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    • Welcome
        • iPad models compatible with iPadOS 18
        • iPad mini (5th generation)
        • iPad mini (6th generation)
        • iPad mini (A17 Pro)
        • iPad (7th generation)
        • iPad (8th generation)
        • iPad (9th generation)
        • iPad (10th generation)
        • iPad (A16)
        • iPad Air (3rd generation)
        • iPad Air (4th generation)
        • iPad Air (5th generation)
        • iPad Air 11-inch (M2)
        • iPad Air 13-inch (M2)
        • iPad Air 11-inch (M3)
        • iPad Air 13-inch (M3)
        • iPad Pro 11-inch (1st generation)
        • iPad Pro 11-inch (2nd generation)
        • iPad Pro 11-inch (3rd generation)
        • iPad Pro 11-inch (4th generation)
        • iPad Pro 11-inch (M4)
        • iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation)
        • iPad Pro 12.9-inch (4th generation)
        • iPad Pro 12.9-inch (5th generation)
        • iPad Pro 12.9-inch (6th generation)
        • iPad Pro 13-inch (M4)
      • Setup basics
      • Make your iPad your own
      • Keep in touch with friends and family
      • Customize your workspace
      • Do more with Apple Pencil
      • Customize iPad for your child
    • What’s new in iPadOS 18
      • Turn on and set up iPad
      • Wake, unlock, and lock
      • Set up cellular service
      • Connect to the internet
        • Sign in and manage your Apple Account
        • Use iCloud
        • Subscribe to iCloud+
      • Find settings
      • Set up mail, contacts, and calendar accounts
      • Learn the meaning of the status icons
        • Charge the battery
        • Show the battery percentage
        • Check battery usage
        • Use Low Power Mode to save battery life
      • Read and bookmark the user guide
        • Learn basic gestures
        • Learn advanced gestures
      • Adjust the volume
      • Turn the iPad flashlight on or off
        • Open apps
        • Find and use your apps in App Library
        • Switch between apps
        • Zoom an app to fill the screen
        • Quit and reopen an app
      • Drag and drop
        • Open two apps in Split View
        • Switch an app window to Slide Over
        • View an app’s windows and workspaces
        • Multitask with Picture in Picture
        • Move, resize, and organize windows
      • Access features from the Lock Screen
      • Perform quick actions
      • Search on iPad
      • Get information about your iPad
      • Manage storage on iPad
      • View or change cellular data settings
      • Travel with iPad
      • Change or turn off sounds
      • Create a custom Lock Screen
        • Add, edit, and remove widgets
        • Move apps and widgets on the Home Screen
        • Customize apps and widgets on the Home Screen
        • Lock or hide an app
        • Organize your apps in folders
        • Remove or delete apps
      • Change the wallpaper
      • Use and customize Control Center
      • Adjust the screen brightness and color balance
      • Customize the text size and zoom setting
      • Change the name of your iPad
      • Change the date and time
      • Change the language and region
      • Change the default apps
      • Change your default search engine on iPad
      • Rotate your iPad screen
        • View and respond to notifications
        • Change notification settings
        • Set up a focus
        • Allow or silence notifications for a Focus
        • Turn a Focus on or off
      • Customize sharing options
        • Type with the onscreen keyboard
        • Dictate text
        • Commands for dictating text
        • Move the onscreen keyboard
        • Select and edit text
        • Use predictive text
        • Use text replacements
      • Add or change keyboards
      • Add emoji, Memoji, and stickers
      • Take a screenshot
      • Take a screen recording
        • Write and draw in documents
        • Add text, shapes, stickers, and more
      • Fill out forms, sign documents, and create signatures
      • Interact with content in a photo or video
      • Identify objects in your photos and videos
      • Lift a subject from the photo background
      • Take photos
      • Take Live Photos
      • Take a selfie
      • Take a Portrait mode selfie
      • Record videos
      • Change advanced camera settings
      • Adjust HDR camera settings
      • View, share, and print photos
      • Use Live Text
      • Scan a QR code
      • Scan documents
        • Get apps
          • Subscribe to Apple Arcade
          • Find and download games
          • Use Game Center to play with friends
          • Connect a game controller
        • Use App Clips
        • Update apps
        • View or cancel subscriptions
        • Manage purchases, settings, and restrictions
        • Install and manage fonts
        • Buy books and audiobooks
        • Read books
        • Annotate books
        • Access books on other Apple devices
        • Listen to audiobooks
        • Set reading goals
        • Organize books
        • Read PDFs
        • Create and edit events in Calendar
