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Tag Archives: iPad

How to Clean Your Tech Items Without Spending a Lot of Dough

Smartphones reportedly carry more germs than a toilet seat. That’s disgusting. Whether true or not, it’s important to keep our smartphones, tablets, desktops, laptops, and other electronic devices clean, especially in these COVID-19 times.  I don’t use alcohol-based cleaning solutions...

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OBS Chapter 5: Hotkeys, More Sources, and Resources

Welcome to the penultimate article in our series on Open Broadcaster Software (OBS). If you have missed the first four chapters in this online book about the free, open-source video production application, you can catch up by following these links:...

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10 Ways to Reuse an Old iPad

So, you've upgraded your iPad, and your old one isn't selling. You don't want to toss it in the trash, but it doesn't seem like it's good for much anymore. What good could a spare iPad, do you? Let's look at the 10 most popular ways to reuse an old iPad.

Capturing Data with Forms in Numbers for iPhone and iPad

Our iPhones and iPads are perfect for data collection in the field; they’re portable, don’t require the use of a keyboard, and can connect to the cloud from almost anywhere. Apple’s free Numbers spreadsheet app is a perfect tool for analyzing data that’s captured on mobile devices, and it also has a relatively unknown feature that creates easy-to-use entry forms. Today I’ll show you how to create a form with Numbers on the iPhone and iPad.

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World Backup Day 2020

It’s March 31, which means it is World Backup Day. This observance is held each year to spotlight the importance of backups and remind people to make backups a habit. Backups are the only way to make sure that your important data is copied to at least one other location so that it is still accessible if your Mac, iPhone or iPad is damaged or lost. Every year, we celebrate World Backup Day here at The Rocket Yard by showing our readers just how easy it is to make backups on all of their Apple devices. If you’re not making regular backups, today’s the day that you should begin. Check out this informative video first, then follow our instructions to start making your backups.

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How To Tell How Many Times A Day You Pick Up Your iPhone

Did you know that a 2019 study found that the average person picked up his or her smartphone 96 times each day? Millennials, those who were born between 1981 and 1996, are even more smartphone-obsessed, with a 2016 report saying...

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