How to get videos from GoodReader to your camera roll

A few days I uploaded a video showing you how to download videos onto your iPad using Safari and the GoodReader application. After uploading it to YouTube I had a comment about how to save those videos from the GoodReader application to the iPad, well it can be done but it cannot be done using GoodReader. I am sure the GoodReader developers could easily add the feature to save the videos to your camera roll on your iPad but sadly that option does not exist.

Here is the step by step how-to on getting videos from the GoodReader application to your camera roll or you could just watch the video above. I am assuming you have already downloaded your videos to the GoodReader app? If not see the link below on how to download videos on your iPad.

1. Locate your video in the GoodReader app


2. Press and hold down the video until you see the Manage File window appear on the right side of GoodReader


3. Click on the Open In menu


4. Select - Open in Box


5. The Box app will open and your video will begin importing, after import select your video


6. With your video selected, tap the 3 dot button on the top right


7. Choose "Save to Library"


8. Open your camera roll and you should now see your video saved to your iPad

Now that you have your videos saved to your camera roll you can easily launch any video editing application and make edits to your video then upload them to your favorite supported video hosting site such as Vimeo or YouTube.

 

How to download videos onto your iPad: http://totalipad.com/how-to-download-videos-to-your-ipad/

 

Download Box app free in the App Store: Box for iPhone and iPad - Box, Inc.

iPad update bug fix

This is not really a bug fix so to speak but just something that I happened to notice tonight while trying to update an iPad. The iPad in question was still running iOS 6.0 and in settings it was showing that the update available was 6.1 when actually the latest version of iOS available is 6.1.2.



I wasn't paying attention to the iOS update version number and every time I would try to update I would get the message as shown in the image above that I was not connected to the Internet. I tried to close Settings and relaunch it and it still would not find the updated version of iOS. I made sure to check that I indeed had Internet access and tried to install again, the same message appeared.

The fix to this issue is easy, reboot the iPad. To reboot the iPad just power it off by holding the power button until you see the slide to power off option, after it powers down turn the iPad back on and now open settings. For me it immediately started searching for the latest version of iOS and I was able to install the current version of iOS 6.1.2.

I have never noticed this before, mostly because I always update my devices as soon as an OS update is available. I know I have seen a lot of people on the Apple Forums and Twitter complaining that their iOS devices are not showing the latest update as available and I would be willing to bet they are running into the same problem as I was.

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How to download videos onto your iPad

This is an iPad video tip on how to download videos from YouTube, Vimeo, or any HTML5 video online onto your iPad. I seen a post yesterday on Macstories about a YouTube downloader 'hack' that looked like an interesting way to grab videos. In the article Mr. Viticci mentions that he was using GoodReader with this method of downloading videos. Well GoodReader already has the ability to download movies from sites like YouTube built right into the application, well not built into the app but a way to add a Safari shortcut that works similar to what was written on Macstories.

Who knows how long before this stops working or maybe even Apple will force GoodReader to remove this from the app? I hope not as I use all the time but mostly just for my own videos I have uploaded on YouTube. I have a lot of personal family videos videos that I keep private and sometimes I like to mashup those videos using vjay on my iPad.

Don't own GoodReader on your iPad? You can grab it from the iOS App Store for $4.99:
GoodReader for iPad - Good.iWare Ltd.

Works great on the iPhone as well:
GoodReader for iPhone - Good.iWare Ltd.

(If video will not play you can watch it on YouTube)

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How to enable AirPlay

Want to mirror your iPad screen onto your television using an AppleTV? This is a quick little iPad tip video showing you how to setup AirPlay on your iPad.

1. Double press your Home Button


2. Swipe from left to right


3. Tap circle with triangle


4. Select AppleTV


5. Turn Mirroring = ON

Shared Photo Stream

With iOS 6 Apple introduced a new feature that not only works well in OS X but also terrific in iOS for the iPad and iPhone. On the iPad side of things shared Photo Stream works great in the Photos app that comes preinstalled on the iPad. Shared Photo Stream is a great way to share your photos with a private album for your family and friends. If you don’t want a private album you can also create a web album for public sharing, just remember it is public and anybody with the link can view the photos if you set it up as public.

Setting up a shared Photo Stream on the iPad is very easy to do. Oddly though you can only use the Photos app to actually create a new Photo Stream album. For some odd reason Apple decided not to add the functionality to iPhoto on the iPad which leaves me totally baffled. I can use iPhoto on the iPad to view my albums, I can also edit the photos in the album but I cannot add anything to the album from the app nor can I create a new shared Photo Stream album. I am not sure why Apple would cripple their most powerful photo app on the iPad? To add insult to injury you can actually create albums to share to Facebook and Flickr which really leaves me more baffled. Not sure what Apple is aiming to accomplish here but it is a head scratcher.

