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iOS is dead! At least on the iPad. While the op-erating system obviously lives on in iPhones, 2019 is a big year for the iPad because Apple has released an update so big that it has a new name: iPadOS. The name change isn’t just a clever marketing tactic. It implies that iPads are more than just wimpy gadgets—they are computer power-horses that can run heavy apps and do the same kind of work you would do on a laptop or desktop.All that power means that you can run more than one app at once, so it should not be any sur-prise that most of the biggest updates to the OS center around multitasking (i.e. running more than one app) and helping you be more productive.This book is based off of iPad Pro models (the ones without a Home button); that doesn’t mean it’s not useful if your iPad has a Home button, but some features will work slightly differently.Ready to get started? Let’s go!NOTE: This guide is not endorsed by Apple, Inc and should be considered unofficial.

There are plenty of books promising to be some kind of missing manu-al, but there is no missing manual! There is a manual! You can find it on Ap-ple’s website.There are also plenty of books that seem more like a commercial for the phone, merely showing the features, but not how to use them. This book is neither of those things.The goal of this book is to help you discover the features most people want to know about and show you how to use them.The guide is based on new iPhone’s that no longer have the Home but-ton (iPhone X and up), so if you are updating from an earlier advice, then this guide won’t be as useful to you.Are you ready to start enjoying your new iPhone? Then let’s get started!  

The iPhone can be a little overwhelming. It seems to do everything! And that’s part of the problem—you don’t need to do everything. Of course you want to take stunning photos of the grandkids, but you probably can’t think of a good reason you’d want to set up a private network or iMAP / POP email account.You want the basics. How to take photos. How to Use Facetime with grandkids. And how to create custom Animoji’s!  This book walks you through what you need to know step-by-step—including how navigation works now that the Home button is gone on newer iPhones.It covers only what most people want to know—so you don't have to comb through hundreds of pages of tech-speak just to find out how to do a common feature.The guide is based on new iPhone’s that no longer have the Home button (iPhone X and up), so if you are updating from an earlier advice, then this guide won’t be as useful to you.  This book is based on the book "The Ridiculously Simple Guide to iPhone 11, iPhone Pro, and iPhone Pro Max" but includes an expanded section on accessibility (like how to make text easier to see).Are you ready to start enjoying your new iPhone? Then let’s get started!   

PLEASE NOTE: This is the COLOR edition. B&W edition is also avialble.The iPhone can be a little overwhelming. It seems to do everything! And that’s part of the problem—you don’t need to do everything. Of course you want to take stunning photos of the grandkids, but you probably can’t think of a good reason you’d want to set up a private network or iMAP / POP email account. You want the basics. How to take photos. How to Use Facetime with grandkids. And how to create custom Animoji’s!This book walks you through what you need to know step-by-step—including how navigation works now that the Home button is gone on newer iPhones.It covers only what most people want to know—so you don't have to comb through hundreds of pages of tech-speak just to find out how to do a common feature.This book is based on the book "The Ridiculously Simple Guide to iPhone 11, iPhone Pro, and iPhone Pro Max" but includes an expanded section on accessibility (like how to make text easier to see).Are you ready to start enjoying your new iPhone? Then let’s get started!

The iPhone can be a little overwhelming. It seems to do everything! And that’s part of the problem—you don’t need to do everything. Of course you want to take stunning photos of the grandkids, but you probably can’t think of a good reason you’d want to set up a private network or iMAP / POP email account. You want the basics. How to take photos. How to Use Facetime with grandkids. And how to create custom Animoji’s!This book walks you through what you need to know step-by-step—including how navigation works now that the Home button is gone on newer iPhones.It covers only what most people want to know—so you don't have to comb through hundreds of pages of tech-speak just to find out how to do a common feature.This book is based on the book "The Ridiculously Simple Guide to iPhone 11, iPhone Pro, and iPhone Pro Max" but includes an expanded section on accessibility (like how to make text easier to see).Are you ready to start enjoying your new iPhone? Then let’s get started!

