Safari And Secure Websites

I was asked a question today about doing online banking from your iPad, "How do you know it's secure since the 'https' doesn't show in the address bar. Here's the answer.

When you go to a secure (encrypted) website the Safari browser tab will show a tiny lock symbol to the right of the site's name. If the text and lock icon are gray then the site has a standard digital identity certificate. If the tab text and lock icon are green then the site has an Extended Validation (EV) certificate.

The EV certificate requires more extensive identity verification from the website so it's better, more secure, when you see the green.

A Few More Tips on the iPad

Hello Apple Users Group Members

Apple iPad YouTube tutorial (Pretty Good)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLzCXB-BD9g&feature=related

Learning how to use the iBook App

Here's a link to a YouTube video on how to use the iBook app on iPad. You can learn all the little tricks, and it shows you the difference between reading an ebook on iBooks and reading one on Kindle.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv2wC9zU524&feature=related

When you go to the above page, you'll see a lot of other YouTube videos such as instructions on how to turn PDF files to iBooks, and how to find free books to download to iBooks. Some of them are very useful.

Important Note: There are some people who learned how to do something called "jailbreaking" their iPad or iPhone which allows them to download e.g. Adobe Flash which iPad is configured not to allow you to do so. I don't know why, but I figure it must be a good reason since Apple products never get any viruses on their computers or other products to date. If you should see anything with instructions on "jailbreaking" your Apple products, I personally would not attempt to do this. What jailbreaking means is changing the iPad configurations to be able to download apps and files that Apple does not recommend doing and will not allow you to do so at the present time. I don't know the real reason why, but I've heard that it's some kind of feud that went on between Steve Jobs & Microsoft, Adobe and Apple. I don't know if that's true or not either.

This may sound unfair, and I agree. After all you paid for your iPad and you should be able to do whatever you want with it. The problem is, not that you can't. It's not illegal to do so. You can "jailbreak" your iPad or iPhone if you ever wanted to, but you will then void your guarantee from Apple if you tamper with any of the configurations. I love the way iPad works and I personally would never want to mess with that.

Hope to see you at the next meeting,

Sandra

Give up on the finger!!

I couldn't help noticing that most of you with iPads attending the last users group meeting are still using your fingers to navigate around the touch screen. I've been an iPad and iPhone user for over a year now and fairly early on decided that my podgy (and sometimes sweaty!) fingers were not the ideal interface for these sophisticated machines, especially the iPhone where the alpha numerics are really difficult to pinpoint with any degree of accuracy.

I decided to buy a stylus and it made a huge difference, so my recommendation to all of you that are still struggling with the fingers is to do the same and invest in one. I bought a griffin which seems to be about one of the best and is reasonably priced. Their website is http://store.griffintechnology.com/stylus,  & although they advertise them for about $20 you can get better deals through Amazon or Ebay.

It makes typing a whole lot quicker and it is also much easier to select icons and text.

Give the finger the finger!!

Richard

Great turn out!

Hello everyone...

I hope that most of you learned something today. I did! There is so much to learn when it comes to Apple products, especially the iPad. If any of you need any help, please feel free to contact me. I am no expert but will help as much as I can.

Hope everyone has a great weekend!!!

Michael

PS...my email is in the right sidebar under "How To Get Help".   :)

iPad 4 destroys iPad 3 !!!

Courtesy electricpig.co.uk, March 1, 2012, by Adam Bunker

iPad 4 shows up in amazing concept video, destroys the iPad 3

Countdown to the iPad 3 launch: six days and counting. We’re all intrigued to see what Apple’s got up its sleeves, but a video that’s cropped up on the web showing what a future iPad could be capable of has just spoilt us rotten. Read on to see what the iPad 4 could look like.

The video in question is by famed Apple fakers Aatma Studios, and the level of CGI sheen is admirable, given that it’s all cobbled together out of nothing more concrete than hopes and dreams.

The iPad 3 is likely to boast a far prettier display and some beefed up processing power, but that’s nothing on this concept, which sports an edge-to-edge display in the style of the rumoured Samsung Galaxy B.

LINK: iPad 3: The full rumour roundup

It’s also got special magnetic NFC powers: snap two iPads together and the displays merge to form one larger image. So far, so 2013. But then things get mental. Aatma’s video sees the connected devices beam out holographic inputs and graphics from all angles.

Projected game controls fire out of either side while a 3D, holographic version of Madden is played out across both screens. We may be waiting a while for all this, but we’d recommend you watch the video nonetheless. Warning: the iPad 3 may look a bit tame after you’ve seen it.