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[Linus]

Originally Posted by Goofy

I swear, I think my battery life has actually gotten worse since the update.

Mine's improved but part of it is some simple steps. I found deleting the iCloud stuff reduced battery drain considerably. Also regular full drain (once a month) helps keep the battery conditioned. If you do a quick "doubleclick" on the Home button, you can see which apps are still "running". Holding one of them down allows you to force the select app to exit from the Home "bar"

[Goofy]

Originally Posted by Linus

Mine's improved but part of it is some simple steps. I found deleting the iCloud stuff reduced battery drain considerably. Also regular full drain (once a month) helps keep the battery conditioned. If you do a quick "doubleclick" on the Home button, you can see which apps are still "running". Holding one of them down allows you to force the select app to exit from the Home "bar"

I don't have the iCloud turned on, unless I want to update something specifically. I didn't even know the home "bar" existed till now. Thanks, Linus.

[Linus]

Originally Posted by Goofy

I don't have the iCloud turned on, unless I want to update something specifically. I didn't even know the home "bar" existed till now. Thanks, Linus.

It was interesting. I didn't have it on either and yet, it sucked up resources. I had a discussion with a colleague and he believes that Apple was regularly pinging "home".

[girl_dee]

Originally Posted by Linus

Mine's improved but part of it is some simple steps. I found deleting the iCloud stuff reduced battery drain considerably. Also regular full drain (once a month) helps keep the battery conditioned. If you do a quick "doubleclick" on the Home button, you can see which apps are still "running". Holding one of them down allows you to force the select app to exit from the Home "bar"

Ok I am doing this and all of my apps come up. How do I know which ones are actually running?

Thank you!

[Sachita]

Originally Posted by Cajun_dee

Ok I am doing this and all of my apps come up. How do I know which ones are actually running?

Thank you!

if you double click the home button the bottom bar activates. Now press one of the icons until you see round red circles with a minus on the left of each icon. Just start tapping those and it will close that app from running. It will not delete, just stop it from running in the background. You'll be amazed how many stay running long after you close them.


I found a cool app for Iphone 4. It's a Flashlight! I think its even called Flashlight and its 99 cents. I couldn't believe how powerful it was. I won;t use it all the time but it sure is nice to have when you need it. Its BRIGHT!

I finally broke down and got an ipad. I also stopped buying big clunky desktops and heavy laptops. I like the feeling of being able to move about. I might start in my bed, move to the porch, sit by the barn or by the fireplace. I'm doing everything wireless even my printer and set up an old desktop with external drive to store everything. I can easily send everything across the network. On the rare occasions I need photoshop or the like I'll go to my old desktop but most of the time I'll use pixlar right online.

[Linus]

Originally Posted by Sachita

if you double click the home button the bottom bar activates. Now press one of the icons until you see round red circles with a minus on the left of each icon. Just start tapping those and it will close that app from running. It will not delete, just stop it from running in the background. You'll be amazed how many stay running long after you close them.


I found a cool app for Iphone 4. It's a Flashlight! I think its even called Flashlight and its 99 cents. I couldn't believe how powerful it was. I won;t use it all the time but it sure is nice to have when you need it. Its BRIGHT!

I finally broke down and got an ipad. I also stopped buying big clunky desktops and heavy laptops. I like the feeling of being able to move about. I might start in my bed, move to the porch, sit by the barn or by the fireplace. I'm doing everything wireless even my printer and set up an old desktop with external drive to store everything. I can easily send everything across the network. On the rare occasions I need photoshop or the like I'll go to my old desktop but most of the time I'll use pixlar right online.

Flashlight is very awesome. There are a few other apps that do the same plus emergency flashing of the light.

There is a Photoshop app (called PS Express) and a few other graphic manipulation apps (ColorSplash is my favourite along with Hipstamatic). I'm getting close to going without a laptop/desktop except for my desire to play Warcraft.

[Starbuck]

Linus, I'm having trouble getting my iPad to sync with iTunes, it simply will not do it. The darn thing gives me an unknown error 13019. Any ideas o' Master of the i World? I do have a crack in the top left face of the screen and I'm 'bout ready to just take it to the Apple Chapel.

[girl_dee]

Originally Posted by Sachita

if you double click the home button the bottom bar activates. Now press one of the icons until you see round red circles with a minus on the left of each icon. Just start tapping those and it will close that app from running. It will not delete, just stop it from running in the background. You'll be amazed how many stay running long after you close them.


I found a cool app for Iphone 4. It's a Flashlight! I think its even called Flashlight and its 99 cents. I couldn't believe how powerful it was. I won;t use it all the time but it sure is nice to have when you need it. Its BRIGHT!

I finally broke down and got an ipad. I also stopped buying big clunky desktops and heavy laptops. I like the feeling of being able to move about. I might start in my bed, move to the porch, sit by the barn or by the fireplace. I'm doing everything wireless even my printer and set up an old desktop with external drive to store everything. I can easily send everything across the network. On the rare occasions I need photoshop or the like I'll go to my old desktop but most of the time I'll use pixlar right online.

WOW I had all of my apps running, that's nuts! How do you exit out of the app so this doesn't happen again.

I want and don't want an Ipad, tell me I don't need one.

THANK YOU!

[Sachita]

Originally Posted by Cajun_dee

WOW I had all of my apps running, that's nuts! How do you exit out of the app so this doesn't happen again.

I want and don't want an Ipad, tell me I don't need one.

THANK YOU!

You really don't Dee. Even when you signout of yahoo it keeps the app running in the background. I did see some battery saving apps which perhaps automate this process but to be honest I worry about cliches. I need to check it out some more.

No one really needs an ipad, per se. I don't "need" one but had a chance to get one very cheap and decided to get it. At some point, once I have help here, I'll need to travel for a new business project. At that point I'll want a 3G Ipad with more memory. I'll probably give this one to my son or Mia. lol yeah she's only one year old but she goes to down on my iphone and laptop.

[Linus]

Originally Posted by Starbuck

Linus, I'm having trouble getting my iPad to sync with iTunes, it simply will not do it. The darn thing gives me an unknown error 13019. Any ideas o' Master of the i World? I do have a crack in the top left face of the screen and I'm 'bout ready to just take it to the Apple Chapel.

http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2830

Originally Posted by Sachita

You really don't Dee. Even when you signout of yahoo it keeps the app running in the background. I did see some battery saving apps which perhaps automate this process but to be honest I worry about cliches. I need to check it out some more.

No one really needs an ipad, per se. I don't "need" one but had a chance to get one very cheap and decided to get it. At some point, once I have help here, I'll need to travel for a new business project. At that point I'll want a 3G Ipad with more memory. I'll probably give this one to my son or Mia. lol yeah she's only one year old but she goes to down on my iphone and laptop.

Hush! There is always a need

For me, I know if i could go completely to an iPad my back would be thrilled because that would mean less to haul when on the road. Much like other computing devices my adage is that if it does what you need then it is needed. If it doesn't then it's a want. I did recently get the 3G iPad 2 and gave my older iPad to K to play with. She likes that she can watch vids while on a treadmill and play Mahjogg as a way to relax after a hard day while watching tv.

It will be interesting to see where things are 25 years from now as tech changes so rapidly.

[girl_dee]

Bless you Linus

"There is always a need"

Now I have to think of a need.