Cancel a Newsstand subscription

If you have a subscription to a magazine in Newsstand and you are wanting to unsubscribe from it, you can not do it in the app, you have to do it in iTunes.

Open iTunes > iTunes Store > Click your Apple ID (normally your email address) on the top right > Choose Account from the drop down menu > You will be prompted for your password, log in > scroll to the bottom under the "Settings" area and you will see Subscriptions, click manage > Turn auto-renewal OFF.

Turning auto-renewal off will cancel your subscription.

If you have any questions feel free to contact me on Twitter @totalipad.

Day One (Review)

Day One is a journal or diary application for the Mac, iPad and iPhone. It syncs beautifully between devices. It is a universal application for the iOS devices and it cost $1.99 for the iPad/iPhone. The Mac version is a little more expensive at $9.99 but worth every penny. It offers password protection on both iOS and OSX platforms, it uses iCloud or Dropbox to syncs notes/entries between devices.

In my opinion this is the best journal application in the app store.

DOWNLOAD -

Day One (Journal/Diary) for iPad/iPhone- Bloom Built, LLC

 

Day One for Mac - Bloom Built, LLC

 

Developer Page

Automatic Downloads

This is more of a general iOS tip rather than just an iPad only tip, since the iPad is the focus of this site I will be using it to demonstrate how to get apps to automatically load onto your iPad. If you own an iPhone or you like browsing the apps store in iTunes on your desktop vs. iTunes on your iPad, you can easily install the apps you download on your computer or another iOS device without the need to sync your iPad. Follow these instructions:

Open Settings > Store > Automatic Downloads > Apps = On

Anytime you download an app on your iPhone or download an app in the iTunes store on your computer it will also appear on your iPad if it is able to run on the iPad. A couple things to note though:

• You must be using the same Apple ID on both devices or signed into same account in iTunes on your computer


• If you turn automatic downloads on your iPhone, iPad apps will not install on the iPhone of course


• Some apps may not install over 3G, any App over 50MB has to be downloaded over Wi-Fi

For more great iPad tips, follow me on Twitter @totalipad

Episode 7 - Broncos, Manning and an iPad Playbook

In this episode we discuss the Denver Broncos using the iPad as playbook, false claims that the iPad can not be used to create content. Cargo-Bot the first app created entirely on the iPad. Printing from the iPad but don't have an AirPrint enabled printer then we talk about your other options such as Printopia or AirPrint Activator.

Weekly Reviews:

• TouchRetouch HD


• Cradle Slate iPad Bag

Weekly Tips:

• iBook Alerts


• Bookmarklet to share to Google+


• Picture frame on your iPad

Show Links:

Codea - Two Lives Left
Created with Codea Screencast, demo video
Cargo-Bot Game
Cargo-Bot Story
Cradle Slate iPad Bag Review
TouchRetouch HD - Adva-Soft
TouchRetouch HD Review
Printopia
AirPrint Activator
Google Drive
iBook Alerts
Sharing to Google+

Share to Google+ from the iPad

A great little bookmarklet for sharing to Google+ from the iPad. This works great on Chrome and Safari on the desktop also.

Create a new bookmark called "Share to Google+"

Add this as the URL:

[box]
javascript:void window.open('https://plus.google.com/share?url=' + encodeURIComponent(location.href), '_blank', 'width=500,height=500')
[/box]

This is not my script, all credit belongs to Matt Mastracci.

iBook Alerts

There is a nifty little feature in iBooks that allows you to add alerts for your favorite author. Any time your favorite author releases a new book in the iBooks store you will get a pop alert or email alert. You can also set up alerts that will notify you based on previously purchased or downloaded books that reside on your iBook Shelf within the iBooks app.

How to set up alerts

Open iBooks on your iPad, if iBooks opens up to your bookshelf you will need to tap on the store button on the top left. Now that you're viewing the iBooks store you can either search for your favorite author using the search bar on the top right or you can search for a book the author wrote, once you see the search result you are looking for tap book to read the description and the ratings.