        • Send invitations
        • Reply to invitations
        • Change how you view events
        • Search for events
        • Change Calendar settings
        • Schedule or display events in a different time zone
        • Keep track of events
        • Use multiple calendars
        • Use reminders in Calendar
        • Use the Holidays calendar
        • Share iCloud calendars
        • Get started with Calculator
        • Use the basic calculator
        • Use the scientific calculator
        • Solve math with Math Notes
        • Work with graphs in Math Notes
        • Convert units or currency
        • See previous calculations
        • Set an alarm
        • Set timers
        • Use the stopwatch
        • See the world clock
        • Add and use contact information
        • Edit contacts
        • Add your contact info
        • Share contacts on iPad
        • Add or remove accounts
        • Hide duplicate contacts
        • Sync contacts across devices
        • Import contacts
        • Export contacts
        • Get started with FaceTime
          • Make FaceTime calls
          • Receive FaceTime calls
        • Create a FaceTime link
        • Take a Live Photo
        • Turn on Live Captions
        • Use other apps during a call
        • Make a Group FaceTime call
        • View participants in a grid
        • Use SharePlay to watch, listen, and play together
        • Share your screen in a FaceTime call
        • Request or give remote control in a FaceTime call
        • Collaborate on a document in a FaceTime call
        • Use video conferencing features
        • Hand off a FaceTime call to another Apple device
        • Change the FaceTime video settings
        • Change the FaceTime audio settings
        • Change your appearance
        • Leave a call or switch to Messages
        • Block a FaceTime call and report it as spam
        • Files basics
        • Modify files and folders
        • Find files and folders
        • Organize files and folders
        • Send files from the Files app
        • Set up iCloud Drive
        • Share files and folders in iCloud Drive
        • Transfer files from iPad to a storage device, a server, or the cloud
          • Share your location
          • Add or remove a friend
          • Locate a friend
          • Get notified when friends change their location
          • Notify a friend when your location changes
          • Add your iPad
          • Get notified if you leave a device behind
          • Locate a device
          • Mark a device as lost
          • Erase a device
          • Remove a device
          • Add an AirTag
          • Share an AirTag or other item in Find My on iPad
          • Share location of a lost item in Find My on iPad
          • Add a third-party item
          • Get notified if you leave an item behind
          • Locate an item
          • Mark an item as lost
          • Remove an item
        • Adjust map settings
        • Turn off Find My
        • Get started with Freeform
        • Create a Freeform board
        • Draw or handwrite
        • Solve handwritten math problems
        • Add text in sticky notes, shapes, and text boxes
        • Add shapes, lines, and arrows
        • Add diagrams
        • Add photos, videos, and other files
        • Apply consistent styles
        • Position items on a board
        • Navigate and present scenes
        • Send a copy or PDF
        • Print a board
        • Share boards and collaborate
        • Search Freeform boards
        • Delete and recover boards
        • Change Freeform settings
        • Get started with Health
        • Fill out your Health Details
          • Intro to Health data
          • View your health data
          • Share your health data
          • View health data shared by others
          • Download health records
          • View health records
          • Log menstrual cycle information
          • View menstrual cycle predictions and history
          • Log a pregnancy
          • Track your medications
          • Learn more about your medications
          • Log your state of mind
          • Take a mental health assessment
          • Customize your Sleep Focus
          • Turn Sleep Focus on or off
          • View your sleep history
          • Check your headphone audio levels
          • Use hearing health features
        • Back up your Health data
        • Intro to Home
        • Upgrade to the new version of Apple Home
        • Set up accessories
        • Control accessories
        • Control your home using Siri
        • Use Grid Forecast to plan your energy usage
        • View electricity usage and rates
        • Set up HomePod
        • Control your home remotely
        • Create and use scenes
        • Use automations
        • Set up security cameras
        • Use Face Recognition
        • Configure a router
        • Invite others to control accessories
        • Add more homes
        • Get music, movies, and TV shows
        • Get ringtones
        • Manage purchases and settings
        • Use iPad like a magnifying glass
        • Customize controls
