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How Apple Intelligence protects your privacy on iPad

by Tyler Stephen

Apple Intelligence delivers intelligence that is relevant for you and grounded in your personal context while protecting your privacy. In many cases, Apple Intelligence models run entirely on device so that a task can be completed without data leaving your device.

For more complex requests that require more computational capacity, Apple Intelligence can use Private Cloud Compute, which extends the privacy and security of your Apple products like iPad into the cloud to unlock even more intelligence. It uses larger, server-based models, and the data it processes is not stored or made accessible to Apple. That data is used only to fulfill your request, then the results are returned securely to your device, and independent privacy and security researchers can verify this promise at any time. You can even create a report of the requests your iPad sends.

Note: Apple Intelligence on iPadOS 27 or later is available on an Apple Intelligence-enabled iPad mini (A17 Pro) and iPad models with M1 or later. Apple Intelligence is not available in all languages or regions. Usage limits may apply.*

About Private Cloud Compute

When a user makes a request, Apple Intelligence analyzes whether it can be processed on device. For more complex requests, it can draw on Private Cloud Compute, which extends the privacy and security of your iPad into the cloud. With Private Cloud Compute, only the data that is relevant to your request is processed on Apple silicon servers, before being removed. The data being processed in Private Cloud Compute is not stored or made accessible to Apple. It is processed only to fulfill your request, after which point the results are returned securely to your device and are not retained by Private Cloud Compute. Independent privacy and security researchers can inspect the code that runs on Apple silicon servers that enable Private Cloud Compute to verify this privacy promise at any time.

The Apple silicon servers that form the foundation of Private Cloud Compute provide unprecedented cloud security, Apple says. This starts with the Secure Enclave, which protects critical encryption keys on the server just as it does on a user’s iPad, while Secure Boot ensures the OS running on the server is signed and verified, just like in iPadOS. Trusted Execution Monitor makes sure only signed and verified code runs, and attestation enables a user’s device to securely verify the identity and configuration of a Private Cloud Compute cluster before sending a request. And to verify Apple’s privacy promise, independent experts can inspect the software that runs on Private Cloud Compute servers.

Create an Apple Intelligence Report

You can generate a report of requests your iPad has sent to Private Cloud Compute.

  1. Open the Settings app on your iPad.
  2. Tap Privacy & Security.
  3. Tap Apple Intelligence Report. Then choose a report duration for the last 15 minutes (default) or last 7 days. Choose off to disable the report.

    Note: The report may be empty if there haven’t been any Private Cloud Compute requests since you changed the duration.

  4. Tap Export Activity and choose a place to store the file. Then tap Export.

    The report is saved as a file named Apple_Intelligence_Report.json.

  5. Open the file with a text reader.

*Apple Intelligence is available with Siri and device language set to Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, or Vietnamese. Some features may not be available in all regions or languages. Some devices may not be available in all regions. Siri AI is available in beta in iOS 27, iPadOS 27, macOS 27, watchOS 27, and visionOS 27 and requires an Apple Intelligence–enabled device set to a supported language. Available in English to start. Siri AI will not be initially available in the EU on iOS, iPadOS, and watchOS. Certain Apple Intelligence features that rely on server-side models are subject to daily usage limits, including but not limited to Siri AI, Intelligent Photo Editing Tools, Image Playground, and AFM 3 Cloud models in Shortcuts. Daily limits may vary by feature, request complexity, system demand, system policies, and other factors. Expanded access to such features will be available for a fee in the future. Use of these features is subject to the Apple Intelligence Terms and Conditions.

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How to have a conference or three-way call on iPad

by Abigail Shilets

When you’re on a phone call, you can add an additional caller or callers if you want to include more people in the conversation. If you get another incoming call, you can also respond to or ignore it.

Depending on your carrier, GSM lets you set up a conference call with up to five people, though conference calling may not be available with VoLTE or Wi-Fi Calling. While on the call, you can talk privately with one person, add an incoming caller, or drop someone.

Here’s how to have a conference or three-way call on iPad.

