Another neat feature with iOS 6 for your iPhone, iPad and iPod touch is that you can go back more than one page at a time to return to another page you have visited whilst surfing the internet. Previously you could only go back one page at a time. This will make using the internet on these devices quicker than before. In this video below you will see how it works on an iPhone but it works the same way on an iPad or iPod touch.
So there is a brand new iPhone and for those of us still content with the older versions of our iPhone and also iPad there is a new iOS which runs these devices. You will notice a few changes like the YouTube app is missing, although you can download a free one from the App store, and the way the maps work, and a lot of people are not happy at all about the maps. More about that in another blog soon.
One thing that has changed is how Podcasts are managed. You used to find them on the iTunes store where you could download them and subscribe, this has now changed. You can still find them in the iTunes store but when you select one you then go to a new app, Podcasts, which you might have to download from the App store if it is not already on your device. You can also find the podcasts in the Podcasts app rather than going through iTunes.
It has a whole new layout and more control over the settings. Watch the video below to see how it now works.
If you want to use symbols on the iPhone, iPad or iPod touch other than just some smilies then you can add another keyboard that allows you to do that. I use the symbols a lot when I am creating to do lists in notes, by using symbols it can indicate the task type such as filming or computer work, urgency or who I’ve asked to do that task. Visually it really helps me. It also livens up the lists a bit more rather than just plain text.
What the video below to see how to do this.
Do you have an iPhone or iPad and find that you get home or to your office and you think you are connected to wifi but nothing is coming through. Well I found this happening to me and some of my friends. That’s because it was picking up BTOpenzone rather than my home or office wifi. Thankfully it was easy to sort out. You need to tell it to forget the network, that doesn’t mean you can’t get back to it, it will still be listed but it won’t connect unless you ask it to.
There is nothing wrong with BTOpenzone itself but at home it doesn’t seem to work. Although it doesn’t always work when I’m out probably because there are times I’m not getting a good signal. Other times it works perfectly well. Same for many public networks, it just so happens that O2, which I use, connects to it free on my tariff.
Here’s how you do it:
You can always get it back if you are in range by going back to Wi-Fi in your settings and selecting it.
Happy surfing
Gary
When you set up your email on your iPhone or iPad it seems very easy to set up and you are getting emails in not time and in most cases it is really this simple. However, every now and again someone tells me they are having trouble sending emails. It appears as though everything is correct and you have entered your password correctly otherwise you wouldn’t be getting the emails.
Here’s a catch that sometimes crops up, you need to enter the password to send the emails too, it is usually the same password you used to set up the account which allows you to receive the emails. So how do you do it, this may vary slightly depending on the account.
Hope that helps. If it doesn’t please drop me a line using the comments box below and let me know what device you are using and who you use for your email like gmail, hotmail, iCloud etc
Gary
For those of us that live in London we have two main bugbears the London Underground, affectionately known as The Tube, and the weather. I’m ire wherever you are in the world you are aware of the weather we endure in our green and pleasant land and many visitors think we have a great transport system. Well its not bad but creaking a bit under the volume of travellers and simply the age of the system.
However, Mr Branson has brought us some relief, Wifi on the Tube courtesy of his company Virgin Media. It’s not at all stations yet but it is growing and available at key stations. Now that’s important. It’s at stations which means in ticket halls and platforms but not in the tunnels. But this is useful. You can quickly check your emails and maybe even reply to some, check Facebook, Twitter and read my blog 🙂 and even get to check your favourite website or travel information. I guess if there are delays you can do more.
On my iPhone I was able to use iMessage to text anyone I knew with an iPhone which is most people, although I couldn’t get FaceTime to work. It would connect but couldn’t talk or see the person at the other end.
So what do you have to do to get it to work. Firstly you need to be at a station with wifi from Virgin Media, you can check on which stations have it by clicking here.
When you connect which usually means going into settings and choosing the wifi connection if it hasn’t prompted you. Now go to your browser, this is important, each time you connect you need to go to the browser to register you on the network. If you straight to your email or twitter app it won’t connect. If it’s your first time you will need to register, it is not much information just your email address.
Each time you connect after you have activated an account you will see the Virgin Media splash page. After that you can surf the Internet but before you do the Virgin Media splash screen for have some useful links including latest travel news.
At the moment the kind Mr Branson is letting us have free wifi on the underground for the summer of 2012, so don’t expect this free service to last much past the end of the Paralympic games. How much it will then cost is not known yet, people with Virgin Media at home are bound to have a different deal than those who do not.
Hopefully they will accommodate all the visitors we have to London whether they are here for a day or more.
Happy surfing.
Gary
For more tutorials see my website www.jargonfreehelp.com
The iPhone and iPad don’t have a dictionary app yet it does have a dictionary that you can use. It works on any app where you can select a word like looking at a website using Safari, email, Pages, Notes and others.
To see how to use this feature watch this video.
This little tip could speed up how you work and may well stop you getting that spinning wheel on your Mac. Your Mac is good at giving back memory it has been using when you close a file or program but sometimes it does not or not as quickly as you would like.
In this video tutorial you will see how to purge the memory and learn a little bit about the Activity Monitor.
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