iPad User Guide
- Welcome
- What’s new in iOS 12
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- Wake and unlock
- Learn basic gestures
- Learn gestures for models with Face ID
- Explore the Home screen and apps
- Change the settings
- Take a screenshot
- Adjust the volume
- Change or turn off the sounds
- Search for content
- Use and customize Control Center
- View and organize Today View
- Access features from the Lock screen
- Travel with iPad
- Set screen time, allowances, and limits
- Sync iPad using iTunes
- Charge and monitor the battery
- Learn the meaning of the status icons
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- Accessories included with iPad
- Connect Bluetooth devices
- Stream audio and video to other devices
- Connect to a TV, projector, or monitor
- Control audio on multiple devices
- Apple Pencil
- Use Smart Keyboard and Smart Keyboard Folio
- Use Magic Keyboard
- AirPrint
- Handoff
- Use Universal Clipboard
- Make and receive Wi-Fi calls
- Instant Hotspot
- Personal Hotspot
- Transfer files with iTunes
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- Get started with accessibility features
- Accessibility shortcuts
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- Turn on and practice VoiceOver
- Change your VoiceOver settings
- Learn VoiceOver gestures
- Operate iPad using VoiceOver gestures
- Control VoiceOver using the rotor
- Use the onscreen keyboard
- Write with your finger
- Control VoiceOver with Magic Keyboard
- Type onscreen braille using VoiceOver
- Use a braille display
- Use VoiceOver in apps
- Speak selection, speak screen, typing feedback
- Zoom
- Magnifier
- Display settings
- Face ID and attention
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- Guided Access
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- Important safety information
- Important handling information
- Zoom an app to fill the screen
- Get information about your iPad
- View or change cellular settings
- Learn more about iPad software and service
- FCC compliance statement
- ISED Canada compliance statement
- Class 1 Laser information
- Apple and the environment
- Disposal and recycling information
- ENERGY STAR compliance statement
- Copyright
Set Do Not Disturb on iPad
To quickly silence iPad, whether you’re going to dinner or going to sleep, turn on Do Not Disturb. It silences notifications and calls and prevents them from lighting up the screen.
Turn on Do Not Disturb
Ask Siri. Say something like: “Turn on Do Not Disturb.” Learn how to ask Siri.
You can also open Control Center, then tap
to turn on Do Not Disturb.When Do Not Disturb is on,
appears in the status bar.To choose an ending time for Do Not Disturb, touch and hold
in Control Center, then tap an option, such as “For 1 hour,” or “Until the end of this event.”You can also tap Schedule, turn on Scheduled, then set beginning and ending times.
Allow calls when Do Not Disturb is on
Go to Settings
> Do Not Disturb.Do any of the following:
Tap Allow Calls From: To allow incoming FaceTime and Wi-Fi calls from selected groups.
Turn on Repeated Calls: To allow repeated calls from the same caller to come through for emergencies.
Allow calls from emergency contacts when Do Not Disturb is on
You can allow FaceTime and Wi-Fi calls and messages from emergency contacts when Do Not Disturb is on.
Open Contacts
.Select a contact, then tap Edit.
Tap Ringtone or Text Tone, then turn on Emergency Bypass.
Schedule quiet hours
Go to Settings
> Do Not Disturb.Turn on Scheduled, then set the start time and end time for quiet hours.
Choose when Do Not Disturb silences iPad
You can choose whether Do Not Disturb silences iPad only when it’s locked, or even when it’s unlocked.
Go to Settings
> Do Not Disturb.Do one of the following:
Silence iPad any time Do Not Disturb is on: Tap Always.
Silence iPad only when it’s locked: Tap While iPad is locked.
To dim your display and silence notifications while you sleep, turn on Do Not Disturb During Bedtime.