PLEASE NOTE: This is the color edition of "The Ridiculously Simple Guide to Apple Watch Series 5." A B&W version is also available. Unlock the power of Apple Watch!The Apple Watch has, of course, been around for years and seen several updates. It's the latest updates, however, that have truly made the newest watches standout.From always-on displays to GPS navigation, Apple Watch has become more than a companion gadget to the iPhone; it's become a stand-alone device that is hard to live without.In addition to all the great features Apple Watch has always had, Series 4 introduced a slimmer body (yet with a screen that is somehow bigger), has optional cellular for making phone calls and streaming music without your phone, and drop detection (so if you fall and can't get up, the fire department is dispatched to your location). Everything about it was designed to motivate you to be more active.Series 5 has taken it a step further by adding one of the most asked for features: an always-on display. Something, it should be noted, it does without sacrificing battery.As amazing as all the new features are, it's not quite as easy to use as an iPhone; the lack of buttons, the smaller screen, and general UI can make a frustrating initial experience. The point of this book is to help new Apple Watch users (and users updating to WatchOS 6 from an older device) get the most out of their investment. This book covers the following topics: What's new in WatchOS 6. What's the difference between all of the different watches? What the Apple Watch Series 5 can (and can't) do. WatchOS gestures. Using Apple Pay from your Apple Watch. Finding, installing, updating, and removing apps from your Apple Watch. Using different Apple Watch features (such as SOS, Breathe, compass). Using different Apple Watch apps (such as Calendar, Reminders, Music). Getting driving directions with the Apple Watch. Using Siri on the Apple Watch. Changing watch Faces. Sending / receiving messages, emails, and phone calls from your Apple Watch. Doing a workout with the Apple Watch Series 5. Watch accessories. And much more! Are you ready to start enjoying your new Apple Watch? Then let's get started!

PLEASE NOTE: This is the color edition. A B&W version is also avialble.Getting a new iPhone is exciting; it can almost feel like getting a new toy. Nobody likes a toy that makes you read a lengthy manual just to figure out how the darn thing works! If you’ve already had an iPhone (or maybe several), then chances are you already know how it works. But the newest iPhone might throw you a curveball because the Home button has been removed. I’ll help make sure you know how to use the shortcuts and gestures that go along with this transition. I will, of course, also cover all the new features added into iOS 13.This guide is formatted in a way to help you use your phone (and all its powerful features) as quickly as possible. I purposely have written this guide to be a little more casual and fun than what you expect from most iPhone manuals. The iPhone is a fun gadget, and any guide should be an equally fun read. Each chapter starts with bullet points on what will be covered, so if it’s something you already know, you can skip right ahead; if you only need to know how to use new features, the book is also formatted in a way that these stand out.Are you ready to start enjoying your new iPhone? Then let’s get started!

Getting a new iPhone is exciting; it can almost feel like getting a new toy. Nobody likes a toy that makes you read a lengthy manual just to figure out how the darn thing works! If you’ve already had an iPhone (or maybe several), then chances are you already know how it works. But the newest iPhone might throw you a curveball because the Home button has been removed. I’ll help make sure you know how to use the shortcuts and gestures that go along with this transition. I will, of course, also cover all the new features added into iOS 13.This guide is formatted in a way to help you use your phone (and all its powerful features) as quickly as possible. I purposely have written this guide to be a little more casual and fun than what you expect from most iPhone manuals. The iPhone is a fun gadget, and any guide should be an equally fun read. Each chapter starts with bullet points on what will be covered, so if it’s something you already know, you can skip right ahead; if you only need to know how to use new features, the book is also formatted in a way that these stand out.Are you ready to start enjoying your new iPhone? Then let’s get started!

It used to be a few times a year Apple would take the stage and announce something that everyone's head exploded over! The iPhone! The iPad! The Apple Watch! The iPod!That still happens today, but Apple also is well aware of the reality: most people don't upgrade to new hardware every year. How does a company make money when that happens? In a word: services. In the past few years (especially in 2019) Apple announced several services-things people would opt into to pay for monthly. It was a way to continue making money even when people were not buying hardware.For it to work, Apple knew it had to be good. They couldn't just offer a subpar service and expect people to pay because it said Apple. It had to be good. And it is!This book will walk you through those services and show you how to get the most out of them.

