iPad BasicsTonya Engst- P9: This ebook is for you if you’re on the cusp of buying an iPad, if you’ve just bought an iPad and aren’t sure what to do with it, or if you’ve had an iPad for a while, but feel that you’re missing out on certain basic functions. | Wrong Country Apple has different App Stores for different countries. Although many apps are available in all stores some are not. Apple uses the data associated with your iTunes Store account to figure out which App Store you can access. If want to shop in a different App Store here are a few pointers Log out of your usual iTunes Store account and then create a new account that goes with your desired different country. Apple provides the steps at http kb HT2534. Don t fill in credit-card details for this new account unless you happen to have a credit card associated with an address in that country . Once you ve set up the account sans credit card you can use it to download free apps. The Internet is rife with ideas for circumventing this problem. You or someone will likely be violating the iTunes Store Terms and Conditions if you download items with an account whose region doesn t match your true geographic location. This problem and similar solutions appear to apply to the iBookstore as well. Extra Apple apps A few free Apple apps don t come pre-installed on your iPad but you may wish to install them iBooks iBooks lets you read ebooks in the EPUB format so long as they come from Apple s iBookstore or they are DRM free. Starting in June 2010 iBooks will also support PDFs that you load in via iTunes or from a Mail attachment. MobileMe iDisk If you have a MobileMe subscription you can store files on your Internet-based iDisk from any Mac or Windows computer and then access them using the iDisk app on your iPad iPhone or iPod touch. Dropbox is a great alternative if you don t have MobileMe or if you are frustrated by slow iDisk uploads. MobileMe Gallery If you ve posted photos or movies from an iLife application to a MobileMe gallery you can use this app to view them on your iPad or iPhone or iPod touch . Remote This app lets you use your iPad as a remote control for an Apple TV or for music playing on a computer in iTunes. 51 Download from Wow .
