Archives: Tips

Tuesday, January 18, 2022

How to avoid exceeding your 6GB Dataplan

To avoid exceeding your dataplan cap, you can track your 6GB data usage on your iPad or iPhone, but you need to remember to do this, and after each monthly billing period, you have to press Reset Statistics to record the next month's usage: Settings > Cellular > Scroll down to the Cellular Data... More

Monday, November 7, 2016

Securely Erasing a Mac (before selling)

Review: What to do before selling or giving away your Mac, support.apple.com/en-ca/HT201065 Erase the Mac's internal drive, support.apple.com/en-ca/HT204904: Start up from the internal Recovery partition, by holding down Command (⌘)-R immediately after turning on or restarting your Mac. Release when you see the Apple logo. Open Disk Utility... More

Wednesday, July 13, 2016

How to enter French character accents on your iPad/iPhone

Using the on-screen Keyboard Entering French character accents on your iPad/iPhone using the on-screen keyboard is easy: just press and hold any key to select an accent as shown in Figure 1. Using an external Bluetooth keyboard However when you connect your iPad (or iPhone) to an external Bluetooth keyboard, Figure 2. lists the Option-key... More

Wednesday, November 26, 2014

iPhone Tip: Check your warranty coverage online

On your iPhone/iPad: Settings > General > About > Serial Number Enter the Serial Number: selfsolve.apple.com/agreementWarrantyDynamic.do References: support.apple.com/en-us/ht4061 Find the serial number for your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch PS. This works for Macs too. You'll find the serial number here: Apple > About this Mac or You... More

Monday, November 24, 2014

iPhone 6/6+ Tip: Reachability

If you accidentally double-tap the home button of an iPhone 6/6+, you may be surprised that your iPhone display lowers half-way down. You've just accidentally engaged iOS9's "Reachability" feature, implemented only on the iPhone 6/6+. To disable Reachability: Settings > General > Reachability OFF More Info: ... More

Friday, November 7, 2014

iPad Tip: Editing MS Office files

An O365 subscription is no longer required in order to unlock the editing ability of Microsoft's free iPad apps:  Excel, PowerPoint, and Word. References:  Microsoft unveils free new Office apps for iPhone and Android, Karissa Bell, mashable.com, 6-Nov-2014 How Microsoft can afford to give away Office on iOS and Android, Pete Pachal,... More

Friday, June 20, 2014

iPad Tip: Contacts and Exchange

When setting up a new iPad or iPhone with Exchange email at Carleton, if you have chosen to enable Contacts in Exchange under Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars > Exchange, you also need to change the following settings in the iPad or iPhone Contacts app. Otherwise every email address you've ever sent to or received email... More

Monday, February 3, 2014

Selling your iPad/iPhone? Wipe it first…

"I'm selling my old iPhone… or I want to give my old iPad to another member of the family, and want them to create their own Apple ID and to be independent of my apps etc."   No problem. Just restore your old iPad/iPhone to factory settings first: support.apple.com/kb/ph2702 iCloud: Remove your device from Find... More

Wednesday, November 20, 2013

iOS Tip: Create iTunes account w/o credit card

Setting up iTunes with a Credit Card To add apps (or songs) to your iPad or iPhone, you need an iTunes account. Setting up an iTunes account, normally requires setting up a method of payment—e.g. a credit card or an iTunes gift card: support.apple.com/kb/HT2731 Without a Credit Card However you may wish to create... More

Monday, September 30, 2013

iOS 7 released

iOS 7 was released by Apple on Sept 17th and represents the biggest change in the iOS User Inteface (UI) since the iPhone was introduced 5 years ago. "The new design is evident in everything from sharper, flatter icons, slimmer fonts, a new slide-to-unlock function, and a new control panel that slides up from... More

Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Before you Buy!…Purchasing Consultations Available

The right device for you is the one that will play well (1) with your other devices, (2) with your workplace applications, and (3) with your colleagues! The iTeam often encounters faculty and staff who have bought the wrong device! Before you buy an iPad, smartphone, tablet or laptop, consider contacting the iTeam to set... More

Monday, March 25, 2013

iPad Tip: Editing PowerPoint files on Your iPad

Here at iTeam HQ, we're often asked "How do I edit PowerPoint files on my iPad?". When we unpack this question, we find 3 usage scenarios, viz: Using my iPad, I would like to: …Display PowerPoint files In this case the iTeam suggests that you Print or Save As… the PowerPoint file to a PDF on the PC... More

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