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== How to == | == How to == | ||
How to best use an iPod Touch | How to best use an iPod Touch, specifically to avoid or minimize "data capture" that is subsequently difficult (if not impossible) to export. | ||
=== | === General Use Strategies === | ||
Use applications that ''both'': | * '''Use offline plus sync apps'''. Use applications that ''both'': | ||
* allow you to create and edit content even when offline | ** allow you to create and edit content even when offline | ||
* automatically background sync that content to a server / online service | ** automatically background sync that content to a server / online service | ||
*Avoid using applications that lack automatic background sync. | |||
=== For Different Content === | |||
* | * '''Notes''' | ||
** Use '''[[Gmail]]''' drafts for note taking / text files | |||
* '''[[Gmail]]''' drafts for note taking / text files | |||
** instead of the built-in [[iOS]] '''Notes''' application | ** instead of the built-in [[iOS]] '''Notes''' application | ||
* '''Photos''' & '''Videos''' | |||
** Use the built-in [[OSX]] '''Image Capture''' application to import photos and videos, and delete them from the iPod. (Deleting helps avoid having the device fill-up and crash various functionality, apps, features like wifi, or the whole system). | |||
* ... | * ... | ||
=== | === Export Your Data === | ||
How to export your data from an iPod, especially if its wifi is broken. | |||
... this really needs documentation - see real world example of this problem in [[#Broken_Wifi]] below ... | |||
== iPod Touch | == iPod Touch Issues == | ||
=== Broken Wifi === | |||
It is possible for an iPod 5 Touch running in iOS9.2(.1) to somehow get into a state where its Wifi is neither on nor off, and you cannot change it either. | It is possible for an iPod 5 Touch running in iOS9.2(.1) to somehow get into a state where its Wifi is neither on nor off, and you cannot change it either. | ||
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The Apple iPod is a portable music player that comes in many forms, including the iPod Touch which runs iOS, iOS applications, and can be used as a mobile communicator and web browsing device.
Why
The iPod touch is smaller and lighter than any iPhone, can be used to message & call anyone, and with a good contact page, can be used to be easily receive messages and calls.
The battery life typically lasts longer than an iPhone.
How to
How to best use an iPod Touch, specifically to avoid or minimize "data capture" that is subsequently difficult (if not impossible) to export.
General Use Strategies
- Use offline plus sync apps. Use applications that both:
- allow you to create and edit content even when offline
- automatically background sync that content to a server / online service
- Avoid using applications that lack automatic background sync.
For Different Content
- Notes
- Photos & Videos
- Use the built-in OSX Image Capture application to import photos and videos, and delete them from the iPod. (Deleting helps avoid having the device fill-up and crash various functionality, apps, features like wifi, or the whole system).
- ...
Export Your Data
How to export your data from an iPod, especially if its wifi is broken.
... this really needs documentation - see real world example of this problem in #Broken_Wifi below ...
iPod Touch Issues
Broken Wifi
It is possible for an iPod 5 Touch running in iOS9.2(.1) to somehow get into a state where its Wifi is neither on nor off, and you cannot change it either.
This is indicated with a dark grey circle on the swipe-up preferences where the Wifi status/button would normally be, and in a greyed out toggle switch in Settings:
