Episode 57 "Can you send me that photo"

Hi Everyone,

Last week I talked about "Reply with Message" and how you can send a message to the caller (iOS user) instead of answering the call. I forgot to show you how to change the preset responses. Go to Settings/Phone/Reply with Message/ and select one of the three responses (Fig 1.01). Remember, it will begin with "Can’t talk right now...".

Remember back in "Episode 53: Picture That", I talked about how to email photos. There’s a new way to send photo, which brings us to this week’s TOD (Tip Of the Day).

Sending a photo from your email:
In the past, when you want to email a photo, you couldn’t do it from an existing email conversation. You had to go to your photo select it and start a new email. Well, now with iOS 6, you can add a photo to your email. No more broken email strings. From your email. Press and hold on your screen like you would with cut and paste. Select the arrow to expand your options and select "Insert Photo or Video" (Fig 1.02). The only drawback is with emails going to sdcoe.net addresses. The server will remove embedded images from your email. Sorry, you can get around this by checking your email from your device, or use the old way by sending it as an attachment.

Searching for past tips of the day:
I know that most of you reference the Tip of the Day blog site instead of asking me how to do this or how to do that. Well it’s now even easier to find past tips of the day. Just type in a feature or word in the search field and it will query past tips of the day (Fig 1.03).

Tip of the Day blog site: http://rop-tipoftheday.blogspot.com/

Hope this helps,

Episode 56 "iOS 6 Reply with Message" & iOS6 Update

Hi Everyone,

As with most major releases (iOS 6), they are often followed by small anomalies. Couple of things to keep an eye on when updating your device. The connect to internet through Wi-Fi was a server issue (fixed). I noticed a couple of things after the update. Some of my music didn’t sync, even though it indicated that the sync was complete. Connect your iPhone/iPad, etc to your computer. Expand the list to show your music on the device. If you have any icons that look like a clock face next to the song, sync and wait for them to change to a check mark. The last anomaly that I experienced was a notification change. My phone seemed to vibrate for no reason. When I check my settings (Settings/Sounds/New Mail), “New Mail” had changed to vibrate.

If you have a new iPhone 5, after restoring from your backup, check your mail settings. We’ve seen that your email account passwords may not have transferred from the backup. Make the changes, so you don’t lock out your exchange account (Settings/Mail, Contacts, Calendars/Exchange/Account). Remember, if you lock out your account, you will have to wait 30 minutes or put in a TARC to unlock your account.

Reply with Message
Back to iOS 6. In Episode 35, I showed you how to silence your phone call, by pressing the "Sleep/Wake" button once and pressing it twice will send it to voice mail. Now you will have a couple more options.

Did you know that you can now "Reply with Message" or "Remind Me Later"? When you get a phone call, you will see a phone icon to the right of the “slide to answer” bar. Drag it up to reveal your options. Remember that you can only “Reply with Message” to other mobile users…I know…who uses land lines anymore? The “Remind Me Later” response is based on your primary contact. If you have your work address and home address, you will see those options on the list.

 
 

Don’t forget to pass on your experiences and favorite apps on our "Tip of the Day" blog. http://rop-tipoftheday.blogspot.com/


Enjoy,

Peter

Episode 55: Backup & Sync

Tip of the Day Episode 55: "Backup & Sync"

Hey, it’s that time of the year when the new iOS is deployed. Remember to backup your device before your start your update. Oh…by the way, iOS 6 will ask for 2.5GB of free space before it will start the download from your device and plan on about 1-1.5 hour for the update.

Sync over Wi-Fi
Did you know that you can backup/sync your iOS device over your wifi network at home? With iTunes running on your computer and your iPhone/iPad plugged into a power source (supplied power adapter or docking station), your device will automatically sync to your computer over your network.

From iTunes, select your device and set your preference to Sync your device over Wi-Fi.

Remember, if you backup to your computer, you should have some mechanism in place for backing up your hard drive (external hard drive,Time Machine, Carbonite, etc).

Peter Boots