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Introducing iPad and iPadOS 14 iPadOS in Numbers iPadOS in Numbers What’s iPadOS 14 all about? What’s new, what’s exciting and what’s fun? Let’s take a look at the new iPad operating system in numbers. 9th July, 2020 The date on which the first public beta of iPadOS 14 was released by Apple. fifteen The number of iPad models that can run iPadOS 14. It runs on any iPad that could run the very first release of iPadOS. VP9 With iPadOS 14, the iPad natively supports Google’s VP9 video encoding format. Forty iPadOS 14 is available in 40 different languages. 5 iPadOS 14 is written in five different programming languages; C, C++, Objective-C, Swift and Assembly. smaller The iPad’s user interface is far more streamlined with iPadOS 14. Incoming telephone…

Introducing iPad and iPadOS 14 iPad 8th Generation iPad 8th Generation The new version of the regular iPad also makes great leaps forward in power and performance. Powered by iPadOS. Like all of Apple’s current iPads, the 8th Generation iPad runs iPadOS 14. This is the latest version of the iPad’s operating system, and it benefits from a new Home screen, a compact user interface for things like Siri and incoming phone calls and redesigned apps that are far more user friendly than before. Powerful New Processor The iPad, Apple’s entry-level full-sized tablet, has had a substantial boost in power. Its A12 Bionic processor is 40 percent faster than its predecessor, with double the graphics power. It’s up to two times faster than the top-selling Windows laptop, up to three…

Introducing iPad and iPadOS 14 iPad mini iPad mini Small but Powerful Apple’s famous iPad mini range packs a power that belies its small size. It’s powerful enough to get the most from iPadOS 14, but small enough to fit in a handbag. Powered by iPadOS. The iPad mini takes no short cuts when it comes to iPadOS. It has the same features and apps as its larger rival, including Touch ID and more. The iPad mini is small, but perfectly formed. Its 7.9-inch screen is the same aspect ratio as the regular iPad, meaning it can run all the same software without leaving ugly black gaps at the top and bottom or sides of the screen. Its A12 Bionic chip with Neural Engine is more than capable of running the…

Get Started Set Up Your iPad For the First Time All you need to set up your iPad out of the box is a Wi-Fi connection to the Internet. Follow this guide and the instructions shown on your iPad’s screen, and you’re soon up and running. First, press and hold the top button to switch it on, then follow these straightforward steps. 1 Power Up Your Device When you first power up your new device you’re greeted with this welcome screen. To move on, press the Home button, as instructed. You can toggle the iPad’s VoiceOver function by triple clicking the Home button. The word ‘Hello’ in several different languages is displayed. Tap the ‘i’ icon in the bottom right for regulatory information. 2 Choose Your Language You’re now asked…

Get Started Face ID Face ID or Touch ID Unlock Your iPad iPads have a great way of verifying who you are, to unlock your tablet, make purchases and more. If your iPad has a Home button, you use your fingerprint. If it doesn’t, you simply hold it up to your face, which is then scanned by Face ID. Here’s a guide to setting up whichever feature you have on your iPad. Setting Up Face ID 1 Open the Settings app and scroll down the list of apps and features until you get to the one called Face ID & Passcode. Tap it to open these settings. 2 If you’ve set up a passcode on your iPad, whether four-digit, six-digit or alphanumeric, you must enter it now to get to…

Get Started The Touchscreen The Touchscreen Clever Gestures Your iPad’s touchscreen knows when you have more than one finger touching the screen at once. This makes all sorts of useful gestures possible, such as rotating, pinching, spreading and more. Here’s how they work. Touch To activate items such as applications, to use the on-screen keyboard, or to press on-screen buttons, touch them with your finger. The touchscreen is sensitive to the tiny electrical charge in our bodies, so you don’t need to press hard. Double-tap Tap quickly twice on a web page, map, a photograph or other screen to zoom. Double-tap a section of a web page in the browser to zoom fit it to the width of the screen. Double-tapping a piece of on-screen text can highlight a single…

