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The iPad 2 Project Book: Stuff you can do with your iPad

1. Michael e cohen Dennis R cohen lisa spangenbe Rg The iPad 2 Project Book Stuff you can do with your iPad MICHAEL E COHEN DENNIS R COHEN LISA L SPANGENBERG PEACHPIT PRESS The iPad 2 Project Book Michael E Cohen Dennis R Cohen and Lisa L Spangenberg Peachpit Press 1249 Eighth Street Berkeley CA 94710 510 524 2178 510 524 2221 fax Find us on the Web at www peachpit com To report errors please send a note to errata peachpit com Peachpit Press is a division of Pearson Education Copyright 2011 by Michael E Cohen Dennis R Cohen and Lisa L Spangenberg Executive editor Clifford Colby Editor Kathy Simpson Production editor Danielle Foster Compositor Danielle Foster Indexer Rebecca Plunkett Cover design Peachpit Press Interior design Peachpit Press Notice of Rights All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form by any means electronic mechanical photocopying recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of the publisher For information on getting permission for reprints and excerpts contact permissions peachpit com Notice of Liability The information in this book is distributed on an As Is basis without warranty While every precaution has been taken in the preparation of the book neither the author nor Peachpit shall have any liability to any person or entity with respect to any loss or damage cause
2. 35 Moving multiple emails to a single folder 36 Contact and Calendar Management Project 38 Sort your COMMACIS 12 cic aametxidadcavconeheaniencndades 38 Changing the sort order and presentation Of contact NAMES 6 eee tenes 38 Set a default contacts accOUNt 6 cece eee eee 39 Setting a default account for new contacts 40 Set a calendar cacinee dew nna 40 Setting a default calendar i01i lt i0wbeeenceddeeciaaes 40 Subscribe to a calendar uunnununnnnn anaana 42 Subscribing to a Web based calendar 42 Removing a Web based calendar subscription 42 vii viii Contents Hear calendar alertS 0 00 ccc cece cence eee eens 43 Turning on alert soundS lt 424 424 e4dewanddiownddd sawan 43 Use Time Zone Support 0 cece cee eee 44 Setting the Date amp Time time zone setting 45 Setting Time Zone Support ccc aerar errre 45 GetdiirecHON S eiseres perrea E EE E E 46 Seeing a contact s address with the Maps app 46 Getting directions from your location to a CONLACE S AdU ESS cerraran E E EEE canes 46 iPad Protection Project ssu creirerieris iiaae be eed eae ene 48 Fasten the passcode lock 0 0 cece cee 49 Setting a Dass COG re ntat esi deetcn tema arad oa ceante 49 Changing the passcode lock interval 0 51 Think of the children and the adults 52 Setting up restrictiO
3. 00 00 c eee eee 196 Create a PDF from adocument 0 00 cee eee 197 Creatine a lO ae ee iaid 198 Make an e book with Scrivener 0 00 cee eee es 199 Creating an e book with Scrivener 00 200 Movie and TV Show Syncing Project anuau aeaa 202 Sync MOV ES oauan anera Be ean we et teat aetna 202 Turning ON MOVIE Syncing 6 es 203 Syncing all movies 1i0kdw vc cuebwiteotescunnnue ses 204 Syncing new or old MovieS 0 cece een 205 Syncing selected movies and movie playlists 205 Contents Sync TV show episodes 0 0 c cece eee eee een 206 Turning on TV show Syncing 0 ccc eee eee 207 Syncing new or old episodes 0 cece ee 208 Syncing episodes of selected TV shows 208 Syncing all TV SNOWS ccs etcaciiwdonenndevneede tens 209 Streaming Internet Video Project 0 0 cece eee 210 Get the TV software 0 ccc ccc eee een ees 211 Obtaining ABC Player auauna 212 WSC ABC Playel shee xin drhenn A EEEE EELE EEE 212 Viewing ABC s featured favorites 00 eee 212 Seeing what s on the schedule aaua 214 Checkine it allkssrrrrririrr nr REEERE 214 Reviewing your viewing history 00e eee 215 Giving ABC feedback 0 0 ccc een 216 View the video Stream cece cece eee e eens 216 Controlling video playback 0 c cece eee 217 Watch movies and TV on demand 000e 218 Getting Started with
4. Tap the Add to Instant button Netflix adds the movie to a list of movies you want to watch when you get a chance Searching for video 1 Log in to Netflix and select the Search tab 2 Type key words in the Search box Netflix presents a list of matches Figure 3 52 Some matches are marked as being unavailable however and others are marked as being available only via disc subscription for an additional 2 per month and a lack of instant gratification Figure 3 52 Sometimes Netflix tells you about titles that you can t stream along with the ones you can Figure 3 53 This screen displays the movies and TV shows you ve put in your waiting list Chapter 3 Music Books and Movies on the iPad 221 The Dawn Rider TNG TV PG 53r John Wayne American Legend 2004 NA kkk John Wayne The Later John Wayne Lone Years Cowboy 2001 NA 32 NR ERTI ERRA John Wayne King of the West 1936 NR n r John Wayne s Tribute to America NR The John Wayne Story The John Wayne The Early Years Cliffhanger Collection 1995 NA 02 NR kkkn Rki 3 Tap the title of something that is available That movie s Info screen appears 4 Do one of the following e Tap the Play button Netflix spins the wait cursor for a few seconds and then starts playing your selection e Tap the Add to Instant button Netflix adds the movie to a list of movies you want to watch when you get a chan
5. 188 Figure 3 22 The music syncing pane lists art ists genres and albums The iPad 2 Project Book 6 Optional Select Include music videos Keep in mind that each music video takes up considerably more space than a typical song But if you have the space see the nearby sidebar why not 7 Click the Apply button in the bottom right corner of the iTunes window iTunes begins copying your entire Music library to your iPad Depending on the size of the library and the speed of your computer this process can take several minutes so be patient you have to do this only once When you add more songs to your iTunes Library only the additional songs will be copied to your iPad the next time you sync Sync artists and genres If your iTunes Music library is too large for your iPad or if you just don t want to copy the whole thing you can narrow down which songs get synced in several ways One of the easiest ways is to choose your favorite musical artists musical genres and albums and then sync only the music that matches your choices iTunes presents the artists genres and albums associated with your songs in the music syncing pane for your iPad right below the main music syncing options Figure 3 22 You use the check boxes in these lists to select your favorites Sarmeary f Ape kgn QOD rrie TV Shew P i for Protat Automatically ft ace with songs Playlists Artists J Purchased Aaron Copland M op Purchas
6. Figure 3 78 Select the category of the content you want to play POXWORTHY S rirg ThreeMoons Ony Milf P a V2 jai VA 6 Tap the thumbnail that represents the actual content you want to share then tap the Play button that appears The content starts to play on your iPad When you close iTunes on a computer that s serving Home Sharing content all connections are severed Therefore if you want to continue sharing the iTunes Library don t quit iTunes log out or shut down the serving computer A AAC format 184 185 187 ABC Player about 211 checking network schedule on 214 commercials on 216 217 218 controlling playback on 217 downloading 212 giving feedback to 216 keeping up with series episodes 215 viewing episodes available 214 215 watching featured favorites on 212 213 addresses adding to contacts from email 25 typing shortcuts for 28 Air Video See also Air Video Server controls for 238 239 converting video in 236 237 242 full screen mode for 239 obtaining 231 232 operating in landscape orientation 236 playing your video in 236 239 setting up Air Video Server 232 235 236 streaming content to HD TV 239 updating display 239 using with AppleTV 242 Air Video Server about 231 enabling access for 236 installing 232 setting up 232 235 236 AirPlay converting content to AppleTV with 242 Home Sharing vs 240 speakers compatible with 240 streaming audio
7. 187 defining chord strumming and finger picking 174 175 designing Smart Playlists for 194 editing song genres 189 exporting songs to iTunes 184 185 including songs on playlist 192 193 iPad s storage capacity for 186 managing iTunes syncing manually 196 presetting chords for 173 174 setting up song in GarageBand 171 173 sharing song files via email 185 syncing iTunes Music library with iPad 186 188 tempo for 175 176 Music Syncing Project 186 196 See also music about 186 choosing syncing categories 188 189 creating iPad playlists 194 196 making and syncing iTunes playlists 190 194 manually managing music syncing 196 sharing iTunes Music library with iPad 186 188 Smart Playlists 194 music videos 210 N naming movie project 227 228 playlist folders 192 narrating movies 226 227 NAT PMP Network Address Translation Port Mapping Protocol 236 navigating GoodReader 101 102 between Keynote and Safari 139 Trunk Notes 61 Netflix about 211 218 219 getting started with 219 playing queued media in 221 222 searching for titles 220 221 selecting genre and movie in 219 220 NetRatings 211 Network Address Translation Port Mapping Protocol NAT PMP 236 New Contact form Contacts 22 notes syncing 9 yellow note marker 105 On My Mac calendars 15 P Pages for iPad 127 138 choosing document templates 129 creating recipe scrapbook in 127 134 customizing recipes with 134 137 ex
8. Favoriting Epicurious re Cipe S 6 cece ee 116 Displaying your Epicurious favorites 05 116 Viewing and emailing a recipe s shopping list 1 PO CUO Sx cas Gor od Sees eee ee oo ee kk A 118 Get the BigOven app and create an account 119 Getting started with BigOven 0 cece 120 Entering your BigOven account info inthe app 120 Find recipes with BigOven 0 00 ccc cece een 121 Searching for recipes in BigOven 00005 121 Mark and find favorite recipes in BigOven 124 Marking favorite recipes in BigOven 05 124 Viewing favorite recipes in BigOven 00 125 Share BigOven re cipeS 6 cee 126 Emailing a recipe from BigOven 0 0 eae 126 Create a recipe scrapbook in Pages 00 eeu ee 127 Importing an emailed recipe into Pages 127 Creating a recipe file for your scrapbook 131 Copying recipe ingredients to the scrapbook 132 Importing an image into Pages 0 cece eee 135 Inserting an image into the scrapbook 135 Fash GaNGUr TO CC eycncease viet het acer ania we E heeds 138 Get your app IN Blar weet eee 138 ACOUINING Keynote crees ioei ended eee e eee 139 Translate some words and phrases 0 0 000 ee 139 Translating with Google Translate 005 140 Collect some illustrations diyiced ween enayeed eae 141 Gathering images with Goog
9. When you have the project the way you want it return to the orig inal My Projects screen by tapping the My Projects button at the top center of the My Project screen Your project is front and center in the My Projects screen below a Now Playing marquee that lists the project s name Give your project a name Although My Project could be a functional movie title it isn t as compel ling as The High and the Mighty or even as descriptive as Marcus s Little League Opener You really want to add an evocative title so that you can find the movie easily later Naming your movie 1 Tap the project title in the marquee to select it The project s title is highlighted and the virtual keyboard appears Figure 3 61 on the next page 228 The iPad 2 Project Book Figure 3 61 Selected project s M V t MurF aC E rte EFFEEF EFEFEF 2 Tap the little x at the right end of the highlighted area The current title disappears 3 Type your new project title Fill your distribution channels Sometimes people create videos for their own use but most movies are created for a wider audience friends family members or the world at large Now that the project has a name it s time to determine where you want it to be distributed iMovie makes it easy for you to send the project to several video sharing sites Sharing your movie 1 Tap the curved arrow Action button at the bottom of the My Project scr
10. have it open iTunes and take you right to the download page http itunes apple com us app garageband id408709785 mt 8 Set up a song When you open a newly installed copy of GarageBand it creates a new song for you and shows you the Instruments screen Figure 3 2 If you see anything else you need to create a new song yourself Instruments bddbbis Keyboard Play an onscreen keyboard with piano organ and synth sounds Here s what you may see when you open a previously used GarageBand app e The My Songs screen showing the songs you ve created so far The My Songs screen telling you that no songs have been created yet a An incomplete song on which you ve been working Starting a new song 1 Open the GarageBand app 2 Do one of the following things e If you see the My Songs screen which shows one or more existing songs tap the New Song button at the bottom of the screen and then tap New Song in the popover Figure 3 3 on the next page 172 The iPad 2 Project Book Figure 3 3 Making a new song when you have other songs available Figure 3 4 The My Songs screen when you haven t cre ated a song yet Figure 3 5 The My Songs button takes you to the My Songs screen from within a song Duplicate Song i Action button Trash button iPad My Songs l 7 4 3 5 Import button New Song button If you see an empty My Songs screen Figure 3 4 tap the center of the screen to s
11. viewing presentation 151 L landscape orientation for Air Video 236 language flash cards See Flash Card Project links in Markdown 70 71 lists 68 69 logging in to Dropbox 84 85 looping recording region 181 182 M Mail checking for spam 30 31 deleting email with swipe 35 drafting email 27 previewing Word file in 82 83 selecting emails for deleting 32 34 sending wiki via 62 shortcuts for addresses and photos in 28 turning on Show To Cc Label 30 31 viewing universal Inbox in 37 Mail Management Project 19 38 See also email Mail about 19 20 adding contacts 20 24 deleting single email 31 drafting email 27 managing mailboxes 28 29 moving email to different folder 35 37 removing multiple emails 32 35 mailboxes defined 20 managing 28 29 moving email to different 35 37 Make a Movie Project 223 230 See also movies about iMovie 223 naming movie project 227 228 narrating movies 226 227 sharing movies 228 230 starting your own movies 224 227 Make Music Project 170 185 See also music adding drum track 182 183 creating song in GarageBand 171 175 looping selected region of recording 181 182 preparing to records in GarageBand 175 176 250 Index Make Music Project continued recording GarageBand tracks 176 181 resetting tempo 183 184 saving and exporting recording to iTunes 184 185 using Smart Guitar 173 175 Make Your Own E Books Project 196 201 about e book file formats 197 creating e
12. 3 Music Books and Movies on the iPad 175 As you ve just seen and heard each number on the Autoplay dial provides three different strumming and finger picking patterns for each chord depending on the number of fingers with which you tap a chord strip All told you can choose among 12 Autoplay patterns for each Smart Guitar chord Prepare to record With GarageBand you can record songs with up to eight tracks By default you record each track in eight bar sections If you don t know what a bar is don t worry you don t have to know By some strange coincidence each strumming and picking pattern refer to Autoplaying your guitar earlier in this project lasts for one bar before it repeats In this part of the project you use those patterns to your advantage You record an eight bar selection of chords using four chords and playing each chord pattern twice When you finish you ll end up with a portion of a song that probably sounds familiar to you because it s been used in several songs over the years First though you need to set up the tempo Chow fast the patterns play in number of beats per minute You also set up a metronome count in so that you can become familiar with the tempo before you start playing Setting up the recording 1 Inthe top right corner of the Smart Guitar screen tap the Song Settings button to open the Song Settings popover Figure 3 8 Song Settings Metronome Count irn Sound T
13. 35 37 recovering from Trash 31 sending recipe shopping list via 118 119 sending wiki via 62 sharing recipes from BigOven via 126 song sharing via 185 syncing account settings for 8 viewing in Mail s universal Inbox 37 enabling disabling See turning on off Epicurious browsing recipes in 112 115 favorite recipes in 116 117 navigating in 115 recipe searches in 114 115 viewing and emailing recipe shopping list 118 119 episodes See TV show episodes ePub format 197 199 201 events for calendars 41 exporting documents in ePub format 199 flash cards 153 songs to iTunes 184 185 F favorites BigOven recipe 124 125 featured on ABC Player 212 213 marking Dropbox files 86 87 marking Epicurious 116 117 file formats choosing song 184 185 187 compatible with iPad 80 81 e book 197 video 230 Index 247 files See also file formats PDF documents annotating PDF 102 106 compressing song 187 downloading to GoodReader 98 99 emailing to yourself 80 81 favoriting in Dropbox 86 87 first time modifying PDF 104 sharing via Dropbox 88 89 transferring from computer to GoodReader 92 95 Find My iPhone app 57 finding lost iPad 54 58 Flash Card Project 138 153 about 138 creating flash card deck with Keynote 145 149 exporting flash cards 153 gathering images for 141 143 printing flash cards 152 153 translating words and phrases for 139 141 149 using Keynote for 138 139 viewing presentation 151 folders c
14. ABC Player 212 213 Web based calendar subscriptions 42 43 Internet Messages Access Protocol IMAP 20 29 invitations Dropbox Web sharing 91 sending via email 43 iPad background video streaming on 234 235 connecting to computer 3 creating playlists on 194 196 Don t Fall Asleep setting for 75 editing techniques in 149 effect of e book formats on 197 finding lost 54 58 installing Read it Later bookmarklet on 109 iPod touch vs 186 keeping it awake 75 137 kitchen uses for 137 manually managing music syncing 196 modifying documentation for 201 moving rented movies to and from computer on 210 opening Instapaper account on 106 107 operating Air Video in landscape orientation 236 passcode for 49 51 preventing syncing with computer 3 10 printing PDF documents to 198 199 protecting with plastic food storage bag 137 restricting app access on 52 54 saving movie to Camera Roll album 229 sharing file with computer from 95 storage capacity of 186 streaming audio and video from iPad to 240 242 syncing files in Dropbox on 84 Time Zone Support feature 44 46 transferring files from iTunes to 93 95 unable to create new calendars on 40 wiping data on 58 iPad Chef Project 111 137 See also BigOven Epicurious recipes about 111 112 creating BigOven app account 119 121 favorites in BigOven 124 125 finding BigOven recipes 121 124 finding Epicurious recipes 112 115 making recipe sc
