iPad tips and tricks

A few notes from Monday's PLC

1. Getting your ipad onto Apple TV.
ios6 - double click your home button, scroll the bottom line until your find the AirPlay icon
ios7 - slide up from the bottom of your ipad to show AirPlay icon
- choose the room you're in.  The password is the same as the room identity.

2.  Save battery life by having your ipad go to sleep.
Go into settings.  General.  Auto-lock.  Make sure it is set for a time and not 'Never'.

3.  Close an app to go to home screen.
Touch all five fingers on the screen and bring together.  This closes the app and brings you to the home screen.

4.  Move between open apps.
Touch four fingers to home screen and swipe left or right.

5.  Clean up apps that are open in the background
Double click home key to reveal apps.  Swipe up to close each one.

6.  Delete apps.
Press and hold on an app icon until it wiggles.  Click on the x that appears to delete.  If you've accidentally deleted one you still want, it can be restored from the Apps store.

7.  Make folders, rename them.
When you have the apps wiggling, you can move them around your screen and between screens.  You can drag them on top of each other to create folders.  You can click a folder to rename it or to remove an app from it by dragging it back onto desktop.

8.  Taking a screen shot.
Simultaneously press the home key and the power button.  Screen shot is saved in Photo gallery.