[January 2017 update]

Sometimes your iPad has to be wiped clean of all your data….here is a list of everything you need to make sure everything gets setup and recovered.

DO NOT SET ANYTHING UP UNTIL YOU HAVE READ THE DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS BELOW!

1. AppleID/iCloud
2. Google Drive
3. Email
4. Notability
5. Other Accounts
6. Kindle, iBooks, eTexts [may not apply to everyone]

AppleID/iCloud

• Settings –> iCloud
• do NOT create a new AppleID – just sign in to the existing one.

 Google Drive

• Fire up the app and login.

 Email

• Settings –> Mail/Contacts/Calendars
• Add Account    >
• Select GMAIL account
• Type in your info.
• Email Address is your FULL email address, including the mountdesales.net part
• For Description don’t leave it at the default.  I suggest MDS.
• Click NEXT
• If you get 4 checkmarks, go to the next step.
• If there’s a problem, doublecheck your typing. It is very common to misspell mountdesales.net, to add an extra space at the beginning or end, or to mistype your password.

 Notability

This is a bit tricky, so pay attention!

• Fire up Notability. All of your notes are gone – but you have a backup on Drive, right? 
• Setup your Dividers and Subjects [also known as the lines and folders] in Notability. Remember you should have a “Divider” for each class, and several “Subject” folders inside each divider. The exact list will change depending on the class.
• CAN’T REMEMBER WHAT FOLDERS TO SETUP?
  • Fire up the Drive app.
  • Navigate to the folder “Notability”
  • You should see a bunch of folders there – each folder in Drive = a folder in Notability…. but the Dividers don’t exist in Drive, so I hope your folder titles give you a clue to what’s inside.
  • Write down what folders you’ll need, and inside which Divider/Class
• Get to the main screen in Notability [the Library].
• Setup the connection between Drive and Notability by clicking on the gear icon [bottom left] –>Manage Accounts, and click the LOGIN button next to Google Drive. DON’T SETUP AutoBackup yet!
• Exit out of Settings.
• You’ll have to download your backups one folder at a time
• In Notability, select a folder to start and click it.
• Then click the IMPORT button [looks like a rectangle with an arrow point INTO it].
• Click Google Drive
• Click the folder you want to import. You should see a list of docs inside.
• At the top right is a link that says “Import foldername“. Click it.
• All the documents in that Drive folder should import into the Notability folder you selected.
• NEXT, select a different notability folder, then download the documents from Drive…. keep downloading until you get all of them you need.
• NOW, setup autobackup.
  • Get to the Library/opening screen,
  • click the Gear icon on bottom left,
  • click Auto-Backup,
  • then Google Drive.

Other

You’ll also have to setup any other app accounts [eTexts, kindle, ibooks, etc]

 iBooks [optional for most students]

• Some students will want to setup an account for iBooks, for a variety of reasons. MOST of the time you’ll want to use your PERSONAL AppleID [not your school one].
• Settings –> iTunes & App Store
• If you already have a personal AppleID, then use it.
• If you don’t, you COULD use your school one, but remember that any material connected to that AppleID will disappear once you leave this fine institution.
  •…. or you could create a new AppleID using your personal email address.