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Professor Snugglesworth

Box recently had an update that seemed to fix the issues I had with it, so that clears up my question about downloading stored files. I'm taking all the suggestions for remote access into account, but it might be difficult finding the best one since they're all paid. I guess I'll just try the Lite version of programs and see which one works best.

Anyway, couple more questions.

1. I had asked an Apple rep what he recommends using in order to keep the iPad screen "slick" (for finger swiping), and he said baby fresh wipes were the best, as they contained no alcohol and didn't leave spots. Can anyone confirm?

2. I was also wondering if it was possible to get push notifications from specific e-mail recipients, so I know whether it's something worth checking my inbox for right away.

3. Lastly, is there a way to get push notifications from messages for the newest Xbox app?

Mr_Rose

2. If you were using gmail as your push mail server, I'd set up a filter to add a label* (really an IMAP folder) to the stuff you consider important then just select that filter when you're setting up what to sync.

*this can include "stars"

Professor Snugglesworth

I do use Gmail, and I would be happy to do that thing you just said.

But first....can you teach me how to do that think you just said?

Mr_Rose

Ok, which bit specifically?
• Setting up gmail on your iDevice
• Creating filters/labels
• Making filters awesome

EDIT: Oh, apparently, google updated their gmail app to work with iOS 5 notifications, except they forgot to add multiple account support or, well, notifications. So using sync as an exchange server is still the best way to roll gmail on the iAnything right now.

elevature

You can also try Boxcar for specific gmail notifications. Set it up with a gmail account and it'll give you a unique forwarding address. Set up a filter in gmail to forward mail from specfic people to that address, then Boxcar will give you a push notification. Boxcar is either $0.99 or $1.99, I believe.

Dhalphir

I too am curious as to the best method of maintaining this lovely screen.

Abracadaniel

Just use a soft damp cloth?

Apothe0sis

I have just been presented with an iPad 2 (which is super great).

At the moment, I am trying to determine:

What are the best apps for:

SSH (if I have to pay for SSH then I want to know!)
RDP (As above)
DNLA/UPnP Playing (This looks like flex:player and media:connect but I haven't had a chance to test yet)
General HD Playback (Will Flexplayer handle this? Or should I invest in CineXplayer?)
Is there a good notepad/ftp combination thing available? Preferably with syntax highlighting etc.

Thanatos

Is there a way to get an iPad 2 to work as a text messaging device?

I'd like to have a phone number forward text messages to the iPad, which could then be used to reply to them. Is there maybe a way to do this with a Google Voice number?

syndalis

Thanatos wrote:

Is there a way to get an iPad 2 to work as a text messaging device?

I'd like to have a phone number forward text messages to the iPad, which could then be used to reply to them. Is there maybe a way to do this with a Google Voice number?

There is an app called Text+ that gives you a free phone number, and rock solid texting. Works on iPhones, iPads, etc.

Has a pretty slick iPad interface as well. And messaging can be as quiet or verbose as you would like, with notification bars, panels, sounds, etc.

It's pretty great.

Thanatos

syndalis wrote:

Thanatos wrote:

Is there a way to get an iPad 2 to work as a text messaging device?

I'd like to have a phone number forward text messages to the iPad, which could then be used to reply to them. Is there maybe a way to do this with a Google Voice number?

There is an app called Text+ that gives you a free phone number, and rock solid texting. Works on iPhones, iPads, etc.

Has a pretty slick iPad interface as well. And messaging can be as quiet or verbose as you would like, with notification bars, panels, sounds, etc.

It's pretty great.

Can you get it to forward from an already-existent iPhone number? This sounds like exactly what I'm looking for.

kime

syndalis wrote: »

Thanatos wrote:

Is there a way to get an iPad 2 to work as a text messaging device?

I'd like to have a phone number forward text messages to the iPad, which could then be used to reply to them. Is there maybe a way to do this with a Google Voice number?

There is an app called Text+ that gives you a free phone number, and rock solid texting. Works on iPhones, iPads, etc.

Has a pretty slick iPad interface as well. And messaging can be as quiet or verbose as you would like, with notification bars, panels, sounds, etc.

It's pretty great.

You can text with a Google Voice number too. I forget the exact app I use, just a free one and it works well. You need to set up the Google Voice number separately.

syndalis

Thanatos wrote:

syndalis wrote:

Thanatos wrote:

Is there a way to get an iPad 2 to work as a text messaging device?

