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How to back up your iOS device

ATB — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 03:22:27 +0000

It is important that you know your options for backing up your device. If you are running iOS5; iCloud and iTunes can back up your data on iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. The back up includes purchased music, TV shows, apps, and books, photos, videos, app data, messages, ringtones etc. Back Up With iCloud Apple [...]

How to insert basic Latin symbols on iPad / iPhone and iPod Touch

ATB — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:50:46 +0000

You may want to insert / type basic Latin characters or symbols (Unicode Latin Letters with Diacritics) or special characters with accent marks using your device’s screen keyboard. For example, say you visited Turkey and you want to email your friends about the food there and tell them about the excellent “döner kebap” you ate. [...]

How to delete an international keyboard on iPad / iPhone / iPod Touch

ATB — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:48:24 +0000

You may have accidentally added a wrong keyboard or you may have no need for your international keyboard and you want to turn off a keyboard. Although adding a new keyboard is pretty straight forward, deleting is not. To disable an international keyboard that you added, tap Settings > General > International > Keyboards. There [...]

My iPad rotation is locked vertically and I cannot unlock rotation, how do I resolve this?

ATB — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:05:06 +0000

You can use the side switch on iPad to either lock the screen rotation or to mute some iPad sounds. Tap Settings > General and find “Use Side Switch to:” then select Lock Rotation or Mute. If Mute is selected, the switch on the side of the iPad will mute system sounds. If you choose [...]

Server does not allow relaying email error, fix

ATB — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 21:38:32 +0000

Several users have reported that they are unable to send emails on iPhone and receiving this error message: “A copy has been placed in your Outbox. The recipient [email address] was rejected by the server because it does not allow relaying.” How to fix If this is an AOL issue, try these: go Settings > [...]

Q & A: Calculator missing on iPad?

ATB — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 21:32:55 +0000

Q: Is it mine or is the calculator missing on my iPad? A: Unlike, iPod Touch and iPhone; iPad 1 or 2 does not come with a built in calculator app. If you want a calculator, there are plenty of such apps in the App Store.

Energy Saver Settings – Mac OS X

Andrew Kunesh — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:07:28 +0000

If you would like to conserve battery power on your Mac, this tutorial is for you! Energy Saver settings on your Mac can be used for many things including conserving battery power and scheduling your Mac to shut down. While this tutorial does not require any additional software, it does require Mac OS X Lion. [...]

Top Free Mac OS X Games

Andrew Kunesh — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:45:40 +0000

Now that the holidays are rolling around, you may have some extra time off to use your Mac or iOS devices. If so, you may want to try out some new games on your Mac—for free! In this article we will be highlighting a few of the best free games for your Mac. Keep in [...]

OnLive Releases OnLive Desktop

ATB — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:24:26 +0000

OnLive is well known for their “cloud gaming” service which is available for Mac and iOS. OnLive lets users play console on their mobile devices via the cloud. This takes away the need for high-end graphics cards and processors which are usually required to play full featured video games. OnLive has recently launched an iPad [...]

OpenOffice – Better Than Office?

ATB — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:31:16 +0000

Microsoft Office for Mac has been the premier office suite for professionals and students since its initial launch in mid-1989. Unfortunately, Microsoft Office is expensive, bulky and has an aging interface. What if there was a free alternative that was backwards compatible with Microsoft Office files? Fortunately, there is. OpenOffice by Oracle is an open [...]