Essential iPad: iOS 10 Edition

by Kevin Wilson

The twenty-first century offers more technology than we have ever seen before, but with new updates, and apps coming out every month, most iPad users don’t have time to keep up or figure everything out on their own and it can be quite overwhelming. Essential iOS 10 Edition is here to fill in the gaps. With comprehensive instruction for many commonly used iPad Apps, this step-by-step guide offers specifics in setting up, and effectively utilizing the latest Apple offerings that will best help you achieve your goals. In addition, many illustrations and screenshots are included, allowing readers to digest information quickly and easily without feeling confused, wasting time, and getting discouraged. In this guide we’ll take a look at...
•    Setting up your iPad
•    New 3D touch, Digital Touch, Live Photos, iMessage and more
•    Setting up and connecting to WiFi
•    Setting yourself up with iCloud, Apple IDs and Family Sharing
•    Getting around your iPad; icons and menus
•    Handoff, picture-in-picture, multitasking and mastering multi touch gestures
•    Organising your favourite photos
•    Taking pictures and enhancing them with the built in iSight cameras
•    Buying, organising, and listening to music, with iTunes and Apple Music.
•    Using maps to get directions
•    Reading books with iBooks App
•    Reading newspapers and keeping up to date with the latest headlines with News App
•    Browsing the internet with confidence and safety
•    Chatting to friends and family with FaceTime
•    Getting to know Siri and maintaining your iPad
•    and more... Unlike other books and manuals that assume a computing background not possessed by beginners, Essential iOS 10 Edition tackles the basics of the iPad so that everyone from students to senior citizens to home users pressed for time can take advantage of the digital revolution.  So if you’re looking for a iPad manual, a visual book, simplified tutorial, dummies guide, or reference, Essential iOS 10 Edition will help you maximize the potential of your iPad to increase your productivity and enhance your digital life.

179 pages, Paperback

Published July 21, 2017

About the author

With over 20 years' experience in the computer industry, Kevin Wilson has made a career out of technology and showing others how to use it. After earning a master's degree in computer science, software engineering, and multimedia systems, Kevin has held various positions in the IT industry including graphic & web design, programming, building & managing corporate networks, and IT support.

He serves as senior writer and director at Elluminet Press Ltd, he periodically teaches computer science at college, and works as an IT trainer in England while researching for his PhD. His books have become a valuable resource among the students in England, South Africa, Canada, and in the United States.

Kevin's motto is clear: "If you can't explain something simply, then you haven't understood it well enough." To that end, he has created the Exploring Tech Computing series, in which he breaks down complex technological subjects into smaller, easy-to-follow steps that students and ordinary computer users can put into practice.

Reviews

[Jeanne&Gil Frey · Rating 4 out of 5]

Worth buying

I found this far more useful once my iPad Pro arrived. I then downloaded into the Kindle app on the device and find myself consulting it as I populate and begin to use the iPad.