{"id":1072,"date":"2018-09-17T08:52:48","date_gmt":"2018-09-17T13:52:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tech2.mountdesales.net\/?p=1072"},"modified":"2018-09-17T08:54:47","modified_gmt":"2018-09-17T13:54:47","slug":"leave-bluetooth-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tech.mountdesales.net\/?p=1072","title":{"rendered":"Leave Bluetooth ON!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Contrary to popular belief, turning bluetooth off does NOT extend your battery life.<\/h2>\n

Leaving it on means less hassle in the classroom for you [as more teachers use Apple Classroom],\u00a0 AND Find My iPad s FAR more accurate with Bluetooth turned on.<\/p>\n


\nWant to REALLY save battery? The best thing it to turn down your backlight – BUT NOT SO DIM THAT YOU CAN”T SEE IT!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Contrary to popular belief, turning bluetooth off does NOT extend your battery life. Leaving it on means less hassle in the classroom for you [as more teachers use Apple Classroom],\u00a0 AND Find My iPad s FAR more accurate with Bluetooth turned on. Want to REALLY save battery? The best thing it to turn down your … Continue reading Leave Bluetooth ON!<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2],"tags":[94,397],"class_list":["post-1072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ipads","tag-battery","tag-bluetooth"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p42ogX-hi","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1192,"url":"https:\/\/tech.mountdesales.net\/?p=1192","url_meta":{"origin":1072,"position":0},"title":"iPads, Styli, and such","author":"Tom Rule","date":"08\/12\/2019","format":false,"excerpt":"There are three basic types of styli available for use with iPads - but which ones can be used depends on what model iPad you have [each class has a different model, mostly]. 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