iPadOS 17.4 Settings You Need To TURN OFF Now!

Summary

The video script offers an in-depth look at iPadOS 17's new features, highlighting the enhanced Spotlight Search, customizable lock screen, and Apple Music's crossfade setting. It also covers privacy and battery-saving tips, such as turning off notifications during screen sharing, managing location services, and adjusting background app refresh. The script emphasizes user control over data privacy with features like iMessage contact key verification and personalized ad settings.

Takeaways

• 🔍 **Spotlight Search**: Quickly find apps, contacts, and messages by using Spotlight Search on iPadOS 17.
• 🔒 **Lock Screen Customizability**: iPad users can now customize their lock screens similar to iPhone users.
• 🎵 **Apple Music Crossfade**: Adjust or turn off crossfade for a more artist-intended listening experience.
• 👀 **Screen Sharing Notifications**: Avoid unwanted notifications during presentations by managing settings.
• 📅 **Scheduled Summary**: Group and deliver notifications at specified times to reduce interruptions.
• 👓 **Screen Distance Feature**: Protect your eyes from myopia and strain by setting a minimum screen viewing distance.
• 🎧 **Reduce Loud Audio**: Control headphone volume to protect hearing, even in noisy environments.
• 🔉 **Sound Check**: Even out the volume between tracks for a smoother listening experience.
• 💾 **iCloud Recommendations**: Manage your iCloud storage by deleting inactive backups and optimizing your digital life.
• 🔕 **Siri Activation**: Prevent accidental Siri activations by adjusting settings to listen only for 'Hey Siri' or turning it off completely.
• 🪧 **iMessage Contact Key Verification**: Enhance message privacy with a feature that ensures only intended recipients can read your messages.

Q & A

What is the new feature in iPadOS 17 that allows you to search for content quickly?

The new feature in iPadOS 17 that allows quick searching for content is Spotlight Search. It lets you find apps, contacts, and text messages by simply typing a keyword.

How can you access Spotlight Search on an iPad running iPadOS 17?

You can access Spotlight Search by swiping down from the middle of the screen, which will open up the search interface.

What is the benefit of using Spotlight Search from the lock screen?

Using Spotlight Search from the lock screen allows you to search for content without having to unlock your iPad, providing a quicker way to find what you need.

Can you search for settings using Spotlight Search in iPadOS 17?

Yes, in iPadOS 17, you can use Spotlight Search to find settings quickly, such as searching for 'auto lock' to access the auto-lock setting directly.

What new customization feature has been added to the iPad lock screen in iPadOS 17?

iPadOS 17 has added the ability to customize the lock screen, similar to what was introduced for the iPhone last year. Users can press and hold on the lock screen and then swipe right to add or customize widgets.

Why might someone want to turn off the crossfade feature in Apple Music?

Someone might want to turn off the crossfade feature in Apple Music to avoid disrupting the emotional flow of a song with the abrupt start of a new track.

What is the purpose of the 'scheduled summary' feature in iPadOS 17?

The 'scheduled summary' feature in iPadOS 17 groups notifications together and delivers them at a specified time, preventing interruptions and allowing users to manage their notifications more effectively.

How does the Screen Distance feature in iPadOS 17 help protect your eyes?

The Screen Distance feature uses the TrueDepth camera to detect if the iPad is closer than 12 inches to the user's face for an extended period, potentially reducing the risk of myopia and eye strain.

What are the 'Reduce Loud Audio' and 'Sound Check' settings in Music Settings of iPadOS 17?

The 'Reduce Loud Audio' setting limits the volume of songs to a safe level to protect hearing, while 'Sound Check' evens out the volume between tracks to prevent sudden loud or quiet changes.

How can you manage iCloud backups to save storage space in iPadOS 17?

In iPadOS 17, you can manage iCloud backups by going to Settings > [Your Name] > iCloud > Recommended for You, where you can delete inactive backups that you no longer need.

What is the 'iMessage contact key verification' feature in iPadOS 17 and how does it enhance privacy?

The 'iMessage contact key verification' feature in iPadOS 17 ensures that messages are only accessible to the intended recipient by using a unique key that both parties possess, preventing unauthorized access to messages.

