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Saving time in IOS8 Mail

Techrepublic.com published an article on using Mail and iMessage in IOS8 that you might find useful.

CLICK HERE to read it

THe tips covered include

  • how to write multiple emails at once [handy if you are in the middle of an email and need to refer to something that was previously sent],
  • How to set what happens when you swipe left or right [you can swipe to flag, trash, or even archive messages]
  • plus some tips regarding iMessage – how to leave a group discussion, etc.

“There’s not enough room to update to 8”

  1. Check other apps that might be taking up room.
  2. Music – delete it all.
  3. Photo Stream – turn it off. That takes up room.
  4. Google apps – Docs, Sheets, Drive all have an option to access a file offline. Make sure there are no files stored locally. Find the “On Device” menu item to see the list.
  5. Got any iMovies you’ve been working on? Delete ’em if you are done with them,.
  6. What about other apps that allow you create documents – Splice, Educreations, etc. Those all take up room.
If none of those work, you’ll have to wait until I pull them in later this month.

 

IOS 8 – YES you can update!

After some [NON-thorough] testing, it looks like OS 8 will work OK on our setups here at MDS.

Here are the “gotchas”:

  • You MUST have 5.9 gigs of space available on your ipad.
    Check it in the Settings App –> General –> About –> Available
  • Don’t have enough? Move your pictures and videos to your Google drive.
    Fire up the Drive app, click the plus sign [top right], and upload FROM the Camera roll. Once you are certain they have been uploaded [doublecheck!], then go to the Camera app, access the camera roll, and delete the files.
  • You will have to update off campus. Plan on it taking a while- maybe an hour.
  • Want to know more? Click the links below for more details.

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/whats-new-ios-8/

http://www.apple.com/ios/whats-new/?cid=wwa-us-kwm-features-com

http://www.forbes.com/sites/markrogowsky/2014/09/18/a-guide-to-whats-great-in-ios-8/

A LIST OF FEATURES IN IOS 8 –> http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/ios-8-the-complete-list-of-features-and-improvements-9740485.html