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Toddson - Apr 18, 2013 11:11:47 am PDT #22306 of 25497
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

argh ...well, I guess setting up a different iPad would be easier the second time. Comparable to installing Windows, right?


Tom Scola - Apr 18, 2013 11:17:17 am PDT #22307 of 25497
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

Is Settings -> General -> Restrictions turned on?


Toddson - Apr 18, 2013 11:18:35 am PDT #22308 of 25497
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

Checked - nope.


NoiseDesign - Apr 18, 2013 11:31:16 am PDT #22309 of 25497
Our wings are not tired

If the iPad is backed up to iCloud or to a computer then it's quite simple setting up a new iPad. You plug it in or connect it to iCloud, and it will do it's thing and restore everything from the old iPad.


§ ita § - Apr 18, 2013 1:04:14 pm PDT #22310 of 25497
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

If there was enough to restore from the old iPad, would she need so badly to get a new one?


Toddson - Apr 18, 2013 1:16:22 pm PDT #22311 of 25497
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

I think he's saying that if my new (and only one ever) iPad is defective, the apps I've managed to download would be backed up, so if I got one that's good, I could restore them.


§ ita § - Apr 18, 2013 5:19:56 pm PDT #22312 of 25497
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I hadn't thought you'd managed to get that much on it. Congrats!

I find Safari a pretty unusable browser. I tend to keep two or three open, but three times as many windows open in Opera. Opera has its issues, but Safari just told me it had to reload all 9 open windows because I backed up in my browser history on one of them, and well--not "just". It's been going for more than five minutes right now and all the windows are blank. It could never be my primary browser just based on the request to reload, but NOTHING IS HAPPENING.


sumi - Apr 19, 2013 5:47:13 am PDT #22313 of 25497
Art Crawl!!!

The power cord for my (Dell) laptop is not working properly - can I just buy any computer power cord or does it have to be specific to this particular model of laptop?


dcp - Apr 19, 2013 5:56:04 am PDT #22314 of 25497
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.

What model Dell?

My Targus travel charger has worked out well for me, and it came with a variety of adapter tips, but I've only ever used it on Toshibas and Lenovos.

Targus's web site has a compatibility search tool: [link]


sumi - Apr 19, 2013 5:59:40 am PDT #22315 of 25497
Art Crawl!!!

It's a studio 15(hundred and something) - I don't have it with me and cannot recall the model number.