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twerppoet
iPad Fan
Searching the store, it doesn’t look like they’ve released an iOS 12 verison of the iPad User Guide yet.
They might be waiting until the next iPad update.
Just a guess, but there may be information in the new guide that would give away new features of the next generation iPad; and they don’t want to put out one version of the guide just to replace it.
All of which suggests we might be getting that hardware update soonish.
They might be waiting until the next iPad update.
Just a guess, but there may be information in the new guide that would give away new features of the next generation iPad; and they don’t want to put out one version of the guide just to replace it.
All of which suggests we might be getting that hardware update soonish.
Here’s the online version of the iPad User Guide for iOS 12. https://help.apple.com/ipad/12/
Here’s the link where you can find the Books version of the iPad User Guide for iOS 12. Apple - Support - Manuals
Here’s the link where you can find the Books version of the iPad User Guide for iOS 12. Apple - Support - Manuals
LannyC
iPad Fan
Right. I don't want the online version, I want one that works without wifi.
And...the link for the iPad/iOS 12 book goes here:
Did you actually try it? Did it work for you, and it's just failing for me? That was my question.
BTW, sometimes Books is black, other times white. It has nothing to do with the time of day, but is seemingly random. Naturally, Apple has not explained this (in a book that's actually available), nor offered a user pref to control it.
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NSquirrel
iPF Novice
I had similar problems with the links, but then (I think) found them via the Books app. Try entering and searching ios 12 in Books. You may need to click the link to search the Store. Sorry that this is vague, but I found for both iPad and iPhone but, as usual, did not note how I did it!
twerppoet
iPad Fan
The link worked for me, and now the manual is showing up when I search in Books. No idea why it did not yesterday.
Seems to me that we had a similar issue last year, and it resoved itself similaryly. That or I’m having deja vu.
I believe I also came to a similar conclusion. I’m consistant, even when wrong.
LannyC
iPad Fan
Did you miss the screenshot I posted? It was Books, after I performed the search you suggest, telling me the Store is unavailable. Still no workee workee.
IIRC there used to be a setting to enable the various Apple stores, but either it disappeared in iOS 12, or it moved and I have not been able to guess where. Why do morons move things for no reason?
LannyC
iPad Fan
Update: I managed to download the user guide to iBooks on my iMac. That made it show up in Books on my iPad, with the cloud icon. I tapped on it, and the download to my iPad allegedly began, but is stuck at the 1% point (presumably, that means nothing downloaded at all). Restarting did not help. Maybe I'll explore emailing to myself, if I can't find any other flaming hoops through which to jump.
The black screen apparently is Books' attempt to make me crazy when the room's light level is low-ish. Not dark, just not sunnily bright on this overcast day. I could make it jump back and forth between white and black by holding it up to an uncurtained window. I have not found any setting to disable this behavior. Another case of "Apple knows best"...except when it doesn't.
The black screen apparently is Books' attempt to make me crazy when the room's light level is low-ish. Not dark, just not sunnily bright on this overcast day. I could make it jump back and forth between white and black by holding it up to an uncurtained window. I have not found any setting to disable this behavior. Another case of "Apple knows best"...except when it doesn't.
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LannyC
iPad Fan
Aha! Thanks, TP, that worked. Now that I have an actual ebook in Books, I can find the hidden easter-eggish Auto-Night Theme toggle, which was already off. Seems the toggle only works in ebooks, not in the Books app itself, which still flips to black if the room isn't brightly lit.
