A user of mine had an iPhone 5 that she was syncing with her iTunes library. She had removed everything from her library except a single album. After syncing the phone still had about 40 songs that would not go away. After multiple attempts at deleting them I found the easiest way to wipe all…
Category: Mobile
Using your free 50GB of Box to backup iTunes
I’ve had 50GB free on Box for a while now but haven’t had a use for it. With the 100MB file limit there aren’t a lot of options. Most of my files are on Dropbox due to their integration with most of the services I use. I figured I’d move my iTunes library to my…
Disable Ping in IOS 4.3 for the iPad
Some have reported that their battery doesn’t last as long with IOS 4.3. One recommendation which appears to help is disabling Ping. I took some screen shots to help walk you through disabling Ping on the iPad. First click the Settings app and select General in the left column Then select Restrictions in the right column…
Slow iPod / iPhone / iPad sync times
My iPad was taking upwards of 45 – 75 minutes to do a complete sync. I found a utility that disables the backup portion of the sync which speeds it up significantly. http://www.digidna.net/products/backoff The utility works for all ios devices.
Disable Password Lock on Exchange 2007 for iPhone Users
If you have an iPhone with OS 3.0 or greater and Exchange 2007 it will require you to enable a PIN on your device by default. To disable this you need to… Open the Exchange Management Console Expand the Organization Configuration Click on Client Access Double click your Activesync Mailbox Policy Click the Password tab…
Textnow for iPad!
Installed Textnow for the iPad. It’s been working great so far. I initially tried textfree but they don’t have an iPad app. Textnow definitely works better though. They have mms support, you get an actual phone number, and they support Google Voice. It integrates with your address book and contact pictures so you don’t have…