Finder and finding your device

Would like to know if it's possible to make sure your devices - a USB drive in this case - shows up in devices every time it's connected . I don't know why but finding my external drive is hit or miss in that column and it drives me crazy. Finder seens to want me to play hide and seek. I've googled and I know I'm not the only one who can't find their device sometimes. Did read all the answers but not convinced any of them will solve the problem for good. I know you have to tick external devices in preferences. I'm wondering if it's the port itself not reporting to Finder - lol . Can't think of a better way to put it, sorry - not into tech and newbie to Mac.
May I also ask if it is possible to keep Finder's opening page in front of you so you don't need to go back and forth to the dock?
Appreciate your time.

You are most likely using a secure internet connection that is being exposed in Oak Harbor. One way to test this out is to open up Maps and click on the cross hair target in the bottom left and it should do as you described. Another way to verify is if you visit http://speedtest.net (on your computer, not the iPT) and see where your location is (marked as the person). If your location says the same thing, you are most likely behind a secure connection (such as VPN) or using dynamic IP addressing.
I also think that the location goes based off what you registered your iTunes account home location as because when I used a free locating service called DNDetails (http://dndetails.com/location.php) to find my IP's location on the map, it would always pull up another town miles away.
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Valid Purchase Date claims to find and upgrade your device. Why when stolen cant they find it????

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This link, Re: Help! I misplaced / lost my iPhone 5 today morning in delta Chelsea hotel downtown an I am not able to track it. Please help!, has some good advice regarding your options when your iDevice is lost or stolen.
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Please, as you read add more answers to this on how to prolong and save your ipad battery life. Thank you
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1.Keep Your iDevice Out of the Sun
Whatever you do, don’t leave your iPhone or iPod sitting in a hot car—heat kills batteries faster than any other factor, and your device that used to keep a charge for hours will eventually barely hold a charge, and you’ll have to pay Apple to get it replaced. The same thing holds true for any really hot environment: try and store your device in a cool place.
Reduce the Screen Brightness
If you keep the screen at maximum brightness all the time, you’re wasting a lot of battery life—and the screens these days are so bright anyway that you don’t really need to, especially at night. Head into Settings -> Brightness & Wallpaper to adjust the default level of brightness, which you can probably keep as low as 30% most of the time.
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Your iDevice needs to be fully discharged and recharged at least once a month to operate at maximum efficiency and keep the battery from dying. You’ll also want to make sure that you don’t store the device with a dead battery, as that can also cause the battery to lose charge capability—when your battery dies, make sure to recharge it quickly.
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Irem Bright writes and would love your own addition if you got other helpful tips.
Thank you all.

11. Charge and Discharge Your Battery Regularly
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The reason that Apple suggests you drain and recharge your battery once a month is not because it affects the life ofthe battery. What it actually does is calibrate the battery sensor, giving you a more accurate reading.
Other than that, you done an admirable job of summarizing the Knowledge Base article:
http://www.apple.com/batteries/ipad.html
Best of luck.

How to "erase your device"

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I did not thoroughly read the email that I had been sent from Apple following the upgrade to IOS7, that I thought was instructing me to carry out certain instructions, including "Erase your device". In fact it was only advising me details of what is now possible.
So, silly me an thankyou

If you jailbreak your device what are the chances of bricking your idevice

I just need to know what the chances are

@steve359
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Hi,
I have a first generation iPad that has been working just fine. I decided to give it away, and so I wiped it and set about restoring it to factory defaults.... except, now I keep getting the error "iTunes was unable to verify your device. Please disconnect and reconnect your device. If the error persists, see your local Apple store for assistance." Well, the error is persisting despite disconnecting, reconnecting, attempting to restore several times, attempting to use DFU mode, no matter what I do, I get this error. I did see in a different forum, someone said this suggests the iPad was jailbroken or hacked in some way. So, just for clarity here - this iPad was never running anything except standard iOS. Anyone have any ideas?

Apple's activation servers are down at the moment. Try again in a few hours (or even tomorrow).

HT4623 I have plugged in my ipad to my computer and Itunes is up on my computer but where do I find these things in Itunes, # In iTunes, select your device. # In the Summary pane, click Check for Update, to update my ipad?

I have plugged in my ipad to my computer and Itunes is up on my computer but where do I find these things in Itunes, # In iTunes, select your device. # In the Summary pane, click Check for Update, to update my ipad?

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