Posts tagged iPad
Briefly: 1Password on 50% sale & how to move your iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch backups to an external drive
0Here are two quick updates which I thought I should share to anyone who follows my blog.
1Password is on sale!
In celebration of the MacWorld convention happening today (or yesterday depending on your timezone.) Anyone who’s talked to me about password management would have heard me recommending 1Password. It’s really one of the best and easiest app to use to manage all your passwords. There’s never been a time where you really need to More >
Recommended kids apps for the iPad, approved by my kids
0Updated: Nov 21, 2012 – 13 featured apps now!
A friend of mine just got himself an iPad (finally!). And just like any other father who owns an iPad, installing some apps to keep our kids entertained is pretty much a default task to do. And so he’s asked me what are some of the recommended apps he could download on to his iPad. Thus, this post to put it all down in a page which I could regularly update too when I find new apps that my kids More >
Messages for OS X is pretty cool indeed!
0In the recent Mountain Lion preview announcement, we are starting to see quite a bit of convergence of iOS apps being introduced into Mac OS X. There’s a whole lot of iCloud enhanced apps like Calendar, Reminder, Notes, etc.
Basically, if you are familiar with the iPad, there’s nothing really new here, except that it’s going to be available soon! But there’s also a gem that was released on the same announcement, and that’s the Messages app More >
Fixing the iOS 5 battery drain problem
2I’m sure you are already upgraded to iOS 5 by now if your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch supports it. Well, even if you aren’t yet, it’s probably just because you didn’t have the time yet.
It’s only been a week since I’ve updated my iPhone 3Gs and I’ve to say that it’s the best OS that’s landed on the iPhone 3Gs. The performance is great and it also feels much faster than iOS 4.x. Overall, I’m a happy camper that my 3Gs has received a new More >
If you ever need a stylus for the iPad, this XStylus Touch should be it.
3Here’s something I don’t usually do. Fund a project that is.
But having recently used a stylus on the iPad to write notes and doodle diagrams, I now know what I’ve been missing thus far. And now that I’ve found what seems like the perfect stylus for the iPad, I knew I had to get it. Or in this case, did my bit to make sure it gets produced.
Some has called it the fountain pen of styluses. And from what I’ve seen in their videos, it sure More >
3+1 Reasons why Parallels 7 wins VS VMWare Fusion!
6Update: I’ve also explored the Parallels Desktop 8 and VMWare Fusion 5 and compared them here. You might want to check that article out too.
Caveat: This is an updated article which I originally wrote using Parallels Desktop 5 and quickly after that, upgraded to Parallels Desktop 6, comparing it with VMWare Fusion 3.0. That’s almost exactly one year ago from today.
Now, if you are not already aware, Parallels Desktop 7 is to be released More >
Fix: iTunes was unable to load dataclass information error
15I recently installed XCode 4 off the Mac App Store. Once that was done, i found that iTunes started throwing me the “iTunes was unable to load dataclass information from Sync Services” error every time I try to plug in the iPad and iPhone to sync via iTunes.
Darn! Looks like the Xcode 4 install screwed up iTunes in some way.
Searching the error on the Internet pointed me to a fix posted in Apple’s support site. It’s basically a guide to More >
iOS 4.3 “The required file cannot be found.” Sync Error
0By now, most of you iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch folks would probably already be on iOS 4.3. But there’s one thing that might have bugged you a whole lot. If you happened to sync a huge load of photos via iTunes to your iDevice, chances are, you’d notice that the photos may not fit in the available storage anymore.
Worse still, you may even get the ”The required file cannot be found.” error and not able to sync the photos at all!
It seems More >
Official iOS 4.2 update for iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch out now!
0Yes. I know this is a little late to, but hey I was busy
Anyways, if you have read my blog recently and did follow what I did, you’d most likely already have your iPhone or iPad updated to iOS 4.2.1 GM. Technically speaking, it’s the same build of the latest official release of iOS 4.2 via iTunes today.
However, if you’re using an iPhone 3GS, you’d probably notice that the you’d still get a notification for an update via iTunes. This More >
Updated: iOS 4.2.1 GM for iPad and iPhone is out!
0Looks like a newer version of the iOS 4.2.1 GM is out. It’s just been released and it’s available for all the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch. You can get it from this particular site now and update your iDevices as per my previous two blog posts - 5 reasons to update the iPhone to iOS 4.2 GM & Updating your iPad to iOS 4.2 now, GM2 that is. Go, download iOS 4.2.1 and have fun now!
Updated: Just discovered that you can also Option+Update More >
Updating your iPad to iOS 4.2 now, GM2 that is
2Can’t wait for the official release of iOS 4.2 for the iPad? Well, if you are daring enough to take the risk of installing non-official firmwares, then you can get it today!
I’m sure you’re aware that the GM (Gold Master) candidate for iOS 4.2 has been out since last week. But if you might also be vary that there were some bugs in the GM release, specifically for the iPad on some issues with the WiFi. But now that the build 2 of the iPad’s More >
Manually downloading iOS 4.1 (or any other versions) for iTunes
2iOS 4.1 is out and you want to immediately update your iPhone to get it updated with the latest iOS and patch all those bugs. So you fired up iTunes and click on the update button. Then iTunes tells you that it would take 3-4 hours to download the almost 400MB firmware update.
3 to 4 hours if you’re lucky that is. And on top of that, let’s hope your download don’t timeout!
Sounds familiar? Well, if you’re as unlucky as I am when it comes More >
Tip: Calibrating the MacBook and iPhone battery to maximize it’s life
2Everyone knows that the battery on the new MacBooks and iPhone are built-in and non-replaceable. Therefore, it’s extra important to try and maintain the battery to maximize its lifetime.
And since both the MacBooks and iPhones uses a lithium-based battery, there are a few golden rules on how we can keep the batteries in tip-top conditions.
Firstly, lithium-based batteries likes their electrons to keep moving. That way, the battery stays More >
WWDC 2010 – Early thoughts on the iPhone 4 and iOS 4
0It’s that time of the year again. Yup, WWDC 2010′s keynote has just started as I’m typing this blog post while following it at gdgt (photos posted courtesy of gdgt too!)
The beginning of the keynote was nothing too spectacular since all we wanted was the details of the new iPhone. However, there were some interesting statistics and points that was shared by Steve.
Firstly, there was quite a fair bit of focus on the iPad. We all know that More >
iPhone OS 4.0: An Elegant ‘Multi-tasking’ Approach
1A friend of mine said to me on the night when OS 4.0 was announced, “The 4.0 changelist better be as long as 3.0′s changelist”. Well, we here at +8 GMT timezone would obviously not be able to attend the party at Cupertino, but thanks to the bunch at Gizmodo, I was getting updated on their live feed. I think there was a mention of close to 100 new features on iPhone OS 4.0.
But I think the top feature that’s gotten everyone excited is the More >
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