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iPad Screen Protection: Do You Need A Screen Protector for Your iPad?

10 May 2013

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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 [...]

Making Sense of iCloud Storage: iPad Memory & Insufficient Space

2 May 2013

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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 [...]

How to Power Down the iPad: Turn the iPad Off or Put It to Sleep?

23 April 2013

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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 [...]

Can I Transfer Photo Albums Created on My iPad to My Windows PC?

21 April 2013

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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 [...]

App Install Problem: Not Enough Free Space to Download & Install An App

17 April 2013

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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 [...]

iPad Note Taking Apps & Stylus – Problems Writing on the iPad Screen

9 April 2013

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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 [...]

You Can’t Delete Built-In Apps That Come With the iPad. But You Can Hide Some.

6 April 2013

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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. [...]

How to Set Up a Remote Control for iPad Presentations Using Keynote Remote

27 March 2013

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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 [...]

iPad App Stuck on Installing: How to Get App Downloads Started Again

20 March 2013

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I’ve written before about How to Solve the Problem of An iPad App Download Stuck on Waiting. Since then, I’ve been asked the question a few more times and spent some time looking for additional solutions to the stuck app problem. Please note a few of these solutions involve deleting the app. If the app [...]

iPad Safety Tip: See Where Web & Email Links Will Go Before Tapping

7 March 2013

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Web pages, websites, email messages and other Internet content contain links. These embedded links can take us to related topics or additional sites of interest. Tapping one of these links while in the Safari web browser will quickly take you to another website. Tapping a link in an email will open the Safari web browser [...]