Chapter 10. Restoring and Resetting Your iPad

In case you customize your iPad so much that you accidentally foul it up beyond recognition, don't panic. You can restore your iPad from a backup using the iTunes program on your computer. Restoring is a good first step when your iPad starts misbehaving or acting buggy. When things really go wrong, you can completely reset your iPad, or just parts of it, to its original factory settings.

In this chapter you'll learn how to reset various settings on your iPad.

What You'll Be Using

To restore or reset your iPad, you need to use the following:

  • The iPad's USB cable

iTunes on your computer

 

The Settings screen ...

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