Wondering Where To Start With IPads? Read This!

If you know someone who owns an iPad you have surely heard alot about how useful and entertaining it can be. Educating yourself can help you take advantage of everything it has to offer. Read on to glean some informative facts about using the iPad to its full potential.

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The newest iPad iOS has folders. Put your finger on an app for several seconds and drag it into another. This will create a folder which holds the two apps. The name of the folder will represent the category of what the apps are. This folder can be easily renamed.

Have you accidentally launched a noisy app? If you want to mute your iPad, press and hold your volume down button for a few seconds. If you mute a lot, you may configure your lock button into a mute button.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bspc-odvxzo If you are irritated by repeated request to join other Wi-Fi networks, get into your settings menu and change it. Go to your Settings and access the Wi-Fi tab. This will reduce the frustration that you face with your iPad.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bspc-odvxzo If you want your Google Calendar feature on the iPad, go into "mail" then "contacts" then "calendars." Go to Add An Account and tap Other. Tap the icon Add CaIDAV Account and insert your Google information. You can then exit the settings and access the calender through the app. Your information should now be there!

Would you rather use something other than Google for a default search engine? Simply navigate to Settings, Safari, and then Search Engine. This lets you change to Yahoo or Bing.

Does the battery indicator on your iPad distract you? It is easy to banish this totally useless information from your iPad's screen. To turn off, simply enter the Settings menu. Look under General to find Usage. When you're here, the battery percentage display can easily be turned off.

Click Settings, Mail, Contacts and Calendars to add Google Calendar to your iPad. You can then go to Add An Account and then Other. Tap the Add CalDAV Account icon and put in your Google information. Then, back out of your settings app and single-tap your calendar app. You should see what you need.

You can mute your sound quickly on your iPad. When the iPad originally came out, there wasn't a dedicated mute button. With the newer iOS, you can have the button on the side do this for you. Holding down the volume button helps to mute your phone fast.

Muting the iPad is fast and easy. In its first incarnation, the iPad lacked a specific mute button. With the newer iOS, you can have the button on the side do this for you. Now all you have to do is press the volume-down key and hold it for a few seconds.

As mentioned before, the popularity of iPads is only increasing. Apply what you've just learned to get the very most out of the use of your iPad device. Good luck and have fun with your iPad!