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Notability and Google Drive – the 2023 edition

It is CRITICAL that you have your Notability notes backing up to Drive, AND in the correct format. This lets you retrieve your Notes using ANY internet enabled device, and the Notes are backed up as you create each one.

Another advantage: If you delete a note from your iPad, it does NOT get deleted from Drive.

Here’s how to set this up:









iPad OS 17: what’s new, and should you update?

Updating is OPTIONAL at this point. MDS Tech has not tested the new OS just yet, but we anticipate there will be only a few issues since we have been updating the iPad apps as they come out.

Note that students must update iPads AT HOME – the OS updates do not work on the student network.

Here’s a synopsis of the major changes in IOS 17, taken from a variety of sources:

Sources:

Tired of seeing Cupertino’s weather on your iPad?

Here’s how to change the Weather Widget on your ipad from Cupertino to something a LITTLE closer to home.

The Weather Widget on an iPad

Widgets are those blocks of info on your initial screen. You can add, move, delete, and even stack them [stacking means there are several widgets in the same block on the screen – you scroll through them to se the additional info.]

Start the process by pressing and waiting on the widget.

Long press on the widget

A menu will pop up.

The Widget menu

Click on “Edit Weather”.

Not exactly close to home, is it?

Click on “Cupertino”, and type “Macon” – or wherever you’d like to see the weather at a glance.

Pick the correct Macon from the list. Yes, there is more than one in the US.
Wonder if we’ll get some snow this winter?
Not today…. or anytime soon!

The same process is used to modify or delete the other widgets.

Click the “DONE” button, top right, to finish the job.