here’s how to get online with your iPad, using either a Wi-Fi network or a data connection. 1 To turn on Wi-Fi, go to Settings > Wi-Fi and turn Wi-Fi on (or you can use the Control Centre; see Control Centre tutorial), after which, the iPad searches for all networks in range of your device. 2 If you’re at home, pick your home network from the list and enter the security details to be allowed access. Take care to enter your password correctly, making sure, for example, that you don’t confuse the letter ‘O’ and a…

First Steps with iPadOS 15 The Keyboard The Keyboard On-screen Typing When you tap your finger on any part of the iPad’s screen where you can enter text, such as an email or a note, the iPad’s on-screen keyboard appears. Here’s a guide on how to use this keyboard and all its features. The Keyboard in Focus 1 Tap on any box or screen where text can be entered, and the virtual keyboard appears as shown. This is true for emails, messages, search fields and indeed any area of the screen where you can enter text. 2 The keyboard’s top bar icons differ according to the app you're using. Here, the left-hand icon gives access to the Undo, Redo, and Paste options. The middle two are to add a photo to your email and…

First Steps with iPadOS 15 Using Folders On the Home Screen To keep your Home page in a tidy and usable state, you can group apps into folders, maybe all your games in a Gaming folder, for example. It’s a good way to organise your applications and makes navigating your iPad much easier. 1 To create a folder of apps, on the Home screen tap and hold an app until a pop-up appears. Choose Edit Home Screen and the icons wobble and a small X icon appears in their top left corner. Drag one app onto another and they’re grouped into a folder. Tap outside the folder box to return to the Home screen. Drag the other apps you wish to store there onto the new folder. 2 Tap Done (top right corner)…

First Steps with iPadOS 15 Updating to iPadOS Updating iPadOS And Its Apps Apple regularly releases updates to its operating systems and iPadOS is no exception. If you haven’t yet updated to iPadOS 15, follow this guide. If you have, keep this tutorial handy for when Apple updates the operating system. System Requirements. If you want to update to iPadOS 15, your iPad must be one of the following. To find out which iPad you have, go to https://apple. co/35mb9oe. Auto Updates. To download and install updates automatically, open Settings and go to General > Software Update > Customise Automatic Updates. On this screen, you can choose to automatically download iPadOS updates and/or install them automatically overnight. To do either, your iPad must be connected to a Wi-Fi network. 1 When there’s…

Built-in iPadOS Apps Safari Safari App Surf the Web Safari is the iPad’s bundled web browser, and it’s been redesigned for iPadOS 15. There’s a new, streamlined tab bar, an integrated smart search, a customisable Start page and more. Let’s take a look at the Safari app. Safari in Focus 1 Tap this icon to open the sidebar, from where you can access your Tab Groups and switch to Private Browsing. You can also open your list of bookmarked pages, or those on your Reading List. 2 These chevrons let you move forwards and backwards through your browsing history; use the left chevron to go back to the previous page and the right one to go forward again. If one or both chevrons are greyed, you can’t navigate to it. 3 Tap the Aa icon…

Built-in iPadOS Apps Notes Notes App Organise Your Life Notes is great. Not only can it store your scribblings, it can also be used to create checklists, add videos and pics, share notes with others and even collaborate on a note; and now, you can even add tables to a note. Notes in Focus 1 Tap this chevron to open the folders sidebar and choose a new folder. Swipe the sidebars left to close them. The currently open folder is the iCloud folder, which is synced across your Apple devices. 2 The three-dots icon here gives you a menu from where you can manage your notes, view them as a thumbnail gallery or see all the attachments you have stored in them. 3 Tap the tick icon to start a new checklist or to turn…

Built-in iPadOS Apps Contacts Contacts App Your Digital Details You can use your iPad as a great digital address book, to keep names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses and more all in one place. You can sync your Contacts app with other electronic devices too. Contacts in Focus 1 Search your contacts by typing a name or part name here. Suggestions are offered. You can also search for other things on a contact card, like your notes. 2 Tap here to cancel a search and list all your contacts once more. 3 The name and picture of your currently open contact. If you don’t have a picture added, the person’s initials are shown here in a grey circle. 4 Tap Edit to add, remove or change information on the contact card. You can add things like…

Built-in iPadOS Apps Photos Photos App Manage Your Snaps The Photos app is a great photo manager and image editor. You can use it to store and manage your pictures, edit them to get the most out of your snaps and share albums with friends and family. It has a great new sidebar too. Photos in Focus 1 This sidebar is part of iPadOS 15. Show it by swiping in from the side of the screen or tapping the chevron in the top-left corner. To hide it, swipe it away or tap the screen away from the sidebar. 2 Customise the sidebar by tapping the Edit link. Use the three-lines icons to drag items up and down the list. 3 View your photos according to the year, month or day they were taken or…

