iPad and iPad Pro For Dummies. Bob LeVitus
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Название: iPad and iPad Pro For Dummies

Автор: Bob LeVitus

Издательство: John Wiley & Sons Limited

Жанр: Справочники

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isbn: 9781119749011

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СКАЧАТЬ If you’re an iPhone or Mac user, you know that already. If you’re a Windows user who hasn’t discovered the wonderful Safari for Windows, think Internet Explorer or Edge on steroids. Chapter 4 shows you how to start using Safari on your iPad.

       Music: This icon unleashes all the power of an iPod right on your iPad so you can listen to music or podcasts. You discover how the Music app works in Chapter 7.

       Mail: This app lets you send and receive email with most POP3 and IMAP email systems and, if you work for a company that grants permission, Microsoft Exchange. Chapter 5 helps you start emailing from your iPad everyone you know.

       Files: This app (if enabled in Settings ⇒ iCloud ⇒ iCloud Drive) contains all documents you’ve saved to your iCloud Drive. Apple apps as well as many third-party apps know how to use it.

      

Feel free to add icons to or remove icons from the left side of the dock until it feels right to you. You can even remove the default apps Apple included. To add or remove dock icons, press and hold down on any icon and tap Rearrange Apps on the menu that appears. Your app icons will begin wiggling. Tap and drag a wiggling app icon to move it to or from the dock. When you’re satisfied, press the Home button to exit wiggly mode and save your arrangement.

      

You can add many app icons to the dock. The first 12 will line up in the dock as you add them. If you add a 13th app to the dock, the number of recent and suggested apps on the right side of the dock will be limited to 2. And if you want still more apps on the dock, go to Settings ⇒ General ⇒ Multitasking & Dock and turn off Show Suggested and Recent Apps by tapping the toggle and turning it from green to white. You can now add up to 15 apps to the dock.

       Notifications keep getting better with the updated iPadOS. We wanted to mention them even though they don’t have an icon of their own. You hear much more about notifications in Chapter 12. To see them now (we know you can’t wait), swipe from the top of your screen to the middle to make them appear. Then swipe from the bottom to put them away again. This gesture works anytime — even when your iPad is locked. If it’s locked, you’ll see your most recent notifications when you swipe down. Then swipe up to see your older notifications.

       We’d be remiss not to mention the even more useful Control Center, with controls for Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, audio playback, and more, all available from any screen in any app. You discover much more about Control Center in Chapter 14, but if you can’t stand the suspense, put your finger in the top-right corner of your iPad screen and swipe down to check out Control Center (and then tap the Home button or swipe up from the bottom to put it away).

      iPad Basic Training

      IN THIS CHAPTER

      

Mastering multitouch

      

Cutting, copying, and pasting

      

Multitasking with your iPad

      

Spotlighting Search

      By now you know that the iPad you hold in your hands is very different from other computers.

      You also know that the iPad is rewriting the rule book for mainstream computing. How so? For starters, iPads don’t come with a mouse or any other kind of pointing device. They lack traditional computing ports or connectors, such as USB. And they have no physical or built-in keyboard, though Apple will sell you a Smart Keyboard accessory for recent iPad models.

      iPads even differ from other so-called tablet PCs, some of which feature a pen or stylus and let you write in digital ink. As we point out (pun intended) in Chapter 1, the iPad relies on an input device that you always have with you: your finger. Okay, some iPads can use Apple Pencil and other styluses, but what makes an iPad so powerful is that a stylus is optional.

      Tablet computers of one form or another have been around since the last century. They just never captured the fancy of Main Street. Apple’s very own Newton, an ill-fated 1990s personal digital assistant, barely made a dent in the market.

      Technology — not to mention Apple itself — has come a long way since Newton. And tablets — led by the iPad brigade, of course — promise to become ever more prevalent, useful, and important.

      You can set up your iPad with or without a Mac or PC. In Chapter 3, we show you how to set it up with a computer. But first, we show you how to set up your iPad without a computer.

      

Some users find it easier to do some iPad management tasks — such as iPadOS software updates or backing up — using iTunes on a Mac or PC. And having a local backup for your data can be a lifesaver.

      Now, here are the two things you need to use your iPad:

       An Apple ID account: You’ll want an account to download content from iTunes and the App Store, and to take advantage of iCloud, including iCloud backups. Read Chapter 7 for details on how to set up an account. Like most things Apple, the process isn’t difficult.

       Internet access: Your iPad can connect to the Internet through Wi-Fi or cellular (if you bought an iPad with cellular capabilities). With Wi-Fi you can connect your iPad to cyberspace in your home, office, school, favorite coffeehouse, bookstore, or numerous other spots. If your iPad has cellular capabilities, you can connect anywhere.

      In addition, if you want to back up your iPad to your Mac or PC, you will need one of the following:

       A Mac running macOS Catalina 10.15 or later; use Finder to sync

       A Mac running macOS El Capitan 10.11.6 through macOS СКАЧАТЬ