If you have been gifted with an iPad or bought one for yourself, use it very productively. It is the most productive tool invented in the last 2o years. It is your work and life’s central command. Use you iPad systematically, in a centralized way by arranging all the tabs related to your work or personal life. When you have it all arranged in a consciously prioritized order, you can get the relevant info you need in a simple low stress way. You can get an overview of your appointments, current events, and communications that will make you work more effectively. When you have everything organized you do not have to strain your brain remembering everything to plan for the next day. You will just have to open your iPad and officially start the day with all your info sorted out by your iPad. Here is how you can Prioritize your apps on iPad:

  • Calendar: Mark the dates and important things on your calendar to remind yourself of the appointments you have for the day.
  • Project Planner: Organize your large projects on your iPad using the project planner app OmniFocus. This app helps you plan your project easily and you do not have to remember every little task you need to perform and strain your brain. Just dump them in this app and free your brain. The project lists on this app can be shared with your team and you can track and prioritize your business.
  • Event Managing: If you are a professional speaker and giving a lot of speeches as a part of your job, then use the app eSpeakers that tracks your speaking arrangements. You can get quick check of what speeches are up next and what tasks you have to complete. If you need to manage your contacts, accounts etc use the app Sale Force.
  • News: The next thing you want to have arranged on your iPad is a News app. Once you get a sneak peak of what you have lined up for the day, it is time for checking out what is going around in the world. Get news apps like Instapaper, USA Today, Local paper etc. you might not have time to read it all but, it does give you the headlines and you can save the time turning your television on and surfing for news channels to get filled with the headlines.
  • Notes: Next to the news app place your app for taking notes like the “Evernote”, you can write an article or scribble random thoughts etc on it. By keeping this app close to the news app you can record anything that is relevant.
  • Social Networking: Social networking is very important these days be it for personal or business purposes. Use app like “HootSuite” to monitor all your social network accounts like twitter, LinkedIn, Facebbok etc. When you get a interesting news from the news app you can quickly post it to your social networking site using this app.
  • Email: Email is always one of the most important tasks in business and personal life. However, it could get a little distracting sometimes. So leave it to the last. Read all your emails and flag them so that you can work on them later.

When you apply this method, your iPad screen will look completely different, everything is customized according to your needs, interests and your job. So, your work will be more efficient and productive. Instead of remembering a hundred things you need to do for the day, let your iPad take care of it all. And do not forget to keep all this stuff protected  and out of reach of identity thieves.

Tips for iPad secure settings are as follows:

  • Protect your iPad with a pass code lock. Your iPad will only be encrypted when you turn the pass code feature on.
  • Let your iPad automatically lock up with pass code mode when you leave it free for more than a few minutes. This way your iPad will be more secure though it is inconvenient to unlock it frequently.
  • Do not restrict your iPad’s security with a simple 4 digit passcode. Formulate a stron alphanumeric password and improve your iPad’s security.
  • Let your iPad auto lock itself after 2 minutes so that you can avoid thieves laying a hand on your precious device.
  • Even the most advanced password cracking software cannot get to crack your device’s password without less than 10 failed attempts. So, turn the settings on which erases your data after 10 failed attempts to crack the password. This way when a thief tries to steal your data through repeated attempts to get through the device, your personal data will be erased from the iPad and you do not have to worry.

It takes just few minutes to take these protective measures and will discourage the thieves from stealing your info and so you can protect your device and all the vital info in it.