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Faculty, Faculty/Staff, iPads, Student, Students

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

09/20/2023 Tom Rule

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:

Personalize your lock screen – there are new wallpaper options, interactive widgets, and Live Activities of various sorts. There are also more options for fonts, styles, and colors for your lock screen.
- Create a custom iPad Lock Screen
Interactive Widgets – you can tap a widget to check off a to-do list item, play a new podcast episode, and more
- See Add, edit, and remove widgets on iPad
iPadOS 17 helps protect your vision by reminding you to move your device farther away if you have been using it for an extended period of time.
- See Help protect your vision health with Screen Distance on iPad.
Autocorrected text are highlighted as you type so you know what has been changed – tap on the word to change it back. Predictive text, where the OS guesses the words you are about to type, can be approved by hitting the space bar.
- See Enter text using the onscreen keyboard and Use predictive text on iPad.
FreeForm app – this app is a great tool to use along with Natobility. There are new drawing tools [watercolor brush, calligraphy pen, highlighter, variable width pen] and a ruler. You can also collaborate with others live.
- See Draw or handwrite on a Freeform board on iPad and View others in a board.
Notes can easily view PDFS and scans, and you can add links.
- See Work with PDFs in Notes on iPad and Add links in Notes on iPad.
The Tips app has even more suggestions
- See Get tips.
The Health app is new to iPadOS, although it has been on the iPhone for some time. It can help you monitor your health and fitness.
- Get started with Health on iPad – Apple Support

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Faculty, iPads, Student

UPDATE YOUR IPAD

01/27/2022 Tom Rule

As of January 27, 2022, Apple released an update to IOS 15 that plugs a major security hole. Update your iPad at home. TONIGHT. It is **that** critical.

Settings –> General –> Software Update

Note: If you don’t see an update pending, then check each night for the next week.

What does it fix? Attackers can steal your recent browser history, and even details about your logged accounts [such as Google].

The bug affects all browsers on the iPad – which would mean Chrome AND Firefox are vulnerable as well as Safari.

SHOULD I PANIC?

No. This is a reality of living in the 21st century. In the 1950’s we were told to lock our cars, in the 1960’s to lock our doors. Now we have to keep our devices updated.

I’D LIKE TO KNOW MORE.

Well, then CLICK HERE for an article about the issue, and HERE for Apple’s Release notes.

MY IPAD IS OUT OF ROOM AND I CANNOT UPDATE.

Make more room on your ipad – see THIS ARTICLE for help.
Come by the ARC. We *can get your ipad updated, but it will take several hours.

I HAVE QUESTIONS

Send an email to ipad@mountdesales.net and ask away.

iPads, Student

IOS 11 is here…but wait!

09/22/2017 Tom Rule

IOS11 is here – but hang on a second before you update your school iPad.

Here are some things to think about:

Not everyone can update. Check Settings —> Software Update to see if you can.
Students cannot update at school, only at home. It’s a network thing.
It’s a ONE WAY street. Once you move your iPad to IOS11, there’s no going back.
It’s going to take a while – I’ve seen reports that say it will take anywhere from a half-hour to several hours. It all depends!
Some Apps will no longer work. For MDS the core standard apps will all work under IOS 11. To check the apps that won’t BEFORE you upgrade go to
Settings —> About —> Applications,
and look at the list.
If you need some nonworking apps removed from your iPad, send an email to Mr. Rule with the list.

WANT TO KNOW MORE BEFORE YOU DECIDE?

https://www.cnet.com/how-to/ios-11-iphone-best-features-how-to-download-and-more/

IOS11 is here – but hang on a second before you update your school iPad.

Here are some things to think about:

WANT TO KNOW MORE BEFORE YOU DECIDE?

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