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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

Kindle App – setup

Students – you will be receiving [if you haven’t already received it!] an email with your kindle account information.

Here is how to setup the Kindle app on your iPad.


 

IF YOU HAVE NEVER SET UP THE KINDLE APP BEFORE:

• Open up the app. You should see this screen:

Kindle start

• Type in the account info given to you in the email, and login.

• You might have to click the “sync” button, at the bottom of the screen, to get the material to download:

settings kindle icons

 

 


 

 

IF YOU ALREADY SETUP YOUR KINDLE APP WITH A DIFFERENT ACCOUNT:

You will have to “deregister” the app. This will NOT delete whatever you have purchased from Amazon – those items are still “in the cloud”, inside your Amazon account. They will just disappear from your iPad. Here’s how:

• Fire up the Kindle App.

• Click the Settings icon:

settings kindle icons

 

•  Click “Update”, next to your email address:

settings kindle

 

 

•  Then click the “Deregister” button.

deregister kindle

 

 

You should be taken to the beginning screen, where you can add your MDS kindle account information.


 

iPad: Make your battery’s charge last longer

Want to make your battery last longer in your iPad [or iphone, for that matter]?

  • Turn off as many Notifications as you can
  • Decrease the brightness of the display
  • Tell the Wi-Fi NOT to ask me to join new networks
  • Turn off the “Motion” setting for backgrounds
  • Turn off automatic app updates
  • Go into “Background App Refresh” and disable a bunch of apps. The more you disable this feature, the longer your battery will last.

Another tip to make your battery last longer: Charge it to full as often as possible. That’s the official word from Apple.

So put it on your charger EVERY night.

Original article HERE