To set up a new shared album to share you will need to do the following:

• Open the Photos app


• In Photos view, tap the edit button on the top right


• Tap on each photo, you will see a blue checkmark appear on your photos


• After selecting each photo, tap the Share button on the top left


• Choose Photo stream


• Choose New Photo Stream


• Name your Photo Stream, Add email recipients, choose Public or not


• Tap Next


• Type a comment for your Photo Stream if you like, if not tap Post on the top right

That is it, you have now created a shared Photo Stream that is either available publicly or if private to those you have invited to view the photos. If you invite someone who is on iOS or OS X they will get a notification on their iPad, iPhone or Mac if they are using the latest versions of the OS (iOS 6 and Mountain Lion). Also others can leave comments or ‘Like’ the photo by tapping the smiley face icon.

Another cool aspect for OS X users is the fact that if you are using Photo Stream with either Aperture or iPhoto the updates to the albums shared by others happen seamlessly. You will get a nice notification in Mountain Lion that will open up either Aperture or iPhoto depending what you are using for Photo Stream. You can easily add new photos in the application to your own Photo Stream album.

A few downsides to Photo Stream are the fact you cannot add your own photos to a Photo Stream created by someone else. I am sure that feature will be added in the near future. As well as the ability to use iPhoto on the iPad and iPhone to create Photo Streams. Shared Photo Streams that are set to private can only be viewed in apps that have access to iCloud such as Photos app or iPhoto, private Photo Streams do not work on iCloud.com, they will also show up in Aperture or iPhoto on OS X depending which app you are using for Photo Stream.

This is probably my favorite feature of iOS 6 and I am glad to have something to finally replace my MobileMe Gallery. Check out my public Total iPad Photo Stream. Have you tried shared Photo Stream? Do you plan on using shared Photo Stream? If so please let me know via Twitter.

For more information about Photo Stream please visit Apple.com.

Restoring your iPad via iTunes

If you need to restore your iPad from a previous backup stored in iTunes the process is very simple. I will keep this short and sweet and hopefully you will be on your way to restoring your iPad in a matter of minutes.

• Connect your iPad to your computer via the USB cable.


• Open iTunes on your computer with your iPad connect via the USB cable.


• In the left panel of iTunes select your iPad, it should be under ‘Devices’.


• Right click on your device in the left panel, in the dropdown menu select ‘Restore from Backup’.


• A dialog box will appear with a list of previous backups, choose your backup.


• With your backup selected press the ‘Restore’ button.

Note:

If you have been backing-up your iPad to iTunes and you restore it from a previous backup, if you did not have ‘Encrypt Local Backup’ checkmarked then your passwords will not be restored. For more information please see this post on Total iPad.

More information can be found on the Apple website.

Increase text size in iPad mail

This is just a quick video tip on how to change the text size in the Mail app on your iPad. A few days ago my mother asked me if there was a way to increase the text size so that she didn't have to 'outward squeeze' each individual email message. Of course there is a way I told her, it is as simple as:

1. Open the Settings app on your iPad


2. Tap General in the left panel


3. Navigate to Accessibility in the right panel


4. Tap on Large Text


5. Choose your desired text size

Now when you open your Mail app you should see the enlarged text displayed on your iPad.

 



 

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How to enable or disable Black on White on your iPad

Just a quick iPad tip video on how to enable or disable Black on White on your iPad.

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Turn off Archiving in Gmail on the iPad

A quick iPad tip or actually it is an iOS tip as this same tip applies to the iPhone and iPod Touch as well. If you do not want to archive your deleted emails in Gmail using the Mail.app on your iOS device. To disable archiving you will need to do the following:

1. Open Settings >


2. Mail, Contact, Calendars >


3. Select your Gmail account >


4. Archiving = OFF

 

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FaceTime camera-in-camera

This is a terrific tip for the iPad, it comes from Ben Lloyd.

When using FaceTime on the iPad or iPhone, you can move the camera-in-camera window to any of the corners of your screen. So if the person you are calling is hidden by the feed from your camera, just tap-n-drag the little window to one of the other corners and you can then view the other person unhindered.

I thank Ben for this awesome tip, you can also find Ben on Twitter and Google+.




** More about FaceTime. Image via Apple.

Customize Spotlight Search on your iPad

A quick iPad tip on customizing Spotlight Search on your iPad. You can adjust what Spotlight will search for and set what order your want your searches to appear in.

To adjust Spotlight on your iPad do the following:

1. Open the Settings application


2. Tap on the General tab in the left panel


3. Scroll down and find 'Spotlight Search'


4. Remove the check mark from any of the listings you do not want to appear


5. You can re-order by dragging the 3 prong icon in the order you want searches to appear

 

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Other data on your iPad

Have you ever connected your iPad to your computer and wondered what the 'Other' space was?



 

If you sync a lot of documents to applications like GoodReader, DragNSync, or anything other application that reads external files, your storage use on your iPad will increase.

You can remove some of your data on your iPad by doing the following:

1. Open Settings >


2. General >


3. Usage > Tap the button labeled 'Show All Apps'

You will now see the name of each application installed on your iPad and how much storage space that application is using. If you tap on the application name you will get additional information such as the version number, the total amount of storage the application is using as well as how much storage space is being used by the applications 'Documents & Data'.



From this screen you can delete the application and remove all of the data on the iPad that might be using up valuable storage space or you can open the application and remove some of the data stored within the application. You will notice in the screen shot above Instatcast is only 5.4MB but the application is actually using up 2.7GB of storage space on my iPad. I could open up Instacast and delete some of the podcast that I have downloaded in the application and it would give me back some of my storage space on my iPad.

