Essential iPad iOS 12 Edition E-Book

Kevin Wilson

• Herausgeber: Elluminet Press
• Kategorie: Fachliteratur
• Serie: Computer Essentials
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 117

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2018

Beschreibung

The twenty-first century offers more technology than we have ever seen before, but with new updates, and apps coming out all the time, it’s hard to keep up.

Essential iPad: iOS 12 Edition is here to help. Along with easy to follow step-by-step instructions, illustrations, photographs, and video resources, this guide offers specifics in...

Setting up your iPad and upgrading from previous versions

A look at the updates introduced in iOS 12

Getting to know your iPad, finding your way around the dock, menus, and icons.

Navigating with touch gestures using quick peek, 3D touch, tap, drag, and swipe

Multi-tasking with slide over, split view, and drag & drop

A look at the new control centre and how to make use of it

Internal & External Keyboards and a look at Apple Pencil

Getting to know Siri, voice dictation and recording voice memos

Communicating with email, FaceTime, iMessage, using digital touch, and peer-to-peer payments

Browsing the web with Safari web browser

Taking and enhancing pictures, panoramic and live photos, as well as recording video

Listening to music with Apple Music and iTunes Store, as well as films and TV

The Files App, as well as Maps, News, Apple Books, Notes, Apple Pay, Calendar, and Contacts

Maintaining your iPad with updates, backups, general housekeeping, and much more...

Unlike other books and manuals that assume a computing background not possessed by beginners, Essential iPad: iOS 12 Edition tackles the fundamentals of the iPad, so that everyone from students, to senior citizens, to home users pressed for time, can understand.

So, if you’re looking for an iPad manual, a visual book, simplified tutorial, dummies guide, or reference,  Essential Pad: iOS 12 Edition will help you maximize the potential of your iPad to increase your productivity, and help you take advantage of the digital revolution.

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EssentialiPadiOS 12 EditionKevin Wilson

Essential iPad: iOS 12

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About the Author

Kevin Wilson has made a career out of technology and showing others how to use it. After earning a master’s degree in computer science, software engineering, and multimedia systems, Kevin worked as a tutor and college instructor, helping students master such subjects as multimedia, computer literacy and information technology. He currently serves as Elluminet Press Publishing’s senior writer and director, he periodically teaches computing at college in South Africa and serves as an IT trainer in England.

Kevin’s motto is clear: “If you can’t explain something simply, you haven’t understood it well enough.” To that end, he has created the Computer Essentials series, in which he breaks down complex technological subjects into smaller, easy-to-follow steps that students and ordinary computer users can put into practice.

