Tips to Optimize Apple iPad

[Computer_Freak]

As a laptop or desktop PC Your iPad 2 may not fully featured but with Tips and Tricks you secure your device and sync your bookmarks, and more.

iTunes Home Sharing set up on the iPad

Up to now, that had all the titles that you wanted to play on the IPad app on iPad or videos, only to be synchronized with a USB cable. It's different with IOS 4.3, because with this version also has the iPad Home Sharing hold. The following tutorial introduces the new feature of the Home Sharing and explains how it is to set up computer and iPad.

Until now, the release only when the second-generation Apple TV. As the name implies, is found in the Home Sharing the iTunes library for private purposes to share over the WLAN. There are two conditions: During playback, iTunes must be active on the computer. Quit iTunes, it also stops the playback. And on both devices, computers and iPad, the private sharing turned on. But that is set up very quickly:

Home Sharing enabled on the computer:
Launch iTunes and click on Advanced -> Enable Home Sharing. Home Sharing can be found at Windows on an identical. In the next window, enter your Apple ID and password associated with the Confirm and Create Home Sharing. You will then have a short message window, where the rules are displayed for the share. By clicking on Finish the setup is done on the computer.

Home Sharing set up on the iPad:

On the iPad, it also goes quickly and the procedure is very similar. Tap iPad on the settings and Again, there is the point of the Home Sharing, under which you can enter your Apple ID and password. Enter the password and Apple ID.

Access to shared media

It is not that shared and synchronized media deadlines in a library on the iPad is a peaceful common existence. You must select a targeted, whether you want to play music, podcast, and videos that are on the iPad, or to be transferred over the network.

First to the IPad: Start the IPad app on the iPad, and you arrive at your library. This works like before the release, here you will find all the media you have on iTunes and copied data cable to the iPad. Tap the library to get to the selection of all available libraries. Under Shared libraries also now the Home Sharing can be seen. Tap it to select it. After a few seconds, the Home Sharing is enabled and you can access to all titles that are available in the iTunes library on the computer.

Approved videos: To access the private video sharing, you start the VideosApp and select Enabled in the bar above the point.
You will receive access to the shared library. Tap it to select it.Now, all movies are displayed, you can view over the WLAN.


Setting up VPN access on the iPad

In the network settings of the iPad, you can set up a VPN connection. The VPN or Virtual Private Network is a software and network equipment is needed to integrate a foreign network in its own network. The networks need not be compatible. Following instructions explains how to set up VPN access on the iPad: Tap into the settings, click General -> Add VPN and configure it in the steps that appears -> Network -> VPN.

Google synchronize calendar data with the iPad

Use the following trick to make the events and invitations from Google Calendar transferred to the iPad calendar. Also on the way Exchange is described here. In addition to the e-mail data can also sync calendar information with the iPad will be held.
To do so again in the settings, select Mail, Contacts, Calendar, go to Add Account and select Other from there to now add the entry to use CalDAV account. Now you can switch to the Calendar and see where your appointments. Of course, new events are created, which are then compared to the internet. But what to do when you run multiple calendars in Google? You have probably already noticed, that is held in this case, only the primary calendar in sync with the iPad. But adding your other calendars is easy.

• First They produce the same again just like CalDAV account.
• Second Now you need to locate the browser to another calendar ID of your calendar. Simply select the settings for the corresponding calendar and find this information in the Calendar Address.
• Third This should send you best via e-mail itself.
• Fourth You will return to the CalDAV settings, then select Advanced Settings, and now see the Account URL. Replace now in the red highlighted area by inserting the calendar ID from the e-mail to the appropriate position.

The Photo Stream of icloud service loads the photos, which shoots a user with one of its devices or on one of its devices imported into the Internet cloud and pushes them to all devices and computers of the user. Photostream is integrated into the photo apps all IOS devices and iPhoto on the Mac and is stored in the Images folder of Windows PCs. To save space, the latest 1000 photos are stored on each device to view them there or to move to an album for permanent storage. Macs and PCs save every photo in photo stream, because they have more space. icloud stores each photo for 30 days in the cloud. If you would like on icloud sync the photos you have to connect the devices icloud in this period to download the photos from wireless Photostream.

