Need to increase battery use time.

Since updating my iPad2 to iOS7 my battery use time is reduced. Are there any alterations that I can make to my settings to maximise my battery use time?

Hi
You should charge and discharge the battery until it would be completely empty.
This should be done always and this helps to calibrate the battery and to increase the battery life time

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@Ralph9430 The changes you recommended were implemented. This afternoon approximately at the same time and with similar usage all day The New iPad had 36% left on battery. This is a gain of 30% battery life. Thank you. Your suggestions resolved the issues.

Speakers for the iPod running on batt, do they cut battery use in half?

I know that volume has a lot to do with battery drain on a battery radio, and I imagine it is the same with the iPod. How much drain do speakers (the kind specifically made for the iPod) cause? Do they cut the battery useful time down to 2 hours? 1 hour? before needing to be re-charged?
I'm interested, but not if they are a huge drain on battery life. How do they compare with drain caused by ear buds?
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Thanks for any input on this,
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Every month, I plug in my external backup hard drive, delete all files from the last time I did a backup, and then copy my {user name} folder from my Mac to the hard drive. It takes awhile but serves my needs.
I would use Time Machine/Capsule if could be configured to be simple.
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2) I don't need incremental backups (i.e. see the state of a file 3 months ago vs 2 months ago); I just need the last one I backed up.
Can I configure Time Machine/Capsule to do just this simply? I'm all about using Apple programs but would need it to be simple.
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That makes no sense to me. I just want to back up my data folder
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But thereafter, TM's hourly backups of only what's new or changed should be very quick.
Then when your internal HD fails, one simple step will recover your entire system to the exact condition it was in at the time of any backup (see #14 in the FAQ Tip below).
And the configuration is a one-time process, and quite simple.
You might want to review these:
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Apple - Support - Mac OSX v10.5 Leopard Time Machine
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PL/SQL Procedures using TIME

hello all,
i need some help with using time in my table. how do i insert a time (what data type do i use, and what does the INSERT statement look like), eg. i want a time like 1:00:00am, 2:00:00pm in my receiveTime column.
i have a table:
ID receiveTime
1 need a time
2 need a time
3 need a time
THEN, how would i write a condition for this procedure, the condition is that i want to compare my System Time with the Time in the receiveTime column.
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Edited by: kwerty on Nov 7, 2008 11:47 PM
Edited by: kwerty on Nov 8, 2008 1:18 AM
editted my post a little

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    t TIMESTAMP := TIMESTAMP '2008-11-08 11:00:00';
BEGIN
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END;
t:             08-NOV-08 11.00.00.000000
time now:      08-NOV-08 11.33.49.010000000 +00:00
30 mins ago:   08-NOV-08 11.03.49.010000000 +00:00
Time t is in the last 30 minutes
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.

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At the moment I have got an iMac and Macbook Pro, both of which have an iPhoto library (with different content). Currently these are not backed up at all. So what I want to do is back both up to an NAS drive, which I know is straightforward.
What I also want to do is create one iPhoto library on an external hard drive that I can use with my MBP, and then delete the iPhoto library on my MBP to free up some hard drive space (it's running slower and slower and I'm hoping that this might help it run quicker).
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When you're done, turn TM back ON and close its preference pane.

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I will be travelling abroad but use time machine and modem at home. Do I need to leave these switched on while away for iCloud to work?

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David JHS21 wrote:
Can I just plug the external hard drive into the iMac and copy the "Documents" and "Pictures" from the hard drive to the iMac?
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