Your iPad is waiting for you, but you stare at it sometimes not knowing what to do next. Perhaps you have found many uses for it, but you're not sure how to figure out certain other things. You need a little helpful advice to get you pointed in the right direction.

Wait until your battery is low before you begin to charge your iPad. Batteries have something referred to as memory. If you charge the battery too early, it's memory will then record a smaller life, and this can occur repeatedly, leading to the device needing to be on the charger to be used.

One of the great things about the iPad is that it allows you to quickly check your email. If you receive a large volume of emails throughout the day, it may actually be draining your battery. The device is configured to check for new messages frequently and automatically. Instead of setting it to notify you of new messages every few minutes, go into the Mail, Contacts and Calendars settings to adjust the frequency of mail checks.

For the devoted iPad user who spends a lot of time traveling, it is essential to carry an extra battery that has been charged. It is very inconvenient to run out of juice while on a plane or train, with no hope of plugging in a charger until the destination has been reached.

If you go to Settings and Notifications, you can choose which apps you want to have pop up alerts, which apps you want to have notifications near the top of the screen, and which apps you want to appear in your Notification Center. Doing this can help you prevent noisy apps from clogging up your notifications. This also ensures that you will just notice the important apps.

Protect the screen of your iPad with a special screen protector. These are made of a clear, adhesive film or plastic and cover the entire screen from nicks, scratches and smudges. Screen protectors do not interfere with use in any way. Most can be purchased for well under $10. Many are already perfectly cut to fit the iPad screen.

Become an avid e-reader with you iPad. Of course it will already have a few free books for you, however; it's capable of importing and displaying ebooks from virtually everywhere! Formats may be limited, so find a site offering compatible options and start reading all the books that have been gathering dust on your to-do list!

Do you find it annoying to have to access the bookmarks icon via tapping to navigate to your saved websites? To resolve this problem, set your bookmarks bar to stay on permanently. This option is available under the Settings tab.

You can easily copy and paste using the iPad, just tap on the desired text, hold until the dialog box opens, then choose Select. Now, pick copy and go to another application and tap while holding down again. Again, a menu will come up, this time tap "paste." If you want to copy a large chunk of text, you'll need to quad-tap to get the whole block.

If you are a photo buff, then the iPad is really interesting for you. While it isn't a professional-level camera, it is an exceptionally good amateur camera. What is better is that there are many applications, which allow you to manipulate the photo right on the iPad itself!


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You want to make the most of your iPad screen, so setting up the appearance of just about everything is important. Have you found that you would like your battery charging icon to not be there? You can eliminate this icon by going to your settings, tapping general, and then turning it off in the usage section.

Do you find yourself using the same phrases over and over? If so, there is an easy way to create shortcuts for your most common phrases. Go to the Keyboard Settings of your iPad and click Add New Shortcut. Type your common phrase in the field named Phrase; then, simply add a shorthand version in the field named Shortcut. For example, if you use the sentence: How are you doing today? Type it in the box and use a shortcut such as haydt. Every time you type "haydt" the iPad will know to type out the complete sentence.

Get a warranty. You may not think that a warranty is something you need, but consider this: An iPad is not a cheap toy. It is an electronic investment and you need to make sure that you can get it repaired or replaced should you need that. A warranty can give you peace of mind.

While you may have thought that iPad ownership is no more than just downloading apps and using them, you should now know it's more than that. What you've read here will get you started down the road to iPad mastery. The more you know, the better you'll find the iPad works out for you.