15. To watch the first episode of a new series like Body of Proof in Figure 3 43 tap the Watch the Series Premiere button e To watch episodes of a series that s between seasons tap the button labeled Catch Up on Season n where n is the number of the just completed season 4 To view a specific episode of one of the shows displayed below the scrolling thumbnail tap that episode s thumbnail 5 To modify what s being displayed in the various thumbnails tap Most Popular Most Recent or Staff Picks 214 The iPad 2 Project Book Figure 3 44 Pick an Seeing what s on the schedule ABC episode f th ne To check out the network schedule tap the Schedule button at the weekly calendar display bottom of the ABC Player screen You see a screen resembling the one shown in Figure 3 44 abe schedule y sun mon tue wed ww The Math Class Ms Rinsky Dorie Roberts asks Frankas het Geachury math 5 wo Que wg shis Sue and Axl consider helping thee suni find a lime cape de she buned Modern Family Strangers on a Treadmill Haley tees to toach Alea how bo be cool Watch Now modermnfam ily Mr Sunshine EA We ie The Assistant nt yoa When Roman becomes Alce 7 ca MR SUNSHINE watcn Now eee Off The Map Hold on Tight MSE BCA em Thede 2 Tap the desired day of the week to find that day s shows in their ABC time slots As you can see in Figure 3 44 some shows aren t available for viewing o
16. and a dialog Figure 3 68 informs you that you can still access it via an icon in the main menu bar Mac or system tray Windows You re good to go and should find your specified content available in the Air Server app on your iPad Figure 3 69 Chapter 3 Music Books and Movies on the iPad 235 Server Running No Closing this window does mor quit the application You can access the application through loon in menubar ofja 0 2m Conversion Settings Remote Subtitles Logs holder TL Users dre Movies 00 ToEne Do not display this warning again Volurnes My Book TY Shysa iTunes Playlist Close i Add Disk Falder Add Tunes Playlist l Remove Selected Add Folder Add iTunes Playlist Kemove Selected jam treo Close Figure 3 67 Make sure that Server is turned on i Figure 3 68 Use the menu bar or system tray icon to access the faceless Server application Figure 3 69 Your PM selected folders and Global Setings their contents are now e e il available on your iPad le 2007EmmyMusicaiNumbers thet 83 MB Pilot Pilot 5223 601 MB InPtainSight301 4221 228 MB InPlainSight302 InPlainSight303 4235 220 MO InPlainSight304 41 00 266 MB 236 The iPad 2 Project Book Setting Additional Server Preferences In the Air Video Server Preferences dialog refer to Figure 3 64 earlier in this project you can click the other tabs to set various preferenc
17. choose all 3 From the second pop up menu in the Automatically include option choose all shows All the lists in the TV Shows syncing pane vanish After all you don t need these lists if you re syncing everything 4 Inthe bottom right corner of the iTunes window click Revert In this project you ve been playing around with a lot of settings to see what they do Unless you want them to take effect and chances are excellent that you don t it s best to revert to your orig inal settings and then plan how you really want to sync your TV shows and movies After all now you know how to do it that s what this project has been about Happy viewing But first stay tuned for these important messages 210 The iPad 2 Project Book What About Music Videos In addition to TV shows and movies you may have music videos in your iTunes Library videos that were included with albums you purchased or that you purchased individually Music videos sync according to the same criteria you set for the songs in your Music library if you set the right music syncing option In the Music syncing pane in the first group of options select the Include music videos option That s it Now when you sync your music your music videos come along for the ride You ll find them on your iPad in the Video app s Music Videos category Moving Movie Rentals You can t sync movies that you ve rented from the iTunes Store on your computer You can move r
18. content as digital rights management DRM content Copy protection and DRM are the same thing when you re dealing with digital material Because the DRM content you obtain from the iTunes Store is already in an iPad compatible format and you can sync it to your iPad why can t Air Video stream it Well the DRM license that the lawyers impose on Apple precludes streaming of DRM content except in controlled and negotiated situa tions such as AppleTV and AirPlay through iTunes Therefore if you want to watch video from the iTunes Store on your iPad using Air Video that s about the only video that Air Video won t handle and that you ll have to sync to view AirPlay will stream the video from iTunes on your local network but the content isn t available over the Internet as in the case of Air Video 232 The iPad 2 Project Book Obtaining the Air Video software 1 Point your Web browser to www inmethod com 2 Click the button labeled Get Air Video from the iTunes App Store or click the link for the free version 3 Inthe App Store follow the familiar steps to complete your acquisi tion and download the app to your iTunes Library 4 Sync your iPad so that the software is installed on your iPad You can combine steps 2 4 by connecting to the App Store on your iPad and making the purchase there Remember that Air Video won t be backed up to your computer until your next sync 5 Back on the InMethod Web site click th
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20. in the center of the screen as directed to create a new project A new My Project screen opens Figure 3 56 The top left pane shows content that s available to be added to your project in Figure 3 56 a short video clip shot with the iPad s camera that resides in the Camera Roll album Chapter 3 Music Books and Movies on the iPad 225 Figure 3 56 A new Tap to change settings project waiting for you to start creating and editing your movie Available content Camcorder icon Camera icon My Project Tap _ or O to insert media Tap S to record from camera Tap to edit Timeline Tap to record narration audio levels Tap to add background audio 4 To add some footage to your project do one or more of the following e Tap a video clip to select it An orange outline appears around the selected clip and a curved arrow appears in the center of the clip Tap the arrow and iMovie moves the clip into the timeline at the bottom of the screen e Tap the camera icon to select a still image Navigate through your photos to find a still image that you want to add to the timeline a handy way to create a slideshow Figure 3 57 on the next page shows the project with both a video clip and a still image in the timeline 226 The iPad 2 Project Book e Tap the camcorder icon to record video for direct insertion into the timeline You re using the Camera app from within iMovie with access to all the expected featur
21. library from which you want to retrieve video in the Shared pane Chapter 3 Music Books and Movies on the iPad 4 Do one of the following things 243 a Open your iPad s iPod app tap the Library entry to open a Home Sharing popover and choose the library from which you share audio Figure 3 76 Podcasts Audiobooks Barry Manilow Gre J Barry Manilow Gre Barry Manilow Sin BetteMidlerSongbo I Bobby Darin Wild y Home Sharing V My iPad Dennis Cohen s Library Ace in The Hole Across the Alley Fr Addio Mi Amore Adeste Fideles After The Gold Rush After Twenty Years Ain t Nobody Here Ain t That Better Ba Air Heads Air Heads Airmail SPecial Al Di La ee alll Artists Ella Fitzgerald Ihe Cole Porter Songb The Mills Brothers Best of the Decca Years nie Francis Souvenirs Disc 4 Mills Brothers Merry Christma Linda Ronstadt It Best Of Lin Bill Engval cheap drunk An Autob intend to a Open your iPad s Video app tap the Shared tab and choose the library from which you intend to play video Figure 3 77 We had only one shared library at the time we wrote this project so that s what you see in the figure fb PM Shared 244 The iPad 2 Project Book 5 At the top of the resulting screen tap the tab that represents the type of content you want to share Movies TV Shows Podcasts Music Videos or iTunes U Figure 3 78
22. much in common with the iPod touch In particular your iPad has a built in iPod that you can use to play the thousands of songs your iPad can hold To act in its secret identity as a giant iPod touch however your iPad needs songs to play If you re among the ever shrinking number of souls who ve never had an iPod or even if you have one but find the whole music syncing thing to be mystifying this project shows you how to get the songs you want by the artists you want in the styles you want from your iTunes Library to your plus size iPod touch Sync everything If you have a relatively small iTunes Library that is one that can fit easily into your particular iPad s storage space deciding what music to put on your iPad is simple Just put your whole Music library on the device and don t worry about it Even the smallest capacity iPad has ample room to hold several thousand songs Apple provides a ballpark estimate of about 250 songs per gigabyte Going by that estimate a 16 GB iPad can store 4 000 songs and still have a third of its storage space left for documents pictures apps and other stuff Assuming that your Music library fits on your iPad getting it there is just a few clicks and a sync away Chapter 3 Music Books and Movies on the iPad 187 Making Smaller Songs to Save Space Songs can be stored in various formats some of which take up more space than others do To conserve iPad storage space do the fol
23. on the iPad 205 Syncing new or old movies 1 Below the Sync Movies check box in the Movies pane check the Automatically include x movies option if it isn t already checked 2 From the pop up menu in the middle of the preceding option s name choose any option other than all or all unwatched Figure 3 36 all 1 most recent 3 most recent 5 most recent 10 most recent all unwatched 1 most recent unwatched 3 most recent unwatched 10 most recent unwatched 1 least recent unwatched 3 least recent unwatched 5 least recent unwatched 10 least recent unwvatched When you make any choice other than all or all unwatched all the lists of movies and playlists in the Movies syncing pane become active iTunes uses the date when each movie was added to the iTunes Library not the movie s release date to figure out which movies are the most or least recent From the pop up menu you can choose to sync automatically one or more of the most recent watched movies you can choose one or more of the most recent unwatched movies or you can choose one or more of the least recent unwatched movies For some reason however you can t choose to sync the least recent watched movies those you have to select manually Syncing selected movies and movie playlists 1 Below the Sync Movies check box in the Movies tab do one of the following things e Clear the Automatically include x movies check box e From the pop up menu in
24. options in the Music pane and TV Shows pane take effect so you need to look in those panes as well and adjust your syncing options note If Manually manage music and videos is selected in the Options Syncing all movies 1 Below the Sync Movies heading in the Movies pane click the Automatically include x movies check box 2 Choose the option titled all from the pop up menu in the middle of the preceding option s name Figure 3 35 Figure 3 35 When you Summary Info Apps Music se TV Shows Podcasts iTunes U Books Photos sync all movies the i M Sync Movies 91 movies other options in the Movies syncing pane Automatically include all movies vanish The rest of the options in the Movies pane vanish at this point with all movies set to be synced you don t need them In most cases you probably don t want to sync all your movies just as you wouldn t pack every piece of clothing you own when you go on a trip You usually want your iPad to have the newest movies in your collection or the ones that you haven t yet viewed In the following task we show you how to make it so Keep in mind that movies take up a lot of room If you sync all movies note iTunes copies only as many as can fit on your iPad You may find that you don t have room for many apps books or songs if you fill your iPad with movies Figure 3 36 Your choices for syncing movies automatically Chapter 3 Music Books and Movies
25. other iPads iPhones and iPod touches If you want your movie to go to multiple destinations you need to choose them one at a time because each destination requires its own settings or sign in process Streaming Your Own Video Project Difficulty level Intermediate Software needed Air Video 2 99 or Air Video Free free Air Video Server free iPad model Any Additional hardware Mac or Windows computer We love TV and movies and the iPad is a fantastic platform on which to watch our video Unfortunately the iPad s Videos and iPod apps don t support most of the formats in which video is commonly distributed The iPad likes only MPEG 4 MP4 or M4V It doesn t like several common formats that you d need to transcode to play on your iPad including MPEG 1 and MPEG 2 used for VCDs video compact discs and DVDs QuickTime AVI DivX and Xvid the last two are also MPEG 4 but not the preferred variant Matroska MKV and Adobe Flash Transcoding every one of these formats involves a diminution of quality resulting from recompression to the new format Add to that fact this consideration Video takes a lot of space and your iPad s storage space is fairly limited Your desktop or laptop computer on the other hand usually has a pretty large hard drive and you can extend that space with additional drives Wouldn t it be nice to use your iPad to view the video stored on your computer without having to sync it Thanks to
26. play tunneling down through your folder hierarchy if necessary The beginning of your video appears in the preview pane on the right side of the iPad screen Figure 3 70 You can tap the Play with Live Conversion button if you re into immediate gratification tap the Convert button if you re a disciple of Figure 3 70 The pre view pane includes controls that start your video convert your video and manage the conversion queue Figure 3 71 When video is playing controls are available at the bottom of the preview pane 237 Chapter 3 Music Books and Movies on the iPad Job or if the content is available in a compatible form tap the Play button to stream it without having to do any conversion Pad gt Servers Dennis Coben s Mec 2007EmmyMusicalNumbers 4 t i ME p TV Shows C MIA Pilot Brave amp BoidS1Open i Ron White The Widow s Son In the Windshield Kenny Rogers ret InPlainSight301 4221 228 MB gt InPlainSight302 q InPlainSigmM303 r a InPlainSign304 4 oo a i Play Convert _InPiainSiam3o5 Play with Live Conversion asad Lain 2 For the purposes of this task choose to be impatient and tap Play with Live Conversion After a quick spin of the wait cursor your video starts to play in the preview pane If you do elect to perform a conversion before you play the video you can check the queued conversions and their s
27. set in Setting up the recording earlier in this project 4 Following the fourth count in beat tap the C C major chord strip refer to Figure 3 6 earlier in this project with a single finger 5 As soon as the finger picking rhythm has played twice and the playhead is approaching the bar 3 mark in the timeline tap the Am A minor chord strip 6 At the end of two A minor repetitions when the playhead is approaching the bar 5 mark in the timeline tap the Dm D minor chord strip 178 The iPad 2 Project Book Figure 3 10 Track view shows the instrument tracks and the record ings in your song 7 At the end of two D minor repetitions when the playhead is coming up on the bar 7 mark in the timeline tap the G G major chord strip When the playhead reaches the end of the song segment GarageBand automatically stops recording and immediately begins to play back what it just recorded Listen to your recording If you don t like your recording don t worry Just repeat these steps to erase the recording and redo it You won t be charged for extra studio time You hear the metronome during playback but it s not part of the recording If the sound bothers you tap the Song Settings button to open the Song Settings popover refer to Figure 3 8 and then tap the Metronome switch to turn it off Adding a new instrument in a new section 1 In the control bar to the left of the transport controls ta
28. them too synced between your iPad and your computer so that no matter where you are you can get the video fix you crave No sweat Sync movies Whether you get your movies from the iTunes Store or somewhere else and we discuss some of the somewhere else options elsewhere in this chapter getting them from your iTunes Library to your iPad and back again isn t rocket science even though the technology underlying it may be You can sync movies in the following ways e All movies e Unwatched movies unwatched movies being those that you haven t watched all the way through to the end e The most or least recently obtained unwatched movies e Selected movies e Selected playlists of movies Chapter 3 Music Books and Movies on the iPad 203 Try Before You Apply The Music Syncing Project earlier in this chapter describes a way for you to manage music and videos manually If you ve set the Manually manage music and videos option in iTunes Summary pane for your iPad you can t sync video between your iPad and computer automatically This project assumes that you don t have that option turned on When you make any changes in the iTunes syncing panes the changes don t take effect immedi ately so you can try out different settings When you click something else in the iTunes Source list iTunes asks whether you want to apply your changes You can also click Apply in the bottom right corner of the iTunes window to apply your c
29. want to pick up watching an episode where you left off tap its thumbnail This feature is great if you regularly watch a few TV series and have seen multiple episodes of each one It s very easy to lose track of which episodes you ve viewed and which you haven t Thanks to the Me button you don t have to remember multiple episode names in multiple series 216 The iPad 2 Project Book Giving ABC feedback 1 Tap the Info button at the bottom of the ABC Player screen A feedback form appears Figure 3 48 This form is a lot less colorful than the player s other pages but you hold sway here Figure 3 48 Tell ABC what you think or make suggestions abc info 1 3 0002 help feedback Whether you re having trouble Type of Issue have a suggestion or just want to Type of Insue say hello we want to hear from you Email Address Due to the amount of feedback we receive we can t respond to everyone individually but please provide your email address 0 we con contact you for more information should we need lo If you re experiencing a problem please provide as much detailed information as possible The more you can tell us about the problem any error message s you ve received and what you ve already tried the easter it wil be for us to look into a 2 Fill out the form to tell ABC what you consider to be good or bad or to suggest features you d like to see in future versions 3 When you ve had your say tap the Send F