Get Started Sidebar Widgets Sidebar Widgets Custom Homescreen The iPad’s Home screen sidebar has been overhauled for iPadOS 14. Widgets now carry more information and they’re available in three sizes; small, medium and large. The sidebar can be extensively customised too. Starting Out 1 You can set the Widgets sidebar to sit permanently on the Home screen or be shown and hidden as you please. Go to Settings > Home Screen & Dock, and use the switch marked ‘Keep Today View on Home Screen to set it. 2 With the switch on, the sidebar is always visible on the Home screen. If the switch is off or the iPad is in Portrait Mode, the sidebar can be opened and closed by swiping the screen right to show the sidebar and…

Get Started Gadgets Gallery Gadgets Gallery So you’ve got a new iPaad, 8th Generation or iPad Air, 4th generation. What now? Here’s some of the great peripherals and cases you can buy. Magic Keyboard Website: www.apple.com Price: From £299, $299, 330,45 € Apple’s own Magic Keyboard for iPad Air 4th gen, iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd and 4th gen andiPad Pro 11-inch (1st and 2nd gen has a built-in trackpad. You can turn your iPad into a notebook for working on the move. Apple Pencil Website: www.apple.com Price: £129, $129, 131,55 € The Apple Pencil, 2nd gen is compatible with the new iPad Air as well as some iPad Pro models. It’s great for artists and note-takers, and in iPadOS 14, you can write in almost any text field and have…

Built-in iPadOS Apps Safari Safari App Surf the Web Safari is the iPad’s bundled web browser. With it, you can surf the worldwide web, save your favourite pages as bookmarks, do your Internet shopping and more. In iPadOS 14, it’s faster too and boasts some great new features. Safari in Focus 1 These chevrons let you move forwards and backwards through your browsing history; use the left chevron to go back to the previous page and the right one to go forward again. If one or both chevrons are greyed, you can’t navigate in that direction at the moment. 2 Tap this to open your Bookmarks sidebar, from where you can open a bookmarked page, or one you’ve added to your reading list. You can also access a list of…

Built-in iPadOS Apps Notes Notes App Organise Your Life Notes is great. Not only can it store your scribblings, it can also be used to create checklists, add videos and pics, share notes with others and even collaborate on a note; and now, you can even add tables to a note. Notes in Focus 1 Tap this chevron to open the folders sidebar and choose a new folder. Swipe the sidebars left to close them. The currently open folder is the iCloud folder, which is synced across your Apple devices. 2 The three-dots icon here gives you a menu from where you can manage your notes, view them as a thumbnail gallery or see all the attachments you have stored in them. 3 Tap the tick icon to start a…

Built-in iPadOS Apps Clock Clock App World Time and More The Clock app does a lot more than tell the time. You can set alarms, check the time in cities all over the world and even use it as a stopwatch and countdown timer. It’s a versatile and often overlooked iPad app. Setting Alarms 1 Tap Alarm at the bottom of the screen to create and edit alarms. To set a new alarm, use the ‘+’ icon (top right). This opens an Add Alarm window. Use the keypad and the AM/PM switch to pick a time for the alarm to sound. Tap Save then choose which days the alarm plays, the sound, whether it can be snoozed and what it’s called. When set, an alarm clock icon appears at the…

Built-in iPadOS Apps Photos Photos App Manage Your Snaps The Photos app is a great photo manager and image editor. You can use it to store and manage your pictures, edit them to get the most out of your snaps and share albums with friends and family. It has a great new sidebar too. Photos in Focus 1 This sidebar is new for iPadOS 14. Show it by swiping in from the side of the screen or tapping the chevron in the top-left corner. To hide it, swipe it away or tap the screen away from the sidebar. 2 Customise the sidebar by tapping the Edit link. Use the three-lines icons to drag items up and down the list. 3 View your photos according to the year, month or day…

