Paul McFedries - IPAD Portable Genius: Fourth Edition

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About the Author

Paul McFedries is a full-time technical writer. Paul has been authoring technical books since 1991 and has nearly 100 books to his credit. Pauls books have sold more than four million copies worldwide. These books include the Wiley titles Windows 10 Portable Genius; iPhone Portable Genius, Sixth Edition; Teach Yourself VISUALLY Windows 10, Third Edition; and G Suite for Dummies. You can visit Paul on the web at www.paulmcfedries.com or on Twitter at www.twitter.com/paulmcf .

Acknowledgments

Being a technical writer is an awesome vocation: You get to work at home, you get to set your own schedule, and you get to help other people understand and use technology, which is a big warm-fuzzy-feeling generator. But perhaps the best part of technical writing is getting to be among the first to not only use but also really dive into the latest and greatest software and hardware. The hardware side is often the most fun, because it means you get to play with gadgets, and thats a gadget geeks definition of a dream job. So, to say I had a blast researching and writing about the latest version of the iPad redefines the word understatement. What self-respecting gadget guy wouldnt have a perma-grin while poking and prodding this device to see just what it can do?

And what self-respecting technical writer wouldnt be constantly shaking his head in admiration while working with the amazing editorial team at Wiley? The people I worked with directly included Associate Publisher Jim Minatel, Project Editors Maureen and Scott Tullis, Copy Editor Kim Wimpsett, and Content Refinement Specialist Barath Kumar Rajasekaran. My heartfelt thanks to all of you for your outstanding work on this project.

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10. Chapter 10
11. Chapter 11
12. Chapter 12

There are many reasons for the success of the iPad, as well as its smaller cousin, the iPhone. However, if you polled fans of these devices, I bet one reason would quickly bubble up to the top spot: the touch interface. Its slick, elegant, and just so easy: a tap here, a tap there, and away you go.

Using the iPad touch interface is like playing in one of those seaside areas where the water is only a couple of feet deep no matter where you go; you can still have all kinds of fun, but you never have to swim hard, and theres little chance of drowning. However, if you walk out far enough in many of those ocean areas, you suddenly come to the edge of an underwater shelf, where the sandy bottom gives way to the inky ocean depths.

Your tablet, too, has its unexplored depths: hidden settings, obscure features, out-of-the-way preferences, and little-known techniques. The usefulness of some of these features is debatable, at best, but many of them can help you work faster, more easily, and more efficiently. Rather than swimming blindly through the murky waters of your tablets deep end, what you need is a companion that can guide you through these waters, enable you to be more productive, and help you solve problems wherever you and your tablet happen to be hanging out.

Welcome to iPad Portable Genius, Fourth Edition. This book is your guide to all things iPad packaged in an easy-to-use, easy-to-access, and eminently portable format. In this book, I cover how to get more out of your iPad by accessing all of the really powerful and timesaving features that arent obvious at a casual glance. I also explain how to avoid the tablets occasional annoying character traits and, in those cases where such behavior cant be avoided, how to work around it.

Finally, this book tells you how to prevent iPad problems from occurring and, just in case your preventative measures are for naught, how to fix many common problems yourself. This edition also includes updates on the new features of the latest iPads, as well as the most important and useful new features in iOS 14.