iPad User Guide
- Welcome
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- Supported models
- iPad Pro 12.9-inch (5th generation)
- iPad Pro 12.9-inch (4th generation)
- iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation)
- iPad Pro 11-inch (3rd generation)
- iPad Pro 11-inch (2nd generation)
- iPad Pro 11-inch (1st generation)
- iPad Pro 12.9-inch (1st and 2nd generation)
- iPad Pro 10.5-inch
- iPad Pro 9.7-inch
- iPad Air (4th generation)
- iPad Air (3rd generation)
- iPad Air 2
- iPad (8th generation)
- iPad (7th generation)
- iPad (6th generation)
- iPad (5th generation)
- iPad mini (5th generation)
- iPad mini 4
- What’s new in iPadOS 14
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- Wake and unlock
- Adjust the volume
- Change or turn off sounds
- Access features from the Lock Screen
- Open apps
- Take a screenshot or screen recording
- Change or lock the screen orientation
- Change the wallpaper
- Zoom an app to fill the screen
- Drag and drop
- Search with iPad
- Use AirDrop to send items
- Perform quick actions
- Use and customize Control Center
- Add widgets
- Charge and monitor the battery
- Learn the meaning of the status icons
- Travel with iPad
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- View maps
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- Use Siri, Maps, and the Maps widget to get directions
- Choose your preferred type of travel
- Get driving directions
- Report traffic incidents
- Get cycling directions
- Find places to stop
- Get walking directions
- Get transit directions
- See an overview of your route or its directions in a list
- Change audio settings for turn-by-turn directions
- Select other route options
- Get directions between places other than your current location
- Delete recently viewed directions
- Use Maps on your Mac to get directions
- Help correct and improve Maps
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- View photos and videos
- Delete and hide photos and videos
- Edit photos and videos
- Edit Live Photos
- Edit Portrait mode photos
- Organize photos in albums
- Search in Photos
- Share photos and videos
- View Memories
- Find people in Photos
- Browse photos by location
- Use iCloud Photos
- Share photos with iCloud Shared Albums
- Use My Photo Stream
- Import photos and videos
- Print photos
- Shortcuts
- Stocks
- Tips
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- Set up Family Sharing
- Download family members’ purchases
- Stop sharing purchases
- Turn on Ask To Buy
- Set up Apple Cash Family
- Share Apple Card
- Share subscriptions and iCloud storage
- Share photos, a calendar, and more with family members
- Locate a family member’s missing device
- Set up Screen Time through Family Sharing
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- Accessories included with iPad
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- Set up AirPods
- Charge AirPods
- Start and stop audio playback
- Change the AirPods volume
- Make and answer calls with AirPods
- Switch AirPods between devices
- Use Siri with AirPods
- Listen and respond to messages
- Share audio with AirPods and Beats headphones
- Change noise control modes
- Control spatial audio
- Restart AirPods
- Change the name of your AirPods and other settings
- Use other Bluetooth headphones
- Use EarPods
- Check headphone sound levels
- HomePod and other wireless speakers
- External storage devices
- Apple Watch with Fitness+
- Cases and covers
- Printers
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- Share your internet connection
- Make and receive phone calls
- Use iPad as a second display for Mac
- Hand off tasks between iPad and Mac
- Cut, copy, and paste between iPad and other devices
- Connect iPad and your computer with a cable
- Sync iPad with your computer
- Transfer files between iPad and your computer
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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 using VoiceOver gestures
- 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 in apps
- Zoom
- Magnifier
- People detection
- Display & Text Size
- Motion
- Spoken Content
- Audio Descriptions
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- Important safety information
- Important handling information
- Get information about your iPad
- View or change cellular data settings
- 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
- ENERGY STAR compliance statement
- Copyright
Organize books in the Books app on iPad
In the Books app , the books and audiobooks you purchase are saved in your library and automatically sorted into collections, such as Audiobooks, Want to Read, and Finished.
![The Library screen in the Books app. At the top of the screen is the Collections button and sorting options. The sort option Recent is selected. In the middle of the screen are covers of books in the library. At the bottom of the screen are, from left to right, the Reading Now, Library, Book Store, Audiobooks, and Search tabs.](https://help.apple.com/assets/60DCD4B22EC2D23EF7482272/60DCD4B22EC2D23EF7482279/en_US/464463e4ed7768457cc366a150946cd0.png)
Create a collection and add books to it
You can create your own collections to personalize your library.
Tap Library, tap Collections, then tap New Collection.
Name the collection, for example, Beach Reads or Book Club, then tap Done.
To add a book to the collection, tap
below the book cover (or on the book’s details page in the Book Store), tap Add to Collection, then choose the collection.
You can add the same book to multiple collections.
Sort books in your library
Choose how the books in your library are sorted and appear.
Tap Library, then scroll down and tap the word that appears next to Sort or Sort By.
Choose Recent, Title, Author, or Manually.
If you choose Manually, touch and hold a book cover, then drag it to the position you want.
Tap
to view books by title or cover.
Tip: You can sort books in a collection the same way.
Remove books, audiobooks, and PDFs
You can remove books, audiobooks, and PDFs from Reading Now and your library collections, or hide them on your iPad.
Tap Library, then tap Edit.
For audiobooks, tap Library, then go to the Audiobooks collection.
Tap the items you want to remove.
Tap
and select an option.
To unhide books that you have hidden, tap Reading Now, tap your account icon, then tap Manage Hidden Purchases.
To redownload books you have already purchased, see the Apple Support article Redownload apps, music, movies, TV shows, and books.
Access your library across devices
You can sync your Library and collections across all your devices where you are signed in with the same Apple ID. Go to Settings > [your name] > iCloud, turn on iCloud Drive, then turn on Books.