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Everything You Need To Know About Using Your New iPad

Dylan Love

2012-06-13T15:03:20Z

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Did you get a new iPad but have no idea where to start?

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This guide will get you up and running in no time.

From creating reminders to making bookmarks to rearranging icons, here's everything you need to know to get comfortable with your new tablet.

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Let's make the Calendar and Contacts icon change places

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Tap and hold down on the Contacts icon -- notice how everything starts to jiggle? This means you can move icons around

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Move the icons such that they change places and press the home button -- your new layout is complete

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If you want to create a folder, repeat the process, but instead of having the icons swap places, drag one on top of the other and a folder is automatically created. You can name it whatever you like

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To install new apps, launch the App Store

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The home screen of the App Store is designed to make it easy to discover new apps to install, but if you already know what you want, you can search for it too

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Let's install Twitter

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There it is, the first search result. We only need to tap "Install"

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And it begins downloading right away

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When the download is complete, the icon is no longer grayed out

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What happens if you come across an image in a web page that you'd like to save to your iPad?

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You only need to tap and hold your finger on it until this menu appears. Then tap on "Save Image"

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If you start up your Photos app...

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...you'll see that it's been stored to your device

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Selecting "Email" will create a new email that has the picture as an attachment. Fill it out as you would any other email

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If you find yourself visiting the same site over and over, you'll probably want to bookmark it to make it easier to find in the future

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Tap the "Add Bookmark" button

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You can customize how you'd like it to appear

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Now when you tap the glasses icon, your bookmarks list displays and you have access to your favorite sites

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Let's fire up the Settings app

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When a flight attendant tells you to turn off electronic devices, flip the switch for Airplane Mode in the top left

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Now you're safe to fly. If you want to use a Bluetooth device with your iPad, tap on "Bluetooth"

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Toggle the switch to "on"

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A list of available Bluetooth devices will appear and you can connect to them as you like

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Start up iTunes to go shopping for music and movies

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Let's find some Beatles

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Let's tap on Abbey Road to view a track listing

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If we want to buy "Come Together," we tap on the price

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Then tap on "Buy Song"

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iTunes offers a nice selection of movies as well

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If we tap on "Act of Valor," we get options to buy or rent it -- let's go for renting by tapping on "Rent $4.99"

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Tap again on "Rent Movie" to make it happen

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Let's start up the Contacts app

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And it's blank. Let's add a contact by clicking on the plus sign

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Fill out the necessary information

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Tap "Done" and the contact is created. Now let's tap on "FaceTime" to start a FaceTime call

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Wait for it to connect...

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...and you're FaceTiming!

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If you want access to your iCloud settings, tap on the Settings app

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Tap on iCloud and sign in with your Apple ID

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Select what you want to back up and sync to the cloud. For more options, click on "Storage & Backup"

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Here you can see how much cloud storage space you have. You can sync your iPad's settings, apps, music, photos, etc. to iCloud. Flick the switch at the bottom on.

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Tapping OK in this window will start the backup process

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The calendar has options for multiple views -- here's the weekly view

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And here's the daily view -- let's add an appointment by tapping the plus sign in the bottom right

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Set the date and time for the appointment and give it a name, then select "Done"

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And the appointment is created

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And here's how that appointment looks in the monthly view

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The Reminders app lets you create an intelligent to-do list that hassles you to complete items -- tap the plus sign to create an item

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Give the item a name

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If you want a reminder, activate the option

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Set the date and time you want to be reminded

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Tap on "Done" when you're finished

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Start up the Photo Booth app to have some fun. Tap the square icon in the bottom left

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This lets you select different effects to run your camera through

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Resulting in ridiculous pictures like this

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