iPad Pro for Beginners: The Unofficial Guide to Using the iPad Pro (2 page)

Have you ever showed photos to family or friends and got to one that’s a little…awkward? You could always delete it, but maybe it’s one, as awkward as it is, that you actually want to keep? In the Photos app, tap and hold the picture you want to keep (but not show), tap “Hide.” The photo will now be visible in albums, however a new “Hidden” album will be created.

Is your device dying faster than it should? iOS makes it a lot easier to find out what app might be running your device too hard. To see who the battery drainer is, go to Settings / General / Usage and Battery Usage.

Have you ever checked your device a 100 times waiting to get a reply to that important email? Let the device notify you so you don’t have to keep looking down. When your Mail App is open, reply to a message, tap the flag, and tap Notify Me.

Not a good at typing text messages? When you reply to a message, tap the microphone key and send a speech message.

Having a black and white screen might help you see the screen easier; if that’s true, go to Settings / Accessibility / and switch Grayscale to on.

A popular feature on the device is called HealthKit; it’s Apple’s way of trying to get you more active and healthy. HealthKit, at this point, is a simple tracking app—it let’s you add what you ate, how you slept and how active you were. Keep an eye on this app and expect it to be enhanced and updated at some point in the future.

A long complaint of Apple users is how hard it is for a family to share things; Apple has heard the complaints and added Family Sharing as a feature. Family Sharing let’s up to five people in your family share everything from apps to movies. The feature also let’s users share billing information.

If you have all Apple products, then your life is about to get a little easier. iCloud Drive let’s you share documents, videos, and other important files between devices. It’s as simple as adding the document to the drive. Once that’s done it shows up everywhere.

The Notes app has always been the go to app for jotting down quick and simple notes—it’s like Word or Pages, but without all the fancy stuff. In iOS 9, Notes is still simple—but it got a whole lot fancier…while retaining the simplicity that people love about it.

At first glance, Notes looks basically the same as it always has. Notice that little plus sign above the keyboard? That’s what’s different.

Tap the plus button one time, and you’ll see the options that have been added.

Starting from the left side is a checkmark, which is what you press if you’d like to make a checklist instead of a note. For each new checkmark, just tap the return button the keyboard.

The “Aa” button is what you would press if you would like to format the note a little (larger fonts, bold, bulleted text, etc).