On the top right of this page you will see several options, you are looking for "Alert Me"



Tap that and an alert page will open and you will receive a blue popup box asking you to confirm by clicking "OK", tap OK.



After you tap OK you will be on a blank page, tap the Featured button on the top left that will take you back to the previous page. You have now successfully set up an alert for your desired author.

Manage your alerts

You can also manage your alerts or setup alerts for your desired taste in books based off of previously purchased or download books. To do this make sure you are on the "Featured" tab, you can find that in the bottom menu bar (see the first image above), if you are not in the Featured section tap it to open up the Featured page. With the Featured page open scroll to the bottom of the page until you see the Quick Links section, within the Quick Links you should see a My Alerts category. Select My Alerts and a My Alert page will open.



With it open you will see all the books from the authors you either set up alerts for or other books from authors whose books you have previously purchased or downloaded in iBooks.



You can also tap the "Manage My Alerts" button on the top right of this page and a popup window will appear with several settings to choose from. Here you will see a list of all the authors you have set up alerts for, also you can remove them from the list by uncheck marking them and tapping done. You can also set up email alerts or alerts based on previous purchases. Once you have finished adjusting your alerts just tap the blue "Done" button and your changes will be saved.



If you have any questions about this or anything else iPad related send me a message on Twitter @iCrizzo

Episode 6 - Mini Rumors

In this episode we discuss our thoughts on the iPad mini rumors, Read it Later rebranded as Pocket, Topps Bunt and Writing on the iPad with iA Writer. Our tips of the week is how to sync Google contacts to your iPad.

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Show links:

iPad Mini "Rumor"

Pocket (Formerly Read It Later) - Idea Shower

iA Writer - Information Architects, Inc.

Blogsy - Fomola

Sync Google contacts via iTunes

Sync via Google Contacts via Exchange

How to restore your iPad from a previous iCloud backup

If you have been backing up your iPad to iCloud and you need to restore from a previous backup, below you will find step by step instructions on how to do so.

First you will need to open the Settings app on your iPad, once inside the Settings app navigate to the General tab, with the General tab open you will need to scroll to the bottom where it says Reset and tap that.

Now you have several options to choose from, the option you are wanting to choose is Erase All Content and Setting. Once you select this you will be prompted to continue, basically asking you if you are sure you want to reset the iPad. Click okay. Once the iPad reboots you will see the screen go black with the white Apple logo, after that you will see the gray screen with iPad in big white letters, you will have to do the following:

* Pick Language
* Pick Country
* Enable or Disable Locations Services (either is fine)
* Connect to iTunes or Setup Wi-Fi Network (select Setup Wi-Fi Network). You will have to enter your SSID name for your network or you will be prompted to choose your Network if it is not hidden/private. Then enter your password if your network has password security enabled.
* Once you have connected to the network the iPad will now activate

After the iPad is activated, you will have several options:
* Setup as a new iPad
* Restore from iCloud (THIS IS THE OPTION WE WANT)
* Restore from an iTunes Backup

Choose restore from iCloud, you will now be prompted to login to iCloud using your Apple ID (your Apple ID is your email address registered with Apple) and your password. Now that you are signed in you will be prompted to Agree to the Terms and Conditions for using iCloud/iTunes, select agree and proceed.

After agreeing to the T&C you have a couple of options for restoring:

* Restore form the Latest Backup
* Other Backups, here you will find a list of older iCloud backups as well as iTunes backups.

Choose the iCloud backup you are wanting from the list, with that selected tap the blue Restore button on the top right. The restore will now start.


Okay, you have now successfully started to restore your iPad from a previous backup. A few things to note, since you are restoring wirelessly, it maybe take quite a while depending on:
* How many apps you have on your iPad
* If you have a lot of videos or music
* Pictures (these do not take that long but if you thousands of pictures it might)
* Data stored within the apps
* Some Games take quite a while, depends how large they are, example: Real Racing 2 HD is over 1GB in size
* Remember you are having to wait for every app on the iPad you had installed from that backup to re-install on the iPad


Be patient, it can take up to several hours, my last restore took about 2 hours, restoring from a backup from iCloud is slower than restoring from an iTunes backup connected to your computer with a cable.

