Indice dei contenuti per Issue 88 in iPad User Magazine

There are so many settings hidden on your iPad that it’s hard to know where to start when it comes to revealing them all. To stop you getting overwhelmed we’ve produced a special guide this issue where we focus in on the 40 most important settings you need to know about on your iPad and that we think you should probably be using. There are some great tips & tricks in our guide. For instance, did you know that you can disable the autocorrect feature that can drive you insane by changing your words to something else as you type? Or that you can also turn off the app ratings setting, this means you won’t get that annoying message asking you to rate an app as you’re trying to use…

IT WILL TAKE5 minutes YOU WILL LEARNHow to create and work with Quick Notes YOU’LL NEEDAn iPad running iPadOS 16 or later Quick Notes is a great feature that allows you to take notes, or even sketches, from anywhere on your iPad, almost instantaneously. You can create a Quick Note with an Apple Pencil or similar stylus, by typing on the iPadOS keyboard, or even with your finger. As well as taking notes and sketching, you can open Quick Notes while in Safari to add links, text or images from a web page. If the full Notes app is opened, you are also able to use the camera to scan text, documents or add photos and videos to your note. And don’t forget, as well as all this, you can…

IT WILL TAKE20 minutes YOU WILL LEARNHow to better organise your notes YOU’LL NEEDNotebooks – Write and Organize (£14.99/$14.99 on the App Store) Apple has worked on its Notes app consistently over the past few years, and today we have a reliable and easy to use app that will help you to ensure that almost everything you need can be held in one place. The only real downside is the linear and colourless nature of the interface, which can lead to a sense of flatness that does not inspire you to build up your collection of notes. This is where the Notebooks app from Alfons Schmid offers a completely different feel by using colours, in-depth formatting within documents, and a whole host of other features that you’ll fall in love…

Whether you have just purchased an iPad or are an experienced user, the operating system that powers it, iPadOS 16, hides many secrets that aren’t initially obvious. Many are buried within the Settings app on your iPad, often in places you wouldn’t expect, so it’s always good to familiarise yourself with the various options available and turn them on if they can enhance the way you use and interact with your device. Here we have compiled 40 of the most essential settings for iPadOS that you need to turn on/off straight away. Note that we are using iPadOS 16 here, so if you haven’t upgraded to the latest version then you may find that some settings are called other things in the version you have running on your iPad. To…

IT WILL TAKE30 minutes YOU WILL LEARNHow to YOU’LL NEEDRichCast RichCast is a curious tool that’s well worth exploring. It lets you create and share linear interactive stories containing text and images and multiple choice questions that can be played by tapping buttons or by verbally issuing instructions. It also has a host of built-in tools to make the development process easier, such as AI voice actors while ensuring you don’t need any programming knowledge. But best of all, the app is free to install! Although any titles you create have to be enjoyed via the RichCast platform (you can’t make a standalone app using RichCast, but what you create, you own), this has benefits: you don’t need to keep up with iPadOS updates and your titles will work across…

IT WILL TAKE5 minutes YOU WILL LEARNHow to unsend an email YOU’LL NEEDiPadOS 16 We’ve all sent a text message or email at some point and instantly regretted it. But once it’s been sent, that’s it, right? Thankfully not! One of the key features of iOS/iPadOS 16 and macOS Ventura is that you can cancel the sending of digital correspondence within a certain time frame, or just snatch them back to make quick edits if you spot a typo, for example. It’s a very welcome safety net that can catch mistakes and allow you to abort the email or message completely if you have regrets about sending it. The key to executing this feature is to know the action you need to perform in both the Mail and Messages apps.…