Episode 59 "Drafting an email"

Hi Everyone,

Okay, how many of us start an email (on your iPad/iPhone), get interrupted (probably because someone had a question on a tip of the day), save the email to get back to it later? It happens to me a lot, which brings us to this week’s TOD.

Shortcut to your saved email drafts:
I know that  you are just as guilty as me when it comes to pulling up an email draft that you had been working on. Select your email icon...select your email account that you drafted the email in...go to the Drafts folder and open the email. Do you know that there is a shortcut to all of your email drafts? From any Inbox, just hold down the "New Message" icon (Fig 1.01) and you will see your drafts.

Fig 1.01

 

 iPad Multitasking Gestures:
Here’s a couple of my favorite Multitasking Gestures. Instead of double clicking on the Home button to get to your multitask bar, try placing 4 or 5 fingers on your iPad and sweep upwards. To close it, just sweep downwards. If you have a few apps open, try sweeping right to left to see your open apps. Pinching your fingers together (all 5), is like clicking on the Home button. Make sure that "Multitasking Gestures" is on to use these features(Settings/General/Multitasking Gestures).


Enjoy,

Episode 58 "Say Cheese"

Hi Everyone,

Have you noticed that the camera phones are becoming the norm at events. More and more people are pulling out their smart phones to take pictures. I’m even seeing the occasional iPad make an appearance in front of the stage to get their child’s photo. Here’s a tip for you smart phone photographers.

iPhone Camera:
In past episode, I showed you how to quickly launch your camera from the lock screen, by dragging the camera icon up and taking pictures with the volume up button. Did you know that you can use the volume up button on your ear buds (headphones) or some Bluetooth devices (headset, keyboards, etc) to take a pictures? Now you have a remote for those family and group photos.

Clock: New to iPad
If you have updated your iPad iOS 6, you probably have noticed a few changes. Well, one of the changes, is that clock app. The same app that we use on the iPhone is finally on the iPad. Something new to the clock app is the wake to a song. Now you can select a song from your library and wake to a song instead of an alarm or ringtone.

Don’t forget to pass on your tips and favorite apps on our blog. http://rop-tipoftheday.blogspot.com/

Enjoy,