Outlines

00:00

🔍 Spotlight Search Enhancements in iPadOS 17

The paragraph introduces new features in iPadOS 17, focusing on Spotlight Search. Users can quickly access apps, contacts, and messages by simply swiping down and typing in the search bar. A humorous example is given where searching for 'cat' brings up a photo of a cat named Shaka. Spotlight Search can also be accessed from the lock screen, adding convenience. Furthermore, users can now search for settings directly from Spotlight, exemplified by searching for 'auto lock' to quickly access and change the setting. The paragraph also touches on the new lock screen customization feature, allowing iPad users to personalize their lock screens similar to iPhone users. The summary ends with a bonus tip about setting the iPad to 'never' auto-lock, which is useful for screen recording but not recommended for everyday use.

05:02

🎶 Apple Music Settings: Crossfade and Screen Sharing Notifications

This section discusses two Apple Music settings: crossfade and screen sharing notifications. Crossfade is a feature that blends tracks for a smooth listening experience, but the speaker suggests turning it off to avoid disrupting emotional songs with abrupt transitions. The settings for crossfade are detailed, allowing users to choose the duration of the crossfade effect. The paragraph also advises viewers to join the channel for free PDFs and guides. Additionally, it covers how to prevent notifications from popping up during screen sharing, which could be embarrassing or unprofessional. The speaker provides a step-by-step guide on navigating the settings app to disable notifications during screen sharing.

10:05

👀 Screen Distance Feature and Music Settings for Better Audio

The paragraph begins with the introduction of the Screen Distance feature in Screen Time, designed to protect users' eyes by ensuring they maintain a safe distance from the screen, using the iPad's TrueDepth camera. The feature is particularly beneficial for children to prevent myopia and reduce eye strain for all users. The speaker then discusses two music settings: Reduce Loud Audio, which caps the volume at a safe level to protect hearing, and Sound Check, which evens out the volume between tracks. The speaker shares personal preferences for these settings, opting to keep them off to preserve the original audio experience. The paragraph concludes with a mention of iCloud recommendations for cleaning up digital life by deleting inactive backups.

15:08

📱 Privacy and Battery Optimization Settings

This section covers various privacy and battery optimization settings in iPadOS 17. It starts with instructions on how to manage Siri activation to prevent accidental triggers. The speaker then discusses Apple advertising and how users can control personalized ads. The paragraph continues with iMessage contact key verification, a privacy feature that ensures the security of messages by verifying the recipient's public key before opening. The process is currently manual but is expected to improve in the future. The speaker also touches on analytics data and its impact on battery life, suggesting turning off certain analytics to save battery. The paragraph concludes with advice on managing location services to maintain privacy and extend battery life, recommending turning off 'always' tracking for non-essential apps.

Keywords

💡iPadOS 17

iPadOS 17 is the latest operating system update for Apple's iPad devices. This version introduces new features and improvements that enhance the user experience. In the video, the presenter discusses several new settings and functionalities introduced with this update, such as Spotlight Search enhancements, lock screen customization, and privacy features. The update aims to make the iPad more intuitive, customizable, and secure.

💡Spotlight Search

Spotlight Search is a search feature on Apple devices that allows users to quickly find apps, contacts, and content on their devices. In the context of the video, the presenter demonstrates how to use Spotlight Search to find a specific photo and emphasizes its utility for accessing settings quickly. This feature is highlighted as a time-saving tool that can be accessed from anywhere, including the lock screen.

💡Lock Screen Customizability

Lock Screen Customizability refers to the ability to personalize the appearance of the iPad's lock screen. The video mentions that iPadOS 17 brings this feature to iPad users, allowing them to edit the lock screen and add customizations such as widgets and notifications. This feature is part of a broader trend towards personalization in Apple's operating systems, enabling users to make their devices feel more individualized.

💡Crossfade

Crossfade is a feature in Apple Music that blends tracks into each other, creating a smooth transition between songs. The presenter discusses this feature, suggesting that it might be better to turn it off to preserve the intended listening experience of the music. Crossfade can be adjusted in the settings, allowing users to control the duration of the fade between one and 12 seconds.

💡Screen Sharing

Screen Sharing is a feature that allows users to display their iPad's screen on another device, which can be useful for presentations or sharing content. The video script mentions the importance of turning off notifications while screen sharing to avoid potentially embarrassing interruptions. This feature is particularly relevant for maintaining a professional image during important presentations.

💡Scheduled Summary

Scheduled Summary is a feature that groups notifications from apps and delivers them at specified times, reducing interruptions throughout the day. The video explains how to set up a summary time and choose which apps' notifications to include, helping users manage their notifications more effectively. This feature is part of Apple's ongoing efforts to improve user experience by providing more control over notifications.

