In the hands of a skilled user, an iPad is a powerful, revolutionary device. But, that is not to say that users should not spend sufficient time educating themselves about its uses. Use the information in the following article to prepare yourself for the optimal use of this incredible machine.

Your battery won’t last long if you’re using the iPad a lot. Adjust the brightness of your screen if you would like to extend the battery’s life. You do not always need a very bright screen to use your iPad.

You can reboot your iPad when it freezes by doing a soft reset. To do this, you must hold the home and power buttons at the same time for a few seconds. Doing this properly will restart the device. If you want an application to shut down, hold your home button down for several seconds.

Did you unintentionally open an application that makes a lot of noise? To quickly mute the iPad’s volume, just hold down the volume button. If you use mute often, you can set your lock orientation button as a muting alternative.

Iphone Charger

If time is of the essence, avoid charging your iPad with an iPhone charger. This is because it has a different wattage than an iPad charger. Using an iPhone charger to fully charge an iPad battery will take quite a long time. Instead, use the charging cables that came with your iPad.

If you don’t want anyone to access your personal information, your iPad can be set to delete all data. By using this setting, all of your information will be erased after 10 failed password attempts.

If you are in the habit of reading the instruction manual for everything that you buy, you need to know that the iPad’s manual is only available via download. Most Apple products come with downloadable manuals.

Are you annoyed when your iPad audibly alerts you to every new email? You can shut off that feature. Go to the settings and tap on general. Tap on the Sounds option. Find the New Mail sound and adjust it to your preference.

If you need Google Calendar to work with your iPad, get into your mail and then contacts followed by calendars. Go to Add An Account and tap Other. Choose “CalDAV” as the account type and type in your Google credentials. Then, back out of that menu and choose the calendar app. All that you need should be right there.

Are you worried about possibly losing your iPad? Then go to Settings, then iCloud. Add your unique Apple ID and select “Find My iPad” at the screen’s bottom. When you activate this feature, you only need to visit iCloud.com to locate a lost iPad.

You can easily take a screenshot using your iPad. Simply press both home and sleep together. This takes the shot and places it with your other photos.

Need to quickly mute your iPad? Try this. Just hold the – volume button for a few seconds. This is a fast solution when you need the iPad to be silent for whatever reason. If you want the volume to revert back to the original level, just hold down the button again.

Do you find it annoying when you’re surfing with your iPad and have no clue where hyper-linked words lead? There is an easy way to solve this. Hovering isn’t an option, but if you hold the word down your problem is solved. Then you will see the linked URL.

There is more to the iTunes Store than music and apps! iTunes U is the most interesting of these. It houses many educational podcasts on any topic you could possibly imagine.

Shutter Button

If you want to take pictures with your iPad, you may think holding the sides is the best way to go about it. Doing so will make the shutter button move around, causing wobbly pictures. Instead, make use of the orientation lock feature. This keeps your shutter button within an easier reach of a thumb. If you find that the picture came out with the wrong orientation, you can then fix it using your image editor.

To see every app that is current running, double click the home button. That allows you to access a bar containing all running apps. This will help you remember what apps are running and let you close the ones not in use.

The settings for light aren’t really necessary depending on the environment, which is why they can be changed. The normally bright screen can be dimmed by tapping the Home button twice and swiping until you see the brightness setting. This allows you to go in and manually change your brightness settings.

Manage notifications yourself. If you use lots of apps, it is likely that you’ll have to deal with lots of alerts and pop-ups. To manage all of these alerts, just go to Notifications, which is located in Settings. You can save your iPad battery by deciding to turn off certain app alerts, while allowing alerts from others. It also gives the option to decide which applications are most important.

For many people, reading books on an iPad causes their eyes to become strained and tired. Reduce the brightness to ease the strain on your eyes. This can be done in the Settings app or in the e-book app itself.

Join forums to talk about iPad capabilities. You are able to learn a lot from people who can do this differently. You can also give people pointers that they might not have picked up on their own. You can go to this forum if you have any issues and get some pretty fast help.

iPad owners cannot dispute that this device is truly an innovative new piece of technology. But it is likely the iPad can do even more than you realize. Most people do not use the iPad to its full potential. If you use the information presented here, you can make the most of your iPad’s potential.