          • Get descriptions of visual information around you
          • Detect people around you
          • Detect furniture around you
          • Detect doors around you
          • Detect text around you and have it read out loud
          • Set up shortcuts for Live Recognition
          • Add and remove email accounts
          • Set up a custom email domain
        • Check your email
        • Use categories
          • Send email
          • Unsend email with Undo Send
          • Reply to and forward emails
          • Save an email draft
          • Add email attachments
          • Download email attachments
          • Annotate email attachments
        • Set email notifications
        • Search for email
        • Organize your email in mailboxes
          • Flag or block emails
          • Filter emails
          • Use Hide My Email
          • Use Mail Privacy Protection
        • Change Mail settings
        • Delete and recover emails
        • Add a Mail widget to your Home Screen
        • Print emails
        • Use keyboard shortcuts
        • Get started with Maps
        • Set your location and map view
          • Explore 3D maps
          • Look around places
          • Take Flyover tours
          • Set your home, work, or school address
          • Ways to get travel directions
          • Get driving directions
          • View a route overview or a list of turns
          • Change or add stops to your route
          • Get walking directions
          • Save walks or hikes
          • Get transit directions
          • Get cycling directions
          • Download offline maps
          • Share your estimated time of arrival
          • Change settings for spoken directions
          • Choose a default travel mode and units
          • Check traffic conditions and report traffic incidents
          • Get weather info
          • Search for places
          • Find nearby attractions, restaurants, and services
          • Explore airports or malls
          • Get information about places
          • Add places and notes to your library
          • Share places
          • Mark places with pins
          • Rate places and add photos
          • Explore places with guides
          • Organize places with custom guides
        • Clear location history
        • Delete recent directions
        • Report an issue with Maps
        • Measure dimensions
        • View and save measurements
        • Measure a person’s height
        • Set up Messages
        • About iMessage
        • Send and reply to messages
        • Schedule a text message to send later
        • Unsend and edit messages
        • Keep track of messages
        • Search
        • Forward and share messages
        • Group conversations
        • Watch, listen, or play together using SharePlay
        • Share screens
        • Collaborate on projects
        • Use iMessage apps
        • Take and edit photos or videos
        • Share photos, links, and more
        • Send stickers
        • Create and send Memoji
        • React with Tapbacks
        • Style and animate messages
        • Draw and handwrite messages
        • Send and save GIFs
        • Request, send, and receive payments
        • Send and receive audio messages
        • Share your location
        • Turn read receipts on or off
        • Change notifications
        • Block, filter, and report messages
        • Delete messages and attachments
        • Recover deleted messages
        • Get music
        • Customize Music
          • Subscribe to Apple Music
          • Get personalized recommendations
          • Mark items as favorites
          • Add music and listen offline
            • Create an Apple Music Profile
            • Share music with friends
            • See what friends are listening to
            • Search for music
            • Find music shared with you
            • Find new music
            • Play music
            • Use the music player controls
            • Use Siri to play music
            • Play lossless audio
            • Play Spatial Audio
            • Listen to radio
            • Play music together using SharePlay
            • Play music together in the car
            • Adjust the sound
            • Queue up your music
            • Shuffle or repeat songs
            • Apple Music Sing
            • Show song credits and lyrics
            • Tell Apple Music what you enjoy
          • Intro to playlists
          • Create, edit, and delete playlists
            • Collaborate on a playlist
            • Join a collaborative playlist
            • Add a reaction to a collaborative playlist
        • Get started with News
        • Use News widgets
        • See news stories chosen just for you
        • Read and share stories
        • Follow your favorite teams with My Sports
          • Subscribe to Apple News+
          • Browse and read Apple News+ stories
          • Use Offline Mode to read downloaded News content
          • Manually download Apple News+ issues
          • Find recipes and food stories in Apple News+