I'd like to have a phone number forward text messages to the iPad, which could then be used to reply to them. Is there maybe a way to do this with a Google Voice number?

There is an app called Text+ that gives you a free phone number, and rock solid texting. Works on iPhones, iPads, etc.

Has a pretty slick iPad interface as well. And messaging can be as quiet or verbose as you would like, with notification bars, panels, sounds, etc.

It's pretty great.

Can you get it to forward from an already-existent iPhone number? This sounds like exactly what I'm looking for.

sadly, no. Not without a jailbreak.

nessin

Trying to get the iPad2 to do some basic freaking functions, but can't figure it out.

1) Can you actually multiple-task, or at least single-task without the window being active? Stuff like being able to actually buffer a YouTube video would be nice.

2) How does autofill with safari work? Despite the option it never remembers a single form item no matter how many times I type out the same text in the same box. Also why will Safari remember google.com, when I'm typing it out in the address bar, but not AppShopper.com despite me going to the latter far more?

admanb

1. No.

2. Despite what Safari indicates autofill may not be enabled. Go to Settings -> Safari and make sure it's on.

nessin

admanb wrote:

1. No.

2. Despite what Safari indicates autofill may not be enabled. Go to Settings -> Safari and make sure it's on.

It is enabled there, I even double-checked to make sure

Mr_Rose

nessin wrote:

admanb wrote:

1. No.

2. Despite what Safari indicates autofill may not be enabled. Go to Settings -> Safari and make sure it's on.

It is enabled there, I even double-checked to make sure

Both sections?
Also, you are tapping the AutoFill button, aren't you?

bobAkirafett

I know this is a random question that I should have googled first, but is ther a way to auto collapse pages that apps are on an iPad? I recently collapse some apps into folders and now have a lot of dead space filling pages.

Mr_Rose

bobAkirafett wrote:

I know this is a random question that I should have googled first, but is ther a way to auto collapse pages that apps are on an iPad? I recently collapse some apps into folders and now have a lot of dead space filling pages.

Empty pages should just go away, but they have to be totally empty. If you have a page with like one folder on it, just move the folder to another page like you would any other icon.

bobAkirafett

I have around 4 pages that are half filled since I used folders now. Just curious if there was an easier way than dragging each icon. :-/

Professor Snugglesworth

I'm seriously fed up with iCap Mobile; almost one in every time I open a new tab, the app crashes and loses the last tab I opened before the crash.

I thought the updates would fix this, but it still persists. I would abandon the app altogether were it not for all the extra features it contains (like visible bookmarks, storing passwords, and the ability to download videos and such directly to your iPad).

nessin

Mr_Rose wrote:

nessin wrote:

admanb wrote:

1. No.

2. Despite what Safari indicates autofill may not be enabled. Go to Settings -> Safari and make sure it's on.

It is enabled there, I even double-checked to make sure

Both sections?
Also, you are tapping the AutoFill button, aren't you?

I do hit the button, but I don't have "Use My Contact Info" turned on. Do you seriously mean I have to have that option on, which has nothing to do with my name and password, which is listed as completely separate section on the options page, to get the name and password functionality to work?

Mr_Rose

Ah, no, not the password bit, AFAIK, but you do need to tell it to remember individual passwords when the prompt comes up after you enter one. Also, I think it may not work with some sites, particularly encrypted ones; not sure about that though.

Weretaco

I use lastpass for the ipad for all my sync'd password/note/username needs.

It's only $12/year and they have a bookmarklet you can add for safari to enable some autofill. It does tend to ask you relog into last pass but it works pretty well for my uses.

nessin

Weretaco wrote:

I use lastpass for the ipad for all my sync'd password/note/username needs.

It's only $12/year and they have a bookmarklet you can add for safari to enable some autofill. It does tend to ask you relog into last pass but it works pretty well for my uses.

What I'd like to use it for is stuff like hotel/restaurant WiFi codes, which would be ridiculous/tedious to manage through something like that. Plus sites I'm generally forced to use Safari for because Apple is retarded (YouTube since the YouTube app defaults to HQ on WiFi even if the connection is slower than a cell connection if I had it), although I could use a password manager for that.

Ah, no, not the password bit, AFAIK, but you do need to tell it to remember individual passwords when the prompt comes up after you enter one. Also, I think it may not work with some sites, particularly encrypted ones; not sure about that though.

