#ipad mini tricks

Never forget a time or date again with the built-in Calendar

A Calendar app is an essential tool for keeping track of your day-to-day activities and Apple’s default offering is rather good. You can view calendars by month, with the first line of any events or notes related to that particular day. By pressing the arrows either side of the month and year, you can cycle through the months very quickly. As well as a monthly view, there is the ability to see…

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How to use Retina mode on your iPad with RetinaPad

As was explained in the FullForce tutorial, there may be times when you still want to use an iPhone app – because the developer never got round to launching an all-in-one version, for instance. In these cases you want to run the app, but tapping on the standard 2x gadget to fill the screen simply gives a soft display with overly large icons and cramped screen space. Full force can do some kind of job at making apps use the full screen, but it isn’t consistent, can’t do graphics, is basically useless for games and has stopped being supported by the developer. Instead, Ryan Petrich focused his attention on new iPhone apps that had support for the Retina display.

The iPhone Retina resolution doubled the original resolution to 640×960 and added a vertical size of 1136 for the iPhone 5. The purpose of RetinaPad, then, is to force iPhone apps into thinking that they are working on a Retina-display iPhone and so use the higher-resolution skins and graphics.

          1. Paid-for tweak

Search Cydia for RetinaPad. It costs 2.99$, so go through the authentication and purchase processes, then tap on Install and Confirm.

2. Check an app

So the first thing to do is run an iPhone app to see what it looks like at 2x resolution. Then you can compare it to the RetinaPad version.

3. See the apps

Go into Settings and scroll down to RetinaPad. Tap on Enabled Applications. This is the list of all the iPhone apps on your iPad.

4. Toggle it on

Move the slider to On for the app you’ve just checked. While here, you may as well toggle all the others to On so they can be checked.

5. Examine the app

Now exit Settings and ensure that the app is closed. Then run it again and compare what it looks like when running at 2x now.

6. Toggle other apps

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How to make iPhone apps run full-screen on iPad with FullForce

There aren’t many iPhone apps you’d want to run on an iPad, but there may be some old favourites you’d like to keep. The problem is that old iPhone apps ( pre Retina Screens) are only 320×480, improving to 640×960 on iPhone 4 Retina and 640×1136 on iPhone 5 screens. Those apps look fairly rough when shown on an iPad 1 or 2 screen with 768×1024 resolution, and in soft focus on an iPad 3 or 4 screen with 1536×2048 resolution. If the app is being supported, then the developer may introduce a new version supporting the newer display resolutions which will at least look better.

However, for anything discontinued and no longer supported, you need to head to the world of jilbreaking to try to make those apps a little easier on the eye. The purpose of the FullForce jailbreak tweak used here is to try to automatically resize the iPhone app so that it works at a higher resolution. What won’t work are custom graphics and most games, but text and general app layout can see real benefits.

  Install the tweak

The FullForce tweak used here is available for free. Go to Cydia, tap on Search and look for it. Then tap on Install and Confirm.

  2. Double an app

It is entirely hit and miss as how well this will work, so the first thing to do is switch an app to 2x mode so you can compare them.

  3. Try it out

Exit the app and go into Settings. Scroll down to FullForce and you will see a list of all the iPhone apps on the system.

4. Toggle an app

Use the slider to toggle one of the applications to on. You could try turning them all on and check them out one at a time.

5. Check it out

Now go back to the original app, making sure you closed it first. When it starts now, it will attempt to run full-screen.

6. Check everything

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5 Essential Lifestyle Apps for iPad

The Lifestyle category of the App Store contains apps covering a diverse range of subjects. We have apps to get you all nostalgic, showing you this day in your personal history through photos and other digital mementos. You can compare stylish household items with others and window shop, as well as do some actual shopping! Then there are apps to help you create photo albums dedicated to your kids as they grow.

If you want to plan a wedding for yourself or perhaps for someone else, then we have a must-have app that will enable you to prepare for the big event and cover all bases. Whatever your lifestyle, you are sure to find apps that will make a difference to how you live your life.

  -          Day One ( Journal / Diary ) – 4.99$

If you are the nostalgic type then this app is ideal. Journal is a creative space where you can upload memories and various journal-like logs complete with images, videos, maps and other scraps of the day before syncing with a DropBox account and saving to the cloud. This means that your memories are always stored safely and can be accessed from any device.

  -          iPoll – Free

Through this app you can get free rewards, such as gift cards, airline credits and more just for sharing you opinion about the products that you buy and the places that you visit. After providing basic information you are given missions that can include visiting a particular store, taking pictures and testing products. A fun way to get things for less!

  -          eBay for iPad – Free

eBay has completely remodelled its iPad app interface and it is now a fantastically intuitive and responsive app. Your home screen is a great, image-driven place where you can quickly see what you’re buying, selling and watching. The animations between screens and pop-ups are excellent. The whole app is just a great place to do some serious shopping.