Table of Contents

Essential iPad: iOS 12 2

About the Author 3

Table of Contents 4

iOS 12 8

What’s New? 8

Setting up Your iPad 12

Insert your SIM 12

Power Up & Power Down 14

Unlock & Wake iPad 16

Force Shutdown 17

Upgrading your iPad to iOS 12 18

Initial Setup 19

Auto Setup 19

Manual Setup 22

Charging your iPad’s Battery 29

Connecting your iPad to a Mac/PC 30

Using iTunes 31

Syncing your iPad with your Mac/PC 32

Connecting to the Internet 33

WiFi 33

Setting up Email Accounts 35

Add Social Media Accounts 38

Change your Wallpaper 39

Touch ID 42

Face ID 43

Getting Around Your iPad 44

Available Models 44

iPad Pro Series 45

iPad 9.7” 45

iPad Mini 45

Choosing a Model 46

Sign in & Sign Out of iCloud 46

Touch Gestures 48

Tap 48

Drag 49

Pinch & Spread 50

Swipe 51

Four Finger Swipe 52

Home Button 53

Reveal Home Screen 54

Reveal App Switcher 55

3D Touch 56

Quick Peek Home Screen Icons 58

Multitasking 59

Open Multiple Apps at a Time 62

Using Slide Over 62

Using Split View 63

Drag & Drop 64

Control Centre 68

Customising Control Centre 69

Notifications & Lock Screen 70

Picture in Picture 71

Continuity 73

The On-screen Keyboard 74

Apple Smart Keyboard 76

Bluetooth Keyboards 77

Spotlight Search 78

Arranging Icons 81

Removing Icons 83

Adding Icons to the Dock 84

Siri 85

Using Siri 85

Siri Translate 86

Voice Dictation 88

Settings Search 89

Family Sharing 90

Add a Family Member 92

Invite in Person 93

Child Accounts 94

Managing your Family 97

Screen Time 97

Downtime 100

App Limits 101

Always Allowed 103

Content & Privacy Restrictions 103

Allowing and Blocking Content 104

Internet, Email, Communication 106

Using Safari 106

Reader View 110

Using Email 111

Contacts 114

Calendar (iCal) 118

Adding an Appointment 119

Add a Recurring Appointment 120

Adding an Appointment from a Message 121

FaceTime 122

Making a Call 123

Adding Effects 127

Group FaceTime 129

Adding a Contact 131

iMessage 133

Digital Touch in iMessage 138

Sending Payments with iMessage 143

AirDrop 144

To Send a file to Someone using AirDrop 145

To Receive a File from Someone using AirDrop 147

Using Multimedia 148

Photos 148

Import Photos 148

Editing Photos 151

Crop and Rotate an Image 152

Taking Pictures with Camera App 156

Adjusting Photos 159

Panoramic Photos 162

Recording Video 163

Live Photos 164

Share Pics on Social Media 166

Music with iTunes 169

Connecting to your Computer 170

Transferring Music 172

iTunes Store 173

Apple Music 174

Setting Up 174

The Main Screen 176

Searching for Music 177

Add to Library 179

Films & TV 180

TV App 181

Airplay 182

Apple Pencil 184

Charge your Pencil 185

Pairing your Pencil with your iPad 186

Using Apple Pencil 187

Document Scanner 189

QR Code Scanner 193

Common Apps 194

App Store 194

Search for Apps 197

Browsing the Store 199

Taking Notes 202

Typing Notes & Inserting Photos 203

Dictating Notes 204

Add a Reminder 205

Schedule a Reminder 206

Maps 207

Driving Directions 208

3D Maps 212

News App 214

Apple Books App 216

Files App 220

Apple Pay 223

Setup 223

Using Apple Pay 225

Voice Memos 226

Recording Memos 227

Renaming Memos 228

Trim a Memo 229

Measure App 230

Clock App 232

World Clock 232

Alarm 234

Bed Time 235

Stop Watch 237

Timer 237

Productivity Apps 238

Creating Documents with Pages 238

Formatting Text 241

Adding a Picture 242

Keynote 243

Editing a Slide 244

Adding Media 246

Animations 247

Formatting Text Boxes 249

Formatting Text Inside Textboxes 250

Printing Documents 251

Air Print 251

Older Printers 253

Maintaining Your iPad 254

iPad Backups 254

System Updates 255

App Updates 258

Deleting Apps 259

iPad Storage Maintenance 260

Accessorise Your iPad 262

Smart Keyboards 262

Cases 263

USB Adapters 263

AV Adapters 264

Power Chargers 265

iOS 12

iOS is a mobile, multitasking operating system designed specifically for iPads and iPhones. iOS 12 is the latest release for iPhones and iPads.

An Operating System is a program that manages the device’s hardware resources such as memory, processor and storage. The Operating System also provides a platform for you to run apps such as web browsers, maps, email, photos, games and so on.

The iOS user interface is a touch screen, meaning you can directly manipulate sliders, switches, buttons and icons on screen using your finger.

iOS has a main screen called the home screen containing icons that represent apps. You can download countless apps from the App Store - you’ll find an app for almost anything you can think of.

Security has improved on these devices, you can unlock just with a finger print - no need to keep remembering a PIN.

Finally there’s Siri, the voice activated personal assistant that uses natural language AI to interpret voice commands you speak out loud. You can ask Siri to send messages, dial a number, as well as search the web, and answer certain questions.

What’s New?

With iOS 12, Apple have concentrated on improving performance - meaning apps load faster, and are generally more responsive.

iBooks has been renamed Apple Books and makes it easier to find and read your ebooks.

Apple News app has been redesigned, making it easier to keep up with the news that interests you.

The control center has been moved and you can now find it by swiping downwards from the top right hand edge of the screen.

Apple have introduced voice memos to the iPad, so you can record notes right from your iPad.

Screen Time is a new feature that allows you to keep track of your iPad usage, as well as giving you stats and reports on your child’s online activity

There is also a new augmented reality measure app that allows you to measure distances - still not quite as accurate as a tape measure but it isn’t bad.

