Recent content by shawnvw

I said it was tedious, not just inconvenient. Anything you have to do repeatedly can be tedious, any taking only a split-second makes it worse. Maybe I'm spoiled by Windows, where switching to another open app takes one click, and closing one takes two.

You know how all the most recently used apps appear in that special bar of icons when you double press the Home button? I find it tedious to close those icons (double-press, press-and-hold, then press again), but I'm told that there's no real need to close them. So in the space of a few weeks...

My wife has been tolerant of my adding apps to her iPad, but now that school is starting, and her students will all be sharing it, she wants me to remove as many apps as I can so to save memory. Is that really how it works? We currently have 53 apps, using 9 Gb out of 14 (according to...

On my budget? Yeah it is.

Ah, but I didn't say "illegal". I said "prohibited". As in, the school district could easily decide to take the iPad back and my wife will stop talking to me.

When I realized I had posted in the wrong forum, I had tried to delete it and post in the right place. Sorry if I failed to do so.

My wife is a teacher whose school gave her an iPad 2 for classroom use. Naturally, we want to put cool stuff on it for our own use, and we don't want the kids to see it. Or the principal. The Restrictions setting can make all the third-party apps disappear from the screen, but she needs to...

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That's not my issue. You know how every time your spouse uses your iPad, you get it back and see six times as many things open as before? My wife has that problem. Basically, i hate pressing two icons when i'm used to pressing one. Especially when forgetting to close windows could result in...

This iPad 2 is my first Apple device. I've managed to find the answers to most of my questions, but there are still some things I need help with. - When typing, how do I enter a tab character? Is there a way to Undo without going to the second keyboard? - I know how to Select a word, or...