Start a conference or three-way call

With GSM, you can set up a conference call with up to five people (depending on your carrier).

Note: When your call uses VoLTE (Voice over LTE) or Wi-Fi Calling, conference calls, or parts of conference calling, might not be available.

  1. Start the Phone app on your iPad.
  2. While on a call on iPad, tap Add Call, make another call. Tap Merge Calls.

    Repeat this step to add more people to the call.

  3. During the call, do any of the following:

    • Talk privately with one person: Tap the More Info button. Then tap Private next to the name of the person. Tap Merge Calls to resume the conference call.
    • Add an incoming caller on the same line: Tap Hold Call & Answer, then tap Merge Calls.
    • Drop one person: Tap the More Info button next to the name of the person you want to drop and then tap End.

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How to use other apps during a FaceTime call on iPad

by Tyler Stephen

While you’re on a call using the FaceTime app, you can use other apps—for example, to look up information, write a note, or perform a calculation. You can get back to the FaceTime screen at any time, and you can even share your screen with the other people in your call while you use another app.

  1. Go to the Home Screen on your iPad.
  2. Tap an app icon to open the app.
  3. To return to the FaceTime screen, tap the green bar (or the FaceTime icon) at the top of the screen.

While using another app, you can share your screen with the other people in your FaceTime call, too. See our guide, Share your screen in a FaceTime call.

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How to tell Apple Music what you enjoy on iPad

by Dave Johnson

You can make a song or album a favorite so that you can easily find and play it again later. If you dislike a song or album, you receive fewer suggestions for similar music.

Letting Apple Music know what you like and dislike improves future recommendations, and you can also rate music in your library with one to five stars. Your ratings sync across devices signed in to the same Apple Account.

Tell Apple Music what you enjoy

  1. Start the Music app on your iPad.
  2. Do any of the following:
    • Touch and hold an album, playlist, or song, then tap Favorite or Suggest Less.
    • On the Now Playing screen, tap the More button, then tap Favorite or Suggest Less.

Telling Apple Music what you like and dislike improves future recommendations.

Rate music in your library

  1. Start the Settings app on your iPad.
  2. Tap Apps and tap Music.
  3. Turn on Show Star Ratings.

    Note: This option only appears if you already added a star rating to a song in your music library on your Mac or Windows device, and Sync Library is enabled on your iPad (go to Settings > Apps > Music, then turn on Sync Library).

  4. Go to the Music app, touch and hold a song in your library, tap Rate Song, and then choose a rating from one to five stars.

Song ratings sync to all devices that are signed in to the same Apple Account.

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How to apply star ratings to photos and videos on iPad

by Tyler Stephen

Use star ratings to rank your photos and videos from 1 to 5 stars. After you apply ratings, you can filter your Photos library to quickly find your favorite shots.

Star ratings appear in the top-left corner of each image in your library grid, and you can change a rating, remove it, or apply one to an unrated image later. You can also filter by rating to see all items with that rating, or all items in your library without a rating.

Here’s how to apply star ratings to photos and videos on iPad.

Turn on star ratings

  1. Start the Photos app on your iPad.
  2. Tap Collections and tap your Apple Account profile at the top of the screen.
  3. Turn on Show Ratings Controls.

Rate a photo or video

  1. Start the Photos app on your iPad.
  2. Open a photo or video.
  3. Tap the Unrated button. Then tap a star rating, from 1 through 5.

Quick tip: In your photo library grid, star ratings show up in the top-left corner of each image. To change a star rating, remove one, or apply a rating to an unrated image, touch and hold the image in the grid.

Filter photos and videos by star rating

  1. Start the Photos app on your iPad.
  2. Tap the Sort and Filter button, then tap Rating.
  3. Tap a rating level to see all items with that rating, or tap Unrated to see all items in your library without a rating.

To remove the rating filter, tap the star at the top of the library, then tap Remove Filters.

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How to save stories in News on iPad

by Stacey Butler

You can save news stories to read later, and Apple News+ subscribers can even read saved stories in Offline Mode.

