Tips Archives - ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ Mobile Services /mobileservices/category/tips/ ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ University Wed, 08 Jun 2022 12:17:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.1 How to avoid exceeding your 6GB Dataplan /mobileservices/2022/data-usage/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=data-usage Tue, 18 Jan 2022 14:32:07 +0000 http://carleton.ca/iteam/?p=13418 To avoid exceeding your dataplan cap, you can track your 6GB data usage on your iPad or iPhone, but you need to remember to do this, and after each monthly billing period, you have to press Reset Statistics to record the next month’s usage:

  • Settings > Cellular > Scroll down to the Cellular Data section
    Here, you’ll find out how much data your apps have used during the “current period.” FYI: The current period is not your billing cycle; it’s referring to your last reset. You can scroll down to the bottom to see the beginning date of your last reset. You should tap on “Reset Statistics” on the billing plan start date to keep tabs on your data usage.

Screenshot of DataMan app. Swipe right-to-left to set Monthly start date and data cap. Swipe bottom-to-top to show usage history.

Alternatively, a 3rd-party app like ‘s DataMan app can automatically inform you when you hit up to 4 preset percentages of your monthly data plan.

To configure DataMan: install app, launch, swipe screen right-to-left, Select Data Plan, enter monthly start date and data cap*. Done. There is no need to leave the DataMan app running.

*Tip: The monthly start date varies with each Data Plan. If your Data usage is paid for by ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´, your Data Plan starts on the 2nd of each month.

Potential sources of Excessive Data Usage 

Email, texting, and even web-browsing use low to moderate amounts of your Data Cap. Here are a few larger consumers of data:

  • Streaming movies. Watching a streaming move (e.g. NetFlix, YouTube, Vimeo) can easily consume over an 1GB/hour — ensure you are on WiFi first!
  • Video conferencing — Skype Video Conferencing uses more data than Skype Audio. Use Skype Audio unless you are on WiFi.
  • Audio Streaming inadvertently left on. Apps like TuneIn let you stream Audio from the Internet and continue streaming in the background while you read your mail or browse the Internet. Ensure you turn them off when you are done. We had one instance where someone inadvertently streamed audio in the background for a month, exceeding their 6GB data cap!
  • Online multi-player games — ensure you are on WiFi, unless you know that the data consumption for that specific game is low.
  • iOS Status Bar WiFi indicatorInadvertently thinking you’re on WiFi when you’re not — always look for the WiFi indicator on the upper-left hand corner of your iOS display. Or just keep cellular data set to OFF until you explicitly choose to use it. (See TipÌý²ú±ð±ô´Ç·É)

Tip: Or Just Disable (cellular) data until you need it!

  • From the Home screen:
    • ¾±±Ê³ó´Ç²Ô±ð:ÌýSettings > Cellular > Cellular Data
    • ¾±±Ê²¹»å:ÌýSettings > Cellular Data
  • Slide the toggle next to Cellular Data to off. This will disable all cellular data traffic until it’s enabled again.
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Securely Erasing a Mac (before selling) /mobileservices/2016/erasing-mac/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=erasing-mac Mon, 07 Nov 2016 18:14:29 +0000 http://carleton.ca/iteam/?p=14033
  • Mac harddrive iconReview: What to do before selling or giving away your Mac,Ìý
  • Erase the Mac’s internal drive,Ìý:
    1. Start up from the internal Recovery partition, by holding down Command (⌘)-R immediately after turning on or restarting your Mac. Release when you see the Apple logo.
    2. Open Disk Utility from the utilities window, then 
    3. You can select Security Options to overwrite the drive with zero’s.
  • Note re: SSD Drives: The Security Options (over-writing with zeros) will NOT be presented if the drive is an SSD (Solid State Drive). For SSDs, this is generally considered unnecessary, as well as excessively wearing of the life-cycle of an SSD drive.  If you desire, Apple’s FileVault drive encryption capability can be used to provide an extra level of comfort that your data will remain inaccessible, as explained by either of these two articles:

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    How to enter French character accents on your iPad/iPhone /mobileservices/2016/french-character-accents/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=french-character-accents Wed, 13 Jul 2016 17:31:50 +0000 http://carleton.ca/iteam/?p=13454 Using the on-screen Keyboard

    Entering French character accents on your iPad/iPhone using the on-screen keyboard is easy: just press and hold any key to select an accent as shown in Figure 1.

    Photo of iOS onscreen keyboard, showing the letter A pressed and the accents from which to choose.

    Figure 1. Press and hold any on-screen character to select an accent.

    Using an external Bluetooth keyboard

    However when you connect your iPad (or iPhone) to an external Bluetooth keyboard,ÌýFigure 2. lists the Option-key sequences to use instead.

    Figure 2. When using an external, Bluetooth keyboard, these Option key sequences can be used to enter accented characters.

    Memory aids when using an external Bluetooth keyboard:

    The accents are generated holding the option key while pressing a specific character, followed by the letter to be accented. Here are some memory aids to help remember which specific character,Ìýto generate each accent:

    accent grave: Option key + `, the actual “grave” accent, e.g. très
    accent aigu: Option key + e, the only letter in french with this accent, e.g. élégant
    accent circonflexe: Option key + i, e.g. fête
    umlaut: Option key + u, e.g. Noël
    cedilla: Option + c, the only letter in french with this accent, e.g. Ça

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    iPhone Tip: Check your warranty coverage online /mobileservices/2014/iphone-tip-check-warranty-coverage-online/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=iphone-tip-check-warranty-coverage-online Wed, 26 Nov 2014 14:54:20 +0000 http://carleton.ca/iteam/?p=13941 On your iPhone/iPad:

    • Settings > General > ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ > Serial Number
    • Enter the Serial Number: 

    References:

    •  Find the serial number for your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch

    PS. This works for Macs too.

