iPad Help: 8 Lessons for Beginners

Are you thinking about buying an iPad and want to learn more about it? Or do you own an iPad and want to put it to better use? These lessons are designed for beginners and will cover the very basics from what that round button at the bottom of the iPad does to how you can move or delete an app. There is even a lesson with tips that will help you get the most out of the iPad and perhaps even teach your friends a neat trick or two.

1. A Guided Tour of the iPad

The first lesson deals with the actual iPad, including what comes in the box and what that circular button at the bottom does and the basics of the iPad's user interface. You will also learn how to find the web browser so you can surf on the Internet, how to play music on the iPad, how to buy music and movies from the iTunes store and how to boot up the app store so you can start downloading apps.

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2. iPad Training 101: A New User's Guide to the iPad

This lesson builds upon the first lesson, teaching you how to navigate the iPad and even how to organize and arrange the apps on the screen. Did you know you can create a folder and fill it with apps? Or that you can delete an app that you no longer use? You'll even learn how to find the best apps in the App Store by using top charts, customer ratings and locating the featured apps.

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3. Downloading Your First iPad App

We've covered the App Store, but we haven't taken you step-by-step through downloading your first app. If you are still a little overwhelmed with the app store -- and with over half a million apps, it's easy to get overwhelmed -- this lesson will guide you through downloading the iBooks application, which is Apple's reader and store for ebooks. This is a great app to have, and once you are finished with the lesson, you should find downloading apps to be a breeze.

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4. 15 Must Have iPad Apps

Okay, now you can download apps. Let's put that to good use. This collection of apps covered everything from streaming high quality movies to an app that lets you create your own radio station to a collection of fantastic recipes. There's app for almost everyone in this list, and best of all, these apps are absolutely free. So even if you don't like one of these recommendations, it won't cost you a dime.

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5. How to Personalize Your iPad

You've got the basics covered, you've downloaded a bunch of apps, now it is time to make the iPad your own. There are a number of ways you can personalize your iPad beyond just picking out the color of your Smart Cover. This guide will not only teach you how to put a custom picture on your iPad's background, but also how to lock your iPad with a passcode and how to customize some of your iPad's settings.

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6. Great Tips Every iPad Owner Should Know

Did you know you can download free books to read in iBooks? Or lock the orientation of the iPad? Or find an app quickly using Spotlight Search? There are a number of different tips and tricks you can do with your iPad, but sometimes it is not so easy to figure them out. This lesson will cover a number of tips that can help you get more out of the iPad.

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7. Best Uses for the iPad

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We've covered tips, but what about different ways to use the iPad? The iPad has a lot of cool uses that most of us might not ever think of on our own such as using it as a portable TV, as a photo album or even as a GPS for the car. This lesson is designed to spark your creativity on different ways you might use the iPad both around the house and on the go.

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8. How to Reboot Your iPad

The final lesson teaches the number one most used troubleshooting step used by tech support analysts all over the world: rebooting the device. This lesson was covered briefly in the tips lesson, but it is so important, it is mentioned here to make sure everyone has the opportunity to learn how to reboot their iPad. It doesn't matter if you are suffering from an iPad that is frozen, one that is having trouble loading web pages or an iPad that is simply acting slow, rebooting the iPad could be the key to solving your issue.

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How to Connect Your iPad to Your TV

