Category: iPad and Apple Tips

There are various ways in which to take a screenshot on your Apple MAC;

 

Take a screenshot of the entire screen

Command-Shift-3: Take a screenshot and then save it as a file on your desktop
Command-Control-Shift-3: Take a screenshot and save it to the clipboard

 

Take a screenshot of a select area

Command-Shift-4, then select an area: this saves it to your desktop
Command-Control-Shift-4, then select an area: this saves it to the clipboard

 

Take a screenshot of a window
Command-Shift-4, then space, then click a window: this saves it to your desktop
Command-Control-Shift-4, then space, then click a window: this saves it to the clipboard

I recently came accross this error when trying to sync photos to my ipad.  After some research I found that the problem is to do with the ipod photo cache.

The following fixed the error;

PC
Close iTunes
Go to your My Pictures or Pictures folder
Delete the folder called “ipod photo cache”
Repen itunes and sync your iPad
The ipod photo cache should then rebuild.

MAC
Close iTunes
Go to your home folder in finder.
Open your pictures folder.
Right click on iphoto library and click on show package contents.
Find “ipod photo cache” file and delete it.
Close finder.
Reopen itunes and you sync iPad
The ipod photo cache should then rebuild.

Time machine is a new feature in Leopard that backs up your data but by default it only supports backing up to another physically attached hard drive.  There is however a work around to get it to backup to network shares;

• Go into Applications / Utilities and open terminal
• Type in defaults write com.apple.systempreferences TMShowUnsupportedNetworkVolumes 1 and then press enter
• Mount the network share (cmd + k)
• Go to System Preferences, open Time Machine and select change disk
• Then select the share that you want to backup to and Time Machine should then backup to it

here is a quick guide on setting up POP3 on your iPad:-

From the iPad Home screen, tap Settings.

Tap “Mail, Contacts, Calendars,” then tap Add Account.

Tap an account type, then choose “Other”

Enter your account information and tap Save.

Fill in the Incoming Mail Server and Outgoing Mail Server settings.

Thats it, done!

Whilst everyone is raving about the Angry Birds game on the iPad, the lesser known Harbour Master seems to have been left by the wayside.  This simple, intuitive game is highly addictive and a fanstatic way to de-stress after a hectic day.  The aim of the game is to dock ships that enter the harbour carrying cargo.  There is purple cargo that must unload at specified docks and orange cargo that is destined for different docks within the harbour.  At first this seems an easy, agreeable task but as more ships enter the fray, docking the vessels becomes more of an ordeal.  As the player becomes more accomplished, the boats move faster and more of them cruise on to the screen.  For those who feel in the mood for an even greater challenge, there is the option to speed them up even more by pressing an icon on the top, right-hand side of the screen! Even by mastering the dock which unloads cargo more quickly than the others, it is still imperative to re-route ships to avoid the deadly collision which will promply end the game.

A quick summary on the differences between the iPad and the iPad2:-

Size and Weight:

the iPad 2 is around 2/3 rds of the thickness of the iPad, and 88 percent of its weight  You’ll notice the difference right away. This is a thinner, lighter device.

Price:

Although not officially confirmed, the iPad 2 will be the same price as the iPad.

Performance:

Double the RAM (256mb increased to 512MB) a dual core processor which makes it significanly faster to run apps and the graphics performance is according to Apple “is as much as nine times faster than on the original iPad” From the moment you pick it up, it is faster and more snappy to load and do the things you ask of it.

New Camera:

The iPad 2 gets a couple of cameras, front and back, ready for video conferencing.

Case:

The new smaller, rounded case means unfortunately that your iPad case and stands probably won’t fit the new model.

Screen:

The Screen remains the same on the new model.

Battery:

The 10hour battery life remains in tact!

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It looks like the unveiling of the iPad in the UK will take place on the 2nd of March, as for actual UK availability and prices, well, that is a mystery, get ready to press reset and lets all start talking about the iPad3 release date?
No doubt we will all be hoping that the iPad3 has a load of the features the iPad and the iPad2 have missing!

On the day that Apple launched the iPad over 300,000 were sold and an estimated 1 million in the first week.  The allure of this Wi-Fi tablet pc, taking up the shortfall in the gap between the iPhone and laptop which promised to surpass any tablet pc currently available, was obvious for all to see: sleek, small, light weight, portable and essentially beautiful; even before its functionality was even considered.  As the big sister of the iPhone, this was inevitably the gadget to have or at least hanker after.

Now that the release of iPad2 is rumoured to be taking place anytime from April 2011 the question that perhaps needs to be asked is whether the first one, in all its glossy magnificence actually lived up to expectations.

With an interface like that of the iPhone and iPod touch, with its resolution enhancing methods, it is elegant and easy to use.  Boasting an adequate processor, a ten hour battery life and brilliantly colourful screen it is perfect for surfing the web, reading books, newspapers or viewing PDF documents.  It also has a built in speaker, microphone and access to a vast amount of useful apps.

Whilst these attributes are numerous there also seems to be a disappointing downside to this appealing piece of hardware.  Surfing the internet is a pleasurable experience, a Facebook status can be easily updated and a Twitter feed easily followed; pleasurable that is until a website demands the use of Adobe Flash Player. Many websites that stream music or video such as BBC iplayer and certain apps on Facebook cannot be used without Flash but the iPad does not support it, thus streaming media from these sources is subsequently impossible, The iPad’s vivid screen is perfect for the gaming experience but aside from the various gaming apps other gaming websites are woefully inaccessible due to the fact they need Flash player.  (This is also the case with certain shopping websites examples include Moet,or Cartier)  Being a perfect viewing platform for photographs, not only does the iPad not have a camera but it also does not have USB port or SD card reader.  Although it is possible to read books, using the iBooks app and PDF documents, there is not a great range of textbooks available nor is it possible for the user to create a PDF document themselves.  There is also no drag and drop facility, which, with the added impracticality of the virtual keyboard makes it an unwieldy virtual office companion.  This can be alleviated by buying the Apple Keyboard Dock for approximately £60, but the benefits of this are surely outweighed by the iPads original portability.

Is it consequently fair to say that although the iPad, with its convenient Wi-Fi web browsing capabilities, is an improvement on the tablet pc but has genuine scope to better itself? Perhaps the release of iPad2 will remedy such irritations producing, with the addition of other snippets of genius, a product that is beyond censure.