Do you enjoy games? Are you a student? Do you work hard? Losing weight? Having a baby? Are you aware the iPad can be helpful for all of these things and more? Apps are plentiful, but so are the iPad’s functions. The article below offers a ton of great advice for making the most of your time on your iPad.

Monitor how much you spend on iPad apps. It is so simple to use your iTunes application that you can rack up a huge bill without realizing it. Because of this, ensure that you don’t spend more than you have.

You can easily see what apps are running on your iPad. Most of the time, an application can remain open while you surf the Internet or attend to other business. Click the Home button twice to see which are open right now. Any applications running at the time will be shown at the screen’s bottom in a bar. Swipe downwards to make the bar disappear when you’ve finished.

If WiFi join notifications annoy you, simply get rid of them. Go to your Settings and access the Wi-Fi tab. Choose it and you won’t have to worry about so many notification.

You don’t have to tap the camera roll icon that’s in the bottom-left of your screen to see a video or photo you’ve just taken. Instead, you can use one finger to swipe to the right, and voila, there is your picture or video. Simply wipe to the left in order to check out older pictures or videos.

If you have safety concerns should your iPad fall into the wrong hands, set the password to delete your personal data if someone enters the wrong password over and over. If a person hasn’t found your password after 10 attempts it will erase your data.

You now have a foundation of knowledge on which to build. You will always have your iPad nearby, no matter what the purpose. It is a tool that makes a lot of other gadgets obsolete, especially when following these tips.