iPad User Guide
- Welcome
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- Supported models
- iPad mini (5th generation)
- iPad mini (6th generation)
- iPad (5th generation)
- iPad (6th generation)
- iPad (7th generation)
- iPad (8th generation)
- iPad (9th generation)
- iPad (10th generation)
- iPad Air (3rd generation)
- iPad Air (4th generation)
- iPad Air (5th generation)
- iPad Pro 9.7-inch
- iPad Pro 10.5-inch
- iPad Pro 11-inch (1st generation)
- iPad Pro 11-inch (2nd generation)
- iPad Pro 11-inch (3rd generation)
- iPad Pro 11-inch (4th generation)
- iPad Pro 12.9-inch (1st generation)
- iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2nd generation)
- iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation)
- iPad Pro 12.9-inch (4th generation)
- iPad Pro 12.9-inch (5th generation)
- iPad Pro 12.9-inch (6th generation)
- What’s new in iPadOS 16
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- Set up FaceTime
- Create a FaceTime link
- Make and receive calls
- Take a Live Photo
- Turn on Live Captions in a FaceTime call
- Use other apps during a call
- Make a Group FaceTime call
- View participants in a grid
- Use SharePlay to watch, listen, and play together
- Share your screen
- Hand off a FaceTime call to another device
- Change the video settings
- Change the audio settings
- Add camera effects
- Leave a call or switch to Messages
- Block unwanted callers
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- Intro to Home
- Upgrade to the new Home architecture
- Set up accessories
- Control accessories
- Control your home using Siri
- Configure HomePod
- Control your home remotely
- Create and use scenes
- Create an automation
- Configure cameras
- Face Recognition
- Configure a router
- Share controls with others
- Add more homes
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- Set up Messages
- Send and reply to messages
- Unsend and edit messages
- Keep track of messages and conversations
- Forward and share messages
- Set up a group conversation
- Add photos and video
- Send and receive content
- Watch, listen, or play together using SharePlay
- Collaborate on projects
- Animate messages
- Use iMessage apps
- Use Memoji
- Send a Digital Touch effect
- Send recorded audio messages
- Send, receive, and request money with Apple Cash
- Change notifications
- Block, filter, and report messages
- Delete messages
- Recover deleted messages
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- View photos and videos
- Play videos and slideshows
- Delete or hide photos and videos
- Edit photos and videos
- Trim video length and adjust slow motion
- Edit Live Photos
- Edit Cinematic videos
- Edit Portrait mode photos
- Use photo albums
- Edit and organize albums
- Filter and sort photos and videos in albums
- Duplicate and copy photos and videos
- Merge duplicate photos
- Search in Photos
- Find and identify people in Photos
- Browse photos by location
- Share photos and videos
- Share long videos
- View photos and videos shared with you
- Use Live Text to interact with content in a photo or video
- Use Visual Look Up to identify objects in your photos
- Lift a subject from the photo background
- Watch memories
- Personalize your memories
- Manage memories and featured photos
- Import photos and videos
- Print photos
- Shortcuts
- Tips
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- Share your internet connection
- Make and receive phone calls
- Use iPad as a second display for Mac
- Use a keyboard and mouse or trackpad across your Mac and iPad
- Hand off tasks between devices
- Wirelessly stream video, photos, and audio to Mac
- Cut, copy, and paste between iPad and other devices
- Connect iPad and your computer with a cable
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- Transfer files between devices
- Transfer files with email, messages, or AirDrop
- Automatically keep files up to date with iCloud
- Transfer files with an external storage device
- Use a file server to share files between your iPad and computer
- Share files with a cloud storage service
- Sync content or transfer files with the Finder or iTunes
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- Get started with accessibility features
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- Turn on and practice VoiceOver
- Change your VoiceOver settings
- Learn VoiceOver gestures
- Operate iPad when VoiceOver is on
- Control VoiceOver using the rotor
- Use the onscreen keyboard
- Write with your finger
- Use VoiceOver with an Apple external keyboard
- Use a braille display
- Type onscreen braille
- Customize gestures and keyboard shortcuts
- Use VoiceOver with a pointer device
- Use VoiceOver for images and videos
- Use VoiceOver in apps
- Zoom
- Hover Text
- Display & Text Size
- Motion
- Spoken Content
