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iPad Tips & Tricks

Tips for Troubleshooting Your iPad

by Mandi on June 25, 2011

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source: thms.nl

Last week my iPad began freaking out. It was if an invisible hand was controlling the screening: opening apps, turning pages of books, resizing pages and typing nonsense.

This was the first real issue I’ve had since I learned how to close apps on the iPad, and my hubby began researching troubleshooting steps for me.

Here’s what we found:

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Musical iPad and iPhone Apps for Kids (and Their Parents Too!)

June 7, 2011
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One of the things I love most about the iPad is its musical capabilities. It has great sound even through the built-in speakers, and there are hundreds of musical apps available for everybody from amateurs to professional musicians. Don’t believe me? Have you seen NorthPoint’s iPhone Band video from last Christmas? Amazing! Although my dad [...]

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Doing Business with Your iPad

May 20, 2011
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The following post is from Stephanie of BizzieMommy.com: I’ll admit that I was in line at the Apple store the day the 2nd generation iPads became available. I just had to get my hands on one, because I was dying to find ways to get work done while away from the office without being so [...]

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iPad Tips: Delete Songs and Manage Music on Your iPad

April 22, 2011
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So you’ve got your shiny new iPad. You start adding apps and then you sync it to iTunes…and suddenly you’re out of memory. Like most things Apple (yep, I said it…), the solution for adding only some of your music library to your iPad — or deleting the extras once they’re there — isn’t extremely [...]

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The Best Free Apps for Your iPad

April 18, 2011
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The beauty of the iPad is the availability of thousands and thousands of apps for pretty much every area of life. While there are certainly really great apps that cost money (hello, AwesomeNote!), there are also tons that are free! Here are my (current) favorite free apps: 1. Adobe Photoshop Express **basic photo editing 2. [...]

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Quick Tip: Use PrintJinni to Print from Your iOS Device

April 7, 2011
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To be honest, I still use my iPad mostly for “play” rather than work – although I think it’s also a fabulous productivity tool in place of a traditional day planner with apps like AwesomeNote. But when Epson offered me the opportunity to try their free PrintJinni app (which has recently been updated) with an [...]

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iPad Tip: Extra Controls to the Left of Your Quick Bar

February 21, 2011
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A few weeks ago I showed you how to close open programs in iOS4 on the iPad and iPhone (and I was so glad I wasn’t the only one who didn’t know how to do that for a long time!). But that’s not the only thing you can do by double clicking the home button. [...]

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iPad Accessories: Fun & Functional!

February 11, 2011
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I’ve had my iPad for almost two months now, and I really do marvel at the technology almost every time I use it — the graphics, the touch screen, the sound quality, all of it. You could say I’m a bit of a fan! I have a case (red, of course) and a stylus (also [...]

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iPad Tips: Close Open Programs in iOS4

January 17, 2011
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Although this may not be a groundbreaking tip for experienced iOS4 users, today I’m going to show you how to close your open programs. At first, I thought that it was just me — as a new apple owner — who didn’t quite get it, until I started hearing from other users who have recently [...]

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