Turn your old iPad into a photo frame

Revisit great memories with a beautiful slideshow

First, get a stand to hold your iPad in place. As the iPad will be in landscape mode, you will need a separate charging cable unless both your iPad and stand have a Smart Connector. Before starting, enable Do Not Disturb mode from Control Centre. You may prefer to enable Airplane Mode to eliminate distracting notifications and preserve battery life (if you are not using a charger).

Open Photos on your iPad, tap the ‘+’ in the top-left corner, then tap New Album. Give it a name and add the photos that you want to display on your iPad. When you are done, tap the … button in the top-right corner when inside the album, then tap Slideshow. Tap the Options button in the bottom-right, then turn on Repeat.

If you want to add photos from your Apple devices, open Settings on your iPad and enable Shared Albums from Settings > (Your name) > iCloud > Photos. This lets you add photos from any device that is signed in with the same iCloud account. Open Photos on your iPad, tap the ‘+’ in the top-left corner, then tap New Shared Album. Add the photos that you want to display on your iPad, then load up Slideshow mode (as before).

Finally, using Guided Access can lock the iPad into photo frame mode. Go to Settings > Accessibility > Guided Access and toggle the switch. Turn off Display Auto-Lock, then open the Photos app and triple-tap either the lock button or the Home button (depending on your iPad model). This will lock it in Photos mode.