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Looks like I'm moving from the 3rd generation iPad to an iPad Air. I loved my old Smart Case, mainly because I could fold the cover back, but it would stay in place magnetically, so I could hold my iPad with my left hand. It seems that the new Smart Case for iPad Air doesn't allow for this due to the Tri-Fold vs. Quad-Fold nature of the case. Does anyone have some case suggestions that will allow me to hold it with one hand properly? Thanks!
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Feb 14, 2014 00:48
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DoktorLoken posted:Google Maps and FB do in background update. I've disabled them, we'll see what happens. Nothing else using location services actively. It's not just apps there's an option below all those, at the bottom, for apple services (you can turn off targeted ads etc here), for me it was using WiFi like a motherfucker for some reason and I disabled that and it fixed everything. There's a purple arrow that tells you when something has used GPS battery recently too. If that doesn't help, you might try turning off the animations and reducing motion of iOS 7, but in my experience that doesn't add that much battery on a phone. Just curious but what is bad battery life on the Retina Mini?
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Feb 14, 2014 00:59
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Pappyland posted:Looks like I'm moving from the 3rd generation iPad to an iPad Air. I loved my old Smart Case, mainly because I could fold the cover back, but it would stay in place magnetically, so I could hold my iPad with my left hand. It seems that the new Smart Case for iPad Air doesn't allow for this due to the Tri-Fold vs. Quad-Fold nature of the case. http://www.amazon.com/INVELLOP-Black-Leatherette-Cover-Generation/dp/B00FAMAQQG This guy has a magnet in the back of the case that will let you one-hand it.
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Feb 14, 2014 18:11
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My favorite iPad case (Zero-Chroma Vario-SC) is coming to the air in a week or so. I'm pretty excited. Having a 360 degree adjustable kickstand on a slim-profile case is so incredibly useful. http://zerochroma.com/
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Feb 14, 2014 18:40
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I have: 1) An iPad 2) A first-gen Airport Express 3) A Brother HL-2240 printer Is it possible for me to print to the Brother printer with this combination or should I just sell it and buy an AirPrint-capable printer?
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Feb 15, 2014 04:24
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terre packet posted:I have: Nope. The printer sharing in the Airport Express isn't AirPrint compatible. You'd need a different printer.
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Feb 15, 2014 04:48
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kitten smoothie posted:Nope. The printer sharing in the Airport Express isn't AirPrint compatible. You'd need a different printer.
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Feb 15, 2014 04:53
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terre packet posted:I have: Plug the printer into a computer running fingerprint and it'll turn any printer into an airplay printer.
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Feb 15, 2014 05:02
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If I get an iPad through Best Buy do I still get that first year of AppleCare like I do with buying directly from Apple?
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Feb 15, 2014 08:29
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fookolt posted:If I get an iPad through Best Buy do I still get that first year of AppleCare like I do with buying directly from Apple? Why would you think this?
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Feb 15, 2014 09:38
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What? You don't get a year of Apple Care, you just get 1 year warranty standard. That should apply no matter where you buy it from (assuming you're buying it now from some retailer anyway)... Unless I'm missing something here.
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Feb 15, 2014 10:41
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Well, it sounds like I'm getting my terms mixed up. Is that 1 year standard warranty the same thing as AppleCare?
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Feb 15, 2014 10:56
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An Apple device is covered by 1 year of standard AppleCare, regardless of where it was purchased. However, AppleCare does not cover accidental damage for that, you would need to get AppleCare+, which I believe needs to be purchased directly from Apple at time of purchase.
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Feb 15, 2014 11:29
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roofus619 posted:An Apple device is covered by 1 year of standard AppleCare, regardless of where it was purchased. However, AppleCare does not cover accidental damage for that, you would need to get AppleCare+, which I believe needs to be purchased directly from Apple at time of purchase. Thanks; this is what I was looking for. I've only gotten MacBooks from Apple and didn't realize they also had a premium AppleCare+ thing.
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Feb 15, 2014 11:41
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If you take your iPad into an Apple store within 30 days you can still get AppleCare+.