💡Screen Distance

Screen Distance is a feature in iPadOS 17 that uses the TrueDepth camera to ensure users maintain a healthy distance from their iPad's screen, potentially reducing the risk of myopia and eye strain. If the iPad gets too close to the user's face for an extended period, the feature prompts the user to move back. This feature reflects Apple's commitment to user health and wellness.

💡Reduce Loud Audio

Reduce Loud Audio is a setting designed to protect users' hearing by limiting the volume of loud audio spikes in music. The video discusses how this feature can make music sound 'flatter' by reducing volume spikes, but also mentions that some users might prefer to keep this feature off to experience music as the artist intended. This setting is part of a broader focus on audio quality and user safety.

💡iCloud Recommendations

iCloud Recommendations is a feature that suggests actions users can take to manage their iCloud storage more effectively. The video script mentions deleting inactive backups as an example of such a recommendation. This feature helps users clean up their digital space and potentially save on iCloud storage costs, reflecting Apple's efforts to assist users in maintaining efficient and organized digital environments.

💡iMessage Contact Key Verification

iMessage Contact Key Verification is a security feature that ensures the privacy and integrity of iMessage communications. The video likens it to a 'secret handshake' for messages, ensuring that only the intended recipient can open and read the message. This feature is part of Apple's broader commitment to user privacy and security, providing users with control over who can access their messages.

💡Background App Refresh

Background App Refresh allows apps to update their content in the background, which can be convenient but also consumes battery life. The video suggests selectively disabling this feature for certain apps to save battery and potentially enhance privacy by limiting what data is being refreshed without the user's direct interaction. This feature is an example of the trade-offs between convenience and resource management on mobile devices.

Highlights

iPadOS 17 introduces new settings and features.

Spotlight Search can be accessed from anywhere, including the lock screen.

Spotlight Search can now be used to find settings within iPadOS.

iPadOS 17 brings lock screen customizability similar to the iPhone.

Apple Music's crossfade feature can blend tracks but might not be suitable for all playlists.

Notifications can be turned off during screen sharing to prevent privacy leaks.

Scheduled summary in notifications groups app alerts together at set times.

Screen Distance feature uses TrueDepth camera to ensure users maintain a healthy distance from the screen.

Reduce Loud Audio and Sound Check features in Music Settings can improve audio experience.

iCloud recommendations can help clean up digital life by deleting inactive backups.

Siri can be configured to prevent accidental activations.

Apple advertising can be personalized or turned off entirely.

iMessage contact key verification ensures secure messaging.

Analytics data collection can be turned off to save battery life.

Apps can be prevented from tracking users across apps and websites.

Location services can be managed to preserve battery life and privacy.

Background app refresh can be selectively turned off to save battery.

Transcripts

iPadOS 17 just got an awesome new update. Here are the new settings we need to talk about. 

Let's dive in. 

So you're chilling on the couch with your iPad and you really want to show your friend 

that funny photo of your cat yawning. Let's swipe down from the middle of the screen. 

We're gonna open up Spotlight. And now I can just type cat, C-A-T. 

And then we get suggestions at the top. And if I scroll down, 

I can see a bunch of photos of cats here and I'll tap on Shaka there. 

She's such a pretty girl. With Spotlight Search on iPad, 

you can quickly find whatever you're looking for. Apps, contacts, and yes, even that text 

in the message you got from an Apple employee complimenting your YouTube channel. 

What's even cooler is that you  can summon Spotlight Search 

from anywhere, even from the lock screen when you're too lazy to go the whole nine yards 

and actually unlock your iPad. And in iOS 17, you can also search for settings. 

Let me search for auto lock. It's a lot faster way  

to get to where you want to go. I can tap on that and I have it set to never. 

Bonus tip, don't set your iPad to never. We set it like that for the screen recordings 

that we do for these videos. It's useful, intuitive,  

and a little bit like showing off just like your cat wearing sunglasses. 

In iPad OS 17, iPad users  can now officially be late 

to the party with lock screen customizability. Last year, iPhone users got the ability 

to customize lock screens,  and now iPad users can too. 

Using it is simple. Press and hold on the lock screen,  

and now I'm editing it. Then you could swipe to  

the right and hit the plus icon to customize it to your liking. 

We're not going to go into  a huge amount of depth here 

because we have a whole video  that goes over everything 

you can do, but some of these  are actually pretty cool. 

Next, let's talk about a setting in Apple Music that you might think is cool, crossfade. 

It's the setting that makes your tracks blend into each other like a smoothie of sound, 

but here's my hot take. You might actually want to keep crossfade off. 