30. with iPad 186 188 iTunes playlists 189 191 193 from Mac with MobileMe 13 14 mail settings 8 to MobileMe from Windows computer 15 16 movie selections and playlists 205 206 movies 203 204 205 notes and bookmarks 9 reverting to automatic 203 TV shows 207 208 209 using wireless 12 16 17 viewing settings in iTunes 3 5 why use iTunes for 10 wiki with Dropbox 62 T templates choosing Pages document 129 wiki pages 62 tempo 176 183 184 text adding bulleted lists 68 adding to wiki entry 64 66 changing font or color of 134 editing Keynote placeholder 146 147 formatting wiki 66 69 highlighting PDF 105 pasting from email into Pages 128 130 selecting Pages placeholder 133 translating words and phrases 139 141 149 TextExpander touch app 69 3G connections See also Wireless Syncing Project about cloud services 12 13 streaming video from 222 236 Time Zone Support feature 44 46 track view GarageBand 178 179 transport controls GarageBand 176 177 Trash folder 31 Travel Tracker about 154 155 add ons for 159 entering flight info into itinerary 166 168 itineraries in 158 159 scheduling dinner in 159 162 setting up trip with 155 159 Trunk Notes adding image to 71 73 additional features of 78 configuring for wiki sharing 74 77 formatting bar buttons in 66 67 limitations for some wikiwords 66 modes in 59 navigation bar for 61 searching 62 64 viewing 59 62 turning on off calendar
31. writing novels or sonnets drawing pictures and countless other things What This Book Is For A better question is What is this book you re reading for It s for showing you how to take advantage of your sleek bright big screen handheld touch driven device We call it The iPad 2 Project Book because we present this information in the form of projects simple collections of tasks that you can complete in a few minutes each and that reveal much of your iPad s hidden splendor Some projects walk you through basic procedures like getting your music synced between your computer and your iPad Other projects help you do fun and useful things with your iPad like planning a vacation and getting flight reservations We ve divided the book into the following three chapters e Living in the iPad This chapter contains projects that help you perform basic tasks on the iPad such as syncing your contacts and calendars setting up security and handling your mail e Working and Playing in the iPad This chapter shows you how to do stuff such as plan a vacation and how to make stuff such as a deck of flash cards that helps you learn another language e Music Books and Movies on the iPad This chapter contains projects for navigating the various e book applications you can put on an iPad putting music movies and videos on the iPad making music and videos with your iPad and creating e books to read on your iPad This book only scr
32. 149 wireless syncing with 12 guitar autoplaying Smart 174 175 selecting style of Smart 180 181 setting up chords for 173 174 H Home Sharing Project 239 244 Home Sharing vs AirPlay 240 sharing iTunes Library 242 244 streaming between iOS devices 240 242 streaming media with AirView 240 241 iBooks 197 iCal 15 16 images adding to contact 24 converting to iMovie video 226 gathering for flash cards 141 143 importing into Pages 135 Keynote guidelines for 148 Keynote placeholder 146 placing in Pages 135 137 shortcuts for sending via Mail 28 IMAP Internet Messages Access Protocol 20 29 iMovie about 223 adding clips to 225 226 naming movie project 227 228 sharing movies 228 230 using My Projects screen in 224 225 importing image into Pages 135 recipes into Pages via email 127 130 Information Syncing Project 2 10 Instapaper 108 111 installing Read it Later bookmarklet 108 109 opening account on iPad 106 107 saving content to read later 107 110 111 sharing Web content saved in 111 instruments adding new 178 181 guitar 173 175 180 181 looping GarageBand tracks for 182 using drum track 182 183 Internet See also Streaming Internet Video Project Wi Fi connections enabling access for Air Video Server 236 keeping Wi Fi connection to iPad alive 75 137 setting restrictions for Web sites 53 54 streaming video over 3G connections 222 236 viewing featured favorites on
33. 73 creating wiki page 64 66 emailing wiki 62 formatting wiki text 66 69 sharing wiki 74 77 using Markdown syntax 69 73 working with Trunk Notes 59 64 78 Web browsers See browsers Web content See also browsers Internet wikis invitations for Dropbox Web sharing 91 linking to new pages with wikiwords 70 71 saving images in Photos 144 setting restrictions for sites and 53 54 sharing Instapaper 111 subscribing to Web based calendars 42 43 Wi Fi connections See also Wireless Syncing Project about cloud services 12 13 maintaining live computer and iPad 75 options for syncing 12 sharing wiki via 75 77 wikis defined 58 59 sending via email 62 sharing 74 77 wikiwords defined 60 linking to new pages with 70 71 unable to create or edit notes for some 66 Wireless Syncing Project 11 19 creating MobileMe account on iPad 17 19 options for wireless syncing 12 signing up for MobileMe 12 syncing contacts wirelessly 13 14 syncing iCal with MobileMe 15 16 turning off wired syncing 16 17 word processing apps Microsoft Word 197 199 Pages for iPad 127 138 Y yellow note marker 105
34. 88 Sharing a folder via Dropbox 0 0 0 0 89 Get started with GoodReader cece eee eee 92 Getting TC AD Oe aan dare dtd ete n ot ead eeu 92 Transfer a file from a computer to GoodReader 92 Transferring files to your iPad viaiTunes 93 Download and read files from Dropbox in GOOGRGdG Cl orrera daenna hese aera kore hasan 95 Adding a Dropbox server to GoodReader 95 Downloading a file to GoodReader 005 98 Reading a PDF in GoodReader 0 0 00 e cues 100 Annotate PDFs in GoodReader 0 0 0 cece eens 102 Personalizing GoodReader s PDF settings 102 Annotating a PDF file 0 0 cece een 104 Use Instapaper to read on the gO ouaaa 106 Getting started with Instapaper 005 106 Install the Read it Later bookmarklet 108 Installing the bookmarklet in any Web browser on your computer soi cama vteeeer ned aedee eens eee 108 Installing the bookmarklet in Safari on your COMPUTEr ee eee eens 108 Installing the bookmarklet in Safari on your iPad 109 Contents Save and read content in Instapaper 00 110 Saving and reading Web content 000 110 Pad Chef PrOl6Ch casuddceedenoee dete wet teeee eee ad 111 Find recipes with EpicuriouS 0 00 cece een 112 Using Epicurious to browse recipes 000 112 Searching for recipes in Epicurious 05 115
35. DF documents have become ubiquitous ePub is newer but based on technology that s every bit as common XHTML CSS and Zip The PDF format s downside is that it presents static pages a concept of fixed dimensions Therefore PDFs are less well suited to dynamic presentations the target audience for which may be using iPads iPhones or computer screens with resizable windows no less The upside of the format is that you see the same content in the same type faces with the same organization and relative scaling regardless of the device on which you view it ePub is designed for reflowable content in which readers get the same detail in the same order fitted to the presentation device To summarize if you receive a PDF book of 300 pages on your Mac or Dell PC it will also be 300 pages on your iPad or iPhone or iPod touch and you ll probably need to do the scrolling or deal with the scaling issues yourself That same 300 page book in ePub format may be 700 pages on your iPad at the default font size and 1 600 pages on your iPhone but iBooks takes care of the details for you so that you get a seamless rendition irrespective of the viewing platform PDF support greatly simplifies the process of putting your own content on the iPad Using a third party PDF creation tool or Mac OS X s built in printer support for writing PDF files converting your documents to PDFs is a simple matter of opening them and choosing the right prin
36. InMethod s Air Video products you can do just that Read on Chapter 3 Music Books and Movies on the iPad 231 Get Air Video You need two pieces of InMethod software e Air Video or Air Video Free You can get Air Video at www inmethod com or from the App Store If Air Video s 2 99 price tag puts you off or if you just feel compelled to try before you buy you can obtain Air Video Free available from the same sources which limits the number of videos accessible in each folder e Air Video Server You also need the free server software available at www inmethod com Air Video Server requires Mac OS X 10 5 Leopard or later or Windows XP Service Pack 3 or later the same Windows software required for iPad support Air Video streams virtually any video on your computer s hard drive transcoding it as necessary The lone exception is copy protected video which you usually purchase or rent from the iTunes Store see the nearby Copy Protection and DRM sidebar if you re curious Although Air Video transcodes on the fly which is the way that most tip users employ it you can perform the conversions before streaming the content If you have a slower network or a computer slower than a Core 2 Duo you may want to perform the up front conversion Copy Protection and DRM Rather than call it copy protected a term that has serious negative connotations in the public mind the music and movie industries refer to this type of
37. Music check box and the radio button titled Selected playlists artists albums and genres The Playlists Artists Genres and Albums lists become accessible so that you can check or clear the check boxes in them We ll ignore the Playlists list for now because we cover it in the next section of this project If some of the items in the Playlists list happen to be checked you can easily clear all of them so that they don t interfere with this part of the project To do so hold down the Command Mac or Ctrl Windows key and click one selected check box item to deselect everything in the list Similarly clicking an unselected check box with the key held down selects every item in the list This technique by the way works with almost every list in iTunes that has check boxes 3 Inthe Artists list select the artists whose songs you want to sync with your iPad 4 Inthe Genres list select the genres that you prefer iTunes uses the genre assigned to the song by the vendor from which you obtained the song such as the iTunes Store It also uses informa tion from an online database when you rip a CD to add its songs to your Music library You can modify this information if you like see the iTunes help topic Edit Song and CD Information to find out how 5 Inthe Albums list select the albums you want on your iPad 6 Click Apply in the bottom right corner of the iTunes window iTunes syncs the songs that match your a
38. NEU cone dcscva ceetaeoneda ae 219 Picking a genre and movie to watch 219 Searching for videO cee cece 220 Playing what s queued ccc 221 Make a Movie Project 2 0 ccc ccc cette 223 Get your project started ca cunxcdaceanvanndeduswdeidads 223 Starting the Movie suussaan 224 Give your project a NaMe 1 ees 22 Naming your INOVIC lt ia dace neeee ia aew scare den wwee s 22 Fill your distribution channels 0 0 00 cece eee 228 Sharing your MOVIE sssaaa 228 Streaming Your Own Video Project 0 cee eee 230 Get Air VIGGO stay ear enaea aaa ewwah ee EEEa a 231 Obtaining the Air Video software 0 008 232 xiii Xiv Contents Introduce your iPad to Air Video Server 05 232 Setting up Air Video Server cece een 232 Play your COMLENL pond teacneuend to aadesd aman bated 236 Playing a video ans raineet wer eenen eaaa 236 Home Sharing PIOlGCl sc dtiexceis etatadweenadatecednsan s 239 Stream from one iOS device to another 240 Streaming from iPad to iPad 0 ccc 241 Share your iTunes Library 00 0c cece eee 242 Accessing a shared iTunes Library on an iPad 242 Index 245 Introduction We saw our first iPad in a theater in Hollywood California in the summer of 1968 It appeared in the movie 2007 A Space Odyssey and the iPad called a Newspad in the Arthur C Clarke novel on which the movie is based made i
39. Streaming Your Own Video Project earlier in this chapter 242 The iPad 2 Project Book Figure 3 75 The Home Sharing screen You can use Air Video and AirPlay to stream convert on the fly content to AppleTV with the help of Air Video Server 2 4 5 or later At this writing this method is the only known way to view certain types of content Adobe Flash DivX MKV and so on via AppleTV Share your iTunes Library Almost from the start iTunes has supported sharing an iTunes Library from one Mac or PC to other computers The addition of Home Sharing takes this functionality one step further Now you can access your iTunes content not only on other computers but also on any iOS device that contains your iTunes Store account information After an iTunes Library is set up as a server all activity is initiated by devices on the network Therefore you can t use Home Sharing to get content to AppleTV or to wireless speakers which have no user inter face for requesting data Accessing a shared iTunes Library on an iPad 1 Launch iTunes on your Mac or PC 2 Turn on Home Sharing by choosing Advanced gt Turn On Home Sharing 3 Enter your Apple ID and password in the Home Sharing screen Figure 3 75 and click the Create Home Share button H Home Sharing Apple ID Password No Thanks Create Home Share Figure 3 76 Choose the library from which you want to retrieve songs Figure 3 77 Select the
40. ad iA Rii 8 Sync notes and bookmarks cs cinicu ne sueu Gn oieeesasa ces 9 Syncing notes and bookmarks 0 0 00 cece 9 Apply YOUN SYNC SCUING Sancta dines cad ikari sirae 9 Applying sync settings changes ccc eee aes 9 Wireless Syncing Project 0 0 cece eee ees 11 Get a MobileMe account 0 0 ccc eee een 12 Signing up Tor MODIIEME 4 2 cure cuewee niaceseeews 12 Contents Go from computer to cloud 6 eee 13 Syncing from a Mac with MobileMe noaa 14 Syncing from a Windows PC with MobileMe 15 Cuttie COG a ce eared bso erte EE E EAS 16 Turning off wired syncing of your information 16 Go from cloud to iPad occks dndueisgeaneneiaeedendediaes 17 Creating a MobileMe account on the iPad 17 Mail Management Project 0 0 ccc ccc eee eee 19 Add COMMAS 6522 an dee eebeeeetecaeho rue eehes suse e 20 Adding contacts from email address fields 21 Editing a contact created from an email address 23 Adding contact data from an email body 24 Sharing a contact entry 0 cece ee 26 Draft an email 0 cect teens 27 Saving a Chait CMidl iarat sae tar snteuen aed eae hates 27 Manage your mailboxes 1 0 0 cee 28 Turning on Show To Cc Label to check for spam 30 Deleting a single CMall si c lt xidsaxdsawyaawedasoaneeena 31 Deleting multiple emails 0 0 cece eee 32 Moving a single email to a different folder
41. alert sounds 43 Find My iPad 56 57 Internet access for Air Video Server 236 metronome during track playback 178 movie syncing 203 204 Show To Cc Label 30 31 Time Zone Support 46 TV show syncing 207 wired syncing 16 17 TV See also Air Video TV show episodes streaming Air Video content to HD 239 streaming content to AppleTV 239 242 TV show episodes choices for syncing 206 207 downloading software for streaming from Internet 211 212 playing in Netflix 221 222 reviewing viewing history for 215 selecting in Netflix 219 220 turning on off syncing of 207 viewing available 214 215 viewing recent favorites on ABC Player 212 213 U updating Air Video display 239 UPnP Universal Plug and Play 236 URLs for contacts 25 user feedback for ABC Player 216 V Vacation Planning Project 154 168 See also KAYAK TravelTracker about 154 entering flight info into itinerary 166 168 finding flights 162 165 getting TravelTracker and KAYAK for 154 155 scheduling dinner 159 162 setting up trip 155 159 vCards 26 27 video See also movies commercials for streaming 216 217 218 controlling ABC Player video playback 217 file formats for 230 Index 253 viewing Epicurious recipe shopping list 118 119 favorite recipes in BigOven 125 Keynote presentation 151 Mail s universal Inbox 37 sync settings in iTunes 3 5 W Weave a Wiki Project 58 78 See also Trunk Notes about 58 59 adding image to wiki page 71
42. and video with AirView 240 241 AirView 240 241 annotating PDF files 102 106 Apple ID 55 56 Index AppleTV 239 242 artist syncing options 188 189 audio See also music narrating movies 226 227 turning on off alert sounds 43 Auto Lock setting 137 automatic backup of iTunes 51 B BigOven 119 126 downloading and creating account 119 121 finding recipes in 121 124 importing recipes into Pages from 127 130 marking and finding favorites in 124 125 sharing recipes from 126 bookmarks Epicurious recipe 115 syncing 9 browsers See also Safari finding iPad from 57 58 installing Read it Later bookmarklet in 108 109 C calendars assigning events to 41 checking ABC Player network 214 choosing default 40 41 subscribing to 40 42 43 syncing 7 camcorder movies 226 Camera Roll album 229 chords adding to music tracks 177 178 presetting 173 174 strumming and finger picking patterns for 174 175 cloud services See also Wireless Syncing Project defined 13 getting MobileMe account for 12 color of text 134 246 Index commercials 216 217 218 computer calendar syncing from 7 connecting iPad to 3 contact syncing on 5 6 emailing files to iPad 81 installing Read it Later bookmarklet in browser 108 keeping Wi Fi connection to iPad alive 75 MobileMe syncing from 14 16 moving rented movies to and from iPad on 210 preventing iPad syncing with 3 10 sharing iPad file with 95 sharing iTunes Library
43. anually manage music and video option are for you The aforementioned setting allows you to drag songs albums playlists videos and TV shows from your iTunes libraries directly to your iPad s Source list but it stops iTunes from syncing any of these items automat ically If for example you ve set iTunes to sync movies you haven t finished watching see the Movie and TV Show Syncing Project later in this chapter that syncing capability is disabled when you choose the Manually manage option Manually really does mean manually Managing music manually 1 Connect your iPad to your computer Launch iTunes Select the iPad in the Source list Click the Summary button in the main iTunes pane nu BP WN In the Options section at the bottom of the pane select Manually manage music and videos 6 Click Apply in the bottom right corner of the iTunes window Make Your Own E Books Project Difficulty level Intermediate Software needed Mac OS X Scrivener Microsoft Word Pages or another word processor iPad model Any Additional hardware Mac or Windows PC Chapter 3 Music Books and Movies on the iPad 197 Although it s not the only e book reader for the iPad iBooks is the Marian Madam Librarian of your iPad s electronic book repository iBooks recognizes two document formats from the e book Tower of Babel ePub and PDF Adobe introduced PDF to the computer scene in 1993 and in the almost two decades since P
