How do I transfer files from my Windows PC to iPad Air using iTunes?
Dear friend, transferring files from and to iPad or any other iOS device isn’t as simple as transferring files from a computer to Android device. I think anyone can relate with this problem who switched from Android, Windows, BlackBerry or similar OS to iOS. I still remember the day when I switched from an android tablet (Samsung Galaxy Tab S) to iPad Air. I was like WTF! Why I cannot simply drag and drop the files like I used to on my Android device? I’ve been using iOS for more than three years now but I still find it difficult to manage my iPad and iPhone 7 with iTunes.Now let’s get back to the original question. Well, you have two options to transfer files from computer to your iPad or any other iOS device like iPhone. You can either use the iTunes software or download a third-party app like the one recommended in this tutorial: How to Transfer Files to and from Your iPad Without iTunes or iCloudI’ve been also using the desktop utility recommended in the above article for about two years now and I can certainly vouch for it. You can use it to transfer all types of files like music, photos, videos between a computer (PC or Mac) and iOS device (iPad/iPhone/iPod touch). It will work with the any iOS device with iOS 5 or newer version like 10. It’s much more user-friendly and easy to use than the iTunes app. You should try it!But if you’re not a fan of third-party or paid utilities, you can stick to the iTunes. Here are the steps, you can follow to transfer files from computer to your iPad with iTunes:Connect your iPad to your computer and select your device. You will find it under the “Devices” header.Let your iPad sync if you want else cancel the sync process.Clock on the “Apps” tab.Scroll down to bottom till you see “File Sharing/File Transfer” section.From a detailed list of apps, choose an app you want to transfer a file to.Now you can drag the file to the right of the apps list or click the “Add” button to select the file you want to transfer to your iPad.-In the end, click the open button and wait for transfer to complete.Remember: If you delete the file that you transferred from your computer to iPad with the iTunes then that file will be AUTOMATICALLY deleted from your iPad too when you connect it to your computer and allow the iTunes to sync your iPad. So be careful.Hopefully my answer will help you and other who are in a similar situation like yours.
Is it worth paying for a Blinkist subscription?
Updated July 2018Blinkist offers two subscription plans - a free version and a paid version, called Blinkist Premium, at $80 per year (or $56 for the first year if you apply a coupon code). In order to decide if it is “too much” or “worth the price” we can look at the situation from several perspectives:Blinkst Free vs Blinkist Premium. The primary difference between the free and the paid versions is the fact that in the former you can only read one pre-selected blink per day, which means you can wait quite a long time for any of the books from your reading list to randomly come up as the free blink of the day. This means that the free plan isn’t very helpful if you’re serious about microlearning and want to do it methodically and consistently.Blinkist paid plan vs competitors. The closest substitute to Blinkist is getAbstract, which offers a larger library but at a significantly higher price ($68 per year for the cheapest plan and $115 per year for the plan with audio). The full library at getAbstract is only available for the most expensive plans, starting from $348 per year. This seems to suggest that Blinkist is a better value for money compared to the competition.Blinkist paid plan vs not using anything. Finally, there’s also an option to not use any abstract service at all. It can be argued that the degree to which Blinkist is useful depends heavily on how it is used: combined with full-book reading, the service can save lots of time by allowing to pre-screen titles from your reading list, as well as facilitate the digestion of new material through “pre-reading” books. On a personal note, I’ve found it to be a useful addition to reading entire books - not a substitute but an auxiliary tool to make your reading more efficient and effective.Overall, the above analysis indicates that in most cases a Blinkist subscription is worth the money. There’s a final perspective on the service’s pricing that can be used to decide whether or not to get a subscription:For a price of 1–2 takeaway coffees per month, Blinkist offers access to condensed knowledge and ideas of thousands of really smart people - all in a clean, minimalist interface and across mobile and web platforms. Sounds like a decent offer to me.
Why are downloads so slow on the iPhone Audible app?
The last book I purchased from Audible was downloading even slower than normal, so I did a test. I made sure my iPhone and my Mac were connected to the same WiFi access point. I then started the audio book download from both devices at the same time. The Mac took about eight minutes to download it while the iPhone took about 1 hr 45 min. I also have an Android device so I installed the Audible app, connected it to the same WiFi access point as before, and downloaded the same book. The results? The book downloaded in about nine minutes. Although I haven’t done any testing, I also have noticed that podcasts take forever to download on my iPhone, while my Android downloads podcasts at the same speed as my Mac. I don’t believe it is anything to do with Audible’s servers. My hypothesis is that iPhone App developers are forced to use a standard audio file download API within iOS that is brain-dead-on-arrival. Something is stinky in iOS audio file download code.UPDATE: Appears that I was correct. Updated to iOS 6.1 and now my Audible download speeds on iOS are comparable to Mac OS and Android.SECOND UPDATE: My success was short lived. After one or two books, the download again was slow as molasses. However, I recently switched ISPs. They brought a new wireless router in and set up up. I left my existing Cisco Linksys router in place and connected it to one of the LAN ports on the new router (I didn't want to reset all my devices to work with the new router.) While waiting for yet another slow Audible download I had the idea to connect my iPhone to the new router. The book flew onto my phone at 100X the speed that it was downloading via the Cisco Linksys router (EA3500.) The next day, I took the time to connect my phone to the WiFi at work. Re-downloaded the book again at speeds 100x faster than when connected to the Cisco Linksys router. Needless to say, I deleted the Cisco Linksys connection in my iPhone, and have been problem free since.