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Feb 15, 2014 20:01
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Endless Mike posted:If you take your iPad into an Apple store within 30 days you can still get AppleCare+. Or if you live a set distance away from any Apple stores you can do it over the phone. They have 5-6 stores in Vancouver but none in the rest of the province. 
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Feb 15, 2014 20:11
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I have an iPad 2 courtesy of work. However, I'm thinking of picking up either the Air or Retina Mini for personal use. Although I have an Xbox, it seems nowadays I prefer gaming on the iPad. More casual stuff, I guess. Although I like the iPad 2, I feel the form factor of the Retina Mini will suit me better, especially as the specs remain the same as with the Air. My real question is how people have found the smaller screen when gaming? Taking titles as, say, The Room or XCOM as examples of that?
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Feb 15, 2014 22:02
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Mewcenary posted:I have an iPad 2 courtesy of work. However, I'm thinking of picking up either the Air or Retina Mini for personal use. I've been gaming with a Retina Mini for a few months now, and find it great; in particular, for titles that require a bit more action/input, I found the smaller screen to be a bit of an advantage; less distance for my hand to move to hit various targets improved my reaction time just a little bit.
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Feb 16, 2014 02:21
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http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AQT653G/ Amazon currently has this on sale 
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Feb 17, 2014 01:43
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JHVH-1 posted:http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AQT653G/ The reviews.  quote:I can't tell you how much my quality of life has improved.
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Feb 17, 2014 10:33
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I have an iPad 2 through work, and with iOS 7 it's just at the point of being unusable. Have others noticed this as well? I have the graphic stuff turned off. Just a shame since it worked great overall with iOS 6.
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Feb 17, 2014 17:41
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Pappyland posted:Looks like I'm moving from the 3rd generation iPad to an iPad Air. I loved my old Smart Case, mainly because I could fold the cover back, but it would stay in place magnetically, so I could hold my iPad with my left hand. It seems that the new Smart Case for iPad Air doesn't allow for this due to the Tri-Fold vs. Quad-Fold nature of the case. Do you mean folding the cover into a triangle to use as a handgrip? Because that still works fine.
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Feb 17, 2014 17:51
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Duckman2008 posted:I have an iPad 2 through work, and with iOS 7 it's just at the point of being unusable. Have others noticed this as well? I have the graphic stuff turned off. No. I have an ipad 2 too and it works great on 7. Pretty much all I do on it is web browse and watch videos/netflix though.
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Feb 17, 2014 18:06
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At this point, Apple is kind of notorious though for crippling older hardware - intentionally or not - with new versions of iOS. Heck, since installing iOS 6 on my fourth-gen Touch, the iPod's become slower and slower to the point that I NEED the company to upgrade the Touch line this year.
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Feb 17, 2014 19:18
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roofus619 posted:An Apple device is covered by 1 year of standard AppleCare, regardless of where it was purchased. However, AppleCare does not cover accidental damage for that, you would need to get AppleCare+, which I believe needs to be purchased directly from Apple at time of purchase. 1 year of hardware warranty, not 1 year of Applecare. Applecare includes phone support in addition to the hardware warranty, and on a new device where you haven't purchased Applecare that's limited to 90 days. Buying an Applecare plan extends both the warranty and the phone support to 2 years. And the warranty is the same whether bought at Best Buy or Apple as Digital Jesus said.  You can buy an Applecare+ plan on an iPad bought at Best Buy no problem, just need to bring the device in to an Apple Store for inspection or apparently run an app that validates the iPad in working over the phone within 30 days. You may be able to get Applecare non-plus after 30 days but I can't find any info on it.
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Feb 17, 2014 23:40
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Nihiliste posted:At this point, Apple is kind of notorious though for crippling older hardware - intentionally or not - with new versions of iOS. Heck, since installing iOS 6 on my fourth-gen Touch, the iPod's become slower and slower to the point that I NEED the company to upgrade the Touch line this year.
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Feb 18, 2014 03:07
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I think it was here that someone recommended this stand for iPads. This was about a month or so ago (took forever to ship). Anyways, it finally got here today and it is pretty drat awesome and suiting my needs of keeping the iPad in place on my desk.