44. art Guitar autoplaying in GarageBand 173 175 selecting style for 180 181 Smart Playlists 194 SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol 29 songs See music sorting contacts 38 39 Source list iTunes 4 Spam 30 31 speakers compatible with AirPlay 240 stand for iPad 137 storage space iPad s capacity for music storage 186 video requirements for 230 Streaming Internet Video Project 210 222 about streaming media 210 211 checking network schedule 214 commercials shown on ABC Player 216 217 218 controlling ABC Player video playback 217 downloading TV software for 211 212 keeping up with series episodes 215 searching for Netflix movie titles 220 221 selecting Netflix movies 219 220 3G connections and streaming video 222 236 viewing episodes available 214 215 watching movies and TV on demand 218 222 Streaming Your Own Video Project 230 239 about streaming media 210 211 about video formats 230 digital rights management and 231 241 getting Air Video software 231 232 setting up Air Video Server 232 235 236 unable to stream copy protected content from iTunes 231 234 using Air Video user interface 236 239 subscribing to calendars 40 42 43 Summary pane iTunes 4 swipe gesture deleting email with 35 syncing See also specific syncing projects about 2 applying settings for 9 10 calendars 7 clearing all iTunes playlists before 189 contacts 5 6 files on demand with Dropbox 87 88 iTunes Music library
45. at various parts of the Smart Guitar screen do You can continue play when the help tags are visible 2 Make sure that the Chords Notes switch is set to Chords and then strum various chord strips to hear what they sound like 174 The iPad 2 Project Book Figure 3 7 Setting Autoplay to 1 makes the strings vanish but that s a good thing 3 note To strum swipe up or down in a chord strip Tap a few strings in various chord strips to hear how they sound when played individually Tap the chord label above a chord strip Tapping a chord label plays the complete chord Autoplaying your guitar 1 In the ring of numbers around the Autoplay dial refer to Figure 3 6 tap 1 The Autoplay dial indicator points to 1 and the strings vanish from the guitar fretboard Figure 3 7 Tap any chord strip with a single finger You hear the chord strummed in a rhythmic pattern Tap the same chord strip with two fingers The strum pattern changes Tap the same chord strip with three fingers The strum pattern changes slightly again Tap the 2 above the Autoplay dial and listen for a moment tap 3 and listen for a moment and then tap 4 You hear a finger picking rhythm Each time you tap a number the rhythm changes Tap the chord strip that s currently playing with a single finger The playing stops Figure 3 8 Use the Song Settings popover to set the metronome song tempo and song key Chapter
46. atches the surface of what you can do with your iPad After all it s a magical device and there s a lot you can do with magic Introduction xvii What s New in This Edition In this edition we ve eliminated a couple of projects and added a few more but mostly we ve worked hard to bring all the projects up to date with the current version 4 3 1 of iOS the operating system that drives the iPad We ve also designed this edition to cover the new thin and even more magical iPad 2 If you own the original iPad though don t worry With very few exceptions everything in this book applies to your iPad too A Note About Conventions Unlike most computer books this one is short on technical terminology and conventions Still there are a few things you need to know To begin even though the iPad works with both Windows PCs and with Macs all the authors are Mac users Therefore the screen shots we provide from computers are from Macs PCs and Macs are looking more alike all the time however so we don t think these screen shots will be a problem for our Windows using readers Also we tend to use Mac terminology referring to dialogs instead of dialog boxes and we ve introduced some iPad specific terminology such as popovers instead of drop down lists We re sure that you can figure things out We also note when Windows and Mac instructions differ fortunately fairly seldom or when instructions for the original iPad differ from t
47. book PDF in Word 197 199 saving ePub documents in Scrivener 199 201 maps adding to contacts 25 getting directions with 46 47 Markdown about 58 codes for 69 linking to new pages in 70 71 syntax for image 72 73 Merge Contacts dialog MobileMe 18 metronome 175 176 178 Microsoft Exchange 12 Microsoft Word 197 199 MobileMe creating account for 12 17 19 Find My iPad feature 54 58 syncing from Mac to computer 13 14 System Preferences window for Mac OS X 14 using with iCal 15 16 wireless syncing with 12 Movie and TV Show Syncing Project 202 210 See also movies TV show episodes about 202 choosing TV show episodes for syncing 208 209 moving rentals to and from iPad 210 music videos 210 reverting to automatic syncing 203 selecting movies for syncing 205 206 syncing all movies 204 turning on off movie syncing 203 204 turning on off TV show syncing 207 ways to sync movies 202 203 movies See also specific video streaming projects about recent unwatched 205 adding clips to iMovie 225 226 choosing options for syncing 205 moving rentals to and from iPad 210 music videos 210 naming 227 228 narrating 226 227 selecting in Netflix 219 220 sharing 228 230 starting your own 224 227 syncing selections and playlists 205 206 turning on off syncing for 203 204 ways to sync 202 203 music 170 196 adding new instrument to song 178 181 choosing syncing categories in iTunes 188 189 compressing songs
48. ce Playing what s queued Log in to Netflix and select the Instant Queue tab Netflix displays the items in your queue Figure 3 53 717 Pe Instant Queue Dexter Hot in Cleveland 2006 TV MA 24 episode HOT Season 1 Hkr 2010 TV PG 10 episode ktit 222 The iPad 2 Project Book 2 Tap the title you want to view If you select a movie it starts playing If you select a TV series you see a list of episodes tap the Play button for the one you want to view Figure 3 54 Figure 3 54 Select an Pad 16 PM episode of a queued Dexter TV series Pes g re 2006 TV MA 24 episodes F ans sie DEXTER Mild mannered Dexter Morgan works for the Miami Metro Police Department as a blood spiatter analyst and moonlights as a murderer who only targets other hollers a moral code instilled in him by his adoptive tather Harry Episodes 1 SE Dexter 2 81 2 Crocodile 3 1 E3 Popping Cherry 4 1 E4 Let s Give the Boy a Hand 5 81 65 Love American Style 6 S1 66 Return to Sender Play 7 S1 E7 Circle of Friends 8 SLES Shrink Wrap v a X x 9 S1 E9 Father Knows Best 3G Users Beware Unless you re rich as Croesus or consider AT amp T or Verizon to be your favorite charity you should be very careful about streaming video other than an occasional short clip over a 3G connec tion Video comprises a lot of data especially HD video and you can rapidly exceed your mon
49. ck view screen to open the Apple Loops popover Figure 3 17 Loop button Instrument Genre Descriptors Reset Keywords wW 60s Shuffle Drumset 07 WS 60s Shuffle Drumset 03 W 60s Shuffle Drumset 06 EV 60s Shuffle Fill 07 wie TOs Electric Piano 06 Wa 70s Electric Piano 06 70s Electric Piano 11 Figure 3 18 A prerecorded drum loop has been added to the song Chapter 3 Music Books and Movies on the iPad 183 You can preview a loop simply by tapping it You can also narrow the selection of loops by tapping the Instrument Genre and Descriptors options near the top of the popover and then tapping the kinds of loops you want to see If you know the name of the loop that you want to use however you can search for it For this task you want to use a drum loop called Solid 70s Fill 23 Tap the search field at the top of the Apple Loops popover to display an onscreen keyboard then type solid and tap Search on the keyboard The popover now displays a much shorter list of loops all of which have solid in their names Find the Solid 70s Fill 23 loop in the popover and drag it to the left side of the track view screen below the Acoustic and Roots Rock Smart Guitar icons As you drag a new track appears filled with the loop Lift your finger off the screen The drum track spans the entire song Figure 3 18 Resetting the tempo 1 Tap the Song Settings button to open the Song Settings popo
50. content to an AppleTV equipped HD television set More Convenience Features Here are a few tips for added enjoyment and functionality If the controls aren t visible just tap within the video to make them appear Double tap the video in full screen mode and the video expands to fill the screen even if that expansion results in cropping the sides of a widescreen show You can do the same thing by tapping the Full Screen button refer to Figure 3 71 switching between letterbox and full screen view If you ve added videos to or removed videos from the folder currently displayed in the list on the left side of the preview pane tap the Refresh button in the top right corner of the list refer to Figure 3 70 to update the display Home Sharing Project Difficulty level Easy to intermediate Software needed iTunes free AirView free iPad model Any Additional hardware Another iOS 4 3 device iPhone iPod touch iPad AppleTV Mac or PC Long before the iPhone or iPad came to be Apple introduced AirTunes which supported streaming the music from a Mac or Windows PC running iTunes to remote speakers on a wireless network This feature sold a fair number of AirPort Express wireless units Later came AppleTV which supported streaming video and audio content from computers to high definition TV sets as well as direct access to the iTunes Store for content In iTunes 10 Apple upped the ante The resulting feature Home Sharing le
51. d 2 ccc nnn 175 Setting up the recording tac sncseusniacet cone hace 175 Recording a WAC Ie cert antinestese dew arm tix ow lo ct weiner wae ek 176 Doing a take gacauntostadcedusnedieuseenseden dues 177 Adding a new instrument in a new section 178 xi xii Contents Arrange the recording ii0 skeen av eakednedaldeeanere ie 181 Looping a TESION cui oveanedds ste awetadeeeaeaa eras 181 Adding a drum TACK t iackiw ind on eaten eae a 182 Resetting the tempo 0 ccc es 183 Share your performance vcs iad otceadavanidavasnydaaaws 184 Saving to ITUNES ox iicandn eaig tet aennn coach eed eria 184 Mailing your MUSIC wisi tim cho award once noen pawn 185 Music Syncing PIOIECEs an aitv ade oxade4 ateawan wil aeedda ews 186 Sync everything ccc nwa waetce ee abe ead wee dees 186 Syncing your entire Music library to your iPad 187 Sync artists and genres 0 eee 188 Syncing selected artists and genres to your iPad 189 Make and sync playlists for your iPad 00 0008 190 Making a playlist and playlist folder in iTunes 191 Adding songs to a PIAVIISU sas teste secon eeu diachece 192 Selecting and syncing playlists 005 193 Create a playlist on your iPad 0 ccc ee 194 Making a playlist on the iPad 0 eevee 194 Manage your music by hand 0 cece een 196 Managing music manually 0 0 00 ccc eee een 196 Make Your Own E Books Project
52. d or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly by the instructions contained in this book or by the computer software and hardware products described in it Trademarks AirPlay AirPort AirTunes Apple Apple TV Bonjour FaceTime GarageBand iBooks iMovie iPad iPhoto iTunes Keynote Multi Touch Keynote Numbers Pages Photo Booth Retina and Safari are trademarks of Apple Inc Many of the designations used by manufacturers and sellers to distinguish their products are claimed as trademarks Where those designations appear in this book and Peachpit was aware of a trademark claim the designations appear as requested by the owner of the trademark All other product names and services identified throughout this book are used in editorial fashion only and for the benefit of such companies with no intention of infringement of the trademark No such use or the use of any trade name is intended to convey endorsement or other affiliation with this book ISBN 13 976 Q 321 7 5 0 2 ISBN 10 0 321 77570 8 987654321 Printed and bound in the United States of America Michael and Lisa For the late Vinton Dearing who would be astonished to see what computers can do with text today Dennis To my wonderful wife Kathy who might love her iPad even more than I love mine hard to believe but possible Also to our kids grandkids great grandkids and four legged family members especially Spenser and Maggie About the Authors Michae
53. e available from manufacturers such as Denon Marantz and iHome Bloomberg reports that AirPlay capable devices such as TVs are coming in 2011 but no announcements were made while we were writing this book In the following section we demonstrate streaming video from one iPad to another You can also stream from an iPad to an iPhone an iPod touch or AppleTV but because you re reading The iPad 2 Project Book the following task is all iPad Chapter 3 Music Books and Movies on the iPad 241 Streaming from iPad to iPad 1 If you don t have AirView installed go to the App Store and down load it 2 On the iPad that will receive the stream tap the AirView app s icon to get it running You should see the screen shown in Figure 3 73 Figure 3 73 AirView is waiting to be served some content Waiting for AirPlay connection 3 On the iPad that contains the content you want to stream start playing that content 4 Inthe control strip at the bottom of the screen tap the AirPlay button Figure 3 74 Figure 3 74 The AirPlay button lets dd je bbi Ca AirPlay button you select a destina tion device A pop up menu appears listing all the devices that are AirPlay clients 5 Tap the destination iPad Your video or audio stops playing on the originating iPad and starts playing on the destination iPad You can t use AirPlay to transmit digital rights management DRM material as we discuss in the
54. e graphic for your operating system the blue Apple logo if you re using a Mac or the Windows logo if that s your platform to download the Air Video Server soft ware for your computer The Server software for your platform downloads and installs itself on your computer If the Server software doesn t install automatically when you download it run the installer Windows or drag the Server application s icon to your Applications folder Mac Introduce your iPad to Air Video Server Now that you have Air Video on your iPad and Air Video Server on your computer it s time to open the lines of communication Setting up Air Video Server 1 Launch Air Video Server You should see the dialog shown in Figure 3 64 Chapter 3 Music Books and Movies on the iPad 233 Figure 3 64 The Air SO Air Video Server Preferences Video Server Preferences dialog Server Running Yes Folders Conversion Settings Remote Subtitles Logs Folder Name Path Add Folder Add iTunes Playlist Remove Selected 2 If you want to specify a folder such as your Movies folder on a Mac or your MyMovies folder in Windows click the Add Folder button and navigate in the Open dialog to select your folder Now your specified folder appears in the dialog s list box as shown in Figure 3 65 Figure 3 65 Your first entry in the folders that ae Server Running Yes Air Video can access Conversion Settings Remote Subtitl
55. ed on Michael Cohen s Pad Alan Sbve J Purchased on Michael Cohen s Phone Adee Peacock d lt s Genius Mixes M The Abduction of Margaret X lt Albums bought free iPad songs gt Misc Playlists P j Singularities Smart Playlists Beatles Carromctogical KA J From iPad P George Gaest City Of London Sinfonia 4 S Crateful Dead miscellany J Kate Rusby T Made on My iPhone Genres Acoustic Rock Alternative Alrernative amp Punk Blues Books A Spoken Celtic Classica Aan American Bang And You Wil Know Us by the Trail of Dead Andrea Zonn Andy M Stewart Andy M Stewart Phil Cunningham Manus Lenny Andy M Stewart Manus lurrry Anna Nalick Annie Lennox Anni The Apples in Stereo Athlete Avgustana The faltimore Consort and The Merry Companions Garenakec Ladies Albums Cab Calloway Are You Hep to the Jive 22 Sensa The Camerata of London Shakespeare s Musicke Ding Dong Merrily On High Single Cherish The Ladies Cherish The Ladies New Day Oawning Chanticleer The Cirls Won t Leave the Boy Cherish the Ladies Threads of Time Chicago Symphony Orchestra amp Perre Boulez Ma Chicago Symphony Orchestra Daniel Barenboim amp Chapter 3 Music Books and Movies on the iPad 189 Syncing selected artists and genres to your iPad 1 Follow steps 1 3 of Syncing your entire Music library to your iPad earlier in this project 2 Select the Sync
56. eedback button View the video stream After you tap an episode in the Featured Schedule All Shows or Me screen well some people like to watch shows multiple times so if you re not one of them you don t need to tap an episode in your history ABC Player starts loading the episode During the loading process the player displays a placard stating that the following episode is being presented with limited commercials That may be true especially if you re defining limited by counting the distinct Figure 3 49 Tap an episode to control its playback Chapter 3 Music Books and Movies on the iPad 217 advertising spots because you generally get the same two or three commercials repeated ad nauseam through the show It also may be true if your tolerance for interruptions is greater than ours We count four interruptions per hourlong episode in addition to the lead in commercials with two commercials per interruption Actually an hourlong episode viewed in ABC Player is typically 42 to 43 minutes long not counting commercials but that s the norm for network televi sion these days When the introductory commercial break is over the episode starts to play Controlling video playback 1 While you re viewing an episode in ABC Player tap a video to display viewing controls at the bottom of the screen Figure 3 49 Playhead Play Pause button Timeline Letterbox Full Screen button Done button 2 Do an
