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
Edit photos and videos on iPad
After you take a photo or video, use the tools in the Photos app to edit it on your iPad. You can adjust the light and color, crop, rotate, add a filter, and more. If you don’t like how your changes look, tap Cancel to revert back to the original.
When you use iCloud Photos, any edits you make are saved across all your devices.
Adjust light and color
Tap a photo or video thumbnail to view it in full screen.
If you’re editing a video or a photo shot in Portrait mode, tap on the left side of the screen.
Tap Edit, then swipe up on the right side of the screen to view the effects you can edit such as Exposure, Brilliance, Highlights, and Shadows.
Tap the effect you want to edit, then drag the slider to make precise adjustments.
The level of adjustment you make for each effect is indicated by the outline around the button, so you can see at a glance which effects have been increased or decreased. Tap the effect button to toggle between the edited effect and the original.
Tap Done to save your edits, or if you don’t like your changes, tap Cancel, then tap Discard Changes.
Tip: Tap to automatically edit your photos and videos with effects.
Apply filter effects
Tap a photo or video thumbnail to view it in full screen.
Tap Edit, then tap on the left side of the screen.
Tap a filter on the right side of the screen, then drag the slider to adjust the effect.
To compare the edited photo to the original, tap the photo.
Tap Done to save your edits, or if you don’t like your changes, tap Cancel, then tap Discard Changes.
Crop, rotate, flip, or markup a photo or video
Tap a photo or video thumbnail to view it in full screen.
Tap Edit, tap on the left side of the screen, then do any of the following:
Crop manually: Drag the rectangle corners to enclose the area you want to keep in the photo, or you can pinch the photo open or closed.
Crop to a standard preset ratio: Tap at the top of the screen, then choose an option at the bottom of the screen such as Square, 9:16, or 5:7.
Rotate: Tap to rotate the photo 90 degrees.
Flip: Tap to flip the image horizontally.
Tap Done to save your edits, or if you don’t like your changes, tap Cancel, then tap Discard Changes.
Straighten and adjust perspective
Tap a photo or video thumbnail to view it in full screen.
Tap Edit, tap on the left side of the screen, then tap the effect button that you want to edit on the right side of the screen: Straighten, Vertical, or Horizontal.
Drag the slider to adjust the effect.
The level of adjustment you make for each effect is displayed by the outline around the button, so you can see at a glance which effects have been increased or decreased. Tap the button to toggle between the edited effect and the original.
Tap Done to save your edits, or if you don’t like your changes, tap Cancel, then tap Discard Changes.
Undo and redo edits
As you edit a photo or video, tap and at the top of the screen to undo and redo multiple edit steps.
Tip: You can tap the photo or video to compare the edited version to the original.
Copy and paste edits
You can copy the edits you made to one photo (or video) and paste them onto another photo, or a batch or photos, all at once.
Open the photo or video that contains the edits you want to copy.
Tap , then tap Copy Edits.
Tap to return to your library.
Tap Select, then tap the thumbnails of the photos you want to paste the edits onto. Or, open a single photo or video.
Tap at the bottom of the screen, then tap Paste Edits.
Revert an edited photo or video
After you edit a photo or video and save your changes, you can revert to the original.
Open the edited photo or video, then tap .
Tap Revert to Original.
Change the date, time, or location
You can change the date, time, and location that’s stored within the photo or video’s metadata information. See See photo and video information.
Open the photo or video, then tap .
Tap Adjust Date & Time or Adjust Location.
Enter the new information, then tap Adjust.
To change the date, time, or location of a batch of photos, tap Select, tap the thumbnails you want to change, then follow the steps above.
You can revert a photo or video to its original date, time, or location. Tap , tap Adjust Date & Time or Adjust Location, then tap Revert.
Write or draw on a photo
Tap a photo to view it in full screen.
Tap Edit, then tap .
Annotate the photo using the different drawing tools and colors. Tap to magnify or add a caption, text, shapes, or even your signature.
Tap Done to save your edits, or if you don’t like your changes, tap Cancel.