iPad User Guide
- iPad User Guide
- What’s new in iPadOS
- Supported models
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- Wake and unlock
- Adjust the volume
- Change or turn off sounds
- Access features from the Lock screen
- Open apps on the Home screen
- Take a screenshot or screen recording
- Change or lock the screen orientation
- Change the wallpaper
- Zoom an app to fill the screen
- Drag and drop
- Search with iPad
- Use AirDrop to send items
- Perform quick actions
- Use and customize Control Center
- View and organize Today View
- Charge and monitor the battery
- Learn the meaning of the status icons
- Travel with iPad
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- View photos and videos
- Edit photos and videos
- Edit Live Photos
- Edit Portrait mode photos
- Organize photos in albums
- Search in Photos
- Share photos and videos
- View Memories
- Find people in Photos
- Browse photos by location
- Use iCloud Photos
- Share photos with iCloud Shared Albums
- Use My Photo Stream
- Import photos and videos
- Print photos
- Shortcuts
- Stocks
- Tips
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- Get started with accessibility features
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- Turn on and practice VoiceOver
- Change your VoiceOver settings
- Learn VoiceOver gestures
- Operate iPad using VoiceOver gestures
- Control VoiceOver using the rotor
- Use the onscreen keyboard
- Write with your finger
- Use VoiceOver with an Apple external keyboard
- Type onscreen braille using VoiceOver
- Use a braille display
- Customize gestures and keyboard shortcuts
- Use VoiceOver with a pointer device
- Use VoiceOver in apps
- Zoom
- Magnifier
- Display & Text Size
- Motion
- Spoken Content
- Audio Descriptions
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- Important safety information
- Important handling information
- Get information about your iPad
- View or change cellular settings
- Find more resources for software and service
- FCC compliance statement
- ISED Canada compliance statement
- Class 1 Laser information
- Apple and the environment
- Disposal and recycling information
- ENERGY STAR compliance statement
- Copyright
Watch shows and movies in the Apple TV app on iPad
Play shows and movies from the Apple TV app 
on iPad. Purchases, rentals, Apple TV+, and Apple TV channels play in the Apple TV app, while content from other providers plays in their video app.
Buy, rent, stream, or download shows and movies
Tap an item to see its details.
Choose any of the following options (not all options are available for all titles):
Watch Apple TV+ or Apple TV channels: Tap Play. If you’re not a current subscriber, tap Try It Free (available for eligible Apple ID accounts) or Subscribe.
Watch with the suggested video app: Tap Open In.
Choose a different video app: If the title is available from multiple providers, scroll down to How To Watch, then choose a provider.
Buy or rent: Confirm your selection, then complete the payment.
When you rent a movie, you have 30 days to start watching it. After you start watching the movie, you can play it as many times as you want for 48 hours, after which the rental period ends. When the rental period ends, the movie is deleted.
Download: Tap
. You can find the download in Library and watch it even when iPad isn’t connected to the Internet.Pre-order: Review the details, then tap Pre-Order.
When the pre-ordered item becomes available, your payment method is billed, and you receive an email notification. If you turned on automatic downloads, the item is automatically downloaded to your iPad.
Note: The availability of Apple Media Services varies by country or region. See the Apple Support article Availability of Apple Media Services.
Control playback in the Apple TV app
During playback, tap the screen to show the controls.
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 | Skip backward 15 seconds; touch and hold to rewind | ||||||||||
 | Skip forward 15 seconds; touch and hold to fast-forward | ||||||||||
 | Change the aspect ratio; if you don’t see the scaling control, the video already fits the screen perfectly | ||||||||||
 | Display subtitles and closed captions (if available) | ||||||||||
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 | Stop playback | ||||||||||
Change the Apple TV app settings
Go to Settings
> TV.Do any of the following:
Choose streaming options: To limit streaming to Wi-Fi connections, turn off Use Cellular Data (Wi-Fi + Cellular models). To select the streaming quality, tap Cellular or Wi-Fi, then choose High Quality or Data Saver.
High Quality requires a faster Internet connection and uses more data.
Choose download options: To limit downloads to Wi-Fi connections, turn off Use Cellular Data (Wi-Fi + Cellular models). To select the download quality, tap Cellular or Wi-Fi, then choose High Quality or Fast Downloads.
High Quality results in slower downloads and uses more data.
Add audio languages: Tap Audio Languages, tap Add Audio Language to Download, then choose a language. To remove a language, swipe left on the language you want to remove, then tap Delete.
The default language is the primary language for your country or region. If you turned on Audio Descriptions in Settings > Accessibility, audio descriptions are also downloaded.
Update your recommendations and Up Next queue based on what you watch on your iPad: Turn on Use Play History.
What you watch on your iPad affects your personalized recommendations and Up Next on all your devices where you’re signed in with your Apple ID.
Remove a download
Tap Library, then tap Downloaded.
Swipe left on the item you want to remove, then tap Delete.
Removing an item from iPad doesn’t delete it from your purchases in iCloud. You can download the item to iPad again later.