IPad/appleid setup in advance for mother-in-law: possible?
We live 1300 miles from my mother-in-law. We won't be traveling there until January. I'll be giving her my iPad2. I'd like to go ahead and set it up for her, complete with appleid, apps, etc. This morning, I fetched her a new gmail account and set it up, complete with a contacts list for friends and relatives, and appropriate settings for a simple enough appearance. However, on the iPad, she'll use either the gmail app or the native mail app.
What I'd like to do is, go ahead and set up the iPad and have it ready to hand it over with just a bit of "training". It's easy enough to use, as you all know. The biggest training will be to get her to watch the battery level and keep the power up to snuff.
She'll need just email, *maybe* Safari, TV Guide, *maybe* weather, and *maybe* a couple other apps (which, if she doesn't want them, I'll hide in a folder...)
85-year-old lady, short on iPad interests, just a primitive appliance.
Think I can set it up from here, with an appleid equivalent to the gmail account (which I can also access from here)?
Yeah, I think you can. Especially if you just hand over the g-mail account info to her so she can access the app store and update whatever you put on there.
You'll need to look into setting her up the apple ID without a credit card attached. (first try downloading a free app, then follow the prompts from there. ANd make sure yours is signed out before you do this)
You can always give her an iTunes card for any apps or content.
If I was doing it, I would also give her a list of the access codes, maybe as well as a short 'iPad for Dummies'.....step by step how to do this, how to do that. etc. Of course you know your MIL better than we, whether or not she'd be receptive or offended to a how to guide.
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