Chapter 3

Beyond the Basics

IN THIS CHAPTER

Bullet Update iPadOS

Bullet Charge your iPad's battery

Bullet Sign into an iTunes account

Bullet Sync your iPad wirelessly

Bullet Understand how to use iCloud

Bullet Store and browse files

In this chapter, I look at updating your iPad OS version (the operating system that your iPad uses) and making sure that your iPad’s battery is charged.

Next, you discover how to get an iTunes account. You'll need one if you want to find free or paid content for your iPad from Apple, from movies to music to e-books to audiobooks.

You also find out how to use the wireless sync feature to exchange content between your computer and iPad over a wireless network.

Another feature you might take advantage of is the iCloud service from Apple to store and push all kinds of content and data to all your Apple devices — wirelessly. You can pick up where you left off from one device to another through iCloud ...

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