In 2014, Apple announced something called CarPlay. At the time it wasn't met with much fanfare because to play it, you needed a radio in your car that most people didn't have. Today, many newer cars have it pre-installed; if you aren't one of the lucky ones, you can buy a compatible radio with CarPlay for less than $200-before installation.Whether you are thinking about getting it or you want to know how to use it, this book will help you out.This book is not endorsed by Apple and should be considered unofficial.

Become a Google power searcher!There's more to a Google search than meets the eye. On the surface, there's not a lot to it. You type in what you are looking for, click search, and go through the results. If that sounds like you, then you are only scratching the surface of what Google can do for you.There are certain filters and commands you can apply to your Google search that will make finding exactly what you want a breeze. This book will walk you through all the different kinds of searches you can perform (like images, videos, and even the lowest prices on products), and show you how to make your search even more powerful. The book will cover:Types of searches you can perform. Google Search operators. Performing an advance Google search. Setting up Google Alerts. And much more! If you are ready to become an expert Google search pro in just a few minutes, then let's get started!

Every tech company wants to be in the business of education. It's a powerful space-there's always a need for people learning.While companies like Microsoft and Apple have competed in this space with hardware and software, Google took it a step further by creating a cloud-based classroom for teachers. There's hardware (Chromebooks) and software (Google Apps) too, but Google Classroom is a unique environment where teachers can connect in a private space with other teachers, students, and parents.This short guide will walk you through setting up your first classroom.

Email as a communication tool has been used since the 1960s. Commercial use of email is still relatively young.Today, email is dominated by one company: Google. Estimates show that over 50% of all people with email use Gmail! If you picked up this book, you probably have one or are considering getting one.For its email service, Gmail is easy enough to use-compose email, send email, done! But there's more to Gmail than sending and receiving email. How do you get not-Spam emails to stop showing up as Spam, for example? What on Earth are labels? And how do you get email forwarded to another inbox? If you want to be a power user, then read on!

Take your presentations to the cloud! How many times do you work on a presentation that you will get absolutely no feedback on and want no help? Maybe you're the type that likes to whip something up and have no practice or feedback at all? Most of us are the former. Before we stand in front of a group of people, we want to make sure we're as polished as possible. The problem is PowerPoint wasn't built like that. It was built as a desktop program that one person would use at a time. Google realized the problem and seized the opportunity when they launched Google Slides over ten years ago. Google Slides is a cloud-based presentation editor that can replace PowerPoint or Keynote. If you'd like to get the most out of the software, then let's get started! Note: This book is the Google Slides portion of the larger work: The Ridiculously Simple Guide to Google Apps (G Suite). This book is not endorsed by Alphabet, Inc.

Do you really understand who is coming to your website?If you have a website, then you have probably already heard all about rate, exit rate, organic search traffic, and more. They're nice words, but how do you use them to understand your visitors and get more?Google Analytics is a powerful resource that can tell you the smallest details about your visitor traffic, but if you are asking yourself what it means or why it even matters, then you're like most businesses. Analytics is so data heavy that you can be easily overwhelmed and lost.If you are new to Analytics, or even have used it a few times, then this guide will help you understand what's in front of your eyes. It won't get into the weeds with professional tips better suited for professional marketers. It also won't go into detail about advanced Analytics elements--the keyword here is Basics! The goal is to get you started quickly.Ready to get started? Let's go!

