28 tips and tricks for iPad 2

QuanTriMang - Your tablet may not be as full-featured as a laptop or desktop, but there are still some interesting tricks hidden in it. Read this article to learn how to protect iPad devices, sync bookmarks and lots of other interesting things.

Download the free user guide for iPad: Users can notice one thing is that their iPad does not come with a big guidebook - this is not Apple's style. However, you can still download the iPad User's Guide from the Apple website or read them in iBooks if installed. Remember to download the guide for iOS 4.3.

Watch free video tutorials : Apple provides tour videos for each pre-installed app, so you can take a look and learn how to use them.

Using Side Switch : You can use the sidebar switch feature to enable or disable audio notifications (no effect on video / audio playback) or to lock screen orientation in portrait or landscape mode. Users can enable / disable the sidebar assignment by opening the Settings tab from the home screen, selecting General and selecting the function to use under the Use Side Switch section .

Multi-tasking in iOS : You probably already know that pressing the Home button twice will display a list of applications that are running or the application hangs. However, users can also touch and move multi-task bar from right to left to quickly access the management of audio / video files. This is a shortcut to the iTunes application and volume management. Besides, when the user selects Side Switch to turn off the notification sound or lock the screen orientation, the function you did not select previously will appear in this shortcut.

Speed ​​up sentence writing : When writing messages, every time you complete a sentence, tapping twice on the spacebar will help create punctuation with a distance. This is really useful when you need to write messages in a short time.

Don't let AutoCorrect get you tired : If you don't like the AutoCorrect options for yourself, deny it by completing the word you want, then tap the hint. If you want to use an AutoCorrect suggestion provided, just type or type a comma or touch Return when it displays as a pop-up.

Backup protection : Users can encrypt backup data of iPad devices on iTunes. Just open the iPad in iTunes, click on the Summary tab, check Encrypt iPad backup option under the Options section.

Prevent auto-syncing : Sometimes you don't want to sync your iPad device every time you connect it to your computer. In this case, press Shift + Control (or Command-Option on the Mac) in iTunes when the iPad is plugged in and iTunes will skip the synchronization process once. In addition, you can safely disconnect a synchronization process by dragging the slider when the iPad is in sync.

Turn on / off roaming data : If you are using an iPad 3G, you can turn on roaming data in the Settings menu, Cellular Data in case you want to receive cellular Internet from another provider. Users check the status of data usage by accessing Settings → General → Usage.

Create a more complex passcode : iOS by default creates a 4-digit passcode. However, users can turn it off by accessing Settings → General → Passcode Lock → Simple Passcode. Now users also have the ability to use passwords from all characters on the keyboard to lock iPad devices. The password will help encrypt the email and attachments that are available on the iPad. So, they will be safer than 4 numbers.

Set up for iPad self-destruction within 10 seconds : Users can set the iPad to automatically delete all saved data after 10 failed passcode attempts by checking the Erase Data option under Settings → General → Passcode Lock.

Adjust AutoFill: Users can enable Safari's AutoFill feature in Settings → Safari → AutoFill . Here, users 'tell' Safari to fill out forms automatically by using contact information or by remembering the name and password entered when logging into websites.

Sync bookmarks : iTunes will help you sync bookmarks in the Safari browser on your iPad with a web browser on your computer. Open the iPad card in iTunes, click on the Info tab, scroll under the Other heading, check the Sync bookmarks with option, and select your preferred browser.

Email photos : The easiest way to send photos via email on an iPad device is to open the Photos app, select a photo, press the button in the top right corner (triangle with arrow, not delete button) then select Email photo . to send.

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Knowing the link to the website : Check the actual location of a linked word by tapping and clicking on the link - this is an effective way to detect phishing links.

Select an application to open an email attachment : When an email contains an attachment, you can open it by touching the file in Mail . However, if there is no suitable default application capable of opening the file, you can press and hold and wait until the menu appears, select the appropriate application.

Using the iPad as a picture frame : Users can click the Picture icon in the bottom left corner of the screen Lock so that the iPad displays the existing photos. Certainly, this is not effective for real photos.

Show traffic status : Open Maps , click on the icon icon in the right hand corner and turn on Traffic . If the iPad has an Internet connection, Maps will display the real-time traffic status in the display area. Blue means that the traffic being transmitted at the best speed, yellow means that the traffic is slower than the posted speed limit and red means that the traffic is unstable, the type of running -cease.

Share podcasts with friends : Did you hear a podcast and want your friends to listen to them? Share the link with your friends while listening to them by clicking the Email button.

Don't forget the downloads: Users can immediately see if their iTunes account has to download downloads by opening iTunes on the computer, click the Store menu and select Check for available downloads . This trick will be very useful when the download process is interrupted, or if you forget the content that came with your newly purchased album.

Activate Universal Access: You can turn on options such as closing captions of movies, reading the VoiceOver screen, zooming in and converting black and white text by selecting the iPad in iTunes, opening the Summary tab and clicking the Configure Universal item Access under the Options section.

Forget Wi-Fi network: You accidentally connected to a network once and the iPad device will remember it forever whether you like it or not. Solve this by going to Settings → Wi-Fi and finding the network name you want under Choose a Network . Touch the blue arrow next to the network you want to remove and touch the button at the top titled Forget this Network .

Determining Spotlight : The iPad device using Spotlight is the default search function and users can adjust it to suit their own needs in Settings → General → Spotlight Search . For example, if you have saved many types of data on your iPad device, you can remove the different categories in the search category ( Contacts, Applications, Audiobooks, Notes, Events, Mail , .) in case no use them (categories). This will help your search process faster. Users also change the order in which the categories will appear in search results by dragging them up or down so that frequently used items will appear at the top of the page.

Turn off in-app purchases : Go to General → → → Restrictions Settings and tap Enable Restrictions to activate the restrictions applied to apps, content, Game Center, . If you feel anxious about someone breaking into your account My account is in-app purchases, simply turn off the In-App Purchases feature under ' Allowed Content '.

Turn off the frequency of fetch : Your iPad device automatically retrieves new data, such as incoming email. However, it also periodically activates applications that do not support iOS's Push feature to get them into Fetch data - consuming the device's battery. You can adjust Push and Fetch settings in Settings → Mail → Contacts → Calendars → Fetch New Data .

Change your email signature : Don't be a 'member' in the group of people to have your default signature Sent from my iPad for all email messages. Change it in Settings → Mail → Contacts → Calendars → Signature .

Change search engine : Are you a Google fan? If so, change Safari's default search engine by going to Settings → Safari → Search Engine . Here, you just choose Google, Bing or Yahoo and will no longer see the default search engine before.

Create a screenshot anywhere on the screen : Press the Home button and the sleep / wake button simultaneously. The screen capture will automatically appear as a picture.