It was bothering me that my gmail was not downloading automatically. So I went into settings/ mail, contacts and calendars. There I found that gmail cannot be set up to push - it has to be fetched. Mine was set to fetch manually, so it only loaded new messages when I opened the mail app. I set it to fetch every 15 mins and now I am waiting to see what happens. I thought this was worth posting as it is somewhat obscure in the guide.

Well, let me know if it works. This is very helpful.

Thanks for that, it's much appreciated！

Haven't had a chance to read all 65 pages but here's a new one I learned on the iPhone recently that should work on the iPad too (don't get mine until next week)

While shooting video, hit the sleep and power button (like taking a screenshot). This will take a still photo while doing video.

If you are interested in printing out a list of your apps. In iTunes, select Apps under Library, select the first icon to the right of the Apple logo in the center top, select File at top right, select print, then select song listing, and then select OK. Then print. I wanted a list before I move over to my new iPad.

Originally Posted by rollerd

If you are interested in printing out a list of your apps. In iTunes, select Apps under Library, select the first icon to the right of the Apple logo in the center top, select File at top right, select print, then select song listing, and then select OK. Then print. I wanted a list before I move over to my new iPad.

That is interesting. Good tip.

Sent from my IPAD 1st generation. WIFI only. 64GB

I know clearing items out of the multitasking bar has been listed but I wanted to point out by doing so you can free up hundreds of MB in memory and drastically improve your battery life.

I have a memory manager and after clearing out 30 or so tasks I freed up 220MB in memory.

Originally Posted by rollerd

If you are interested in printing out a list of your apps. In iTunes, select Apps under Library, select the first icon to the right of the Apple logo in the center top, select File at top right, select print, then select song listing, and then select OK. Then print. I wanted a list before I move over to my new iPad.

I just take screen shots off all my app pages. That way, I know what I have and can easily move stuff back into place if it gets jumbled. I have the screen shots on one device and arrange apps on another, like using a picture while assembling a puzzle.

Originally Posted by 1957PamelaApple

Cool. Love learning this stuff. Thanks.
Does everyone know that in ABC, pausing on or slightly pressing keys reveals a hidden layer? Press ! And in a second you'll get an apostrophe; press ? and there's a quotation mark. No toggling to ?123 for these frequent punctuation marks. And best of all, if one wants to insert an é or ç in a French word - just lean on the letter, and all the accents show up! You can write cañon and Tannhäuser and Rhône easy peasy! Forgive me if this is old hat...

Remember there are those of us who are new and can use your tips.

Did you all know the Emoji pictures can be used to enhance your signature on the iPad? It works great since we can't put fancy signatures on the iPad except for copy and paste.

While we are on the subject of keyboards and accents etc, it might be worth noting that when an accent is not provided and there is no international keyboard for that alphabet, it is still possible to type the letter, although it is a bit more involved.

This link will show you how to add characters as keyboard shortcuts if there is no other way. In this case it is for letters that appear in the Maltese alphabet, but I'm sure there are others.

Malteses fonts

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