Tag Archives: ipad

iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 upgrade checklist: Here’s how to get your iPhone and iPad ready

Apple‘s iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 updates for the iPhone ($500 at Best Buy) and iPad ($170 at Amazon) are brimming with important and useful new features, from a new app library and widgets on your home screen to tighter privacy features and iMessage improvements. But before you install iOS 14 and iPad 14, there’s a bit of …

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iOS 14 compatible devices: All the iPhones that support Apple’s new OS

Apple’s September event included, among a slew of new product releases (see everything announced here), the announcement of iOS 14’s release date. As of last month, owners of compatible iPhones are able to install Apple’s newest operating system, which was originally announced in June at the Worldwide Developers Conference. Among the new features coming to iOS 14, Apple previewed a new app …

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Make your iPad more like a Mac. How to use Apple’s new iPadOS 14 features

There’s an argument to be made that the iPad is actually a computer, just not in the traditional sense. It easily switches from a flat slab of glass you can tap and sketch on with a fingertip or Apple Pencil, to a laptop-like device, complete with a keyboard and trackpad when you need to get work done.  Apple’s iPadOS 14 adds …

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Get a 3rd

This is likely to sell out quickly, so I’ll make it quick: Today only, and while supplies last, B&H has the third-generation Apple iPad Pro 12.9 (64GB, Wi-Fi + Cellular) for $669. It’s new, not refurbished, and by far the lowest price I can recall seeing for that configuration. (It originally sold for $1,149.) See it at B&H Incidentally, $1,149 …

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Kiss Dropbox goodbye with iCloud folder sharing on iPhone, iPad and Mac

Looking for a quick and easy way to share a class project, work spreadsheet or a collection of your favorite animated GIFs? If you’re an Apple user, iCloud Drive folder sharing is built into the iPhone, iPad and Mac, and really easy to use. Storing files and folders in your iCloud Drive account has been possible for years, but a software update earlier this …

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FaceTime with a large group: Yes, it’s possible, and it’ll work on iPhone, iPad or Mac

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Forget Zoom. Use your iPhone, iPad or Mac to hold a group video chat through Apple’s video call platform, FaceTime. While it hasn’t always supported group calls, Apple added support for up to 32 people in early 2019. That’s enough for an entire classroom, club or your …

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Google’s new AR update adds depth without needing lidar like Apple’s iPad

This week’s AR news has been focused on Apple’s augmented reality updates to iOS 14, many of which lean on the depth-scanning hardware only on the recent iPad Pro. Google announced its own AR news this week, too, and you won’t need specialized hardware to use its depth-sensing tools. A Depth API update to ARCore, announced and available today, will be …

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We found 7 of the best hidden features for your Mac

Mac computers are so stuffed to the gills with clever and useful features, you could go years without finding them all. Your Mac has plenty of buried treasures, like a full-on emoji keyboard and a simple process to rename a bunch of files with just a few clicks. Here are seven hidden features from Apple’s computer that I can’t live …

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How to pick the best iPad keyboard trackpad case

Yes, the iPad is a computer. But is it a computer that can really replace your laptop or desktop? That depends on whether you can deal with the opportunities and restraints of iOS (or as it’s now called for iPads, iPadOS). Seriously, iPads can do a heck of a lot. Your iPad can supplement your Mac or PC to the …

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How to have Zoom meetings like a pro from your iPad

My whole life is on video now. Zoom, Houseparty, FaceTime, Hangout, Skype — I’m signing up for all these services to keep up with business, family, friends. We’re swapping devices. We’re using phones, laptops, iPads, Chromebooks, whatever’s around. Whatever you pick, there’s a drawback. Phones are easy to use and have great front-facing cameras, but are small and hard to …

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