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Did you get a new iPad under the tree? If you have already turned it on, you must have noticed that practically from the first start it runs without any problems. Even so, it is worth making a few changes in the settings on the new tablet. Not every user necessarily needs to be satisfied with the default preferences. Let's look together in this article at 5 things that you should (quite possibly) reset on the new iPad.

Phone calls

One of the features of Apple products is interconnection, thanks to which you can, among other things, receive calls and messages from the iPhone on your other devices. However, if you do not plan to use your new iPad for this purpose, you will certainly welcome the option to disable phone calls. You can do it in Settings -> FaceTime, where you simply disable receiving phone calls from your iPhone.

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Find iPad

Most users use iPads at home, so the risk of loss or theft is not as great as for example iPhones. Even so, it is useful to activate the function on the new iPad Find iPad. Thanks to it, you can remotely lock or erase your lost or stolen tablet, or "ring" it from another Apple device if you don't know where you left it. You can activate the Find iPad function in Settings, where you tap on panel with yours Apple ID. Click on the section Find it, activate it function Find iPad a Send last location.

More fingerprints in Touch ID

If you received an iPad with Touch ID, be sure to set up fingerprint scanning to unlock it as well. Most users usually choose the thumb of their dominant hand for these purposes, but the iPad's settings allow you to add more fingerprints, which can be useful, for example, if you hold your iPad in a way where unlocking with your thumb would not be the most convenient. You add new fingerprints to your iPad in Settings -> Touch ID and code lock, where you just choose adding another print.

Dock customization and Today view

At the bottom of your iPad, you'll find a Dock with app icons. Did you know that you can greatly customize the appearance of this dock? Your iPad's dock can hold more apps than your iPhone's. Applications can be placed in the Dock by simply dragging and dropping, v Settings -> Desktop and Dock you can also set pin application will appear on the desktop of your iPad. You can also customize on your iPad the Today view – you can activate and deactivate it in Settings -> Desktop and Dock -> Today view on desktop.

Text size and display battery

By default, the iPad usually only displays a graphical battery charge indicator. If you want to track percentages too, run on your tablet Settings -> Battery, and in the upper part activate item Battery status. You can also adjust the text size on your iPad. Run it Settings -> Display & Brightness, and tap at the bottom Text size. You can also set the display here bold text or set automatic switching mezi dark a bright system-wide mode.

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