57. een A popover appears listing six common destinations Figure 3 62 Chapter 3 Music Books and Movies on the iPad 229 Figure 3 62 Picka place to send your video Camera Roll Share Movie To Yolh vimeo CNN iReport send Project To iTunes 2 Tap one of the destinations e Camera Roll saves your movie in your iPad s Camera Roll album in your choice of three sizes Figure 3 63 Then you can view it in the Photos app share it via email or MobileMe or sync it back to your Mac or PC Figure 3 63 Choose a size for the video you re saving to the Camera Roll album e YouTube is the 800 pound gorilla of modern video sharing You need a free account to post your movies on YouTube Facebook is the preeminent social networking site of the day If you have a free Facebook membership you can host your movies on your personal page for your friends and acquaintances to view and comment on e Vimeo is another popular video sharing site best known for leading the way in hosting high definition video White House broadcasts and famous performers work The basic and limited membership is free the Plus membership currently costs 60 per year 230 The iPad 2 Project Book e CNN iReport lets everyday folk submit videos about breaking news It s a sort of news wiki without any fact checking or peer review e iTunes lets you save your project via iTunes File Sharing so that it s accessible to
58. empo Tap to set Tempo 176 The iPad 2 Project Book 2 Make sure that the Metronome and Count In switches are both set to On The metronome plays a click or tap for each beat Because each bar lasts four beats by default you can change this setting but won t for this project it plays four clicks per bar for this task When Count In is on the metronome plays one bar of beats before the recording begins so that you have time to get ready to play 3 Inthe Tempo section of the popover tap slowly and steadily in the Tap to set Tempo box so that the Tempo indicator which displays beats per minute displays 80 The faster you tap the higher the number in the Tempo indicator and the faster the song plays You want a slow tempo to make recording easier You can change the song s tempo later as in fact you will in Resetting the tempo later in this project Tap the arrows in the Tempo indicator to fine tune the setting so that it s exactly 80 Tapping the up arrow increases the tempo and tapping the down arrow decreases it You don t need to change the other settings in the Song Settings popover Sound which changes the sound of the metronome and Key which changes the key in which the chords are set by default C major Recording a track When you make a recording or play it back a playhead moves across the control bar at the top of the screen Figure 3 9 Pay attention to the playhead it shows you where y
59. entals from your computer to your iPad and back but the rental is always on only one device at a time In addition if you rent a movie from the iTunes Store on your iPad it stays on your iPad you can t move it to your computer or any other device Similarly if you rent a movie via AppleTV you can t move it from AppleTV to any other device Streaming Internet Video Project Difficulty level Intermediate Software needed ABC Player free Netflix app free iPad model Any Additional hardware None Everywhere we turn we find people catching TV shows at times other than the scheduled broadcast times and frequently on devices other than a TV set Battling viewership loss to cable and in an attempt to recoup ad revenue lost to cable and other competition network televi sion has begun to embrace alternative delivery systems in particular the Internet and iTunes Chapter 3 Music Books and Movies on the iPad 211 Time and venue shifting have become so pervasive that Nielsen Media Research in an attempt to stay relevant purchased NetRatings to measure the demographics of the rapidly growing Internet viewing popu lation Nielsen also factors iTunes and YouTube viewing into its ratings Also Netflix the Big Kahuna of video rental is deemphasizing sending DVD and Blu ray discs by mail in favor of streaming rentals to customers Web browsers or mobile devices As we all know the best mobile device for receiving these ren
60. es front or back camera still or video recording Tap the Done button when you finish shooting or filming and you return to the My Project screen with your freshly shot footage added to the timeline 5 Optional Tap the musical notes icon above the timeline refer to Figure 3 56 to add background audio to your project 6 Optional Tap the gear icon refer to Figure 3 56 to change various settings such as the theme The Project Settings popover opens Figure 3 58 Figure 3 57 You can turn still images into short Figure 3 58 Pick a theme and establish your project video segments settings here In the Project Settings popover shown in Figure 3 58 background audio has been added to the timeline the green background repre sents the duration of the audio 7 Optional Tap the waveform icon refer to Figure 3 56 to edit audio levels 8 Optional Tap the microphone icon refer to Figure 3 56 to record narration An overlay displaying your audio level volume and a Record button appears Figure 3 59 Chapter 3 Music Books and Movies on the iPad 227 Tap Record and after a 3 second countdown recording begins Tap the Stop button when you finish then tap Discard Retake Review or Accept in the resulting display Figure 3 60 Thome Music My Fropoct Faecording Finished Arr Figure 3 59 Ready to start recording narration Figure 3 60 Decide what to do with your most recent narrative take 9
61. es Logs Folder Name Path Movies Users dre Movies My Book Volumes My Book R Add Folder Add iTunes Playlist Remove Selected 3 Repeat step 2 for any additional folders you want to make available Note that selecting a folder makes all subordinate folders accessible 234 Figure 3 66 Select any iTunes playlists you want to access The iPad 2 Project Book 4 To add iTunes playlists to the list of streamable locations click the Add iTunes Playlist button The iTunes Playlists dialog opens Figure 3 66 0 6 iTunes Playlists Available Playlists Movies TV Shows 0 Podcasts Books Purchased Purchased on drePad iTunes DJ ADC on iTunes BigBand Bryce amp Marcus Carpenters Chesterfield Broadcasts Comedy G Close Add As we mention earlier in this project copy protected content from the iTunes Store won t stream iTunes playlists are handy for your home videos iTunes U courseware video podcasts and other content that lacks DRM 5 Select the iTunes playlists or categories you want to add and click Add You return to the Air Video Server Preferences dialog 6 Make sure that the Server Running switch at the top of the window is set to Yes as shown in Figure 3 67 Air Video Server runs as a background process No icon for it appears in either the Mac OS X Dock or the Windows taskbar If you close the window the application continues to run
62. es that launch the application automatically at login require a password or set a custom port Settings tab You can also instruct Server to honor Internet access Remote tab but this functionality requires that your router support UPnP Universal Plug and Play or NAT PMP Network Address Translation Port Mapping Protocol When you select the Enable Access from Internet check box a server PIN is displayed Make certain that the Automatically Map Port check box is selected Now you can access Air Video Server from remote locations via Wi Fi or Cif Wi Fi isn t available and you have a 3G iPad via AT amp T s or Verizon s 3G network Caution 3G access is slower than Wi Fi so live conversion may be more problematic Also with AT amp T s and Verizon s pricing the amount of data video involved can burn through your monthly 3G allotment fast causing you to run up some hefty overage charges Play your content Playing your content is simple just as you d expect on the iPad Air Video s iPad user interface operates in landscape orientation even when the iPad is vertical We find this fact somewhat amusing because Air Video started as an iPhone app and the iPhone user interface is portrait even though playback is landscape At any rate if you re using your iPad in portrait orientation rotate it 90 degrees to landscape or tilt your head 90 degrees Cif you don t mind being uncomfortable Playing a video 1 Select the video you want to
63. g new instrument to song 178 181 looping selected region of 181 182 music tracks 176 181 resetting tempo 183 184 saving and exporting to iTunes 184 185 setting tempo for GarageBand 175 176 recovering data from iTunes backup 51 renting movies See also Netflix from iTunes Store 210 reruns 215 restoring iPad data 51 S Safari disabling access to 53 gathering images for flash cards 141 143 installing Read it Later bookmarklet in 108 109 navigating between Keynote and 139 using Google Translate with 139 141 149 saving content to read later 107 110 111 draft email 27 ePub documents 199 201 movie to iPad Camera Roll album 229 Trunk Notes wiki 73 scrapbook copying recipe ingredients into 132 134 creating in Pages for iPad 127 134 defining template for 131 132 Scrivener 199 201 searching BigOven for recipes 121 124 Epicurious for recipes 115 116 Netflix for movie titles 220 221 Trunk Notes 62 64 Sender window Contacts 21 servers connecting to GoodReader 95 97 setting up Air Video Server 232 235 236 252 Index sharing about Home Sharing 239 240 BigOven recipes 126 contacts 26 27 movies 228 230 song files via iTunes or email 184 185 videos from iMovie 223 Web content saved in Instapaper 111 wiki 74 77 showing hiding Instapaper bookmarks 109 Simple Mail Transfer Protocol SMTP 29 Slides duplicating and editing Keynote 148 149 making flash card 149 151 using as flash cards 145 Sm
64. hanges immediately or you can click Revert to set all your unapplied syncing changes in all the syncing panes back to the way they were Figure 3 33 Figure 3 33 These two buttons let you apply or ignore syncing changes Some of these criteria aren t mutually exclusive You can sync five recent unwatched movies as well as additional selected movies and playlists of movies for example Also you can create iTunes playlists that contain movies especially useful for short movies such as the ones you make yourself with iMovie or some other movie creation application In this section of the project you get to experiment with various movie syncing settings to see how they work Turning on movie syncing oh Connect your iPad to your computer 2 Launch iTunes 3 Select your iPad in the iTunes Source list below the Devices heading 4 Atthe top of the main pane of the iTunes window click the Movies button 204 The iPad 2 Project Book 5 Atthe top of the Movies pane select Sync Movies Figure 3 34 Movies TW Shows Podcasts iTunes l Baks Fhris Figure 3 34 This check box is the master key Sync Movies A to iPad movie syncing When movie syncing is enabled you have access to the other controls and lists in the Sync Movies section First you see how to turn on syncing for all movies section of the Summary pane turning on movie syncing deselects that option When that happens the syncing
65. hase the Netflix app from the App Store if you haven t already 2 Tap the Netflix app s icon to launch it on your iPad The login page opens Figure 3 50 Figure 3 50 Log into tend whi NETFLIX your Netflix account or create one Not a membor Visit netflix com to sign up Forgot your password 3 Do one of the following e If you already have a Netflix account enter your email address and password and tap the Sign In button e If you don t have an account tap the Netflix com link Safari ferries you to the Netflix site where you can sign up Picking a genre and movie to watch 1 Log in to Netflix and select the Genres tab Figure 3 51 on the next page and tap the genre that interests you A selection of titles in the selected genre appears 220 The iPad 2 Project Book Figure 3 51 Specify the Wi s mend kind of movie you want Sere to view Television Action amp Adventure Anime amp Animation Children amp Family Comedy Documentary Drama Foreign Horror Independent Romance If you select the Home tab instead you see a New Releases screen listing new movies and TV shows 2 Tap a movie s title The movie s Info screen appears presenting a brief description and buttons you can tap to add the movie to your queue or play it 3 Do one of the following e Tap the Play button Netflix spins the wait cursor for a few seconds and then starts playing your selection
66. hat the Kinge o 1 01 Sang Gratel Dead miscellany 272 vV Senge trem the n Darkness Let Ne Dwe 4 08 Geng amp Edin Kar eT a a P Kane Sudy Po sanns irem the Masrana in a Bettie iee fre TAN Sing A Fdin war D Mate ne Me Pte 4 3444 toes 10 Think of a room full of people You can make a list of everyone in the room and you can make another list of say just the left handed people in the room The people themselves aren t cloned and embedded magi cally in your lists the lists contain only references to the people The people themselves stay in the room where they were all along Similarly when you add a song from your iTunes Music library to a play list the song itself isn t copied to the playlist it stays where it is in your Music library You can add the same song to as many playlists as you like just as you can add the same person to as many lists as you like but no matter how many times a person is added to a list or a song is added toa playlist only one physical person or only one actual song is involved Figure 3 24 The Music library lives near the top of the Source list Chapter 3 Music Books and Movies on the iPad 191 When you sync a playlist from iTunes to your iPad iTunes checks the songs that are already on your iPad If a song in the playlist is already there iTunes doesn t copy it to your iPad if it isn t iTunes copies the song to your device That way you can sync as many playlists t
67. hose for the iPad 2 even more fortunately very rarely Sometimes we say things like Tap Settings gt General gt Network This is a shortcut way of saying Tap the Settings app When Settings opens tap General then in the General screen tap Network Again we re sure that you can figure this out Finally you need to know a few basic iPad action terms e Tap Touch your finger to the screen and then quickly lift it Tap and hold Touch the screen and don t lift your finger e Swipe Touch the screen and quickly drag your finger up down left or right We tell you the direction in which to drag And now with that out of the way on to the projects This page intentionally left blank In the preceding chapter we take issue with the conventional notion that the iPad is just a media consumption device We think that we prove our point Nonetheless the iPad really is a delightful media consumption device if you want to use it as one The trick is getting the media you want on it when you want it and in the form that you want it This chapter shows you those tricks Our philosophy is this If you re a consumer you owe it to yourself to be the best consumer that you can be 170 The iPad 2 Project Book Figure 3 1 The icon for GarageBand Make Music Project Difficulty level Easy Software needed GarageBand for iPad 4 99 iPad model Any Additional hardware None Whether or not you
68. ies and TV on demand Netflix introduced flat rate DVD rental by mail letting subscribers create lists of what they wanted to see and get those DVDs in their mailboxes with prepaid return envelopes so that steady streams of discs were wending their way back and forth A few years ago the company tested the waters of streaming video letting subscribers watch their videos over the Internet for a flat monthly fee As more and more people have acquired broadband connections to the Internet the viable customer base for online service has increased to the point that most of Netflix s business now is online An online subscription costs 7 99 per month and lets you have unlimited rentals on your iPad iPhone iPod touch and or computer Be aware though that what s available for online viewing is only a subset of what s available on DVD Further at the time we re writing this chapter HD content isn t available via online subscription Finally the Netflix app doesn t yet support AirPlay so if you want to view what s streaming on a larger screen you need a composite compo nent or digital connector kit as appropriate for your TV set Chapter 3 Music Books and Movies on the iPad 219 Make sure that you have a good wireless signal and a fast Internet connection when you re viewing streaming video as a weak signal or erratic connection can easily result in poor picture and sound quality Getting started with Netflix 1 Purc
69. is Processing Options 4 to Part 1 Basics Separators M Step 1 Beginnings B z Text Options M Step 2 Header View O O R M 7 Step 3 Footer View O eplacements M aa tel treat Statistics re Footnotes Comments vi E Step 5 The Inspector nie Sab M Sa The Synopsis Index Card O O age Settings M Sb Meta Data Ed O M Se Notes z M Sd References k 8 O M 5e Keywords M 5f Snapshots o B M 5q Comments amp Footnotes v F Step 6 End of Part One 8 M uf Part 2 Organisation amp z a e MPN mi P a Opt click to select or deselect all Compile Included documents B C Filter nclude Documents with Label Concept Load Save Compile For Printing PDF ey 7 Cancel 4 Compile 4 Choose ePub eBook epub from the Compile For pop up menu at the bottom of the dialog Figure 3 32 Here s the Scrivener interactive tutorial e book on the iPad Chapter 3 Music Books and Movies on the iPad 201 5 Click Contents in the Compilation Options list on the left side of the dialog 6 In the Pg Break Before column check the items that you want to include in the table of contents To select all items in the list Option click the first one 7 Optional In the Meta Data options fill in the fields you want the ePub to contain such as Subject Description Publisher and Publication Date 8 Click the Compile button 9 When Scrivener asks you to d
70. l E Cohen has been in no particular order a teacher a programmer an editor a short order cook a postal clerk a Web designer a digital media producer an instructional technology consultant a certified usability analyst and an assembly line worker A three time contributing editor of The Macintosh Bible and a regular contributor to TidBITS he co wrote the Apple Training Series iLife 09 and is the author or co author of several other books He lives in Santa Monica California with about a half dozen working Macs and the memory board from his Apple Lisa Dennis R Cohen has been developing software since his days with the Jet Propulsion Lab s Deep Space Network and has been writing and editing books and magazine articles since the late 1970s He s author co author or contributing author of almost 30 titles and the editor of more than 300 technology titles Lisa L Spangenberg an expert in medieval English and Celtic languages writes about technology food and books when she isn t administering Web servers and creating Web sites She has wanted an iPad since 2000 For more information about the authors and about all things iPad see their Web site at www ipadprojectsbook com Acknowledgments Michael would like to express his thanks to Cliff Colby who got this book going in a remarkably short time to Kathy Simpson who edited his discursive ramblings into something resembling coherent prose and to the Engsts wh
