Ipad 2

[nappyaddict]

How do you transfer photos to it from your memory card?

In my laptop I use either the USB port or my memory card adaptor, but an Ipad 2 doesn't have either of those does it?

Also can you watch things on you tube, bbc iplayer, itv catch up etc on an Ipad?

I (well, dd1 ) have an iPad1.

you can get a camera adaption kit - a memory card reader or a USB cable adapter that plugs into the ipod socket. (sorry, don't know if it is the same for ipad2)

iplayer - yes.

itv/4OD/5 demand no as they need flash player (again, talking form experience with ipad1 and ipod touch here)

hth

oh, you tube fine too.

Can you connect it to a printer?

Also I heard if you download the Firefox broswer as well as Safari then you can use flash player, but not sure if this is true or not?

"Also I heard if you download the Firefox broswer as well as Safari then you can use flash player, but not sure if this is true or not?"

You cannot get any other browser (well almost, see below) for any iOS (iPhone, iPad & iPod Touch) and you cannot get Flash. That's one thing that Apple are very keen on keeping a control over and it would be a substantial shift if they ever changed their mind over it.

That's the long and short of it, but it does get a bit more complicated if you're interested...

I said you can't get any other browser, but things aren't quite that simple....

You can get an app called "Firefox Home" (itunes.apple.com/us/app/firefox-home/id380366933?mt=8). This is not a browser but a way of getting at your desktop bookmarks and history from your iOS device. You still browse using the built in browser.

You can get a "browser" called Opera Mini (itunes.apple.com/us/app/opera-mini-web-browser/id363729560?mt=8). It gets around the rules by technically not actually being a browser and by Opera using some good PR to make sure Apple couldn't say no. However it still can't run Flash.

You can "jailbreak" you iOS device and get around the limits put on it by Apple. But doing that is pretty technical and you're stepping into a geeky world of high tech fiddling and risk breaking the gadget, so it's not recommended for most people. If you want that kind of freedom it's best to go for Android and do it "legally" and properly.

Why don't Apple want people to be able to use Flash?

"Why don't Apple want people to be able to use Flash?"

There are a number of reasons, and how important and "genuine" each one is varies according to your opinion of Apple.

1. Apple believe that iOS should run "Open" standards, things like HTML 5. Flash is propriety and controlled by Adobe.
2. Apple claim that Flash is slow and buggy. Allowing it on iOS would slow the device down, drain the battery and introduce a security risk.
3. Flash would allow anyone to put their own applications on an iPhone rather than through the approved and controlled App Store, this could introduce another security risk, as well as taking away a source of revenue from Apple.
4. Apple promote themselves with an "it just works" image. They do this, in part, by having a "walled garden" where they control quite tightly what runs on your iOS gadget and can make sure that everything works nicely and safely. Allowing Flash and it's previously mentioned ability to run anything onto iOS would throw that out of the window.

There's a massive statement from Apple that gives a lot more detail here:
www.apple.com/hotnews/thoughts-on-flash/

And if you Google around lots of people disagree with Apple's thinking.

Thanks :)

Why does Flash pose a security risk where as Quicktime doesn't?

Does Flash pose a security risk on all computers? I am considering switching from Windows 7 to Mac because I have recently learnt using Windows is quite a big security risk.

Also what about things like DivX player. Can you use that on an Ipad? Also what about cleaning up/fixing programmes like CC cleaner, auslogics disk defrag and driver mender.

an ipad is just an oversized ipod touch (with a sim card possibility if you go for that option)

so no defrag/disk cleaning issues - yu sync it via itunes, and apple magic does the rest

I am not at all techy/geeky, and didn't own anythign apple/ipod related until dd1 needed it. I have learnt the rest on the hop, as we go - she has upgraded form an ipod classic, to an itouch, and now an ipad.

I can do most things for her on her ipad - films etc are easy enough to get through itunes, or rip the dvds and convert. apps are great. the kind of net access she needs s mostly there, but we have come a cropper with a couple of flash issues (eg using Headsprout reading programme), but not a big issue really, as whenever we woudl be doing that, I can use my (Mac) laptop instead - either on home internet, or using my phone as a tether if we are away with no internet coverage.

the ipad is really low maintenance, imo - really is just a giant ipod.