  -          Wedding Planner for iPad – 9.99$

Anyone who has planned a wedding will know of the many bases to cover and stress levels to overcome. This app eradicates most of that by keeping all of the planning in one place and making it relatively straightforward. Although it’s not cheap, it’s worth paying the price for a stress-free day.

  -          23snaps – Free

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5 Essential Business Apps

   Your iPad isn’t just for plating games or reading books – it means business too ! There’s a whole category an the App Store dedicated to turning your iPad into a valuable business tool. Time is money, so we’ve found five essential apps to speed thing up. Recors all of your spontaneous toughts and ideas and transcribe them into text; create, edit and share Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint files; and handle paperwork for your business quickly and effectively. You can also divide up your workload and keep it private and organised on your device. There’s an app for your expenses, too. Use these essential apps to spend less time in the office and more time at play.

  5 Essential Business Apps

-          Dragon Dictation – Free

So much more than a note dictation app, Dragon Dictation allows you to do all the typical iOS-based tasks that you would normally use your keyboard for when you may not have access to it or are in a rush. The app can be used to post to social networks like Facebook and Twitter as well as set reminders and compose emails – all with a touch of the record button.

  -          Divide – Free

Ideal for keeping all that work separate from the personal space on your iPad, Divide allows users to secure all their data in a locked space. This means that should you have confidential information or emails on you iPad. You don’t have to worry about being a little less mobile with your device. Just use Divide’s separate screenlock and log-in to keep it out of the way.

  -          Quickoffice Pro – 14.99$

This app may appear to have a hefty price tag, but it essentially gives you Microsoft Office on you iPad, usable wherever you go. The app supports sharing to cloud services so you can create that PowerPoint presentation on the bus on the way home, and then save it to your dropbox ready to be picked up when you get back to your desk the following morning. The in-app gestures also make editing a simple process.

  -          BizXpenseTracker – 5.99$

If you have a hectic business life, BizXpenseTracker is the ideal app to keep you organised and on top of your spending. The app comes with impressive depth in terms of imput data and syncs to services like Dropbox so you can access records elsewhere.

  -          Box for iPhone and iPad – Free 

There are many good could storage services available that offer varying amounts of free online storage space; well here’s another. Box provides 5GB of free space when you sign up and this is a reliable and useful means of staying connected with your work.

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Monitor the weather - Applications that you can use

Wherever you are, whatever you are doing, the weather is important.

It isn’t always easy to second-guess what day will be like just by looking out of the window in the morning. There might be bright sunshine as you eat breakfast, but by lunchtime it could be pouring down. Or vice versa. We all knoe this, and we all use some sort of weather forecasting to keep on top of things be it listening to the radio, using the web, or using a weather app.

Your iPad has plenty of weather forecasting options: different apps can drill down to your precise location, give you long-range forecast, and even show you satellite images and overlay maps from around the globe. Most apps can cope with more than one location, so you can check you holiday destination as well as your home. Some double up as alarm clocks, some add in tweeting and other social media integration, some have great skins and animations. We’ve chosen three weather apps with different takes on their role to show you.

  Tweet your weather and see some fab animations

App used : Clear Day Free

Developer : vimov

Price : Free

Multiple cities

Get weather info from more than one city shown against an animated backdrop – eg grass gently moving in the breeze. Add a city by tapping the + button at the top of the screen

2.  Forecasts

Weather info is shown at the bottom. Tap show forecast for a daily or hourly one. If you tap a particular day, you can get an hourly forecast for it. The animated screens can be quite exciting.

3. Share weather info

Tap the Share icon at the bottom right to share information via Twitter  or Facebook. Just tap wich you want and then type out a message to go with the forecast info that’s  pre-entered.

  Get hourly forecasts and severe weather alerts

App used : AccuWeather

Developer : Steven Mesko

Price : Free

Get a forecast

Tap the bottom-right menu icon, pick Forecast, than tap the menu icon again. You’ll get a comprehensive five-day forecast wich includes “RealFeel” – what the temperature feels like

2. Look further ahead

Sweep your finger across the arc at the top of the screen to get forecasts further into the future, and tap any day for the detail. Tap Graph to see predicted temperature highs and lows.

3. Use map overlays

Tap Maps in the menu, then tap the up arrow at the bottom to see cloud cover. Tap the down arrow by your location name to add more locations, and pan and zoom the map with your finger.

  Get real-time satellite feeds and global weather info

App used : Living Earth

Developer : Radiantlabs

Price : 2.99$

Set favourite cities

Tap the screen to make the menu bar appear, then tap the Tools icon to change home and favourite cities and other preferences, including gestures support and units of measurement.

2. See different information

Pinch and zoom into the globe and tap the small globe icon on the bottom menu bar to se a range of different overlays showing information like temperature, wind, cluds and humidity.

3. View a forecast