iPad User Guide
- iPad User Guide
- What’s new in iPadOS
- Supported models
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- Wake and unlock
- Adjust the volume
- Change or turn off sounds
- Access features from the Lock screen
- Open apps on the Home screen
- Take a screenshot or screen recording
- Change or lock the screen orientation
- Change the wallpaper
- Zoom an app to fill the screen
- Drag and drop
- Search with iPad
- Use AirDrop to send items
- Perform quick actions
- Use and customize Control Center
- View and organize Today View
- Charge and monitor the battery
- Learn the meaning of the status icons
- Travel with iPad
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- View photos and videos
- Edit photos and videos
- Edit Live Photos
- Edit Portrait mode photos
- Organize photos in albums
- Search in Photos
- Share photos and videos
- View Memories
- Find people in Photos
- Browse photos by location
- Use iCloud Photos
- Share photos with iCloud Shared Albums
- Use My Photo Stream
- Import photos and videos
- Print photos
- Shortcuts
- Stocks
- Tips
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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 using VoiceOver gestures
- Control VoiceOver using the rotor
- Use the onscreen keyboard
- Write with your finger
- Use VoiceOver with an Apple external keyboard
- Type onscreen braille using VoiceOver
- Use a braille display
- Customize gestures and keyboard shortcuts
- Use VoiceOver with a pointer device
- Use VoiceOver in apps
- Zoom
- Magnifier
- Display & Text Size
- Motion
- Spoken Content
- Audio Descriptions
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- Important safety information
- Important handling information
- Get information about your iPad
- View or change cellular settings
- Find more resources for 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
Restore all content to iPad from a backup
You can restore content, settings, and apps from a backup to a new or newly erased iPad.
Important: You must first create a backup of your iPad. See Back up iPad.
Restore iPad from an iCloud backup
Turn on a new or newly erased iPad.
Follow the online instructions to choose a language and region.
Tap Set Up Manually.
Tap Restore from iCloud Backup, then follow the onscreen instructions.
You’re asked for your Apple ID. If you’ve forgotten your Apple ID, see the Recover your Apple ID website.
Restore iPad from a computer backup
Using USB, connect a new or newly erased iPad to the computer containing your backup.
Do one of the following:
In the Finder sidebar on your Mac: Select your iPad, then click Trust.
Note: To use the Finder to restore iPad from a backup, macOS Catalina is required. With earlier versions of macOS, use iTunes to restore from a backup.
In the iTunes app on a Windows PC: If you have multiple devices connected to your PC, click the device icon near the top left of the iTunes window, then select your new or newly erased iPad from the list.
On the welcome screen, click “Restore from this backup,” choose your backup from the list, then click Continue.
If your backup is encrypted, you must enter the password before restoring your files and settings.
See the Apple Support articles Restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch from a backup and If you can’t update or restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.