May 2016 iPad Club - Storage, Battery Myths, Google Keyboard, Assistants Galore!

May iPad Club

This is no longer the CONCH iPad Club. CONCH activities will sunset this month and any members who would like to join Chatham Harwich Newcomers will be welcomed! This does not change the iPad Club. It is open to any local people who are interested in learning more and contributing their experiences on the iPad.

VIDEO: Dad and son outdoors

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iPad Club -Storage and Battery Life

5 ways to expand your iPhone's storage beyond 16 GB - Feb. 17, 2016

 Battery Preservation

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/25/technology/personaltech/tips-and-myths-about-extending-smartphone-battery-life.html?smprod=nytcore-ipad&smid=nytcore-ipad-share&_r=0

The saga of a lost IPhone

The new Google Keyboard

http://www.theverge.com/2016/5/12/11662616/google-gboard-keyboard-iphone-ios

New iPad Pro

• Screen is 40% less reflective and 25% brighter than the iPad Air 2.

• Display adjusts to the ambient light of the room. Will change from fluorescent light of the room to outdoor sunlight. Easier to see outside.

• iSight Camera is 12 megapixel with f2.2 aperture. iPad Air 2 and iPad Pro 12 compare at 8 megapixels and f2.4.

• True Tone flash, comparable to iPhone 6S

• Shoots 4K video and also edits 4K video.

• FaceTime camera is 5 megapixel with Retina Flash and Live Photos.

• A9x processor - speedy

• Major sound upgrade to four speakers that automatically adjust for stereo if you turn the screen.

• Untethered Hey Siri

• Can use the Apple Pencil and Smart Keyboard Case.

http://9to5mac.com/2016/04/04/top-10-new-9-7-ipad-pro-features-should-you-upgrade-video/

Intelligent Assistants

Google

Hound

Lexi/Alexa

Email Programs

Spark

AirMail

Gmail

Outlook

http://www.macworld.com/article/3051640/software/the-best-email-apps-for-iphone-and-ipad-2016-edition.html

Browsers

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/best-ios-browser-8-options/

Ending Video - Chimpanzee Magic

 https://youtu.be/P8NRh9UI1aQ

The Chatham iPad Club meets each month on the third Monday at 1:30 pm at the Chatham Community Center. Contact regmcd@taylor.org to get a reminder email.

Regina McDowell

Coonsumer Electronics Show, Scams, and some iPad Basics

CES Report

What Technologies will rule in 2016?

Washington Post  

These 6 technologies will define 2016 - The Washington Post

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/innovations/wp/2016/01/11/these-6-technologies-will-define-2016/

David Pogue on CES

Dave’s Faves: The 4 Biggest Tech Trends at CES This Year

https://www.yahoo.com/tech/what-i-saw-at-ces-084626163.html

Scams 

AARP Warnings --Show Bulletin Article

Funny Video on TED on emails with the spammer - leading to warning to be skeptical on Internet

This is what happens when you reply to spam email

http://www.ted.com/talks/james_veitch_this_is_what_happens_when_you_reply_to_spam_email

Update! IOS 9.3

Classroom improvements, NightShift

 Feb. 15

Apple's new 'Night Shift' feature for iPhones should help you sleep. Here's how it works

Basics

-   Keyboard use

-   Microphone Use

-   Control Panel

-   notifications 

- spotlight search page

 technologies will define 2016 - The Washington Post

See iPad User's Guide for iOS 9.2 at the iBooks App Store, accessed through the iBook App or online at Apple.com

How to Manage Photos and Declutter your iPad

October iPad Club

Magic Video — 3D Printing 

http://youtu.be/NMeODpNg_k8

Photos

Where to store photos

http://www.theverge.com/2015/4/29/8467289/cloud-photo-storage-comparison-dropbox-icloud-flickr-onedrive-free

Google Photos discussion

http://www.businessinsider.com/google-photos-is-the-best-way-to-store-photos-2015-7

What to do when you need more space on your iPad.

De cluttering iPad
To check your storage usage in Settings, go to General, scroll down a bit and check Usage

Delete all apps you were not using
If you're not sure about deleting an app you can open it on your home screen and delete it from that. 

Check on how much storage you saved after you do this

Delete photo doubles
Go to settings, iCloud photos and camera and turn off iCloud Photo Library

Also turn off my photo stream

If you have a lot of photos on your phone or iPad you can use cloud storage options either iCloud, dropbox,  Google photos, Flicker, MSOneDrive

You can also store them on the hard drive of your computer. Synch with Photos.

Check out Photo Transfer App in the App Store.  You can move photos to any computer with this app. 

You have back ups of all the photos you deleted in your photos app. If you're sure you do not want to use on your iPad you can go in and delete them. Your iPad or iPhone keeps them for 30 days before deleting.

Go back to check the storage.  

Now see what taking up most of the room.  
Podcasts?  No harm in deleting. You can get them later.

Some can't be deleted from settings. IBooks. Open app to delete books you do not want. 

Bring apps up to date. Go to App Store. Select updates. Update All or do it one at a time.

Back up to preserve settings.  Use iCloud backup or iTunes backup.  Some recommend a separate backup of images and videos. 