You can read a saved story anytime from Saved Stories in the sidebar, and delete a saved story when you’re done with it. You can also remove all saved stories at once, and search for channels, topics, stories, or recipes in News.

Here’s how to save stories in News on iPad.

Save a story

  1. Start the News app on your iPad.
  2. When reading a story, do one of the following:
    • In landscape orientation: Tap the Save button.
    • In portrait orientation: Tap the Save button and then tap Save Story.

Read a saved story

  1. Start the News app on your iPad.
  2. Tap Saved Stories in the sidebar and then tap the story.

Delete a saved story

  1. Start the News app on your iPad.
  2. Tap Saved Stories in the sidebar.

    If you don’t see the sidebar, tap the Sidebar button.

  3. Do one of the following:

    • Delete one story: Swipe the story left.
    • Remove all saved stories: Tap Clear and then tap Clear Saved Stories.

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How to search for channels, topics, stories, or recipes in News on iPad

by Stacey Butler

The News app keeps track of a wide variety of channels, topics, stories, and recipes, which makes it easy to find content that interests you. You can search for the name of a channel, a topic like fashion or politics, an event like an upcoming meteor shower, or a recipe title, ingredient, or keyword.

  1. Start the News app on your iPad.
  2. Tap the Search button in the sidebar or tab bar and enter any of the following in the search field:
    • The name of a channel, such as Scientific American or Washington Post
    • A topic, such as fashion, business, or politics
    • An event, such as an upcoming meteor shower
    • A recipe title, ingredient, or keyword
  3. Tap the Search button.

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How to play Emoji Game in News on iPad

by Emily Long

Apple News+ subscribers can solve daily Emoji Game puzzles by completing words and phrases with emoji. The object is to complete several phrases with as few moves as possible, and each emoji can be read directly, through association, or in combination with others. Trying an answer or expanding a clue counts as a move.

Letters relating to an emoji may appear nonconsecutively in an answer, and a group of emoji is interpreted as a whole. If you reveal the answers you didn’t find, the puzzle doesn’t count in your Scoreboard stats and streaks.

Note: Apple News, Apple News+, and puzzles aren’t available in all countries or regions.

An Emoji Game puzzle in the News app.

  1. Open the News app on your iPad.
  2. Open an Emoji Game puzzle.
  3. Do any of the following:

    • Try an answer: Consider the various definitions or associations for the emoji and then drag the most appropriate emoji (or group of emoji) to complete each word or phrase.

      For example, a “pear” emoji 🍐 could complete “DISAP_ _ _ _,” but interpreted as “fruit” it could complete “_ _ _ _ _ FUL.”

      Letters relating to emoji may appear nonconsecutively in an answer. For example, dragging an “earth” emoji 🌍 to “L_ _ _N _ _E ROPES” completes the phrase “learn the ropes.”

      Interpret grouped emoji as a whole. For example, a single 🐠 could mean “fish,” while 🐠🐠🐠 might mean “school.”

    • Expand a clue: Tap the Expand button. This counts as a move.
    • Reveal answers: Tap the More button, then tap Reveal. The answers you didn’t find are shown. The puzzle doesn’t count in your Scoreboard stats and streaks.

Quick tip: If you’d like a quick Emoji Game tutorial, tap the More button and then tap How to Play. Or, to open the Emoji Game feed, choose More Puzzles.

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How to find puzzles in Apple News+ on iPad

by Tyler Stephen

If you subscribe to Apple News+, you can access daily and archived crossword, crossword mini, Quartiles, sudoku, and Emoji Game puzzles. Some puzzles may be available without a subscription.

You can view the Puzzles feed, follow a puzzle type, choose a puzzle, view puzzle stats and streaks, compete with others, and share a puzzle with friends. For quick access to one type of puzzle, you can follow it and even make it a favorite.

Note: Apple News, Apple News+, and puzzles aren’t available in all countries or regions.

The Puzzles feed in the News app.

View the Puzzles feed

  1. Start the News app on your iPad.
  2. Do one of the following:

    • Tap Puzzles in the sidebar or tab bar.

