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How to share places in Maps on iPad

by Emily Long

You can share places with others in Maps. For example, you can send a message or email to show people where to meet you. A place on the map or a search result can be shared from the top of its place card.

Quick tip: Even when the Maps app isn’t open, you can share your current location: Touch and hold Maps on the Home Screen, and then tap Send My Location. Read our article, Perform quick actions.

  1. Start the Maps app on your iPad.
  2. Tap a place on the map or a search result.
  3. Tap the Share button (at the top of the place card) and choose an option.

You can also touch and hold the place, then tap Share Location.

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How to delete and recover emails in Mail on iPad

by Kevin Hollington

You can delete or archive emails you no longer need. If you change your mind, you can recover deleted emails.

There are multiple ways to delete email messages, and selecting a Transactions, Updates, or Promotions message selects all the messages in that category from the sender. You can also archive instead of delete, and decide how long to keep deleted messages.

Here’s how to delete and recover emails in Mail on iPad.

Delete emails

There are multiple ways to delete email messages. Do any of the following:

  1. Go to the Mail app on your iPad.
  2. Do any of the following:

    • While viewing a Primary message: Tap the Delete button above the message.
    • While viewing a message list: Tap Select. Select the messages you want to delete by tapping their checkboxes. Tap the Delete button at the bottom of the message list.

      Important: When you select a Transactions, Updates, or Promotions message, you’re selecting all the messages in that category from the sender.

    • While viewing a sender’s digest view: Swipe left on a message, then tap the Reply Actions button.

To turn off the deletion confirmation, go to Settings > Apps > Mail, then turn off Ask Before Deleting (below Messages).

Recover a deleted email

  1. Start the Mail app on your iPad.
  2. Tap the Sidebar button in the upper-left corner to view your mailboxes and tap the Collapsed button next to the email account.
  3. Tap Trash, then tap the message you want to recover.
  4. Tap the Move button. Select a mailbox to move the message to.

Quick tip: An All Trash mailbox shows deleted messages across all your accounts in one place. Tap Mailboxes (top left), then tap Edit at the top of the list and select the All Trash mailbox.

Archive instead of delete

You can archive email messages in the Archive mailbox. (You can still choose to delete messages, even if you set up an Archive mailbox.)

  1. Start the Settings app on your iPad.
  2. Tap Apps and then tap Mail.
  3. Tap Mail Accounts and then do one of the following:
    • If you’re using an iCloud email account: Tap iCloud, then tap Mailbox Behaviors.
    • If you’re using another email account: Tap an email account, tap Account Settings, and then tap Advanced.
  4. Select Archive Mailbox (below Move Discarded Messages Into).

When this option is turned on, to delete a message instead of archiving it, touch and hold the Archive button, then tap Trash Message.

Decide how long to keep deleted emails

With some email clients, you can set how long deleted messages stay in the Trash mailbox.

  1. Start the Settings app on your iPad.
  2. Tap Apps and then tap Mail.
  3. Tap Mail Accounts and then do one of the following:
    • If you’re using an iCloud email account: Tap iCloud, then tap Mailbox Behaviors.
    • If you’re using another email account: Tap your email provider and tap Account Settings. Then tap Advanced.
  4. Tap Remove, then select a time interval.

Note: Some email services can override your selection. iCloud, for instance, doesn’t hold on to deleted messages longer than 30 days, even if you select Never.

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How to find your travel photos and videos on iPad

by Stacey Butler

In the Photos app, you can quickly find photos and videos from your trips grouped into collections, based on location data from the photos. You can even find older trips by year. You can also view your memories, browse photos and videos by location, and share photos and videos.

  1. Open the Photos app on your iPad.
  2. Tap Collections, scroll down to Trips, and tap the trip collection you want to view.

    Tap a year at the top of the screen to help you find older trips.

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How to browse photos and videos by location on iPad

by Emily Long

The Photos app creates collections of your photos and videos based on where they were taken. You can use the Map view to see photos taken in a specific location, look for photos taken nearby, and see collections of photos on a map.

Only pictures and videos with embedded location information (GPS data) are included. You can also check where any photo or video was taken, and see more photos from that location.

View your photo library on a map

You can browse your photo library by location on a map.

  1. Start the Photos app on your iPad.
  2. Tap Library, tap the Sort and Filter button, and then tap Show Map.

    Only pictures and videos that have embedded location information (GPS data) are included.

    Tip: Pinch the map to zoom in and out, or drag to see more locations.

  3. Tap a photo thumbnail to see all of the photos and videos taken in that location.

Check where a photo or video was taken

While viewing a photo or video, you can check the location to see where it was taken.

  1. Start the Photos app on your iPad.
  2. Open a photo and swipe up or tap the Info button.
  3. Tap the map or address link to see more details.

    Tip: To see more photos from this location, tap Show Nearby Photos.

If you’d like to add or change the location or address of where a photo or video was taken, read our article, Change the date, time, or location.

View a collection on a map

You can browse a collection’s photos and videos by location on a map.

  1. Start the Photos app on your iPad.
  2. Tap Collections and then tap a collection such as a trip or a recent day.
  3. Tap the More button and then tap Show Map.

