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Old 27-05-2012, 09:04
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Just bought the latest I-Pad.
A bit clueless.
How do I download My Documents, Pictures etc. from my PC.
From what I've tried to read it seems socomplicated.
Also, on my I-Pad i signed in successfully to my Skype account but can't seem to go any further that is, actually Skyping my existing contacts.
Sorry to be a pain.
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Old 27-05-2012, 21:18
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You can use itunes to put pictures on your ipad, not sure what documents you want to put on .
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Old 27-05-2012, 22:00
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Old 27-05-2012, 22:34
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Old 28-05-2012, 08:25
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there's a few apps on the store for reading off your PC via network.
File Explorer....http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/filee...499470113?mt=8 I find that handy. You can also save the files to the ipad on the fly from there.
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Old 28-05-2012, 11:22
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You can use itunes to put pictures on your ipad, not sure what documents you want to put on .
Agree.....you can download all your photos n videos using iTunes.
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Old 28-05-2012, 21:33
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OP, you are right it is difficult, because there is no help, and the book is useless.

Anyway here is a hugely important step for you.

This is for Windows 7 and probably Vista. Earlier version will involve control panel but otherwise similar.

You have to download and install Itunes to your PC. The ipad will only be available through that.

Next, with not much else running, click start and type services into the box.

After a bit a thing will pop up showing services. Click on the Local folder in the list.

In the long list of local services that comes up, click on Apple Mobile. On the right you will see that you can start it. Do that.

(If you instead right click on apple mobile, one of the options in the list is start automatically. Don't do that but remember you can if you want to have it going all the time even when you dont use it.)

Now Itunes will see the ipad when it is plugged in a USB port, and will display things about it, and will swap from one to tother what it can. Your music, photos, videos, books and so on will be on both.

Note specially it tells you how much space you have left on the ipad.

I have not a clue why one should want to do this, but that is how to do it.

I also have not a clue why Itunes does not do this automaticaly, but there you go. My ipad came with email disabled as well. I think they do it on purpose so users feel stupid.
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Old 28-05-2012, 22:16
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There shouldn't be any need to mess around with "Services"
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Old 29-05-2012, 11:00
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Old 29-05-2012, 12:08
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OP, you are right it is difficult, because there is no help, and the book is useless.

Anyway here is a hugely important step for you.

This is for Windows 7 and probably Vista. Earlier version will involve control panel but otherwise similar.

You have to download and install Itunes to your PC. The ipad will only be available through that.

Next, with not much else running, click start and type services into the box.

After a bit a thing will pop up showing services. Click on the Local folder in the list.

In the long list of local services that comes up, click on Apple Mobile. On the right you will see that you can start it. Do that.

(If you instead right click on apple mobile, one of the options in the list is start automatically. Don't do that but remember you can if you want to have it going all the time even when you dont use it.)

Now Itunes will see the ipad when it is plugged in a USB port, and will display things about it, and will swap from one to tother what it can. Your music, photos, videos, books and so on will be on both.

Note specially it tells you how much space you have left on the ipad.

I have not a clue why one should want to do this, but that is how to do it.

I also have not a clue why Itunes does not do this automaticaly, but there you go. My ipad came with email disabled as well. I think they do it on purpose so users feel stupid.
There is no need to do that. iTunes will recognise your Apple mobile device. If iTunes doesn't automatically open when you connect your iPad to the computer then simplly open iTunes and give a little bit of time and then it will recognize your iPad.

Digging around in services is not something the average computer should be doing. No program is designed for you to be doing that.
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Old 29-05-2012, 12:14
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Just bought the latest I-Pad.
A bit clueless.
How do I download My Documents, Pictures etc. from my PC.
From what I've tried to read it seems socomplicated.
Also, on my I-Pad i signed in successfully to my Skype account but can't seem to go any further that is, actually Skyping my existing contacts.
Sorry to be a pain.
It is simple, just install iTunes on your computer and connect your iPad. Open iTunes, if it didn't automatically open when you connected your iPad to the computer, and it will shortly recognize your iPad. The interface is self explanatory.

Not familiar with Skype. You may want to contact Skype or look to see if they have a user forum.

