Automatic Downloads on iOS

p>This is more of a general iOS tip rather than just an iPad only tip, since the iPad is the focus of this site I will be using it to demonstrate how to get apps to automatically load onto your iPad. If you own an iPhone or you like browsing the apps store in iTunes on your desktop vs. iTunes on your iPad, you can easily install the apps you download on your computer or another iOS device without the need to sync your iPad. Follow these instructions:

Open Settings > Store > Automatic Downloads > Apps = On

Anytime you download an app on your iPhone or download an app in the iTunes store on your computer it will also appear on your iPad if it is able to run on the iPad. A couple things to note though:

• You must be using the same Apple ID on both devices or signed into same account in iTunes on your computer
• If you turn automatic downloads on your iPhone, iPad apps will not install on the iPhone of course
• Some apps may not install over 3G, any App over 50MB has to be downloaded over Wi-Fi

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Share to Google+ from Safari on iOS

A great little bookmarklet for sharing to Google+ from the iPad. This works great on Chrome and Safari on the desktop also.

Create a new bookmark called "Share to Google+"

Add this as the URL:

javascript:void window.open('https://plus.google.com/share?url=' + encodeURIComponent(location.href), '_blank', 'width=500,height=500')

This is not my script, all credit belongs to Matt Mastracci.