Information Technology Reference
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It may be more convenient to browse and purchase apps on your
computer and then sync them to the iPad later. However, an extra step is
required when buying apps in iTunes. Fire up iTunes, click the iTunes Store
item in the sidebar, and then click the App Store heading at the top. After
clicking the Buy App button, the app is downloaded and added to iTunes.
When you next perform a sync, the app is automatically transferred to
the iPad and appears on the Home screen.
You'll find apps that are written specifically for the iPad, but your iPad
can also run apps written for both the iPhone and iPod touch. In some
cases, a single app can run on all three devices—the app contains
resources that take advantage of the iPad when run there, but that are
ignored when run on an iPhone or iPod touch.
Apps not adapted to the iPad work in one of two ways: either at their
actual size centered in the screen, or enlarged to fill the screen (
Figure
2.4
). Tap the 2x button in the lower-right corner to scale the app to fill
the screen, or tap the 1x button to return to the original size.
Figure 2.4
Resizing an
iPhone app
Tap to
toggle
between
actual and
doubled
sizes.