The best place you can go to to learn how to use your Apple device in detail and if you are having issues is the Apple site itself, and their outstanding user forums.
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Old 30-05-2012, 07:24
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OP, you are right it is difficult, because there is no help, and the book is useless.

Anyway here is a hugely important step for you.

This is for Windows 7 and probably Vista. Earlier version will involve control panel but otherwise similar.

You have to download and install Itunes to your PC. The ipad will only be available through that.

Next, with not much else running, click start and type services into the box.

After a bit a thing will pop up showing services. Click on the Local folder in the list.

In the long list of local services that comes up, click on Apple Mobile. On the right you will see that you can start it. Do that.

(If you instead right click on apple mobile, one of the options in the list is start automatically. Don't do that but remember you can if you want to have it going all the time even when you dont use it.)

Now Itunes will see the ipad when it is plugged in a USB port, and will display things about it, and will swap from one to tother what it can. Your music, photos, videos, books and so on will be on both.

Note specially it tells you how much space you have left on the ipad.

I have not a clue why one should want to do this, but that is how to do it.

I also have not a clue why Itunes does not do this automaticaly, but there you go. My ipad came with email disabled as well. I think they do it on purpose so users feel stupid.
Many thanks, Johnbee and all respondees.
Much appreciated.
Am now doing it OK following the downloading of ITunes onto my PC.
I certainly like the i-Pad3.
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Old 30-05-2012, 09:25
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Many thanks, Johnbee and all respondees.
Much appreciated.
Am now doing it OK following the downloading of ITunes onto my PC.
I certainly like the i-Pad3.
You should just install iTunes. You do not need to be messing with services. That is now how iTunes works, or any program for that matter.

If you install iTunes and connect your iPad your computer will either open iTunes automatically and recognize your iPad or it will recognize it after you open iTunes.

You are not supposed to be messing with services to get programs working and you certainly do not have to do so to get iTunes working with your iPad.
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Old 30-05-2012, 17:25
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There is no need to do that. iTunes will recognise your Apple mobile device. If iTunes doesn't automatically open when you connect your iPad to the computer then simplly open iTunes and give a little bit of time and then it will recognize your iPad.

Digging around in services is not something the average computer should be doing. No program is designed for you to be doing that.
Unfortunately what actually happens if you download Itunes, connect Ipad and run itunes, it detects the ipad but gives the message 'Can not connect to ipad because apple mobile services is not running.'

To be strictly accurate, I have Ipad 3 and that is what happened when I did it, and what I had to do to correct it.

Uaing the services software in Windows 7 is perfectly straightforward, I would not suggest it otherwise. Apple run perfectly good after sales service for people who do not want to know how to do things.

There are far too many people on here who spend time cluttering up help threads by criticising people who try to help instead of actually being helpful. It is very annoying because people who do that a lot are in fact unable to help and so give very wrong information.

Anyone running itunes and seeing the error message about apple services not running would have found my message helpful I hope.
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Old 30-05-2012, 17:57
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Old 30-05-2012, 20:46
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Unfortunately what actually happens if you download Itunes, connect Ipad and run itunes, it detects the ipad but gives the message 'Can not connect to ipad because apple mobile services is not running.'

To be strictly accurate, I have Ipad 3 and that is what happened when I did it, and what I had to do to correct it.

Uaing the services software in Windows 7 is perfectly straightforward, I would not suggest it otherwise. Apple run perfectly good after sales service for people who do not want to know how to do things.

There are far too many people on here who spend time cluttering up help threads by criticising people who try to help instead of actually being helpful. It is very annoying because people who do that a lot are in fact unable to help and so give very wrong information.

Anyone running itunes and seeing the error message about apple services not running would have found my message helpful I hope.
That's what happened to you. It is not what happens to everyone, or even most people.

I know that what you posted is helpful for anyone who suffers the "Can not connect to ipad because apple mobile services is not running" message

...However, neither Lysandar nor anyone else in this thread ever actually said they had that problem, so IMO your post was actually the one "cluttering up a help thread" by providing information that was unnecessary and which just made things more complicated than they need to be.

e.g.

Download and install iTunes.

