ipad + itunes Tips & Tricks 2012

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1 Contents How to Set Up a Brand New ipad Without Wi-Fi Access... 1 Prevent Syncing... 4 Setting up an itunes Account Without a Credit Card... 5 Purchasing & Transferring Apps to an ipad Using a Laptop... 7 Transferring Purchases From ipad to Laptop... 9 Updating Apps Using a Laptop Updating the Operating System Tips and Tricks on the ipad How to Set Up a Brand New ipad Without Wi-Fi Access 1. Plug the ipad into your laptop. You will need to follow the instructions on both the ipad and the computer. 2. On the ipad, follow the prompts. There will be a blue Arrow, NEXT or DONE button in the top right corner of each screen. a. Choose language > English b. Choose country > Canada c. DISABLE Location Services. Confirm that you DO NOT want to enable Location Services. For any apps that need the Location Services to operate, you can turn on the Service for just those apps, whether when you install or under Settings. This is for security purposes. When it asks if you want to Disable Location Services, choose OK. d. Choose Network. DO NOT choose a network! Instead, choose NEXT in the top right corner. Confirm that you are not choosing a network by selecting Continue when it asks if you would like to Continue without Wi-Fi. e. Select Set Up as New ipad. Click Next.. f. AGREE to the Apple Terms and Conditions. g. Select Don t Send for the Diagnostics. h. Choose Start Using ipad Student Support Services Page 1

2 3. On your laptop, choose to register your ipad by clicking on Continue If the screen just goes blank, disconnect and reconnect the ipad to your laptop. You will then need to choose to Continue again. 4. Sign in with your Apple ID. 5. Confirm your name and school address. Choose whether or not you want s from itunes on new releases. Answer questions about the uses for the ipad. Choose Submit Student Support Services Page 2

3 6. Choose to Set up as a new ipad and click Continue 7. Name the ipad. It will default to the Apple ID but you may want each to be different. Uncheck the boxes Automatically sync songs to my ipad and Automatically sync apps to my ipad unless you want all ipad attached to your account to be exactly the same. It is highly recommended that you uncheck both. Choose Done. Ready for use! See Purchasing & Transferring Apps to an ipad Using a Laptop for details on adding apps to the ipad!. Student Support Services Page 3

4 Prevent Syncing To prevent your itunes library from syncing to any Apple device you may attach to your computer, do the following: 1. In itunes, go to the Edit menu along the top. Choose Preferences 2. A box titled General Preferences will pop up in the middle of the screen. Choose Devices along the top. 3. Check the box which says Prevent ipods, iphones, and ipads from syncing automatically. Student Support Services Page 4

5 Setting up an itunes Account Without a Credit Card To purchase apps or other content for SRSD ipads, you will need an ipad + itunes Tips & Tricks 2012 itunes account. Follow the steps below to create an itunes account for your SRSD . DO NOT use one account for both school and home! Any purchases you make for SRSD are the property of SRSD and remain with the school/division even if you change schools. 1. Create your SRSD itunes account on the computer which you plan to update the ipad on. This will save you time when adding apps to any devices. 2. Open itunes (there will be an icon on your computer s desktop. Do not go through the web) and go to the itunes Store. Then click to go to the App Store. 3. Sign out of any itunes account you might already be signed in with. (Do this by clicking your address in the top-right corner of the itunes window. Click the Sign Out button in the dialog box that appears.) 4. Go to the details page of any free app (such as Dragon Dictation). You can find the app by using the Search feature in the top right corner. Click the Free App button. Student Support Services Page 5

6 5. Click the Create Apple ID button and complete the registration. 6. When asked to select a credit card, choose NONE. If you have an itunes card, you can choose to redeem it at this time. If you do not, you can continue without. It's important to note that itunes will not provide NONE as a choice for Credit Card unless you create an account by first downloading a free app. The good news is that you only have to do this once. Student Support Services Page 6

7 Purchasing & Transferring Apps to an ipad Using a Laptop Once you have an itunes account with your SRSD address as your Apple ID, you can start purchasing Apps. You will purchase apps using an itunes gift card which has been purchased with an LPO. When you receive the receipt, this will be printed and attached to the copy of the LPO you have. When the entire card is spent, you will provide the receipts and copy of the LPO to your principal (if card was purchased with school funds) or your SSS consultant (if purchased by the SSS Department). To buy an app on your laptop and then have it downloaded onto an ipad, follow the steps below: 1. Go to the itunes store and choose the apps you would like to download. You can find apps using the Search option in the right hand corner or browse by category. 2. When you are making your first purchase, you may need to authorize your computer before you can complete the purchase. To do this, click on the Store menu along the top of the screen. Choose Authorize This Computer It will tell you how many computers have been authorized for your account. There can be up to five. 3. Once you have made all of your purchases, you are ready to add these apps to your ipad. Connect the ipad to your laptop. 4. Your device will appear in the left hand column under DEVICES. Click on your device name. Student Support Services Page 7

