April 2012
Beginner to intermediate
367 pages
13h 6m
English
Content preview from iPad: The Missing Manual, 4th Edition
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Chapter 1. Set Up Your iPad
You’ll learn to:
Activate your iPad
Sync media to the tablet
Charge up the battery
Stretch the iPad’s battery life
SINCE ITS ARRIVAL IN early 2010, Apple’s tablet computer has been adopted by millions of people, and adapted in countless ways. Today, iPads pop up everywhere you look—in college dorms, doctor’s offices, construction sites, business meetings, kitchens—and now, in your very own hands.
Whether it’s showcasing your vacation photos or describing faraway lands in travel apps like 1,000 Places to See Before You Die, an iPad can whisk you away to new worlds. But before you take off with your iPad, you need to set up the tablet, learn a few basic controls, charge it up, and stock it with media. That’s where this chapter comes in.
It’s said that a journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step. So let your first step be turning on your new iPad. To learn how to do that, turn the page.
Meet the iPad
IT’S BECOME SOMETHING OF a spring ritual: the clocks move forward an hour, flowers begin to bloom, and Apple releases a new version of its iPad tablet computer. March 2012 was no different: the fastest iPad yet arrived on the scene and millions of people scrambled to buy it. Apple calls it the new iPad, and this book refers to it as the 2012 iPad or the third-generation ...
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