iPad All-in-One For Dummies. Nancy C. Muir
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Название: iPad All-in-One For Dummies

Автор: Nancy C. Muir

Издательство: John Wiley & Sons Limited

Жанр: Зарубежная образовательная литература

Серия: For Dummies

isbn: 9781118944424

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СКАЧАТЬ iPad Air 2 no longer has a side switch, but you can change Rotation and Volume settings in the Control Center (swipe up from the bottom of the screen to open Control Center).

      ✔ (Tiny, mighty) speakers: One nice surprise when I first got my iPad Air 2 was hearing what a great little stereo sound system it has and how much sound can come from these tiny speakers. The speakers are located along one side of the iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3.

      ✔ Volume: This is a volume rocker that you use like any other volume rocker: Press up for more volume and down for less. You can also use this rocker as a camera shutter button when the camera is activated.

      ✔ Headphone jack and microphone: If you want to listen to your music in private, you can plug a 3.5mm minijack headphone and some 1⁄8" headphones in here (including a set of Beats headphones sold through the Apple Store, if you have one, which gives you sound to both ears). There’s also a tiny microphone that makes it possible to speak into your iPad to deliver commands or enter content using the Siri feature. Using Siri, you can do things like make phone calls using the Internet and dictate text, or work with other apps that accept audio input.

       Charging the Battery

      You’ve heard about the awesome ten-hour battery life on your iPad, and it’s all true. My iPad showed up almost fully charged from the Apple Store, but even if you got yours shipped, it should’ve been at least partially charged. But all batteries run down eventually (the little battery icon in the iPad Status bar tells you when you’re running low), so one of your first priorities is to know how to recharge your battery. This is a pretty obvious procedure, given the few items that come with your iPad, but just in case you need help, you can follow these steps to get that battery meter up to 100 percent:

      1. Gather your iPad, Lightning to USB cable (fourth generation and later) or Dock Connector to USB Connector (earlier models), and Apple USB power adapter.

      2. Gently plug the USB end of the Lightning to USB Cable (or the Dock Connector to USB Cable) into the USB Power Adapter.

      3. Plug the other end of the cord (see Figure 2-3) into the Lightning Connector (or Dock Connector slot) on the iPad.

      Figure 2-3: Assembling the connector cord and power adapter to charge the iPad battery.

      4. Unfold the two metal prongs on the power adapter (refer to Figure 2-3) so that they extend from it at a 90-degree angle, and plug the adapter into an electrical outlet.

      

Power adapters from earlier versions of iPad or other Apple devices such as iPhone or iPod will not work with your fourth-generation iPad or later. Replacement adapters are available, however, from Apple and various third-party vendors.

       Turning the iPad On and Registering It

      The first time you turn on your iPad, you need to go through a sequence of setup steps. The best way to do this is to be in range of a Wi-Fi network.

      When you’re ready to get going with your new toy, be sure you’re within range of a Wi-Fi network that you can connect with, and then hold the iPad with one hand on either side, oriented like a pad of paper. Plug the Lightning to USB Cable that came with your device into your iPad and plug the other end into a USB port on your computer, just in case you lose your battery charge during the setup process.

      Now follow these steps to set up and register your iPad:

      1. Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button on the top of your iPad until the Apple logo appears.

      In another moment, a screen appears with a cheery Hello on it.

      2. Slide your finger to the right on the screen where it says Slide to Set Up.

      3. Enter a password if you have an Apple ID, choose how other people can reach you with text messages through the Messaging app or video calls through FaceTime (choose your phone number, iCloud account, or email account), and whether to update to iCloud Drive (an online storage service).

      

Be sure to update to iCloud Drive on all your devices, such as iPhone, Mac, or Windows PC to make sure that your iCloud-stored documents continue to sync to them all.

      4. You next see a series of screens that involve settings such as language, country, Wi-Fi network, and use of iCloud.

      Follow the series of screens to respond to questions and make initial settings, all of which can be changed later in iPad Settings.

      5. After you deal with all the setup screens, a Welcome to iPad screen appears; tap Get Started to display the Home screen.

      

You can choose to have certain items transferred to your iPad from your computer when you sync, including music, videos, downloaded apps, contacts, calendars, e-books, podcasts, and browser bookmarks. You can also transfer to your computer content that you download directly to your iPad using the iTunes and App Store apps as well as content that you gather through the Newsstand, iBooks, Podcasts, and iTunes U apps. See Book II, Chapter 1 for more about these features.

       Meeting the Multi-Touch Screen

      When your Home screen appears (see Figure 2-4), you’ll see a pretty picture in the background and two sets of icons. One set appears in the Dock along the bottom of the screen. The Dock contains Messages, Mail, the Safari browser, and Music app icons by default, though you can add up to two other apps to it. The Dock appears on every Home screen. (You start with one Home screen, but adding new apps creates additional Home screens – up to 15 in all.) You can also nest apps in folders, which theoretically gives you the capability to store limitless apps on your iPad – limited, that is, only by your tablet’s memory.

      Figure 2-4: Icons for various apps live in the Dock or on a Home screen.

      Other icons representing your installed apps appear above the Dock. (I give you an overview of the functionality of all these apps in Chapter 4 of this minibook.) Different icons appear in this area on each Home screen, but this Home screen contains most of the preinstalled apps.

      

This may or may not need saying, but the screen is made of glass and will smudge when you touch it and break if you throw it at the wall, and contrary to Apple’s boasts, can also be scratched. So, be careful and treat it nicely.

       Connecting with the touchscreen

      The iPad touchscreen technology allows you to swipe your finger across the screen or tap it to provide input to the device just as you use a mouse or keyboard with your computer. You read more about using the touchscreen in the next section, but for now, go ahead and play with it for a few minutes. СКАЧАТЬ