8 5. Click on APPS which appear along the top menu, generally right below the Apple symbol. 6. Make sure that the Sync Apps is checked off on the APPS screen. Do not panic when it gives you the warning about syncing apps! As long as this is the only account you have attached to your ipad, you will not lose anything on your ipad. 7. Check off all the apps that you want to have transferred to the ipad. Any apps already on the ipad will already be checked off. If you want all new apps to go on to this ipad, you can check off the Automatically sync new apps option. However, if you have multiple ipads on your account, you may want to uncheck this box to allow for customization of each ipad. 8. When you have chosen all of the apps, click on Apply in the bottom right corner. Your apps will then be transferred to the ipad. Student Support Services Page 8

9 Transferring Purchases From ipad to Laptop Before doing updates to the operating system (ios) or to ease in the transferring of apps that have been purchased on an ipad to other ipads synced to the same account, you will want to Transfer Purchases. 1. Connect ipad to your laptop. 2. Under the File menu, choose Transfer Purchases. 3. The progress will appear in the top/ middle window of itunes. When the Apple returns, the purchases have been transferred. Student Support Services Page 9

10 Updating Apps Using a Laptop To updates all of the apps on an ipad without a Guest Network, you can use your laptop. 1. Connect the ipad to your laptop. 2. If you have any purchases to transfer from the ipad to the laptop, do this first. (See Transferring Purchases from ipad to Laptop for instructions. 3. The number of apps requiring update will appear in your LIBRARY. 4. Click on Apps under LIBRARY. 5. Click on Update Available in the bottom right corner. 6. Choose Download All Free Updates at the top right. Once all updates are complete, you are ready to update the apps on your ipad! Student Support Services Page 10

11 7. Click on your ipad under DEVICES. 8. Choose Apps from along the menu at the top, under the Apple. 9. Make sure all apps you want on the ipad are checked off on the list. 10. Click on Sync. During the sync, all updates will be installed to your ipad. 11. If you have more than one ipad on your account, you will not need to download the updates again, just follow steps 7 to 10. Student Support Services Page 11

12 Updating the Operating System ipad + itunes Tips & Tricks 2012 Periodically, you will see a red circle with a 1 in it on the Settings icon on the ipad. This indicates you need to do an ios update (operating system update). 1. Connect the ipad to your laptop. Most likely, a message will appear telling you that an update is available. BUT, before you download, you should Transfer Purchases. So, cancel or X out that box and follow the instructions Transferring Purchases From ipad to Laptop. 2. Once you have transferred your purchases, select your ipad below DEVICES. 3. On the Summary page, click Check for Update. 4. To install the update, click Update. Student Support Services Page 12

13 Tips and Tricks on the ipad 1. To hide the internet, YouTube or other items on the ipad and to prevent students from making changes to Accounts, Contacts, Calendar or to Location Services: a. Choose Settings on the ipad. b. Under General, choose Restrictions c. Choose Enable Restrictions d. Enter a four-digit passcode. Re-enter the four-digit passcode. DON T FORGET THIS CODE! But, you can use a different code if each time you Enable Restrictions. i. Turn off the items you want to have hidden on the ipad. To unhide the items, do these steps but Disable Restrictions. You will need to know the four-digit code. ii. To prevent changes, click on either Location or Accounts to prevent changes to these. 2. To create folders on the ipad, hold your finger on any icon. Each icon will begin to shake and an X will appear on the corner of each. Choose an icon. Slide the icon to another icon you want in the same folder. They should slide together and make a folder. You can rename the folder at this time. 3. When in one app, you can switch quickly to an app you previously had open by quickly double-clicking on the HOME button. A line of apps you have used will appear along the bottom. 4. To save battery, you should periodically close apps completely by double-clicking on the HOME BUTTON. Hold your finger over any icon on the bottom row until they all start to shake and a - appears in the corner of each. Tap the - on each app to completely close it. Student Support Services Page 13