    Tip: Pinch the map to zoom in and out, or tap Show Nearby Photos to view more photos taken in the area.

  4. Tap the Close button to close the map.

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How to add more homes with iPad

by Tyler Stephen

In the Home app on your iPad, you can add more homes when you have more than one physical space—a home and a small office, for example. You just name the home, choose its wallpaper, then save it. And once you’ve added more homes, you can switch to another home whenever you want.

  1. Go to the Home app on your iPad.
  2. Tap the Add button and then tap Add New Home.
  3. Name the home, choose its wallpaper, then tap Save.
  4. To switch to another home, tap the More button and tap the home you want.

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How to enable cookies on iPad

by Chris Smith

You can enable cookies on iPad. Some websites use cookies to keep track of your activity, such as your settings, and enabling cookies allows websites that require them to work normally. You can also clear your cache and cookies on iPad.

  1. Start the Settings app on your iPad.
  2. Tap Apps, then tap Safari.
  3. Tap Advanced and turn off Block All Cookies.

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How to customize apps and widgets on the iPad Home Screen

by Tyler Stephen

You can change how app icons and widgets look on your Home Screen—adjust their size, apply a color tint, or switch between light and dark appearances. Auto gives icons and widgets a dark look at night, and a light appearance during the day.

In large size, the app names disappear, and a clear look makes the icons translucent. You can resize a widget, too. Some apps don’t offer every widget size, though, while others offer sizes up to extra large.

The iPad Home Screen with clear app icons.

If you’d like to add, remove, or edit what a widget displays, see our article, Add, edit, and remove widgets.

Customize the look of app icons

  1. Go to the Home Screen.
  2. Touch and hold the Home Screen background until the icons begin to jiggle.
  3. Tap the Edit button at the top of the screen. Then choose Customize.
  4. Do any of the following:
    • Make the icons larger: Tap the LargeAppIcons button. In large size, the names of the apps disappear.
    • Choose a dark appearance: Tap Dark. To show icons and widgets with a dark appearance at night and a light appearance during the day, tap Auto.
    • Give the icons a clear look: Tap Clear to make the icons translucent, then choose Light, Dark, or Auto.
    • Add a color tint: Tap Tinted. Use the sliders to choose the color and saturation (or use the eyedropper to select a color in your wallpaper). Then choose Light, Dark, or Auto.

Resize a widget

  1. Go to the Home Screen.
  2. Touch and hold the app icon or widget on your Home Screen.
  3. Choose a widget size.

    Note: Not all apps offer every widget size. Some apps provide only small and medium widgets, while others offer sizes up to extra large.

To change the widget back to an app icon, touch and hold it, then tap the App Icon button.

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How to improve audio and record video calls on iPad

by Chris Smith

You can control the settings for capturing audio and video in apps and websites—for example, during a videoconference—to maximize the quality of your recording.

An input source for recording audio can be set for a specific app or website, or for your device. Voice Isolation reduces background noise so your voice comes through clearly, while Wide Spectrum keeps all the surrounding sounds. After the call, your recording is saved in the Files app by default.

Here’s how to improve audio and record video calls on iPad.

Select an audio input source

You can choose an input source for recording audio in a specific app or website or for your device.

  1. Open the app or go to the website you want to record from.
  2. Open Control Center.
  3. Tap the button for your app or browser at the top of Control Center.
  4. Tap Input and then select an input device.

    A menu in Control Center shows input source options for recording your side of a videoconference.

Filter out background sounds with Voice Isolation

To make your voice come through clearly, Voice Isolation reduces background noise. Wide Spectrum keeps all surrounding sounds, which helps in music or group settings.

  1. Open the app or go to the website you want to record from.
  2. Open Control Center.
  3. Tap the button for your app or browser at the top of Control Center.
  4. Tap Voice Isolation.

To include the background sounds in your recording, tap Wide Spectrum, if it’s available. (Wide Spectrum isn’t available for all apps.)

After the call, your recording is saved by default in the Downloads folder in the Files app, unless you specify another location. Tap the Share button to share it with other call participants. It can be combined with other participants’ recordings in a post-production app such as Logic Pro or Final Cut Pro.

Record audio and video with Local Capture

Local Capture saves high-quality audio and video recordings directly to your iPad. Voice Isolation and Wide Spectrum don’t affect a Local Capture recording, but you can edit it afterward to adjust the sound.

Local Capture records audio and video by default, but if another app is using your camera, it records only audio.

  1. Open the videoconferencing app you want to record from.
  2. Open Control Center.
  3. Touch and hold the Local Capture button.

    Note: If you don’t see the Local Capture button, add it to Control Center first. See Use and customize Control Center.

  4. Tap Start Recording.

    Note: Depending on your audio input source, you can adjust the input gain by dragging the slider (if one appears onscreen). The input gain slider allows you to attenuate the incoming volume when you use an external USB microphone.

    To exclude video from your recording, select Audio Only in Control Center.

Note: While you’re recording with Local Capture, you can use Voice Isolation to filter out background noise during the live session, though not in the recording itself. However, you can fix this by editing the recording after the live session, filtering out background sounds.