    • You’ll find the serial number here: Apple > ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ this Mac

    or

    • You can look up your Mac’s support status directly: Apple > ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ this Mac > Service > Check my service and support coverage status
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    iPhone 6/6+ Tip: Reachability /mobileservices/2014/iphone-6-tip-reachability/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=iphone-6-tip-reachability Mon, 24 Nov 2014 19:05:54 +0000 http://www.carleton.ca/iteam/?p=13937 If you accidentally double-tap the home button of an iPhone 6/6+, you may be surprised that your iPhone display lowers half-way down. You’ve just accidentally engaged iOS9’s “Reachability” feature, implemented only on the iPhone 6/6+.

    To disable Reachability: Settings > General > Reachability OFF

    More Info: 

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    iPad Tip: Editing MS Office files /mobileservices/2014/ipad-tip-editing-ms-office-files/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ipad-tip-editing-ms-office-files Fri, 07 Nov 2014 14:56:38 +0000 http://carleton.ca/iteam/?p=13932 An O365 subscription is no longer required in order to unlock the editing ability of Microsoft’s free iPad apps:  ,Ìý, and .

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    • , Karissa Bell, mashable.com, 6-Nov-2014
    • , Pete Pachal, mashable.com, 7-Nov-2014
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    iPad Tip: Contacts and Exchange /mobileservices/2014/ipad-tip-contacts/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ipad-tip-contacts Fri, 20 Jun 2014 18:50:41 +0000 http://www.carleton.ca/iteam/?p=13904 When setting up a new iPad or iPhone with Exchange email at ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´, if you have chosen to enable Contacts in Exchange under Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars > Exchange, you also need to change the following settings in the iPad or iPhone Contacts app.

    Otherwise every email address you’ve ever sent to or received email from will also be included in your Contacts list.

    °Ú¸é±ð´Ú:Ìý]:

    1) On your iPad or iPhone, open the Contacts app.

    Where have you chosen in Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars to store your Contacts?

    If in Exchange, then in Contacts app on the iPad, click Groups, and uncheck everything except “Contacts” as shown:

    “Contacts” and “All iCloud” as shown:iPad screenshot: Contacts setup if using both Exchange & iCloud for Contacts

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    Selling your iPad/iPhone? Wipe it first… /mobileservices/2014/selling-ipadiphone-wipe-first/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=selling-ipadiphone-wipe-first Mon, 03 Feb 2014 15:10:25 +0000 http://www.carleton.ca/iteam/?p=13733 “I’m selling my old iPhone…
    or I want to give my old iPad to another member of the family, and want them to create their own Apple ID and to be independent of my apps etc.”


    No problem. Just restore your old iPad/iPhone to factory settings first:

    • iCloud: Remove your device from Find My iPhone
    • What to do before selling or giving away your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
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    iOS Tip: Create iTunes account w/o credit card /mobileservices/2013/ios-tip-create-itunes-account-wo-credit-card/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ios-tip-create-itunes-account-wo-credit-card Wed, 20 Nov 2013 16:14:02 +0000 http://carleton.ca/iteam/?p=13681 Setting up iTunes with a Credit Card

    To add apps (or songs) to your iPad or iPhone, you need an iTunes account. Setting up an iTunes account, normally requires setting up a method of payment—e.g. a credit card or an iTunes gift card:

    Dialog prompting for iTunes account, iCloud account, or AppleID

    Without a Credit Card

    However you may wish to create a iTunes account, just so you can use the free 5GB of cloud backup that Apple provides iOS users. Or you may wish to create a 2nd iTunes account so you can from one of your iOS devices (e.g. iPhone, iPad) to a 2nd of your iOS devices—something you can’t do if they have the same iTunes account. Here’s how:

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    iOS 7 released /mobileservices/2013/ios-7-released/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ios-7-released Mon, 30 Sep 2013 18:20:09 +0000 http://carleton.ca/iteam/?p=13629 iOS 7 was released by Apple on Sept 17th and represents the biggest change in the iOS User Inteface (UI) since the iPhone was introduced 5 years ago.

    “The new design is evident in everything from sharper, flatter icons, slimmer fonts, a new slide-to-unlock function, and a new control panel that slides up from the bottom of the screen for frequently accessed settings. The stock apps have all been redesigned  […] Apple’s head of design Jony Ive notes that the new icons feature a new palette of colors — gone are the bold, primary colors of old, replaced by modern shades and tones. Flat design is very prominent in iOS 7 — everything from the buttons to the switches to the chrome surrounding apps has been modernized and flattened. Apple says that the new design makes your phone “appear bigger” because each app makes better use of the screen real-estate available to it. The calendar, phone, messages, Game Center, and others have all lost their designs and now feature clean, flat layouts. The signal bars in the upper left corner of the phone have also been replaced with a series of dots.”  — 

    iOS 7 runs on the iPhone 4 and newer, as well as the iPad 2 and newer—but if you have an iPhone 4 or iPad 2 and are happy with iOS 6, you may wish to sit out the iOS 7 upgrade.

    Here are some quick tips to get you started on iOS 7:

    • To increase legibility of icons, select the darkest wallpaper: Settings > Wallpapers & Brightness > Stills
    • To still further increase legibility (if required): Settings > General > Accessibility > Bold Text
    • To find the search menu:

    More…

    • , Dan Moren, MacWorld.com, Sept 18 2013
    • ,ÌýGary Marshall & Tim Hardwick,Ìýtechradar.com, Sept 26 2013
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