iPad User Guide
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iPad User Guide
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What’s new in iPadOS
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Supported models
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Wake and unlock
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Learn basic gestures
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Learn gestures for models with Face ID
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View previews and quick actions menus
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Explore the Home screen and apps
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Change common settings
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Take a screenshot or screen recording
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Adjust the volume
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Change or turn off the sounds
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Search for content
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Use and customize Control Center
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View and organize Today View
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Access features from the Lock screen
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Travel with iPad
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Charge and monitor the battery
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Learn the meaning of the status icons
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Measure
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View 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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Connect Bluetooth devices
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Share audio with AirPods and Beats headphones
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Stream audio and video to other devices
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Connect to a TV, projector, or monitor
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Control audio on multiple devices
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Apple Pencil
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Use Smart Keyboard and Smart Keyboard Folio
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Use Magic Keyboard
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AirPrint
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Handoff
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Use Universal Clipboard
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Make and receive Wi-Fi calls
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Instant Hotspot
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Personal Hotspot
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Use iPad as a second display
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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 with 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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Control VoiceOver with Magic Keyboard
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Type onscreen braille using VoiceOver
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Use a braille display
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Customize gestures and keyboard shortcuts
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Use VoiceOver in apps
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Zoom
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Magnifier
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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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Class 1 Laser information
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Apple and the environment
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Disposal and recycling information
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ENERGY STAR compliance statement
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Copyright
Set a passcode on iPad
For better security, set a passcode that needs to be entered to unlock iPad when you turn it on or wake it. Setting a passcode turns on data protection, which encrypts your iPad data with 256-bit AES encryption. (Some apps may opt out of using data protection.)
Set or change the passcode
Go to Settings
, then depending on your model, tap one of the following:
Face ID & Passcode
Touch ID & Passcode
Passcode
Tap Turn Passcode On or Change Passcode.
To view options for creating a password, tap Passcode Options. The most secure options are Custom Alphanumeric Code and Custom Numeric Code.
After you set a passcode, on supported models you can use Face ID or Touch ID to unlock iPad. For additional security, however, you must always enter your passcode to unlock your iPad under the following conditions:
You turn on or restart your iPad.
You haven’t unlocked your iPad for more than 48 hours.
You haven’t unlocked your iPad with the passcode in the last 6.5 days, and you haven’t unlocked it with Face ID or Touch ID in the last 4 hours.
Your iPad receives a remote lock command.
There are five unsuccessful attempts to unlock your iPad with Face ID or Touch ID.
Change when iPad automatically locks
Go to Settings > Display & Brightness > Auto-Lock, then set a length of time.
Erase data after 10 failed passcodes
Set iPad to erase all information, media, and personal settings after 10 consecutive failed passcode attempts.
Go to Settings
, then depending on your model, tap one of the following:
Face ID & Passcode
Touch ID & Passcode
Passcode
Turn on Erase Data.
After all data is erased, you must restore iPad from a backup or set it up again as new.
Turn off the passcode
Go to Settings
, then depending on your model, tap one of the following:
Face ID & Passcode
Touch ID & Passcode
Passcode
Tap Turn Passcode Off.
Reset the passcode
If you enter the wrong passcode six times in a row, you’ll be locked out of your device, and you’ll receive a message that says iPad is disabled. If you can’t remember your passcode, you can erase your iPad with a computer or with recovery mode, then set a new passcode. (If you made an iCloud or computer backup before you forgot your passcode, you can restore your data and settings from the backup.)
See the Apple Support article If you forgot the passcode for your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, or your device is disabled.