Let's open the settings app  and scroll down to music. 

Tap on that, and then check this switch out next to crossfade, and here you can choose 

how long you want it to be, anywhere between one and 12 seconds. 

Crossfade can be cool for certain playlists, but it can also be kind of a buzzkill. 

Imagine you're deep in the emotional finale of a power ballad, and suddenly, 

crossfade ushers in a peppy pop song like a clown at a funeral. 

My recommendation is to give crossfade the silent treatment by turning it off 

and keep your musical experience just as the artists intended, 

but there is a good type of crossfade. Maybe you're not a member, 

but you want to fade into being a channel member to get free PDFs and free walkthrough guides 

of all the settings we talk about in this video and others. 

Well, click the join button  below to join our channel. 

Next, let's dive into one of those I wish I knew this sooner moments on your iPad, 

turning off notifications while screen sharing. Picture this, you're presenting to your boss 

or heaven forbid, your in-laws, and suddenly notifications pop up 

revealing your late night online shopping habits or your penchant for watching cat videos. 

Not exactly the professional  or family friendly image 

you were going for, right? So here's the step-by-step guide 

on how to avoid those red face moments. Let's head to the settings app  

and tap on notifications. Next, tap screen sharing. 

I'll turn it on just to  show you what it looks like. 

Allow notifications while using share play or screen mirroring. 

To save yourself from potential embarrassment or having to explain why you're  

getting notifications from hot cheese deals weekly, 

just flip the switch to turn it off. Next, it's time to venture into the world 

of scheduled summary. And trust me, this is a journey worth taking. 

We'll head to settings and  we're already in notifications. 

So I'll tap back to notifications and I'll tap on scheduled summary 

and I'll turn the switch on. We get a pretty little  

explanation of what it does. I'll just tap continue here. 

And first you can choose which  apps you want in the summary. 

You're going to see a lot more apps here than I am with a lot more options and a lot more  

notifications. But what I love  

about this is that it will show you which apps are the most annoying 

and those are the ones you should choose to add to the summary so they stop  

interrupting you. Let's pretend that  

tips was actually driving me crazy here. I'll tap on that and also tap on FaceTime. 

Actually, I won't do that because I do want to know 

if somebody's trying to FaceTime me, right? And I'll try the health app here 

and add two apps. And I like the  

default summary times of 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. Turn on notification summary and there you go. 

And the bonus in here is that you get to see an ordered list of which apps  

are annoying you the most. By flipping this switch, you're telling your iPad, 

hey, let's group these notifications together and deliver them at a time 

when I'm mentally prepared for them, shall we? Next, we'll explore a new feature 

that's like a bodyguard for your eyeballs that makes sure you have enough personal space, 

the Screen Distance feature in Screen Time. I'm in the Settings app, so on the left side, 

I'm gonna come up here to  Screen Time and tap on that. 

Then on the right, tap on Screen Distance here and I'll tap Continue to set it up. 

At first, why is this  fancy-schmancy feature necessary? 

Well, snuggling up too close to any screen or even a thrilling page turner of a novel 

might crank up your risk of myopia, especially for children 

and just plain old eye strain for the rest of us. The Screen Distance feature on iPad 

uses the TrueDepth camera, the same whiz-bang tech behind Face ID. 

If you don't have an iPad with Face ID, you may not see this feature. 

This clever camera is like a measuring tape. It senses if your iPad tiptoes closer 

than 12 inches to your face for too long. Next, let's talk about two  

features in Music Settings that can make your audio experience smoother 

and less like going to an  elementary school band concert, 

Reduce Loud Audio and Sound Check. First, let's discuss how to tame  

those rowdy decibels with Reduce Loud Audio. 

Let's head to Settings and this is something that's moved recently. 

I'll tap Sounds on the left, scroll all the way to the bottom 

and then tap on Headphone Safety and this is where you'll see Reduce Loud Audio 

and Reduce Loud Sounds over a set decibel level. I can tap this switch to turn it on. 

80 decibels is loud as a  noisy restaurant, it says. 

If you're on a subway or you're traveling on a bus or on a plane, 

you might need a little bit louder than that. You can safely go up to 85. 

You don't wanna hang out  at 90 or 95 for very long. 

So 85 might be a good choice for most people. Although I am as big of a hearing safety proponent 

as anyone. The way this works is you've got your song 

with little spikes in the volume and what this does is it takes the spikes 

which may or may not actually be harmful and squashes them so the  

whole song sounds flatter. So I personally leave this off. 