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Feb 18, 2014 18:53
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Do the people complaining about the modern smart cover and smart cases just not realize that you fold the triangle with the leather on the inside? That is the only way it will fail for me. Also the smart case holds the flap against the back of the case via a magnet, it may not work very well in stiff new cases but once that flap has suppled up a bit it works well.
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Feb 18, 2014 20:00
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The newer ones feel weaker than the old ones that had more folds on it.
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Feb 18, 2014 22:16
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The newer ones also have this weird flare-out design at the edges that just seem kinda un-apple and unsleek.
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Feb 18, 2014 23:03
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The old hinge was also better. The old Smart Cover was just better period. Folded in half on itself was THE poo poo. I miss it. :'(
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Feb 19, 2014 22:21
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Just got an iPad Air. The guy at the T-Mobile store said I could do multiple user accounts on it and it turns out that isn't true. Is there any way I can set up some types of restrictions that can be turned on and off? Why wouldn't Apple support multiple accounts? I figured it being 2014 and all that this would be a given. I can't return it now without a restocking fee if I wanted something else instead.
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Feb 19, 2014 23:39
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Considering the guy lied to you about the capabilities of the product you probably have a case to get the restocking fee waived. That being said, there are Restrictions you can enable/disable in Settings -> General -> Restrictions. You can also use separate Apple ID's for iCloud, iMessage, and the App Store.
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Feb 19, 2014 23:44
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All I really want to do is create some type of separate use case/mode so I can have other people use the tablet without being able to access personal info of mine. I know I can look log out of things, clear data, etc. but it would be nice to not have to. If I could have one part behind a pass code and another not that would be perfect. However, if there is some way I can do what I want in another way I'll do it. I got this because I needed a 4G tablet with a larger screen. It was this or the Galaxy and I chose this. edit: If this isn't possible I will just have to not really use this tablet for anything as it's main purpose was to be for other people's use in my part time job/business. Dirk Funk fucked around with this message at 23:59 on Feb 19, 2014 |
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Feb 19, 2014 23:52
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Unfortunately I don't think there's a well supported way of doing that aside from constantly logging out of things. Mail, Contacts, Calendars are all just accounts you set up in settings and cannot be passcoded, so if you don't want someone reading your mail or looking at your calendar then you'd have to disable those each time you hand it off. Some apps (like banking apps, etc.) have their own capability to be passcoded so they cannot be accessed unless you know the passcode, but that is implemented on a per-app basis. The restrictions options in Settings really only cover certain things you want disabled on the device, like whether apps can be installed or deleted, and whether the iTunes Store can be used, etc. These can be useful for locking it down if there are certain settings you don't want changed when other people are using the device.
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Feb 20, 2014 00:01
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I don't have a card linked to the store so I'm good there. I don't have email linked can just use webmail if I want to do that. I guess I can do the same for Facebook in using the website and not the app. Can you set up the browser so it deletes all cookies and things like that upon closing? edit: Also, can you make it so the app store requires a password to make any purchases? Dirk Funk fucked around with this message at 00:19 on Feb 20, 2014 |
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Feb 20, 2014 00:10
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In Restrictions you can set it up so the app store always requires a password. For the browser, if you browse in Private mode it will not save any cookies or history when you switch it back to regular mode.
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Feb 20, 2014 00:26
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That works. I've been poking around and I think this might work for me. Like I said I won't install apps like Facebook and keep that all to the browser. Is it possible to password lock specific apps or folders through iOS or a third party app? If I can do that then I will be set. Dirk Funk fucked around with this message at 00:53 on Feb 20, 2014 |
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Feb 20, 2014 00:42
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Dirk Funk posted:That works. Just turn on Kiosk mode when you need to hand off the iPad: http://www.webascender.com/Blog/ID/447/How-to-Setup-Kiosk-Mode-Lock-Your-iPad-to-Just-One-App Apple Support Doc on Guided Access: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5509?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US You can grab any number of third party web browser apps that can maintain a separate web history to keep people from viewing yours.
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ddogflex posted:The old hinge was also better. The old Smart Cover was just better period. Folded in half on itself was THE poo poo. I miss it. :'( Why? The new Smart Cover seems perfectly good, what was better about the old one?
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