      If you don’t see the sidebar, tap the Sidebar button.

    • Tap Today in the sidebar or tab bar, scroll down, then tap the Puzzles group.

Follow a puzzle type

If you want quick access to a specific type of puzzle, you can follow that type.

  1. Start the News app on your iPad.
  2. View the Puzzles feed, as above.
  3. Tap Crossword, Crossword Mini, Quartiles, Sudoku, or Emoji Game.
  4. Tap the More button, then tap Follow.

A Puzzles category appears in the sidebar with the puzzle type appearing below. To make it a favorite, tap Edit, tap the Add Favorite button next to a puzzle type, then tap the Done button.

Note: With an Apple News+ subscription, puzzles in the Puzzles feed and puzzle type feeds can download automatically, so you can play them in Offline Mode.

Choose a puzzle

  1. Start the News app on your iPad.
  2. Go to one of the following areas to find a puzzle:
    • The Today feed
    • The Puzzles feed
    • The feed for a puzzle type (crossword, crossword mini, Quartiles, sudoku, or Emoji Game)
  3. Tap a puzzle to open it.

Crossword and sudoku puzzles have a difficulty rating—easy, moderate, or challenging.

You can see more past puzzles in each puzzle type’s complete archive. Scroll down in the puzzle type’s feed, then tap the Right Arrow button next to Archive.

Quick tip: To sort or filter any puzzle archive, just tap the Filter button.

View puzzle stats and streaks

In every puzzle feed, you can find the Scoreboard, which includes:

  • Statistics for each puzzle type—the number of puzzles solved, for example
  • Your current streak—the number of consecutive days you solved the daily puzzle
  • Your longest streak
  1. Start the News app on your iPad.
  2. Choose the feed for a puzzle type and then swipe up.

Conditions that affect stats include the following:

  • If you use the Reveal command to show all or a portion of a puzzle, the puzzle won’t count toward your stats, and completing the puzzle won’t start or continue a streak.
  • Puzzles you complete on a device with iOS 17.5, iPadOS 17.5, macOS 14.5, or later count toward your stats. Any puzzles you played on older OS versions don’t count toward your stats.
  • After you open the News app on a device with iOS 17.5, iPadOS 17.5, macOS 14.5, or later, any daily puzzles you complete on a device with an earlier version of the OS are added to your streak. For example, if you complete Monday’s crossword and Tuesday’s crossword on your iPhone with iOS 17.5, and then solve Wednesday’s crossword on your iPad with iPadOS 17.4, your streak is extended.
  • Users in the continental U.S. and Canada must complete a puzzle within 24 hours of its publication for it to count toward a streak. Users in Alaska and Hawaii get an extra hour or two; they must complete the day’s puzzle before midnight local time.
  • To start or maintain a sudoku streak, solve at least one of the current day’s sudoku puzzles of any difficulty level without revealing answers.

Your stats and streaks stay up to date on all your Apple devices where you’re signed in to the same Apple Account. Go to Settings, tap your name, then tap iCloud. Tap See All (in the Saved to iCloud section), then turn on News.

Compete with others

Want to take on friends and other puzzle solvers in Game Center and the Apple Games app? You’ll need to turn on Game Center in News, too.

  1. Set up your Game Center profile.
  2. Start the Settings app on your iPad.
  3. Tap Apps, then tap News.
  4. Turn on Game Center.

In Game Center, your scores show up on the leaderboard for each puzzle type, and sudoku gets a leaderboard for each difficulty level.

It’s also possible to challenge friends to solve crossword, crossword mini, sudoku, and Emoji Game puzzles. For details, check out our guide, Play with friends in the Apple Games app on iPad.

Share a puzzle

You can send a link to another Apple News+ subscriber so they can solve the puzzle too.

  1. Start the News app on your iPad.
  2. Open a puzzle.
  3. Tap the More button, tap Share, and then choose Messages, Mail, or another sharing option.