Built-in iPadOS Apps Music Music App Enjoy Your Sounds The Music app is your gateway to the Apple Music service, from which you can stream from a library of over 60 million songs for a set monthly fee. You can listen to music bought from iTunes and ripped from your CDs too. Music in Focus 1 To access the Music app’s sidebar in portrait mode, swipe in from the side of the screen or tap the Music link (top left). In landscape mode, it’s always there. 2 Tap the Edit link and you can hide, show and reorder options in the Library section of the sidebar. 3 Tap here for your account details. You can redeem an iTunes card, manage your Apple Music subscription and more. 4 Tap here for the Listen Now screen, the Apple…

Built-in iPadOS Apps Books Books App For All Your eBooks With the Books app, you can turn your iPad into a powerful and feature-rich eBook reader. You can purchase and download books, read them on your iPad and add PDFs, so you can read your documents in the app too. Books in Focus 1 Tap the chevron here to close the currently open book and go back to your book collection. 2 This icon gives you access to the book’s contents and also any bookmarks and notes you made whilst reading it. 3 The title of the book you’re currently reading. 4 Tap here for a pop-up window that lets you enlarge or reduce the font size, change the font, adjust the screen brightness, change the colour of the page, set the text to scroll up…

Built-in iPadOS Apps FaceTime FaceTime App Audio and Video Calls Your iPhone’s FaceTime app can make audio and video calls, and with iPadOS 15, they can be to Android and Windows devices as well as other Apple gear. As FaceTime calls are made over the Internet, they’re free. 1 You can make a FaceTime call from a person’s card in the Contacts app or from the FaceTime app. In Contacts, tap the FaceTime audio or video icon to start a call. In the FaceTime app, tap New FaceTime, enter a contact’s name and tap the audio or video. 2 Tap the screen to show/hide controls. The icons on the small screen are for effects and to switch cameras. The icons on the main screen are Message; Speaker/mic on/off; camera on/off. The red button ends…

Built-in iPadOS Apps App Store The App Store A World of Apps The App Store is where you buy new apps for your iPad. Games, productivity software, entertainment applications and more. You name it, you can find it on the App Store. Some apps are free, others you pay for. App Store in Focus 1 The App Store’s Today screen gives you the pick of new releases, chosen each day by Apple’s editors. Scroll up for the previous days’ selection of chosen apps, featured and trending apps and more. 2 Tap here to get to your account details, to redeem a card, send an app as a gift, update apps, check on the apps you’ve previously purchased, or sign out of the App Store. 3 These are the apps, and a feature highlighting a range…

Going Further with Your iPad and iPadOS iPad Multitasking iPad Multitasking Improve Productivity Multitasking has had a boost in iPadOS 15. As well as the usual methods of working with two apps open on the screen at once – or even the same app twice – a new multitasking window has been added, which makes it even easier to use your iPad in this way. Here’s how it all works. Slide Over & Picture in Picture 1 When using an app, swipe up from the foot of the screen to access the dock, then drag another app to the side of the screen. Let go and it’s shown on a card-like window. You can drag it across the screen with the three dots atop the app, or to the side, from where it…

Going Further with Your iPad and iPadOS Wallpaper & Sounds Wallpaper & Sounds Customise Your iPad You can change your iPad’s background wallpaper to a different one, or even use one of your own photos. You can also customise its sounds, with different audio cues for different events. Here’s how to do all this and more. Changing Your Wallpaper 1 Go to Settings > Wallpaper and tap Choose a New Wallpaper. You can choose from Dynamic wallpapers or Stills, or a pic from the Photos app. Dynamic wallpapers are lightly animated, but Stills are completely static. 2 Tap the pictures found underneath the Dynamic or Stills options to navigate your way through your Photo app’s images. Choose a photograph by tapping on it; it’s automatically scaled and sized to fit your screen. 3 The Circular…

Going Further with Your iPad and iPadOS Notifications Notification Centre Alerts for Your iPad Notification Centre has a great new look for iPadOS 15. When a notification arrives, the app icon is larger, and when a notification comes from a person in your Contacts app, you get their contact photo too. 1 Whether you’re on the Home screen or using an app, you can access Notification Centre at any time, simply by swiping your finger down from the top of the screen. You can also swipe the Notification Centre screen to the left to open the Camera app. 2 The most recent notifications you have received are shown on top of the Notification Centre. Notifications can be automatically grouped by app, topic and more. Tap on a stack to open it up so…

Going Further with Your iPad and iPadOS Spotlight Spotlight Searches and More Spotlight Search can do more than you think. A Spotlight search can launch an app, look for a person in Contacts, find pictures in your Photos app and lots more. Here’s how to use the excellent Spotlight feature. Searching for Photos 1 Type (or at least, start to type) ‘Photos’ and you can open the Photos app, or see photographs taken from apps, including the Photos app. Tap Show More next to Photos from Apps to see more pictures. 2 You can look for specific subjects within your photos if you wish. Here we’ve searched for ‘cats’. In the search results are pictures taken from the Photos app; tap Search in App and you see the results in Photos. 3 You can be…