Run iTunes.

Connect iPad.

Decide what you want to synchronise.

Synchronise.

I don't see how that is "difficult"?

If the basic simple steps don't work, and it gives the error you (but not most people) received, then it is time to start messing around in Services, not before.


As for the earlier comment that "it is difficult, because there is no help, and the book is useless"... totally disagree.

It's simple, as above. Install iTunes. Open iTunes. Connect iPad...

If you have problems, or need info on how to use the iPad or how to find your way around, there is a full manual available online, via Apple.com's Support section:

http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/ipad_user_guide.pdf

And if that still doesn't help, then there are various support articles at Apple.com, including ones on problems with connecting to iTunes, if you do end up having to start the service.

e.g.

https://www.apple.com/support/ipad/assistant/itunes/

https://support.apple.com/kb/HT1923

https://support.apple.com/kb/TS1567
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Old 30-05-2012, 21:17
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Oh, I'm curious as to the other earlier comment about how your "ipad came with email disabled as well".

What do you mean?

It doesn't come with email "disabled"... It comes with no email accounts set up (obviously, as how would Apple know your email account details?!). Big difference.

Setting up email on the iPad is, like everything else, very simple.

If no accounts are present (which will be the case with a new iPad, of course), you just open the Mail app and follow the instructions to set up the required account(s).

Need help somehow? Try the Apple website... https://support.apple.com/kb/ht4810

Want more info on the Mail app, settings, additional accounts, etc.? Try the online user guide, as linked to earlier.
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Old 31-05-2012, 20:22
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<< Oh, I'm curious as to the other earlier c< omment about how your "ipad came with email disabled as well".

What do you mean?

It doesn't come with email "disabled"... >>

OK I will explain then, since you asked only a bit nastily, because I feel helpful today.

Start the Ipad, go to the home screen, and tap on services (I hope it is on your home screen)

Up will come a list of things on the left and and also on the right.

One of the items on the left is email and stuff (can not remember the rest unless it is email and contacts).

Tap it.

You will then see if you tapped correctly, a column of things on the right, one of which is an email account (perhaps more than one, but not sure as I only have one on the Ipad.).

Tap it.

Look down the list of settings. One of the settings is for email. (I know it is a bit odd having an email entry in the email entry, but it has).

It might with a bit of luck be set to ON. If you sort of glide your finger along it, it will change to OFF.

That will disable your email.

That is what I mean by disabled. See? Simple isn't it.

I wonder whether you had the shop set yours up so you never saw hpw to do it. Perhaps it depends on which email supplier one chooses (Icloud in my case). Perhaps after reading this you might accept that one reason you deny that it might be difficult is that you don't know enough about it.

I am certain that my reason for thinking it difficult is that I know nothing about Apple; when reading a book on it it keeps suddenly flipping over many pages at a time which is blooming annoying and there seems to be no way of stopping it.
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Old 31-05-2012, 21:15
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When you create a new account under "Mail, Contacts, Calendars" within "Settings", you are presented with a screen showing the relevant features (Mail, Contacts, Calendars, etc.) with On/Off sliders next to them (the screen you mention).

Depending on what kind of account you are creating, they may all be On, or only some may be On.

If the Mail option is "disabled" (Off) by default when you create an account, all you have to do is slide it On. It's not confusing...

I have iCloud, Google, and a work email account on my iPad and iPhone. Some functions I use on all, others I only use on one or two accounts.

As a test, I have just added a Yahoo email account to my iPhone. By default, Mail was On (as was Contacts) when I got to the aforementioned screen during the account set up.

When I first added my Google account, Mail was On.

When I first added my work email account, Mail was On.

When I first added iCloud, Mail was...Off

So, yes email is "disabled" by default for iCloud.

But, this is because:

1) You do not need an iCloud email address to use iCloud. You only need one for iCloud email (& strangely also for "Notes"). You don't need one for Documents & Data, Backup, Find my iPhone, Contacts, Reminders, Bookmarks, Photo Stream...

2) You do not actually have an iCloud email address until you first enable (turn On) Mail for iCloud and then, when prompted, create an iCloud email address.