Built-in iPadOS Apps The MetaVRse Interview Interview//Where Next for the LiDAR Scanner? The iPad Pro’s LiDAR scanner is for more than just the Measure app. According to Alan Smithson, founder and CEO of MetaVRse, the virtual and augmented reality features it unlocks could be the future of learning. We caught up with him for a chat. “…the future of learning is spatial. Technologies such as spatial computing, computer vision, 3D scanning, photogrammetry, virtual, augmented and mixed reality are being bunched together now commonly know in enterprise as extended reality (XR)…” Q: Tell us about MetaVRse. A: The future of learning is spatial. Technologies such as spatial computing, computer vision, 3D scanning, photogrammetry, virtual, augmented and mixed reality are being bunched together now commonly know in enterprise as extended reality (XR).…

Built-in iPadOS Apps Books Books App For All Your eBooks With the Books app, you can turn your iPad into a powerful and feature-rich eBook reader. You can purchase and download books, read them on your iPad and add PDFs, so you can read your documents in the app too. Books in Focus 1 Tap the chevron here to close the currently open book and go back to your book collection. 2 This icon gives you access to the book’s contents and also any bookmarks and notes you made whilst reading it. 3 The title of the book you’re currently reading. 4 Tap here for a pop-up window that lets you enlarge or reduce the font size, change the font, adjust the screen brightness, change the colour of the page,…

Built-in iPadOS Apps Find My Find My Friends & Gadgets Find My is a merger of two apps; Find My Friends and Find My iPhone. With it, you can find lost or stolen Apple devices, including iPhones, iPads and Macs; and wipe them clean if you’ve given up on getting them back. You can also locate your friends or family members on the map and allow them to find you too. Just the thing if you’re all on a day out and at risk of losing each other. The People Tab 1 The Find My app is divided into three sections, represented by icons at the foot of the screen; People, Devices, and Me. Unsurprisingly, the People tab is for finding your friends. If it isn’t already selected, tap it.…

Built-in iPadOS Apps The Apple Pencil The Apple Pencil in the New iPadOS 14 The Apple Pencil transforms the iPad from a finger-based tool to a professional artist’s canvas. With it, you can sketch, draw, paint and write on the iPad, just like it was a physical piece of paper and it gets a boost in iPadOS 14! Let’s take a look at Apple Pencil and Scribble. If you own a first-generation Apple Pencil (the one with the silver band at the end), start by removing the cap at the top of the pencil to reveal a Lightning connector plug; make sure your iPad is switched on and unlocked, then plug the end of the Apple Pencil into the Lightning socket at the bottom of your iPad. An alert appears…

Introducing iPad & iPadOS 14 The iPad Family In the Autumn of 2020, Apple lifted the lid on two brand new iPads; the fourth generation of the popular iPad Air and the eighth generation of the regular iPad. The new tablets joined Apple’s iPad Pro and iPad mini, two models that weren’t updated but are still going strong. iPad’s range of smart tablets now looks impressively strong, with the new Air benefitting from technology developed for the Pro and the iPad is a great alternative for those on a budget. If you want a smaller tablet, take a look at the iPad mini and for high-needs users, the iPad Pro still rules supreme. On the following pages, let’s take a look at Apple’s iPad family, starting with the two new…

Apple One Apple One The New Subscription Service Apple’s range of streaming services are now available in one combined plan. Apple One What You Can Get Apple has some great subscription services, such as Apple TV+ for streaming original TV shows and movies, Apple Music for audio streaming and Apple Arcade for gamers. None of them are expensive but from Autumn 2020, you can save money by subscribing to Apple One instead. Apple One is available in three packages; Individual includes Apple Music, Apple TV+, Apple Arcade and 50GB of iCloud storage for £14.95/$14.95/14,95 € per month. Family includes Apple Music, Apple TV+, Apple Arcade and 200GB of iCloud storage for £19.95/$19.95/19,95 € per month, and can be shared among up to six family members. Premier, where available, includes Apple…

