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Thanks for making that so simple, Apple. (I need a sarcasm font). Instructions for force-restarting an iPad without a Home button:
1. Press and quickly release the volume up button.2. Press and quickly release the volume down button.3. Press and hold the top button. When the Apple logo appears, release the button.

This of course didn’t work. It only invokes Siri. What they don’t tell you is that screen orientation is crucial. In landscape mode, the volume up button is the one furthest away from the top or power button and the volume down is the closer one.
Changing to portrait mode, the buttons are reversed. The process now worked.

So I went deeper into the rabbit-hole and found the the instructions to deal with a frozen or unresponsive iPad.
1. Press and quickly release the volume button closest to the top button.2. Press and quickly release the volume button furthest from the top button3. Press and hold the top button until the device restarts.

They need to clearly state that the iPad be held in portrait orientation to perform a forced restart when specifying volume up and volume down buttons OR refer to the volume buttons as closest to and furthest from the power button.

@matigo You can still use increased contrast and/or reduced transparency in standard iPadOS versions. My iPad Mini 7 is set to increased contrast.
Om my Macs I use both, when you choose increased contrast it automatically triggers reduced transparency.

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@matigo I quite fail to see the point of any icon setting other than default for the sort of desktop pictures I favour. I never liked dark mode and relying on shape only for the clear or tinted “glass” look (that strips all colour out of the icon images) is bullshit.
Some YouTube reviewers favour the Reduce Transparency setting but that applies a nasty grey aspect to parts of the view. These folk use dark mode. I prefer instead to use Increase Contrast, that puts a border around app sidebars. The increased contrast also makes the Control Centre icons merge less into the background image.

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Nice visual improvements in iPadOS 26 beta 2. Apple apps with sidebars have that sidebar in an outlined section of the window. The control centre icons are darker and stand out more over the background image. MacTracker app now works. A neat upgrade.

Clever

I did laugh.

Delivered today, a Logitech Casa pop-up desk that resembles a large book or photo album when closed. Opened, it reveals a Bluetooth keyboard, Bluetooth trackpad, USB-C charging cable and an angled stand ideal for tablets or laptops up to 17-in screen size. For the latter, it raised the laptop screen to a comfortable working height. The Casa Keys (keyboard) and Casa Touch (trackpad) both have three selectable Bluetooth channels for connecting immediately to three different devices. I have set them to work with my laptop on ch 1, iPad Air on ch 2 and iPad Mini on ch 3. https://amzn.asia/d/c9klpyr

There once was a girl from Purdue
Who kept a young cat in a pew
She taught it to speak
Alphabetical Greek
But it never got farther than μ.

@variablepulserate Originally had that on the list but didn't agree with the definitions

variablepulserate.10centuries.org.

Some CONTRONYMS

“Words or terms that are their own opposites," Contronyms (Contronym is a variant spelling) are also known as Janus words, Antagonyms, and Autoantonym: These are words that have developed contradictory meanings.

1. Sanction - To permit or to penalise

2. Dust - To remove dust or to sprinkle dust

3. Left - Departed from or remaining behind

4. Seed - To plant seeds or to remove seeds

5. Oversight - Careful supervision or an error from neglect

6. Weather - To withstand (as in "weather a storm") or to erode

7. Bound - Going somewhere or tied/restricted from going

8. Clip - To attach or to cut off

9. Trim - To decorate or to remove excess

10. Fast - Quick or firmly fixed (immobile)

11. Strike - To hit or to miss (as in baseball)

12. Bolt - To secure in place or to flee quickly

13. Resign - To quit a job or to sign again

14. Finished - Completed or destroyed (as in "you're finished!”)

15. Execute - To carry out (a task) or to kill

16. Help - To assist or to prevent (e.g., “| can't help it”)

17. Screen - To display or to hide (as in screening a movie vs. screening from the sun)

18. Model - A replica to copy or an example to avoid

19. Trimmed - Decorated or reduced

20. Sick - Ill or awesome (slang)

21. Left off - Started again where you stopped, or excluded

22. Out - Visible (e.g., stars are out) or invisible (lights are out)

23. Off - Not functioning or activated (e.g., "The alarm went off”)

24. Sanguine - Cheerful or bloodthirsty (rare but contrasting meanings)

25. Out of - Lacking or originating from (e.g., "out of love”)

26. Strike down - To nullify (a law) or to enforce (as in striking down dissent)

27. Wind up - To end or to get started (as in winding up a toy)

28. Rent - To pay for use or to rip apart (e.g., an idea)

29. Peer - Equal or look closely

30. Throw out - To discard or to propose (e.g., an idea)

31. Scour - To search thoroughly or to scrub vigorously

32. Flog - To promote aggressively or to beat severely

33. Dust-off - To clean or to reuse something old

34. Stone - To pelt with stones or to remove stones (as in fruit)

35. Disciplined - Well-behaved or punished

36. Trip - To stumble or to travel

37. Consult - To offer advice or to ask for it

38. Pop - To suddenly appear or disappear

39. Blunt - To dull or to speak sharply

40. Hold up - To support or to delay