The speed at which technology advances truly is a miraculous thing. Technology is getting stronger, but also arriving in smaller packages every year. The iPad is the greatest new gadget on the market, and the following tips will help you get better acquainted with this new device.

The iOS on the iPad now supports folders. To use, hold down your finger on the app you want until it moves, drag that app atop another icon, and finally, let it go. When you do that, it creates a folder containing the two apps and labels them with an appropriate category. You can also rename the folder easily.

Keep up with your spending on apps. It’s easy to rack up credit card bills with such engaging and entertaining applications that are just a click away. Because of this, you need to keep track of what you spend.

If you want to browse a new web page without losing track of what you were browsing before, use the tabbed browsing feature. When you find a website in Safari, hold your finger on the link. A menu will appear. You can open your links in new tabs when the pop-up menu shows.

Search Engine

Google does not have to be the only search engine you use. Simply navigate to Settings, Safari, and then Search Engine. Then you can change your default search engine to one of the options provided.

This a useful trick if you need to mute the sound of your iPad quickly. Just hold down the volume button for two full seconds. This saves a lot of time. Repeat the process if you want to get back to the default setting.

The iPad can be instantly muted. The original iPad did not have a mute button. Prior to iOS 4.3 you had to use the lock switch to mute the sound or lock your iPad’s orientation. Just tap and hold volume-down to quickly mute sound.

If you want to use the copy and paste feature on the iPad, you can click it and drag to select text. After clicking copy, you can go into another application and place your finger down where you would like the text to go. A pop-up menu will appear, from which you should tap ‘paste.’ If you have a significant amount of sentences to copy, you may have to tap multiple times.

Do you hate not knowing exactly where hyperlinked words lead? You can easily solve this. Since you can’t hover over words like on a regular computer, you may touch and hold that word. That will show you the URL from the hyperlink.

You can paste and copy text using the iPad. Tap on the text and hold to copy. Next choose select for the text you would like to copy. Tap once more after the text appears in yellow highlight. Then select Copy. You can now paste in the text if you just tap, hold and select “paste.”

A great resource for any question regarding your iPad is an online forum. Lots of websites focus on iPads and can help you learn how to use the device to its full advantage. Give the proper introduction and try to take in as much information as possible.

To extend the battery life of your iPad, turn down the screen brightness. Try this option if you are concerned about your battery life while waiting for an urgent email or message. Double touch the Home button and find the sun icon to reduce the level of light on your screen.

You might not think much about the dangers of using the iPad, but you should set the security of your iPad adequately. You never know when you might lose the iPad, and you might have sensitive information there you do not want anyone to see.

Many people are annoyed by the on-screen indicator listing how much charge their battery holds. Fortunately, there is a way to easily remove this feature. Go to settings, then go to general, and then usage. Here you can disable it. If you later wish to replace it, visit the same places.

Use the notification settings feature. Many apps have a habit of alerting you about every little thing. You can remedy this by choosing Settings and then Notifications. This lets you choose which apps can alert you and which cannot. That way, you only get alerts from apps that are important to you.

It is possible to view a PDF in two ways. It is possible to sync PDFs to your iPad using the iTunes app. Also, you can send PDFs to your iPad’s email. Try both ways to see which way makes sense to you, or you can switch back and forth between each method as it suits you.

Do you want to connect your TV and iPad? You do need to buy an adapter, which is sold separately. The adapter is called a VGA adapter, and is made by Apple, or you can look for a digital AV adapter. These will both work.

You can view the street with the Google Maps app. Search on it and a red pin will show up on your map. Touch the pin and then chose the icon that looks like a person and you will have street view.

With technology today, there are so many options. If you decide to get an iPad, you have to learn all you can about it. Keep reading articles like this one to learn all you can.