As more and more of us use the iPad for regular business chores, we're spending more and more time with its virtual, onscreen keyboard. That keyboard works pretty well as it is, but there are some tricks that every iPad user should know about that makes iPad keyboard input more efficient.
Here at Macworld, we love launcher utilities, which let you find and open files, folders, and applications using the keyboard. But they can do much more. In my previous video, I showed you some basic tips for using my favorite launcher, LaunchBar, to be more productive. In this video, I cover some more advanced tasks and tricks.
Even though iOS 5 introduced iCloud syncing for contacts and calendars, there are plenty of people who’ve already invested time and energy storing that info at another service, such as Google Contacts and Google Calendar. Fortunately, it’s pretty easy to set up those services to sync nicely with your iOS devices.
Apple introduced AirPrint in iOS 4, but the feature—which allows you to print from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch—is limited to folks with AirPrint printers. Luckily, a small utility called Printopia makes it possible for your iOS device to print to any printer your Mac can see. And that’s only half of what Printopia can do.
We’ve covered configuring an old iPad for a child in print and podcast form. To make sure we’ve touched every base, we round out our look at the kid-safe iPad with this week’s Macworld Video.
One of the features introduced with OS X Lion was Mission Control—a feature that can be useful, but is often ignored by Mac users. In the next few minutes I’ll show you ways to put Mission Control to good use in the hope that you’ll find reasons to incorporate it into your computing life.
Curious about what you can do with text on your iPhone or iPad? Macworld associate editor Serenity Caldwell offers a few tips in this week's Macworld video.