- Audio Descriptions
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- Use built-in privacy and security protections
- Keep your Apple ID secure
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- Sign in with passkeys
- Sign in with Apple
- Automatically fill in strong passwords
- Change weak or compromised passwords
- View your passwords and related information
- Share passkeys and passwords securely with AirDrop
- Make your passkeys and passwords available on all your devices
- Automatically fill in verification codes
- Sign in with fewer CAPTCHA challenges on iPad
- Manage two-factor authentication for your Apple ID
- Use security keys
- Create and manage Hide My Email addresses
- Protect your web browsing with iCloud Private Relay
- Use a private network address
- Use Advanced Data Protection
- Lockdown Mode
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- Important safety information
- Important handling information
- Find more resources for software and service
- FCC compliance statement
- ISED Canada compliance statement
- Apple and the environment
- Class 1 Laser information
- Disposal and recycling information
- Unauthorized modification of iPadOS
- ENERGY STAR compliance statement
- Copyright
Follow your favorite teams with My Sports on iPad
In My Sports in the News app 
, you can follow your favorite sports, teams, leagues, and athletes; receive stories from the top sports publications, local newspapers, and more; access scores, schedules, and standings for the top professional and college leagues; and watch highlights.
Set up iPad to use My Sports
Before you can use My Sports, you must do the following:
Sign in with your Apple ID: Go to Settings
> Sign in to your iPad.Sign in to the App Store: Go to Settings
> [your name], then tap Media & Purchases.
Get started with My Sports
Before you can use My Sports, you must allow syncing between Apple News and the Apple TV app. When you allow syncing, teams you follow in News are followed automatically in the Apple TV app, and vice versa.
Tap Sports in the sidebar, tap Get Started, then tap Pick Your Teams.
On the Manage My Sports screen, tap
next to sports, teams, leagues, and major sporting events to follow them.Sports topics you’ve previously expressed interest in appear below Suggested.
To search for a sports topic, tap the search field, enter a search term such as a team’s name or location, tap
next to a result, then tap Done.
View My Sports
Tap Sports in the sidebar to view comprehensive sports coverage.
Note: To see the most important sports coverage at a glance, tap Today, then swipe up to the My Sports group.
You can also find the sports topics you follow in the sidebar.
Browse all available sports
Tap Sports in the sidebar, then tap All Sports at the top of the screen.
Tap a sport or league to go to its feed.
To follow that sport or league, tap
at the top of the screen.
Manage sports topics
You can follow and unfollow sports topics after you’ve set up My Sports.
Tap Sports in the sidebar, tap 
, then tap Manage My Sports, where you can do any of the following:
Follow topics: Tap
next to each topic you want to follow, then tap Done.Unfollow topics: Tap
next to topics you want to unfollow, tap Unfollow, then tap Done.Reorder topics: Touch and hold
, drag topics to the order you prefer, then tap Done.
Show scores and schedules, highlights, and more
My Sports offers scores and schedules for your favorite teams, stats and stories for individual games and events, video highlights, and stories related to your favorite teams.
Tap Sports in the sidebar, then do any of the following:
Show scores and schedules: Tap
next to Scores & Schedule, then tap the Schedule or Scores tab.Show stats and stories for individual games: In My Sports, tap the tile for a game or event below Scores & Schedule.
Watch a live game: In the Scores & Schedule section, tap Open in Apple TV below a game. If the game is available in your area and you have the proper entitlements, you can watch it in the Apple TV app or in a supported app.
Note: Supported sports apps may require a separate subscription. Not all games are available in all areas.
View highlights: Swipe up to the Highlights section, then tap
in the thumbnail. Tap to see more highlights.Note: Highlights are available only for select leagues.
Read sports stories related to topics you follow: Swipe up to For You, then tap a story.
Remove the My Sports group from Today
Tap Today in the sidebar, swipe up to My Sports, then tap
.Tap Block from Today.
When you block My Sports, the group no longer appears in your Today feed.
Stop syncing My Sports
To stop syncing between the Apple News app and the Apple TV app, go to Settings > News, then turn off Sync My Sports.
Note: When you turn off Sync My Sports, you can no longer use My Sports.