Introducing iPad and iPadOS 14 Buttons & Ports iPad Hardware Buttons and Ports Most iPads have Home buttons at the foot of the screen, with fingerprint readers for unlocking. The latest high-end iPads have no Home button but they do have Face ID. Here’s a guide to what’s where on both. iPads with a Home Button iPads with No Home Button Charging Your iPad. To charge, you need the Lightning or USB-C cable supplied with your iPad. Connect the larger end of this cable (the USB plug) to a computer or the mains adapter that came with your iPad. Make sure it’s the right way up in the socket. The smaller end (the Lightning or USB-C plug) goes into the slot in the base of your iPad (see below) and…

Get Started Internet Access Internet Access Start Surfing The Internet is a major part of your iPad experience and might well be one of the main reasons you chose to buy a tablet computer. Here’s how to get online with your iPad, using either a Wi-Fi network or a data connection. 1 To turn on Wi-Fi, go to Settings > Wi-Fi and turn Wi-Fi on (or you can use the Control Centre; see Control Centre tutorial), after which, the iPad searches for all networks in range of your device. 2 If you’re at home, pick your home network from the list and enter the security details to be allowed access. Take care to enter your password correctly, making sure, for example, that you don’t confuse the letter ‘O’ and a…

Get Started Using Folders On the Home Screen To keep your Home page in a tidy and usable state, you can group apps into folders, maybe all your games in a Gaming folder, for example. It’s a good way to organise your applications and makes navigating your iPad much easier. 1 To create a folder of apps, on the Home screen tap and hold an app until a pop-up appears. Choose Edit Home Screen and the icons wobble and a small X icon appears in their top left corner. Drag one app onto another and they’re grouped into a folder. Tap outside the folder box to return to the Home screen. Drag the other apps you wish to store there onto the new folder. 2 Tap Done (top right corner)…

Built-in iPadOS Apps Mail Mail App For Your Emails The iPad is great for keeping in touch via email. Its bundled Mail app can send, receive and forward emails, send an email to a group, add attachments and more. Here’s how to use this popular iPad application. Mail in Focus 1 The column on the left of the screen currently shows your Inbox. Tap here to go back and choose another mailbox, such as Drafts, Sent, Junk, and your VIP emails. 2 Tap the Edit link and a circle appears beside every email in your inbox. Tap a circle to check it and then tap Mark, Move, or Delete, at the foot of the column, to action all the emails you selected with Edit. 3 Tap the Rubbish bin icon…

Built-in iPadOS Apps Reminders Reminders App Never Forget Again The Reminders app has gained a few new features in iPadOS 14. When sharing a list, you can assign reminders to specific individuals, you can edit multiple reminders at once and you can use Emoji and symbols too. Reminders in Focus 1 Use the improved search field to search the app for people, locations and notes, individual lists and reminders. 2 Tap this link to edit your lists. Delete them with the minus sign, reorder by dragging their three-line icons up and down and tap the ‘i’ icon to rename a list, change its colour or choose a new icon. You can rearrange or hide smart lists too. 3 This is the Reminders app’s front page, showing smart lists as well…

Built-in iPadOS Apps Calendar Calendar App Plan Your Dates Calendar is great for organising your life. You can add events, appointments, schedule alerts, invite contacts to events and sync Calendar with other calendar apps. It’s an extremely versatile and helpful digital tool. Calendar in Focus 1 Tap here to open and close a sidebar showing a list of all the calendars you have set up in the Calendar app. 2 Invitations you’ve been sent by other people are stored in your inbox. From there you can accept or decline the invitation. Tap here to open this inbox. 3 Tap here for a sidebar showing today’s entries in your Calendar app. When exploring your calendars, it’s a useful way to look at today’s events without moving from the currently selected page.…

Built-in iPadOS Apps Camera Camera App Take Better Pictures The Camera app is one of the most used apps on the iPad. You can take pictures using the rear-mounted iSight or front-facing FaceTime or TrueDepth cameras, as well as record videos and lots more. Camera in Focus 1 The FaceTime or TrueDepth (front) and iSight (rear) cameras. The front camera is for selfies and video chats and the iSight camera is for general photography. 2 This grid overlay helps you to compose your photo or video. It can be turned off in Settings if you find it distracting. 3 The zoom slider. Move the slider to zoom in or out. You can of course use the regular pinch/spread gestures anywhere on the screen too. 4 This square shows where the…