            • Find puzzles in Apple News+
            • Solve crossword and crossword mini puzzles
            • Solve Quartiles puzzles
            • Solve sudoku puzzles
        • Search for content in News
        • Save stories in News
        • Clear your reading history in News
        • Customize the News tab bar
        • Subscribe to individual news channels
        • Get started with Notes
        • Create and format notes
        • Use Quick Notes
        • Add drawings and handwriting
        • Enter formulas and equations
        • Add photos, video, and more
        • Record and transcribe audio
        • Scan text and documents
        • Work with PDFs
        • Add links
        • Search notes
        • Organize in folders
        • Organize with tags
        • Use Smart Folders
        • Share and collaborate
        • Export or print notes
        • Lock notes
        • Add or remove accounts
        • Change the Notes view
        • Change Notes settings
        • Use keyboard shortcuts
        • Use passwords on iPad
        • Find your password for a website or app
        • Change the password for a website or app
        • Remove a password
        • Recover a deleted password
        • Create a password for a website or app
        • Show passwords in large text
        • Use passkeys to sign in to websites and apps
        • Sign in with Apple
        • Share passwords
        • Automatically fill in strong passwords
        • See websites excluded from AutoFill
        • Change weak or compromised passwords
        • View your passwords and related information
        • Find your Wi-Fi password
        • Share passwords securely with AirDrop
        • Make your passwords available on all your devices
        • Automatically fill in verification codes
        • Sign in with fewer CAPTCHA challenges
        • Use two-factor authentication
        • Use security keys
          • Import passwords
          • Export passwords to another password manager on iPad
        • Take photos
        • Delete, share, or copy a photo
        • View and edit Photo Booth photos in the Photos app
        • Get started with Photos
        • View photos and videos
        • See photo and video information
          • Find photos and videos by date
          • Find and name people and pets
          • Find group photos
          • Browse photos by location
          • Find recently saved photos
          • Find your travel photos
          • Find receipts, QR codes, recently edited photos, and more
          • Locate photos and videos by media type
        • Customize the Photos app
        • Filter and sort the photo library
        • Back up and sync your photos with iCloud
        • Delete or hide photos and videos
        • Search for photos and videos
        • Get wallpaper suggestions
          • Watch memories
          • Personalize your memories
          • Play videos and slideshows
          • Feature someone less
          • Create and work with photo albums
          • Add, delete, and find photos in albums
          • Filter and sort photos and videos in albums
          • Share photos and videos
          • Share long videos
          • Create shared albums
          • Add and remove people in a shared album
          • Add and delete photos and videos in a shared album
          • Set up or join an iCloud Shared Photo Library
          • Use iCloud Shared Photo Library
          • Add content to an iCloud Shared Photo Library
          • Edit photos and videos
          • Crop, rotate, flip, or straighten photos and videos
          • Undo and revert photo edits
          • Trim video length, adjust speed, and edit audio
          • Edit Cinematic videos
          • Edit Live Photos
          • Edit Portrait mode photos
        • Make stickers from your photos
        • Duplicate and copy photos and videos
        • Merge duplicate photos
        • Import and export photos and videos
        • Print photos
        • Get started with Podcasts
        • Find podcasts
        • Listen to podcasts
        • View podcast transcripts
        • Follow your favorite podcasts
        • Use the Podcasts widget
        • Select your favorite Podcasts categories and channels
        • Organize your podcast library
        • Download, save, remove, and share podcasts
        • Subscribe to podcasts
        • Listen to subscriber-only content
        • Change download settings
        • Get started with Reminders
        • Set reminders
        • Make a grocery list
        • Add details
        • Complete and remove items
        • Edit and organize a list
        • Search your lists
        • Organize multiple lists
        • Tag items
        • Use Smart Lists
        • Share and collaborate
        • Print a list
        • Work with templates
        • Add or remove accounts
        • Change Reminders settings
        • Use keyboard shortcuts
        • Browse the web
        • Search for websites
        • See highlights
        • Customize your Safari settings
        • Change the layout
        • Create multiple Safari profiles
          • Open and close tabs