So:

- It has no need to be On by default, as most iCloud functions do not require it.

- It cannot be On by default, as you do not have an iCloud email address until you first enable it and create one.

I would not call this a case of the iPad coming "with email disabled"... It comes with no email accounts at all (obviously), until you follow the simple on screen instructions to add one.


I set up my iPad 3 myself, after receiving my online order via courier. Ditto for my iPad 2. All of my iPhones (every model since the 3G) have been bought in the shop, not online, but I also set up those myself too. I know my way around iOS, and it is quite simple...
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Old 31-05-2012, 22:40
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Also, couldn't see this answered anywhere else, there's a free skype app in iTunes store, just download it, type in username and password and off you go.

The ipad also has facetime, which is Apple's version of skype, so if any of your contacts has an iphone or ipad, you can facetime directly using their email address or mobile number.
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Old 01-06-2012, 07:35
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Unfortunately what actually happens if you download Itunes, connect Ipad and run itunes, it detects the ipad but gives the message 'Can not connect to ipad because apple mobile services is not running.'

To be strictly accurate, I have Ipad 3 and that is what happened when I did it, and what I had to do to correct it.

Uaing the services software in Windows 7 is perfectly straightforward, I would not suggest it otherwise. Apple run perfectly good after sales service for people who do not want to know how to do things.

There are far too many people on here who spend time cluttering up help threads by criticising people who try to help instead of actually being helpful. It is very annoying because people who do that a lot are in fact unable to help and so give very wrong information.

Anyone running itunes and seeing the error message about apple services not running would have found my message helpful I hope.
Mobile services should be running after installing iTunes, that's why it is installed, to work with your Apple mobile devices. That is how it has always worked.

Just because you ran into an issue where apparently that wasn't the case doesn't mean that is what others will normally experience. That is not the way iTunes works.

It is possible that you had a corrupted iTunes download or a sub version with a bug that caused that. But again, iTunes is not supposed to work and install the way you describe.

I wasn't criticising you but the advice you provided as if that is how the software is meant to be run and installed. Also,my advice concerning average users going into services is correct. The average user should not be messing with services, and they shouldn't have to.

If you have an issue with any of the technical information I have provided then feel free to question it or try to disprove it but do not characterise me as something I am not. None of the information I gave is incorrect and I have in fact been helpful.
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Old 01-06-2012, 07:43
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I am certain that my reason for thinking it difficult is that I know nothing about Apple; when reading a book on it it keeps suddenly flipping over many pages at a time which is blooming annoying and there seems to be no way of stopping it.
What book app are you using? I have never experienced that with iBooks. Tap once takes you to the next or previous page.
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Old 01-06-2012, 18:00
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What book app are you using? I have never experienced that with iBooks. Tap once takes you to the next or previous page.

I am fairly sure it is Ibooks. In fact I did not know there were any others. I will have to seek some out to see if they have the page turning sorted out better, or at least more suited to me. Dragging pages to turn works OK but I read fairly quickly and doing that gets tedious. Tapping though is what results in a sudden rush of page flipping. If I concentrate on the tap I can get it to work properly but of course that ruins the book.
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Old 01-06-2012, 20:58
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I am fairly sure it is Ibooks. In fact I did not know there were any others. I will have to seek some out to see if they have the page turning sorted out better, or at least more suited to me. Dragging pages to turn works OK but I read fairly quickly and doing that gets tedious. Tapping though is what results in a sudden rush of page flipping. If I concentrate on the tap I can get it to work properly but of course that ruins the book.
Kindle would be the obvious one to try - think it can be made to work with a swipe of a tap...I've got mine set as a tap
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Old 02-06-2012, 09:36
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I am fairly sure it is Ibooks. In fact I did not know there were any others. I will have to seek some out to see if they have the page turning sorted out better, or at least more suited to me. Dragging pages to turn works OK but I read fairly quickly and doing that gets tedious. Tapping though is what results in a sudden rush of page flipping. If I concentrate on the tap I can get it to work properly but of course that ruins the book.
I'm in America but I figured you guys might also have Amazon's Kindle. I use iBooks, Amazon's Kindle and Barnes and Nobles Nook on my iPad.
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