Apple Toolbox

You can use the side switch on iPad to either lock the screen rotation or to mute some iPad sounds. Tap Settings > General and find “Use Side Switch to:” then select Lock Rotation or Mute. If Mute is selected, the switch on the side of the iPad will mute system sounds. If you choose [...]

Today’s classrooms benefit from using handheld computers, specifically the iPad. Research studies document many advantages of using the iPad for educational use. iPad use may also bring concern to many parents. According to Google Keyword Tool, the term “iPad porn” receives around 300,000 searches monhly. Therefore, while you may want your child to have an [...]

Are you having problems with your iPad?  We compiled a list of common symptoms and basic troubleshooting tips. These tips are suitable for both iPad 1 and iPad 2. General Tips Make sure that you have the latest version of iTunes. Make sure that your iPad software is up to date. To check, first connect [...]

Several people have reported Safari crashes constantly after updating iOS 5 on iPad. Fix: Try clearing Safari’s History, Cookies, and Cache. Turn off bookmarks sync in iCloud, if it has been on. Previously reported fixes Turn off AutoFill: Go to Settings > Safari > AutoFill and turn all options off. Close unused Safari windows. Reboot (hard reset). [...]

One of the new iOS 5 features involves multitasking gestures that allow a four or five-finger swipe to pull up the multitasking drawer; move left and right between apps; and pinch to view the home screen. However, for whatever reason, Apple decided this feature was best for the iPad 2. Officially, this feature is not [...]

On many iPad applications, when you rotate your iPad, the display will rotate from portrait to landscape mode or vice versa. In general this is a good feature. However, once in a while (say if you typically set your iPad down on a side table), you might find that the iPad rotates your display even [...]

You might want to add a international keyboard to your iPad so that you can type in other languages. 1. Go to “Settings -> General -> Keyboard” 2. Tap on “International Keyboards”. 3. Then tap “Add New Keyboard” 4. And select the international keyboard from the long list. 5.  Here, we see that we have [...]

1.  Open of Safari. 2.  Tap on bookmark icon. 3.  And select “History” 4. The “History” list comes up.  Tap the “Clear History” button. 5.  You will be asked to confirm the deletion. Tap the red “Clear History” button and you will see the history disappear.

Let’s say that you are on CNN.com website and you want to bookmark that site. 1.  Just click the actions icon as shown below. 2. Then select “Add bookmark”. 3.  Tap “Save” to save the bookmark. 4.  Now when you tap on the bookmark icon, you see the website bookmarked.

Did you know that you can rearrange the apps icon data on your Home screen? Yes you can. Let’s say that you want to move the Notes icon to the left just before Contacts.  Just hold your finger down on the Notes icon screen until the icons starts to shake. Then drag that icon to [...]