Apple's mobile tablet computing device. Questions about using the iPad are considered off topic, unless they're about interfacing with your computer.
Questions tagged [ipad]
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What ffmpeg command would convert a video for iPad/iPhone/iPod?
I'm currently using a batch file which (amongst other things) runs the following handbrakecli command line to convert a video:
HandBrakeCLI.exe -v0 --input "D:\input.mkv" --preset="Universal" --ipod-atom -t 1 --angle 1 --gain 0…
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How do you open the Developer's Console on Chrome on an iPad?
This answer on Arqade says that you need to activate the Developer's Console to do what it says. However, I need to do this on an iPad with Chrome installed. Is there a simple way to do this?
user140967
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Why does the terminal on my MacBook Pro seem to send me my iPad instead of the MacBook Pro itself?
Somehow when I open the terminal on my MacBook Pro 16 (2019) it uses my iPad instead of using my MacBook Pro. I moved from Windows few days ago. I use my iPad at school for writing by my hand and somehow they linked up.
I want to run Flutter from…
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How can I develop for Safari 6 without buying a mac?
I've always found that just developing in Windows, and using Safari for Windows has been sufficient.
However, Safari 6 has now been released, and I've got at least one user who has contacted me, saying he's experienced problems with one of my sites…
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MacBook Pro USB port provides more current in Mac OS X than in Windows
I have a MacBook Pro with both Mac OS X Lion and Windows (under BootCamp) installed. While in Windows, I tried to charge my iPad 3 via the USB port. The iPad says "Not charging", but really, it does, just super slow (4-5% per hour). The reason for…
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Why does the Apple A12X processor have better benchmark results then the i7-4790T?
In my workstation I have an Intel i7-4790T that I've always thought was a pretty fast CPU. But according to Geekbench 4 the Apple A12X processor in the new iPad Pro comfortably beats it. When I run Geekbench 4 I get a single core speed of around…
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Repeating a Wi-Fi signal with a Windows 7 laptop
I have a weak Wi-Fi signal that I can receive only by using my Windows 7 Laptop which uses an external Wi-Fi antenna..
I have an iPad which doesn't receive the signal as well - if at all - so I'm thinking if I could use the laptop either to share…
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Adding exchange room calendars to iPad
I am trying to get an iPad to list Exchange room resources in its calendar.
I have set up an account for the iPad to connect to exchange with it's own mailbox. This account has full access to the room resources (this was mainly for my ease of…
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Is there a way to turn my computer into a bluetooth keyboard?
Possible Duplicate:
Use laptop as bluetooth keyboard?
Here are the facts:
I have a computer (hurray!)
It has a working bluetooth chipset
It is running Linux (Debian)
My tablet (an iPad, but it probably doesn't matter) supports bluetooth…
ereOn
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Can you safely delete apps from iTunes music folder?
I realised I was running drastically low on disk space today, and after some poking around found I had 40GB (!) of apps in iTunes.
Now that Apple have sorted out their store so you can re-download without paying etc, can I safely delete this entire…
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Turn Off Unjailbroken iOS Device From PC
Is there a way to turn off a unjailbroken device from the PC? If it was jailbroken I could just SSH into it and turn it off.
Can I boot with the help of a ramdisk and then shut it down?…
Elmo
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Connect iPad to windows 7 VPN
My iPad keeps spitting out the error:
"A connection could not be established to the PPP server."
I am trying to connect it to a VPN I set up with Windows 7 as an incoming connection.
On the iPad, I went into the VPN settings, added a new PPTP VPN…
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Using keyboard attached to PC or Mac as Bluetooth keyboard for iPad?
I would like to use my computer keyboard (USB) as a Bluetooth keyboard for my iPad, while I am using it with my computer. I was hoping their was an "app for that" that I could run on either Mac or Windows. I imagine how it would work: It would…
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Can you transfer files off the iPad with Bluetooth?
Can you transfer files off the iPad with Bluetooth? Or do you have to buy a 3rd party add-on?
From Google, it seems like you needed a 3rd party app to do that.
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Where do the notes synchronized from the iPad go?
I synchronize e-mails, contacts, calendar and notes between my iPad and Google. Google has web interfaces for the first three, but where do my notes end up?
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