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iOS 8 is here – this is how to prep your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch for the big upgrade

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With iOS 8 finally here, this article will explain how to prep your iPhone, iPad (Air, Mini), or iPod Touch for the big upgrade. Just follow these simple steps: 1. Backup your device to iCloud or to iTunes To create a backup with iCloud, simply open the Settings App and tap on iCloud. Then, make sure that iCloud Backup is turned on. Lastly, tap Back Up Now to make sure you have the most recent backup of your data possible. If this is your first time backing up to iCloud, it will take a few hours to perform the backup depending on Continue Reading →

How to quickly switch to and use 3D Flyover Mode in Apple Maps App

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This is a quick and easy tip on how to switch to 3D Flyover Mode in the Maps App on your iPhone, iPad (Air, Mini), and iPod Touch. The Apple Maps app on iOS devices has greatly improved since it was announced a few years back. The Flyover feature is one of my favorites. Flyover allows you to zoom in on certain cities and get a photographic 3D view of the city. It is really fun to explore new cities this way or to get a 3D birds eye view of your own city. There are dozens of cities that Continue Reading →

iOS 8 set to be released on September 17, 2014

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With Apple’s announcement of bigger iPhones and a brand new  Watch at their keynote on 9/9/14, we now know the specific date that iOS 8 will be released. iOS 8 will come to iPhones and iPads on September 17, 2014. iOS 8 is by far one of the biggest upgrades to come to iPhones and iPads. There are dozens of features that will truly change the way that people interact with their iOS devices. Here are just a few of those:  Extensions: This feature allows developers to securely access other apps and core functions in iOS. For example, Continue Reading →

Microsoft Office for iPad Review – Edit Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and OneNote documents on iPad

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Microsoft Office is finally available for iPad! This post reviews the Office apps for iPad and covers Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and OneNote. It’s been a long time coming, but Microsoft has finally brought a fully featured version of its productivity suite to iOS, and more specifically to the larger screen of the iPad. While it’s true that Microsoft Office has been available on the iPhone since June of 2013, the iPhone version is only able to view documents and can’t edit them. The iPad versions of Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and OneNote are a completely different story and rival the desktop Continue Reading →

Free App of the Week for iPhone, iPad (Mini), and iPod Touch

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Free App of the Week for iPhone, iPad (Mini), and iPod Touch

PopAGraph is the free app of the week for iPhone, iPad (Mini), and iPod Touch! Click on the icon to the left or the link below to get your free app this week. This is a paid app that Apple is discounting to “FREE” for one week. Check back every Friday for the new App of the Week. The apps typically are universal apps meaning that they work on all iOS devices – iPhone, iPad (Mini), and iPod Touch. Get it while you can by following this link: PopAGraph Description of the App: Every iPhoneographer is looking for that unique distinctive Continue Reading →

Best Apps to Edit Microsoft Office Documents (Word, Excel, Powerpoint)

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Best Apps to Edit Microsoft Office Documents

This article recommends the best apps to edit Microsoft Office Documents (Word, Excel, Powerpoint). I recommended some apps awhile back that worked well to edit Office documents on the iPad (Mini), iPhone, and iPod Touch. However, a lot has changed since I wrote that article. So, an update is in order to provide you with the best apps to edit Microsoft Word, Excel, and Powerpoint documents. Early on, Microsoft had not included any iOS apps on the App Store. This meant that we all had to use 3rd party apps in order to edit Microsoft Word, Excel, or Powerpoint files. However, Continue Reading →

How to increase the speed of animations in iOS 7

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Have you noticed since you’ve updated your device to iOS 7 that it feels slower because of the animations? In this video tutorial, you’ll see how turning on the “Reduce Motion” option in iOS 7.0.3 can really improve the visual speed of your device.

Summary of Apple’s Oct 22nd iPad event

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Tuesday, in its third major media event of 2013, Apple took the lid off several new hardware and software products. The star of the show was the iPad, which received a major overhauls, but many other products were announced and released as well including new Mac computers, Mac OS X Mavericks, and more. This post is a summary of Apple’s Oct 22nd iPad event. Let’s take a quick look at everything Apple announced Tuesday! OSX Mavericks – Apple gave an extensive preview of version 10.9 of Mac OS X earlier this year, but Tuesday it released the latest version of the Continue Reading →