After you delete some of the data on your iPad if a large amount of 'Other' data remains that means that a file or data on the iPad  is most likely corrupt. To remove that corrupt data you would need to backup your iPad and then do a complete restore of your iPad. After the restore you can recover all your data from your previous backup. For instructions on how to backup and restore your iPad via iCloud please see this article.

 

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Sync your saved passwords and encrypt your data

When you backup your iPad or any iOS device that has saved passwords you need to make sure you have "encrypt backup" check marked in iTunes. If you restore from that backup your saved passwords will not sync if you do not have that box checked. I backup my iPad to both iCloud and my Mac via iTunes, I figure it can't hurt to have a backup in multiple places.

 

To configure your iPad to backup with encryption turned on you will need to do the following:

• Connect iPad to your computer


• Open iTunes


• Select your iPad in the left panel


• Select the Summary tab (it is default so it should be selected when you launch iTunes)


• Scroll down to the Backup section


• Checkmark 'Encrypt local backup'


• Create a password and verify that password (you can also store in the Keychain if you are on a Mac)


• Your iPad will now start backing up with your data encrypted

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iPad File Sharing

This is a just a quick tip on how to use File Sharing on the iPad via iTunes.  "How do I share files from my iPad or to the iPad?" - I see this question asked a lot on Twitter and on the Apple.com support boards.

 

File Sharing:

1. Connect your iPad to your Mac or Windows PC


2. Open iTunes


3. Select your iPad in the left panel


4. Select Apps in the top menu


5. Scroll down to the 'File Sharing' area


6. Select your App


7. Drag and drop your document or file (to or from)


8. If you are dragging to the iPad, tap sync

 

You can share any type of file to the iPad, just remember not all applications will support all file types. A great example would be iMovie, you can easily import your videos to iMovie but the video file needs to be the correct file format or iMovie will not recognize it.

 

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How to authorize and transfer purchases from iPad

If you have a new Mac or Windows computer and you want to transfer your iOS purchases from your iPad or iPhone to iTunes on your new computer, you will need to authorize you new Mac or Windows PC first. This is a quick tip on how to authorize and transfer your purchases to your new computer.

To authorize on your Mac:

1. Connect your iPad (or iOS device) to your Mac


2. Open iTunes


3. Click on Store in the top menu bar


4. Click 'Authorize This Computer'


5. Log in with your Apple ID

 

To transfer purchases from your iPad to  your Mac:

1. With your device still connected to your Mac right click on your iPad (or iOS device) in the left menu under 'Devices'


2. Click on 'Transfer Purchases from 'device name'

 

For more information you can visit Apple.com for a more thorough explanation.

Email multiple photos on your iPad

A quick tip on how to email multiple photos from your iPad. You can email up to 5 images on your iPad in the mail application.

How to:

1. Open the Photos app on your iPad


2. Select your album


3. Tap the share icon


4. Select your photos (up to 5)


5. Tap Share


6. Select email

How to block adult sites on the iPad

A quick tip on blocking adult content from Safari on your iPad. There are no settings to actually do this in Safari on the iPad it has to be done via your router on your home network.


More info about Parental Controls
Setup OpenDNS


[box type='notice']Notice - This will only work when you are on your home network. Using cellular data or a different WiFi source will disable these restrictions[/box]

Export GarageBand files to edit on Mac

Are you creating music with GarageBand on your iPad but would like to edit them in GarageBand or Logic on your Mac? You can easily accomplish this by following these simple steps below.

On the iPad:
Open GarageBand on your iPad >
Tap the edit button >
Tap on your song(s) that you want to edit >
Tap the share icon "rectangle with arrow busting out" >
Select share song via iTunes >
Choose format GarageBand.

On your Mac:
Connect your iPad (or iPhone or iPod Touch) to your Mac >
Open iTunes >
Select your iPad in the left panel >
Select Apps in the top menu in iTunes >
Scroll down to the File Sharing section >
Select the GarageBand app icon >
Click on your saved file >
Tap Save To >
Choose a location computer and click Open.

Now you can open your saved GarageBand file in either GarageBand or Logic on your Mac.

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How to change your Game Center nickname

Are you unhappy with your current Game Center nickname? Why not change it? In this video I will show you the very easy process of chaining your Game Center nickname.


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Ripping DVDs to your iPad

Ripping your DVD movies onto your Mac, iPhone or iPad has never been easier. For me Ripit makes this all possible. RipIt is a paid application for your Mac, RipIt cost $24.95 but you can try it first before buying. The trial version will give you 10 DVD rips before deciding to purchase. Take my word for it, no need for the trial go ahead and buy it. I have tried quite a few other DVD ripping applications on the Mac and there are some other great apps but RipIt is the easiest to use. After installing RipIt, it is a 3 step process to rip the movies and get them onto your iPad:

• Insert DVD


• Press Compress button


• Sync video to your iPad

RipIt Quick Start Guide
RipIt Help Center

[box type='notice']It is not illegal for you to backup your DVD collection for personal use.[/box]

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