It never asks me to remember a password, even under traditional username/password entries despite having the option enabled.

citizen059

So besides just gaming, OnLive wants you to work on MS Office documents on your iPad now.

Rothgarr

Got my iCade yesterday (it cost under $50). After 5 minutes assembly it works great.

It works so well with iMame4all which I was able to download from the App Store when it was there for a few hours after Apple goofed. No jailbreaking required.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxutwvAXrRQ

Professor Snugglesworth

I really wanted to post when that app went up, but I was fearful of PA's policy of not talking about that kind of subject.

I've seen a lot of people praise the iCade, but it looks like a pain in the ass to slip on and off.

syndalis

For those of you with iPad 1s that are crashing in safari far more than it used to, a suggestion:

Go to settings/ general / spotlight search, and turn them all off. All of them. Then reboot your device.

That will free up scads of memory, and the OS seems to be as snappy as it was in the iOS 4 days.

elevature

syndalis wrote:

For those of you with iPad 1s that are crashing in safari far more than it used to, a suggestion:

Go to settings/ general / spotlight search, and turn them all off. All of them. Then reboot your device.

That will free up scads of memory, and the OS seems to be as snappy as it was in the iOS 4 days.

I tend to be skeptical of voodoo tricks like this but I'm sick of the crashes so I'm giving it a shot. I hope it works.

syndalis

elevature wrote:

syndalis wrote:

For those of you with iPad 1s that are crashing in safari far more than it used to, a suggestion:

Go to settings/ general / spotlight search, and turn them all off. All of them. Then reboot your device.

That will free up scads of memory, and the OS seems to be as snappy as it was in the iOS 4 days.

I tend to be skeptical of voodoo tricks like this but I'm sick of the crashes so I'm giving it a shot. I hope it works.

It's not a voodoo trick.

Safari and other apps will force-close if they run out of addressable memory, and there are no non-system processes to shut down. Safari cannot supplant the Mail, photo, spotlight, telephony, core audio/iPod, and other system level services.

And while you cannot close most of those, you can cause spotlight to stop using memory by shutting down all of the services it taps into. And if you have a bunch of mail, contacts, appointments, reminders, etc... that can take a significant (read: 15-25%) amount of your system memory. And Safari can't reclaim it when in use.

This wasn't so bad before iOS 5, but iOS 5 introduced a whole new world of resident system services like the notification center and reminders, and the iPad 1 didn't magically gain more than 256MB of memory...

This is a simple fix that extends the shelf life of the iPad 1, by disabling a service I really never use.

Toldo

I think Apple may have done something with iBooks 2 to make it not work on jailbreaked iPads. Anyone else getting an error message upon launch?

syndalis

Toldo wrote:

I think Apple may have done something with iBooks 2 to make it not work on jailbreaked iPads. Anyone else getting an error message upon launch?

iBooks ALWAYS tries to check for the jailbreak.

every new version of iBooks ever made has been broken at launch for the jb community.

wait to update if you can, roll back if you can, and wait for the dev team to sort it out, as always.

Toldo

syndalis wrote:

Toldo wrote:

I think Apple may have done something with iBooks 2 to make it not work on jailbreaked iPads. Anyone else getting an error message upon launch?

iBooks ALWAYS tries to check for the jailbreak.

every new version of iBooks ever made has been broken at launch for the jb community.

wait to update if you can, roll back if you can, and wait for the dev team to sort it out, as always.

Once again, ladies and gentlemen: the reason why I use the Kindle app.

syndalis

Toldo wrote:

syndalis wrote:

Toldo wrote:

I think Apple may have done something with iBooks 2 to make it not work on jailbreaked iPads. Anyone else getting an error message upon launch?

iBooks ALWAYS tries to check for the jailbreak.

every new version of iBooks ever made has been broken at launch for the jb community.

wait to update if you can, roll back if you can, and wait for the dev team to sort it out, as always.

Once again, ladies and gentlemen: the reason why I use the Kindle app.

I get jailbreaking the iPhone, but ever since iOS 5 (honestly, even iOS 4) I am seeing far less reason and a lot more hassle to do it to my iPad.

It might also be that my iPad has become far less of a toy and far more of a major part of my workflow, so any possibility that I am adding instability or killing battery life is frowned upon by me... and every jailbreak ever has done one of the two.

BobCesca

I've not really seen any benefit to jailbreaking my iPad, especially as its my main working at Uni machine.