In my ongoing effort to manage storage on my iDevices, I wanted to share with you guys a neat feature, once again, that Dropbox offers (I wrote a similar post a few months back). For those of us who enjoy taking photos and videos with our devices, we know that they will take up a…
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How To Quickly Rip A CD Onto Your iPad/iPhone In Ten Minutes Without iTunes
I used to have a ton of CDs. I spent a fortune back over ten years ago collecting them. Now they are all sitting in boxes in my garage. Literally. I almost NEVER use CDs anymore. I don’t even own a CD player. My MacBook Pro doesn’t have a DVD/CD Drive; only my aging PC…
How To Manage Storage On Your iPad
Basic Post: Free up space on your iPad and iPhone! (**Update: I’ve written a second part: Click here after reading this post!) With all the apps that I download on my iPad on iPhone, I am finding myself constantly worrying about running out of storage. I have a 16gb iPad2. When I bought my iPhone5,…
The Cloud is Not a Sure Thing! [+ How to restore deleted files on Dropbox]
Cloud computing has become an integral part of my everyday life, both personally and professionally. However, I wanted to share a couple true-life examples of how the cloud is not entirely stable, and how it should not be the only way you back up your files. Case #1: Apple iCloud While I have shared in…
App #35: Pick Me! ($1.99)
As a teacher, I am sure you have at one time or another struggled with getting all of your students to participate. As a teacher of over twelve years, I have seen in classrooms the small buckets of popsicle sticks with students’ names written on them, ready to be picked by the teacher. Here is…
Use Microsoft Excel Templates in Apple’s Numbers
I wrote a similar post last year, but thought I’d like to expand on this, since it is probably report card time soon for a lot of you. Numbers can be very handy for creating spreadsheets and calculating marks. Numbers is an official Apple app that is their version of the Microsoft spreadsheet program Excel….
Dropbox tip: Save your email attachments directly to Dropbox!
We all know Dropbox is a great tool for placing files onto your iPads. It is a service that allows you to store your documents online and view them on all your computers, mobile devices, and even on any computer via its website. Having Dropbox has literally freed me from EVER plugging in my iPad…
App #31: OnSong – A Music Teacher’s Must-Have App [Promo Codes available!]
Introduction: The app OnSong (official app link) is primarily a musician's app, geared towards band leaders and worship leaders in church. OnSong is a fully featured app, which includes connecting devices such as foot pedals for guitarists and keyboardists. I have been a user of OnSong since the iPad 1 days of 2010. As a…
Dropbox App Updated!
If you follow this blog regularly, you will know that Dropbox is my most used and favorite productivity app. A few days ago, Dropbox updated their iOS app to vastly improve their photo gallery. This is a very welcome improvement. The app is more seems sleek and user friendly. Check out the before and after…
App #28: TubeBox Pro for YouTube [REVIEW]
**Update February 18, 2013 Great news! Thanks to reader Justin, it looks like TubeBox Pro has be re-released under a new name: Instatube. Go download it while it’s free and available! **Update February 4, 2013 This post seems to be getting a lot of hits, so I thought I’d better update it. It looks like…
App #27: AirFile for Dropbox (Update: $4.99)
Update: — Airfile is a third-party Dropbox file-manager application for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. I am sure you will be impressed with what it can accomplish for your Dropbox account. I shared with you my thoughts on Drop Manager for Dropbox a few months ago. I’d like to now let you know about AirFile…
More Dropbox tips!
(If you want to learn more about what Dropbox is, check out this post.) I'd like to share some more quick tips for Dropbox, specifically Dropbox on iOS devices. 1. Using Dropbox, Screenshots, and iMessage: Report card period is upon us teachers once again. I am the French specialist at my school, and I thus…
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