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Turn off the iPad if the device is acting strangely 1. Hold down the power button ( on the top right of the iPad) until you see a slide to power off screen 2. Slide and the device will turn off 3. Press the power button again to turn it on 4. The apple symbol appears, and the screen will return to normal after a few minutes Installing an app on the iPad 1. Open the App Store 2. Tap top charts on the bottom to see a list of suggested apps 3. Choose a category by tapping on all categories on the top left 4. Tap the app you are interested in installing to view more details 5. Notice the rating by the number of stars and the number of reviews it received. 6. Tap free or the $price to download the app 7. Enter your password 8. Wait for the app to download. 9. Tap open to open and use the new app Apps we tried in class Luminosity - brain games Tuneinradio - worldwide radio directory Next class, bring your password Remove apps Share apps you use...

------internet at the Towers------- Wifi at the towers is much more reliable. The speed does vary based on the usage at one-time. If the speed is a problem, enrolling for your own Comcast connection will alleviate the slow connection speed. As more residents with Internet related devices move in the speeds will get slower. Especially when they have Internet Televisions. i.e. Google TV, Roku, or Apple TV. (uses large amounts of bandwidth) Bandwidth - Internet speed (www.speedtest.net) traditional telephone modem  56kb/sec 1st generation DSL 1.5mb/sec = 1500kb/sec towers internet  18mb/sec = 18000kb/sec -----My Wifi keeps dropping the signal/internet------- If your WiFi has problems connecting, make sure you are connected to the proper connection. Computers are setup to automatically jump to other signals if your default signal is not found or is strong. Turn off the Wifi by clicking the radio signal icon on the top right. Choose "turn airport off". The radio signals will bec...

DropBox – File Storage on the Cloud (internet) – 5gb of free storage   1. Visit dropbox.com 2. Click "Sign Up" 3. Enter your information 4. Click "Sign Up" again 5. An installation file will be downloaded, open the installation file and start the installation of Dropbox, Install->Next->etc. 6. Once installation completes, follow the steps and you will be directed to your new dropbox folder in Documents or on the left of an open file window 7. Move documents you want to store on the cloud into that folder 8. They will automatically be uploaded into the cloud for safe keeping     Dropbox also allows you to share files you uploaded into your dropbox 1. Go to dropbox.com 2. Log in 3. Go to the folder you want to share 4. Click the folder with the rainbow on the top right 5. Enter the email address with whom to share the folder and its contents with 6. Share   Other sharing tools Cubby (also 5gb of free storage) http:...

7/9/13 iPad Notes - open forum Moving apps around on the home screen 1) tap and hold till the apps wiggle 2) tap hold and drag the app to where you want to put it, if in another screen, move the icon to the edge for the next screen Stop the wiggling 1) press the home button Beware! Pressing the x on the wiggling icon will remove the app from the iPad. Folders/groups for apps 1)  tap and hold on the app to move 2) drag the app on top of another app to create a group 3) the new group will appear with the title above ( tap to edit the title as needed) Safari - your tool, browser to navigate through he Internet Go to a specific website address, I.e. SFGate.com 1) open safari 2)tap the top white bar 3) tap the x on the right to remove the current address 4) type in the address to go to i.e. SFGate.com( without spaces) 5) press go on the keyboard 6) page will appear Save the page to the desktop or as a bookmark 1) open the page to save 2) tap the arrow and squa...

Dock Remove an Icon 1) Quickly click hold and drag the icon to the desktop Change the position of an Icon on the Dock 1) Quickly click hold and drag the icon to another place on the dock Add an icon to the Dock 1) Click on the "Go" menu 2) Click "applications" 3) find the application you want to add to the dock 4) click hold and drag the icon onto the dock Change the dock settings, position, etc 1) Go to the apple menu (top left) 2) Click "system preferences" 3) Click "dock" 4) Make the needed adjustments Towers Class Instruction Blog sfct.net Instructions/Manual for the Macintosh OS http://www.apple.com/support/osx/ Check the version of the OS 1) Click the apple menu 2) go to "about this mac" 3) your version will be displayed View your serial/build number 1) click on the OS version and the build number, then the serial number will be displayed When doing Google Searches BE SURE to look at the source of the abstract displayed in green...

Online Translators translate.google.com babelfish.com bing.com/translator   1.     Copy and paste the text you want to translate into the original language window. 2.     Choose the language to translate the original language text to. 3.     The translation will appear. **click the speaker to hear the translation**   Use a language learning system online for free Search on google "free Spanish lessons online" Try the different results until you find one easy to use and one that you prefer. Ex. http://www.spanishprograms.com/   Search on youtube.com for language lessons   Or look for networks of people interested in learning languages via the internet, some for free and some paid. You can practice Spanish, they can practice English. http://italki.com/ http://www.palabea.com/ http://livemocha.com/   Search youtube.com for how to videos, language lessons, music, old movies, e...

Backup your computer TimeMachine - Macintosh Computers running OS 10.6 or newer Comes preinstalled with the operating system. 1)Purchase an external Hard Drive and Connect it to the computer (about $70 - $100 from an office store, 2.5" or 3.5") 2)Plug in the hard drive to your USB port 3)Open Time Machine -> go to the apple (top left) -> choose "system preferences" 4)Open Time Machine 5)Click Choose/Select Disk 6)Backups will perform automatically, daily OR.... Online Backup, using paid services like Carbonite.com (must have OS 10.6 or newer) $60 per year Free Macintosh Antivirus Sophos Mac Antivirus 1) go to Google 2) search for Sophos Mac Antivirus 3) click on the appropriate link 4) click "download now" 5) choose the version of os 10 you have 6) follow the installation steps 7) done sophos will appear on the top bar as a shield and s http://www.sophos.com/en-us/products/free-tools/sophos-antivirus-for-mac-home-edition.aspx Web Cameras Watch baby...

iPad notes 6-11-13 iBooks Read books on your iPad Tap store to buy or download a free book 1)tap store on the top left 2)tap the search bar on the top right 3)type in the name of the book you are searching for 4)press search on the keyboard 5) your results will appear 6) tap the book you want 7) tap the price and then download to start the process 8) enter your password if prompted Your book will appear in your collection bookcase Tap to read the book Swipe to turn the page Bookmark the page, top right Change font size and paper color, aA on the top right Make a note or highlight text on the page 1) press and hold 2) tap yellow lined paper to make a note Review table of contents, bookmarks, and notes 1) tap the lines on the top left ----------- Remember! Search =top right Back, to library, list, collection = top left *tap the screen to see these options --  Jason Dare SF Computer Training 415/240-4843 sftowershelp@gm...

When printing from webmail, gmail, yahoo, aol, hotmail use the PRINT ICON on the screen to remove the ads and navigation links. Selecting files Continous files in a group = Click the first file -> hold shift -> click the last file (everything in between will be selected) Multiple files scattered = Click the file -> hold CTRL -> click the next file -> repeat Backup files to a flash drive 1) Select the files/folders to backup 2) right click on any one of the selected files/folders 3) go to "send to" 4) choose the flash drive from the list that appears (note: your files will be COPIED to the flash drive, if there are existing files of the same name, you may be prompted to overwrite the files) Close windows that won't close 1st - ESC 2nd - ALT + F4 Jason Dare Computer Trainer 415/240.4843 learn@sfct.net 1617 Balboa St. San Francisco, CA 94121 www.sfct.net

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