iPad User Guide
- Welcome
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- Supported models
- iPad mini (5th generation)
- iPad mini (6th generation)
- iPad (5th generation)
- iPad (6th generation)
- iPad (7th generation)
- iPad (8th generation)
- iPad (9th generation)
- iPad (10th generation)
- iPad Air (3rd generation)
- iPad Air (4th generation)
- iPad Air (5th generation)
- iPad Pro 9.7-inch
- iPad Pro 10.5-inch
- iPad Pro 11-inch (1st generation)
- iPad Pro 11-inch (2nd generation)
- iPad Pro 11-inch (3rd generation)
- iPad Pro 11-inch (4th generation)
- iPad Pro 12.9-inch (1st generation)
- iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2nd generation)
- iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation)
- iPad Pro 12.9-inch (4th generation)
- iPad Pro 12.9-inch (5th generation)
- iPad Pro 12.9-inch (6th generation)
- What’s new in iPadOS 16
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- Set up FaceTime
- Create a FaceTime link
- Make and receive calls
- Take a Live Photo
- Turn on Live Captions in a FaceTime call
- Use other apps during a call
- Make a Group FaceTime call
- View participants in a grid
- Use SharePlay to watch, listen, and play together
- Share your screen
- Hand off a FaceTime call to another device
- Change the video settings
- Change the audio settings
- Add camera effects
- Leave a call or switch to Messages
- Block unwanted callers
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- Intro to Home
- Upgrade to the new Home architecture
- Set up accessories
- Control accessories
- Control your home using Siri
- Configure HomePod
- Control your home remotely
- Create and use scenes
- Create an automation
- Configure cameras
- Face Recognition
- Configure a router
- Share controls with others
- Add more homes
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- Set up Messages
- Send and reply to messages
- Unsend and edit messages
- Keep track of messages and conversations
- Forward and share messages
- Set up a group conversation
- Add photos and video
- Send and receive content
- Watch, listen, or play together using SharePlay
- Collaborate on projects
- Animate messages
- Use iMessage apps
- Use Memoji
- Send a Digital Touch effect
- Send recorded audio messages
- Send, receive, and request money with Apple Cash
- Change notifications
- Block, filter, and report messages
- Delete messages
- Recover deleted messages
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- View photos and videos
- Play videos and slideshows
- Delete or hide photos and videos
- Edit photos and videos
- Trim video length and adjust slow motion
- Edit Live Photos
- Edit Cinematic videos
- Edit Portrait mode photos
- Use photo albums
- Edit and organize albums
- Filter and sort photos and videos in albums
- Duplicate and copy photos and videos
- Merge duplicate photos
- Search in Photos
- Find and identify people in Photos
- Browse photos by location
- Share photos and videos
- Share long videos
- View photos and videos shared with you
- Use Live Text to interact with content in a photo or video
- Use Visual Look Up to identify objects in your photos
- Lift a subject from the photo background
- Watch memories
- Personalize your memories
- Manage memories and featured photos
- Import photos and videos
- Print photos
- Shortcuts
- Tips
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- Share your internet connection
- Make and receive phone calls
- Use iPad as a second display for Mac
- Use a keyboard and mouse or trackpad across your Mac and iPad
- Hand off tasks between devices
- Wirelessly stream video, photos, and audio to Mac
- Cut, copy, and paste between iPad and other devices
- Connect iPad and your computer with a cable
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- Transfer files between devices
- Transfer files with email, messages, or AirDrop
- Automatically keep files up to date with iCloud
- Transfer files with an external storage device
- Use a file server to share files between your iPad and computer
- Share files with a cloud storage service
- Sync content or transfer files with the Finder or iTunes
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- Get started with accessibility features
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- Turn on and practice VoiceOver
- Change your VoiceOver settings
- Learn VoiceOver gestures
- Operate iPad when VoiceOver is on
- Control VoiceOver using the rotor
- Use the onscreen keyboard
- Write with your finger
- Use VoiceOver with an Apple external keyboard
