Your iPad is extremely useful, but perhaps you haven’t realized its full potential. You can easily use this powerful tool when you have the know-how and facts you need. Keep reading to get knowledge of how to utilize your iPad during your daily life.

Would you prefer not to use Google with your iPad? You can choose another search engine with a minimum of fuss. From the Settings menu, choose Safari and then choose Search Engine. Choose the search engine you want from the list of installed engines. The initial choices include Google, Bing, and Yahoo.

Keep your kids safe when they use your tablet to go online. Go to Settings, General, and then Restrictions. You can then get to where you can enable setting restrictions. That way, you can keep your kids away from adult-oriented material. Adult videos and other mature content will be restricted.

If you want to sync your Google Calendar with the iPad’s native calendar app, open the settings menu and navigate to Mail > Contacts > Calendars. Choose Other under Add An Account. Choose “CalDAV” as the account type and type in your Google credentials. You can then exit the settings and access the calender through the app. Now you should have everything you need there!

Swiping doesn’t work in the Calendar app. Try using navigation so you can choose your date. The current day is marked in blue and should be easy to notice.

Would you like to see more than 2 lines of text when previewing an email? Go to settings – mail – preview to change it. Change this setting to show however many lines you want. This ensures you know what your emails say.

Do not dismiss the iPad’s cloud function if you are always connected online. You can store your files on this server without taking too much space on your iPad. Use the cloud service as well as the device for storing important documents.

You can use iPad to listen to iTunes. If you have an account on iTunes full of songs and don’t like the idea of spending the time it takes to re-download them, there is an easy way around it. All you have to do is enable Home Sharing, which will sync up your iPad. Then, you can go to the app you have for music, click More and then Shared. Start listening to your music!

Getting a sound alert every time you receive an email can be very annoying. Are you aware of a quick way to disable that unwanted sound? Tap on “Settings”, and then select “General”. Then select Sounds. Now you can disable the mail sounds or fix the level.

Are you sick of typing? You should try out the feature for dictation instead. Located on the keyboard is a microphone symbol. Once you have clicked on this you can simply say what you would normally type. Re-click the symbol once you are done. When you double click it, the words change to text, and you’re able to change any error you made.

Is the battery percentage annoying or distracting you? You can disable that. Start by going to Settings. Then find General and next go to Usage. In Usage, you are able to turn off the battery percentage icon.

You don’t have to use the film roll icon to look at pictures. Instead, you can use one finger to swipe to the right, and voila, there is your picture or video. To view previous photos you have taken, just keep swiping to the left.

You may be tempted to hold your iPad by its sides when you take pictures. This way, the shutter button might move, and there could be wobbling as you shoot the photo. Try using the lock for orientation. It ensures the shutter button is simple to reach. After taking the photo, just use image editor to rotate the videos or images afterward.

The battery life on your iPad needs to be managed to maximize functionality. Keep it away from very hot locations, like sitting in a car in direct sunlight. Adjust screen brightness downward if you can. When you are not using the Internet, set it to airplane mode. It is also a good idea to turn off Push. Check email manually.

Have you ever wanted to learn how to take a screenshot quickly? You’d be surprised how easy this is. Just press and hold on Home and Sleep/Wake at the same time. You’ll see a flash, hear a click and the screenshot will be taken. Screenshots save automatically.

It is possible to download photos from your camera right to your iPad. There is no need for a third machine. With the new SD card reader, you can just place your card into your iPad to get your photos. Doing so makes your device a type of external hard drive, perfect for storing anything.

Google does not have to be the only search engine you use. In the settings app, navigate to Safari > Search Engine. This lets you change to Yahoo or Bing.

If you discover that plugging your iPad into the front side of your computer does not charge it, then try plugging instead into the rear of the machine. USB ports are not created equally. The ones near the front of your computer usually contain lower power than the ones in the back. If you try plugging it in the back and this still isn’t effective, then you need to purchase a USB adapter.

You can easily copy and paste using the iPad, just tap on the desired text, hold until the dialog box opens, then choose Select. Next, tap ‘copy,’ switch to a different app, then tap again and hold down. This will allow a menu to come up and then paste. If you have a significant amount of sentences to copy, you may have to tap multiple times.

Your daily iPad use will be a snap after reading the article above. You can use your iPad for almost everything. What you’ve learned here will help you truly enjoy your tablet.