It is almost unanimous that iPad is a fantastic technological wonder. If you own one or are considering purchasing one, you want to make the most of your experience with it. To do that, you need to learn and understand some of the capabilities and how to customize them. Read on to find helpful iPad tips to make it a more useful gadget.

You can access all apps that are running on your iPad. To see the currently running apps, just tap the Home button twice and you can see them quite clearly. If you want to bring up that app, just tap its icon on the bar. To get rid of the bar, you should take your finger and swipe it down towards the bottom of the screen.

VPN networks are perfect for accessing remote servers. If you want to establish a connection to a VPN with your iPad, locate the tab labeled Network and enable the VPN feature. As will all VPNs, you’ll need a username and address. Connect with that network administrator if the server address is something you don’t know.

A soft reset will allow you to resume using your iPad if the screen is frozen. To do this, you must hold the home and power buttons at the same time for a few seconds. This will cause the iPad to restart. If you want to kill a running process, hold the main button for around 5 seconds.

You can easily see what apps are running on your iPad. While you work on other things, some apps will continue running on your iPad in the background. Double clicking the Home button will let you know everything that is currently running. A bar with open and recently-used apps will appear at the bottom. When you are finished with this area, swipe down and the bar will be gone.

If your iPad constantly asks you if you would like to join the Wi-Fi networks it detects, change this option. Go to Settings and choose the Ask to Join Network option. Choose this and all those invitations will stop.

You can adjust your email settings to allow you to increase the number of lines displayed in preview. In your Settings menu, click on Mail, and then find the Preview setting. Adjust this to show 5 lines. This way, you can view more of the email, speeding up your skim-through process.

If you think there is a chance someone may be able to see your private data on your iPad, there is a way to create a password that deletes data after a certain amount of failed attempts. By using this setting, all of your information will be erased after 10 failed password attempts.

Almost everyone finds it difficult to accurately type on a tablet’s keyboard. The iPad actually has a speech recognition function. Click the Home button two times and then touch the microphone. After you finish dictating, tap the microphone icon again, and you will see the text version of your dictation.

Do you find it annoying to have to access the bookmarks icon via tapping to navigate to your saved websites? It is possible to leave the bookmark bar up permanently. Select Settings, Safari, and choose the Always Show Bookmarks tab.

Mature Content

If you don’t want your children viewing mature content, you can change the settings on your iPad to block it. Access the settings and set limits on the availability of mature content. This can block anything that you would not want your child to see.

Text can be copied and pasted on your iPad. Tap and hold text you want copied, and hit select to pick the sentence you desire. Tap the screen again (the text should be yellow) and hit copy. To paste, hold your finger where you’d like the text pasted and, when the menu appears, choose “paste.”

Many people are aware of the iTunes store on their iPads, but they don’t always know about all the features. One of the most interesting is called iTunes U (for university). In this section, you will find a lot of educational presentations that are very helpful.

You can share the documents or music that you have with your iPad and other devices. It’s very easy to interact with iTunes now and share documents. It is also quite easy to send your PDF’s over the Internet and then download them from a remote system.

Running Apps

To access all running apps, just double-click the Home button. This will bring up a bar at the bottom of the screen which shows all the currently running apps. To access an app, just click the app on the bar. Doing so lets you remember which apps are currently open.

Your battery will last longer if you reduce the brightness of your screen. This can help when you need to have as much battery life as possible. To change the brightness, just double tap your Home button and touch the icon shaped like the sun.

Say you don’t want to leave your home screen, but you do want to move from app-to-app. All you have to do is double-click your Home button to see which apps are running. Then you just need to choose the app that you were looking for instead of scrolling through all the screen. Do this again if you want to get back to where you originally were.

As a general rule, those that have used the iPad will praise its virtues and usefulness. In order to truly have an optimal experience using one, however, it pays to spend some time learning about everything it can do. Consider the article, and you will know what you must do to get the most out the iPad.