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12 Best Offline Games for iPad You Should Play
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How to Use Image Wand on iPad with iPadOS 18
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iPad Mini 7: Affordable Apple Intelligence Experience with Some Annoying Limitations
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Thanks to the A17 Pro chipset and 8GB of RAM, the latest iPad Mini 7 is the cheapest way to experience Apple Intelligence features. However, certain limitations holds the iPad Mini 7 back from becoming the perfect device.
12 Best iPad Apps Every iPad User Needs
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All iPadOS 18 Supported Devices: Is Your iPad Compatible with iPadOS 18 Update?
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Apple has unveiled iPadOS 18, the next major update for iPads. Building on iOS 18, it boasts exciting features like on-device and cloud AI, enhanced Siri interactions, a dedicated Passwords app, a redesigned Photos app, and—long awaited by many—a native Calculator app. Here's a list of all the devices that will be able to upgrade to iPadOS 18 later this year.
To fix an unresponsive touch screen on an iPad, you must clean the screen, force restart your device, remove the screen protector, check your charger, or try the Touch Accommodations feature. You can also free up some space on your iPad, delete misbehaving apps, or update iPadOS. If nothing works, you can resort to the last step of a factory reset. In case you're still stuck with the same issue, you must contact Apple.
If your iPad won't turn on, you can force restart your device, connect it to a charger, check battery health, or update iPadOS using a Mac or PC. In case there's an error in the iPadOS installation, you can update your iPad in Recovery mode or DFU mode. If nothing works, it could be a hardware failure and you must contact Apple in such cases.
Apple has plans to refresh its most portable tablet in 2024. The upcoming iPad mini 7 is expected to arrive with display improvements to fix the jelly scrolling issue, a new chipset with Apple Intelligence support, camera upgrades, and Apple Pencil Pro support. Here's everything we know about the upcoming iPad mini 7.
To fix iPad battery drain problems, restart your device, check battery usage, check battery health, and make sure your iPad isn't exposed to a high temperature. You can also use Low Power Mode, disable Background App Refresh, reduce screen brightness, or update iPadOS. If nothing works, you can perform a factory reset on your iPad.
Now that the 2024 iPad Pro M4 and iPad Air M2 have hit the markets, you can spot some amazing deals on the previous iPad models. Also, you can get your hands on some once-in-a-while deals on the latest iPad models. At the moment, retailers like Amazon and Best Buy offer some great discounts on iPads this summer. Read on to know the best deals on iPads available at the moment.
Dark Mode offers a more comfortable viewing experience in low-light conditions. To enable Dark Mode in Settings on an iPhone, go to Settings > Display & Brightness > Dark Mode. You can also go to Control Center, long-press the Brightness slider, and choose Dark Mode. Finally, you can ask Siri to turn on or off Dark Mode on iOS.
Apple improved the Files app in iOS 18 and iPadOS 18 to ensure your important files are always available offline. The File app has a new Keep Downloaded feature that lets you permanently save all your important files for offline access. To save a file permanently, open the Files app, long-press a file or folder and choose the Keep Downloaded option.
The latest iPadOS 18 offers a new tab bar now floats at the top of the screen, so you can jump to different parts of an app at the press of a button. It offers quick access to the areas of the apps you visit the most. You can also customize the floating tab bar in iPadOS 18 to include your favorite tabs. For this, simply long-press on the tab bar, it will bring up the sidebar with different menu items, then drag one of the highlighted items to the tab bar. Bear in mind that you can only customize tab bars only in apps that have a sidebar with additional menu items to choose from.
Right from taking notes and drawing to editing and graphics design tasks, Apple offers some great iPad options for anyone studying in a school, college, or university. The iPad Air 2024 is an all-rounder that offers the best value for money. The latest 11-inch iPad Pro M4 is a great option for technology and engineering students. The iPad mini 6 makes the best iPad for note-taking. The 13-inch iPad Pro M4 is a solid laptop replacement, whereas the iPad 10 is the best budget option.
To enable Guided Access on an iPad, go to Settings -> Accessibility -> Guided Access and turn this feature on. Now, open an app you wish to use and triple-press the Top or Home button to start a Guided Access session. Once you're done, triple-press the Top button or Home button, enter the passcode, and hit the End button.
The 2024 iPad Pro is a beautifully thin and impressive tablet with a Tandem OLED display, a powerful M4 chipset, and other upgrades. Apple silently pushed some major changes to the table, making it harder to know what's changed and what's missing. Read on to know the 5 major untold features about the new 2024 iPad Pro.
M4 iPad Pro Outperforms the $2000 M2 Max Mac Studio (but iPadOS holds it back)
Anmol Sachdeva
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Apple has released the new iPad Pro with a mighty powerful M4 chipset. As per benchmarks, the M4 chip smokes even the $2,000 Mac Studio with the M2 Max chip. While this makes iPad Pro really powerful but will be able to harness that power with the incapable and half-baked iPadOS?
Apple offers a nano-texture glass option for 1TB and 2TB storage variants of the new OLED iPad Pro. The nano-texture glass coating can significantly reduce glare without affecting the overall image quality. They are especially designed for users who work in challenging lighting conditions or deal with color-managed workflows.
The latest M4 iPad Pro features the much-anticipated OLED display that Apple calls "Tandem OLED". A Tandem OLED panel has multiple OLED screens stacked on top of each other. The new OLED iPad Pro offers several benefits like higher brightness levels, perfect blacks, and a better contrast ratio.
Apple just announced the brand-new iPad Air 6th generation as an upgrade to the iPad Air 5th generation that released in March 2022. The new model comes in two different sizes - 11-inch and 13-inch with an improved Apple M2 chip, landscape front-facing camera, Wi-Fi 6E, and Bluetooth 5.3.
