Tools

Desktop iPad Support Apps

Desktop iPad Support Apps

Desktop applications that can enhance and empower your iPad experience include Disk Aid, Handbrake, Reflector and Air Server. Transfer files, convert video & display the iPad.

iPad and the Cloud

iPad and the Cloud

I have updated a number of documents relating to the iPad and accessing the Cloud. The three doucments in question provide guides for Readdle Documents, CloudOn and Google Drive.

Guide to iMovie on the iPad

Guide to iMovie on the iPad

I have updated my guide for iMovie on the iPad. iMovie on the iPad is in many ways a significantly better application than its much larger cousin on the Apple Mac.

Pages Guide

Pages Guide

I gave the guide for Pages a bit of a spruce up and I have uploaded the latest version to this web site. It covers just about everything you may need to know. Pages is quite a good app and if Apple only allowed users to access DropBox for the sharing of files it would(…)

Keynote Guide

Keynote Guide

Created a guide for Keynote on the iPad. It is quite comprehensive and covers just about all the features of the app.

Mountain Tweaks

Mountain Tweaks

After installing Alfred last week I decided it was time to remove the Spotlight icon from the menubar so I did a little research and installed Mountain Tweaks to do the job.

Alfred productivity app

Alfred productivity app

A couple of keystrokes allows me launch an app, open a file, locate a file and launch a web site. Typing a single letter such as “p” can allow me to rapidly launch Pages or Powerpoint.

iOS6 file upload

iOS6 file upload

One can now upload files to sites on the Internet from within the Safari and Chrome browsers on the iPad following the iOS6 update. Specifically, images hosted in the Photos app.

iPad apps I possess

iPad apps I possess

I regularly conduct iPad workshops in Singapore for the Centre for Excellence in Teaching at Nanyang Technological University and also at the Institute of Adult Learning. As part of that process I wished to share the apps that I presently have installed on my iPad.

Mac OSX Links & Tools

Mac OSX Links & Tools

In support of a Mac workshop I thought I would gather together these resources and links in one place… Mac sites, maintenance, handy apps and installing OS X Lion

Bad Apple

Bad Apple

Software updates that exceed 2.5gb for the iPad. Ridiculous. Not everyone has a high speed connection to the Internet. Why must the entire app or iOS be replaced?

Practical WP plug-ins

Practical WP plug-ins

Read a review of four practical Wordpress plug-ins that make the creation and management of a multi-user web site a straightforward process.