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iOS file management & networking. It’s limited (deliberately) compared to other os’s. Apple has views about how to do things and steer users toward toward their own apps which happen to have poor/inconsistent interfaces.
You can work around it, but it is still valid criticism. In general, great hardware with middling core software.
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@Stargazer said in Tech Questions:
Adblocker: I have been using Adblock Plus for ages now. It's very effective. If there is a downside, then maybe that it slows down loading pages a little bit, but that may be the case with every adblocker.
It's available for iOS, Android, Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge and Safari.Try uBlock Origin, it's less resource intensive.
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@antipodean yeah I think that's what I use on the laptop on Chrome.
Barely notice it is there, except now and then I click on a legit link and it blocks it.
I also use the VPN extension, but I find that seems to slow my internet speeds down..
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@Stockcar86 said in Tech Questions:
@Nepia said in Tech Questions:
@canefan said in Tech Questions:
@Nepia said in Tech Questions:
@canefan said in Tech Questions:
@Nepia said in Tech Questions:
Can I join in and ask a question too please?
I want to get some sort of tablet, but for two main reasons only - to read on and to watch stuff when travelling on a plane.
I don't need the most high tech, or the most expensive (in fact I'm leaning against that because I'm not a tablet person around the house kind of guy).
Any suggestions?
As an android/ pc guy I'd say the ipads and minis are very good. If you want a tablet with expandable memory then the Samsung galaxy tab is better. I go for minis or 8" androids, a little small but easy for the kids to use
No kids for me to worry about!
I'm probably wanting closer to 10" as I'll be watching stuff on it, but then not too big because I want to be able to read it as well.
The wife has a big iPad. The display is very sharp
One of the Pros? I find them to be comically large (and I'm too cheap/unwilling to pay over $1k for a tablet).
I guess I should have said tablets less than $500.00
This is what I've got 200 of the store owners from work using:
https://www.pbtech.co.nz/product/TABSAM5800/Samsung-Galaxy-TAB-A-101-WiFi-Tablet--White---16GB
Decent price point if you just need WiFi and not a SIM card for your connectivity. Big enough to read ebooks from (same size as iPad mini)
I've got the 8" model, perfectly adequate for video and general browsing, so if a bigger screen is required, have no doubt the 10" model would perform well enough.
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@Godder said in Tech Questions:
@Stockcar86 said in Tech Questions:
@Nepia said in Tech Questions:
@canefan said in Tech Questions:
@Nepia said in Tech Questions:
@canefan said in Tech Questions:
@Nepia said in Tech Questions:
Can I join in and ask a question too please?
I want to get some sort of tablet, but for two main reasons only - to read on and to watch stuff when travelling on a plane.
I don't need the most high tech, or the most expensive (in fact I'm leaning against that because I'm not a tablet person around the house kind of guy).
Any suggestions?
As an android/ pc guy I'd say the ipads and minis are very good. If you want a tablet with expandable memory then the Samsung galaxy tab is better. I go for minis or 8" androids, a little small but easy for the kids to use
No kids for me to worry about!
I'm probably wanting closer to 10" as I'll be watching stuff on it, but then not too big because I want to be able to read it as well.
The wife has a big iPad. The display is very sharp
One of the Pros? I find them to be comically large (and I'm too cheap/unwilling to pay over $1k for a tablet).
I guess I should have said tablets less than $500.00
This is what I've got 200 of the store owners from work using:
https://www.pbtech.co.nz/product/TABSAM5800/Samsung-Galaxy-TAB-A-101-WiFi-Tablet--White---16GB
Decent price point if you just need WiFi and not a SIM card for your connectivity. Big enough to read ebooks from (same size as iPad mini)
I've got the 8" model, perfectly adequate for video and general browsing, so if a bigger screen is required, have no doubt the 10" model would perform well enough.
Why are you posting your porn star application letter on this thread?
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@Crucial said in Tech Questions:
@Godder said in Tech Questions:
@Stockcar86 said in Tech Questions:
@Nepia said in Tech Questions:
@canefan said in Tech Questions:
@Nepia said in Tech Questions:
@canefan said in Tech Questions:
@Nepia said in Tech Questions:
Can I join in and ask a question too please?
I want to get some sort of tablet, but for two main reasons only - to read on and to watch stuff when travelling on a plane.
I don't need the most high tech, or the most expensive (in fact I'm leaning against that because I'm not a tablet person around the house kind of guy).
Any suggestions?
As an android/ pc guy I'd say the ipads and minis are very good. If you want a tablet with expandable memory then the Samsung galaxy tab is better. I go for minis or 8" androids, a little small but easy for the kids to use
No kids for me to worry about!
I'm probably wanting closer to 10" as I'll be watching stuff on it, but then not too big because I want to be able to read it as well.
The wife has a big iPad. The display is very sharp
One of the Pros? I find them to be comically large (and I'm too cheap/unwilling to pay over $1k for a tablet).