          • Organize your tabs with Tab Groups
          • View your tabs from another Apple device
          • Share Tab Groups
        • Use Siri to listen to a webpage
        • Bookmark a website
        • Bookmark a website as a favorite
        • Save pages to a Reading List
        • Find links shared with you
        • Download a PDF
        • Annotate and save a webpage as a PDF
        • Automatically fill in forms
        • Get extensions
          • Hide distractions when browsing
          • Hide distractions when reading
          • Block pop-ups
        • Clear your cache and cookies
        • Enable cookies
          • Browse the web privately
          • Sign in with passkeys in Safari
          • Use Hide My Email
          • Get HTTP website warnings
          • Digital certificates and encrypted websites
          • Verify website encryption
          • Import browser data into Safari
          • Export Safari data to another browser
      • Shortcuts
        • Check stocks
        • Manage multiple watchlists
        • Read business news
        • Add earnings reports to your calendar
        • Use a Stocks widget
      • Tips
        • Translate text, voice, and conversations
        • Translate text in apps
        • Translate with the camera view
        • Subscribe to Apple TV+, MLS Season Pass, or a channel
        • Start watching and control playback
        • Find shows, movies, and more
        • Personalize the Home tab
        • Buy, rent, or pre-order items
          • Watch sports
          • Follow your favorite teams with My Sports
          • Watch MLS
          • Watch multiple live sports streams
        • Manage your library
        • Add your TV provider
        • Change the settings
        • Make a recording
        • View a transcription
        • Play it back
        • Work with layered recordings
        • Export a recording to Files
        • Edit or delete a recording
        • Keep recordings up to date
        • Organize recordings
        • Search for or rename a recording
        • Share a recording
        • Duplicate a recording
        • Check the weather
        • Check the weather in other locations
        • View weather maps
        • Manage weather notifications
        • Use Weather widgets
        • Learn the weather icons
      • Use Siri
      • Find out what Siri can do
      • Tell Siri about yourself
      • Have Siri announce calls and notifications
      • Add Siri Shortcuts
      • About Siri Suggestions
      • Change Siri settings
      • Get started with Apple Intelligence
      • Use Writing Tools
      • Use Apple Intelligence in Mail
      • Use Apple Intelligence in Messages
      • Use Apple Intelligence with Siri
      • Get webpage summaries
      • Get a summary of an audio recording
      • Create original images with Image Playground
      • Create your own emoji with Genmoji
      • Use Image Wand with Apple Intelligence
      • Use Apple Intelligence in Photos
      • Summarize notifications and reduce interruptions
      • Use ChatGPT with Apple Intelligence
      • Apple Intelligence and privacy
      • Block access to Apple Intelligence features in Screen Time
      • Set up Family Sharing
      • Add Family Sharing members
      • Remove Family Sharing members
      • Share subscriptions
      • Share purchases
      • Share locations with family and locate lost devices
      • Set up Apple Cash Family and Apple Card Family
      • Set up parental controls
      • Set up a child’s device
      • Get started with Screen Time
      • Protect your vision health with Screen Distance
      • Set schedules and limits
      • Set communication limits and block apps and content
      • Check for sensitive images and videos in Screen Time on iPad
      • Set up Screen Time for a family member
      • Set up Apple Pay
      • Use Apple Pay in apps and on the web
      • Use Apple Cash
      • Use Apple Card
      • Remove payment cards
      • Change Wallet & Apple Pay settings
      • Power adapter and charge cable
        • Use AirPods
        • Use EarPods
      • Use headphone audio-level features
        • Apple Pencil compatibility
        • Pair and charge Apple Pencil (1st generation)
        • Pair and charge Apple Pencil (2nd generation)
        • Pair and charge Apple Pencil (USB-C)
        • Pair and charge Apple Pencil Pro
        • Enter text with Scribble
        • Draw with Apple Pencil
        • Take and mark up a screenshot with Apple Pencil
        • Quickly write notes
        • Wirelessly stream videos and photos to Apple TV or a smart TV
        • Connect to a display with a cable
      • HomePod and other wireless speakers
        • iPad Magic Keyboard and Smart Keyboard
        • Switch between keyboards
        • Enter characters with diacritical marks
        • Dictate text
        • Use shortcuts
        • Choose an alternative keyboard layout
        • Change typing assistance options
        • Connect Magic Trackpad
        • Trackpad gestures
        • Change trackpad settings
        • Connect a mouse
        • Mouse actions and gestures