I think it sounds better when it's off and I'm careful to monitor my own hearing safety. 

And now for you casual  listeners who like your music 

like you like your coffee perfectly balanced, let's talk about sound check. 

This is in the music section of settings. I'll scroll down on the left to music. 

Just went kind of fast there. Give you time to catch up. 

Tap on music and then check out this switch here next to sound check. 

This is like having a thoughtful roommate that turns down the music when it gets too loud. 

No more volume roller coasters between tracks. This is going to make your experience with music 

sound a little bit flatter. And that's why I leave this off. 

I personally think that the way songs are mastered especially in Apple music is the way  

they're supposed to be. So I always leave this off. 

Next we'll talk about iCloud recommendations and how they can help you to  

clean up your digital life on your iPad with iPadOS 17. 

Back to the settings app. I'll scroll all the  

way to the top here on the left and tap on my name or in this case, John Upphone. 

Then I'm going to tap on iCloud and then this is what we're talking about. 

This recommended for you section. Tap on that. 

Now you might see a lot of stuff in here. The one that I pay attention  

to is delete inactive backups which I can now tap review backups on. 

Select this and choose delete  and then delete an old backup. 

A lot of people end up with  backups from their iPhone 5 

and their iPhone 8 because  they never restored from it. 

So it's just been living in  iCloud for all this time. 

And chances are, you're never  going to use that backup. 

So rather than paying Apple for more storage space sometimes you can use this feature 

to save yourself some money. Thanks Apple. 

Next we're going to prevent  some accidental Siri activations 

with this next iPhone tip. I apologize if I just  

activated your Siri right now. In the settings app, I'll scroll down on the left 

and go to Siri and search. Tap on that. 

Then tap listen for at the top. And right now mine is configured  

to listen for either Siri or Hey Siri. 

If you are getting a lot of accidental activations just choose Hey Siri or you  

can turn it off completely. I personally think that it's gotten better. 

Thanks Siri. I personally like to leave it on Siri or Hey Siri. 

It makes it easier. I've gotten used to it. 

At first I was only saying Hey Siri but then I got used to just saying Siri. 

Do you hear that Siri? You know, it's like you try to talk to it. 

It doesn't listen. Next up we're going to talk  

about Apple advertising. You might've noticed  

these strategically placed ads to pop up just when you are enjoying a nice scroll 

through the app store or perusing the latest  

headlines in Apple news on stocks. But fear not, dear viewer. 

You have the scepter of control. Let's jump into the settings app. 

You guessed it. And tap on privacy and security. 

Then we're going to scroll  all the way to the bottom. 

Choose Apple advertising. And I have personalized ads turned off. 

A lot of people, when they turn this off are afraid that all of a sudden 

they're going to see low quality ads. So they think, okay, I should leave it on. 

But the truth is that Apple doesn't let low quality advertisers into their ad network 

because Crest doesn't want to advertise alongside Joe Bob's gambling Emporium. 

Because Crest is a toothpaste,  it's family friendly. 

So Apple wants to cater to the big spenders. Next, let's delve into what  

our more privacy conscious fans are saying is the best new iPadOS 17 feature, 

iMessage contact key verification. This is like a secret handshake for your messages. 

In settings, I'll tap back  to the main Apple ID page 

and scroll all the way down to the bottom and tap on contact key verification. 

What does it do? Think of iMessage contact key verification 

like sending a letter in a  special magical envelope. 

When you write a message,  it goes into this envelope 

which can only be opened by the  person you're sending it to. 

This is because only you and your friends have the magic wands or keys  

that can open these envelopes. Now I'll tap this switch next to verification 

and iMessage to turn it on. Then I'll tap continue. 

I wanted to let you know that  every Apple device you have 

that you use iMessage on has to be running a recent version of software for this to work. 

So you can't have an old version  on your Mac with iMessage 

and then use contact key verification on your iPhone and iPad. 

Now, what if an evil wizard hacker tries to create a fake wand to spy in your messages? 

This is where contact key verification acts like a powerful spell that  

checks every single wand before it opens the message. 

When it spots a fake, it tells you, ensuring only those with the right magic keys 

or wands can read your messages. Now I can show the public verification code here 

and I can copy it. Now it's on the clipboard. 

To text someone this code and this is public, I could send it to somebody else. 

Right now, the whole process is very manual except for the very first part of it. 

I think in the future, Apple will make it easier, but for now you have to call  

your friends and say like, hey, can you read your public  

verification code to me? And they're like, okay,  

it's A-P-K-T-I-D-Y-M-X-M-J-U. You know, like nobody's got time for that. 

