Control Center walkthrough on iPad with iOS 7, iOS 8 and iOS 9

iOS 9 is finally here and with it the iPad has many changes to the look & feel, animations as well as its functionality.

In this article, I will discuss the usage of Control Center. Please note that Control Center has been available since iOS 7 and is also available on iOS 8 and 9.

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What is Control Center?

Control Center can be described as a shortcut to some of the most frequently used features

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How to configure the iPad Side Switch

This is a post that I should have written a long time ago. Rotating the iPad and muting the volume is a common daily task. Many times, we want to lock the iPad screen orientation or mute the iPad, such as when the phone rings.

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The iPad side switch lets you lock the screen rotation orientation

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How to close iPad Apps

You may recall from a previous article on iPad gestures how to access the multi-tasking bar. For a refresher, click here.

When you show the multitasking bar, a lot of App icons may appear. Most of these Apps are in a suspended state which means the App is not closed but it is held in memory (although not necessarily using CPU or processing time). There are other Apps such as

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