Getting Comfortable with your iPad

Presented by Kathy PetlewskiPlymouth District Library

2014

Topics We’ll Cover

• Various Makes and Models of iPads• Operating Systems for iPads• Looking at the Desktop• Making sense of the Settings• Enabling WiFi• Shopping in the App Store• Downloading ebooks to your device.

First Look at your iPad – IOS 7

iPad with IOS version 4

Getting to Your Basic Settings

Basic Settings for old IOS 4

Looking at the Settings

Let’s Go Through General Settings

Learning “About” your iPad

Enabling up your Wi-Fi

Tweaking Your Sounds

Changing or Setting Wallpaper

Guarding Your Privacy

Safeguarding Your Location

The iCloud

iCloud Storage & Backup

Mail, Contacts & Calendars

Safari Settings

Passwords on Safari

iTunes and App Store

Photos & Camera

Viewing Photo Grid

Sharing One or More Photos

Bookmarks & Favorites

Bookmarking a Favorite

Saving Your Bookmark

All about Apps

Choosing An App Category

Choose Overdrive App

Your OverDrive Media Console should say “Free”. If you already have it on your device, it will say “Open.”

Add A Library to Your App.

You can find a library by name, city or postal zip code. Plymouth belongs to a consortium called “Midwest Collaborative for Library Services”, or MCLS for short.

Going to the MCLS SitePlease sign in first to see full catalog of materials available to Plymouth residents!

Sign In First

Choose Settings to set Loan Periods.

Looking at all fiction ebooks

Click on the bookmarks to add to your wish list!

Click to show only titles currently available.

Ebook fiction currently available

Check Available Formats

Download Options

Select EPUB format

Your ebook is now dowloaded

Things to Remember• You must have your Wi-Fi enabled to surf web, download

ebooks and get to the App Store.• You will have to a username and password for Adobe Digital

Editions the first time you download from OverDrive. This is a free registration.

• Not all printers will work wirelessly with iPads. Apple maintains a list on their web site.

• Don’t forget your Apple id and password. You will need it to download apps and upgrade your IOS.

• It’s a “Use it or Lose it” set of skills. The more you use it, the more comfortable you will become with it.

Time for Questions & Comments

Thanks for attending !