iPad Academy

Here’s a short clip from a video lesson on extending the life of the battery on your iOS device.

A member of my Master Class recently asked this question: I’ m curious about the plastic type covers that adhere to the iPad screen. Are these beneficial to the life of it? Nancy These screen protectors can help to protect the glass. However, the Gorilla glass on the iPad is a tough product. With reasonable [...]

A reader recently wrote me concerning problems with iCloud storage space and playing a rented movie. Our edited email exchange appears below. Our discussion should help others to understand what gets stored in iCloud and why having gigabytes (GB) of iCloud space can still generate insufficient space errors on your iPad. From: Marion I am [...]

Mandy at LYNKtec contacted me a few weeks back, offering to send samples of the screen cleaning cloths her company sells. Before I reply to any vendor whose product might interest my readers, I spend a little time on the company site and check online reviews of their products. Then I decide if I’ll accept [...]

A member of my Master Class recently sent me a question about turning the iPad on and off. Here’s an edited version of our exchange. Message: Hi, I turn off my iPad with the slide bar. Then go to turn it back on with the slide bar. The passcode comes up but when I go [...]

From: Kathy Message: IS IT POSSIBLE TO TRANSFER PHOTO ALBUMS CREATED ON MY IPAD TO MY WINDOWS PC? If you are using the Photos app to create albums on the iPad – those albums will not transfer to the PC. Those albums do not actually contain the photos or copies of the photos. They merely [...]

One of my readers recently wrote me concerning an iPad error message. She received it while trying to install a new app on her iPad. She was sure she had enough room left to install the app. But she told me the message “says it can’t download because there isn’t enough room.” The error message [...]

I’ve been spending more time recently with apps for taking notes on the iPad. Specifically, a few that support handwriting. You can use a finger to take notes but a stylus is highly recommended. All these apps employ some sort of wrist or palm protection when making handwritten notes with a stylus. When you write [...]

Every iPad currently comes with 19 built-in apps. You can find an introduction to the built-in apps on the Apple website at this link. These default apps appear on the home screen and the dock of your iPad once you set it up. You can’t delete any of the apps that come with your iPad. [...]

A friend recently asked for help with setting up a “remote control” for an iPad presentation. That is, how to wirelessly control a set of Keynote slides running on an iPad connected to a projector. Not surprisingly, there’s an app for that. Apple has an app called Keynote Remote to support your Keynote slideshows. If [...]