After the call, your recording is automatically saved in the Downloads folder in the Files app, unless you specify a different location for saving Local Capture recordings. Tap the Share button to share the recording with other call participants. It can be combined with other participants’ recordings in a post-production app (such as Logic Pro or Final Cut Pro).

Choose where Local Capture recordings are saved

You can specify a location for saving Local Capture recordings other than the default Downloads folder in the Files app.

  1. Open the Settings app on your iPad.
  2. Tap General and then tap Local Capture.
  3. Tap Save Location and then go to the folder where you want to save your Local Capture recordings.
  4. Tap the folder where you want the recordings saved and then tap Open.

Use AirPods to record audio and capture video from a distance

With supported models of AirPods and AirPods Pro, you can use your AirPods to remotely record audio and video during a videoconference. To start and stop recording, press the AirPods stem.

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How to make a recording in Voice Memos on iPad

by Moses Johnson

You can use iPad as a portable recording device to record personal notes, classroom lectures, musical ideas, and more, using the built-in microphone, a supported headset, or an external microphone. You can fine-tune your recordings with editing tools like trim, replace, and resume.

When Voice Memos is turned on in iCloud settings, your recordings appear and update automatically on your iPhone, iPad, and Mac signed in to the same Apple Account. You can also filter out background sounds and record in stereo or mono.

A Voice Memo recording, showing a waveform of the recording that’s in progress, along with a time indicator, a button to pause the recording, and a button to view the transcription.

Make a basic recording

  1. Go to the Voice Memos app on your iPad.
  2. Tap the Record button to begin recording.

    To adjust the recording level, move the microphone closer to or farther from what you’re recording.

  3. Tap Done to finish recording.

Your recording is saved with the name New Recording or the name of your location, if Location Services is turned on in Settings > Privacy & Security. To change the name, tap the recording, then tap the name and type a new one.

To fine-tune the recording, check out our guide, Edit a recording.

Note: For your privacy, when you use Voice Memos to make recordings, an orange dot appears at the top of your screen to indicate your microphone is in use.

Filter out background sounds

Your Mono and Stereo recordings can include background sounds or leave them out.

  1. Open the Voice Memos app on your iPad.
  2. Open Control Center.
  3. Tap Voice Memos at the top of Control Center.
  4. To filter out background sounds and record only your voice, select Voice Isolation.

Record stereo or mono

Which recording mode you select determines how the recording sounds on playback.

  1. Open the Settings app on your iPad.
  2. Tap Apps and tap Voice Memos.
  3. Tap Recording Mode, then choose one of the following:

    • Mono: Audio playback is the same in both ears.
    • Stereo: Separates audio playback between the left and right ears.

    When Stereo is selected, Voice Memos records using multiple microphones on your iPad and with right and left audio channels. If you listen to a Stereo recording through headphones, you hear different sounds from different microphones; however, the waveform display still looks the same.

Use the advanced recording features

Pausing and resuming as you record lets you make a recording in parts.

  1. Open the Voice Memos app on your iPad.
  2. Tap the Record button to begin a recording.

    To adjust the recording level, move the microphone closer to or farther away from what you’re recording.

    To see more details while you’re recording, swipe up from the top of the waveform.

  3. Tap the Pause button to stop recording; tap Resume to continue.
  4. To review your recording, tap the Play button.

    To change where playback begins, drag the playhead right or left across the small waveform at the bottom of the screen before you tap the Play button.

  5. To save the recording, tap Done.

Your recording is saved with the name New Recording or the name of your location, if Location Services is turned on in Settings > Privacy & Security. To change the name, tap the recording, then tap the name and type a new one.

To fine-tune your recording, read our article, Edit or delete a recording.

Mute the start and stop tones

Turning on Silent mode mutes the start and stop tones.

Open Control Center, then tap the Silent Mode Off button to turn on Silent mode.

Use another app while recording

You’re free to use another app while you’re recording, as long as it doesn’t play audio on your iPad.

  1. Open the Voice Memos app on your iPad.
  2. Tap the Record button to begin recording.
  3. While recording, you can open the Home Screen and open another app.

    If the other app starts playing audio, Voice Memos stops recording.

  4. To return to Voice Memos, tap the orange icon at the top of the screen.

With Voice Memos turned on in iCloud settings or preferences, iCloud saves your recording, and it shows up automatically on any iPhone, iPad, or Mac where you’re signed in to the same Apple Account.

Unless you turn on Stereo Recording in Settings, recordings using the built-in microphone are in Mono. To record in Stereo, you can also connect an external stereo microphone or audio interface that works with iPad. Look for the Apple “Made for iPad” or “Works with iPad” logo on the accessory.

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How to keep the screen off when you use VoiceOver on iPad

by Kevin Hollington

If you use VoiceOver on iPad and don’t need to see what’s on the screen, you can turn on the screen curtain to improve battery life and maintain privacy. Your iPad stays active even though the display is off.

You can turn the screen curtain on or off with a three-finger gesture, which changes slightly if Zoom is also on. You can also use VoiceOver gestures, zoom in on the iPad screen, and learn how to operate iPad when VoiceOver is on.

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