I recently converted to a mac laptop, as I was bored of my Windows computers just giving up the ghost after 18 months or so. I ahve found it really easy - the few issues that have had me gnashing my teeth over how to do them have actually turned out to be me overhtinking it - the solution was there all along, but I was looking for a more complicated way of doing things!

you can always book tech time at an apple store to talk thorugh issues too (and I have found them really helpful if I just drop in with a quick query too)

silverfrog Can you download stuff straight onto the ipad using for example bit torrent or do you have to download it onto your laptop and then transfer it to the ipad?

it would need to go via itunes, to be in the right format (have nevr tried - if you can download straightaway in itunes format, as you can occasionally with stuff, then you'd save it to itunes and sync)

so, download onto laptop - convert into itunes format, sync ipad, and bob's your uncle.

"Why does Flash pose a security risk where as Quicktime doesn't?"

Because Apple write QuickTime and they don't do things like put security risks in software (cough cough).

Flash can do a lot more than QuickTime can, so it's risks are understandably greater.

"Does Flash pose a security risk on all computers?"

Yes. But then on a "normal" computer you can run any software that you like, which is an even bigger security risk. Where as on an iOS device where you cannot currently run anything not approved by Apple the risk of allowing Flash is comparatively much greater.

"I am considering switching from Windows 7 to Mac because I have recently learnt using Windows is quite a big security risk."

Mac OS X is much more secure than Windows, that is one of the best reasons for switching, it's also one of the reasons that I do my personal computing on a Mac.

So you can't download stuff straight onto your ipad and convert it to itunes format?

Can you do that on the Apple laptops?

"So you can't download stuff straight onto your ipad and convert it to itunes format?"

The "iTunes format" is AAC, or MP4, which is a pretty common standard. It can also handle MP3, which is a far more common standard, with no conversion. So MP3s can just be dragged right into iTunes and they just work and can be put onto whatever iOS devices you might use.

"Can you do that on the Apple laptops?"

Yes... Apple laptops are "just" computers and deal with all sorts of different file formats in the same way that Windows can.

It's worth quickly pointing out that most of the things on BitTorrent are illegal copies...

apple laptop you can do all the same stuff as on a pc - but probably (ime so far) much easier.

it really has been a "take it out of the box and away you go" experience.

no to downloading to ipad and converting - must sync thorugh itunes. you can purchase stuff from the appstore direct, and download, and then when you sync it puts in into your itunes on your computer, but not download/convert form anywhere else (afaik)

BadgerPaws

So can I download an MP4 or AAC file straight onto my Ipad or do I need to download it onto the laptop first and then sync it to my ipad?

If you browse to a URL of a music file then I'm pretty sure that Safari will play the file, but that's not the same as getting it downloaded and saved into iTunes.

I "think" the only way to do that is to download it onto a computer and sync it.

There "might" be an app that can download music into iTunes but off of the top of my head I'm not aware of one.

Slight hijack - sorry OP - badgerspaws/silverfrog (IT illiterate)DH has been trying to figure out how to transfer his Itunes library, mostly own cd's he has copied, from his now almost dead laptop to his new macbook. He hasn't managed it yet. Are you effectively saying in your last couple of posts that it isn't possible?

oh no - that is definitely possible.

the way I moved my itunes across form my old PC was to save the entire itunes folder to an external harddrive, and then plug in external drive, locate file, and save to new itunes folder position.

google it, and there will be answers, as occasionally, if the itunes on the new computer has been used already, you can get a double library forming (and I can't remember off the top of my head what to do to prevent this) - there are a few forums with easy to follow steps to do htis.

apple support has awalkthorugh too, I htink.

totally possible, though - have moved my itunes library through 3 computers now.

Very possible...

I think that the iTunes walkthroughs focus on using the iPod as an external disk (no good if you've not got a big iPod with lots of space) or using CDs/DVDs to burn the music to (no good if you've got lots of music).

There's a better tutorial here:
www.ilounge.com/index.php/articles/comments/moving-your-itunes-library-to-a-new-hard-drive/

What's even easier is just to drag the music right out of iTunes and to a folder on an external disk. And then connect that disk to the new machine and drag it right back in again.

Thanks guys, I think the external hard drive is what he used to transfer all his other files so not sure why it didn't happen with the music...will point him in the direction of those tutorials

"Thanks guys, I think the external hard drive is what he used to transfer all his other files so not sure why it didn't happen with the music."

The music might well be there on the external hard disk or new computer but iTunes doesn't automatically see it, it needs to be told that is is there or told to go looking for it. The online stuff should help you out.