The iPad can’t function for you when you do not use it correctly. It is essential to learn about its functionality. Keep reading to become an advanced iPad user.

Watch the amount of money you are putting out for iPad applications. When you own an iPad, it is incredibly easy to run up a large itunes bill due to the fact that itunes stores your credit card details and buying apps only involves a few clicks. Because of this, ensure that you don’t spend more than you have.

Have you ever mistakenly opened a noisy app? You can mute your volume quickly by pressing and holding on the volume down button until the sound is turned off. If you use the mute button a lot, you can configure the lock orientation button to function as a mute button.

When your password is entered 10 times, your iPad erases – is this a function you’d like to turn on? This will erase everything on your phone if someone has not figured out the code after 10 tries.

Many people find it difficult to type on tablets, but it gets easier with time. There is a speech dictation function on your iPad. All you have to do is quickly double click the Home button and then select the image of a microphone. After you have finished dictating the words, hit the microphone button again to see how it came out in text form.

There is no hard-copy manual for iPad, but if you want one, you can download it and print it. Apple wants to be as minimalistic as possible and wants you to get one off the Internet instead of shipping them with their products.

If you want to maximize your iPad’s potential, apply the information that you have learned here. Knowledge of iPads can help you expand the device’s utility beyond what you ever thought possible, as long as you are willing to put that know-how to work.