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Stacey Butler

Stacey is a senior staff writer at GeeksModo and has been writing about Apple for nearly a decade. She covers all things Apple for GeeksModo, including iPhones, iPads and Mac. Based in Honolulu, Hawaii, Stacey is often found hiking precarious landscapes or tinkering with a camera.

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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 change your voicemail greeting and settings on iPad

by Stacey Butler
You can change your voicemail greeting and settings on iPad, including your voicemail password and the alert sound for new messages.
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The New Contact window in the Contacts app.

How to edit contacts on iPad

by Stacey Butler
You can edit contacts on iPad, add photos, pronunciations, pronouns, and birthdays, and change labels.
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Jiggling apps on the Home Screen with an arrow showing one app being dragged to the next page.

How to move apps and widgets on the iPad Home Screen

by Stacey Butler
You can move apps and widgets on the iPad Home Screen, create new pages, remove widgets, and hide Home Screen pages.
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App Library on iPad showing the apps organized by category (Entertainment, Productivity & Finance, and so on).

How to remove or delete apps from iPad

by Stacey Butler
You can remove or delete apps from iPad, move an app from the Home Screen to App Library, and recover a deleted app.
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The Screen Time Schedule screen showing an overview of a schedule, including before work, during work, dinner, and evening.

How to set Screen Time Schedules and Time Allowances with Screen Time on iPad

by Stacey Butler
You can set Screen Time Schedules and Time Allowances on iPad to control when and how long you use your apps.
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A recording made in Voice Memos. The list of recordings is on the left, with a selected recording at the top. On the right, the waveform has a playhead, which you can drag to go to a specific place in the recording. Above the waveform are the Share, Favorite, Move, Delete, Playback Options, Transcription, and Edit buttons. Below the timeline are the Playback controls.

How to export a Voice Memos recording to Files on iPad

by Stacey Butler
You can export a Voice Memos recording to Files on iPad, keep layers and effects, and import it into Logic Pro.
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A Messages conversation list with an unread message and another being marked as unread.

How to keep track of messages on iPad

by Stacey Butler
You can keep track of messages on iPad, catch up on missed messages, mark conversations as unread, and pin conversations.
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The Camera screen showing a menu at a restaurant with text translated from Spanish to English.

How to translate text in messages on iPad

by Stacey Butler
You can translate text in messages on iPad with Live Translation, so incoming texts in other languages appear in your preferred language.
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An iPad with the Freeform app open. The board includes handwriting, text, drawings, shapes, sticky notes, links, and other files.

How to create a Freeform board on iPad

by Stacey Butler
You can create a Freeform board on iPad, start one from another app, and open, duplicate, or add a board to Favorites.
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The Translate screen, showing phrases translated from English to Chinese, Japanese to Arabic, French to German, and English to Spanish. Along the top, from left to right, are the Show Sidebar, Translate, Camera, Conversation, Favorites, and More buttons.

How to change your Translate settings on iPad

by Stacey Butler
You can change your Translate settings on iPad, download languages, use on-device translation, and choose a default translation app.
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