Chapter 1
Getting Started with Your iPad
The iPad is a series of powerful and extremely popular touch-screen tablet computers created by Apple. You can use an iPad either as a full-powered computing device on its own or as a companion device to your Mac or PC. In this chapter, you set up your iPad, sync data to it, and learn to use the user interface.
Identify and Compare the iPad Models
Meet Your iPad’s Controls
Download, Install, and Set Up iTunes
Begin Setup and Activate Your iPad
Set Up Your iPad as New Using iCloud
Set Up Your iPad from an iCloud Backup
Set Up Your iPad Using iTunes
Choose Which Items to Sync from Your Computer
Sync Your iPad with Your Computer via Wi-Fi
Explore the Interface and Launch Apps
Using Cover Sheet and Today View
Using Control Center
Using the Dock
Identify and Compare the iPad Models
The Apple iPad is the most popular tablet computer on the market. Powerful, elegantly designed, and easy to use, the iPad can take over many of the tasks you normally perform on your desktop or laptop computer, such as surfing the web, exchanging e-mail messages, performing desktop publishing, and playing video games.
Understand the Choice of iPad Models
The iPad comes in three sizes: small, medium, and large. The small size consists of the iPad mini models. The medium size includes the model called simply “iPad” and the smaller iPad Pro model. The large size is the full-size iPad Pro.
Compare Screen Size and Device Size
Recent iPad mini models have a 7.9-inch screen with 2048 × 1536 pixels at a resolution of 326 pixels per inch, or ppi. The iPad has a 9.7-inch screen with 2048 × 1536 pixels at a resolution of 264 ppi. The smaller iPad Pro has a 10.5-inch screen with 2224 × 1668 pixels at a resolution of 264 ppi. The full-size iPad Pro has a 12.9-inch screen with 2732 × 2048 pixels at a resolution of 264 ppi. All of these screen measurements are diagonal.
Although the difference in diagonal measurements sounds small — less than 2 inches between the iPad mini and the iPad, and just over 3 inches between the iPad and the full-size iPad Pro — the difference in screen size is dramatic. The iPad screen is on