Take Control of Media on Your iPad

Use the iPad as a Photo Frame

A few years ago, the must-buy holiday gift was a digital picture frame. What's the point of having all of our digital photos sitting unviewed in folders on hard disks? The quality of the picture frames varied widely, as expected, and it was often difficult to get photos onto them. Their popularity has waned significantly—I don't know anyone with a frame that still has it turned on.

But the core idea still has merit, which is why the iPad can also be used as a picture frame—but in this case, a picture frame that has many more uses.

To activate the frame, wake the iPad from sleep and tap the Picture Frame button located to the right of the unlock slider on the lock screen (Figure 6-13). A slideshow begins immediately ...