Questions tagged [ipados]
iPadOS is the operating system running on the Apple iPad. Use this tag only for questions specific to iPad OS. Use the iOS tag in most cases.
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Restrict Safari Autocomplete To Just Home Pages
In Safari (iPad, iPhone, Mac) it often tries to autocomplete the web address to an overly specific page. So for example if I type “Amaz”, it will fill in the address of a specific product page that I ...
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Mail display format
I updated my iPad to 26.1.
Mail now shows a list of messages in the left pane and a detailed view of the last message I selected in the right which takes most of the screen.
Previously it shows a list ...
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Can I upgrade my iPadOS on a wired connection?
I use a wired connection. I try to upgrade my iPadOS but it thinks there is a "cellular call". I wonder if my iPadOS confuses my wired connection with a cellular connection.
Anyway, can I ...
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Why am I seeing a big version jump when updating iPadOS from 18.7.1? [closed]
iPad mini 5th, frequently updated, today offered to go from 18.7.1 to 26. What happened to 19 … 25?
(It is also two-thirds though "preparing update" and has not moved in fifteen minutes.)
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Apple Pencil (1st generation) keeps disconnecting from newly bought iPad (A16)
I have an Apple Pencil (1st generation) that I originally used with my old iPad (6th generation).
I recently bought a new iPad A16. At first, I was considering buying a new Apple Pencil, but instead I ...
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Maximum number of software keyboards on different models of iPad
Due to language-learning activity I have 44 keyboards installed on my third-generation iPad Air, running iPadOS 18.6.2 . Trying to add a 45th keyboard causes the Settings app to crash. I'm considering ...
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Can I use a Google Form on an iPad like a kiosk
I would like to use a Google form to register students entering and leaving our school. We would like to have the form as the only thing accessible when we put the iPad out for the day. Can you please ...
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Approve Ask to Buy without an Apple device
We've bought my kid an iPad, his age is 12. Unfortunately, we did not know that Ask to Buy requires an Apple device to approve. Now we are locked out and have no other Apple device in the family.
I ...
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Partial iCloud backup of iPadOS [duplicate]
On my iPad pro with iPadOS version 18.6 I want to back up data to iCloud for 2 or 3 apps without including several GB of pictures and operating system files. How do I do this?
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Export links held on iPad home screen
I often save web page links onto the home screen of my iPad (Pro4 — iPadOS 18.3)
and I often want to see the same web page on my Windows laptop.
I know that I can convert the home screen links into ...
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How do I make everything smaller on iPad?
I am currently using an iPad 10th gen, and with the new update iPad OS 26, it seems that iPad can replace my laptop, as it has become better at multitasking. The problem is that despite the ample ...
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How to get back to portal page “Apple Music Jazz” in Apple Music app?
I discovered this Apple Music Jazz genre page in the Apple Music app.
👉 How can I get back to that content later?
I see no way to mark it “favorite” nor any way to bookmark it. Ironically, as a ...
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Goodnotes pdf deletion issue
Someone sent me a pdf on telegram, then I downloaded it and imported (opened) it into goodnotes. Later I want to delete the pdf from telegram downloads but not from goodnotes.
Will it stay in ...
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How to connect an iPad to a server?
I am trying to connect my iPad to a desktop iMac on local sharing. It works on my laptop but I cannot find a way connecting from the iPad. Is there a way?
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What path does UIDocumentPickerViewController expose the virtual filesystems at?
Say that I wanted to access a filesystem object (most probably a mere file or directory) at an application-specific virtual filesystem exposed by UIDocumentPickerViewController via the "Files&...
