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Instant New iPad
Features in iOS 6
How-to
Learn to use Mail, iCloud, Photo Stream, iPhoto,
iWorks, iTunes, iMovie, and Garageband through
easy-to-follow recipes
Renee J. Valdez
BIRMINGHAM - MUMBAI
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Instant New iPad Features in iOS 6 How-to
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Renee J. Valdez Esha Thakker
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About the Author
Renee J. Valdez has been working in the tech industry for over 6 years. Focusing on mobile
and tablet media, she is involved in content delivery and the production of applications across
multiple platforms.
When she's not tinkering with the latest device, she enjoys punk rock, cats, and traveling.
I'd like to thank my friends and family for encouraging me throughout the
writing process. A big thank you to the editors and staff behind the book.
Your patience was appreciated.
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About the Reviewers
Allen Sherrod is currently a senior iOS developer of interactive apps with several apps
in the iTunes store, including an app for the upcoming DreamWorks movie Rise of the
Guardians. He started with programming in high school as he learned OpenGL and Direct3D
for the first time. From there, he took to game development as a hobby while in college,
wrote several books on it, and now currently creates interactive storybook and comic apps
for mobile platforms. He has also authored and co-authored several books on gaming, such
as Essential XNA Game Studio 2.0 Programming, Data Structures and Algorithms for Game
Developers, and Beginning DirectX 11 Game Programming, to name a few.
I would like to thank my family and friends for always supporting and helping
me over the years.
Jayant C. Varma has been a veteran for over 20 years in the world of technology. He has
vast and rich experience spanning across several countries and industries (managing IT
operations). Over these years, he has worked across a wide range of systems and languages,
both computer and human. Starting off with what was fun and games with Basic and Z80 on
the ZX Spectrum, he has now come full circle, back to games and apps on mobile devices.
He has been with mobile development from the early 2000s when Microsoft released the
PocketPC Mobile OS based on Windows CE. Currently, he is based in Australia and has
founded OZApps (http://www.oz-apps.com), a one-stop shop consultancy for companies
wanting to implement and enhance their mobile strategy. He has seen both sides of the
industry from a commercial aspect as an IT manager for the automobile sector (BMW and
Nissan), and from an academic perspective with teaching young graduates and conducting
training and running workshops on mobile development at the University.
He is the author of Learn Lua for iOS Game Development, Apress (http://www.apress.
com/9781430246626). He also helps developers through his blog at http://howto.
oz-apps.com and a review site at http://reviewme.oz-apps.com. You can also
follow him on Twitter; his Twitter handles are @ozapps, @whatsin4me, and @learnlua.
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Table of Contents
Preface 1
Instant New iPad Features in iOS 6 How-to 5
New iPad features and native applications (Must know) 5
Working with the Mail application (Must know) 7
Adding an @iCloud.com e-mail address (Should know) 11
Photos – editing, sharing, and Photo Stream (Should know) 14
iPhoto – editing, sharing, and importing (Should know) 17
iMovie – capturing, editing, and sharing your footage (Should know) 23
iWork – Keynote, Numbers, and Pages (Must know) 30
Starting a Keynote presentation (Should know) 32
Numbers – starting and editing a spreadsheet (Must know) 38
Pages – starting and editing a document (Should know) 44
Sharing and syncing documents from Keynote, Numbers, and Pages
(Should know) 48
iBooks – downloading from iBookstore and importing PDFs (Should know) 53
Garageband – a basic project (Become an expert) 57
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Preface
Apple's iPad has revolutionized the way we consume and edit content. This has resulted in a
major shift that many are now starting to adopt. The new iPad's display and processing power
allow for a rich media experience that is unlike any other. Instead of solely consuming media,
you can create, edit, and manage everything from Excel documents to HD home movies. The
multi-touch interface makes creating and editing intuitive. iCloud syncs documents, movies,
music, and images to the cloud for access from all of your Apple devices. By exploring Apple's
suite of apps designed specially for the iPad, these recipes provide easy-to-follow steps
enabling you to become a power user.
What this book covers
New iPad features and native applications (Must know): This recipe offers a break down of the
apps that come natively installed on the new iPad. We'll briefly introduce each application we'll
be working with in the book.
Working with the Mail application (Must know): This recipe is a walkthrough of the e-mail set
up process. We'll also learn about Mail's VIP feature.
Adding an @iCloud.com e-mail address (Should know): This recipe covers details about iCloud
and its workings. Want to know what the cloud is and what we're able to sync to the cloud?
This recipe will answer your questions and guide you through the process of setting up your
iPad for iCloud syncing.
Photos – editing, sharing, and Photo Stream (Should know): This recipe gets into the details of
editing images and sharing them between devices. We'll edit an image and go over the editing
capabilities of the Photos app. With Photo Stream, we'll learn what it's all about and why it's
such a cool feature.
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