Apple Pencil Pro vs USB-C vs Gen 2 vs Gen 1: Specs Comparison and Compatibility
Kanika Gogia
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Apple launched the new Apple Pencil Pro with some exciting features like barrel roll & squeeze gestures and Find My App support. In case you're planning to buy an Apple Pencil or are excited to swap the older stylus for a new one, we've compared all the Apple Pencils based on the features offered and their pricing.
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Apple has unveiled its powerful next-gen chipset, the M4 with the OLED iPad Pro. In comparison to the Apple M2, the M4 delivers 1.5x better CPU performance, 4x better GPU performance, and 2x improvements in Neural Engine performance. It also packs a slightly faster memory and overall, the M4 brings big improvements over the M2.
Apple unveiled the much-awaited OLED iPad Pro at its "Let Loose" event on May 7, 2024. The latest iPad Pro is a well-designed device that packs everything you would expect from a premium tablet. The M4 chipset should fairly make the new iPad Pro future-proof. If you're a casual user, you might not feel a huge difference between the two iPads. On the flip side, if you're a video editor or someone who's into heavy-duty design, the 2024 iPad Pro makes a worthy upgrade.
New iPad Pro and iPad Air India Pricing Out: Here’s How Much It Costs
Anmol Sachdeva
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Apple has announced new iPad Pro and iPad Air models at its recently concluded events. The new iPad Air arrives with the M2 chip and new colors, whereas the iPad Air is powered by Apple's new M4 chip. Here are the pricing for 2024 iPad Air and iPad Pro models in India.
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Apple has upgraded the Apple Pencil with a Pro moniker for the new M4 iPad Pro. The new Apple Pencil Pro brings four exciting new features, including barrel roll, squeeze to open a tool palette, Find My support, and more.
Apple unveiled new iPad models at its Let Loose event after almost a two year break. The new iPads are accompanied by the Apple Pencil Pro, which brings quite a few new features. So, in this guide, find out which iPad models are compatible with the the Apple Pencil Pro.
The first and easiest way to find a lost Apple Pencil is to use your connected iPad. Open Settings -> Bluetooth, and if your Apple Pencil appears to be Connected, it should be between a range of 30 feet. You can also use a Bluetooth tracker app to track your Apple Pencil location. Since Apple Pencil doesn't work with Find My, you will have to manually retrace your steps to find your missing Apple Pencil.
How to Get iPad Student Discount [2024 Guide]
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Generally, you can find most downloads on the iPad in the Downloads folder located within the Files app. Open Files -> iCloud Drive -> Downloads to find saved files and PDFs on your iPad. If you've downloaded images, links, or other files from Safari, you can access them using the Downloads icon in the Safari app.
There are several ways to unlock a disabled iPad without a passcode. First, you can restore your iPad in Recovery mode to erase all the existing data and set up the device again. Then, you can also use iCloud or the iPad Reset option to unlock an iPad without a passcode. Finally, on iPads running iPadOS 17, Apple allows you to use an older passcode to reset the new passcode and unlock your iPad.
iPads do not have a Battery Health feature that's available on all iPhones and Macs. To check iPad battery health, go to Settings > Privacy & Security > Analytics & Improvement > Analytics Data and choose the latest Analytics file. Then, look for "MaximumBatteryPercent" to know the current battery status.
If your Apple Pencil isn't working, there are various ways to fix it. First, make sure that your Apple Pencil is compatible with your iPad. Second, check the Pencil's battery level, and if needed, put it to charge. Third, make sure Bluetooth is enabled on your iPad. You can also restart your iPad, tighten the Pencil's nib, or reconnect it to your iPad to fix an unresponsive Apple Pencil.
There are several ways to block YouTube on an iPad. First, if you wish to lock the YouTube app, you can use the Screen Time settings or remove the app & block new app installs. Second, if you wish to block YouTube on Safari on iPad, you can add restrictions in the Screen Time settings. You can also use Guided Access or set a time limit for YouTube.
There are several ways to make the keyboard bigger on your iPad. First, you can switch to Landscape mode to enlarge your iPad's built-in keyboard. Second, if your iPad keyboard appears to be small, disable the Floating keyboard or Split keyboard options on your device. You can also go for third-party apps to get a bigger iPad keyboard.
You can delete third-party and several first-party apps from your iPad. When you delete apps on the iPad, it will remove the app and all associated data. You can delete apps on an iPad from the Home Screen, App Library, and Settings app. If you don't want to delete an app, you can offload that app to save storage space.
On iPads without a Home button, swipe up from the bottom of the screen, pause in the middle, then then swipe up on the app you wish to close. On iPads with a Home button, double-press the Home button to see recently opened apps, and then swipe up on the app preview card to close that app.
To turn off an iPad with the Home button, press and hold the power button, and then drag the power slider to the right. For iPads without a Home button, press and hold the top and either of the volume buttons at the same time to power it down. To turn on any iPad, long press the power button until you see the Apple logo. In case of any software glitches or hardware issues, your iPad might not turn on/off.
Split Screen on iPad allows you to use two apps simultaneously or two instances of an app, side by side. You can multitask efficiently by dragging and resizing the app windows, enhancing productivity and convenience. To enter split screen, tap on the three dot icon on the top of any app window and then choose the Split View option.
To check which iPad generation you have, you first need to find out your iPad's model number from the Settings app or at the back of your tablet. If your iPad won't turn on and the back has scratched, check external characteristics like the presence of the Home Button or the number of rear cameras. Finally, use the tables to find out exactly which iPad generation you own.
There can be instances when your iPad Pro won't charge or your iPad Air charges very slowly. We've mentioned the most common reasons for iPad not charging problems, along with 8 effective ways to fix them. These fixes can help you get rid of those frustrating situations and help you charge your iPad without any issues. Read on to know all the details.
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