Built-in iPadOS Apps Maps Maps App Navigate Your World Maps is a superb navigational tool that turns your iPad into a GPS system. Making great use of the iPad’s location awareness, it gives you an accurate map of your location, shows directions to where you want to go and more. Maps in Focus 1 You can search for nearby facilities and features using the Search field. Here we searched for Fast Food and found 30 outlets. 2 Tap the X icon to close the search results, showing more of the map. 3 If you move the map around, tapping this button lets you repeat the search for the area you’re now looking at. 4 Tap the ‘i’ for the Maps Settings pop-up window, where you can switch between a normal,…

Built-in iPadOS Apps Music Music App Enjoy Your Sounds The Music app is your gateway to the Apple Music service, from which you can stream from a library of over 60 million songs for a set monthly fee. You can listen to music bought from iTunes and ripped from your CDs too. Music in Focus 1 To access the Music app’s sidebar in portrait mode, swipe in from the side of the screen or tap the Music link (top left). In landscape mode, it’s always there. 2 Tap the Edit link and you can hide, show and reorder options in the Library section of the sidebar. 3 Tap here for your account details. You can redeem an iTunes card, manage your Apple Music subscription and more. 4 Tap here for…

Built-in iPadOS Apps News News App Stories and Features If you regularly trawl the web for news and features on subjects that interest you, the News app should be a welcome addition. It gathers stories from numerous sources into one place making them easier for you to find. News in Focus 1 Open this sidebar by tapping the icon in the top left corner of the screen. Close it by tapping the news stories on the right. 2 Tap here to edit your sidebar, moving and deleting entries. 3 Tap here to search for news items and features. This is useful if there’s something in the news you want to read about and want to find a variety of sources that are talking about it. 4 Today takes you to…

Built-in iPadOS Apps iTunes Store iTunes Store App For Digital Media You can buy and download media for your iPad at the iTunes Store. You can also buy or rent movies and TV shows and sample short snippets of songs before buying them. Here’s how to purchase your digital media. iTunes Store in Focus 1 Tap here for a pop-up window that lets you filter the music offered on this page according to its genre. Available genres include Blues, Rock, Jazz, Metal and more. Scroll the Genres list all the way to the bottom for the Tones option, which lets you filter available ringtones by their genre. 2 The title of the current page. At the moment, as you can see, we’re on the Music page of the iTunes Store,…

Built-in iPadOS Apps The Apple Pencil More Scribbling! Let's take a look at what else you can do with the Scribble feature. Draw Shapes. If you draw a regular shape using your Apple Pencil, it’s automatically converted into a geometrically sound graphic. As soon as you lift the pencil, the shape is automatically reshaped, like the hexagon lampshade drawn here. The new, geometric shape retains the size and angle of the one you drew. Write in Text Fields You can also use the Apple Pencil to write in text fields such as the URL bar in Safari or a search field in any app. You just write whatever it is you need to write into the text field using Apple Pencil and your own handwriting, then it’s automatically converted into…

Introducing iPad and iPadOS 14 iPad Air iPad Air Most Advanced Chip Ever The 2020 version of the iPad Air makes considerable advances over its predecessor, but what exactly are those changes? Unlike previous models of the iPad Air, the fourth generation model has an edge to edge screen. Like the recent versions of the iPad Pro, there’s no Home button on the new iPad Air. Instead, the touchscreen extends all the way to the bottom of the device, with very little bezel. This has allowed for a larger, 10.9-inch Liquid Retina display with 3.8 million pixels. The screen also boasts advanced technologies and features such as full lamination, P3 wide colour support, True Tone and an anti-reflective coating New Touch ID Button Previous generations of iPad Air used a Home…

