Say what a Smart Cover does
Why the screen goes dark as the cover shuts, and what is waiting when you open it.
A Smart Cover has magnets in it. Closing it tells the iPad to sleep the screen; opening it wakes the iPad.
Asleep is not off. Everything you had open is still there, and alarms still ring.
Key points
- Magnets in the cover sleep the screen and wake it again
- Asleep keeps everything open, which is not the same as off
What to remember
- Sleep hides the screen and holds everything behind it.
- The cover sleeps the screen. It never closes anything.
Try this
Open something on your own iPad, shut the cover for a moment, then open it again.
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