Your answers aren’t shown, but the following information is shared for completed puzzles:

  • Crossword, crossword mini, and sudoku: The time it took you to solve the puzzle
  • Quartiles: Your rank
  • Emoji Game: The number of moves you used to solve the puzzle

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How to solve crossword and crossword mini puzzles in News on iPad

by Chris Smith

Apple News+ subscribers get access to a new crossword and crossword mini puzzle every day. Crossword puzzles start out easy but get increasingly challenging as the week goes on, and when you want a puzzle you can solve in next to no time, there’s the always-easy crossword mini.

You can navigate and solve both kinds of puzzles in multiple ways. For example, you can display puzzles in the traditional grid view, or show clues and answers in a list instead. You can select words by square or choose clues from a list.

You don’t have to solve puzzles all at once, either. You can return to a puzzle at any time, and the timer pauses while you’re away.

Note: Apple News, Apple News+, and puzzles aren’t available in all countries or regions.

A partially filled crossword puzzle, with the clues along the left side.

Solve in grid view

  1. Open the News app on your iPad.
  2. Open a crossword or crossword mini puzzle.
  3. Tap a square to show the clue below the puzzle and then use the keyboard to enter the answer. You move to other squares as you type. You can also tap \< or > next to the clue to move to the previous or next clue.

    With the keyboard showing, switch from across to down, or vice versa, by tapping the selected square again or tapping the clue.

Solve in list view

Instead of the traditional grid, you can show clues and answers in a list.

  1. Open the News app on your iPad.
  2. Open a crossword or crossword mini puzzle.
  3. Tap the List View button.

Tap the Grid View button to return to grid view.

A partially filled crossword puzzle in list view.

Get hints and answers

If you’re unsure of an answer you entered, you can get a little help.

  1. Open the News app on your iPad.
  2. Open a crossword or crossword mini puzzle.
  3. Tap the Puzzles Options button. Do any of the following:

    • Mark incorrect answers: Tap Autocheck, Check Square, Check Word, or Check Puzzle.
    • Reveal answers: Tap Reveal, then tap Square, Word, or Puzzle to display the correct answer.

      Note: When you reveal all or a portion of a puzzle, it doesn’t count toward stats in your Scoreboard or as part of a streak.

Some puzzles highlight clues that reference other clues. You can turn off these highlights. Tap the More button, tap Settings, then turn off Highlight Linked Clues.

Sometimes crossword grids include circles, and the letters in the circles relate to that puzzle’s theme.

Always use Autocheck

When you turn on Autocheck inside a puzzle, it stays on for that puzzle only. If you want Autocheck to stay on all the time, follow these steps:

  1. Open the News app on your iPad.
  2. Open a crossword or crossword mini puzzle.
  3. Tap the More button, tap Settings, turn on Always Autocheck, and tap the Close button.
  4. Tap the Puzzles Options button, then tap Autocheck.

    Autocheck stays on for all puzzles of that type until you turn it off.

A partially filled crossword mini puzzle, with the clues on one side.

Restart your puzzle

Want a fresh start? Clear a puzzle’s answers and reset the timer.

  1. Open the News app on your iPad.
  2. Open a crossword or crossword mini puzzle.
  3. Tap the Puzzles Options button.
  4. Tap Clear Puzzle.

Change how you move around the puzzle

  1. Open the News app on your iPad.
  2. Open a crossword or crossword mini puzzle.
  3. Tap the More button, choose Settings, and choose what happens as you enter a letter or an answer:
    • Go to the next empty square: Select Skip Filled Squares.
    • Go to the next square, whether or not it’s filled in: Deselect Skip Filled Squares.
    • Go to the next clue: Next to At End of Word, choose Advance If Complete or Always Advance.
    • Don’t go to the next clue: Next to At End of Word, choose Don’t Advance.

Show or hide the timer

You can show or hide the timer that appears above your puzzle.

  1. Open the News app on your iPad.
  2. Open a crossword or crossword mini puzzle.
  3. Do one of the following:
    • Tap the Timer button.
    • Tap the More button, choose Settings, then turn Show Timer on or off.

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