As an iPad owner, you probably know these devices are amazing. You can do everything from type documents, record yourself singing, draw, and nearly anything else you can think of. Sadly, you won’t be able to utilize this device fully if you don’t have the right knowledge. Read further and you’ll encounter several great tips from iPad owners wanting to teach the new users about an amazing product.

Are you tired of being constantly bothered by notifications for joining a Wi-Fi network? If you answered “Yes!”, this can easily be rectified. Visit “settings” and then “Wi-Fi” and deactivate your “ask to join” option. You will still be able to hop on a network if you desire. You will still be able to, but you won’t be pestered by never-ending notifications.

Download the manual onto your iPad if you need it. Apple believes in a paperless environment, and they prefer offering it digitally instead of in print.

If you read using iBooks, you might feel the need to reduce the iPad’s brightness in order to make it feel more like a real book. This can be done by going to Settings and going to Brightness, however, there is another method. The iBooks app also has its own brightness adjustor that you can adjust quickly.

You can adjust the settings so you can see more than a couple of lines from the emails in your inbox. Open the settings app, then choose “mail” on the left side. Next, tap on the “preview” setting. Change this to “5 lines.” It will be easier to go through your emails if you can eliminate the unimportant ones right away.

Use your iPad to enjoy music purchased from iTunes. There is a simple way to access your iTunes account without having to reinvent the wheel on your new device. Just allow “Home Sharing” on the iPad and iTunes. In the iPad’s Music app, click on More and then Shared. Then listen away!

If you’ve got a frozen iPad, do a soft reset which will reboot the device. Hold down both the power and home buttons for a few seconds. Wait for your iPad to reboot. If you want an application to shut down, hold your home button down for several seconds.

The iPad’s default setting shows two lines of every email prior to it being opened. Sometimes, you may want to have a larger preview. Under Settings, tap on Mail. After you go to “mail”, choose “contacts” and “calendar” in order to see additional lines of text before opening your messages.

Bookmarks can be made easy to find. Simply always have the Bookmarks bar open. Open Safari and choose ‘settings’. You should be able to find the option to enable constant display of your bookmarks. This prevents you from having to click a lot in order to visit your favorite websites.

Have you found your iPad to be sluggish in navigation, and slower than it was in loading apps? Have you gone through all of the information and data you have stored on your machine and deleted all that you aren’t using anymore, but your iPad is still slow? Use iCloud to clear out more space! For a lot of users, the iPad becomes a lot faster and more smooth when they do this.

Here’s a quick trick to mute your iPad sound. Just depress the volume button for only 2 seconds. This is a lot easier than constantly adjusting the volume controls. Hold it one more time to revert the volume.

If you watch many videos with the iPad, you might want to think about a longer cord. This allows you to watch videos whenever your iPad is charging so that you can use your internal battery for other purposes.

Do you have an Apple TV along with an iPad? If so, you can stream iPad content to your television. You can tell what content can be streamed by the Airplay icon; if you touch it, it can display an image, slideshow, and even a video on your television.

Looking at a PDF file is difficult on any computer. Thankfully, the iPad helps to make the viewing of these particular documents easier due to excellent apps. The iPad can view PDF’s as well as sync them with other devices. Functionality like that is great for workers, businesses and students.

You can’t go from day to day by simply swiping the calendar function. Try using the navigation bar near the bottom of your screen to pick the date you wish to view. Blue marks the current day, which is easily noticeable.

If you don’t want your children viewing mature content, you can change the settings on your iPad to block it. Access the settings and set limits on the availability of mature content. You can block anything you want from here.

Double-clicking the home key will allow you to change open apps very quickly. Choose the app you need to go to by tapping on it. Do this again if you want to get back to where you originally were.

You need not press the camera roll icon to see a video or picture you take. You can just swipe right with your finger, and you will see the last picture or video you took. You can look at previous pictures by going left.

It’s so simple to send photos to loved ones. There is a quicker way than sending an email with an attachment. GO under photos to choose one to send and then go to email.

Have you ever seen a picture on the web while using your iPad that you’d like to save? This is a breeze. Just tap and hold it on the image. You will them be prompted to save. A copy will be kept on your iPad, and you can get to it whenever you want.

With the advice you read here, you will find the iPad to be more useful. You can even share this advice with other iPad owners you know. You will feel great knowing you can help other people by passing on your new knowledge.