Next, another privacy, but also more of a battery issue in my opinion. 

Let's tap back to privacy and security and tap on analytics and improvements. 

Tap analytics data and you can see that a lot of data 

is actually always being  collected about your iPad. 

And a lot of this is normal, but let me tap back here 

and let's say you had share  iPad analytics turned on 

and a whole bunch of these other ones turned on. Well, that's going to use your battery life 

collecting this data in the  background and saving it. 

Is it a security risk? Maybe share with app developers could be, 

but I just like to turn it off. Save yourself some battery life. 

Wow, that one really doesn't want to go off. Improved fitness plus. 

I just found a bug, people. You are gonna, 

because you're supposed to be  able to just tap the switch. 

It's like, no, you're gonna help improve it. Next, we need to stop apps on your iPad 

from tracking you across other apps and websites. Tap back to privacy and security 

and scroll up to the top, tap on tracking. Right now I have allow apps to request  

to track turned on. Chances are, if you  

use your iPad more than I use this one that we only use for recording videos, 

you're going to see a bunch of apps in here and you can go through and turn  

them off individually, which I would recommend, 

but I'm just going to turn  off the switch at the top 

and now apps can't even request to track you when you open them the first time. 

This is one area where Apple  has gotten a lot better 

with privacy over recent years. Next, let's dive into the world  

of location services. Tap back in the  

upper left-hand corner of the screen and then tap on location services at the top. 

You're going to see a lot  more apps in here than I have. 

And I just want to say that we're not crazy. You shouldn't turn off location services 

because GPS is one of the things that makes using your iPad so great. 

Some apps need your location  to work, like Maps apps. 

But as you scroll through your list of apps, mine's relatively short, watch out for always, 

which is the worst word  ever for location services, 

because that means the app  can always track your location 

even when you're not using it. If you do see an app where always is selected, 

tap on it and choose a different option like, well, using this app. 

And unless you're using a  Maps app, I'll tap into Maps, 

turn off this switch next to precise location because the more precise your iPad identifies 

where you are with GPS, the more battery it uses. Tap back to location services in the top 

and then tap on system services. Rather than going through all of  

these and taking forever, you could join our channel,  

get the free PDF guide. I'm just going to turn off everything right here 

except for compass calibration because that's what allows you  

to see a little pointer in the Maps apps so you  

know what direction you're going. I'm also going to turn off, let's see, 

home kit, motion calibration and distance, turning off location for networking and wireless 

may affect Wi-Fi and Bluetooth performance. True, if you're traveling to other countries 

where Wi-Fi and Bluetooth  are configured differently, 

tap turn off, it's still going to work. Setting time zone, share my location, 

suggestions in the search, system customization, significant locations, turn that off, turn it off. 

Okay, product improvement, iPad analytics, traffic and improved Maps is off 

because Apple Maps is kind of a lost cause. And if you're looking for a more in-depth video 

on these settings and why you should turn them off or leave some on, we'll drop a card above 

where you can click on that  card to watch the video 

and we'll put a link in the description too. Next, let's conquer one of the biggest 

battery drain culprits out  there, background app refresh. 

And it lurks in the dark  corners of your iPad settings. 

I'll tap general on the  left side of settings here, 

manned, tap on background app refresh. As Apple says here in the tiny text, 

it allows apps to download  new content in the background 

even when you're not using them. Hence the extraordinarily clever name, 

background app refresh. Well, this feature sounds rather handy-dandy 

and can eat through your battery because your iPad's doing  

more stuff in the background. So if you want to put your apps out of diets, 

they stop feasting on your battery life when you're not looking, here's how to do it. 

I don't recommend turning off background app refresh at the top. 

Instead, just go through and ask yourself which apps need to download new content 

when I'm not using them. And if Stocks doesn't, if Podcast doesn't, 

if Maps doesn't, turn it off. They're still gonna work. 

It's still gonna download the content for the app only when you open it and only when you open it. 

Boom, you just saved battery life. You just saved your privacy. 

Maybe you just saved the day. You're a superhero. 

Now, go out, tap that subscribe button, and enjoy your iPad with extra  

power and extra privacy because you've earned it. 

Thanks for watching. Watch this video next. 

You have the scepter of control. Scepter, is that how you say that word? 

Scepter? 

It's the thing that the stupid king holds. I just wanna make sure I said it right. 

How else would you say it? I'm skeptical. 

Scepter, sounds like. Scepter, scepter.