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Emily Long

Emily is a staff writer at GeeksModo, and is interested in all things Apple. This includes its best products such as the iPad, iPhone, Mac, AirPods, and Apple Watch. When she’s not tinkering with the latest Apple gear, you’ll find her watching movies, taking pictures on her Sony A7 and exploring the great outdoors.

Emily Long's Articles

A screenshot showing an example of an iPad Home Screen.

How to set up your Game Center profile in the Apple Games app on iPad

by Emily Long
You can set up your Game Center profile in the Apple Games app on iPad, choose an avatar and nickname, and control who sees your activity.
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A list of several custom guides in Maps, including a Favorites category, and the New Guide button at the bottom right.

How to organize places with custom guides in Maps on iPad

by Emily Long
You can organize places with custom guides in Maps on iPad, create and share guides, and add places to your Favorites guide.
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The Maps app showing the Details screen with options to set an address as home, work, or school.

How to set your home, work, or school address in Maps on iPad

by Emily Long
You can set your home, work, or school address in Maps on iPad for one-tap directions and traffic updates, and change or remove it.
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The Phone app, with Favorite contacts on the left side of the screen. Below the Favorites is a list of recent calls and voicemail. The contact information appears on the right side of the screen, with the Keypad button in the top right of the screen.

How to record and transcribe a call on iPad

by Emily Long
You can record and transcribe a call on iPad, play a recorded call, view the transcript in Notes, and delete recordings.
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The iPad Control Center. Controls for Airplane Mode, cellular data, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth are in the top-left group in Control Center for Wi-Fi + Cellular iPad models. The Camera control is at the bottom right of Control Center. The screen on the right shows the quick menu of options that appear when you touch and hold the Camera control.

How to make calls using Wi-Fi on iPad

by Emily Long
You can make calls using Wi-Fi on iPad with Wi-Fi Calling when your cellular signal is low.
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A stopwatch in the Clock app shows the overall time passed in an event, and below it are several laps listed within that event.

How to track time with the stopwatch in Clock on iPad

by Emily Long
You can track time with the stopwatch in Clock on iPad to measure the duration of an event and record laps or splits.
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A Find My screen show an AirTags sharing their location.

How to share location of a lost item in Find My on iPad

by Emily Long
You can share the location of a lost item in Find My on iPad by creating a temporary webpage, like one for an airline.
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The Recently Deleted folder in the Photos app. Recently deleted photos appear in a grid on the screen.

How to delete or hide photos and videos on iPad

by Emily Long
You can delete or hide photos and videos on iPad, recover them from Recently Deleted, and unhide photos later.
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Media Types is open in the Photos app, showing collections of videos, selfies, Live Photos, portraits, and more.

How to locate photos and videos by media type on iPad

by Emily Long
You can locate photos and videos by media type on iPad, like Portrait mode photos or time-lapse videos, and reorder media types.
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The Conversation tab, showing chat bubbles and their translations.

How to translate in-person conversations with iPad

by Emily Long
You can translate in-person conversations with iPad in the Translate app, typing or speaking to see translated text in chat bubbles.
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