71. le Images 142 Contents Create your flash card deck 0 0 0 cece 145 Creating a new presentation 0 00 eee eee 145 Duplicating and editing aslide 00 08 148 Making an Italian slide and completing the deck 149 Viewing the presentation 0 0 ccc cece 151 Printing the flash cards 0 ccc cee 152 Exporting the flash cards nuuraa arrr 153 Vacation Planning Project 0 0 eeaeee eaaa 154 Pack your APDE areenan E ETERRA EE O 154 Getting the appS occurs tse ens indew ery dao wisn mar eh oneek hook waded 155 Set up a trip with TravelTracker 0 cece eee 155 Creating a NEW TID 02cac lt cckeeeuee oye teadade eens 156 Scheduling a dinner 0 ccc cece eee ees 159 Find flights with KAYAK 0 00 0 ccc eee ees 162 Setting flight routes with KAYAK sssaaa 162 Setting travel dates and finding a flight 164 Add flight information to your itinerary 0 166 Entering flight information with TravelTracker 166 CHAPTER 3 Music Books and Movies on the iPad Make Music Project 0 00 0 ccc cece cnet ean 170 Obtain the GarageBand app 0 cee 170 Getting the ADD nick werden a eree nae 170 Set Up a SONP s iserrseridupdior Yaw dee nero ENEE aei 171 Starting a New SON cas dru da enedenerideccadradaees 171 Picking AOU or x iit tiack oe eet aeen en eewaeeud weed 173 Autoplaying your guitar ce een 174 Prepare to recor
72. lee a Ps ka zt Include Episodes from Playlists Purchased Purchased on MEC TY Because TV shows consist of many episodes only some of which you may have seen the options for syncing new and old episodes are more flexible than they are for movies as you see in the following task 208 The iPad 2 Project Book Syncing new or old episodes 1 Below the Sync TV Shows check box in the TV Shows pane check the Automatically include x episodes of x option if it isn t already checked 2 From the first pop up menu in the Automatically include option choose any item other than all 3 From the second pop up menu in the Automatically include option choose all shows You deal with selected TV shows a little later in this project 4 Select a TV show in the Shows list The Episodes list to the right shows which if any of the show s episodes are set to sync automatically Figure 3 39 You can click the check boxes next to other episodes in a show s Episodes list to include those episodes in the sync Figure 3 39 You can Sync TV Shows 2 episodes choose other episodes in addition to those that sync automatically Shows Dr Horrible s Sing Along Blog Episodes Ov Act Ve Doctor Who Act 2 ETE i Act 1 Dr Horrible s Sing Along Blog 1 new episode 3 total Automatically include all unwatched episodes of all shows Glee to hiu In addition to the episodes that fall within the
73. losing Dropbox 100 creating Dropbox 85 creating playlist 191 192 defined 20 moving email to different 35 37 selecting in iTunes for syncing 191 sharing via Dropbox 89 92 formatting fonts 134 lists 68 69 wiki text 66 69 formatting bar buttons Trunk Notes 66 67 full screen mode Air Video 239 G GarageBand adding drum track 182 183 adding new instrument to song 178 181 choosing and autoplaying Smart Guitar 173 175 getting 170 171 looping selected region of recording 181 182 preparing to record in 175 176 recording tracks in 176 181 resetting tempo 183 184 saving and exporting song to iTunes 184 185 setting up song in 171 173 working in track view 178 179 genres editing song 189 selecting from Netflix movie 219 220 syncing options for 188 189 Ghostscript 199 248 Index Go to Meeting Project 80 111 about 80 annotating PDF files 102 106 downloading and reading Dropbox files in GoodReader 95 102 emailing files to yourself 80 81 previewing Word file in Mail 82 83 reading on the go with Instapaper 108 111 sharing and syncing files with Dropbox 83 92 transferring file from computer to GoodReader 92 95 GoodReader adding Dropbox server to 95 97 annotating PDF text in 102 106 navigation bar 101 102 personalizing settings for 102 103 reading PDF in 100 102 transferring files from computer to 92 95 Google deleting archived Gmail 35 Google Images 141 143 Google Translate 139 141
74. lowing 1 With your iPad selected in iTunes Source list click the Summary button at the top of the main pane 2 Near the bottom of the pane select the option titled Convert higher bit rate songs to 128 kbps AAC This option increases the time that it takes to sync your music because iTunes must convert every song that isn t in 128 Kbps AAC format as it syncs Also the process slightly reduces the sound quality of the synced songs on your iPad But unless you have very high quality speakers or headphones attached to your iPad and very good ears you won t be able to tell the differ ence in the converted songs sound quality Figure 3 21 The main music syncing options for your iPad Syncing your entire Music library to your iPad 1 Connect your iPad to your computer 2 Launch iTunes if it doesn t launch automatically 3 Inthe Source list on the left side of the iTunes window select your iPad 4 Click the Music button at the top of the main pane of the iTunes window The contents of the music syncing pane for your iPad appear with the main syncing options laid out at the top Figure 3 21 Summary inf Apps Ringtones Movies TW Shows Podcasts iTunes U Books Piotos Sync Music 3401 songs Entire music library Selected playlists artists albums and genres W Include music videos J Include voice mentos 5 Select the Sync Music check box and the Entire music library radio button
75. n the iPad usually local broadcasts sporting events and the like Also shows that are available in the iTunes Store are so marked with a button you can tap to buy them Checking it all 1 Tap the All Shows button at the bottom of the ABC Player screen You see a grid of all available ABC shows Figure 3 45 2 Tap a show s thumbnail to see a pop up list of episodes Figure 3 46 3 Tap the desired episode to start viewing Chapter 3 Music Books and Movies on the iPad 215 CASTLE BROTHERS waar SISTERS SAS LLB Brothers and Sisters Ware Pe fo EL Town et Amy eu e R icc A Wighteees Kis 4 GENE Par serra dh Mind HOSPITAL T ind gis ms x Figure 3 45 Find the show you want in ABC s All Figure 3 46 Tap the show to see alist of available Shows grid episodes Reviewing your viewing history 1 Tap the Me button at the bottom of the ABC Player screen You see a thumbnail or grid of thumbnails representing the episode s you ve seen so far At the top of each thumbnail is a timeline with a down pointing arrow showing where you left off watching the episode Figure 3 47 Near the top right corner of each thumbnail is a small x that you can tap to remove the episode from your history Figure 3 47 Check Pod here in case you don t remember what you ve already watched or if viewing history you like reruns abe me 2 Optional If you see an episode you want to watch again or
76. nS sanua naana 52 Search and recover with Find My iPad 00 54 Getting a free Apple ID nananana 55 Enabling Find My iPad aaua 56 Finding your iPad with a Web browser 0 57 Weave a Wiki Project 3 ccc sce ca eed eed eG aad seemed mupenars 58 Work with Trunk Notes 0 0 ccc eee eee 59 Viewing Trunk Notes awe vec uedenectanesuvewekeaeias 59 Searching Trunk Notes cic cceuctteecevsicvdesuwcusd 62 Create Trunk Notes pages 0 ccc cece ects 64 Creating awikientry 0 ccc ccc eee 64 Format WIKI LOX sai nue oar iceace derek eee se kee eas 66 Formatting text in Trunk Notes 00 66 Adding internal links to Trunk Notes pages 70 Adding an image to a Trunk Notes page 71 Share VOUr Wikies rierada da E EEE ator 74 Configuring Trunk Notes for sharing 0 74 Sharing over Wi Fi uuaa 75 Contents CHAPTER 2 Working and Playing in the iPad Go to Meeting Project 0 ccc tte een 80 Email files to yourself 0 0 cect eee ees 80 Emailing yourself a file to preview on the iPad 81 Previewing a Microsoft Word file in Mail 82 Use Dropbox to share and sync files 0000 83 Getting the SO Wal Caachi essere eenaed deena ces 84 Logging in to DOD DOK cu ecen ewe adersdernueeeeee cen 84 Favoriting a file in Dropbox 0 eee 86 Syncing on demand 0 cc ccc cee 87 Sharing a file via Dropbox assasin
77. ndow e iTunes This option creates an AAC file that you can play in iTunes on a computer or on an iPad iPod or any other device that can play AAC recordings Most modern music players can play them e GarageBand This option creates a GarageBand file that you can open in the Mac version of GarageBand Figure 3 20 You can export your song to iTunes in either of two flavors Chapter 3 Music Books and Movies on the iPad 185 Tap a format to export the song to your iPad You can access the song via iTunes File Sharing when your iPad is connected to your computer Mailing your music 1 In the My Songs screen tap the Action button to open the popover refer to Figure 3 19 and then tap Email Song A mail message appears with your song file in AAC format attached to it Address your message add any other information you want and then send it All you have to do now is wait for your fans to line up for your next concert 186 The iPad 2 Project Book Music Syncing Project Difficulty level Easy Software needed iTunes Mac or Windows iPad model Any Additional hardware Mac or PC More than a year into the iPad era most technology pundits have finally moved on from the blithe critique stated so often at the device s intro duction It s nothing but a giant iPod touch In fact though this facile critique has some basis Setting aside the iPad s unique capabilities it does have
78. ng and formatting documents Scrivener focuses on creating and organizing content Until very recently Scrivener was specific to Mac OS X but Literature amp Latte has released a public beta for Windows The public beta is free but is accompanied by the usual caveats concerning stability When the tool is released commercially it will cost 40 35 for an educational license The Mac version is currently priced at 45 but is available for a fully functional free 30 day trial 200 Figure 3 31 Set your output options in the Compile dialog The iPad 2 Project Book Space prohibits us from giving you a Scrivener tutorial here but the included documentation a user manual available in the Help menu is both extensive and coherent and the video and interactive tutorials should get you up and running in short order Creating an e book with Scrivener 1 Launch Scrivener 2 Create a new project For this exercise you re going to create an ePub of Scrivener s inter active tutorial so choose Help gt Interactive Tutorial Follow the prompts and the Scrivener project opens fully loaded with the tuto rial s content 3 Choose File gt Compile The Compile dialog drops down Figure 3 31 Compile L A a P i Fxpor or print your draft far submission or final formaning in a dedicated word processor Format As Original e Compilation Options iii i Draft Contents hoat Formatting includes Trie Pa Aroak Before As
79. o gave him the freedom to work on this project while he had so many other things on his plate Dennis would like to thank Apple for creating hardware like the iPad that is such a joy to use Also thanks to the purveyors of the third party software that so wonderfully enhances Apple s prod ucts in particular the iPad Thanks too to Michael and Lisa for providing excellent collaboration on a really enjoyable title Special thanks to Steven Mowry at the Spokane Apple Store who finally placed an iPad 2 in my anxious hands after my sixth morning waiting in line for a unit Lisa would like to thank Mac for food and fresh air Michael for spiffy introductions and practical advice and Kathy for making me look much better than deserve Contents Introduction XV Whatthe iPad S POlis c1 c aceasta cs EIE EREN xii What This Book lS FOP erasa esaps Ques ae ea eae e aaa xii What s New in This Edition 0 0 cece eee eee xiii A Note About Conventions 0 0 cece eee eee xiii CHAPTER 1 Living in the iPad Information Syncing Project 0 0 ccc ccc een 2 View your SYNC settings 0 eee teeta 3 Connecting your iPad and viewing general options 3 SYNC COMAC arara a EE ESS 5 Setting contact sync OptionS 0 cece eee s DV NG Calenda Se canre nepie core R pE tr aae 7 Setting calendar sync options 0 0c cece eee 7 Sync mail settingS 0 cents 8 Syacing mail SCWINGS 0 54 44 a4e owen me
80. o so name the file and specify where you want to save it Now that you have your ePub file you can drag it to iTunes and sync it to your iPad Figure 3 32 shows the tutorial saved in iBooks on an iPad open to the table of contents Tutorial Keith Blount We receive a lot of documentation in HTML RTF and Word formats and we ve come to rely on Scrivener to repurpose that documentation into e books that we can carry around on our iPads and iPhones Also reading documentation on our iOS devices is like having lightweight adjustable second monitors for the documentation while we explore the software on our Macs 202 The iPad 2 Project Book Movie and TV Show Syncing Project Difficulty level Easy Software needed iTunes iPad model Any Additional hardware None Back in the dawn of time when we were in film school movies came in big metal boxes on multiple reels five or so per movie and moving a movie from place to place required a very strong back As for watching that movie have you ever tried to lug around a 35mm movie projector Today you can carry dozens of movies from place to place in a device that you can lift with your fingertips and you can watch those movies in glorious high resolution on that same device with a tap of the finger If you love movies and we do today is a Golden Age coated in platinum and sprinkled with diamonds In this project you see how to get movies and TV shows we love
81. o your iPad as you want and even if the same song appears in all those playlists only one copy of that song goes from your Music library to your iPad Playlists appear in the Source list on the left side of the iTunes window Over time you may find that you ve made dozens of playlists You can shorten the Source list by creating folders where you can store various playlists When you sync playlists between iTunes and your iPad you can choose individual playlists folders full of playlists or individual playlists inside folders When you select a folder of playlists in iTunes and sync that playlist folder to your iPad all the playlists inside that folder are synced to your iPad The icons for the playlist folders on your iPad don t look much like folders however they look more like stacks of playlists In the following tasks you create a folder for the playlists that you want to have on your iPad create a playlist inside that folder add songs to that playlist and then sync everything When you have these steps down you can go through your iTunes Library at leisure and create play lists and folders for your iPad to suit your needs and desires Making a playlist and playlist folder in iTunes 1 Inthe iTunes Source list click Music All your music in iTunes appears in a list Figure 3 24 LIBRARY Track v Mame Got1lZ Dum sigillum Follz Beata viscera OO Bofl2 Missa Lumen de Lumine 200 i Movies Sof li Mis
82. om an iPhone or iPod touch retrieve that content on your iPad and edit the project there to take advantage of the iPad s larger screen In this project you use Apple s iMovie app to assemble your video clips and photos into a movie with optional background music and narration and then share it with friends and family post it to the Internet or just keep it for your own reference or enjoyment Get your project started All right you have some video segments you ve shot with your iPad s cameras and you want to turn them into a movie The following task shows you how To access iMovie s integrated help system tap the question mark icon in the bottom left corner of an iMovie screen Just about anything you may want to know about the various controls and features are well covered in this help system but it doesn t provide a Getting Started tutorial so that s what we re providing in this first section 224 The iPad 2 Project Book Figure 3 55 iMovie s My Projects screen waiting for you to cre ate your first project Starting the movie 1 If you don t have the iMovie app installed on your iPad go to the App Store and purchase it 4 99 at this writing 2 Tap the iMovie icon on your iPad s home screen You see the My Projects screen shown in Figure 3 55 This screen is your project gallery MOVIE COMING SOON de ee eee m Tap to start a new project 3 Tap the plus sign
83. ou are in the recording You can drag the playhead around with your finger to move it to different parts of the recording While you re recording the duration appears in red on the timeline when you ve completed the recording the duration appears in green on the timeline Centered above the timeline and playhead are the transport controls Go to Beginning Stop Play and Record You tap the transport controls to position the playhead at the beginning of the song section start or stop playback and begin recording Chapter 3 Music Books and Movies on the iPad 177 J J J J J J J J J J J e J J J J J Go to Beginning Stop View button Play Record Figure 3 9 The playhead and transport controls Red indicates the record ing s progress Song Sections button Playhead Timeline In the following task you record a take We recommend that you read the steps first to become familiar with what you ll do and the chords you ll play You may even want to do a run through or two before you begin recording Doing a take 1 Tap the Go to Beginning Stop transport control to set the playhead at the far left end of the timeline refer to Figure 3 9 Recording begins at the playhead position and you want to begin at the beginning 2 Set the Autoplay dial to 2 This setting gives you a nice folksy finger picking rhythm 3 Tap the red Record transport control GarageBand begins the count in which you
84. oustic Smart Guitar Also the count in includes the final bar of the first song section 12 If you muffed the take repeat steps 10 11 to redo it Arrange the recording The two recordings you ve made are a good start Now you get a chance to fill out the arrangement In the following sections you perform several tasks a Make one of your recordings loop e Adda drum track e Reset the tempo to give your song a livelier feel Looping a region 1 Switch back to the track view screen refer to Figure 3 10 earlier in this project 2 Tap the Song Sections button at the left end of the timeline to open the Song Sections popover 3 Tap the All Sections button 4 Tap anywhere in the track view screen to dismiss the Song Sections popover 5 Tap the Acoustic Smart Guitar region to select it then tap that region again to display the editing controls Figure 3 15 Loop Split 182 The iPad 2 Project Book Figure 3 16 A looped region Figure 3 17 Apple Loops contains hundreds of tasty recorded loops 6 In the editing controls bar tap Loop The Acoustic Smart Guitar region expands to fill the entire track Figure 3 16 You can loop any of GarageBand s built in instruments to create repetitions of a recording In this case the eight bars you recorded with the Acoustic Smart Guitar are repeated again for bars 9 16 Adding a drum track 1 Tap the Loop button near the top right corner of the tra
