Hardware Reference
In-Depth Information
You can select your iPad in the sidebar and follow along, but your screens may look different
from the ones in this chapter.
4.
Click the Summary tab.
To check with your iPad mini:
a.
Tap Settings on your Home screen.
b.
Tap General in the Settings list on the left side of the screen.
c.
Tap Software Update on the right side of the screen.
If your iPad mini requires an update, you receive instructions for doing so. Otherwise, please contin-
ue.
If those three easy steps didn't get you back up and running and your iPad mini is still acting up — if
it freezes, doesn't wake up from sleep, doesn't do something it used to do, or in any other way acts
improperly — don't panic. The following sections describe the things you should try, in the order
that we (and Apple) recommend.
If the first technique doesn't do the trick, go on to the second. If the second one doesn't work, try the
third. And so on.
Recharge
If your iPad mini acts up in any way, shape, or form, the first thing you should try is to give its bat-
tery a full recharge before you proceed.
Don't
plug the iPad's Lightning-to-USB cable into a USB port on your keyboard,
monitor, or USB hub. You need to plug it into one of the USB ports on your computer itself.
That's because the USB ports on your computer supply more power than the other ports. Al-
though other USB ports
may
do the trick, you're better off using the built-in ones on your
computer.
If your computer is more than a few years old, even your built-in USB ports may not supply enough
juice to recharge your iPad. It'll sync just fine; it just won't recharge. If it says Not Charging next to
the battery icon at the top of the screen, use the included USB power adapter to recharge your iPad
from an AC outlet rather than from a computer.
