Several students have had issues accessing the Internet on their BPS iPads outside of the school network. Jinzhen Hu (Hugo) has produced this written tutorial to help you fix this issue. If you’re still having issues after following these steps, please visit us at the Help Desk.
This school year, there were new and incoming BHS students who needed help with creating Apple ID’s since their Burlington email addresses could not be used in the App Store. Carl Larson created this tutorial on how to create an Apple ID in order to download apps from the App Store. You can find out more…
The latest iOS 9 update for iPhone has brought with it many new features, however there’s one in particular that some users may want to disable. The new “Wi-Fi Assist” will automatically switch your iPhone from a Wi-Fi network to a cellular network if a weak signal is detected. This is a feature that could…
Editor’s Note: I am pleased to introduce Mira Mehdi, a junior at BHS and one of the newest members of the Help Desk. In her premiere post, Mira examines Chrome and Safari and provides her input on which browser she prefers to use for her school work. In addition to her interest in learning more…
Many of you have already installed iOS7, but for those of you who haven’t, Help Desk bloggers Marko and Shams provide detailed step-by-step instructions on how to backup your iPad before upgrading. By Marko and Shams Via Cable and a Computer (scroll down for the iCloud version): In today’s rapidly advancing technological world, sometimes amazing…
By Tyler Desharnais As you know BHS uses iPads as our primary technology for learning, but we also have some Chromebooks for use in the library. BHS recently got the newest version of the Chromebook that may outshine the iPad in the learning environment. The first thing that struck me that was good about the…
by Xin Zhang “Do you want to spend the rest of your life selling sugared water or do you want a chance to change the world?” That was 1983. There were no iPhones, no iPods, no iPads. Apple was in its 7th year of existence. Steve Jobs wanted to hire John Sculley, then-President of PepsiCo.…
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