iPad User Guide
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Welcome
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Supported models
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What’s new in iPadOS 14
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Wake and unlock
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Adjust the volume
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Change or turn off sounds
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Access features from the Lock Screen
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Open apps on the Home Screen
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Take a screenshot or screen recording
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Change or lock the screen orientation
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Change the wallpaper
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Zoom an app to fill the screen
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Drag and drop
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Search with iPad
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Use AirDrop to send items
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Perform quick actions
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Use and customize Control Center
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Add widgets to the Home Screen
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Charge and monitor the battery
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Learn the meaning of the status icons
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Travel with iPad
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View maps
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Use Siri, Maps, and the Maps widget to get directions
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Choose your preferred type of travel
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Get driving directions
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Get cycling directions
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Find places to stop
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Get walking directions
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Get transit directions
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See an overview of your route or its directions in a list
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Change audio settings for turn-by-turn directions
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Select other route options
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Get directions between places other than your current location
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Delete recently viewed directions
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Use Maps on your Mac to get directions
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Help improve Maps
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View photos and videos
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Delete and hide photos and videos
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Edit photos and videos
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Edit Live Photos
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Edit Portrait mode photos
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Organize photos in albums
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Search in Photos
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Share photos and videos
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View Memories
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Find people in Photos
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Browse photos by location
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Use iCloud Photos
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Share photos with iCloud Shared Albums
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Use My Photo Stream
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Import photos and videos
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Print photos
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Shortcuts
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Stocks
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Tips
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Accessories included with iPad
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Set up AirPods
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Charge AirPods
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Start and stop audio playback
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Change the AirPods volume
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Make and answer calls with AirPods
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Switch AirPods between devices
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Use Siri with AirPods
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Listen and respond to messages
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Share audio with AirPods and Beats products
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Change noise control modes
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Control spatial audio
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Restart AirPods
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Change the name of your AirPods and other settings
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Use other Bluetooth headphones
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Use EarPods
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Check headphone and environmental sound levels
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HomePod and other wireless speakers
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Apple Watch with Fitness+
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Cases and covers
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Printers
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Share your internet connection
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Make and receive phone calls
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Use iPad as a second display for Mac
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Hand off tasks between iPad and Mac
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Cut, copy, and paste between iPad and other devices
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Connect iPad and your computer using USB
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Sync iPad with your computer
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Transfer files between iPad and your computer
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Get started with accessibility features
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Turn on and practice VoiceOver
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Change your VoiceOver settings
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Learn VoiceOver gestures
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Operate iPad using VoiceOver gestures
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Control VoiceOver using the rotor
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Use the onscreen keyboard
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Write with your finger
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Use VoiceOver with an Apple external keyboard
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Use a braille display
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Type onscreen braille
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Customize gestures and keyboard shortcuts
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Use VoiceOver with a pointer device
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Use VoiceOver in apps
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Zoom
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Magnifier
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People detection
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Display & Text Size
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Motion
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Spoken Content
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Audio Descriptions
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Important safety information
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Important handling information
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Get information about your iPad
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View or change cellular settings
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Find more resources for software and service
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FCC compliance statement
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ISED Canada compliance statement
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Apple and the environment
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Class 1 Laser information
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Disposal and recycling information
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ENERGY STAR compliance statement
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Copyright
Use the Camera settings on iPad
Learn how to use the focus, exposure, and other Camera settings on your iPad.
Adjust the focus and exposure
Before you take a photo, the iPad camera automatically sets the focus and exposure, and face detection balances the exposure across many faces. To manually adjust the focus and exposure, follow these steps:
Tap the screen to reveal the automatic focus area and exposure setting.
Tap where you want to move the focus area.
Next to the focus area, drag
up or down to adjust the exposure.
To lock your manual focus and exposure settings for upcoming shots, touch and hold the focus area until you see AE/AF Lock; tap the screen to unlock settings.
Align your shots
To display a grid on the camera screen that can help you straighten your shots, go to Settings > Camera, then turn on Grid.
Preserve camera settings
You can preserve the last camera mode you used so it’s not reset when you next open Camera.
Go to Settings
> Camera > Preserve Settings.
On supported models, you can also preserve Live Photos settings.
Adjust the shutter sound volume
Adjust the volume of the shutter sound using the volume buttons on the side of your iPad. Or, when Camera is open, swipe down from the top-right corner of the screen to open Control Center, then drag .
Mute the sound using the volume buttons or the Ring/Silent switch, if your iPad has one. (In some countries or regions, muting is disabled.)
Note: The camera shutter doesn’t make a sound when Live Photos is turned on.
Turn scene detection off and on
On iPad Air (4th generation), the scene detection setting can identify objects in various scenes and automatically improve them.
Scene detection is on by default. To turn off scene detection, go to Settings > Camera, then turn off Scene Detection (iPadOS 14.2 or later).
Mirror the front camera
To take a mirrored selfie that captures the shot as you see it in the camera frame, go to Settings > Camera, then turn on Mirror Front Camera.