Chances are you grew up a Word and Office user. Maybe you were a rebel and committed your herd to OpenOffice, or, dare I say, WordPerfect-but for the majority of people, our lives were loyal to Microsoft. In 2005, a small little startup named Upstartle developed something unheard of at the time: a web-based word processor called Writely. It pioneered the idea of writing on the "cloud" and changed the way people thought about word processing.Google noticed the little upstart, and in 2006, they acquired the company. The software was abandoned and turned into what everyone knows today as Google Docs. It disrupted the industry-namely, Microsoft's industry.Today, Google has a whole suite of productivity apps; from documents to spreadsheets, you can do just about anything from the cloud. Microsoft and Apple have each made big attempts to create cloud-based environments of their own for office productivity, but Google pioneered the idea and its collaborative, online environment make it hard to beat. It's become so feature-rich that many businesses are finding it to be the preferred way to conduct business.If you are thinking about making the switch to Google, or have already made the switch but want to make sure you are using it correctly, then this guide will walk you through it. It will show you all the basic features to make sure you can get up and running as quickly as possible. It covers Google Drive, Google Docs, Google Slides, Google Sheets, and Google Forms.Let's get started!

Google Drive has made the process of storing things online seamless. From storing photos and videos to files and documents, Google Drive can do it in just a few clicks.If you are new to the Cloud and thinking about making the switch to Google, or have already made the switch but want to make sure you are using it correctly, then this guide will walk you through it. It will show you all the basic features to make sure you can get up and running as quick as possible. (the guide is 2,000 words)Let's get started!Note: This book is the Google Docs portion of the larger work: The Ridiculously Simple Guide to Google Apps (G Suite). It is not endorsed by Alphabet, Inc.

Goodbye Microsoft Word! Hello Google Docs! There's a real good chance that you grew up in a Microsoft Word world. The first document you created were from the Office Suite.But if you are reading this, then you are ready to make the leap to cloud-based (and free) word processing with Google Docs.If you are thinking about making the switch to Google, or have already made the switch but want to make sure you are using it correctly, then this guide will walk you through it. It will show you all the basic features to make sure you can get up and running as quickly as possible. Let's get started!Note: This book is the Google Docs portion of the larger work: The Ridiculously Simple Guide to Google Apps (G Suite). This book is not endorsed by Alphabet, Inc.

For 40-some-odd years, the world of spreadsheets has been ruled by one king: Microsoft Excel. Sure, there were far away challengers that tried to overtake the beast-I'm looking at you, Lotus 1-2-3-but none have come close to dethroning the powerful tool…until Google Sheets.So what is Google Sheets? It's a cloud-based spreadsheet. Think Excel, but online. "But Excel is online," you say. Yes! But Google was there first, and really has the advantage over Excel in this arena. It's quicker and easier to use for collaboration.Google Sheets is also free; Excel has monthly/yearly subscriptions.If you'd like to get the most out of the software, then let's get started!Note: This book is the Google Sheets portion of the larger work: The Ridiculously Simple Guide to Google Apps (G Suite). This book is not endorsed by Alphabet, Inc.

Chromebooks are perfect for Seniors. Hopefully you are at a state in your life where the Internet helps you but doesn't define you. You don't need to have a powerhouse computer that can have 200 spreadsheets running at the same time or watching a movie while you have 100 other apps open! You just want a computer that lets you check up on things, and maybe stream a movie or to. In a word: something simple. If that sounds like you, then all you have to do is figure out how to use a Chromebook! Fortunately, if you've ever used the Internet, then that part will come pretty easy. This book will walk you through what you need to know so you can be up and running in no time. Ready? Let's get started!NOTE: This book is not endorsed by Alphabet, Inc.

If you've used any computer, then a Chromebook will be easy enough to use as soon as you open it up for the first time. If you really want to take advantage of all the features and be as productive as possible, then this guide will help. Let's get started!