85. p the View button The screen changes to show GarageBand s track view Figure 3 10 You use this view to add or remove song sections add or remove instrument tracks and arrange your recordings Chapter 3 Music Books and Movies on the iPad 179 Currently your song has one instrument track and one eight bar section The big green area below the control bar is the Acoustic Smart Guitar recording region that you created in the preceding section All recordings you make are stored in regions which you can edit and move around as you will in Looping a region later in this project 2 At the left end of the control bar tap the Song Sections button refer to Figure 3 9 to bring up the Song Sections popover Figure 3 11 Figure 3 11 Use the a sang Song Sections Song Sections popover anes piaca to add or remove sec tions and to choose which sections are displayed Duplicate Section A 8 bars 3 In the popover tap the Add button A new section appears in the popover Figure 3 12 You may notice that the track view now shows more bars for the moment Figure 3 12 A new Song Sections section has been l AA ER ees added to the song Ail Sections Section A 8 bars Section B 8 bars Duplicate Add 4 Tap anywhere outside the popover The popover goes away and the track view shows bars 9 16 The Smart Guitar track is empty because you haven t yet recorded those bars 5 Inthe bottom lef
86. playlists so chances are that your iPad songs folder for this project is near the top as shown in Figure 3 26 Playlists l E bought G i free y E D iPad songs Ml Labyrinth songs Eil Mahler Symphony 9 e Op Misc Playlists l E Singularities e 5 Smart Playlists M Beatles Chronological IM From iPad 4 Click Apply in the bottom right corner of the iTunes window iTunes syncs your new playlist along with any other items selected in the four lists in the music syncing pane refer to Figure 3 22 earlier in this project 194 The iPad 2 Project Book Get Smart Aside from playlists and playlist folders iTunes provides Smart Playlists When you make a Smart Playlist by choosing File gt Smart Playlist you specify the conditions that a song must satisfy to be in that playlist You could specify all songs with the word Love in their titles that have been added to your iTunes Music library in the past year for example Whatever songs match those conditions end up listed in the playlist If you add a new song to your Music library that satisfies the Smart Playlist s conditions it ends up listed in that playlist too You can sync Smart Playlists with your iPad which is why we re bringing the whole topic up Consult iTunes help for more information about Smart Playlists Create a playlist on your iPad While we re on the subject of playlists we should point out that you can make a playlis
87. porting documents in ePub format 199 importing image into 135 placing image in document 135 137 selecting text in 132 133 passcode choosing 51 resetting 58 setting 49 50 Passcode Lock screen 49 51 pasting text into Pages 128 130 PDF documents See also GoodReader about PDF format 197 annotating in GoodReader 102 106 creating e book 197 199 downloading to GoodReader 98 99 reading in GoodReader 100 102 phone numbers 25 Photos app 144 playhead for GarageBand tracks 176 177 playlist folders 191 192 playlists about Smart Playlists 194 clearing all iTunes before syncing 189 creating on iPad 194 196 defined 190 deleting songs from 193 including movies on 203 making and syncing iTunes 190 194 selecting and syncing music 191 193 syncing movie 205 206 using TV show episode 208 POP Post Office Protocol accounts 29 printing flash cards 152 153 PDF documents to iPad 198 199 using AirPrint for iPad 151 R Read it Later bookmarklet 108 109 reading content with Instapaper 108 111 PDFs in GoodReader 100 102 recent unwatched movies 205 Index 251 recipes See also Epicurious copying ingredients into scrapbook 132 134 creating scrapbook for 127 134 defining template for scrapbook 131 132 finding in BigOven 121 124 finding with Epicurious 112 115 noting source of 34 tips for customizing 134 using iPad in the kitchen 137 recordings adding chords to 177 178 adding drum track to 182 183 addin
88. rapbook 127 137 marking and displaying favorite recipes 116 117 searching for recipes 115 116 sharing BigOven recipes 126 using iPad in the kitchen 137 viewing and emailing recipe shopping list 118 119 iPad Protection Project 48 58 about 48 finding lost iPad 54 58 passcodes 49 51 setting restrictions 52 54 iPod touch 186 itinerary creating TravelTracker 158 159 entering flight info in 166 168 iTunes about Smart Playlists 194 choosing syncing categories in 188 189 clearing all playlists before syncing 189 exporting songs to 184 185 making and syncing playlists on 190 194 managing music syncing manually 196 preventing iPad syncing with computer 3 10 recovering data from backup of 51 reverting to automatic syncing 203 Source list for 4 syncing iPad items in 3 4 turning on off movie syncing 203 204 unable to stream copy protected content from 231 234 using Home Sharing with 242 244 viewing sync settings in 3 5 why sync using 10 iTunes Store downloading Air Video from App Store 232 renting movies from 210 restricting access to 53 K KAYAK 162 165 entering travel dates to find flight 164 165 setting flight routes 162 164 key 175 176 Index 249 Keynote about 138 acquiring 139 creating flash card deck in 145 149 developing presentation in 145 148 duplicating and editing slides 148 149 image guidelines in 148 making slide and completing deck 149 151 navigating between Safari and 139
89. ream copy protected content from iTunes 231 234 display order 39 documents See also PDF documents changing background color of 134 creating PDF e book 197 199 placing images in Pages 135 137 saving ePub 199 201 Don t Fall Asleep setting 75 137 downloading ABC Player 212 Air Video from iTunes App Store 232 BigOven 119 Dropbox 84 files to GoodReader 98 99 GarageBand app 170 171 TV software for streaming video 211 212 drafting email 27 DRM See digital rights management Dropbox 83 92 about 83 84 adding server to GoodReader 95 97 closing folders 100 downloading 84 favoriting file in 86 87 file sharing using 88 89 folder sharing using 89 92 logging in to 84 85 My Dropbox 85 86 on demand syncing with 87 88 syncing wiki with 62 drum track 182 183 duplicating Keynote slides 148 149 E e books See also Make Your Own E Books Project scrapbook creating PDF documents for 197 199 file formats for 197 editing contacts 23 24 GarageBand recordings 181 184 iPad techniques for 149 Keynote slides 148 149 placeholder text in Keynote 146 147 song genres 189 trip dates 157 158 email about IMAP and POP accounts 29 checking for spam 30 31 contact data available from 25 27 creating contact entry from address of 21 23 deleting 31 35 drafting 27 files via Dropbox 88 89 importing recipes into Pages via 127 130 invitation alerts via 43 mailing files to self 80 81 moving to different folder
90. rtist album and genre selections to your iPad and removes any songs from your iPad that don t match your selections 190 Figure 3 23 It may look like we re copying four songs into a playlist but we re really copy ing references to those songs The iPad 2 Project Book Make and sync playlists for your iPad Some people who spend a lot of time with iTunes delight in arranging their songs in all sorts of ways by using iTunes playlist features Many other people however find playlists abstract and confusing and shy away from them as though they were a nest of snakes If you re comfortable with playlists simply skip to Selecting and syncing playlists later in this project The rest of you read on Playlists are actually quite simple They re lists of one or more songs That s it They don t contain any actual songs just references to songs That s the part that seems to confuse people because in iTunes the act of adding songs to a playlist looks very much like copying the actual songs It isn t When you add songs to a playlist you re simply adding references to those songs as Figure 3 23 illustrates a A Cad gt gt Da ros z m e Q A BOSS M tae f Purchased on Michael Coren Niem by Anist J Aham by Aristi Name Time Ania 1S v Os a Werter s Yeu Orly Cross My Miad In 2 35 Sting gt Michael Cohen s iPad 2 I e eeosmen eaiaine Gown Benes We one Songs fram the Labyrirth 1 Sengs
91. sa Lumen de Lumine 200 Lt TY shows 10 of 12 Missa Lumen de Lumine 200 Podcasts liofi2 v Missa Lumen de Lumine 200 Before you can create a playlist or a playlist folder iTunes must be displaying content from one of your libraries 192 The iPad 2 Project Book 2 Choose File gt New Playlist Folder A folder appears in the Playlists section of the Source list with its title selected ready for you to edit it Figure 3 25 Figure 3 25 A new D Singularities playlist folder awaiting Smart Playlists its new name untitled folder Beatles Chronological 3 Type a folder name and press Return Mac or Enter Windows For this task type iPad songs When you press Return or Enter the folder is renamed If your Playlist section contains other folders they appear in alphabetical order and the newly named folder moves to its correct alphabetical position among them 4 Click the new folder to select it and then choose File gt New Playlist An untitled playlist appears inside the folder ready for you to rename it 5 Type anew name for the playlist whatever name you like and press Return or Enter 6 Add songs to your new playlist You can add songs to a playlist whether that playlist is in a folder or not of course but putting playlists inside folders makes it more convenient to sync them with your iPad In this project you re using only one playlist but you can use the folder
92. show episodes get synced The choices you have for syncing TV show episodes are similar to those for movies e All episodes a Unwatched episodes e The most or least recently obtained unwatched episodes Figure 3 38 Now showing in the TV Shows pane 207 Chapter 3 Music Books and Movies on the iPad e Selected episodes e Selected playlists that contain TV show episodes Because episodes belong to TV shows you can specify whether the unwatched and recent criteria apply to all TV shows or only to selected TV shows If you re an avid fan of William Daniels for example you can choose to sync only the five oldest unwatched episodes of Captain Nice and no others As with movies in this part of the project you get to experiment with various syncing settings to see how they work Also as with movies any changes you make in TV show syncing don t take effect without your approval Turning on TV show syncing 1 Connect your iPad to your computer 2 Launch iTunes 3 Select your iPad in the iTunes Source list below the Devices heading 4 Atthe top of the main pane of the iTunes window click the TV Shows button 5 Atthe top of the TV Shows pane select Sync TV Shows Figure 3 38 Sync TV Shows Automatically include episodes of Shows Dr Horrible s Sing Along Blog Episodes Oetro 1 4 7 d Act 3 gt x e Act l Doctor Who 2 Or Horrible s Sing Along Biog 1 mew episode C tota G
93. ssword do so You re back at the home screen and ABC Player is downloading You re ready to start enjoying ABC s network TV shows At least ABC hopes that you ll enjoy them Tap the ABC Player icon to enter the world of ABC prime time Cand more television Use ABC Player When you have ABC Player running you find five buttons along the bottom of the screen Featured Schedule All Shows Me and Info refer to Figure 3 42 earlier in this project Viewing ABC s featured favorites 1 If it isn t already selected as it is by default tap the Featured button at the bottom of the ABC Player screen You see a large thumbnail at the top of the screen displaying a show that ABC is wait for it featuring Figure 3 43 This display slides to the left about every 5 seconds to bring a new show s thumbnail into view 2 To speed the movement of the large thumbnail display or to make it go in the opposite direction touch the thumbnail and then flick your finger in the desired direction Chapter 3 Music Books and Movies on the iPad 213 Figure 3 43 ABC s featured shows and episodes ona spring day in 2011 Your mileage may vary abc BODY OF PROOF Watch The Series Premiere Most Popular 3 To watch a recent episode do one of the following things e To watch the most recent episode of a series during its regular season tap the Watch Latest Episode button to yes watch the latest episode of that show e
94. syncing criteria you set tip you can put TV episodes in playlists and select those playlists in the Include Episodes from Playlists list at the bottom of the TV Shows syncing pane Syncing episodes of selected TV shows 1 Below the Sync TV Shows check box in the TV Shows pane click the Automatically include option if it isn t already checked Figure 3 40 You can sync episodes from shows other than the ones you ve chosen to sync automatically Chapter 3 Music Books and Movies on the iPad 209 2 From the second pop up menu in the preceding option the choice in the first pop up menu doesn t matter choose selected shows Check boxes appear beside each show s name in the Shows list 3 Inthe Shows list click a show s check box to select it Only the episodes from the selected TV shows that match the criteria in the first pop up menu sync automatically As shown in Figure 3 40 however you can select other shows in the Shows list and sync individual episodes of them as well Sync TV Shows 4 episodes Automatically include all episodes of selected shows Shows Glee Episodes Dr H ble s Al BI season 2 y i j x pA a TO sir ng j ong moe 7 The Substitute _ Syncing all TV shows 1 Below the Sync TV Shows check box in the TV Shows pane click the Automatically include option if it isn t already checked 2 From the first pop up menu in the Automatically include option
95. t corner of the track view screen tap the plus sign to add a new instrument track You see the same Instruments screen that you saw early in this project refer to Figure 3 2 180 The iPad 2 Project Book 6 As you did earlier scroll left and choose Smart Guitar You see the same Smart Guitar screen shown in Figure 3 6 earlier in this project 7 Tap the Smart Guitar selection button to see the available guitars Figure 3 13 Figure 3 13 A choice of Smart Guitars 8 Tap the Rock Roots guitar The Smart Guitar screen updates to reflect your choice Although the Roots Rock screen looks different from the Acoustic screen and has a couple of new features to be precise two stompbox effects that you can turn on to change the sound of the guitar the new guitar operates much like the acoustic one that you ve been playing 9 Switch the Autoplay dial to 3 Figure 3 14 Figure 3 14 A new look for a new guitar z ty Roots Hock Em Figure 3 15 Editing controls for a selected region Chapter 3 Music Books and Movies on the iPad 181 10 Tap the Go to Beginning Stop transport control refer to Figure 3 9 to set the playhead at the far left end of the timeline 11 Complete steps 3 8 of Doing a take earlier in this project to record the new song segment in the Roots Rock guitar track You ll notice that the Roots Rock Smart Guitar has a distinctly different sound and Autoplay pattern from the Ac
96. t on your iPad using any of the songs artists albums and genres there Any playlist that you make on your iPad syncs back to iTunes where you can modify it and then sync it back to your iPad Making a playlist on the iPad 1 2 Tap the iPod app s icon on your iPad to open it Tap Music at the top of the Library column Your Music library appears in a list Figure 3 27 At the bottom of the screen tap the Songs button then in the bottom left corner tap the plus icon A New Playlist dialog appears Enter a name for your playlist and tap Save Your iPad displays the songs that it contains in alphabetical order and instructs you to add songs to the playlist Swipe through the list of songs tapping the ones you want to add to your new playlist As you tap a song s title it turns gray indicating that it s been added Figure 3 27 All your songs in the iPod on the iPad Figure 3 28 A new iPad playlist awaiting final approval Genius Mixes Albums Audiobooks Beatles Chronolog bought E Cnm Nad Now Playing Chapter 3 Music Books and Movies on the iPad After the Bom nbs After The Dolphin After What Again Today Air Pour Faire Pl u Albatross Alcohol Alexander All Arise All Around the World All By Myself Albu All Want All I m Thinkin About All I ve Got to Do The De embe nsis Crosby Stills amp Nash Blues Traveler Brandi Carlie Kormog Jud
97. t users share iTunes content with other wireless devices in a home network 240 The iPad 2 Project Book In iOS 4 3 Apple introduced AirPlay which once again raises the bar Now in addition to sharing what s in a computer s iTunes Library you can stream the content from one AirPlay capable device to another from your iPad to another iPad an iPhone or AppleTV for example Although Home Sharing and AirPlay may seem to be similar they re quite different technologies e Home Sharing emanates strictly from a computer running iTunes Other wireless devices on the home network request content from the computer Dennis s iMac for example frequently streams video to AppleTV while his wife accesses songs from the garden e AirPlay on the other hand is a broadcast model You start something playing on your computer or iPad iPhone or iPod touch and AirPlay capable devices pluck the stream from the air At this writing you can t receive an AirPlay broadcast on a computer Stream from one iOS device to another AirPlay with the assistance of the free AirView app lets you stream audio and video from a computer running iTunes or an iOS device to an iOS device running AirView or to any AirPlay compliant receiver such as AppleTV or remote speakers with AirPlay circuitry or an AirPort Express connection You might think of AirPlay as being a way to redirect the audio or video you re playing AirPlay capable speakers ar