        • Change mouse settings
      • External storage devices
      • Connect Bluetooth accessories
      • Play audio from your iPad on a Bluetooth accessory from your iPad
      • Apple Watch with Fitness+
      • Printers
      • Polishing cloth
      • Intro to Continuity
      • Use AirDrop to send items to nearby devices
      • Hand off tasks between devices
      • Copy and paste between devices
      • Stream video or mirror the screen of your iPad
      • Allow phone calls and text messages on your iPad
      • Share your internet connection with Personal Hotspot
      • Use your iPad as a webcam for Apple TV
      • Insert sketches, photos, and scans on Mac
      • Use your iPad as a second display
      • Use one keyboard and mouse to control Mac and iPad
      • Connect iPad and your computer with a cable
      • Transfer files between devices
      • Get started with accessibility features
      • Use accessibility features during setup
      • Change Siri accessibility settings
      • Quickly turn accessibility features on or off
        • Overview of accessibility features for vision
        • Zoom in
        • View a larger version of text you’re reading or typing
        • Change display colors
        • Make text easier to read
        • Reduce onscreen motion
        • Use iPad more comfortably while riding in a vehicle
        • Customize per-app visual settings
        • Hear what’s on the screen or typed
        • Hear audio descriptions
        • Turn on and practice VoiceOver
        • Change your VoiceOver settings
        • Use VoiceOver gestures
        • Operate iPad when VoiceOver is on
        • Control VoiceOver using the rotor
        • Use the onscreen keyboard
        • Write with your finger
        • Keep the screen off
        • Use VoiceOver with an external keyboard
        • Use a braille display
        • Type braille on the screen
        • Customize gestures and keyboard shortcuts
        • Use VoiceOver with a pointer device
        • Get live descriptions of your surroundings
        • Use VoiceOver in apps
        • Overview of accessibility features for mobility
        • Use AssistiveTouch
        • Use an adjustable onscreen trackpad on iPad
        • Control iPad with the movement of your eyes
        • Adjust how iPad responds to your touch
        • Auto-answer calls
        • Change Face ID and attention settings
        • Use Voice Control commands
        • Adjust the top or Home button
        • Use Apple TV Remote buttons
        • Adjust pointer settings
        • Adjust keyboard settings
        • Control iPad with an external keyboard
        • Adjust AirPods settings
        • Adjust double tap and squeeze settings for Apple Pencil
          • Intro to Switch Control
          • Set up and turn on Switch Control
          • Select items, perform actions, and more
          • Control several devices with one switch
        • Overview of accessibility features for hearing
        • Use hearing devices
        • Use Live Listen
        • Use sound recognition
        • Set up and use RTT
        • Flash the indicator light for notifications
        • Adjust audio settings
        • Play background sounds
        • Display subtitles and captions
        • Show transcriptions for Intercom messages
        • Get live captions of spoken audio
        • Overview of accessibility features for speech
        • Type to speak
        • Record your Personal Voice
        • Use Vocal Shortcuts
        • Overview of cognitive accessibility features
        • Lock iPad to one app
      • Control what you share
        • Set a passcode
        • Set up Face ID
        • Set up Touch ID
      • Turn on Lock Screen features
      • Keep your Apple Account secure
        • Control app tracking permissions
        • Control the location information you share
        • Control access to information in apps
        • Control access to contacts
        • Control how Apple delivers advertising to you
        • Control access to hardware features
      • Create and manage Hide My Email addresses
      • Protect your web browsing with iCloud Private Relay
      • Use a private network address
      • Use Advanced Data Protection
      • Use Lockdown Mode
      • Receive warnings about sensitive content
      • Use Contact Key Verification
      • Turn iPad on or off
      • Force restart iPad
      • Update iPadOS
      • Back up iPad
      • Reset iPad settings
      • Erase iPad
      • Restore all content from a backup
      • Restore purchased and deleted items
      • Sell, give away, or trade in your iPad
      • Install or remove configuration profiles
      • Important safety information
      • Important handling information
      • Find more resources for software and service
      • FCC compliance statement
      • ISED Canada compliance statement
      • Apple and the environment
      • Class 1 Laser information
      • Disposal and recycling information
      • Unauthorized modification of iPadOS
      • ENERGY STAR compliance statement
    • Copyright and trademarks

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