Moving cursor on iPad

• when you are editing the text, touch the screen with two fingers and wait for a bit when the screen is changed and start moving, the cursor will move according to your fingers
• if you hold for a longer time, it will change to the selecting mode and you can select the text by moving your fingers

iPad connects to weak WiFi network

I found one very interesting fact... my work place has a very weak public WiFi.  My iPad normally doesn't able to see and connect to it.  But once I connect a Bluetooth device (either my MacBook Air or even just a bluetooth keyboard), I am able to connect to this WiFi network.

iPad Air Lightning to HTMI adaptor

If you have problem with the Apple Lightning To Hdmi Cable, try to plug it in the other way.  I found that I need to plug it upside down.

Turn Off Ad Tracking on iOS 6 (iPhone, iPad)

Apple sets IFA / IDFA (identifier for advertisers) on by default:

• Go to Settings, General, About, Advertising, Limit Ad Tracking : ON

Play back video in different speed on iPad - Touch The Video

The app is pretty good and it is on sales now for only US$ 0.99.

It has a lot of other features too...

SkyDrive - Office Web Apps for iPad

• Install and open the Chrome browser for iOS
• Sign in to SkyDrive.com
• By default, Microsoft will show you the mobile version of SkyDrive and you can only view existing documents, you can't edit or create new ones
• Tap the Chrome menu icon (in the upper right corner), select "Request Desktop Site" and you will be redirected to the full version of the SkyDrive site

GarageBand for IPad - BlueTooth headset

If you are using a BlueTooth header, you need to go to Settings and turn on "AirPlay - Bluetooth" which will send sound from GarageBand to AirPlay and Bluetooth devices.

iPad Camera Connection Kit

You can connect USB mic, USB keyboard, USB thumb drive to the USB port.

• Ignore the warning saying the device is not supported
• USB MIDI keyboard is working fine with Garageband
• USB Mic is working fine with Garageband but it seems the quality is not that great compare with using the same mic with my MacbookPro.  I am going to try to convert an XLR mic to USB and see if I can get a better quality
• USB keyboard is working fine but you cannot input Chinese characters
• USB wireless keyboard is working fine (I tried the wireless combo and the mouse, of course, is not working.  I also tried the mouse with TeamViewer connecting to a Windows computer and the mouse is not working with the cursor.)

You can also import photos on SD, micro SD card with the card reader

• you need to import the photos / videos before you can view them, therefore, won't able to treat the card as external drive
• the files should be in the "DCIM" folder
• Jailbreaking iPad will allow you to view the photos and videos directly on the SD card

Importing Loops into Garageband for iPad

We can import AIFF, WAV, CAF, ACC, MP3 and Apple Loops into Garageband for iPad:

• open iTunes, go to your Devices, select your iPad and go to Apps
• Scroll down and click on Garageband in your Apps list and then hit the 'Add' button to select the files
• Launch Garageband on iPad and tap on the Loop icon, and select Audio Files tab, tab and drap the file to the track

Only Apple Loop will adjust the tempo and key.

Free Apple Loops

Create / convert the audio file to Apple Loops using the Apple Loops Utility (comes with Logic Pro, Soundtrack Pro or Final Cut Pro).

more info...

Sharing iPhone / iPad Apps

Manually:

• Drap and Drop the App from iTune on to the Desktop (an *.ipa file will be created)
• Send / Copy this file to the other computer
• Drap and drop this file into iTune (or just double click it)
• Go the the toolbar, Store, Authorize Computer and type in your Apple ID and password

Use Home Sharing:

Understanding Home Sharing

About authorization and deauthorization

Unhide Apps in iPad

• Launch the App Store
• Tap either the Featured or Top Charts button
• Scroll down to the bottom of the screen and tap the Apple ID button
• In the window that appears tap View Apple ID
• Enter your password and tap OK button
• tap Hidden Purchases (under "iTunes in the Cloud")
• Tap the Unhide button next to those apps you want to unhide

Create a folder on iPad

• touch and hold an icon until the Home screen icons begin to jiggle
• drag the icon onto another icon
• iPad creates a new folder that includes the two icons, and shows the folder’s name
• tap the name field to enter a different name

Quit Multitask apps on iPad

• double click the "Home" button to bring up the task manager (in the bottom of the screen)
• Tap and hold your finger on the app icons until you see something like this...

• Click the red icon in the left corner of the app you would like to close

Import/Export GarageBand project (iPad)

You need:

• iTunes
• DiskAid

Here are the steps:

• Connect your iPad
• Start DiskAid
• Go to menu DiskAid, Preferences, Advanced tab, check "Show root path for Apps" (this step will need to do only once)

• Go to Apps, GarageBand
• Open the folder path GarageBand, Library, Application Support, Documents

Importing song:

• Drap and drop the project folder (<name>.band) to the right panel
• You will need to restart GarageBand to see the new song.

Exporting song:

• Drap and drop the song folder in the right panel to you computer.

Import GargageBand project into iPad

I assume you have the GarageBand <name>.band folder on your computer.

You need the following software:

• iTunes
• DiskAid

Connect your iPad to your computer

• Start DiskAid
• On the left side, Click on the Apps\GarageBand
• Drop and drop the <name>.band folder into the right panel

Open this project in GarageBand for iPad:

• Start Garageband
• Go to My Songs page
• Click the "+" sing to add a new song
• Click "iTunes" (under Copy from") and select the song you just copied

You should delete the folder in DiskAid to save some space.

Free comics book reader

ARCreader for iPad

ARCreader is a free utility to let you read PDF, CBR, CBZ, ZIP and RAR archives on your iPad! Perfect for reading PDFs or any of your personal comic books or ebooks in those supported formats.