What it does –> Gives you quick access to controls and information on your iPad. Control volume, screen brightness, wireless radios, set an alarm or timer, start an Airplay session, and more
How to get to it –> Swipe down from the top-right corner of your screen.
Why use it? –> SAVE TIME. You can make these changes without diving into the Settings app.
How to customize it
in iPadOS 16, open Settings –> Control Center
Turn on “Access within Apps” and “Show Home Controls”
Delete or Rearrange the “Included controls”
Click on the “minus” symbol to delete a control.
Click and drag the three-lines icon on the right to change the order.
in the “more Controls” section are other controls you can add. Be careful, though – don’t make it too cluttered!
Changing the Control Center, inside the Settings App
Here’s how to change the Weather Widget on your ipad from Cupertino to something a LITTLE closer to home.
The Weather Widget on an iPad
Widgets are those blocks of info on your initial screen. You can add, move, delete, and even stack them [stacking means there are several widgets in the same block on the screen – you scroll through them to se the additional info.]
Start the process by pressing and waiting on the widget.
Long press on the widget
A menu will pop up.
The Widget menu
Click on “Edit Weather”.
Not exactly close to home, is it?
Click on “Cupertino”, and type “Macon” – or wherever you’d like to see the weather at a glance.
Pick the correct Macon from the list. Yes, there is more than one in the US.
Wonder if we’ll get some snow this winter?
Not today…. or anytime soon!
The same process is used to modify or delete the other widgets.
Click the “DONE” button, top right, to finish the job.
Why this happens: You typed in your passcode too many times
How to fix it: Bring your ipad to the iPad office [or the ARC, if the office is unoccupied.] We will have to wipe it, which can take anywhere from a couple of hours to a day or so [depending on what else is happening tech-wise.]
Hopefully you setup your Notability backup to Drive correctly, AND your photos and videos are backing up to Drive as well.
HERE’S HOW to check that your backups are actually happening.