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The iPad is a great device for laying in bed and watching a movie on Netflix or laughing at videos from Funny or Die, but sometimes you want to see them on the big screen. So how do you connect your iPad to your TV? Whether you have an old television set from the dark ages or the newest HDTV on the market, it's actually rather simple to get your iPad connected to your TV. And these methods work with both the iPad and the iPad Mini.
Connecting the iPad to Your TV With Apple TV and AirPlay
Apple TV is the best way to connect your iPad to your TV. In addition to streaming Netflix, YouTube and your iTunes collection, Apple TV supports AirPlay, which means you can stream apps like Crackle, a free app with movies and TV shows from Sony Pictures Entertainment Company. And even with apps that don't directly support AirPlay, you can use Display Mirroring to replicate your iPad's display on your TV.
Apple TV is more expensive than some of the other options, but it is also the only solution that is wireless. And being wireless will really come in handy for games like Real Racing 2, which fully supports AirPlay to deliver a console-like experience. Read the full Apple TV review.
Apple TV also works great with the iPhone and iPod Touch, allowing you to both stream video through AirPlay or just use your entertainment system's speakers to play music.
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Connect the iPad to your HDTV through HDMI
Apple's Digital AV Adapter will allow you to connect the iPad to your TV through an HDMI cable, which transfers both HD-quality video and sound. The original iPad is capable of 720p video with the Digital AV Adapter, and the iPad 2 and iPad 3 support up to 1080p.
Like connecting with Apple TV, hooking up an iPad with the Digital AV Adapter supports Display Mirroring, which means you'll see your iPad's display even if the individual app doesn't support video output. This is great for watching Hulu Plus on your HDTV.
You can also stream your movie collection from you PC to your iPad to your HDTV using home sharing. This is a great way to finally switch from DvD and Blu-Ray to digital video without losing the ability to see it on your big screen TV.
The Digital AV Adapter is also a great solution for the iPhone 4, iPhone 4S and 4th Generation iPod Touch.
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Connect the iPad through composite/component cables
If your television doesn't support HDMI, or if you are simply running low on HDMI outputs on your HDTV, you can also opt for connecting the iPad to your TV with composite or component cables. The composite adapters break the video into red, blue and green, while the component adapters break it convert it to the single 'yellow' cable compatible with older television sets.
The component and composite cables will not support the Display Mirroring mode on the iPad, so they will only work with apps like Netflix and YouTube that support video out. They also fall short of 720p video, so the quality will not be as high as the Digital AV Adapter or Apple TV.
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Connect the iPad with a VGA adapter
By using Apple's VGA adapter, you can hook your iPad up to a television equipped with an VGA input, a computer monitor, a projector and other display devices that support VGA. This can be great if you have a space computer monitor. And because many newer monitors support multiple display sources, you could even switch between using your monitor for your desktop and using it for your iPad.
The VGA adapter will also support the Display Mirroring mode. However, it does not transfer sound, so you either need to listen through the iPad's built-in speakers or through external speakers hooked up through the iPad's headphone jack.
If you are planning on watching through you television, the HDMI adapter or the component cables are the best solutions. But if you plan on using a computer monitor or want to use your iPad for large presentations with a projector, the VGA adapter may be the best solution.
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My iPad is connected to my TV. What now?
Once you have your iPad linked up to your TV, you can really start to do some cool things. The iPad can be a great way to watch Netflix, Crackle or Hulu Plus movies, and if you are using Apple TV to connect the devices, gaming on the big screen is very cool. But did you know you can gain access to your entire movie collection on your PC? Learn how to set up home sharing to stream movies from your PC to your iPad.

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How to Initialize Your iPad

How to Initialize Your iPad

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You've just bought an iPad and taken it out of the box. Now what? The process to set up an iPad to use for the first time is amazingly simple now that Apple has severed the cord from the computer to the iOS device by allowing the set up to be done without connecting your device to your PC.

You will need to know your Wi-Fi network's password, if you have a secured network. And with that bit of information, you can have your new iPad up and running within five minutes.

Here are the steps for initializing an iPad:

1. Choose Language. You need to tell the iPad how to communicate with you. English is the default setting, but most common languages are supported.
2. Choose Country or Region. The iPad needs to know the Country you are located in to connect to the correct version of the Apple App Store. Not all apps are available in all countries.
3. Enable Location Services. The location services allow the iPad to determine where it is located. Even an iPad without 3G and GPS can use location services by using nearby Wi-Fi networks to determine the location. Most people will want to turn this setting on. You can turn off location services later, and even choose which apps you allow to use them and which apps can't use them.
4. Choose a Wi-Fi Network. This is where you will need that Wi-Fi password if your network is secured.
5. Set up as New or Restore From Backup (iTunes or iCloud). If you just purchased the iPad, you will be setting it up as new. Later, if you run into problems that require you to fully restore the iPad, you will have the choice of using iTunes to restore your backup or using iCloud. What is iCloud? It is Apple's Internet services that allow you to backup and transfer your data from one device to the other using the Internet rather than your own PC.
6. Enter Apple ID or create new Apple ID. If this is your first time with any Apple device, you will need to create an Apple ID. You will probably want to install iTunes on your PC as well. Even though the iPad no longer requires it, having iTunes can make your life more simple and actually enhance what you can do with the iPad. If you already have an Apple ID, simply enter the username (usually your email address) and password.
7. Agree to Terms and Conditions. You will need to agree to the Terms and Conditions, and once you agree, the iPad will give you a dialog box confirming that you agree. You can also have the Terms and Conditions emailed to you by touching the button at the top of the screen.
8. Set Up iCloud. Most people will want to set up iCloud and enable the iPad to be backed up to iPad on a daily basis. This means even if you run into major problems with your iPad, you lose it or it is stolen, your data will be backed up to the Internet and waiting for you when your restore your iPad. However, if you aren't comfortable saving your information to the Internet, or if you are using the iPad for business purposes and your place of work doesn't allow you to use cloud storage, you can decline to use iCloud.
9. Restore from Backup. If you have set your iPad to factory default in order to correct a problem, you can choose to restore from your most recent backup. You will be given the option to restore from an iTunes backup or restore from an iCloud backup.
10. Use Find My iPad. This is a very handy feature that can both help you find a lost iPad or recover a stolen iPad. Turning on this feature will let you track the general location of the iPad. The 3G version of the iPad, which has a GPS chip, will be more accurate, but even the Wi-Fi version can provide amazing accuracy.
11. Diagnostics. The last choice is whether or not to send a daily diagnostic report to Apple. This is purely your own decision. Apple uses the information to better serve its customers, and you shouldn't be worried that your information is being used for any other purpose. But, if you have any qualms at all, choose not to share the information. The basic rule of thumb here is if you have to think about it for more than a couple of seconds, choose not to participate.

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