Introducing iPad and iPadOS 14 iPad Pro iPad Pro The Ultimate iPad The iPad Pro is Apple’s premium tablet. It benefits from a LiDAR scanner around the back, and better storage capacity options than its stable mates. Powered by iPadOS. The iPad Pro really gets the most from the new iPadOS 14 operating system. On a Pro, it’s fast, feature-packed and very responsive. Despite being at the top of Apple’s iPad range, the new iPad Air has the better processor. The iPad Pro’s A12Z CPU is no slouch though, with its eight-core GPU, eight-core CPU and Neural Engine. The iPad Pro is the only tablet in Apple’s range that has Face ID instead of Touch ID, and if you need a lot of storage space, the Pro is your only…

Get Started Apple ID Your Apple ID How to Set it Up If you didn’t register for an Apple ID during the initial setup of your iPad, you can set one up whenever you please, directly from the Settings app. If you want a new one, sign out with your old one and follow this guide. Either way, you’ll soon be up and running with an all-important Apple ID. 1 Open Settings from the Home screen and scroll to the top of the left hand column. Tap ‘Sign in to your iPad’ right at the top of the list, then in the pop-up window, tap ‘Don’t have an Apple ID or forgot it?’ 2 Tap ‘Create Apple ID’ in the next window and then, when instructed, enter your first name,…

Get Started Setting Up Email Setting Up Email Configure it Your iPad can send and receive email but first you must set up your email accounts. This is how to do it whether you’re using an iCloud account, a free web account or one from the company that provides your Internet service. Set Up iCloud Mail 1 Tap the Settings icon located on the Home screen of your iPad and scroll down on the left side panel and select the Mail option. From here, tap the Accounts option and then tap the Add Account link to start adding a new account on your iPad. 2 Your Apple ID’s iCloud email is likely already signed in; when you first set up. If you want to add another iCloud email account, tap…

Get Started Control Centre Control Centre Access Made Easy The Control Centre is a great way to access commonly used iPad features, such as the audio controls or Screen Mirroring and you can customise it to suit your own needs. Here’s a guide to the iPad’s Control Centre. Control Centre in Focus 1 In this box, you can turn (clockwise, from top left) Airplane Mode, AirDrop, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi on and off. Tap and hold the main box for a bigger version. Turning off Bluetooth or Wi-Fi is temporary, they’re only switched off until the next day. 2 This box shows what you are currently listening to. Tap and hold for more options, including volume control and an option to play your sounds through external speakers. 3 To open the…

Folders and Bluetooth AirDrop & Bluetooth Stream and Transfer AirDrop is great for transferring files from your iPad to another Apple device and Bluetooth is used for wirelessly streaming sound and other data, maybe to speakers or headphones. Here’s how to use these two features. Transfer Files with AirDrop. 1 You can send files to other Apple devices using AirDrop, but Wi-Fi and Bluetooth must be switched on. Open the file, tap the Share icon. People to whom you can AirDrop are shown at the top of the window; look for the AirDrop icon. Tap the person to whom you want to send the file. 2 Use Settings > General > AirDrop to determine whether receiving via AirDrop is on or off, share only with people in your Contacts app,…

Built-in iPadOS Apps Home Home App Control Your Gadgets The Internet of Things involves controlling your household appliances and electronic gadgets remotely, over the Internet. HomeKit-compatible devices can be controlled directly from the Home application. Here’s how. Home in Focus 1 Tap the home icon in the top left for a pop-up allowing you to access your Home Settings and Room Settings. Home Settings cover the whole of the house, while Room Settings let you set up specific rooms. 2 The Plus icon pop-up allows you to add a HomeKit-compatible accessory or add a scene; a group of accessory instructions activated with a single tap. 3 This is the current name of your home. To change it, tap the Home icon (1), Home Settings and then tap the Name field…

