IPad Tips and Tricks

[gertbysea]

Apple products arn not allowed  to be discounted. Occasionally JB Hi FI or Myer might have a 10% discount but not often.

The mini iPad for that price would be only  16 GB with wi fi only. I bought the 64  GB with wifi and 3G

Gert

[courton]

Now I understand. Thanks Gert

[Kimmyh]

Looking for some of guru Gerts pearls of wisdom please. I have an iPhone 3 with Internet and a pc with broadband. I want an iPad for Christmas but do not want to purchase another Internet package. Can the iPad use my broadband or iPhone Internet using cable or other thingy? I don't want to change my broadband to wifi if I can avoid it.

[EmeraldSue]

Does your broadband DSL modem at home for your PC have wifi built in ?
Otherwise, you may be able to tether your iPad to your iPhone. I often do this with my iPhone 4 if I'm not at home. You should investigate if your iPhone 3 is capable of tethering.

[EmeraldSue]

This is how I put a link in to a recipe using Tapatalk.
1. Using safari or your usual web browser, open the thread with the recipe that you want to link to, and in the web address box, hold your finger down so that you can "select all" and then "copy"

2. Open Tapatalk and open the thread that you want to put the link into
3. Press on the flower icon that is in the bottom right corner of your screen, slightly greyed out.
4. Three options will come up, so click on URL link, and a pop up box to insert a link will appear with "http://". Backspace to delete this, and then hold your finger down, and the option to "paste" will appear. Paste the link, and press OK to bring you back to the "Reply to Topic" page
http://www.forumthermomix.com/index.php?topic=10413.0
5.here, I have added a link to Amy,s quiches.http://www.forumthermomix.com/index.php?topic=10413.0
That's it!

[EmeraldSue]

This is how I add an existing photo to a thread using Tapatalk:
1. Click on "Reply to Topic" and type your reply.
2. When you want to add a photo, click on the icon in the bottom righthand corner of your screen that is between the camera icon and the bird icon. It looks like a mountain with a moon or sun in the sky.
3. A pop up box will appear in the bottom right hand corner called "photos"  with a number of options. Click on the option where your photo is stored. Mine are usually in the photo roll.
4. Tap on the photo that you want to upload.

5. Click on the upload button

6 Another popup box will appear giving you 3 options for photo sizes. I usually choose the small option, but here, I having been choosing the medium option.
7. That's it, but you won't be able to see the photos in your reply until you have pressed the send button.

[achookwoman]

ES,  you have just given me a headache.   . Thanks for this info.  I will take photos of it,  send it to my MacBook and print it off.   Then I can have a go,  step by step.  Thanks again.

[gertbysea]

Well done ES..

Looking for some of guru Gerts pearls of wisdom please. I have an iPhone 3 with Internet and a pc with broadband. I want an iPad for Christmas but do not want to purchase another Internet package. Can the iPad use my broadband or iPhone Internet using cable or other thingy? I don't want to change my broadband to wifi if I can avoid it.

I am pretty sure you can tether your iPhone 3 but just google it and someone will tell you.

To use your iPad you with no wi fi you will have to cable it to you PC orphoe if posible which defeats the purpose  of making it mobile.

Setting up wifi at home is as easy as buying a cheap wifi device like a D link and connecting it to you ADSL modem. Even I could do it. I think it cost me about $80. Without wifi you will have to have 3G and if you tether it to your phone it will cost a lot if you download,upload and use your iPad for surfing the Internet.

If you purchase a micro SIM card for whatever price it is  now you will get 12 GBytes of data  in one year.  I paid $150  for 12 months in Jan. I still have $92. In credit and I use it whenever I am not connected to wi fi. A bit of a waste but  I have never run out or worried about it.

If you do not have wifi at home I would consider it. It has nothing to do with your broadband and changing plans. It is just an enabler for using  wi if devices in the house.  You can enable your iPad to print. from any location if you  also have an air printer.

Your iPad will come with wifi anyway so you can use it in places that have wifi like McDonalds  for free.

I am certainly no guru and not a tech head. I am totally self taught. There are many websites that are more helpful than I am including Apple. If you can download the apps to your iPhone I mentioned earlier they will give you all the info you need.  Go to reply # 206 in this thread.

I refer to,these apps frequently because I keep forgetting.

If you get a SIM card for you iPad it will have a unique number and you will be able to,face time and message to other iPhones for nix.


I know Judy had some problems using her iPad 1. I was trying to help her but did not understand that she did not have wi fi either  so what i was telling her was of no use so we were both stumped until someone came to her rescue.

I just figured that everyone has wi fi these days. Costs nothing to use and is cheap to buy the device.

It is like the Apple TV. I did not understand it until I researched it and found that for $99 I could do everything on my iPad  while using the TV for the screen. So easy and so cheap I wonder why everyone doesn't have it. 


Hope that helps but I am sure others have more knowledge. Mr Google is my best friend .

Gert

[gertbysea]

I am in Tapatalk now. Another way to do it from you iPad.

Type your reply then  Look to the left and open your photo album.



Choose a photo like above and click up load.

[gertbysea]

And if you want it easier still write a reply as usual. Open Tapatalk  find your reply , tap on it to edit it  then add a photo or link.

Gert

[Kimmyh]

Thanks Gert for passing on what you have learnt. Very helpful and most appreciated xox

[dhitri]

On the subject of iPads... How awesome is this fridge mount??? http://store.apple.com/au/product/H7333PA/A/belkin-fridge-mount-for-ipad-2

[judydawn]

When I changed providers Gretchen, I thought I did end up with a wi-fi thingy.  I have no idea what I am doing but as long as I can access the forum when I have problems with my computer or when I am out, for now it will have to do.  There was a 1 day iPad course a while back but I can't get away all day to go to something like this.  I have to physically be shown what to do and then do it myself - reading about it is no good as I don't understand the jargon.

[Kimmyh]

That's really cool thermielove. Would love Santa to bring one of these along with an iPad.

[tarasis]

Yes Judy it looks like it has Wifi (Wireless).