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How to breathe new life and increased performance back into an iPad that has...
So, you’ve got an iPad and it’s starting to get a little slow on you. Stop me if this sound familiar– first, you do your best to free up as much storage space as you can muster by deleting old,...
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Got a new iPad for Father’s Day? Here are the first (5) things you need to do...
So this year your family said enough is enough–it’s time Dad got caught up with the times and started using an iPad like the rest of the world! Great! Awesome! Exciting! Now what? I know there...
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How to downgrade your iPad from iOS 9 beta, and restore it to iOS 8.x
During the World Wide Developer Conference a little over two weeks ago, Apple released the first beta version of iOS 9 to developers. Many tech bloggers expect the public release of iOS 9 later this...
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How to manage your Apple Music membership on your iPad
Last week Apple “officially” introduced Apple Music to the public with the release of iOS 8.4. If/when you decide to activate the streaming music service on your iPad you will be able to use it for...
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How to install a custom dictionary on your iPad
While using your iPad there are occasions when, while reading or composing an email or text, you might have the inclination to look up the meaning and/or spelling of an unfamiliar word. If you’re...
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iCloud Photo Library Tip: Don’t AirDrop Imported Camera Shots to Other Devices
This is a bit more of a niche tip, but it could save a bit of pain for those who import camera photos onto the iPad. As I’ve written before, iCloud Photo Library is a great way to mirror your personal...
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My Favourite Uses for Siri on My iPad
I tend to use Siri a lot more on my Apple Watch and iPhone 5S, but there are still some great uses for it on the iPad. Apple wasn’t exaggerating those numbers during WWDC either: Siri really has...
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How to set-up iCloud on your iPad
One of the more useful ways to get the most out of your iPad is to set-up iCloud during the initial set-up process. Although if, for whatever reason you don’t, you can always come back to the set-up...
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(5) ways to keep the data on your iPad more secure
Security–it’s on our minds more than ever before. It seems like there isn’t a week that goes by where we don’t hear about some new exploit that allows someone to hack your most personal information....
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How to set-up an Apple ID for your iPad
To use Apple services you need to start with an Apple ID. Your Apple ID is based on an email address you would like to associate with your account. Your Apple ID is your gateway to adding all kinds of...
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The (3) best ways to share information from your iPad
With iOS 8, Apple expanded the iPad’s ability to share information in many different ways. This has long been a frequently requested feature that was already available on various other mobile...
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How to dictate more effectively on your iPad
There are two main methods for capturing text while using your iPad. One way is by using Siri to carry out an ever growing variety of commands and tasks. The other method is through dictation...
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Searching For Faces Within Photos for iPad
There’s a lot that you can accomplish within the Photos app on your iPad on iOS 8: Built-in tools help edit the exposure, contrast, saturation, and more with non-destructive edits Videos in the...
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Using Dropbox and iCloud Photo Library for Media Storage
I’m taking a step back from iCloud Photo Library. I had chosen to go all-in and place over 12,000 photos and 500+ videos (35 GB of data) into the service, but it hasn’t been working out. I’ve been...
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Pixelmator 2.1 Enables Great New Photo Editing Workflows
Pixelmator 2.1 includes a few housekeeping changes: iOS 9 support with bona fide Slide Over and Split View. On the surface, this is already enough to change the way you use Pixelmator on an iPad Air...
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My (5) favorite new features in iOS 9
Much has been said about the lack of new features in iOS 9. Many refer to Apple’s latest software update as more of an under the hood refinement. iOS can definitely benefit from a tune-up, with a...
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How to save and edit your Safari passwords on your iPad
These days most websites you open in your Safari browser have a password associated with them. I don’t know about you, but I find it tough to keep track of them all. This is especially true if you...
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Using iOS 9 Split View for Productivity
I’ve been trying out a few different iOS 9 enabled workflows on my iPad, and one of the ideas I stumbled upon was maintaining an always-on Split View app. The choice of this app would is very...
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How to get an additional 30GB of iCloud storage for free
When Apple first introduced the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus back in September they also, without much fanfare, increased iCloud storage plans. Although they didn’t upgrade the standard 5GB of iCloud...
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How to Recover Lost or Deleted Notes from the Notes App on your iPad
We all make mistakes, it’s inevitable, especially when it come to our reliance on electronic devices to store and retrieve important documents and data in the Cloud. So what happens after you have...
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