If you have any problems or a question, feel free to send me a message on Twitter @iCrizzo

I previously posted this article on my personal blog.

How to extract a previous iCloud backup

Earlier today someone asked me on Twitter if it was possible to locally extract a previous iCloud backup? Well the answer is YES and NO, technically you can't because iCloud backups would be stored "in the cloud" but there is a work around for this, possibly.

@iCrizzo Hi, Is it possible to extract locally previous iCloud backup...

— Charles Bensoussan (@CharlesBens) April 12, 2012

You are able to access the iCloud folders that move data back to your Mac, such as Keynote or Pages documents, OSX Daily has a great write up on how to access that data. But the actual iCloud backup resides somewhere on Apple's servers and the only way to get that data is to restore your iPad/iPhone from a previous backup, I posted step by step instructions on how to do this a few day ago. So if you wanted to access data from a previous backup you would need to restore your iPad using that iCloud backup, once you restored the iPad using that backup you could then connect your iPad to your computer, open iTunes and backup your iPad to iTunes. This would then give you local copy of your backup.

 

To access that data you will need to open your Library folder, Click on an empty part of your desktop and use the keyboard combo = Command + Shift + G:



This will put you in the Library folder, now navigate to Application Support > MobileSync > Backup. If you know the exact date of the backup you are looking for you can right click on the folder and choose "Get Info", you will see the date the backup was created.
A few things to note about this:

* You should backup your iOS device to iCloud before starting this, that way you can restore it to its current state after you are finished.
* I am not sure if you can access every single iCloud backup that has ever been sent to iCloud, you will get a list of previous backups but from my experience it does not look like the complete list.
* This procedure will take quite a while depending how much data you have on your device that you are restoring, so be patient.
I understand this is not an ideal way of handling recovery of data, but if you are using iCloud instead of iTunes for your backup methods, this is the way it works. A couple of weeks ago on Total iPad, Patrick expressed his dismay at the way backup and recovery was handled. I guess until Apple comes up with a way to handle situations like this, work arounds are what we have to do.

 
If you need help or have a question, try me on Twitter @iCrizzo.

I originally wrote this post on my personal blog.

Episode 5 - Fever Pitch

In this episode we discuss a couple of baseball apps for the iPad, how the iPad is improving the lives of individuals with disabilities and checking out books from the library on your iPad. We also have a tip of the week.

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Show Links:

Gutenberg Project
Review of AP Mobile
The Magical iPad
Braille for iPad
Recover a deleted App
AP Mobile - The Associated Press
MLB.com At Bat - MLB.com
Topps Pennant - The Topps Company, Inc.
iOOTP Baseball 2012 Edition - Out of the Park Developments
OverDrive Media Console – Library eBooks and Audiobooks - OverDrive, Inc.
Wherever I Wind Up - R.A. Dickey & Wayne Coffey

Episode 4 - Backup and Restore

This episode we talk about iCloud, how to restore from a previous back-up, problems we have noticed when trying to restore from a back-up in iCloud. You can not restore certain data you have to wipe the iPad and restore everything which is problematic. We also walk through a couple of apps this week, including: The Masters and Hope Poster. Patrick talks about his review of the Moko Slim Fit Folio and its inauspicious term for the leather it is made out of.

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Please rate and review if you enjoy the show. Thanks!

Show Links:

Changewave Research Survey
Step by Step Instructions for Restoring from an iCloud backup
Samsung Smart Cover
Moko Slim Fit Folio
Moko Slim Review
Marware Case Review
Kingdom Rush™ - Armor Games Inc
The Official Masters Tournament - Augusta National, Inc.
HOPE Poster Photo Filter - 3DTOPO Inc.
MAD Magazine (Cheap!) - DC Comics
Downcast - Jamawkinaw Enterprises