I guess I should have said tablets less than $500.00
This is what I've got 200 of the store owners from work using:
https://www.pbtech.co.nz/product/TABSAM5800/Samsung-Galaxy-TAB-A-101-WiFi-Tablet--White---16GB
Decent price point if you just need WiFi and not a SIM card for your connectivity. Big enough to read ebooks from (same size as iPad mini)
I've got the 8" model, perfectly adequate for video and general browsing, so if a bigger screen is required, have no doubt the 10" model would perform well enough.
Why are you posting your porn star application letter on this thread?
Steady on son, no need to get too excited here. It's only WiFi, not LTE...
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Having an issue with my daughters iPad connecting to the internet.
it connects to our WiFi network but just wont connect to the internet.
Other devices on the network can connect to internet, her iPad can connect to internet on other networks or when I create a hotspot on my phone, seems an issue with her iPad and this Wifi.
Have tried the forget connection, reset network on the iPad, reset setting on iPad, renewed the lease on the iPad connection (whatever that does, but a online help suggested it)
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@taniwharugby i got no apple skillz, and pretty limited knowledge at all really - but if it were windows first thing i would do is check the ipad's IP address against the modems (or other devices on the network).
as i understand it your modem should allocate IP addresses (within a set range) to everything on the network - eg mine goes 192.168.1.1 for the modem, then from 192.168.1.2 up to 192.168.1.255 for each device connected.
my computer shits itself frequently and its IP address becomes 169.bla.bla.bla which is basically an error message. if i see that, i know there's a problem, and can set it to a static IP address - which you enter yourself as (in my case) 192.168.1.whatever, and it works.
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@taniwharugby probably a limit on your modem for dynamic IP ranges - very similar to what @reprobate said above.
Go into the modem settings and look for DHCP, then it should have a range of addresses it allocates. Just need to make that number bigger.
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@NTA said in Tech Questions:
@taniwharugby probably a limit on your modem for dynamic IP ranges - very similar to what @reprobate said above.
Go into the modem settings and look for DHCP, then it should have a range of addresses it allocates. Just need to make that number bigger.
Another issue I used to have with apple devices is that sometimes the IP address being used isn't dynamically changing. You may find two devices trying to use the same one.
Two things to try. Do a reset on the iPad (hold home and power down together until the apple appears). Next try a router reset.
Nick's solution may be the one though.
I had the same issue with my ipad yesterday at home. wifi connection was good but it just spun its wheels trying to connect to anything. Did the device reset and it all came good. -
The last number on the IP was .3
Yea tried the reset but will give other a shot.
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Update!
I have had an iPad for one week. The hardware (speaker placement aside) is very good for the price. The software is pretty average though, and riddled with inconsistencies and limitations (hardware buttons without software buttons are dumb; give me back and home buttons etc in the bottom centre of the screen no matter what the orientation; not having "search with google" in the context menu is very annoying). Built in adblocking is cool though.
If Google made a comparable Nexus 10, I'd buy it in a heartbeat.
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@tim said in Tech Questions:
Update!
I have had an iPad for one week. The hardware (speaker placement aside) is very good for the price. The software is pretty average though, and riddled with inconsistencies and limitations (hardware buttons without software buttons are dumb; give me back and home buttons etc in the bottom centre of the screen no matter what the orientation; not having "search with google" in the context menu is very annoying). Built in adblocking is cool though.
If Google made a comparable Nexus 10, I'd buy it in a heartbeat.
Sounds like you are just having adjustment issues and need to get used to the settings (this is the bit that gets most frustration as whoever designs the default settings at apple seems to be at odds with the way many people want to use things).
If you want to search with google just highlight the term you want to search, hold your finger down and select 'Lookup'. You will probably get a whole pile of shit that purports to be helpful such as Siri suggestions and things on your ipad itself. At the very bottom you get 'Search Web' which will then do the googling you are after.
You can get rid of the gumpf though by going to Settings-General-Spotlight Search and switching off 'Suggestions in Lookup'. Then you will only get the 'Search the web' option. -
So Apple's computer OS has the worst security flaw since Windows 98.
Huge security flaw lets anyone log into a High Sierra Mac
https://i.imgur.com/7nhfu0O.gifv
Also works remotely.
https://giant.gfycat.com/SentimentalNaiveAntelopegroundsquirrel.webm
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@tim said in Tech Questions:
Huge security flaw lets anyone log into a High Sierra Mac
I just tried and it didn't work for me, then I realised I set up root on my Mac and gave it a password.
That's a bad error, very embarrassing. More evidence they just don't care about the Mac anymore.
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Fucking hell.
I’m so ready to change from my Mac, but I’m pretty locked in (photos etc) so it would take me a week to get everything sorted again.
All of these updates make my computer worse nowadays. It’s fucking terrible how much that company has gone to the dogs.
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