Believe it or not, iPads are not difficult to use. You may think all you need to do is touch the screen, go to the app you want and get started. For an upgrade to your experience, take a look at the suggestions in the helpful article below.

If you are concerned about someone seeing private information on your phone, you may set a password to erase the data after several failed attempts. If a person hasn’t found your password after 10 attempts it will erase your data.

If you want a search engine other than Google, you can have that. If you prefer Safari, choose Safari from the Settings menu. You can then switch to Yahoo or Bing if you like them better than Google.

Use the auto brightness feature of your iPad. The iPad senses ambient lighting and makes necessary adjustments automatically. This will help preserve the battery, which means you can use your iPad longer without having to plug it in. You can enable this option via the “Brightness and Wallpaper” settings.

There are ways that you can adjust the lock feature on your iPad. If you had an older iPad model, you likely know that this is a new feature. If you have not yet upgraded, you should download the iOS 4.3 version as soon as possible. Holding down your iPad’s volume-down button also mutes the device.

Is your iPad getting slower, causing your apps to not load as fast? Have you deleted files and data that you no longer need, but your machine is still slow? Start storing less important data or pictures on the cloud. Following this process, your iPad should speed up.

If you want to copy text on your iPad, just double tap the keyword. Copying a paragraph won’t work well that way. Four taps on the text will copy a whole paragraph for you. This works well for addresses, paragraphs and the URL bar.

Is Google not your favorite search engine? Change it! Access the Settings, choose Safari and then Search Engine. Pick which search engine you desire. You can use Yahoo or Bing instead.

Is your screen becoming marred? If so, use a screen protector. Not only do these devices protect your iPad’s screen, they also protect your fingers.

Backup your iPad. You should make sure that your tablet will erase everything if someone attempts to hack it. Go to “Password Lock” underneath general settings then set to erase the data whenever an incorrect password is entered ten times.

To see every app that is current running, double click the home button. This bar will display all apps that are running, and you will be able to access them using the icon located on the bar. Doing so lets you remember which apps are currently open.

Does it seem like a pain to tap on the bookmarks icon every time you want to access your favorite websites? Remedy this by having the bookmarks bar turned on permanently. Turn the Always Show Bookmark bar option on in your Settings menu.

You no longer have to use the old and cumbersome ways to send photos to people. Don’t write up an email and attach the photo. Simply go into your photos, press the one you plan on sharing, click the arrow, and select email to send it more easily.

Do you get irked each time you get a message from your iPad wanting to know if you want to join a new wifi network that it has just picked up? This feature can be turned off in your settings. If you don’t want further prompts, turn off the last option found on the page.

You might never use all of the apps on your iPad. That said, they can’t be removed, either. However, you do have the option to move these unwanted apps into a single folder, which can then be stored out of the way. This will your main page to only have the things you use often.

The iPad’s default setting shows two lines of every email prior to it being opened. You might want to see more than that. You can select mail from your settings. Got to Mail and choose Contacts. After that choose Calendar and change the options for previewing mail.

Google Calendar can be added to the iPad Calendar app. To get this set up, click on Settings, Mail, Contacts, and Calendars, in that order. First add an account, then select Other. Enter your Google credentials under the option Add CalDav to add your Google Calendar.

There are two ways to show a PDF. You can sync your iPad and iTunes by putting the PDF in iTunes, or you can simply email it to yourself. Try them both out to see which method is best for your needs.

To add your Google Calendar to your iPad calendar app, select Mail, Contacts and Calendars. Click on Add Account and then Other. Choose “CalDAV” as the account type and type in your Google credentials. Then you have to go from the settings app to the calendar app. This will get you the desired result that you are looking for.

Most people hold an iPad on its sides when they take a photo. That could make your shutter button move, resulting in wobbling while taking the photo. Try using the lock for orientation. Doing this will allow the shutter button to be a thumb’s distance away. If you find that the picture came out with the wrong orientation, you can then fix it using your image editor.

You can mute your sound quickly on your iPad. There originally wasn’t a mute button on the first iPad. Previously, you could use the lock switch to either mute the audio or lock the orientation. Just tap and hold volume-down to quickly mute sound.

While iPads are simple to use, they’re a lot more useful when you know everything it can do. Use the tips you’ve learned here to make your experience even better. You’ll find whatever need you might have can be met by using the iPad, if you know what you’re doing.