FaceTime has also had a few updates. You can now talk to multiple people using Group FaceTime, as well as liven up your chat using various camera effects.

A couple of new navigation touch gestures to take note of. Now you can return to the home screen by simply swiping upward from the bottom edge of the screen. Reveal your app switcher by swiping from the bottom edge to the center of the screen.

Also in the mix are new ways to share photos, Siri has a few new shortcuts, as well as the usual security tweaks and other enhancements.

Setting up Your iPad

If you’ve just bought your new iPad and taken it out the box, the process to set it up to use for the first time is very simple. You don’t even have to connect it to your computer.

With iOS 12, Apple have dropped support for the iPad 2, so iOS 12 can only be installed on the following devices.

iPad Pro 1st & 2nd generationiPad 6th generationiPad 5th generationiPad Air 2iPad AiriPad mini 4iPad mini 3iPad mini 2iPhone X, 8, 7, 6, SE, & 5S

iOS 12 is compatible with 64-bit devices only, so the iPhone 5, iPhone 5c, and iPad 2 do not support the software update. So if you’re upgrading your iPad, keep this in mind.

In this section we’ll take a look at the processes of setting up your iPad when you turn it on for the first time.

Insert your SIM

Make sure your device is off before doing this. If your iPad has a SIM card or you’re using an iPhone, you’ll need to insert your SIM card from your network provider.

Push the end of a paper clip into the release hole on the side of your device. Pull out the little tray and insert your SIM.

Slide the little tray back into your device, until it fits firmly into place against the side.

You’re now ready to power on your iPad. To do this, hold down the power button located on the top of your device, until you see the Apple logo on the screen.

Give your iPad a few seconds to start up.

Power Up & Power Down

Once your iPad battery is fully charged, press and hold the power button for a couple of seconds until you see the apple logo.

To completely shut down your iPad, press and hold the power button for a few seconds, until you see the shut down slider on your screen. Slide your finger across the slider to shut down your iPad.

It’s a good a idea to completely power down your iPad from time to time to reset its resources - this can help when your iPad seems to be running slower than usual. Most of the time your iPad goes into sleep mode when in normal use.

Unlock & Wake iPad

The home button also contains a finger print scanner and is usually set up during the initial setup.

Place your finger on the button so your thumb fits snugly into the button’s indent, then press the button once to unlock your iPad - don’t hold the button down.

If you haven’t set up your finger print scanner, you’ll be prompted for your passcode. This is the code you enter during the initial setup procedure.

Force Shutdown

Sometimes your iPad can become unresponsive or freeze. When this happens you can force a shutdown.

To do this, hold down the power button on the top, and the home button at the same time until the screen goes blank.

Once the screen has gone blank, wait a few seconds, then press and hold the power button for a couple of seconds, until the apple logo appears on screen.

Your iPad will start up.

Upgrading your iPad to iOS 12

Make sure your iPad is plugged into a power charger and that it is connected to your WiFi.

Once you have done that, go to the settings app and tap ‘General’, then select ‘Software Update’.

Tap ‘Download and Install’.

To update now, tap ‘download and install’. Enter your passcode when prompted. Your iPad will restart and the update will install. This might take a while.

Initial Setup

To use iPad, you need an internet connection and your Apple ID. For iOS 11 & iOS 12, Apple have introduced an automated setup feature that allows you to transfer settings from another device, such as an iPhone. Both devices must be running iOS 11 or iOS 12. If you don’t have this, you can still set up your iPad manually. First lets take a look at the auto setup feature.

Auto Setup

If you have iOS11 or iOS12 set up on another device such as an iPhone, you can use it to transfer your settings to your new iPad.

On your iPad, slide or press the home button to start, then select your language

Select your region or country.

Now, if you have iOS 11 or 12 set up on your iPhone (or older iPad), bring your iPhone to your new iPad. You’ll see a prompt on your iPhone. Tap ‘continue’.

Your iPad will display a strange pattern, like the one shown below.

Use the camera on your iPhone and position the blue pattern in the circle shown on the bottom of your iPhone screen.

Now leave your iPhone next to your new iPad until the set up process is complete. Your new iPad will activate, you may need to enter your passcode, the same one you use to unlock your iPhone.

Follow the prompts on your iPad to set up touch ID if required