pointed out, the iPad Pro (which is cheaper) has outperformed it in many tests. It’s great for portability, but is lacking if you have heavy tasks you need to do.
MacBook Pro: The MacBook Pro is Apple’s best laptop; it’s fast, it’s relatively light, and it has SD and HDMI output ports. It’s the best laptop you can buy, but if you aren’t using graphic intensive programs, then you probably don’t need the best.
Chapter 2: What’s New to iOS 9?
Apple is known for making radical changes in a way that is simple and easy to get adjusted to. So if you have heard that iOS 9 is a giant step forward, you need to realize to things:
It is!
There’s very little learning curve
There are new gestures; new apps; and new menus—but most of the major changes are cosmetic changes…so the OS (Operating System) will look different, but largely behave the same.
The next chapter of the book will give you a crash course for using the device; so if you’ve never used an iPad or iPhone at all, then you’ll find it helpful; but before getting to that, this section will give you an overview of what’s new in iOS. I’m also including some of the features that you may not know about, which came in iOS 7 and iOS 8 (the two previous operating systems), because, chances are, you probably missed a few things.
From first look, the OS is very flat looking—turn the iPad to an angle, and you’ll see how much dimension there is to it—as you move it, it gently moves with you.
One of the biggest new features brought to users in iOS 8 is the ability to get to virtually everything with one swipe. On your menu screen (when you first switch the phone on), there is no longer a bar to swipe—you can now swipe anywhere on the screen to unlock.
On the old iOS 8 menu screen, you could swipe up the bottom right corner to quickly access the camera. That’s still there, but now there’s more. Swipe just a little bit more left of this corner (or in the center bottom) and you’ll have several other options.
The middle section has five round buttons:
Airplane Mode – Switches cellular and wifi to off
Wifi –toggles wifi on and off
Bluetooth – toggles Bluetooth on and off
Do not disturb – toggles on and off
Auto rotate – toggles on and off
The bottom right corner is is the brightness bar so you can quickly make your phone more or less bright.
The left section, is the music bar, which lets you skip / pause a song you might be listening to. On the bottom is the audio slide bar, which let’s you adjust the sound.
AirDrop and AirPlay is the middle bottom section. AirPlay is an older feature that let connect your iPad to Apple TV and AirPlay enabled devices (such as speakers); AirDrop is a new feature—this lets you send photos and videos to people nearby who also have iPhone / iPad; it’s a great (and easy) way to share photos.
The right side has two buttons:
Timer – A long time iPad app, this app lets you time what you’re doing (such as cooking)
Camera – You can access the camera in two different places; here and in the lower right corner.
Also from the main menu, you can swipe down and see a number of different alerts (i.e. missed calls, email, text message, calendar, etc), which is called your phones “Notification Center.” Your calendar is on the first tab “Today”; other apps that you have allowed alerts to will show up under the “All” tab.
The swipe up from bottom and swipe down from top are two new gestures that work on all screens—even within apps. So anytime you are using an app, you can use these gestures to quickly adjust your sound, brightness, etc.
A new feature on iOS 9 is double pressing the home button to access passbook. This let’s you bring up the app quickly anytime you want to pay for something; and don’t worry about someone else using it—it reads your thumbprint, so only you have access.
Previously, if you wanted to search for an app, you would unlock your device, and swipe