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Instant Sharing Between Mac and iOS

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We are often asked…What’s a good way to get files from my Mac to my iPad or iPhone?

Instashare makes sharing files and photos from a Mac very easy to an iOS device and visa versa.  Photostream is nice and all,  but  you have to open iPhoto to sync the stream.  Documents and most any file type for that matter are easy to transfer to iOS as well.  There is plenty of cloud based services out there to share documents. Dropbox, Box.net, iCloud and the like.  Instashare is just a little easier.  In fact its drop dead simple.

To use Instashare download the iOS and Mac apps.  The desktop app is a Mac only Beta version.  To move files between devices it’s as simple as opening the app on the Mac and any iOS device.  On the Mac just drag and drop the file onto the Instashare app window.  You will then be presented with the available iOS devices.  The same basic process is applied to moving files from iOS to Mac.

Instashare iPad

The only knock, while iOS allows apps to access the camera roll, the same is not the case for documents.  Therefore, documents can only be transferred from Mac to iOS.

A PC version of the desktop app is not available at this time, but apps for Windows and Android are in the works by the developer.

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Free- iTunes  A $.99 in app purchase is available for an add free version.
Beta- Instashare for Mac app

Email ever get stuck?

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Have you ever typed a lengthy email on your iPhone or iPad, hit send, and then…and then…and then…the wheel keeps spinning and nothing happens? So you exit out of the document, reopen mail, and notice that there’s one document in your outbox. So you open the document and still nothing happens. Well, short of explaining many of the other trouble shooting tips that can be tried here, I’ll share with you the trick I found. I simply turned airplane mode on so that the server would stop trying to pull data. Opened mail so all data would be at rest and then turned airplane mode off. Reopened mail and, voilà, the lengthy email sent! Hope this helps if you’ve ever run into this small snag with iOS mail!

-Jason VanBuskirk

Child-proofing your iOS device…

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If you have young kids, then I’m sure you’ve experienced the moment when you open up your iPad after your child has been playing with it, and you’re missing an important app. Yes, you can download the app again for free, but most of the data that was stored in the app is now gone. Well, then there is the suggestion of restoring the iPad from an iCloud backup to retrieve lost data. Seems like a lot of work. Well, you can child-proof your iPad to avoid this exact dilemma. Go into General Settings: Restrictions. Turn Restrictions on and choose a specific passcode that is easy to remember. Once you are in there, disable Deleting Apps. This will prohibit your child from holding down an app icon and deleting the app accidentally. Yes, you will have to go into General Settings: Restrictions to enable Deleting Apps, but it is far better than losing apps or information

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Another neat trick is Guided Access. This feature can be found in General Settings: Accessibility. If you turn Guided Access on, then you will have to enter another passcode.

guideGo into an app that you would like or need the person to use. Once in the app, triple tap the home button. The on screen instructions ask you to circle portions of the screen that you would like to make “off limits”. If the  person using your iPad tries to exit the app, they need to enter your passcode. This feature is convenient if you only want your child to use certain features of an app or if you only allow them to use one app at a time. This feature is also convenient in the work environment if your iPad is being used for data entry by multiple people or it is on display showcasing only one particular app for use or instruction.  Notice the gray along the top of the screen prohibits the user from accessing the browser but still use the current page.

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Hopefully these tips will help protect your iPad from your curious kids or your curious colleagues!

-Jason VanBuskirk