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The iPad is a tablet computer from Apple that runs the iOS mobile operating system. Similar in functionality to the iPhone, the iPads purpose is often quite different, sometimes even serving as a general desktop computer replacement.

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Change the Default Email Address on the iPhone and iPad

Sep 15, 2013 - 25 Comments
Mail icon in iOS 7

Need to change the default email account used on iPhone or iPad? Unless it has been changed before, the default email address is always the first email account that has been setup on an iPhone or iPad device. But for those who use multiple mail accounts on their iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, changing the … Read More

Prepare for iOS 7 the Right Way: What To Do Before Upgrading an iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch to iOS 7

Sep 13, 2013 - 1 Comment
Upgrading to iOS 7 the right way

iOS 7 is set for public release on the 18th, making now a good time to start preparing for the major iOS update on any iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. But before jumping ahead with the 7.0 upgrade, you should check on compatibility and do some simple cleanup and backups with your iOS devices… so … Read More

Impatient? You Can Clean Install iOS 7 GM Right Now

Sep 13, 2013 - Leave a Comment
iOS 7 logo

Though you should be patient and wait a week for the official release of iOS 7 on the 18th, you technically don’t have to. For the incredibly impatient who don’t mind a few inconveniences, you can get a head start and update a compatible iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to the iOS 7 GM build … Read More

iOS 7 GM Released for Developer Download

Sep 10, 2013 - Leave a Comment
iOS 7 GM available for download

iOS 7 GM has been released to those registered with the Apple Developer Program. The GM (Golden Master) build is the final release version, which will become available to the general public at a wider release next week. Devices supported by the final iOS 7 build include the iPad 4, iPad 3, iPad 2, iPad … Read More

iOS 7 Release Date: September 18

Sep 10, 2013 - Leave a Comment
iOS 7 Release Date

iOS 7 will be available to the public on September 18, according to Apple. The release date was announced today at Apple’s iPhone event held at their Cupertino campus. The update will be available through an OTA Software Update on all compatible devices, and also accessible from iTunes and ISPW as usual. Supported hardware for … Read More

How to Record the iPad / iPhone Screen as Video with Reflector

Sep 9, 2013 - 8 Comments
Record the iPhone / iPad Screen

Recording and capturing the screen of an iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch while in use is infinitely helpful for education, teaching, instructional guides, and what we do here at OSXDaily. If you’ve ever wondered how to record the screen of an iOS device you’ll find there are a variety of options out there, but one … Read More

How to Tell if Someone Snooped Your iPhone / iPad & Read Emails, Messages, Call Log

Sep 7, 2013 - Leave a Comment
How to see if someone snooped on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

If you suspect someone is snooping through your iPhone call log, messages, email, or through other apps, you can set a simple trap of sorts to potentially catch such intrusions on privacy. The idea behind this is pretty simple: quit out of all apps to leave the task bar empty, then check on the multitask … Read More

How to Access & Use the Undo & Redo Buttons on iPad

Sep 6, 2013 - Leave a Comment
Undo button on iPad

iOS on the iPad has an “Undo” and “Redo” option. Undo does just what it sounds like, it undoes the last text based action. For example, if you typed out a sentence but decided it wasn’t what you wanted to say, you could hit “Undo” and it would instantly disappear. Redo is also fairly self … Read More

How to Recover / Restore Deleted iPhone Contacts

Sep 5, 2013 - 8 Comments
Restoring deleted Contacts from an iPhone

It’s never fun to accidentally delete a contact that is needed, let alone multiple contacts or even an entire address book. If you find yourself in a situation where you have deleted contacts from your iPhone that you then must recover, you can often get them back by performing a variety of tricks. We’ll cover … Read More

Use Bookmarks in iBooks App for iOS to Quickly Access Saved Pages

Sep 3, 2013 - 1 Comment
Access a bookmark set in iBooks for iOS

For those who read within the iBooks app of iOS, digital bookmarks are a very useful feature that work much like bookmarks do in a real paper book; you set a bookmark on a page, and you then have easy access for future reference, whether to find where you left off reading or to quickly … Read More

How to Back Up iPhone Photos to DropBox Automatically

Aug 31, 2013 - 1 Comment
Back up iPhone photos to Dropbox

Did you know you can set iPhone photos to automatically backup to Dropbox? You can really never have too many backups of your most important files, and since our iPhone photos and pictures often fall into the ‘very important’ category, having an automatic backup solution directly from your iPhone can be a good idea. Yes, … Read More

See What Processes Are Running in the Background of iOS

Aug 29, 2013 - 2 Comments
Task Manager in iOS

iOS does not have an Activity Monitor or task manager the way that desktop Macs do within OS X, but if you’d like to see what apps and processes are running in the background of an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, you can do so using a few different methods. For most users, simply showing … Read More

How to Sync Gmail / Google Contacts with iOS on iPhone, iPad, & iPod touch

Aug 27, 2013 - 1 Comment

You can easily configure Google / Gmail contacts to sync with an iOS device like an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. This transfers all Google Contact details onto the iOS device, in addition to keeping all contacts in sync, meaning any changes made in one service will carry over to the other nearly instantaneously. This … Read More

Hide Email Previews from the Lock Screen of iPhone, iPad, iPod touch

Aug 26, 2013 - 3 Comments
Hide email previews from the lock screen of iOS devices

New email arrivals display a small preview of the message itself on the lock screen of iOS devices, which shows the sender, the subject, and part of the actual email message body. Because emails can contain some very private and/or personal details, you may wish to hide those email message previews from showing up on … Read More

Copy Music Directly to iPhone / iPod Without Adding to the Computer iTunes Library

Aug 26, 2013 - 17 Comments
iTunes icon

Got a song, podcast, or another audio track that you want to copy directly to your iPhone, but don’t want to add to your computers general iTunes library? You can skip adding the song to the computer iTunes library completely by using a simple but little known trick, letting you directly transfer music and audio … Read More

Unlock an iOS Device Directly from an External Keyboard

Aug 22, 2013 - 2 Comments
Unlock an iOS device directly from an external keyboard

Did you know that you can unlock an iPad or iPhone using an external keyboard, without ever having to touch the screen or hardware buttons on the device itself? This trick is particularly great for unlocking an iPad with an external keyboard, but it works with iPhone and iPod touch too.

iOS 7 Beta 6 Download Available for Developers

Aug 15, 2013 - Leave a Comment
iOS 7 beta 6 download

Apple has pushed iOS 7 Beta 6 to all compatible iOS devices registered with the iOS Developer Program. The 6th beta build is 11A4449d, and is said to include improvements and bug fixes. Arriving as a remarkably small OTA download weighing in between 12-25MB for most hardware, the smaller builds are appearing on the iPhone … Read More

Find a Misplaced iPhone by Making it Beep Remotely with iCloud

Aug 14, 2013 - 6 Comments
Find lost iPhone

Don’t you hate it when you misplace your iPhone and can’t find it? Or when it slides between the couch cushions or under a pile of laundry and you spend 20 minutes checking every possible place in the house to no avail? The old trick many of us use is to call the iPhone from … Read More

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