Built-in iPadOS Apps Messages Messages App Texts on Your iPad Messages has gained some great new features in iPadOS 14. You can pin your favourite conversations to the top of the list, customise group conversations with a photo, emoji or memoji and lots more. Messages in Focus 1 Tap Edit for a three-option pop-up. Select Messages lets you mark conversations to mark as read/unread or delete in one go, Edit Pins is for pinning and unpinning conversations and Edit Name and Photo lets you change these things. 2 Tap here to open a new, blank message, which you can then write and send in the usual way. To message someone you’ve already chatted with, you can tap their name in the left hand sidebar instead. 3 This is the person…

Built-in iPadOS Apps Contacts Contacts App Your Digital Details You can use your iPad as a great digital address book, to keep names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses and more all in one place. You can sync your Contacts app with other electronic devices too. Contacts in Focus 1 Search your contacts by typing a name or part name here. Suggestions are offered. You can also search for other things on a contact card, like your notes. 2 Tap here to cancel a search and list all your contacts once more. 3 The name and picture of your currently open contact. If you don’t have a picture added, the person’s initials are shown here in a grey circle. 4 Tap Edit to add, remove or change information on the contact…

Built-in iPadOS Apps Compose Your Photos Compose Your Photos Even if you’re using the best camera in the world, your photos look poor if they’re badly composed. Here, our digital photography expert Mark Frost shares with us some of his composition secrets. These terrific tips work with any camera, not just the iPad. The difference between a good shot of your favourite view or subject and a truly awesome one is simply down to how you compose the shot and the elements within it. A tree here, a lake there, it all adds up to elevate a photo to a piece of photographic art. The first and most important thing to remember is to take your time. Look at the scene in the viewfinder or on your monitor and try…

Built-in iPadOS Apps Measure Measure App Virtual Dimensions Augmented reality’s usefulness is highlighted by Apple’s Measure app. It does exactly what its name suggests; acting as a virtual tape measure to work out dimensions of items or the distance between them. Let’s see what it can do. Measure in Focus 1 The back arrow undoes the last command but doesn’t clear all the points of a multi-point measurement. 2 Measure is designed to calculate the distance between fixed points such as the height of this church or width of the window. 3 The Clear button gets rid of all the current measurements so you can move on to the next one. 4 You will need to direct Measure to the object you’d like to measure by hovering over it. 5…

Built-in iPadOS Apps TV TV App Television On the Go The TV app is a convenient way to watch your favourite television on your iPad. You can use it to stream on-demand shows and watch live TV; and if you subscribe to Apple’s TV+ service, you can watch that too. 1 On the TV app, tap the icon, in the top right corner of the screen, to sign into your Apple account. Enter your Apple ID and Password in the fields provided and then tap the Sign In link below them. If you haven’t yet got an Apple ID, set one up now. 2 When signed in, tap the top right icon to obtain this window, from where you can manage: your account (tap your name), services to which you’ve…

Built-in iPadOS Apps FaceTime FaceTime App Audio and Video Calls FaceTime is for audio and video calling over the Internet. With it you can chat with anyone who has a Mac, iPhone or iPad; and as it’s an Internet service, it’s free. Incoming calls no longer take up the whole screen too. FaceTime in Focus 1 This is your own video feed, as sent from your iPad. You can drag this window into a different corner of the screen if you wish. 2 The is the video feed window for the person you are chatting to, sent from their own iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch or Mac. 3 Tap here to take a Live Photo of the person you’re chatting to. See our guide to the Camera app for information on…

Built-in iPadOS Apps App Store The App Store A World of Apps The App Store is where you buy new apps for your iPad. Games, productivity software, entertainment applications and more. You name it, you can find it on the App Store. Some apps are free, others you pay for. App Store in Focus 1 The App Store’s Today screen gives you the pick of new releases, chosen each day by Apple’s editors. Scroll up for the previous days’ selection of chosen apps, featured and trending apps and more. 2 Tap here to get to your account details, to redeem a card, send an app as a gift, update apps, check on the apps you’ve previously purchased, or sign out of the App Store. 3 These are the apps, and…