- Use a braille display
- Type onscreen braille
- Customize gestures and keyboard shortcuts
- Use VoiceOver with a pointer device
- Use VoiceOver for images and videos
- Use VoiceOver in apps
- Zoom
- Hover Text
- Display & Text Size
- Motion
- Spoken Content
- Audio Descriptions
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- Use built-in privacy and security protections
- Keep your Apple ID secure
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- Sign in with passkeys
- Sign in with Apple
- Automatically fill in strong passwords
- Change weak or compromised passwords
- View your passwords and related information
- Share passkeys and passwords securely with AirDrop
- Make your passkeys and passwords available on all your devices
- Automatically fill in verification codes
- Sign in with fewer CAPTCHA challenges on iPad
- Manage two-factor authentication for your Apple ID
- Use security keys
- Create and manage Hide My Email addresses
- Protect your web browsing with iCloud Private Relay
- Use a private network address
- Use Advanced Data Protection
- Lockdown Mode
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- Important safety information
- Important handling information
- Find more resources for software and service
- FCC compliance statement
- ISED Canada compliance statement
- Apple and the environment
- Class 1 Laser information
- Disposal and recycling information
- Unauthorized modification of iPadOS
- ENERGY STAR compliance statement
- Copyright
Translate text, voice, and conversations on iPad
In the Translate app , you can translate text, voice, and conversations between any of the supported languages. You can download languages to translate entirely on a device, even without an internet connection.
![The Translation tab, showing two language selectors—English and Spanish—at the top, a translation in the center, and the Enter Text field near the bottom.](https://help.apple.com/assets/640A53E422C1DA4F8D3C4C1A/640A53F122C1DA4F8D3C4C32/en_US/b5c4a785028e256cfa97cb1410b25771.png)
Note: Translation is available for supported languages. See the iOS and iPadOS Feature Availability website.
Before you begin
Before translating text, voice, or conversations, make sure you’ve selected the languages you want to translate between.
Tap the arrows
next to the two languages to choose the languages you want to translate between.
Tap one of the languages to start typing, or use the microphone to speak.
appears next to the language that you’re translating from.
To switch the input language, tap the other language.
Translate text or your voice
While viewing Translate in portrait view, tap
, then tap Translation.
Select the languages to translate between, then tap one of the following:
Translate text: Tap “Enter text,” type a phrase (or paste text), then tap Go in the bottom right of the keyboard.
Translate your voice: Tap
, then say a phrase.
Note:
shows which language you’re translating from. Tap on the other language to switch the input language.
When the translation is shown, do any of the following:
Play the audio translation: Tap
.
Tip: Touch and hold
to adjust the playback speed.
Save the translation as a favorite: Tap
.
Look up a word in the dictionary: Tap
, then tap a word to see its definition.
Show the translation to someone else: Tap
.
Tip: To view your recent history, swipe the translation down.
Translate a conversation
iPad shows the translated text bubbles from both sides of the conversation. Conversations work for downloaded languages when you don’t have an internet connection or On-Device Mode is turned on.
![The Conversation tab, showing chat bubbles and their translations.](https://help.apple.com/assets/640A53E422C1DA4F8D3C4C1A/640A53F122C1DA4F8D3C4C32/en_US/8037105af1f0ace53a16b5b83b682528.png)
Tap Conversation.
Tap
, then speak in one of the two languages.
Tip: You can translate a conversation without tapping the microphone button before each person speaks. Tap , tap Auto Translate, then tap
to start the conversation. iPad automatically detects when you start speaking and when you stop.
When chatting face-to-face, tap , then tap Face to Face so that each person can see the conversation from their own side.
Download languages for offline translation or On-Device Mode
Download languages to translate when you don’t have an internet connection or when On-Device Mode is turned on.
Go to Settings
> Translate.
Tap Downloaded Languages, then tap
next to the languages you want to download.
Turn On-Device Mode on.