Interesting app — Companion

http://youtu.be/guHZpt-PdKs

Next iPad Club Meeting September 21, 2015

The next meeting of the iPad Club is on Monday, September 21 at 1:30 pm at the Chatham Community Center. 

The program will feature a wrap-up of Apple's September 9 press conference and presentation that is expected to announce new iPhones, new iPad mini and Pro, new Apple TV, and the date of the new iOS 9 release.

We will also have some videos for you, and your questions and answers on the iPad as always.

Classes at the COA

Advanced iPad ( Sept 21 at 10 am). If you are ready to do more than email and web browsing this is the class for you. Keyboard skills, word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, making movies, using maps, advanced photo features, movie and TV watching, and music are in the syllabus. 

25 Tips and Tricks for the iPad has been cancelled and replaced with a new class. Tips for iOS 9 on the iPad and iPhone by Joanna Schurmann and me. We wanted to update you on the many new features in the new operating system.  This class will be on Mondays, Nov. 9 and Nov. 17 at 10 am.

Hope to see you at the Conch Cape Cod meeting on September 14 at 9:30 am.  This is a chance to update your membership, get on the travel, entertainment, and activities list!

And if you are interested in the courses at the Learning Series of the Eldredge Library, the brochure is available and registration has begun. Learning Series.

http://www.eldredgelibrary.org/programs-classes-and-events/learning-series/

Program Notes for Book Discussion Resources

Thanks to Joan Greene and Lane Byrd for their excellent program on resources for book discussion at the last iPad Club. Here are the Notes for the session.

IPad Club Information....Regarding reading and books and internet ideas....
1. The three books we discussed in the beginning....
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD by Harper Lee and GO SET A WATCHMAN BOYS IN THE BOAT by Daniel James Brown
THE WRIGHT BROTHERS by David McCullough
2. We also mentioned books by Neal Stephenson...science fiction .... and later, books by David Rosenfelt ...about dogs and lawyers,

3.

and EUPHORIA by Lily King.
Your local library is a great source for downloading and learning what to read

and perhaps even meeting authors...eBooksForEveryone.org ..... library.clamsnet.org and clamsnet.lib.overdrive.com are all good. Local bookstore websites: www.booksonthecape.com....

4.
www.concordbookshop.com and The Poisoned Pen (AZ) 5. Newspaper resources:

WSJ (Wall Street Journal)....access to book discussions on the WSJ Book Club Facebook page.
NYT (New York Times) books@NYTimes.com Boston Globe..Sunday Book Section
also..bostonglobe.com/arts/books/book_club
Cape Cod Times....book editor is Melanie Lauwers Washington Post...washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books
also....washingtonpost.com/arts and living/books 6.Radio and television ideas:
NPR interviews..shows like Mindy Todd's The Point, Diane Rehm Terry Gross, and look up Maureen Corrigan for good reviews.
Go to NPR Books ...and The Reading Life, a podcast.
on TV....Charlie Rose...many author interviews on line 7. Other sites:

8.

oysterbooks.com (like Netflix for readers) Good Reads...an app
BookBub.com
Googlebooks...huge library of books
Kindle and how to use.....many at the class were interested in this, and could be revisited at another time, perhaps. 

July 20, 2015 iPad Club Meeting

The July iPad Club is scheduled for Monday, July 20 at 1:30 pm at the Chatham Community Center.

• Updates to the iPad and iPhone include iOS 8.4 and iOS 9. Find out why you should update your devices ASAP and what the changes are.

• Apple Music - Find out why you should try it out for free for three months, and how you can set it up so it will not automatically renew if you do not want to subscribe.

• New fun toys for my devices. I read a lot of tech news these last months and think I have found two gadgets that have a true Wow Factor!

Pencil is a very fancy stylus costing $40 to $60 that allows you to do wondrous things in your drawing apps, especially Paper 53, a free app with all free in-app purchases. if there are artists in the group, you have to get this on Amazon and do a program for us. I am NOT an artist, as you will see, but I will demonstrate how this smart pencil works.

Cardboard from Google is a Virtual Reality viewer that works with iPhones. VR is the next big thing that is coming, or rather, already here. I will demonstrate this tool and talk about how much fun it is to take an Urban Hike in Paris, Rome, NYC, or Venice, visit famous museums, view a Mask exhibit, and enjoy a wonderful Kaleidoscope in 3D.  Innovators are now,producing movies in HD 3D for VR viewers, and many games are coming out shortly to play on these viewers. Yes, it gave me motion sickness, even though it is only made of cardboard.

Heads up for August. The August 17 iPad Club meeting will be august!  IPad and book clubs get on well together. Joan Greene and Lane Byrd will present all the many resources they have found to enhance your book reading.

Hope to see you all this summer. IPad and iPhone classes will resume in September. Think about some classes you would be interested in attending. 

Notes on Podcast and Overdrive on the iPad

The March 16 iPad Club featured Ron Clark talking about Podcast on the iPad. The notes for podcasts and additional information on setting up Overdrive are at the link below. Overdrive is an app that gets you to the CLAMS catalogue of eBooks and Audio books so you can read or listen right on your iPad to materials borrowed from our library.

http://www.echatham.com/public/iPadClub/documents/