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AutoCorrect

When typing messages AutoCorrect gives you many suggestions automatically. You type the first few letters of the word and give your IPad the whole word again. Simply press space and you use the Recommendation. You can also make the suggestion by type and click away. Find the AutoCorrect annoying? You can turn it off via Settings, Messages.


Prevent automatic synchronization

The moment you connect the IPad to your computer it will always be synchronized. The synchronization is done in iTunes. If you do not want to just press Shift-Control, iTunes will automatically skip the sync.

Change your email signature

If you send an email through your IPad, there will automatically receive a "Sent from my IPad" to stand. Some people do not like that. You can easily customize via Settings, Mail Contacts Calendar, Signature. You can change your message in anything you want.

Create a complex password

IOS gives you a standard four-digit password. If you do not like you can disable the option, but you can also choose a complicated password. Scroll to Settings, General, Passcode Lock. You can use your entire keyboard to a different password to make one that is safer than four digits.


Quickly copy a whole paragraph:

Copying a word or text is simple. With a double tap selects the OS software groped the word automatically. But you want to copy a whole paragraph, it needs a little finger acrobatics to the blue selection handles to the desired locations of the text to bring. Here is the whole thing a lot easier. Tapping the desired editable text 4 times in a row. Already the whole paragraph is selected automatically. When selecting a static text, you just have to keep your finger on the desired section, all text is already selected and can be easily copied.


Screens snap

Called to screenshots, snapshots are the current screen contents. Particularly useful when something important happens on the screen, for example, a screenshot of a YouTube video. Thus, every event is stored on the screen. The whole course, in a resolution of 768 x 1024 pixels.
How it works: Press once for about half a second while the power button (above) and the home button. You already have a screenshot of your screen content. This is stored in your photo album.

Longer preview text in e-mails

By default, you will receive your e-mail is just a preview of 2 lines. Many this is not sufficient to detect whether it is spam or to an important e-mail. The iPad OS provides the function to preview your e-mail from up to 5 lines of display.
Under Settings -> Mail, Contacts, Calendars -> Preview - You can preview your e-mails immediately extend to up to 5 lines.


Adding 6 apps in the Quick Launch toolbar

Does one in the beginning that the Quick Launch bar chiseled in stone and can not be changed, so you may notice over time that can also move apps. However, what many IPad users do not know, can the iPad to be added simultaneously to 6 apps on the Quick Launch bar.
To do this, simply tap on any app and hold it down. The icons are now beginning to tremble. Now, simply hold down the desired app firmly with your finger and drag it to the Quick Launch bar.


Battery Save

This extends the battery life of your iPad Functions and programs that you can not use, turn off you, so they do not unnecessarily burden the battery. Disable Bluetooth go to "Settings", "General", "Bluetooth". The receiving of emails can also shorten the battery life. Go to "Settings", "mail", "data matching". There, you can "push" off and change the frequency with which examined the iPad new mail. The more the iPad retrieves new messages, the more exhausted the battery. Under "Settings", "Brightness and Background" you can put down the screen brightness to the lighting uses less energy.

"Limitations" ("Settings", "General") can prevent installing or deleting certain apps and restrict changes in Mail. So you can worry your friends iPad lend without fear that they adjust your apps. For enabling and disabling the restrictions you are using a security code.

I hope these tips and tricks for the iPad you have helped a little, and make your iPad more user friendly.

[INDUJANAK]

The quickest way to load the iPad with the supplied power adapter to the wall outlet - even during operation. Via USB, you must turn off the device or at least activate the standby button on the top right - unless you're using Windows. For Mac OS X, this problem occurs only with Mac computers, which have no so-called high-power USB ports