Take your idea to reality!Think for a moment. Think about that one time--or maybe one of several times--where you said, "You know what would make my job easier? This..." Innovation doesn't have to come from innovating minds. It can come from ordinary people who are just trying to make their everyday lives a little easier. In my case innovation was twofold: Modernizing every Shakespeare play Putting it in a format that spoke to a modern audience: an app. The app became SwipeSpeare and the idea was simple: Let students read Shakespeare as they normally would; when they're struggling to understand a passage, they swipe their finger across it to see a modern English translation. It was simple--and it worked. With zero marketing, SwipeSpeare was downloaded over 350,000 times. The number sounds good when in context, but it sounds even better when you understand that A) I wasn't a developer, B) I wasn't a designer, and C) Everything was bootstrapped. In writing, there's an old phrase: show, don't tell. If you want your product to be successful, then you have to be able to show (not explain) how it works. That's what this book will do. I'll start with the basics: wireframing your idea and giving it a high-level framework; then we'll move into more visual designs, and finally interactive mock-ups. Design is only part of the work. I'll also show you how to put your final product into a pitch deck that sells.

Become a Google power searcher! There's more to a Google search than meets the eye. On the surface, there's not a lot to it. You type in what you are looking for, click search, and go through the results. If that sounds like you, then you are only scratching the surface of what Google can do for you. There are certain filters and commands you can apply to your Google search that will make finding exactly what you want a breeze. This book will walk you through all the different kinds of searches you can perform (like images, videos, and even the lowest prices on products), and show you how to make your search even more powerful. The book will cover: Types of searches you can perform. Google Search operators. Performing an advance Google search. Setting up Google Alerts. And much more! If you are ready to become an expert Google search pro in just a few minutes, then let's get started!

If you are like millions of people, then your first email was probably AOL, Juno, or Hotmail. Email as a communication tool, however, has been around since the 60s.Gmail is the most widely used provider today, and if you are using it (or considering using it) there's probably a good reason: it does more than perhaps any other email provider out there.You can make phone calls with Gmail! You can make video calls with Gmail! You can send money to friends with Gmail! There's so much you can do! But how?!This book will show you how. It will also walk you through all the basics. So, if you've never used email in your life, then it will give you all the information you need to get started.If you are ready to get the most out of Gmail, then let's get started!This book is not endorsed by Alphabet, Inc.

Say goodby to Word, and take your writing to the Cloud with Google Docs Like hundreds of millions of people, you probably lived your whole life using one-word processing tool: Microsoft Word.It's great software! Powerful software! Resourceful software! And...expensive software! Google Docs is the Google equivalent of Microsoft Word, but it's free. Free as in ad-supported, right? One paragraph in and you have to watch a 30 second video of some emoji game you would never play! Wrong! Free as in free. As in no ads. Nothing to pay later. Free!Who wouldn't want software like that? For the price of nothing you are getting something you used to pay for. And that nothing doesn't get you second-rate software that doesn't help you do the things you really want to do. It gets you cloud-based software that is on par with all the other word processing tools out there.In many ways, it's actually better than other tools.If you are interested in learning more about it, or you are ready to make the leap and become a free user, then this guide will show you the ropes and get you started as quick as possible. It will cover:Creating a doc. Sharing a doc. Importing, exporting and printing a doc. Using templates. Keyboard shortcuts. Inserting other documents and spreadsheets. And more! Let's get started!This book is not endorsed by Alphabet, Inc.

Are you ready to enter the cloud?Remember when you used to pay for things?! When computer software was almost as much as your new computer. Times have certainly changed! Today many companies are giving you all that stuff you used to pay hundreds of dollars for--for free!What's the catch? There has to be a catch! Sometimes there definitely is a catch...it's free, but you have to watch a 30 second commercial every five minutes. Or it's free but you have to pay a subscription once you start to really like it.In the case of Google Apps, it truly is free. No annoying ads. No money grabs. Nothing. For the price of nothing you are getting online software that is on par with the Office suite you grew to love--and pay hundreds of dollars for. That means you get writing software, spreadsheet software, presentation software, and more...and you don't pay a dime!Now you see why so many people are making the switch to Google Apps? Who wouldn't want to pay nothing for good software?This book covers:Google Drive. Google Docs. Google Sheets. Google Slides. Google Forms. If you are interested in learning more about it, or you are ready to make the leap and become a free user, then this guide will show you the ropes and get you started as quickly as possible.Let's get started!This book is not endorsed by Alphabet, Inc.