iPad User Guide
- Welcome
- What’s new in iOS 12
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- Wake and unlock
- Learn basic gestures
- Learn gestures for models with Face ID
- Explore the Home screen and apps
- Change the settings
- Take a screenshot
- Adjust the volume
- Change or turn off the sounds
- Search for content
- Use and customize Control Center
- View and organize Today View
- Access features from the Lock screen
- Travel with iPad
- Set screen time, allowances, and limits
- Sync iPad using iTunes
- Charge and monitor the battery
- Learn the meaning of the status icons
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- Accessories included with iPad
- Connect Bluetooth devices
- Stream audio and video to other devices
- Connect to a TV, projector, or monitor
- Control audio on multiple devices
- Apple Pencil
- Use Smart Keyboard and Smart Keyboard Folio
- Use Magic Keyboard
- AirPrint
- Handoff
- Use Universal Clipboard
- Make and receive Wi-Fi calls
- Instant Hotspot
- Personal Hotspot
- Transfer files with iTunes
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- Get started with accessibility features
- Accessibility shortcuts
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- Turn on and practice VoiceOver
- Change your VoiceOver settings
- Learn VoiceOver gestures
- Operate iPad using VoiceOver gestures
- Control VoiceOver using the rotor
- Use the onscreen keyboard
- Write with your finger
- Control VoiceOver with Magic Keyboard
- Type onscreen braille using VoiceOver
- Use a braille display
- Use VoiceOver in apps
- Speak selection, speak screen, typing feedback
- Zoom
- Magnifier
- Display settings
- Face ID and attention
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- Guided Access
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- Important safety information
- Important handling information
- Zoom an app to fill the screen
- Get information about your iPad
- View or change cellular settings
- Learn more about iPad software and service
- FCC compliance statement
- ISED Canada compliance statement
- Class 1 Laser information
- Apple and the environment
- Disposal and recycling information
- ENERGY STAR compliance statement
- Copyright
Play content in Videos on iPad
In the Videos app , you can stream content from iTunes or download it for offline viewing. Play, pause, or skip to any point in the video. Choose the language, subtitles, playback quality, and more. You can even stream to your Apple TV using AirPlay.
Play a movie or TV show
Tap the title to see the details screen.
Do any of the following:
Stream the video: Tap to stream the video over your Internet connection.
Download the content: Tap . After you download the content, you can watch it even when you’re not connected to the Internet.
During playback, tap the screen to see the following controls:
Play
Pause
Skip to the beginning of the chapter; touch and hold to rewind
Skip to the next the chapter; touch and hold to fast-forward
Change the aspect ratio; if you don’t see the scaling control, the video already fits the screen perfectly
Display subtitles and closed captions (not available for all content)
Change your Videos settings
Go to Settings > Videos.
You can change settings such as the following:
Start Playing: Choose where to resume video playback.
Show only your downloaded videos: Turn off Show iTunes Purchases.
Use Cellular Data for Playback: (Wi-Fi + Cellular models) Turn it off to restrict playback to a Wi-Fi connection.
Playback Quality: Choose Best Available or Good.
Note: High-quality playback requires a faster Internet connection and uses more data.
To see subtitles and closed captions for the deaf and hard of hearing, go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Subtitles & Captioning, then turn on Closed Captions + SDH. Tap Style to change their appearance.
WARNING: For important information about avoiding hearing loss, see Important safety information for iPad.