The iPad tricks and tips thread

[jenniferanderso]

Thank you very much for all the information that you all have shared.

[Beanerama]

Originally Posted by snapper07

Oh dear some people really don't have anything better to do.

It's pedantic, pompous, pathetic and pointless to endlessly correct people's spelling and grammar on this forum do people not take a moment to think that other forum users might not have such a great grasp of the English language?

Most people using the little Ipad pop up keyboard...miss spell words...without a real keyboard, the dedication to syntax and correct grammar and spelling get's in the way of "fast inane, self serving, narcississtic, computer age, communications"...creating a new form of grammar where you "have to guess" what someone meant to say.

It's the way it is...and it comes from the restrictions of hand held portable communications technology: small keyboards, small screens.

Part of this lack of grammar is also the fact that people are communicating so rapidly (instantly) with so many others as they multi task themselves into oblivion...while walking down the street? When a culture dashes off so many comments, replies, etc...to so many people...nobody "can take their crap too seriously" on a discussion forum to ever bother with the rigidity of mutally agreed upon rules of communication (grammar, spelling, syntax).

Quantity over Quality.

People are living their lives in ever widening circles reaching out to anybody and everybody...never knowing who they are talking to, and never really seeing them or hearing the inflection of their voice...or body language.

Are people becoming more self absorbed and sloppy?

Are we stupidifying ourselves with banalites and empty replies...in an attempt at feeling connected with so many phoney friendslist contacts on Facebook?

Is anyone really connected to anybody?

It's a fast passed multi tasking world....and grammar and spelling lost out in a mad cap rush to shoot your arrow into the sky as many times.... without a care where the target is, almost as though the mantra "...the unaimed arrow never misses the mark..." has becomed internalized?

If the unaimed arrow never misses, then it hit the mark...some mark at some time...no?

Should we watch the movie Network, and join Howard Beale sticking his head out the window, screaming, "...I'm mad as hell, and I'm not gonna take it anymore..."?

One way or another......if you want to laugh at Bill O'Reilly's sloppy Narcississtic facade...find a youtube video called "Bill O'Reilly-King Dildo"...you'll laugh...for sure.

You'll see in this video...O'Reilly repeating Howard Beale, after being sued for sexual harassment.

Cheers.

[thujjku]

I learned quite a bit today, thank you all for your contributions.

[samcartwrightz]

I didn't know most of these tips, Thanks for the share.

[macanaw]

Originally Posted by snapper07

These are top tip's guy's very useful!

Originally Posted by sheila333

As well as swiping up on the exclamation mark, comma mark to get an apostrophe you can also swipe up on the question mark, full stop key to get quotation marks.

Also, you can get special versions of the letter 'a' by swiping up on it.

[macness]

Originally Posted by CarboysDesire

To prevent pages from reloading in Safari surf with your left hand only.


ETA: if you normally surf with your left hand, use your right hand.

It's magical. It knows the difference.

i'm confused?? why would it be reloading?

[Kornel1981]

Hello!
I would like to buy iPad 3 or 4 on next week. I've a lot of mkv. file. How can I copy or sync these files to iPad?

[loock57]

So what to DO?
Updates do or don't. I just can't figure it out any help out there
you can call me dazed & lol

[torontowriter]

If you're a beginner like most in this thread there's a reddit post. It showcases how to use the ipad through a quick online ipad tutorial --plus it's from Silicon Valley so it's pretty legit.

[Terriraye]

Originally Posted by jlpoore89

Thank you so much. Having to hit the numbers/symbols button every time I needed an apostrophe was ridiculous!! This trick will be super handy!!!

Doing same on ?. Makes quotation mark "

[TaylorMatsu]

Originally Posted by Kornel1981

Hello!
I would like to buy iPad 3 or 4 on next week. I've a lot of mkv. file. How can I copy or sync these files to iPad?

To convert videos to mp4 I use a program called "handbrake"

Convert on the computer and then transfer over via iTunes in the movies tab

[Bbafett]

Originally Posted by TaylorMatsu

To convert videos to mp4 I use a program called "handbrake"

Convert on the computer and then transfer over via iTunes in the movies tab

Just an idea but I also use Handbrake to convert videos into a format for my ipad mini/iphone and if you use the Apple TV3 format in Handbrake it will allow you to put them in a format that works on ipad mini, iphone4/5, and also Apple TV 3 that I can confirm. This is of course after importing them into Itunes as above stated.

I use IVI from the Mac Apple store to get the movie data brought into them before importing.

[raniel]

I've used the ipad for like 2 years, yet some of the things posted here amazes me. thanks

[AngelOfSoul]

Originally Posted by DreamPod

When setting up the wallpapers, you can pinch/zoom and pan them around to get them centered just how you like...the trick is, if you then rotate the system, you can do it again for the other orientation, and it remembers both. This way you could use a 1024x768 image, and then zoom in the portrait version so that it fills the 768x1024 screen without being ugly.

Excelent.

[zacharyabell]

On my MacBook Pro on Gmail when I start typing someone's name they're email address comes up and I get all of the emails by that person. On my iPhone I have to remember their email address and even then it only pulls up a few emails. I just got an iPad and it seems to work the same as the iPhone—is that not true?

[ron7624]

I haven't seen this mentioned. Today,I discovered a pretty cool feature when the keyboard is active on the screen, you can float it up or down. I discovered it by accident, and thought it was a bug at first requiring a reboot because the bottom of the keyboard was about an inch above the bottom bezel. But no, the control is right there on the bottom right key. the one that collapses the keyboard when you want to drop it below view.
On the very right of that key are 4 tiny horiz bars, that if you touch and slide upward, the keyboard will float up as far as you push it .. all the way to the top of the screen or anywhere in between.
Not sure how to use the feature yet, and if this is common knowledge or not, but if not, it is something we all can play with and find a use for.

[macanaw]

Speaking of the floating kb, ScreenCastsOnline ( I believe he calls it SCOTutorials over on yt) says that you can hold your finger (or, I guess, stylus) on the kb disappear button for about 3 seconds, and it will yield a pop up menu, one choice of which is "Split." My iPad 2 won't do it, but the video tutorial shows it. Pretty neat if you're already a thumb-typer, and particularly useful if you're filling out a form or any other thing where you want the main portion of readable material to be in portrait format with the kb still visible for use.

[AMC89]

Not sure if I mentioned earlier macanaw but for the same effect of a split keyboard just pull it apart so to speak. One thumb each half of the kb and swipe outwards. Quicker method I would say

[Distraktart]

Originally Posted by Starbucker

Press home + sleep button for screenshot. Shows up in photos.

Thanks for sharing this.

[Danielmorgan]

as I'm quite new to iPad and getting well with the features and functions of the device gradually so good to know how to manage the snaps into it in an organized manner .. it's not that i have not done it before .. yes I've.. but in different way in my previous one which now have been replaced with my latest one very recently..