[Lysandar]

I have an Ipad3.
I've read the Guide.
Nothing in there about any regular 'maintenance' I should perhaps be doing.
Like. say, 'defragging' or scanning for 'errors'
As you would on a PC.
Is there anything I should do regularly?
Many thanks.

[Roush]

Nope, just remember to setup backups; either to iCloud or manually to a computer.

[Lysandar]

Many thanks, Roush

[Gormond]

Defragging is something you need to do to traditional hard drives, no need when dealing with flash memory.

Scanning for errors is if something in the OS gets damaged, if this does happen (very unlikely) you would have to do a reinstall via iTunes and restore from your backup.

Other things like a virus scanner isn't needed either as all apps are controlled by Apple and if one was later found to be a virus Apple could remotely pull it from your device.

Not having to do all that maintenance crap is one of the things I love about iOS, just set it to sync via iCloud and it will do a backup every night.

[Patrick_Shaplan]

It is good practise to run out the battery until it turns off once a month or so to condition the battery.

[rjb101]

Originally Posted by Patrick_Shaplan

It is good practise to run out the battery until it turns off once a month or so to condition the battery.

No it's not, Li-ion battery's don't like it.

[cnbcwatcher]

Go easy on the Angry Birds?

[Gormond]

Originally Posted by rjb101

No it's not, Li-ion battery's don't like it.

Agreed, don't do this as it can cause permanent damage to lithium batteries.

[Matt D]

http://www.apple.com/batteries/ipad.html

Originally Posted by Apple

Use Your iPad Regularly

For proper reporting of the battery’s state of charge, be sure to go through at least one charge cycle per month (charging the battery to 100% and then completely running it down).

[Gormond]

Originally Posted by Matt D

http://www.apple.com/batteries/ipad.html

This is against many experts on batteries.

I found the battery indicator on my old iPhone 3 to be off so I followed this very advice and it killed the battery.

I personally wouldn't recommend doing this once a month as there is just very little need in modern batteries.

[InsideSoap]

So when/how often to charge the iPad then? I read somewhere 20% but most places do reccommend the once a month run down too.

[Gormond]

Originally Posted by InsideSoap

So when/how often to charge the iPad then? I read somewhere 20% but most places do reccommend the once a month run down too.

I just put mine on charge every night and have doe for the last 18 months and can still use it all day on a signal charge with no issues.

Lithium batteries are very robust, you are perfectly fine to just put it on a nightly charge.