iPad Digital Audio/Video Adapter

The item we use during our classes to project the screen of the iPad onto the Big Screen is called a Digital A/V Adapter. This device will "mirror" exactly what you see on the iPad. With the adapter you can connect to a projector or your wide screen TV.

Your TV needs to have one available HDMI port and you'll have to buy an HDMI cable of the proper length. The adapter will also allow you to hook up your charging cable if the battery is low on your iPad.

The adapter we use in class is part number MD098ZM/A and works with iPad2 or iPad3. The iPad4 uses a different connector (called lightning) and requires a different adapter. That part number is MD826ZM/A. Both devices support mirroring!

Apple sells these adapters for $39 and $49. You can view more info on the first one HERE and the second one HERE. You should also be able to find them at Amazon, Best Buy, Staples and Walmart, to name a few. The HDMI cables vary widely in price. At our local stores they are very expensive. I shopped on Amazon and got one for less than half the local price.

Besides class, I also use the adapter to stream TV shows, play movies, look at photos and display any other content I wish from my iPad onto my 60 inch HDTV. You can too!

iPad, Moving Photos From One Album To Another

In the Photos app you don't really move photos between albums. What you have to do is copy the photos to the new album and then delete them from the original album. Here's the procedure:

 1. Open the Photos app
 2. Tap 'Albums'
 3. Tap the Album where the photos are currently located
 4. Tap 'Edit'
 5. Tap the photos you want to move (blue check mark shows)
 6. Tap 'Share'
 7. Tap 'Copy'
 8. Tap 'Albums'
 9. Tap the destination Album
10. Tap on a blank area
11. Tap 'Paste'
12. Tap 'Albums'
13. Tap the original Album
14. Tap 'Edit'
15. Tap the photos you just moved (blue check mark shows)
16. Tap 'Remove'
17. Tap 'Remove from Album'

As is often the case when computing, there is another way to move photos. I will show you that method, which is similar, at our next class. For now, learn and practice the above method. It helps you develop skills required to do other tasks on your iPad.

iPad, Rename An Album In The 'Photos' App

On the iPad you can rename an album in your Photos app quite easily. Here's how:

1. Open the Photos app

2. Tap 'Albums'

3. Tap 'Edit'

4. Tap the name of the album

5. Choose either method:

• To correct a name, tap within the name and use the keyboard backspace X to delete the unwanted letter/s. Then type the new letter/s and tap the keyboard done.   -OR-
• To delete the whole name, tap the X next to the name. Then type the new name and tap the keyboard done.

6. If you have no more albums to rename tap the blue 'Done'

There's Not Really An App For This!

Here's a little humor from a friend's blog, Chatty Crone.

I was visiting my niece last night when I asked if I could borrow a newspaper. "This is the 21st century", she said, "I don't waste money on newspapers. Here, use my iPad." 

I can tell you this ……… that fly never knew what hit him.

Apple Unveils iOS 7

Apple® today unveiled iOS 7, the most significant iOS update since the original iPhone®, featuring a stunning new user interface. iOS 7 is completely redesigned with subtle motion, an elegant color palette and distinct, functional layers that make it feel more alive. The typography has been refined for a cleaner, simpler look, and the use of translucency and motion makes even simple tasks more engaging. iOS 7 has hundreds of great new features, including Control Center, Notification Center, improved Multitasking, AirDrop®, enhanced Photos, Safari®, Siri® and introduces iTunes Radio™, a free Internet radio service based on the music you listen to on iTunes®.

“iOS 7 is the most significant iOS update since the original iPhone,” said Craig Federighi, Apple’s senior vice president of Software Engineering. “To create it, we brought together a team with a broad range of expertise from design to engineering. With what we’ve been able to achieve together, we see iOS 7 as an exciting new beginning.”

“There is a profound and enduring beauty in simplicity, in clarity, in efficiency. True simplicity is derived from so much more than just the absence of clutter and ornamentation—it’s about bringing order to complexity,” said Jony Ive, Apple’s senior vice president of Design. “iOS 7 is a clear representation of these goals. It has a whole new structure that is coherent and applied across the entire system.”

iOS 7 is completely redesigned with an entirely new user interface, but will be instantly familiar to the hundreds of millions of iPhone, iPad® and iPod touch® users around the world. The new interface actually makes your phone appear bigger because everything is designed to take advantage of the entire screen. The redesigned fonts look amazing on the Retina® display, creating even sharper text.

Read the rest of the story .... HERE
See how iOS 7 looks .... HERE

"iPad Email and Photos" Class, 6-21

The "iPad Email and Photos" class will be held Friday, 6-21, at 3PM in the Orchid Club. You must be registered to attend this class. Registration instructions are on the ORHA website HERE. Please read ALL the information and then register by email.

If you registered for or attended any of the previous iPad classes you will have gotten an email notification for the 6-21 class by now. Please reply to the email if you plan to attend the class.

If we don't have enough responses we will have to postpone or drop the class. Reply no later than  6-17.

Computer Club June Meeting

On Wednesday, June 19th, at 9:00AM our very own Apple Users Group guru, Richard Bambridge, will be the guest speaker at the Oak Run Computer Club's June meeting.

Richard will discuss "All Things Apple", iPads, iPhones, iTunes, Macs, etc. Generous time will be devoted to answering questions about Apple products. Mark your calender.