98. tals is the iPad For 7 99 per month you can watch an awful lot of video without making a single trip to rental sites or the mailbox Get the TV software Although all the networks stream their shows via their Web sites and though Safari on the iPad provides a competent content conduit ABC has taken things a step further providing a dedicated iPad app called ABC Player to stream its shows to handheld devices This app offers a viewing experience that s tailored to the iPad rather than the lowest common denominator Web browser interface as you see in Figure 3 41 and Figure 3 42 which were taken seconds apart on the same day A Ao Ue bH Pe AS ees PREYS wnat Wi Pa EPISODE EVERYONE TS TALKING ABOUT oF EE 9 Pia nF Me Joon ae E E Baat dir r shows schedule waich episodes private practice DAIGHT 1e Figure 3 41 ABC s Web interface Figure 3 42 ABC Player s interface 212 The iPad 2 Project Book Obtaining ABC Player 1 Tap the App Store icon on your iPad s home screen 2 Inthe Search field in the top right corner of the App Store s home screen type ABC then tap ABC Player in the list that appears 3 Tap the ABC Player entry which should appear in the top left corner of the iPad Apps section The ABC Player product page appears 4 Tap the Free button below the icon in the top left corner Free flips over and becomes Install 5 Tap Install 6 When you re asked to enter your Apple ID and pa
99. tart a new song No songs exist in the My Songs browser Tap here to start a new song If you see a song screen of some sort tap the My Songs button in the top left left corner Figure 3 5 then tap the New Song icon at the bottom of the My Songs screen and tap New Song in the popover refer to Figure 3 3 lnatruments Urrcle al 1 Chapter 3 Music Books and Movies on the iPad 173 e If you see the Instruments screen refer to Figure 3 2 take a deep breath The new song has already been created and you re ready for the next step At this point no matter what you saw when you opened the app you should see the Instruments screen Now you re ready to choose an instrument to play Picking a guitar 1 On the Instruments screen scroll to the left until you see the Smart Guitar and then tap it The Smart Guitar instrument screen appears Figure 3 6 Here you can choose a different kind of guitar adjust the key and tempo and set other options Most important the Smart Guitar is preset with various chords that harmonize ready for you to play without hitting a wrong note Help button Song Settings button Smart Guitar selection button Autoplay dial Chords Notes switch Figure 3 6 An acoustic a mia 1 Smart Guitar ready for strumming g Acoustic Chord strips Chord labels Em Am Dm Strings Fretboard Tap the Help button in the top right corner to see helpful tags that _ describe wh
100. tatus by tapping the Queue button in the top right corner of the preview pane 3 Tap the double arrow button in the bottom right corner of the preview pane Figure 3 71 to have your video appear full screen if it doesn t transition to full screen automatically Full Screen button 238 The iPad 2 Project Book 4 Inthe controller overlay Figure 3 72 do any of the following Elapsed time Scrubber Timeline Remaining time Figure 3 72 Video displayed in full screen mode and the controls available in that mode 30 Second Rewind Advance Full Screen Play Pause Volume e Tap the 30 Second Rewind button to go backward in 30 second increments e Tap the Play Pause button to switch from playing to pausing and vice versa e Tap the Advance button to move to the next chapter marker or the end of the video if the video has no remaining chapter markers e Tap the Full Screen button again if you want to go back to the screen with the preview pane refer to Figure 3 71 e Drag the scrubber in the timeline to move to any point in the video you want The current time code how far into the video you are is shown at the left end of the timeline and the remaining time in the video is displayed at the right end Chapter 3 Music Books and Movies on the iPad 239 With the release of iOS 4 3 coincident with the iPad 2 s debut Air Video will play your videos over AirPlay in the background so you can stream your
101. ter or print option Drag the resulting PDF into iTunes and sync your iPad to make the PDF accessible on the go Create a PDF from a document The following task demonstrates just how simple it is for a Mac user to create a PDF using the Microsoft Word document for this project as the source 198 The iPad 2 Project Book Figure 3 29 The Print dialog Figure 3 30 Use the Print dialog to create PDFs Creating a PDF 1 On your computer open the document in your application of choice For this example we re using this project file in Microsoft Word 2008 2 Choose File gt Print The Print dialog opens Ours appears in Figure 3 29 Although the basics will be the same the application and printer you re using could make the dialog sport more or fewer features Printer Canon MX300 series B a Presets Standard H Copies amp Pages le Copies ff Collated Pages All Current page Y Selection C From 1 to la C Page range Enter page numbers and or lafl page ranges separated by MI Show Quick Preview COMMAS 8 9 4 598 f Page Felup PDF C Preview Supplies Pi in j 3 Click and hold the PDF button in the bottom left corner to display the PDF menu Figure 3 30 O ROD Preview oin Save as PRE Save as PostScript Fax PDF Mail PDF Create Booklet Save as PDF X Save PDF to iPhoto Save PDF to Web Receipts Folder Send PDF wi
102. th Mailsmith Edit Menu Chapter 3 Music Books and Movies on the iPad 199 4 Choose Save As PDF A Save As dialog appears letting you name your PDF and specify where it should be saved Now you have your PDF and if you want to you can drag it into iTunes for syncing to your iPad Microsoft doesn t provide built in PDF generation in its operating system but Windows users do have a free solution CutePDF Writer www cutepdf com products cutepdf writer asp You ll need to install the free Ghostscript package the Web page has links and instructions Make an e book with Scrivener Creating an ePub document is analogous to creating a PDF with the primary difference being the final step that renders the content in the desired form As Shakespeare wrote in Hamlet however Therein lies the rub Although tools for producing PDF output abound ePub compilers are less pervasive Apple provides one solution its Pages software desktop version only which lets you export your documents in ePub format which is suitable for use on your iPad iPhone or iPod touch Although Pages is a very fine word processor and a pretty nifty desktop publishing application too we prefer Scrivener www literatureandlatte com when it comes to producing e books Scrivener is a writing tool and environment that specifically targets book authors and script writers Whereas programs such as Word and Pages focus on creati
103. the middle of the Automatically include option s name choose an item other than all The lists below the option s name become available Figure 3 37 on the next page 206 The iPad 2 Project Book Figure 3 37 You can pick movies individ ually and choose playlists of movies J e e e e J Sync Movies Automatically include Movies DugsspecialMinsion ry tlisab C occu ey famil tervest Th p a Cat Smart Har 5 2 HA Haruhi Se irr im MA y k Aw Let There Be Love Macbeth demo short JZ i include Movies from Playlists Peay Anime eo Oy Princess Nine Mo 1 First inning 2 Click to select the movies you want to include along with your choices from step 1 If you choose any of the unwatched items from the Automatically include pop up menu in step 1 you can select only additional movies that don t match the unwatched items you ve chosen The movies that match your choice are automatically selected in the Movies list and can t be deselected 3 Inthe Include Movies from Playlists list scroll down in the Movies syncing pane to see it click to select the playlists you want to sync Sync TV show episodes The videos in your iTunes Library that are categorized as TV shows have two special items of information associated with them that affect syncing the name of the TV series and the episode of that series You can use these two pieces of information to specify which TV
104. think that calling the iPad magical is an egregious example of marketing exaggeration the first time you start to play with Apple s GarageBand app you may find that the adjective gains credibility Think of it a home recording studio that fits into a wafer thin slab of glass and metal and that s priced lower than a burger and fries Not only that but also it s a recording studio equipped with musical instruments that know how to play themselves GarageBand may not be magical but it ll do until Merlin drops by with his psaltery for a jam session In this project you use GarageBand s Smart Instruments to compose and record a simple song Obtain the GarageBand app If you re a Mac owner chances are that you ve already seen the Mac version of GarageBand which has shipped with every new Mac for years as part of Apple s iLife software suite Recently Apple has made it avail able for separate purchase from the Mac App Store You don t need a Mac or the Mac version of GarageBand to use the GarageBand app on your iPad however All you need are an iPad and 4 99 Getting the app e Purchase the GarageBand app from the App Store either directly on your iPad or via iTunes on your computer Figure 3 1 shows its icon Figure 3 2 The Instruments screen where you pick an instrument to play and record Chapter 3 Music Books and Movies on the iPad 171 You can enter the following URL in your computer s Web browser to
105. thly data allotment in a 3G contract whether that amount is 250 MB 1 GB or 2 GB A single 2 hour movie could easily consume your monthly allotment and have you paying a hefty overage penalty to boot If you re going to watch streaming video and we think that streaming video falls into the good things in life category make sure that you re viewing it over a Wi Fi connection Chapter 3 Music Books and Movies on the iPad 223 Make a Movie Project Difficulty level Easy Software needed iMovie app 4 99 iPad model iPad 2 Additional hardware None Apple led the way in personal computer video creation when it released the iMac DV and iMovie in 1999 iMovie has gone through multiple iter ations but has consistently been reviewed as a compelling combination of power and ease of use The latest version of iMovie for the iPad 2 iPhone 4 and iPod touch fourth generation is adapted to the iOS touchscreen interface for the low low price of just 4 99 This version has some drawbacks You can t edit any video other than what you ve taken with an iOS device for example nothing that you ve downloaded from the Internet received in email or acquired from anything other than another iOS device One nice touch though is that you don t have to have a wired connection to your Mac or PC running iTunes to transfer an iMovie project If you have a wireless connection you can use iTunes File Sharing to save a project to iTunes fr
106. ts debut when astronaut Dave Bowman used it to view the news while having a horrific looking meal of pur ed space food We didn t want any of that food but boy did that Newspad look appetizing It took only 42 years Cinteresting number 42 for the iPad to make it from Hollywood to the Apple Store Even more entertaining than the movie were the consternation and confusion among technology pundits when the iPad was announced in 2010 Very few of them could figure out what the device was for and all too many of them were convinced that it wouldn t be popular Now we re a year into the iPad era The iPad has turned out to be even more popular than even the most optimistic pundits expected and the public has had no problem figuring out what the device is for In fact iPad owners have come up with ways to use it that no one expected While we were writing this book for example a new album recorded and mixed entirely on the iPad went on sale in the iTunes Store xvi Introduction What the iPad Is For What is the iPad for It s for fun It s for work It s for convenience It s for doing whatever a legion of app developers can make a sleek bright big screen handheld touch driven device do reading books playing games looking at photos looking up at the stars doing budgets sending and receiving email browsing the Web reserving plane tickets watching movies or TV editing video listening to music writing music
107. using Home Sharing 244 signing up for MobileMe on 12 syncing files in Dropbox on 84 transferring files to computer from 92 95 wireless iPad syncing with 13 Contact and Calendar Management Project 38 47 about 38 adjusting Time Zone Support settings 44 46 choosing default calendar 40 41 getting directions 46 47 setting default contacts account 39 40 sorting contacts 38 39 subscribing to calendars 42 43 turning on off calendar alert sounds 43 Contacts adding contacts in 20 24 creating contacts from email address 21 23 data not shared on vCards 27 default account for 39 40 editing 23 24 getting directions in 46 47 New Contact form in 22 other email data to add for contacts 25 27 Sender window for 21 setting Time Zone Support for 45 sharing contacts 26 27 sorting contacts 38 39 syncing contacts 5 6 transferring email info into 24 cooking See iPad Chef Project copy protection 231 copying recipe ingredients into scrapbook 132 134 URLs to contacts from email 25 26 CutePDF Writer 199 D data found in contact emails 25 27 recovering iPad 51 wiping iPad 58 dates editing trip 157 158 searching for flight 164 165 default accounts choosing calendar 40 41 selecting contacts 39 40 deleting all iPad data 58 calendar subscription 42 43 email 31 35 songs from playlist 193 trashed emails 31 digital rights management DRM about 231 AirPlay unable to transmit material using 241 unable to st
108. ver refer to Figure 3 8 earlier in this project 2 Inthe Tempo section use the Tempo controls to set the tempo to 110 For details on setting the tempo refer to Setting up the recording earlier in this project 3 Set the Metronome switch to Off 4 Tap outside the Song Settings popover to dismiss it 184 The iPad 2 Project Book 5 Tap the Play transport control to play your finished song The song plays faster with an added drum track and the acoustic guitar plays along with the rock guitar in the last eight bars Congratulations you re an iPad recording artist Share your performance A recording artist needs an audience and GarageBand makes it easy for you to reach yours You can save your song to iTunes or email it to your fans The iTunes option makes a copy of your song that you can access via iTunes File Sharing when you connect your iPad to your computer In the following sections we show you how to use both distribution methods Saving to iTunes 1 Inthe top left corner of the track view screen tap the My Songs button The My Songs screen appears displaying the song you just finished 2 Tap the Action button at the bottom of the screen to see your distri bution choices Figure 3 19 Figure 3 19 Choose an export method for your song send to iTunes Email Song p L B T Action button 3 Tap Send to iTunes The Choose Format window opens Figure 3 20 You have two choices in this wi
109. y Collins Barenaked Ladies Niamh Parsons The Decemberists Orba Squara Green Day Joni Mitchell Bruce Springsteen The Beatles 195 The Crane Wile Crosby Stills amp Nash Bastardos The Story Korong Forever The Judy Coll Stunt Blackbirds and Thrushes The King is Dead Sunshyness Dookie Blue Devils amp Dust Wah The Beatles You can use the search box at the top of the screen to find the songs you want You can also use the buttons at the bottom to add albums artists genres and composers 6 Tap the blue Done button Your new playlist appears Figure 3 28 M Oh P From iPad Misc Playlists Music Videos P Purchased Purchased on Mich Smart Playlists H The Abduction of From iPad Now Playing Shuttle gt C Across The Univer As One Code Monkey Dark Time in the EE The Beates Dropkick Murphys Jonathan Coulton Laurie Anderson Let It Be Naked Glackout Best Concert Ever Hometand Deluxe Ve 196 The iPad 2 Project Book 7 Tap any song to delete it from the playlist or tap the playlist in the Library column to delete the whole thing 8 When the playlist is the way you want it tap Done again Manage your music by hand Some people like total control of every single item on their iPads prefer ring to add and remove songs manually rather than rely on syncing If you re one of those people this last section and iTunes M
110. y of the following things e Tap the blue Done button to go back to the show s episode screen e Tap the Play Pause button to toggle between playing and pausing e Tap the Letterbox Full Screen button to control the video s aspect ratio e Drag the playhead in the timeline to move to a different point in the episode Be aware however that if you drag over one of the tick marks each of which denotes a limited commercial interruption the playhead lands on the commercial rather than on the particular point you chose 218 The iPad 2 Project Book Commercials More Annoying Than on Disc or on Demand When a commercial is playing the viewing controls are inaccessible You can t pause playback much less fast forward or rewind In fact you can t even end playback and return to the selection page This situation is particularly annoying when you accidentally tap one of the thumbnails because every video starts with one of these uninterruptible commercials Thus you have to sit through the commercial until the controls are available again or press the iPad s Home button then double press the Home button to display the process bar hold one of the app icons until all the icons wiggle tap the X in ABC Player s top left corner to terminate the process and then relaunch the ABC Player app Owners of this book s first edition may note that the advent of multitasking made this procedure a bit longer Watch mov
111. you just created to contain all the playlists destined for your iPad You can drag any playlist in the Source list onto a folder to put it in the folder and you can take a playlist out of a folder by dragging it to the left edge of the iTunes window Adding songs to a playlist 1 Click Music in the iTunes Source list All the content in your Music library is displayed in the main pane of the iTunes window Figure 3 26 Selecting a playlist folder for syncing Chapter 3 Music Books and Movies on the iPad 193 2 Click a song to select it You can select multiple songs by Shift clicking If your iTunes Library is displaying songs by album cover in iTunes grid layout you can select the album by clicking its cover To view your Music library in grid layout choose View gt as Grid 3 Drag the song to the playlist to which you want to add it You can delete a song from a playlist at any time First click the play list to see its contents then select the song and press the Delete key Don t worry the song is still in your Music library Selecting and syncing playlists 1 Follow steps 1 3 of Syncing your entire Music library to your iPad earlier in this project If they aren t already selected select the Sync Music check box and the radio button titled Selected playlists artists albums and genres 3 In the Playlists list select a folder The Playlists list displays folders before individual

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